Q3 also doesn’t have kernel level anticheat.

Just watched this. Been a fan of the games since the PS1 and played through the remake last October.

I liked this movie. I also liked Gans first one. Return follows the story of SH2 pretty well. It hits the majority of the main story beats and characters while keeping things moving when necessary (I joked we were going to arrive at the apartments 10 minutes in and the spend 3 hours of run time there, as soon as we saw the apartment building, there was a good chuckle with our viewing crew. Thankfully, they touch all the milestones you’d hope for and move on to the next set piece before overstaying their welcome). One thing that felt odd was the visuals. There are some real uncanny moments and we had more than a few moments where we couldn’t tell if James in particular was CG or live action.

This is far from a perfect film and I’m sure it will be overly criticized online, but as a movie retelling of one of the best silent hill stories of all time, Gans did well.

Genuinely interested in discussing here!

I’ve trusted this site for a long time. https://shucks.top/

I got you fam. I’ve been making a decent monthly donation for years. Consider one of those on your behalf!

Ever since the first time I loaded it up on Genesis, the Streets of Rage 2 menu theme has been an all timer for me. It’s the perfect encapsulation of 90’s techno and sets the mood for one of the greatest beat ‘em ups of all time.

That whiskey song is Kid Rock… gross. Anyways, Pat Finnerty did a great video on why that song is objectively shit. Worth a watch to get a little bit of that rage out through shared suffering.

Thank you so much for the response. It was exactly what I was expecting and love every second of it. I have a family member who is a train fan and they had a similar reaction. There is some subtlety there you did miss though.

The image date was changed to the approximate date when Eugen Blueler published his first paper proposing the psychological concept of autism. It is also location set for Zurich, Sweden. So, it is a bit more than a shitpost and I certainly wasn’t going to burn anymore trees asking for something a little more accurate than a 2 sentence gpt prompt.

Thanks again for the information!

At least we’d have a much cooler president.

Not the exact answer you’re looking for, but a $500 Mac mini would be a fantastic solution. That or an entry level MacBook Air.

I run Linux on my desktop for most things but all my music production is done on MacBooks. If you want a turn key solution, this is the way.

Every vst, midi device and mixing console I have just works. Well worth the sub $1000 investment.

Hell, my touring setup runs off a 8 year old MacBook Pro you could likely pick up for under $400.

Currently running Bloodborne on a 5900x / 5080 on Mint and it has very few hiccups. Haven’t made it to cathedral ward yet, but the papa guacamole battle was smooth

Wow, hit me right in the gen-x doomer with a nice sense of humor.

Nice shot.

X-Files song is a banger. Sequence goes to Westworld.

I think Munsters is a close 2nd for song.

Jesse Plemons fully armored out

“Yeah, but what kind of Tarnished are you?”

It was surprisingly good. Not life changing but they had some messages and themes that they wanted to convey and did so pretty damn well.

Gets a little ahead of itself in moments but honestly, there are tons of far worse films released every year.

Pronounced - Coon-tea-ay

4v1 asymetrical has long ago ruined any chances of a legacy franchise horror game.

I hate this style of gameplay. It encourages min/maxing, griefing and requires YouTube strat watching. I am too old for all that shit. I just want to play a decently made (quality here can match the movies honestly) b-tier game in these worlds I grew up loving. Instead, I try these things at launch when they’re buggy but still have some equality as the player base hasn’t gone full toxic and then by the time they’re patched and stable, its full of sweats or dead.

By now we’ve burned through Evil Dead, Killer Klowns, Texas Chainsaw and Friday the 13th chasing Dead by Daylight money.

What a fucking waste of dev resources. All it’s done is make each and everyone of those potentially great franchises for story telling appear too unprofitable for suits to jump in again…likely never on some of them.

The sick irony is that between the 2 distinct approaches to titans, there’s room for a fantastic hero shooter where the titans function as long run ults.

The PC / meatbag is a generic or, fuck it, a Apex bro/sis, and their ult is a Titanfall. Add some leveled / unique loadout options like 1 to the focused classes of 2 and its an easy win.

At least it is for this nerd on the internet who knows fuck all about VG development and mainstream gaming habits in 2025.

Thank you so much for the breakdown. I feel genuinely educated about something new and fascinating.

The concept of intentional exclusion sounds parallel to my experience as a metal head since childhood. There are times when we are the flavor of the day and others where we are being literally chased out of town (good times touring Utah with a band called fuck god in the face immediately after September 11, lol). But it is always a community that welcomes with a bit of gatekeeping. Sometimes a precious thing needs to be polished with a sneer.

The perspective on allyship is also interesting. I am never quite sure where to state my stance without appearing cloy or pandering. There’s an easy line between honesty and rainbow capitalism but it blurs a bit when you’re an individual who empathetically wants everyone to be able, safe and comfortable being the version of themselves they feel inside. Again, I think there’s another parallel between our communities.

The point on humor/irony or “evil” as you framed it is fun as well. In my simple understanding it’s akin to a statement of empowerment much the same as being a bad bitch. Love it. Be the Dr Evil you want to see in the world. Cpt Hammers be damned. (Not that a villain needs permission). I hope one day the status quo catches up to your virtue and you are all able to find new paths of decadent evil to engage in.

Cheers to that community. I will admire from afar and keep my mouth shut about it. Lest I spoil the delicious villainy for my own hetero purposes. But I will still perform in a mask and cape on stage at a crummy metal venue and raise a mental toast in our shared existence.

Have a fantastic day my friend!

Ok, I have an interest in a good faith conversation and realllllly hope we can do so about one of the “What This Isn’t” sections.

Please, bear with me if there is some obvious context that I am missing and understand I’m genuinely asking I’m good faith.

“A place for people who are straight and cis. Really can’t emphasize this one enough. I don’t care how nefarious or well-intentioned you are, you also need to be LGBTQIA+ in some way or another.”

This seems exclusionary to an entire group of allies and people who may find the ability to recognize something in the folks taking part in that community that allows them to be their true selves. It also feels a touch damning personally as someone who strives to practice tolerance and exceptance as a matter of course.

Is this in jest to keep with the villain motif? Is it a brand of humor and irony that I’m not privy to as a person outside of the community? Should I just accept its gate keeping as empowerment and move on?

I also understand you are likely not the author of the manifesto and not beholden to it’s message nor owe me an explanation. This is genuinely a question to expand my understanding of a world outside of my own as a (you guessed it) cis, 40 year old, white gun owner in America.

I hope so too!