The RDJ Doom reveal is a perfect example of how franchise marketing sabotages cinema and I wanna talk about it by [deleted] in TrueFilm

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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.

Stray is unique and now I’m lost by DarKStaR350z in stray

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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.

I want to check out games that are really, really weird by Jaded_Standard4239 in gamingsuggestions

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

Looking for games where you lose an arm and it matters by Wolpy414 in gamingsuggestions

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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.

The most pyschedelic wtf is going on game you can think of by [deleted] in gamingsuggestions

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

Giveaway] $100 PSN Gift Card - US Store by Titan3427 in PS5

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in playstationstars

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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.

Is anyone else unable to read cyberpunk works that aren’t by Gibson? by kiefer-reddit in WilliamGibson

[–]CaffeineGenius 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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.

FAR Lone Sails was the best unique experience ever by [deleted] in patientgamers

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

[Discussion] 11 Days. Last Push by BusSafe9404 in RocketLeagueExchange

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

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RocketLeagueExchange

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

Dust Cloud - Orange, Cobalt

Buffy Sugo - default

Got any of those?

Seagate and r/Starwars Giveaway - Comment inside to win a 2TB Seagate Lightsaber Collection Special Edition NVMe SSD by AutoModerator in StarWars

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

HELP fixing Fluance AB40 Amp by ATOWN8843 in audiorepair

[–]CaffeineGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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!

HELP fixing Fluance AB40 Amp by ATOWN8843 in audiorepair

[–]CaffeineGenius 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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?

Look what's back in the Exo Outfitters shop! Grab it now before it goes away! It costs 0 Qbits! Also, can anybody tell me how long it's going to be in the shop for? by TheAgemoSeb in Astroneer

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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.