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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE)

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I actually never had an account on that other place. So I'm sorta new to the whole microblogging thing. This place has a good vibe, though.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · Apr 14

You know the old Andy Griffith looking motherfucker in Die Hard 2?

The guy eating canned soup and watching an antique TV in a condemned building, 'til he got shot by weirdos?

First time I saw that shit, I was like "wow, what a weird life."

Joke's on me, now. That is basically my retirement plan.

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 3h

Ok, this fucking rocks!
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Unnamed Lightgun Shooter Doom mod

YouTube video by S

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 8h

I mean, not for nothing, but we did transition into being a new nation. Nobody has a problem with that.

On the other hand, it's VERY obvious that a looooooot of these conservatives would have sided with the Brits, because rebelling for freedom IS the "disorderly," "criminal" option.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 8h

"I identify as free. You bitch-ass, parliament-ass motherfuckers." - Paul Revere, probably

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 10h

Me, grinning malevolently at the Soulslike players, as they stare at the copy of Miner 2049er, for the Atari 400/800: "Why yes, I'm sure y'all can beat this quaint old game, without any problems. It's only got 10 levels, after all. I'm sure you'll 'get good' in no time."

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 10h

The first four levels of Miner 2049er are pure muscle memory.

Then you get to the 5th level and fuck everything past that. I don't know who was out there completing that game.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 12h

The weird thing is, people can post Obese Marsupial Furry Vore comics all fucking day long, and nobody is in those replies, like "you're over here jerking it to a cut off leg sticking out of a pouch, but what about all the REAL atrocities?"

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 12h

Did you guys know that Leni Riefenstahl was also persecuted for being a strong woman, in a male dominated industry?

(yes, I am being sarcastic. I'm sad that I have to point that out)

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 12h

I'm just fucking with you. Ain't gonna be no internet or electricity and shit, in another thirty years.

I mean, Bezos and Zuck and Elon's brain in a jar will have internet in their bunkers. But the rest of us will be hunting rats and tending to our mutant snail farms.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 12h

Okay, but why had I forgotten about this so thoroughly, and yet also retain such a molecule-for-molecule perfect memory of them?

Jesus, in another thirty years, someone's gonna post some specific package of vape pens, and it'll have the same effect this picture has.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 12h

...is that one cop offering the frog a foot-long hotdog without a bun?

That's even less realistic than a can of Pepsi.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

From a purely technical perspective, the inside of that thing isn't part of their kingdom.

I mean, the light doesn't touch it.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Wesker has his own island.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

I want to visit the universe where id Software didn't get distracted, and REALLY moved forward with the Quake series.

We could have gotten Hurricane, Tsunami, Volcano, Tornado, Landslide, Flood, and even Haboob.

I know a Haboob isn't the same level of natural disaster as the others, BUT THE NAME!

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder what the exact day and date was, when the edict came down from on high: COMPUTER INTERFACES CAN'T BE FUN ANYMORE. PACK UP ALL THE FUN. NO MORE WHIMSICAL ANYTHING. GET RID OF IT.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Occasionally, I also think about how weird it is, that there are direct flights from Cairo to Las Vegas.

Some Egyptian toddler has definitely gone on vacation with his family, to Vegas, and been left with the years-long impression that all cities must have pyramids.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

I haven't seen it either, for the same reason.

But that's also quite separate from the instant, fundamentally depressing discussion about box-office performance.

People never used to weirdly roleplay as movie executives, and that's what's bothering me about the way we discuss movies, these days.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

I hasten to add that I'm not going to give Gearbox any money, ever again, until Randy Pitchford is fired.

He was on strike three with me, about fifteen dumbass statements ago. He's just a piece of shit, and I would be a fucking sucker to contribute one more cent to his undeserved salary.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

I hasten to add that almost nobody involved in this sort of discussion owns stock in the studios' parent companies or anything.

It's not like that. They don't have a stake in any of it.

It's just a bunch of regular poor-folks, following billionaires' investments, like a spectator sport. Revolting.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god, that's fantastic and horrifying.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, for sure. Borderlands 4 is just wasteful.

I mean, yes, the Borderlands style was never ACTUALLY cel-shaded, but it's adjacent. It's meant to look comic-book-ish.

Adding a bunch of rendering features meant for naturalistic styles? That just goes against the grain of the original art direction.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

So they wanted the trees and landscapes and stuff to look as real as possible, in non-stylized, naturalistic way.

The more photorealistic the forests and paths and grass and thatched buildings all look, the more it sells the "this is closer to real history" thing. As opposed to, like, King's Quest.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Both Kingdom Come Deliverance games are a GREAT example of the graphical sweet spot. Also, even more importantly, the theme and setting are DIRECTLY related to the graphical style.

They were going for a real "it's like you got in a time machine and went to 1400s Bohemia" vibe.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I didn't mean to imply that was your take. Sorry if it sounded that way.

Your take just made me think about how pretentious anti-graphics rhetoric has become even more prevalent, recently.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

Now, we've degenerated to the point that we check the money stats and work backwards from there, to calculate whether the movie was enjoyable to watch.

Maybe we should just stop watching movies, at all. Just show everyone the earnings graphs, and that can be our entertainment. We deserve that.

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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 1d

I remember, way back in the before-times, when people would talk about whether a movie was subjectively enjoyable, and you could have a whole-ass conversation about that, without ever mentioning the box-office numbers.

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