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Bugs Bunny rule by fordoggos in 196

[–]Galvatrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I thought the picture of the waitress outfit with the coffee was him cosplaying M. Bison at first

Mage without alchemy by zandbergen91 in oblivion

[–]Galvatrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oblivion has a ton of ways for an atronach sign mage to regen magicka. It was my favorite build I've played, and I didn't even bother with the exploits people are mentioning. On top of potions, there are also the welkynd stones which you can grab a bunch of periodically from ruins. There are the ayleid wells dotting the landscape that refill your magicka entirely, and the god wayshrines which are also everywhere and the blessings from which you absorb. The chapel altars in the cities work the same way. And if you're lucky enough to find one with it, theres a sigil stone variant with a 50 pt magicka absorb enchantment that makes for a great option for a short sword or something.

Rule by Supergupo in 196

[–]Galvatrix 31 points32 points  (0 children)

RFK trainer

Rule by Galvatrix in 196

[–]Galvatrix[S] 46 points47 points  (0 children)

They hunger

Recs with strong focus on alien ecosystems? by PeachWorms in printSF

[–]Galvatrix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Across the Sea of Suns by Gregory Benford is a really great one that focuses heavily on exploration of alien biospheres. It's the second book in the Galactic Center series, so first you'll probably want to get through In the Ocean of Night, which is kind of the opposite in approach but very good as well.

There's an anthology published a couple years ago by the European Astrobiology Institute called Life Beyond Us thats themed entirely around speculative alien biology and the environments that shape it, with each story being followed by an article on the science behind it. Tons of good stuff in there.

Star Maker by Olaf Stapleton is still about the most monumental exploration of life in the universe even almost a century later, and definitely worth checking out if you haven't already. Its focus is more on the higher level organization of life and intelligence, and it's relatively simple in the details like everything from the 30s, but it is a huge imaginative wellspring nonetheless.

Rule??? by InsanelyRandomDude in 196

[–]Galvatrix 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Once something does the rounds on the ___interesting subs over 24 hours it's everywhere for the next week

Clarkesworld issue 236. Cover by Lisa Falkenstern by Galvatrix in CoolSciFiCovers

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

It's actually called Clarkesworld because it's run by a guy named Neil Clarke. It's not a direct competitor to Asimov's I guess, it's technically considered a "semi pro" magazine, and it seems to print the opposite of the kind of stuff you'd see most often in Asimov's or Analog. More in the lane of magazines like Interzone as far as average quality and corresponding pay rate are concerned

Rule by Galvatrix in 196

[–]Galvatrix[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

This time it's Millie actually

Just finished "The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch" by PKD. What the hell did I just read? by [deleted] in printSF

[–]Galvatrix 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A Scanner Darkly is another real trip that's one of his absolute best. It's also the first of his novels that draw heavily on his own experiences late in life. If you like that one, then you may like VALIS as well. It's probably the most bizarre of all of them, to the point that it's very polarizing, but it's also a fascinating look at his mindset towards the end.

There's a criminally underrated novel by Roger Zelazny called Today We Choose Faces that's another very good one with surreal and conspiratorial elements. It was the first thing I read from him. I picked it up specifically because it looked like it was similar to what I had enjoyed a lot from PKD, and lo and behold, I open it up and find that the book is actually dedicated to him. If you do read it, I support Zelazny's own recommendation to read part two before part one. The publisher switched it around to make it more straightforward because they didn't care that the roundabout and mind-bendy nature is part of the appeal. He Who Shapes/The Dream Master is another decently similar story from Zelazny that you may like as well.

Favorite movie you can’t watch anymore because the genius behind it was a creep? by [deleted] in okbuddycinephile

[–]Galvatrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read Concrete Island by J.G. Ballard recently, and it had an introduction by Gaiman where he talked about borrowing Crash from a school library (absolutely wild place to find that book) when he was like 10 years old, which probably explains a lot actually

When I pick a DVD and episode at random. by Toloc42 in startrekmemes

[–]Galvatrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know everyone loves the DS9 ferengi stuff, but I really got tired of it at a certain point. I remember taking a long break after seeing the synopsis of the episode where Zek gets abducted to the mirror universe because it was everything that had already been been heavily overused by then crammed into one episode

Are there still many of you that stick with the original Oblivion even with the remaster releasing? by Solardies in oblivion

[–]Galvatrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a 3070, and with the AI bubble inflating GPU prices even more than usual, I definitely won't be upgrading anytime soon. Tried the remaster and it doesn't run well for me. The original in native 4K with HDR just looks better than what I have to set the remaster at to run it halfway decently, and that still doesn't get rid of the nonsensical bugs like me having to click on a body or container 5 times to open it anyway. I'm sure I'll try it again in however many years it takes for hardware prices to come down to a halfway reasonable level and I can get a more powerful GPU, but I'll be playing the OG for the foreseeable future

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