steeznson 21h ago • 96%
Ok I understand the comments here where people are saying they dislike sex scenes that don't advance the plot. However there are certain movies where sex scenes are essential to the plot such as Boogie Nights. I can also think of examples like The Name Of The Rose where a sex scene is thematically improving the film (in my opinion).
Sex scenes in film/tv are hard to get right but I'd prefer if directors worked harder to capture/deploy them properly rather than a large facet of human experience disappearing during script interventions by producers and studios.
steeznson 22h ago • 100%
This was the one I was thinking of.
Also the pictures he posts of himself looking sad when he has watched sad movies -
steeznson 1d ago • 100%
Kevin Smith is a wonderful film maker but I wish there was a way to delete his tweets from the internet lol
steeznson 1d ago • 100%
Freeciv Unciv on Android is an almost feature complete re-creation of Civilization 5 with minimal graphics. You can also download the JAR and run it on a desktop if you have a Java SDK installed. As a Civ player that started with 4, I found it easier to pick up than freeciv which is trying to replicate something more like Civ2.
Edit: provide correct name
steeznson 2d ago • 100%
Vintage album. Kool Keith at his best.
steeznson 3d ago • 100%
I'm playing on Series S and it gets really rough in the later levels like the snowy mountain city
steeznson 3d ago • 100%
Why wouldn't they want to enrich their lives with my high IQ takes arriving directly into their hands with a notification sound??
steeznson 3d ago • 92%
It's a typical Japanese developer mentality of "if it ain't broke" (even if it is broke). You see the same thing from other high profile devs like From Soft. I think the country also still relies heavily on fax machines.
Personally I've been enjoying the game despite the performance woes but I can see how it would ruin someone else's fun. You have to wonder about why it is so hard to implement anti-aliasing in their engine...
steeznson 4d ago • 100%
The worst part is that all the original stuff in the movie is great but they didn't have faith in sticking with it.
steeznson 5d ago • 100%
I think one issue is that UE5 has all of its out-of-the-box toolset geared towards making a fortnite type game since that is Epic's main focus at the moment.
steeznson 5d ago • 100%
Not a gamer* but as an open source participant IRC is the main chat room technology my distro uses. All of the conversations are easily archivable and searchable due to the pure text format. Main devs can use tools like quassel to make sure they never miss an @.
*multiplayer gamer. I do play single player games.
steeznson 5d ago • 100%
In the book Anton is a personification of human evil as a natural force a bit like The Judge in Blood Meridian. The film is more ambiguous I think mainly due to the medium making the character more human by being played by an actor.
steeznson 2w ago • 100%
Was hoping it might tie more thematically into L'Origin du Monde
steeznson 2w ago • 83%
Lazy listicle. However I am happy Exorcist 2 exists because it meant that we got Exorcist 3 which is phenomenal.
steeznson 2w ago • 100%
Don't have a horse in the race really but I particularly dislike Jenrick so would have rather seen Badenoch vs Cleverly
steeznson 2w ago • 100%
I LOVED this game as a die hard fan of the Alien series. Have replayed it serval times. These devs understand what makes the franchise great and then have my full trust.
steeznson 2w ago • 92%
Honestly I don't try to change my older relatives' minds on things. After a certain point your views about life/politics get fixed and then that becomes part of your identity.
steeznson 2w ago • 100%
Fortunately I don't know any scrum masters personally so they would not even get the experience of being let down last time by a dev. Exceot in a purely metaphorical sense I guess.
steeznson 2w ago • 100%
They did it with a vampire one called Let The Right One In a few years ago too. It must make economic sense but I hate the idea people are so put off by subtitles.
There were rumours about a remake of Druk/Another Round too recently which I also find an offensive proposition.
steeznson 2w ago • 100%
They better have cross operating system multiplayer working this time! Friends and I went straight back to Civ5 when we found that we couldn't even host LAN between linux and macOS
www.spectator.co.uk
This is spectator so they are taking the most extreme right wing viewpoint on Labour's recent policies to improve the nation's health. I disagree with how they characterise it for the most part but they do seem to put their finger on the kind of authoritarian impulses inside the party. Definitely think the author misses the mark with their badly thought out/unsupported angle about it being patronising class politics. I was too young to take in much when John Major was in power but remember New Labour with Blair/Brown very well. They were also keen to make similar kind of policies that were - for lack of a better phrase - nanny state-ish. I found it interesting thinking about that legacy. Should also mention that both parties tend towards these types of policies. I suspect the civil service are keen on them and they test well in focus groups. Article is paywalled so will post it in comments.
