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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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Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 14h

Wesker has his own island.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 15h

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 · 15h

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 · 15h

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 · 20h

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 · 22h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

Oh my god, that's fantastic and horrifying.

Ukobach (COOL HALLOWEEN REFERENCE) @uk0bach.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 23h

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 · 23h

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

Generally. On a side note, though, I hate how people have now started to just, like, openly hate on games that look good.

Just, that. Without any pretense.

Just "oh, y'all did good graphics? I thought you guys were better than that. Fucken sellouts."

I hate that shit.

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

ehh, sometimes it feels more like a riptide, though

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

Also Infamous: Second Son

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

What else would you expect, from a pampered rich boy?

He's probably never even SEEN plywood. He's got no mental image of it. He's probably never smelled sawdust in his life.

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

Meanwhile, other New Yorkers are nodding along, like "that's the way ya do it. Don't go to any of the greatest museums and libraries of the world. That shit is exclusively for tourists. Keep your eyes on on the hat clusters and rat-kings."

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

To be fair, legions of people suddenly obsessively reading thousands of pages of dry, dense court documents and police paperwork WOULD kinda leave people like me going "oh, hey there. You DON'T do this often?"

I mean, I'm not a walking stereotype. I'm not all about trains. But it's still ironic.

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

It's my right shoulder and right elbow, every time.

The weird part is, I *used* to feel that shit around the edges of several VERY old, very large surgical scars.

But I guess I leveled up and that scar tissue just because softened enough that it doesn't do that anymore.

Stupid rotting carcass.

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

The way I heard it, Jamie waited until after the game to tell anyone, and even then, he was essentially like "I almost didn't bring this up, but I guess we should check and see if my lung might have something wrong with it, before I go to sleep tonight."

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

Also, that dude IS built different. I knew someone who had a collapsed lung, back in the day. He said it felt like being constantly stabbed in between the ribs, with a sharpened broom handle.

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

Seriously, the venerable chocolate bar does not need fast fashion, over here.

Stick to the classics. Don't make it weird.

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