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  1. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of March 23 in ~games

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    It's the best of the "I can't believe it's not FTL!" games that I've found. It's heavily inspired, but it's still very much its own game, and it scratches the same itch.

    It's the best of the "I can't believe it's not FTL!" games that I've found. It's heavily inspired, but it's still very much its own game, and it scratches the same itch.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on ‘Common Side Effects’ renewed for season 2 at Adult Swim in ~tv

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    Pilot is still available: https://youtu.be/UrJt-CypwiM Discussion thread for pilot: https://tild.es/1md9 Looks like I got to catch up with another show.

    Pilot is still available: https://youtu.be/UrJt-CypwiM

    Discussion thread for pilot:
    https://tild.es/1md9

    Looks like I got to catch up with another show.

    5 votes

  3. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of March 23 in ~games

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    Prime Gaming: https://gaming.amazon.com/home

    Prime Gaming: https://gaming.amazon.com/home

    March 27: The Forgotten City [Amazon Games App] — The Forgotten City is a narrative-driven time loop adventure in ancient Rome. Discover the ruins of an ancient underground city, travel 2000 years into the past, and unravel the mystery of who destroyed it by cleverly exploiting the power to wind back time.
    March 27: Deus Ex: Invisible War [GOG Code] — Twenty years after the events depicted in the multi-award-winning Deus Ex, the world is just beginning to recover from The Collapse. As an elite agent-in-training, you must match wits against numerous militant factions bent on violently reshaping the world to suit their own agendas. Armed with a multitude of high-tech gadgets and cyberpunk bio-mods, you are granted nearly superhuman powers. Travel the globe to uncover fiendish plots and convoluted conspiracies of world domination. Unmask the conspirators, and discover the shocking truth behind your own origins.
    March 27: Session: Skate Sim [Epic Games Store] — Made by and for skaters, dual stick controls faithfully reproduce your feet on the skateboard for an ultra-realistic skateboarding experience. Try out real-life iconic skate spots, customize your skater and equipment with items from the top brands.
    March 27: Let’s Build A Zoo [Epic Games Store] — It’s time to build a zoo! Let out your wild side, and create your own animal empire with this cute, expansive management sim. Import and breed rare creatures, hire the right staff, keep your visitors happy, and deal with plenty of weird and wonderful events.
    March 27: Gamedec — Definitive Edition [GOG Code] — Gamedec — Definitive Edition is the enhanced version of a cyberpunk isometric role-playing game. You are a game detective who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes.
    March 27: The Wisbey Mystery [Legacy Games Code] — For many years people from one little town keep away from a local manor by the woodside. Its dark, wrecked walls keep a terrible secret about the unsolved murder of the sheriff and his wife.

    1 vote

  4. Comment on WB looking to sell Looney Tunes in ~tv

  5. Comment on Virtual Game Card – Nintendo Direct 3.27.2025 in ~games

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    This is an improvement for my situation, but I'd understand that someone who used to be able to download from one account to multiple devices is going to be a little upset. Also, local VPNs are...

    This is an improvement for my situation, but I'd understand that someone who used to be able to download from one account to multiple devices is going to be a little upset.

    Also, local VPNs are probably going to get a bit more popular.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on 'Avengers: Doomsday' cast released in ~movies

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    I'm of the opinion that not everyone in the movie is getting top billing. Spoilers for the Marvels, Multiverse of Madness and further conjecture You would figure that Teyonah Parris would get a...

    I'm of the opinion that not everyone in the movie is getting top billing.

    Spoilers for the Marvels, Multiverse of Madness and further conjecture

    You would figure that Teyonah Parris would get a seat, considering that Monica Rambeau was stranded in the X-Men universe and is probably the inciting incident on whatever multiverse clown fiesta is happening. Presumably America Chavez or at least someone on Team Wizard would be involved considering the multiverse is their deal. That and no Spider-Man appearance is suspect, I'd guess that they want to save their powder, but if Doc Doom is looking a lot like Tony Stark these days, you'd want to introduce that conflict as soon as possible, considering they have a history and Pete would be kinda suspect of yet another empowered paternal figure that can solve all his problems.

