codexarcanum

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[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Commandos to me is the start of a different lineage of real-time tactical stealth games, which goes on to include Desperados, Shadow Tactics, and Shadow Gambit (yes, most of those were made by the same team).

Outside of the OGRE-alikes (FO Tactics, FF Tactics, Disgea, and so on) some other options for tactical games that are a little different:

  • Nexus: The Jupiter Incident - sort of a 4X game mixed with tactics, or like Homeworld with a lot fewer units
  • Myth: The Fallen Lords (and sequels) - classic pre-Halo Bungie titles that mix RPG and strategy. Somewhat defining for the RTS genre too.
  • UFO: Aftershock and sequels - a series that tried to revive XCom before Firaxis rebooted it. Not as good, but pretty interesting and fun, a little easier than old school xcom but not as polished as the newer ones.
  • Cannon Fodder - a UK classic, very arcadey but very fun and lighter than all these other "serious" games
[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 weeks ago

This is a good idea, but also working remote frees up time to meet new affinity groups.

Not to dump on people's relaxation strategies, but even the most introverted person can't survive on video games and gooning alone.

If you don't want or like hanging with coworkers, find a local bar to hang out at and meet some folks, go to a community board game night, join a choir, attend an anime viewing night, just do something to take initiative and meet some folks that like what you like.

You never know how many of those comments now aren't bits and ai also. The malleable human mind sees "people" expressing opinions and wants to take a side, have an opinion. How convenient that all the options, all the feelings and responses you should have, are already laid out for you. Just "Like and Subscribe" to the persons whose opinions most align to your own.

I'll reiterate a comment I made earlier today:

Peaceful protest is only a meaningful choice when violence is also a real option.

Otherwise you're just holding a pointless rally. Might as well show up with handcuffs on already.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 45 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Eh, there's a curiosity aspect as well. I can't do work on my car, but I can change the oil, tires, brake pads, and such. I understand the principle of how an IC engine works. I'm a computer programmer but I think it's because I'm a curious person who likes knowing how things work, and computers offer more chances to learn than anything else on the planet.

It isn't ignorance that has ever bothered me about boomers, zoomers, or anyone else. It's that 99% of people you meet are fundamentally incurious. They don't care how things work, they don't care if they could work differently.

Yatta! An ancient amusement from the early days of the internet.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Trying to imagine objects in higher than 3 spatial dimensions.

Imagining 2 or more temporal dimensions.

Designing a system of governance that is fair to all constituents, physically realizable, and marketable enough to convince future constituents to follow it.

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a vague notion of a new color. Success!

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

This is entirely apocryphal, but my friends who are very into blind items and celebrity gossip tell me about "yacht girls." Famous (but not too famous) women are often invited to rich guy's yachts as soft escorts. Sometimes there's sex, often they're just there to be pretty and flattering. Apparently Zach Effron is frequently a yacht "girl."

So yes, I think a fairly significant portion of minor celebrity income is from private appearances (of one kind or another). Speaking engagements for businesses or clubs are another big (legitimate) arm of this trade.

I sometimes still have nightmares about those aqueducts and fuel tubes!

[–] codexarcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.com 132 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

More realistic versions:

Waterfall: the car is "finished" at the end, but replace the engine with a huge roaring fire. The Dev team continues to put the engine fire out and build the engine for 3x the original project duration.

Agile: replace the cute scooter and bicycle with the partial car graphics from Waterfall, but mount a uniccyle seat and then a park bench on top of the partially built car.

AI: the whole thing should always be on fire, and have several spies from different countries taking pictures of it constantly.

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