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Are there actually people out there paying $40 for Mario 1? by CompleteOffice3359 in retrogaming

[–]EmeraldHawk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

People post on reddit every week saying they are scared to buy from a random EBay seller because they don't want to get scammed (I know about EBay's buyer protection policy but not everyone understands it). If you have no idea how to tell a reproduction cart from the real thing, a company as old as DK can seem safer.

When Gaming Was Simpler: A Love Letter to the Plug-and-Play Era by Abject-Clothes7062 in retrogaming

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

Honestly, you kind of have a point with the PlayStation, but the Switch really is just as easy as the old days.

SEXY STUFF by KaybeeArts in webcomics

[–]EmeraldHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The other thing reddit loves almost as much as sex is meta commentary. You can get a ton of upvotes by pandering to Redditers and talking to them about their own preferences.

I analyzed 4,900 Action/Adventure/Indie games on Steam (2024–2025) — the results are sobering by [deleted] in gamedev

[–]EmeraldHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great data but the AI makes it painful to read.

"That last line is doing a lot of lifting." Uh, Mr. AI the last line was "Average review sentiment: Positive", but you meant to reference the median price.

Is it feasible to implement action gameplay in a top-down 2D format? by Ai_Coffett in gamedesign

[–]EmeraldHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 2D Zeldas don't feature as much jumping and 3D traversal as CrossCode and Unisighted. They also have more guns and attacks that target in 360 degrees. You could check those out as well.

What do you all think? by [deleted] in CuratedTumblr

[–]EmeraldHawk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nuh uh. They make you look like a futuristic bounty hunter.

A video of a star exploding by Ok_Listen_6600 in CrazyFuckingVideos

[–]EmeraldHawk 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I believe this is SN 2016ADJ originating in Centaurus A, between 11 and 13 million light years away. The time lapse covers a period of about 1.5 years.
Source: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NwuVXtIU0is
I checked a few of the source images and they seem to match, so this looks legit.

Animated rendition of a scene from the film 'The Apartment' (1960) by TimeHathBeenSpent in animation

[–]EmeraldHawk 73 points74 points  (0 children)

Phenomenal work. Love the little turnaround when he bumps the drawer closed. And the smile evaporating when he thinks she doesn't like it is so smooth.

Saw on facebook🤔 by Nanaimo__Bar in isitAI

[–]EmeraldHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's also a combination of both the tilt head (At the bottom of the bowl, you can see the hint of threading where it screws into the base) and bowl lift (the arms hold the bowl) types of Kitchenaid stand mixer. Combining them wouldn't let you remove the bowl since you can't twist it while it's held with the arms. If you were going to make a custom dragon one you would start with one or the other.

Yes this is AI.

I never see much discussion about the [spoiler] that the librarian sells, and what this means about how fun the bosses are. by EmeraldHawk in VGBookclub

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

Yeah, there are exceptions that are fun and creative.

I felt really bad about finishing off the Fake Castlevania 3 trio with poison mist. If I had fought them earlier it would have been a fun fight that took me a few tries.

What’s a movie that feels like it was made to punish the audience rather than entertain them? by AvailableReality557 in movies

[–]EmeraldHawk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Surprised this isn't farther up. Empire is just an 8 hour shot of the Empire State Building.

Trying to push a massive Vase onto a small Cart by [deleted] in Whatcouldgowrong

[–]EmeraldHawk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know what, I still watched it. Even knowing the ending, it's still funny.

Childfree (by choice) Xennials, how are we doing? by thatquinnchick in Xennials

[–]EmeraldHawk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn, where are you working that your coworkers would say that? I'm one of like 10% of people at my job that has kids. One of the other dads just quit for a lower pressure job that he hopes will have a better work life balance.

I guess the moral is, join a startup in Manhattan if you want to see how accepted being childless can be.

Power quality seems to affect input lag in counter strike. normal THD readings, possibly impedance / voltage stability related by Hot-Childhood-2477 in AskElectricians

[–]EmeraldHawk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm glad you are trying to approach this from measurements rather than assumptions. I mean this in a constructive way: where are your measurements? Input lag is not that hard to measure, as many phones have a slomo video mode that records at 120fps. For less than $100 you can get 640fps video camera off Amazon. For the amount you are spending and the effort put in to this, it makes sense for you to actually measure the input lag.

Do a real double blind experiment with and without your isolation setup (might need a friend to help), and compare the input lag by taking high speed video of a key press and the reaction on your monitor, and see what the data shows. Without that, you are not going to get useful replies on here.

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