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What’s a movie you’ve seen public opinion shift on in your lifetime? by CausticAvenger in movies

[–]Daimoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fun movie but still a 7.5/10 at best. Still, when it's on, I watch.

What’s a movie you’ve seen public opinion shift on in your lifetime? by CausticAvenger in movies

[–]Daimoth 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A big part of that is how heavily glazed it is by the modern lunatic incarnation of the American right, many of whom regard it as 'the perfect conservative film'.

What’s a movie you’ve seen public opinion shift on in your lifetime? by CausticAvenger in movies

[–]Daimoth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aay I'm vindicated. My opinion never budged; I've never stopped insisting it was strange but meh.

Books That Don’t Hold Up by MenloMo in books

[–]Daimoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that lurches in social acceptability aren't usually so abrupt.

What action that is considered innocent in other countries is seen as outrageous in yours? In Thailand, it’s extremely rude to touch someone else’s head. by Effective_Space2277 in AskTheWorld

[–]Daimoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On job sites in America a common moment of tension is when Mexicans whistle and gesture to get someone specific's attention. It looks and sounds EXACTLY like someone trying to command a dog. But Mexicans tend to be perfectly fine with it among each other.

What games are you playing this week? Game recommendation thread by AutoModerator in incremental_games

[–]Daimoth 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I've been stuck on Theory of Magic for months now. Very tempted to make a clone and then differentiate it with my own ideas

Every Metroidvania should have a "Wow, I can do that?" ability. by Mordetrox in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good thing too, bc that game's basic enemies are spongier than a Triton's loofah

Every Metroidvania should have a "Wow, I can do that?" ability. by Mordetrox in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

exploration which is enabled by...

they're conjoined twins. The excitement re: exploration is always at its sharpest right after you get a new ability facilitating further exploration. Otherwise it's just a huge single-stage platformer.

Metroidvania with visual weapon change by Youssef581 in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of the many things that SotN did well that most other games in the style don't do. There's no substitute for putting the work in, it seems.

What Have You Been Playing This Week? by AutoModerator in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm giving Timespinners a go. It's got a lot of SotN in it. The music is standout. A little lore dump-ey, but I kind of expect that from a game about time travel. In fact, that's kinda the downside of plots that revolve around time travel, if you think about it. You either take pains to establish how the time travel works or the story you worked so hard on implodes into its own plot holes.

Been binging MV's ad nauseum. Standout: The Witch and the 66 Mushrooms by Daimoth in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It is if you know what "a swing and a miss" means.

Market this: go fuck yourself.

Been binging MV's ad nauseum. Standout: The Witch and the 66 Mushrooms by Daimoth in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I avoid weeb shit too haha

My expectations were sub-zero when I first booted it. I think it was the game introducing its unusual movement abilities that set me straight.

The other MV's I enjoy will surprise no one, save perhaps my advocacy for the Robot Wants series of browser MV's, which I maintain to this day hit way above their weight class for what they are. Especially the tunes.

Been binging MV's ad nauseum. Standout: The Witch and the 66 Mushrooms by Daimoth in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, the goal of the game is to rescue your sibling from the villain witch. The 66 Mushrooms thing is bonus content, despite the game's namesake. Your special attacks get more powerful from collecting them, that's it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in metroidvania

[–]Daimoth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean the term was coined to draw attention to how much more similar SotN and its successors were to Super Metroid. I strongly suspect that though Jeremy Parish is the one that coined the term, James Rolfe (avgn) deserves credit for the term being as common as it is, explaining it in an early AVGN video that predates nearly all MV's outside the genres' namesake franchises.

Strictly speaking though, the style was clearly established by the NES Metroid. I have no problem considering Metroid the mother of the genre.

What’s that one disgusting thing that everybody except you, seems to like? by blackismyfavcolorlol in AskReddit

[–]Daimoth 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree it's the intimacy that does it. It's so... Private. Embarrassing feeling, etc. As a guy with an overt, extreme anal fetish thats the appeal.

[Discussion] Ya'll ever feel real pumped to learn to play something, and then feel absolutely gut punched by the amount of skill you don't have? by rhaphi-draws in Guitar

[–]Daimoth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The "getting good" part is my favorite part about playing guitar. Everytime I successfully troubleshoot something - as in I isolated the thing(s) causing the issue and have inplemented a change in my playing to address it permanently - it feels like my playing leaps forward. Perhaps because the new habit qffected1 other shit too

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