    Noise: That probably reads as incomprehensible to anyone out of the loop.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on 'Avengers: Doomsday' cast released in ~movies

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    We don't know enough right now to say one way or another, but a lot of the people involved have ties to things to the newer ones and movies yet to come, and not as much to the original run of...

    We don't know enough right now to say one way or another, but a lot of the people involved have ties to things to the newer ones and movies yet to come, and not as much to the original run of movies from Iron Man to Endgame. With the exception of some pre MCU movies that can be referenced now that rights are sorted out.

    When this kind of stuff happens in the comic books, you can pick a character you like, and follow them around. The Avengers movies typically introduce their cast well enough that you don't have to follow all of them and watch all their films. So maybe start with the Avengers films, see if there's anyone you like and kinda wander around stuff with them in it?

    10 votes

  8. Comment on 'Avengers: Doomsday' cast released in ~movies

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    Original livestream: https://youtu.be/Iy7k3aJS0Fw Speculation Operating off the assumption that this is everyone, there are a couple of obvious absences, and it looks like it's borrowing more from...

    Original livestream:
    https://youtu.be/Iy7k3aJS0Fw

    Speculation

    Operating off the assumption that this is everyone, there are a couple of obvious absences, and it looks like it's borrowing more from Hickman's Avengers run into Time Runs Out and 2014 Secret Wars rather than the original with the Beyonder, considering there are no new names to us and some of these guys have ties to the multiverse already.

    On the hype cycle

    That being said, there's only so much you can put hype on a film before people are going to be disappointed. Infinity War was only what it was because we had come off of a lot of entertaining films one after another. Civil War, into Guardians 2, into Doctor Strange, into the new Spider-Man, into Thor: Ragnarok, into Black Panther into Infinity War. We haven't had that sort of long tail for this movie, and building up hype out of universe is going to build expectations for your die-hards more than you can deliver, and not really convince the general audience that you know what you're doing in the same way a history of good films would.

    7 votes

  11. Comment on Dudelings: Arcade Sportsball postmortem and FOSS announcement in ~games

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    Source code available here. Something of a self promotion as I helped with the build and I squished a couple bugs.

    Source code available here. Something of a self promotion as I helped with the build and I squished a couple bugs.

    2 votes

  13. Comment on Looking for mobile puzzle-ish games with a heavy emphasis on stats in ~games

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    If they throw things or play rough, or don't have a refined palette for independent game development, they might have a hard time, but someone on Reddit made an itch.io playlist for games that...

    If they throw things or play rough, or don't have a refined palette for independent game development, they might have a hard time, but someone on Reddit made an itch.io playlist for games that could entertain a younger person.

  17. Comment on Libby on a phone -> Kindle Paperwhite without WiFi. Possible in ~comp

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    Libby will let you checkout books to the Kindle App, so you should be able to hook it into your Amazon account and be able to download it to your Paperwhite like you would any other Kindle book...

    Libby will let you checkout books to the Kindle App, so you should be able to hook it into your Amazon account and be able to download it to your Paperwhite like you would any other Kindle book out there.

    https://help.libbyapp.com/en-us/6017.htm

    Is it the device that doesn't have WiFi or just your circumstances? Because you can probably find a coffee shop or a library it will let you download from.

    Operating under the assumption that you're in the US, if not, see some of the other options.

    1 vote

  18. Comment on WB looking to sell Looney Tunes in ~tv

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    Key quote from Yahoo:

    Key quote from Yahoo:

    Sneider said, “I’m told that part of the reason WB decided to sell Coyote vs. Acme to Ketchup rather than take a tax credit a month before Tax Day (April 15) is because the studio is trying to sell off the Looney Tunes altogether.”

    8 votes

  20. Comment on Official Sonic the Hedgehog game timeline as recognized by Sega in ~games

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    No, Sonic is only involved in events that take place during his life span, barring some time travel. However Sonic has been 15 years old since 1991, so there's some sliding timeline stuff going on.

    No, Sonic is only involved in events that take place during his life span, barring some time travel. However Sonic has been 15 years old since 1991, so there's some sliding timeline stuff going on.

    3 votes