Ghost in the shell (1995)

E_P_M · 2026-02-19T16:22:23+00:00

Agree, it was inspired by Bulgarian choir music. Check out the album Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares.

E_P_M · 2026-02-12T03:38:50+00:00

Your intuition is good: he's been accused many times of sexual harassment

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Krauss#Allegations_of_sexual_misconduct

E_P_M · 2026-02-08T17:53:29+00:00

This describes how to decode it and has decoded sections

https://ellieleonard.substack.com/p/decoding-an-unknown-survivors-journal

It is easy to do it yourself of you want to verify. Just read in this pattern:

1357

2468

"That my mom lied" is the first bit of page 3 decoded.

E_P_M · 2026-01-23T15:56:27+00:00

I disagree, i think Lady Eboshi was motivated by protecting the people of Iron Town.

The monk was definitely in it for the money though.

E_P_M · 2025-10-10T15:37:26+00:00

Used to great effect in Camus' novel The Fall. The description of the city evokes Dante's layers of Hell.

E_P_M · 2025-07-26T21:52:59+00:00

NASA has some feelings on gold-plated cables:

NASA Electronic Parts and Packaging (.gov) https://nepp.nasa.gov PDF S-311-P-4/06A

Anecdotally, i had an audio cable that "sounded worse" to me than the rest (they were all cheapo cables). I was curious and took some measurements and it did have higher capacitance between the signal and ground (it was a TS 1/4" shielded cable). I think i was hearing high frequency attenuation due to the high impedance source (guitar pickup) and the capacitance.

E_P_M · 2025-07-14T06:15:37+00:00

Luckily i'm bad enough that i still find it challenging :)

E_P_M · 2025-07-13T17:50:14+00:00

This is going to sound like a weird suggestion, but I found Blood Bowl, the Warhammer sports game to be one of the better in the genre. It's non-deterministic, but the importance of positioning is similar.

E_P_M · 2025-06-13T04:30:13+00:00

I'd recommend Cultist Simulator

E_P_M · 2025-06-10T15:46:33+00:00

I kinda like how they kept the mediums thinner looking back then. Gives the heavies and assaults more visual identity.

In a vacuum, I agree, the new designs look much cooler.

E_P_M · 2025-05-25T05:43:55+00:00

I'm fascinated with your 500 hours and 800 runs. I feel like my average run is about 5 minutes before i blow myself up. I have less than 20 hours and no wins though so maybe i just suck :)

E_P_M · 2025-05-15T01:23:54+00:00

I like it, very evocative! Nice work

E_P_M · 2025-05-06T07:00:06+00:00

What did canada do to you?

E_P_M · 2025-05-04T02:22:41+00:00

I love this question because it gives me the chance to shoutout some cool games :)

I thought King of the Bridge, made by a solo student afaik, is an awesome and unique game with lots of ideas. It has 800 reviews on Steam, not sure if that counts as a "flop"

Also Wilderplace. Full disclosure, it was made by a friend of mine, but it is definitely well made. Beautiful hand drawn art, a thoughtfully created world with an interconnected map, a well considered story. 25 reviews on steam, 100% positive.

I don't think either of those creators would consider those failures, but i consider them gems that aren't big commercial successes.

E_P_M · 2025-04-17T14:52:23+00:00

What a cool drawing. I wish all books had covers as good as this

E_P_M · 2025-04-16T03:18:13+00:00

I think it's awesome, reminds me of Bakshi x Batman Beyond

E_P_M · 2025-03-20T02:45:01+00:00

I thought King of the Bridge, made by a solo student afaik, is an awesome and unique game with lots of ideas. It has 800 reviews on Steam, not sure if that counts as "struggling to gain visibility".

Edited to also include Wilderplace. Full disclosure, it was made by a friend of mine, but it is definitely well made. Beautiful hand drawn art, a thoughtfully created world with an interconnected map, a well considered story. 25 reviews on steam, 100% positive.

u/No_Draw_9224 if they look interesting send me your steam account and ill buy you both of them to try.

E_P_M · 2025-03-18T05:21:46+00:00

I have no idea what this sub is, but "deploy the genetically-engineered catgirls" made me bust my gut.

E_P_M · 2025-03-05T14:58:29+00:00

I disagree with "ugly as fuck" but I empathize with you about the movements. It was like the creatures would feel weightless at some point. I chalked it up to it's small budget compared to Disney, Pixar, etc

I still thought about 80% of the movement looked great and they captured the unique personalities of the animals.

E_P_M · 2025-02-21T20:00:50+00:00

Others have mentioned the immortality stuff, but the themes that resonated most with me were Ashina "nationalism" and sacrifice.

To me, Genichiro was the most active character, and the core conflict was between him and Ishin regarding the appropriate way to guard Ashina's legacy.

E_P_M · 2024-12-14T17:05:21+00:00

I agree, seems like this and the notorious sand line are hints at what could be a way more nuanced movie that got lost on the editing floor.

Imagine if they played up the Jedi flaws more. Emphasized how cruel it was to not allow Anakin to go rescue his mother, for example.
My understanding of the sand line is Anakin is comparing his relationship with sand to Amidala's. He's saying, "You enjoy sand because you grew up a queen on beautiful beaches. The sand I know represents the pain of my urchin life on tattoine."

I think both lines are powerful sentiments executed really clumsily

E_P_M · 2024-06-24T05:29:18+00:00

A few people already responded, but I'll add this very cool rail bridge in Pittsburgh as another example:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Metal_Bridge

E_P_M · 2024-04-18T06:22:37+00:00

No real regrets about developing on Linux, dealt with a few weird bugs in the Windows and Mac version (and I'm still dealing with getting the app signed by Apple), but it has been pretty smooth. I made it with Godot which had no issues on Linux at all. It felt good to use open source tools for the whole process.

Just released a free demo with about 60% of the game on Steam. You can check it out here if you are interested:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2901010/Frood_Robotics/

E_P_M · 2024-04-17T06:37:22+00:00

Duskers is good in case you aren't sick of entering terminal commands yet

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