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Jay Brandstetter

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Middle-aged asexual internet historian with a podcast and a fursona 🐼 (and autism) A block just means I don't want to see your posts, I'm very picky https://shows.acast.com/im-from-the-internet-a-podcast-about-somethingawfulcom

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 14h

EVERY THIRD HETERO COUPLE

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Retro Pals @retropals.bsky.social · 17h

Our playthrough of I Will: The Story of London for the LaserActive is NOW on YouTube! Can we find Dr. Ozone's device before it's too late? www.youtube.com/watch?v=su3l...

I Will: The Story of London - Complete Playthrough - Retro Pals

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 19h

I haven't uploaded a youtube video in years and I still have more than twice as many subscribers as Bear Stearns Bravo was able to get out of a 250k+ subscriber YouTube account and a Twitter account with 120k+ followers

Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 1d

My favorite thing about the old Safety Not Guaranteed meme is that the picture of the mulleted man is just an unrelated picture someone tacked on at some point and nobody questions it

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

these must be references to the Canadian TV series I never watched
(Nexus Mods is mostly stuff to make it more movie accurate)

Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Borderlands is still putting people in masks so they don't have to do faces despite being owned by a billionaire, meanwhile this AA movie tie-in from Poland is rendering an entire 1987 Peter Weller for one scene.

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

I used to work for AutoZone delivering car parts to dealerships. Car dealership people are, as a group, second only to plastic surgeons in terms of the worst groups of human beings I've ever had to interact with professionally. forums.nasioc.com/forums/showt...

Mark Mitsubishi in Scottsdale AZ makes me ashamed to be a "Mark" - NASIOC

Mark Mitsubishi in Scottsdale AZ makes me ashamed to be a "Mark" Dealership Reviews

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

"It's been over 20 years since Mark Mitsubishi happened, I don't want to ruin some guy's life because he was a jerk once when I was in high school"
*checks Yelp reviews of the recently-closed dealership*
"I can't wait to ruin this guy's SEO forever."

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Though I will say having the Kanemitsu Corporation making a cameo at the very end was really funny, it's like the Robocop equivalent of Scrappy-Doo showing up at the end of the Scooby-Doo movie.

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

and credits. The ending was good enough that I don't want to spoil it, but they really went the extra mile to wrap everything up instead of just being a "What wacky adventure will Robocop get up to next week?" or sequel hook
Great game, so going to New Game+ next time I need a break from factories

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Kyle rules, I'm a total no-name and he installed Discord to guest on my show and talk about killer ziplines for two hours.

Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

the Robocop game has more dialogue-specific skills than any Bethesda RPG released since I finished high school

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

It has the one shortcoming every Robocop sequel has: it lacks a Clarence Boddicker. Punks with mohawks, bikers, and a stern man in a suit are all well and good but I miss that X factor of a weird little dude that is super mean but not physically tough or imposing

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

and yes, Robocop shooting you in the dick is an instant kill

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

you can grab and throw people like when Robo's interrogating Clarence Boddicker and you can recover your health with electric terminals like in 2. They recreate the cool old computer UIs and the environments have a lot of props that are references but mostly make sense in context

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

This feels like a remaster of an Xbox 360 game in the best way possible. Like an artifact from a universe where The Darkness was the model for that gen of FPSes instead of Call of Duty. It has a New Game+ mode and I'm already looking forward to the stuff I missed the first time

Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

Also the shooting itself is very fun. It leans into following the flow of Robocop gunfights: you can't jump, crouch, or stick to cover so you tank gunfire while slowly walking forward mowing everyone down. You can customize the Auto 9 so I have infinite ammo no reload and just spray the entire room.

Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

I haven't beaten it but so far I think it might be my favorite Robocop thing not made by Paul Verhoeven. Unless you're the type of movie nerd that only likes Robocop for the nostalgic aesthetics, in which case the smoothly animated ED-209s and Xbox 360-ish plastic people won't give you brain tingles

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

It's smart because in abstract the idea of doing fetch quests as a robot cop sucks, but the character work and satire and worldbuilding are a huge part of the Robocop movie. Half the game is (optional) Deus Ex-ish hub quests with dialogue choices so you really get to feel like you're Robocop.

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

I have to give it credit for the humor, if you liked the bits of Robocop 2 where he's interacting with the public it has lots of fun bits like using Robocop to pull down a stuck garage lift or breakdancers asking him to do the robot or using his databanks to find a video tape at the rental store

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

It takes place after Robocop 2 so they keep the good stuff from that like Nuke and Cain but there's no ninjas or jetpacks thankfully. Main plot seems fairly obvious but they take advantage of the medium for slower character stuff like Robocop seeing a therapist or doing station gruntwork

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 2d

if you're like me and find Screaming Mad George's aesthetics to be really silly and tryhard I cannot recommend the episode of Abject Suffering on this game enough podcasts.apple.com/gh/podcast/a...

Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 3d

Robocop is one of my favorite movies and so far my only complaint writing-wise is that they sidelined Lewis and replaced her with a young Miles Morales type that feels way too modern and quippy compared to everyone else.

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Jay Brandstetter @jaybrandstetter.bsky.social · 3d

My computer can barely run the Robocop game but it's worth it to issue parking tickets between missions for bonus xp

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