We're lucky to have the Saturn version so excellently translated (MSX2 Snatcher translation is real rough), but it's a pity non-Japanese speakers will probably never get the original PC-98 version of Policenauts, which has fantastic pixel art at a higher resolution than the subsequent cel animation

At least in the Bush years we could comfort ourselves with the journalist shill also being a secret gay escort

Playing the translated Saturn version of Policenauts via emulation gave me more appreciation than I already had, for how many people, all volunteers, it takes to make and keep these old obscure games accessible in the absence of official preservation.

We're lucky to have the Saturn version so excellently translated (MSX2 Snatcher translation is real rough), but it's a pity non-Japanese speakers will probably never get the original PC-98 version of Policenauts, which has fantastic pixel art at a higher resolution than the subsequent cel animation

I'd recommend Policenauts to anyone curious about pre-Metal Gear Solid Kojima or 90s adventure games, but be aware of the hoops you'll need to jump through

The reams of text description can get in the way of the story, but I love that it's all there and that Policenauts' space colony is so fleshed out

How much correlation is there with state funding for CCs? I remember the situation in Oregon wasn't great when I was there 20 years ago(!), and I rember hearing California had been neglecting what used to be a robust entry point for lower income students.

Strong case to be made for Phillip Seymour Hoffman, but sadly his list will be shorter than most.

It's bad enough that free-but-important services like Facebook have no customer service as normal people understand it. But being able to do this when money is being exchanged is fucking egregious. QR Code Generator dot com are scumbags, don't get lured in by their 2 week trial period.

It tells me there is no live message or phone support, then restarts the question process.

First it asks me for information, then when I give it it says it can't process the request. When I ask again, it says there's nothing to be done.

Anyway, Stoppard was a brilliant playwright, one of the best to ever bend the form of a play to fit its content. 4/4

Also exemplary is the use of sincere irony in depicting the Kafkaesque absurdities of the Soviet penal system. Stoppard was a conservative, which is not great but he came by it honestly, given his friendships w/ Czechoslovakian dissidents. Better than Harold Pinter's Milosevic apologia. 3/?