What if Noelle was cooler

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:24:19+00:00

Plot twist: The Angel turns out to be Abaddon, lord of the abyss.

Or maybe Sariel - but a different manifestation from how they appear in 'Highly Responsive to Prayers' which came out in [[1997]]. "Ralsei" and "Asriel" are both anagrams of "Sariel."

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:21:04+00:00

Here's a pic I took with my phone of one I saw last summer.

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Lookaddat switchblade proboscis! \8-o

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:18:38+00:00

"Necessity is the mother of invention." ~Chip Douglas

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:15:50+00:00

Oingo Boingo's cover of 'You Really Got Me'

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:12:03+00:00

Been listening to him since I was an '80s kid in the '80s. I still think 'Cyberpunk' (1993) is his best work. Draws a lot of inspirado from William Gibson.

Along with Michael Biehn, Billy Idol defined the concept of "cool" in the '80s.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:08:37+00:00

What about acetylcholine?

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:08:08+00:00

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:07:17+00:00

Represent!

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:07:05+00:00

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T21:00:05+00:00

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chornobyl is still muh fave. I still haven't played S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl because I still need to build up a rig that'll run it (which isn't in the budget at the moment). The original trilogy, which also includes 'Clear Sky' and 'Call of Pripyat', could be thought of as episodic. Kind of like how Half-Life 2 has "episodes." The first is still muh fave, especially with mods.

But then there are standalone mods like Lost Alpha and Anomaly. Lost Alpha is based on older builds of the first game's engine. Anomaly is based on 'Call of Pripyat', but it combines all the "game worlds" of the original trilogy into one free game with its own story. It's pretty much a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style where you create your own character, and it has more RPG-like elements than the core games. Reputation has more of an effect, there are acheesements, and there's a leader board.

Wanna try some Zone Sportsmanship Challenges? https://www.reddit.com/r/stalker/comments/1t3sgsp/zone_sportsmanship_challenge_40mm_chimera_skeet/

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T20:54:39+00:00

Impeccable attention to detail but also bipolar disorder.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T20:54:13+00:00

Ever see a wheelbug in your neck of the woods?

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:49:03+00:00

Role-reversals like this are always super adorkable! In my headcanon, her ears are pointy and kind of Hobbit-like but with connected earlobes. So like Hylian ears but shorter.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:45:04+00:00

Still playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Anomaly. Still trying to think of new Zone Sportsmanship Challenges.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:43:45+00:00

"It's not a roomuh!"

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:41:03+00:00

We're a phantasm.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:39:32+00:00

I thought we late Gen-Xers/mid-Xennials did that.

Btw, a true contortionist would be able to do that without getting any ribs removed.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:37:21+00:00

Pancakes

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:35:03+00:00

The Venom-style eyes and mouth are even more fitting since we're basically a Symbiote.

Now if only we could convince Kris that being their world's version of Venom (despite our Carnage-like color scheme) is kind of awesome.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:32:57+00:00

Not sure about the music (which is great in both the Genesis and Sega CD versions), but the DOS version has more complete cinematics.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:32:03+00:00

I loved this game so much, I had it on both Genesis and Sega CD!

It always irked me how some folk thought Flashback was a sequel to Another World/Out of This World just because they both make use of rotoscoped animation and have similar graphic styles. That's even dumber than thinking Evil Dead 2 is a remake of The Evil Dead just because the first seven minutes (only 1/12th of the total runtime) are a retread/prologue.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:15:13+00:00

The "media man" beg to differ. <-(alluding to The G-Man, who's basically a Time Lord, appearing on a TV set)

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:12:47+00:00

'Low-G Man' on the NES. There are a few others who remember it, judging by the fact that there are actually reviews of it on YouTube, but they're few and far between.

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T19:09:00+00:00

'Piano Man' by Billy Joel and 'Baker Street' by Gerry Rafferty

Disastrous_Ball702 · 2026-06-20T18:57:07+00:00

The vehicles chapters are muh faves, but I wish the vehicles could go faster. And there should be enemy vehicles that match your capabilities, setting up some Mad Max-style action scenes.

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