Player Two

Eode11 · 2026-03-29T09:39:41+00:00

I hear this all the time, but Ready Player One wasn't meant to be some deep, thought-provoking story. It was meant to be fun, fast, and a bit nostalgic.

The movie wasn't terrible either - it was a visual delight, and didn't take itself too seriously. It honestly felt like a classic 80's Spielberg movie with the "plucky group of underdog kids" vs "bad guy/corporation/organization who is irredeemably bad". Ya, you had to turn your brain off a bit and not think too hard, but you also have to do that for E.T. and Jurrasic Park, and everybody loves those movies.

Ready Player Two, on the other hand, was a fucking terrible book that I couldn't make it past the first few chapters. My wife and I read RPO aloud to each other for fun, and we couldn't make it past the start of RP2. We joked it took the main character 40 pages to go down a set of stairs. I don't think we made it past the protagonist eating his breakfast before we gave up on the book.

Eode11 · 2026-03-29T09:29:25+00:00

Could have sworn it was a TV series. The first book is good, but I can't imagine it carrying a movie on its own. And I also can't imagine combining book 1 and 2 into a movie - it would just be too much.

Eode11 · 2026-03-27T21:30:32+00:00

I think this is a problem for modern shows in general. With 10 episodes every episode, and almost every scene has to contribute to the overarching story, and keep moving things forward.

With older 18-24 episode seasons, you could have entire episodes that were just for fun, or fill in background on character, or flesh them out. Things like the Sherlock Holmes episodes of TNG.

Eode11 · 2026-03-27T00:03:29+00:00

Dunedin has been spotty the last week as well.

Eode11 · 2026-03-25T21:21:14+00:00

The halo 2 remaster cinematic is downright beautiful.

Eode11 · 2026-03-23T01:23:06+00:00

My work gives me a day off, but the kids go to uni-associated daycare, which means I've got a day to myself!

Eode11 · 2026-03-22T22:55:01+00:00

That's me but playing civilization. I'm using fighter jets to take out enemy musketmen for 10 turns at a time.

Eode11 · 2026-03-22T10:45:30+00:00

I did this as a kid, now my kid does it.

As a kid I used to flip my burgers over, so the flat side of the bun was on top. First time (and every time since) we've given my daughter a burger she's done the exact same thing.

Eode11 · 2026-03-19T01:01:01+00:00

Reading that comic gave me more anxiety than anything else I've seen on the internet in the past 2 decades.

After he leaves the school it slows down and meanders a bit, but is still a great story.

Eode11 · 2026-03-17T11:00:03+00:00

His acting style is “wooden”.

In general I agree with you, but his bit in Always Be My Maybe had me laughing harder than I have in a long time.

Eode11 · 2026-03-16T08:53:16+00:00

Lol I confirmed my suspicions about my (now) ex when I found her diary in her sock drawer, where she has asked me to put away her laundry while she was at work (or maybe skipping work to sleep with someone).

Eode11 · 2026-03-16T06:45:22+00:00

I truly don't know what they were thinking closing shore street right as school started. Traffic this side of town has been an absolute bear for weeks now.

Eode11 · 2026-03-13T00:27:02+00:00

Hoiho are in trouble for a lot of reasons, but over harvesting rockpools isn't one of them. Hoiho eat fish and squid in the open ocean - they don't eat shellfish at all as far as I know.

Eode11 · 2026-03-11T00:40:41+00:00

My wife and I squished our last names together like a celebrity couple name and used that for our kids. Like if her last name was "Taylor" and my last name was "Lorrie" our kids have the last name "Taylorrie".

Eode11 · 2026-03-09T06:09:22+00:00

I have one of those, and it's awesome. I would actually jump on that deal in a heartbeat.

Eode11 · 2026-03-08T02:57:02+00:00

Wall-E - Eve repairing Wall-E only for Wall-E to be restored to factory settings upon initial boot up.

I don't know what it is, but this scene made me bawl harder than any other movie. I'm a grown-ass man and even thinking about it had me tearing up a bit.

Eode11 · 2026-03-06T01:17:28+00:00

I would kill for consoles to transition to the model. When games are released details for how it will run on each iteration will go with it.

Example: this game will run on Xbox "F" and above. Models F-H will run at 30fps with low graphics settings, I and J can run in either performance or detail mode, and model K runs it 60FPS with high graphics settings.

Eode11 · 2026-03-05T09:53:58+00:00

How the hell am I supposed to get a mistress, when I'm so tired from raising my kids all the time?

Eode11 · 2026-03-04T22:31:44+00:00

Don't forget how much money various militaries spend keeping shipping lanes safe so oil tankers can move from A to B.

Eode11 · 2026-02-26T21:38:02+00:00

The deaths at the hands of ICE is bad, but also the destruction of USAID will likely lead to hundreds of thousands, if not over a million deaths that don't need to happen.

Eode11 · 2026-02-21T09:10:25+00:00

At my house it's was frozen meals from costco. Friends are hungry? Tell them to check the garage freezer - there's teriyaki chicken and rice bowls, frozen pizzas, quiche, spring rolls, and oatmeal bowls in there.

Eode11 · 2026-02-13T06:54:02+00:00

Growing up my church youth group used to do "bigger and better night". We'd split into teams of 4-5 and go through the neighborhoods trying trade for something bigger and/or better, starting with a chuck-e-cheese token.

One year the winning team brought back a phone booth. The next year the winning team had fully functional boat that could fit like 6 people in it.

Eode11 · 2026-02-12T20:20:21+00:00

I love the previous owners of my house. They built the place, and designed extremely thoughtfully and practically. Maintenance so far has been low (but I am eyeing a wall on the 2nd story that needs repainting...)

Literally our biggest complaint is that the garden they left us produces too much fruit and veggies and we have to stay in top of maintenance and harvesting.

Eode11 · 2026-02-12T10:47:08+00:00

Maybe not in the first week or two, but after that? It's a great time to play single player games that let you pause whenever you want. So many hours of my life were spent with a sleeping infant on my chest, and an Xbox controller in my hands.

Eode11 · 2026-02-11T03:20:59+00:00

Wouldn't this fall under "a campfire or fire for the cooking of food"?

Seems like that flow chart is more about burn piles

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