Let's hope for the return of the sausages
If Digital Underground were able to make more consistent albums then they'd be my favourite group ever. The best tracks are unreal but then the skits, etc. drag the whole thing down on repeated listens.
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This could have major repercussions for the game as we know it. The RFU has already reduced the amount of contact allowed in the grassroots of the game. Will the product we all love survive a legal tsunami if this ends in a court ruling? I always wonder if you could get players to sign away their rights to sue but I'm pretty certain that would not be legally enforceable, alongside being totally exploitative.
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I find The National frequently embarassing as a Scottish person. Enjoying seeing them squirm here.
metro.co.uk
This is upsetting to see. I've got a friend with MS and I hope she is not prevented from claiming assistance if (or when) she needs it due to this case causing more stringent checks on claimants. At least this lady got the jail.
www.thepinknews.com
I think Wes might be right here but this is going to cause consternation amongst groups who were hoping that Labour might take a more liberal approach to LGBT issues than the tories.
My copy is arriving on Saturday - it seems that the days of ordering on Amazon and occasionally getting games a day early has passed. I was a fan of the base game and I don't think the story was as bad as some people made it out to be. However I am excited for the new story that they are promising with the Vengeance route. Getting hyped up seeing the positive reviews coming through! I have been replaying SMTIV:A this week in the run up to the release to keep me occupied. Had taken a detour into the Devil Survivor series most recently so it has been nice returning to the mainline gameplay. What are you all thinking about the release this week? Any hopes for the new title? Fears?
Apologies for the slightly skewed picture. I actually own this artwork. A close family friend has been collecting 19th Century Japanese woodcuts his entire life, and he gifted this one of a wedding scene to my wife and I when we got married. More details about the work. The artist Kunisada lived from 1786 to 1864 and he shared a studio / teacher with the (perhaps more famous) artist Kuniyoshi. This work was published by Hayashiya Shogoro in 1850. The work depicts a Kabuki theatre scene; traditional Japanese theatre. Actors are playing the roles of Aburu-ya Oshin and Fukuoka Mitsugi in the play _Ise Ondo_. In this scene the couple are getting married.
www.rugbyrama.fr
I guess punditry isn't working out for him with his current image woes. Couldn't find an english source for this one.
www.thetimes.com
Heard the editor being interviewed on Radio4 Today Programme this morning. This 90s throwback is bizarre. Do people really think there will be demand from this after the initial novelty? I read a couple articles this morning and the "journalism" reads like a Sunday Sport article. Interesting thought experiment - since the magazine is online only - are the nonces going to have to print out the magazine now to leave it in shubbery for kids to find? Those reddit threads where every man over the age of 40 seems to have a story about finding porn mags in bushes always had a creepy undertone. I'm not sure that the 'porn fairy' commenters sometimes refer to was a very savoury character.
Playing Hellblade 2 at the moment myself. Personally I'm fortunate not to need any of the accessibility features but I found this review to be a fascinating read. The reviewer also compares the accessibility options to some other recent AAA releases in this [reddit comment](https://old.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1cx2kv3/senuas_saga_hellblade_ii_review_thread/l5ata8m/). In terms of my opinion of the game: I've only got the Series S version so it's not the full fat graphics but even then they are stunning. I think some of the negative reviews were from people wanting it to be a different type of game, however, if you are aware it is basically a walking simulator with Punchout combat every so often then the story and world takes centre stage. The world is similar to God of War (2018) but grittier and focusing on other aspects of Scandi mythology. I think I like this world more.
Tohou Artificial Dream In Arcadia is hands down the best SMT-clone I've ever played. It's extremely cheap, got it for a fiver. Devs are regularly updating it. The gameplay is closer to SMT1/2 than anything else I've ever played. Clearly a labour of love from the devs.
EIF tickets are so much more expensive this year. They used to be cheaper seeing the opera during the festival than during the rest of the year due to subsidies from the arts councils. This year it is more than double the price! A ticket for Carmen in the upper circle with a restricted view was more than £100. Granted, I did have a concession for being under 25 at the time, but I saw La Boheme at the festival a few years ago for £15. In some good news they've raised the concession age threshold to 30 this year but not sure how large a discount it applies. FWIW I still think that the quality of the EIF is worth the price. Comedy shows in the Fringe can be like ~£25 these days and the quality is extremely variable. Will probably only go and see my mate's show at The Stand this year Free Fringe can have hidden gems but I've ended up being trapped in some extremely awkward shows with 3 other audience members before. Might be a while before I spin that paeticular roulette wheel again lol.