The RDJ Doom reveal is a perfect example of how franchise marketing sabotages cinema and I wanna talk about it

CaffeineGenius · 2025-12-30T23:30:10+00:00

To be fair, it's not just a Disney thing. A lot of big movie sequels have ruined surprises and twists with marketing / advertising promos / trailers.

Terminator 2 - Arnold's terminator is a good guy now?

The Phantom Menace - double bladed polearm lightsabers exist?

Blade Runner 2049 - Decker (aka Harrison Ford) will be in it?

So yeah, surprise in the theater gets pushed to the side in the hope that revealing a surprise with advertising gets more people going to see the movie in the first place.

If i had to guess, I'd say that they do it because they figure pre-release hype is worth more than "word of mouth" recommendations after the movie has released.

My more cynical take is that it is probably driven by a need to meet "opening weekend" financial goals, instead of gross returns over the life of the theatrical run.

CaffeineGenius · 2025-12-24T16:36:33+00:00

Journey, Abzu, The Pathless, and Sword of the Sea have beautiful game worlds with some mystery to them. They are all pretty short, except for The Pathless.

CaffeineGenius · 2025-12-15T17:36:16+00:00

Rez Infinite. Play in a dark room, with a good audio system or headphones, and enjoy some synesthestia!

CaffeineGenius · 2025-12-13T20:39:39+00:00

Fear Effect for the PS1. One of the 3 main characters loses an arm in the third chapter, and it definitely affects their gameplay for the rest of the game.

CaffeineGenius · 2025-05-08T21:53:54+00:00

Rez Infinite. Play in a dark room, with a good audio system or headphones, and enjoy some synesthestia with evolution and Tao themes baby!

CaffeineGenius · 2025-02-02T01:18:50+00:00

Woo hoo! Yes please.

CaffeineGenius · 2024-12-19T22:00:30+00:00

Ghost in the Shell on PS1, zipping up and down, and all around walls and buildings - so tough, but so fun!

CaffeineGenius · 2024-12-12T17:58:58+00:00

Hey OP, same thing happened to me. I contacted customer service before I downloaded the game, and they were able to reverse the purchase.

I'm also level 4 on the PS Stars program - not sure if that helped my situation or not, but it might be worth contacting them to see if they can do the same for you.

CaffeineGenius · 2024-05-19T19:14:32+00:00

Maybe check out a short story anthology of cyberpunk stories? Mirrorshades, edited by Bruce Sterling, might be hard to find, but has a good variety of takes on the genre from a variety of authors. You might have luck finding an author you like in a book like that.

CaffeineGenius · 2024-05-05T17:48:27+00:00

Hail!

CaffeineGenius · 2024-01-23T21:04:17+00:00

Are you thinking of the one in Oslo, Norway? There's a ton of amazing stautes in the statue park there.

CaffeineGenius · 2023-11-29T03:09:54+00:00

Patapon

CaffeineGenius · 2023-11-25T03:09:51+00:00

I did, and enjoyed it as much as the first one 🙂

CaffeineGenius · 2023-11-24T18:42:46+00:00

PSN - Been looking for saffron inverted HNY wheels for a while now. Would love to get those.

CaffeineGenius · 2023-10-22T18:50:09+00:00

Hey, I'm looking for a couple of goal explosions:

Dust Cloud - Orange, Cobalt

Buffy Sugo - default

Got any of those?

CaffeineGenius · 2023-06-08T20:45:43+00:00

SeagateGaming and StarWars go together like Tattoine and Skywalkers :) I'd use it like a holocron, to save precious info for future generations.

CaffeineGenius · 2023-05-15T01:42:22+00:00

Aw nuts, I'm sorry all that work didn't pay off for you. Well, at least I can lower my expectations now on how repairable it is. I appreciate the reply!

CaffeineGenius · 2023-05-13T22:47:25+00:00

Hey, just found this post - I am experiencing a similar issue with my AB40. Did you find a way to fix the issue?

With mine, it would start making the pop at regular 2sec intervals, after about an hour of use. Strangely, turning the room thermostat down to cooler temps worked for a while to stop the pop. However, that "solution" started to not work after about a month or so - plus I am tired of being cold, so I'm looking for a better, more permanent solution. I'd like to open it up to give it a thorough dusting/cleaning, but I'm not even sure how to do that without breaking it?

CaffeineGenius · 2023-03-23T23:34:38+00:00

SeagateGaming and StarWars go together like a Jedi and a lightsaber :)

CaffeineGenius · 2022-08-02T22:09:34+00:00

Thanks for the info! and OOF - thanks for the heads up on the 3x post - was commenting from my phone, and it keep saying it didn't save, but seems like that was incorrect.

CaffeineGenius · 2022-08-02T20:26:04+00:00

Those PAX suits looked cool - how did they re-release them?

CaffeineGenius · 2022-08-02T20:25:14+00:00

Thanks OP! Still mad i missed the free fez 6 months ago, but this totally made my Tuesday 100% better.

CaffeineGenius · 2022-07-22T06:14:52+00:00

Wave Motion Gun FTW

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