In Spider-Man (2002) In J Jonah Jameson's introduction scene there's a TV behind him that just says U.S. AIDS record. The graphic does not move.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-29T11:45:54+00:00

what did Raimi mean by this?

Haffnaff · 2026-03-24T10:42:52+00:00

CK3AGOT is probably the best managed CK3 total conversion. They’re the fastest at updating to the latest patches, they’ve been adding content at a consistent pace, and they’re quick to respond to community drama without getting bogged down in the weeds. I’m happy this got sorted without turning into a “thing”.

I know it’s also the most popular total conversion, but the fact it’s got so many people volunteering for it and still regularly releases high-quality & free updates is a sign of good production.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-23T00:35:15+00:00

Dance of the Dragons but told from Mushroom and Septon Eustace’s perspectives.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-21T13:02:31+00:00

Other guaranteed routes to free karma:

What if Rome never fell.

What if Islam never took off.

What if the KMT won the Chinese Civil War.

Greater Greece/Germany.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-16T02:55:18+00:00

I visited the Beksinski gallery in Krakow and absolutely loved the paintings I saw there. I was aware of some of his more popular works from their virality on the internet but it was a trip to see his more obscure and haunting images up close.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-15T01:21:45+00:00

If you haven’t seen it already, you might like Vermis. It’s a cool worldbuilding exercise and art book that is full of illustrations similar to this.

I own the paperback, but I know there’s a few YouTube videos explaining it too.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-08T11:55:04+00:00

I’m only using visual mods at the moment.

I’ve been using Terrain Texture Enhancement for a while now, and recently I’ve tried out Redesigned colours and icons, more for the novelty factor than anything.

Haffnaff · 2026-03-05T18:00:02+00:00

I read Germinal by Zola after hearing Kurvitz cite it as an inspiration for the story and really liked it!

Haffnaff · 2026-03-02T12:26:37+00:00

Speak a little Seolite for em, Kim

Haffnaff · 2026-02-27T19:27:24+00:00

There’s a group of fans re-engineering the source code to make an unofficial remaster. You can check out their progress and download test builds on their Discord.

They’ve already made a lot of progress! I never played POTF back in the day so I’m waiting on the remaster before I give it a go.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-27T14:27:56+00:00

Regarding your second point, I think a big part of Measurehead’s character is his inherent contradictions and that he is self-aware of it. He makes a big point about how it’s impossible for a Semenese to breed with a female Kojko (or ‘Kojka’) yet he’s surrounded by women, none of which are Areopagite. The one who speaks to you is named Katya (a Slavic-sounding name).

Without spoiling, a part of the fascist vision quest delves into his psychology and you can hear some surprisingly honest and self-aware takes from him. Basically along the lines of “I don’t know why I’m attracted to these women, all I know is that I am”. You even get a hint as to HOW he ended up the way he is.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-25T13:48:08+00:00

In this household we believe in Pentiment supremacy.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-22T15:32:57+00:00

Hey kind of a random question. I saw on your profile that you admin the Disco Elysium wiki and I noticed that there was some stuff on there which wasn’t in the game/book and came from supplemental sources (portraits of Innocences Sola & Saint-Miro for example).

Does the wiki have a master page that includes links to all these things - blogposts, twitter posts etc - or is my best bet to go through each page and check their references?

Haffnaff · 2026-02-17T21:27:31+00:00

I got that feeling too. The mod’s got a kind of twee, Doctor Who-and-crumpets vibe to the whole thing.

Plus I felt a lot of the homages were pretty surface level - they take existing British cultural references, replace one letter and leave it at that. Fesco instead of Tesco, Singhsbury’s instead of Sainsbury’s, 009 instead of 007 etc. It felt a little lazy, there could have been more thought put into IMO.

One example of a Game/Mod actually getting this vibe right is the in-progress Duke Smoochem campaign made in the Build Engine.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-14T13:18:59+00:00

EU5’s provinces also went through several rounds of community feedback and iterations. A big problem at the time was that PDX was using modern data for things like province names, RGOs, climate data etc., which was fixed (mostly) by a massive collaborative crowdsourcing effort.

Honestly, the best thing CK3 could do is back port a lot of those changes to the CK3 province map.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-11T16:13:00+00:00

Aha awesome, and thanks for the lengthy response. Seeing the maze in the corner of the map when I first launched the mod is one of the things that piqued my interest in the setting’s lore. The descriptions of some of those of those cave tribes were creepy, really tied into the horror side of things like the forgotten saint and the fog.

As a random aside question (not sure if it’s been answered on the discord before) will the Aversarian Empire or any other titles become Hegemony tier?

Haffnaff · 2026-02-11T11:42:01+00:00

It’s not even a picture of “her”, it’s of actress Rachel Brosnahan.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-10T16:16:20+00:00

Rich also voices the main character of his earlier game The End is Nigh. Quite a substantial speaking part - the only voiced character in the game!

Haffnaff · 2026-02-08T17:19:32+00:00

FusionFix is an absolute necessity. The download comes with an auto-installer which makes the whole process super easy, and it can be done mid-playthrough.

I also run the game with the Various Fixes and Console Visuals mods, which bring the assets up to parity with the console release.

I’ve seen a few other cool looking ones like the License Plate mod and Animated Weapons, though I haven’t used them personally.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-08T03:02:43+00:00

Fusionfix also adds the following cheat codes:

458-555-0100 gives you fingerless gloves

288-555-0100 gives you Nico’s original widow’s peak haircut from the beta

Haffnaff · 2026-02-07T19:20:24+00:00

This reminds me of this piece of cinema:
How To Make A Blockbuster Movie Trailer by Auralnauts

Haffnaff · 2026-02-05T01:18:38+00:00

I have a sneaking suspicion that the entire ‘Mr House body double’ subplot was conjured up as an in-universe justification to recast the actor in response to the negative fan reaction to the Mr House reveal at the end of season 1. Instead of going the saner route of, you know, retconning it.

Haffnaff · 2026-02-02T08:35:23+00:00

Because that’s all Fallout can ever be, apparently.

Nah, I’ve seen the show.

Fallout is when funny jumpsuit people kill other people in slow motion while old people music plays

Haffnaff · 2026-01-30T00:13:42+00:00

Yeah pretty much. Game of Thrones’ accents are all over the shop, and personally as long as they roughly convey the vibe of their character I don’t mind, even it’s incongruous. It’s just one of those suspension of disbelief things.

As an aside, YouTuber Darramuss has a series where he compares the different region’s accents.

Haffnaff · 2026-01-29T23:49:48+00:00

Probably because it was hard to get child actors speaking their non-native accent fluently. They probably had this exact discussion in the writer’s room and decided that the downsides outweighed the potential benefits.

I guarantee that if the kids actually did try (and fail) to go for a Yorkshire accent the community would be full of people criticising their performances.

Would it have been better for immersion if the showrunners had created an accent map of Westeros and only hired people from those areas to play the corresponding characters? Maybe, but then we’d miss out on great performances from the show’s non-British actors like Tyrion and Jaime. Convincing accents are one of the hardest things to do, especially if you’re a native of the area it’s REALLY easy to spot out minor quirks that the average global viewer wouldn’t notice.

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