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by Thad
Fri May 10, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Deals on Things
Replies: 94
Views: 24410

Re: Deals on Things

Various Doctor Who deals on, what with tonight's premier. Humble's got a comics bundle ; there are a hell of a lot of them and I haven't read them all but Paul Cornell wrote a few and the ones I've read of his are pretty good. I don't think I've read any of Al Ewing's Who comics but he's been doing ...
by Thad
Fri May 10, 2024 7:44 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 369
Views: 41820

Re: X-Men

KingRoyal wrote:The Judgement of Magneto for Defector*

This is the setup for Resurrection of Magneto, an ongoing miniseries by Al Ewing and Luciano Vecchio.

wait, what the fuck is an "ongoing miniseries"
by Thad
Fri May 10, 2024 3:00 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hot game deals
Replies: 845
Views: 225576

Re: Hot game deals

Fanatical's got some deals on. Eiyuden Chronicle for $38 instead of the usual $50, Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series for $8.59, SteamWorld Dig for a buck.
by Thad
Fri May 10, 2024 2:43 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Freeware/Indie/Miscellaneous/Etc.
Replies: 33
Views: 11943

Re: Freeware/Indie/Miscellaneous/Etc.

Classic Marathon now free on Steam, with Classic Marathon 2 and Classic Marathon Infinity listed as "Coming Soon". It's the Aleph One versions of the games, which have been available for free for close to twenty years. But if you've been, say, waiting for a way to play them on a Steam Dec...
by Thad
Thu May 09, 2024 7:45 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: The Antisocial Network
Replies: 300
Views: 68212

Re: The Antisocial Network

Yeah, the open moderation stack is what caught my eye in the Masnick article I linked. That's at least potentially a big goddamn deal. I'm still concerned about the centralization (open APIs are all well and good but having to trust a single for-profit company not to turn them off isn't, even if it ...
by Thad
Thu May 09, 2024 12:47 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 369
Views: 41820

Re: X-Men

Yeah, I was thinking much the same. TOS was originally going to end by setting up Generation X, back when season 4 was planned as the final season. Mostly because X-Cutioner's Song and Generation X are probably the last remaining 90s stories that haven't been used. The last two Big Event stories, ma...
by Thad
Thu May 09, 2024 12:21 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: Batman (created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane)
Replies: 282
Views: 76895

Re: Batman (created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane)

We've got screencaps from Batman: Caped Crusader , including some very '40s-style images of Batman and Catwoman, a redesigned Harley Quinn, and Scarecrow looking a lot like he did on New Batman Adventures. (Or, based on the text, Clayface looking a lot like Scarecrow did on New Batman Adventures? Ok...
by Thad
Thu May 09, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Media
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 369
Views: 41820

Re: X-Men

You know, it's kind of impressive how seamlessly the old "slot Rogue in for Colossus" move works. omg I just realized that after 5 seasons of retelling stories from the '70s and '80s with Gambit in place of Nightcrawler, now they're retelling a story from the '90s with Nightcrawler in...
by Thad
Thu May 09, 2024 12:56 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?
Replies: 1313
Views: 287325

Re: Hey [%target] Whatcha Playin'?

Went ahead and snagged Hi-Fi Rush in that Humble Choice bundle and I'm only about half an hour in but it is a gorgeous game with a soundtrack that rocks and I was already mad about the studio being shut down on principle but now I'm also mad because they made something genuinely great.
by Thad
Wed May 08, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: General Old Game Hardware Thread
Replies: 216
Views: 46116

Re: General Old Game Hardware Thread

Boy I wish I'd known about threeSD before I manually extracted all my games and saves from my 2DS and copied them to my new 3DS XL! ...which I thought was a capital-N New 3DS XL when I bought it, so that kinda smarts. But oh well, it's not like I was going to play Xenoblade on it or anything anyway.
by Thad
Wed May 08, 2024 5:33 pm
Forum: Media
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 369
Views: 41820

