maybe I just dislike that mystery box style of writing so much.

I felt like TFA was pretty straightforward but THIS, great description btw, “mystery box” style writing got SO BAD after that.

Their whole nonsense about “SuBvErTiNg ExPeCtATiOnS” was like watching perpetually disappointing YouTube unboxing videos. Maybe it’s great internet engagement bait, but it sucks for cinematic storytelling. It felt like the writers themselves had no idea where anything was going behind all the random “subversion.”

I liked the art direction tho…

BUT…Even if nothing else made much sense:

• Turning Luke into a cynical burnout ruined his character. That nonsense was a crime against storytelling.

• Finn should have been a Jedi. He got narratively robbed so brazenly after being set up to be an enduring, unexpected hero, and it pisses me off.

Far before the Disney acquisition, the Clone Wars tv series was actually really impressive and fleshed out the world SO MUCH. “Rebels” did the same for the original trilogy, but that might have been post-Disney.

The animators used filmmaking prowess with things like animating camera shots as if they were on a real film set, which lent a so-far unseen level of professionalism and production quality for a CG television series.

I felt so stupid avoiding it when it first got big, because I thought it was a kiddie “franchise show.” It blew me away and still inspires me as a 3D artist. The visual style definitely grew on me as well. :)

Damn, that’s cool.

❤️

That sounds wicked! I should totally decorate my PC case with an emblem like that too! I’m still using that Corsair C70 that looks like an olive drab ammo box. :D

Awesome (and super spooky) chryssalid figure! I didn’t even know they made those. 😲 It definitely does the creature justice!

Now I wonder what other figures there are, but I realize at this point I’m probably better off making my own fan models to 3D print. XD

I don’t wanna know how old X-COM WoTC is. I always start it, make a bunch of progress, and then have to abandon it for like half a year at a time. One of these daaaays!!!

I gotta go back and try the classics too. There’s open source engines for them now! :D

SO MUCH. I got so hyped for a brief second there a while back, until I realized it was “2042” and they missed the “1”. Then I was like “Aw c’mon for real?”

The aesthetic was really cool, and Titans mode was awesome. Although I’d like if we could solve the problem where every server owner froze titans in place because they’d crash / slow down the server if people moved them! 😂

I even got that preorder version that gave you a flashdrive that looked like one of their dogtags. THAT was cool!

But we need a good smaller studio to basically create a spiritual successor. Definitely wouldn’t trust EA with this anymore! It’d have some rootkit-style windows-only anticheat and a storefront baked in.

It’s right up there on my unlikely wishlist along with “Sims 3 but allow more RAM and multithreading.” 😂

Actually know what tho? Titanfall 2 fills that 2142 niche somewhat closely. That game’s incredible. I’m glad we seem to still have that, at least.

Right there with you! The “attention economy” has absolutely wreaked havoc on humankind. They’re at the core of all of this.

I suppose the reason I put so much blame on the devices is because of all these little design choices with both the hardware and the OS.

For example: Not having access to the file system, the radios always being on, being very anti-repairable, and like you said, apps not being sandboxed by default.

kids grow up with ‘digital babysitter’ ipads, and if you see any of the kids ipad and video programming it might as well be brain-frying crack for kids

THIS so much! We’re gonna be an iPadless household, and I’m telling everyone: If they gift anything cocomelon or equivalent, it’s gonna go right back, thanks but no thanks.

Yeah, education has also been seriously screwed up, I could write entire paragraphs about that too. From “no child left behind” to “whole-word reading” dropping phonics (someone shared an excellent podcast series called “Sold a Story” about that disaster. Basically it taught kids to read like your phone keyboard predicts words. Exactly as insane as it sounds.)

A lot of education has to happen in the home, and we’re several generations into practically unparented kids, whether just plain negligent and broken households or mom and/or dad both slaving their lives away at careers, unable to do any actual parenting and expecting the abused employees of the sabotaged barely-limping school system to do it for them.

But I know it requires some serious societal-level rethinking, including accepting that it’s okay to be bored.

I know we often don’t see it, but there are a lot of bright young people out there, and they inspire others to be bright. I remain optimistic.

And I agree…I think people need to learn to sit with boredom and channel that, without a thousand expensive keys jangling in their faces the whole time. :)

I appreciate the thoughtful reply!

