PhobosAnomaly

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[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 points 4 minutes ago

I don't get it. I mean I get it because it's Ninty, but I don't get why now?

Has there been something in a major new feature update that has finally tipped the scales into clearly taking the piss, or have the legal team at Big N finally seen their erections subside after the game's launch and only now can move enough to do something about it?

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 21 points 9 hours ago

I mean, "I'm only happy when it rains" should be the national anthem for Catland.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago

change the fact

There's your failing.

I'm not saying he did or did not see whatever supposed corruption you're saying is going on.

However, you're trotting out the usual ACAB trope when you have the same level of knowledge as anyone else - that is to say, fuck all. There's little to support your assertion of a "fact" here at all.

I'm not arsed one way or another whether you like cops or not, but at least make your arguments make sense.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 21 points 1 day ago (10 children)

Take a break. It must be tiring being this deliberately obtuse.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

It'll make the poor street sweeper's day a bit easier if nothing else!

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I can see where you're coming from - if you look at Ultimate Doom or Doom II and put Doom 64 next to it, then there is a raft of limitations and shortcomings that make it appear to be an inferior product. I personally prefer Doom II as well, with the banging soundtrack and the iconic levels.

However, I'd argue you're missing out by approaching it with that mindset. Aubrey Hodges score is less of a soundtrack, and more of an ominous hum in the background - and the overall art style is far more drab and depressing. I'd probably suggest it has more in common with Doom 3 than it does with the first two. I personally prefer the sound effect collection in Doom 64 - the shotgun sounds meatier, the Barons from Hell's alert sound is a bit more worrisome, and the doors sound a bit more industrial.

Personally I agree with the N64 controller assessment - it feels like it was built by someone who forgot how many hands humans have 😂 but the adaptations in the Unity ports make it more than enjoyable now on Xbox or Dualshock controllers.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The laugh is, the Watch Me Die mode (the Ultra Violence of the 64 editions) is probably the easiest "hard" mode on original hardware, purely because the technical limitations prevented lots of enemies (of any tier, not just hitscan wankers) being spawned - and space limitations prevented difficulty spikes caused by Boney Bois (Plutonia-style) or Arch-Bastards ruining your day by not being included in the game at all.

It's still a very, very good Doom game. 64 and PlayStation Doom should be played together for the alternative Doom experience.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The kids are our deciding factor.

If one of us going somewhere with the little 'uns, then the "family car" with the nicer booster seats gets taken by whoever it is that has them. Whoever is getting the peace and quiet, drives the little runabout.

I usually take the little car, and it surprises me sometimes when I jump into the family car and I've got another 50bhp under my right foot.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I get it - I think at this point Trump could empty an AK47 magazine into an orphanage and his core voters wouldn't give a fuck.

I'd imagine there is a good chunk of silent "left-of-Republican" market though - people who have voted red because that's what they've always done, maybe because their household is overwhelmingly Republican but they're ready to break ranks, or even those who boarded the meme train in 2013 or 14 but are ready to get off.

I suppose an awkward analogy is being in a group of twenty people trying to get in to a bar with one or two cunts who are beyond mangled - the sensible ones looking at them and thinking "yeah I've stuck with them this far, but maybe I can make a change and enjoy the rest of the night with people who are largely sensible".

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (14 children)

Outsider view from across the pond:

It appears from the outset that the Trump camp is tripping over it's own feet and stepping on landmine after landmine. Literally all Harris seems to have to do is stay on message, bat off anything too controversial, and let the opposition's trousers fall down by themselves.

It'll be interesting either way. The only real surprise to me will be whether I'll learn about key moments from news outlets or from mad memez first.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 32 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Disclosure: I'm in the UK where the worker protections are half-decent.

was it ever not OK?

It was not OK to not take a jobby on work time when you had the opportunity!

I've worked shifts where my relief staffer has been in twenty minutes early (long commute, unpredictable traffic) so I've handed the shift over, and ensured that the remainder of my time was spent losing half a kilo of weight in five minutes. Conversely, it feels far more productive to leave the house half-needing to give birth to a brown otter, and nip to the bog once your feet are clear of your workload that you've taken on from the previous shift to go and perform the bowel movement while being paid for it.

Shitting in my own khazi on my days off feels like voluntary work now.

Sensibly though, any manager who controls bog time is just a bit of a fanny. Unless someone is obviously taking the piss like spending four hours of a ten hour shift, then people will perform better once they've laid a cable whenever they've needed to.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 5 points 1 week ago

Newport city centre then wheeeyyyyyy

I suspect it'll probably end up in the same places most other large hazardous industrial sites will be - rural, coastal just off an arterial road route somewhere. See also: Torness, Easington, Milford Haven etc.

That said, Tom Scott did a video (because of course he did) on plans for nuclear testing on UK soil - have a look if you're interested - and it seems the answer to that was underneath a chunky section of Yorkshire moorland.

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