Re: X-Men

I guess I'm a little surprised they're doing Fatal Attractions again, but not that surprised. You know, it's kind of impressive how seamlessly the old "slot Rogue in for Colossus" move works. Nice job with everybody getting an alternate costume. Good meta jokes: "Morph wa...
by Thad
Wed May 08, 2024 11:04 am
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Bogus, batshit, banal, bizarre, or bicubic: Assorted News
Replies: 1724
Views: 390067

Re: Bogus, batshit, banal, bizarre, or bicubic: Assorted News

Not going to link to the New York Times, but it turns out that in RFK Jr's case, "brainworms" is not a figure of speech. The dude literally had part of his brain eaten by a parasite. And in case that wasn't on-the-nose enough, apparently the "thimerosol causes autism" guy also ha...
by Thad
Wed May 08, 2024 10:54 am
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)
Replies: 626
Views: 67199

Re: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)

Can't say I'm surprised -- not just because Cannon gonna Cannon, but because of SCOTUS slow-walking the immunity ruling. As for the Georgia case, AIUI Georgia RICO prosecutions can take a very long time. It's never great to hear about another delay, but I think that one was looking at a pretty long ...
by Thad
Tue May 07, 2024 3:36 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hot game deals
Replies: 845
Views: 225576

Re: Hot game deals

May's Humble Choice has Hi-Fi Rush and Yakuza: Like a Dragon, among others. I'm thinking I'll grab it; I've been wanting to check out Hi-Fi Rush and $12 would be an all-time low price for that game alone. (Y:LaD is a Steam code; the Steam version inexplicably still has Denuvo even though the game's ...
by Thad
Mon May 06, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: The Antisocial Network
Replies: 300
Views: 68212

Re: The Antisocial Network

I heard a couple of months back that Threads was joining the Fediverse but didn't actually see anything from Threads in my Mastodon feed until the past couple of days. Nothing bad; it was some posts by Aaron Rupar that somebody was boosting. There's a debate going right now about whether or not Mast...
by Thad
Mon May 06, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: :corncob:
Topic: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)
Replies: 626
Views: 67199

Re: Trump Leaving Office Poll (Part 2)

I'll believe it when I see it, and Merchan's pretty clear that he'd really rather not, but it's more direct and blunt than any of the other judges have been up to this point. I think Merchan's made the very reasonable judgement that stochastic terrorism against jurors is a red line and he can't let ...
by Thad
Sun May 05, 2024 12:12 am
Forum: Board Shit
Topic: #Tell Friday
Replies: 2420
Views: 250529

Re: #Tell Friday

One time we threw a stick in a lake for the dog to swim after and he came back with a big ol' log.

(Not Artie; this was a different dog probably ~20-25 years ago. Artie doesn't swim.)
by Thad
Fri May 03, 2024 12:45 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: General Old Game Hardware Thread
Replies: 216
Views: 46116

Re: General Old Game Hardware Thread

Went ahead and pre-ordered the Evercade VS-R; should be getting it in August. Lord knows I've got plenty of different ways to play old games already, but I appreciate their dedication to the niche/obscure/forgotten stuff. Again, they remade Duke Nukem 1&2 from the ground up, and you can't get th...
by Thad
Fri May 03, 2024 10:42 am
Forum: Media
Topic: IT IS THE YEAR 2005
Replies: 135
Views: 31828

Re: IT IS THE YEAR 2005

Transformers #7 introduces a new artist, Jorge Corona. Daniel Warren Johnson (who's still writing) is a tough act to follow but gives Corona exactly what he needs to earn a warm welcome: a lengthy sequence of Soundwave kicking the everloving shit out of Starscream. You know Johnson knows Transformer...
by Thad
Thu May 02, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: Media
Topic: X-Men
Replies: 369
Views: 41820

Re: X-Men

Still deciding if "No, my friend. Nine" was a German joke I don't see how there can be any doubt. Morph has turned into not just Magik but also Darkchilde and Colossus in his X-Men costume specifically, which afaik never happened in the original run. No, he just wore a tank top in the '92...