Right on! Just for you…

I’m on overwatch. 😉

Yeah discs are mostly a backup medium for me now, as I’d rather just read things off my server. :)

HOWEVER… I’m not absolutely swimming in terabytes as a lot of self-hosters seem to, which makes storage really suck right now.

…So we still use our blu-rays because I can’t afford to just throw gig after gig on platters like that. :(

I like using Blender too. Granted, I’m already somewhat familiar with it for art purposes. But just for STLs, if you know what you’re doing you can actually get away with quite a bit using a boolean CAD-like workflow!

It’s free under the guise that everything you make is OnShapes IP.

This sounds insanely predatory and messed up. Is this not as absolutely nuts as it sounds? O.o

Just make a tool, and take someone else’s work with that tool as your own? For real? This sounds really sus.

This would make for a KILLER Hackaday read if you got a proof of concept working though hahaha.

Windows killed a lot of disc drives around win10. I was convinced my laptop one just died.

Oh but look, running EndeavourOS and what’s this? Works just fine.

CDs and movies no problem. Games probably too, with a little Wine/Bottles magic!

Look out, you’ve got specialized equipment to generate an ａｅｓｔｈｅｔｉｃ now! 😎

Yeah I’m increasingly convinced the “Nobody uses discs anymore” thing is a coordinated manipulation campaign by rent-seeking streaming media giants…

Oh yeah, when I see couch co-op games go up, I collect them. I’m so glad this is coming back!

I recently introduced some family to playing Worms: Armageddon hotseat style, and that was ridiculous fun. (And it can run on a potato probably! Lol)

The hardest thing anymore is just getting adults in a room together, and convincing them to try new games and get set up and everything.

(Jackbox tends to be most accessible but I really want to play more involved games with people…)

Haha yeah I actually did a few of these before, and they were awesome.

I remember really enjoying UT2k4, Command & Conquer Tiberium Wars, and a ridiculous number of Warcraft III mods (and DOTA lol).

A lot of my friends really liked CounterStrike 1.6 though and…I honestly wasn’t much of a fan hah. (It was the hitboxes and spread. AK bursts center mass? No dice. Get hit in the foot by a submachinegun? Ded. I know, skill issue prolly lol.)

I remember once we played a few games and then everyone just logged into their individual WoW accounts around the end of the night. Lame lol.

Logistically, I definitely don’t miss having to get the game(s) installed on everybody’s machines, and make sure everybody’s got the same patch version, and that kinda thing. Steam’s actually made that a ton easier! (Especially with things like 4 packs and sales.)

More recently we tried a LAN party, and Warsow saved the day since it was free on GOG. That was a TON of fun! Sad that’s a “dead game.”

In highschool the whole computer lab would be playing Battlefield Modern Combat, or Battlefield 2142, and that was REALLY fun with a full house. (Getting to hear people shout “Alright WHO IS <username>?!?!?!” was great fun.)

Oh crap, how’s KeePass got an LLM involved‽ Time to look into this now…

I did find https://codeberg.org/ChiPass/ChiPass , but it looks like a very new project.

@palmtrees2309@lemmy.world

Yep. Seconding this!

KeePass + Syncthing is the best.

Back up the database(s) regularly. (Syncthing can also retain x number of versions and things like that, but also do your own 3-2-1 backups.)

You can use something as simple as a Pi, or an old laptop, or even an old phone if you get creative, as an always-on syncthing server to keep them synchronized. KeePassXC even has a fancy integration with Firefox, so all you gotta do is unlock your database and click autofill on websites.

Edit: lmao seriously, not like I care but what’s there to downvote about this? 😂

My hat’s a tactical cap with hook-and-loop mounting points, where I change out various morale patches based on what I’m feeling that day. (A lot of times it’s the X-COM “vigilo confido” patch haha.)

So does the hat choose my personality? Or does my personality choose the hat? Who’s to say. It’s flexible and open to change at least. :D

Can’t try college right now, but LAN parties are legit! I hope somewhere they’re still a thing…

I’m honestly shocked at how many people will seemingly fire at something without confirming their target first, going by all these stories. Like there’s really that many dummies that will just send a round at something that might be moving in the distance?! Sheesh!