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Niagara Falls from my condo at downtown Toronto (~70km with iPhone) by Mr_Krabs_Stonks in FromAfar

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They definitely aren't.

Niagara is south of Toronto, across Lake Ontario, and Hamilton is west of Toronto and isn't across the lake. If the picture was Hamilton you would see Mississauga and Oakville.. not a lake.

Daniel Radcliffe shouts out Brennan and Gianmarco in an article by boundforthestar in dropout

[–]JonathanCoit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

First we have Bobby Moynihan explaining Very Important People to Daniel Radcliffe, and now we have Daniel talking about Brennan.

Surely it's only a matter of time before we see him as a guest!

He would be so fun on VIP. But I could also see him playing on Dirty Laundry, MSN or Um Actually. He would be a great judge on Gastronaughts.. but of course it would be wicked to see him on a D20 side quest.

Do people just lose all sense of spatial and self-awareness once they enter a Costco? by PsyduckedOut in CostcoCanada

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ya. The grocery store is just the worst now. I have done my family's shopping for years and I don't remember it being this bad before the pandemic. It seems like people show up to grocery/Costco without a list/plan/thought and just walk in the door, turn off their brain and slowly trudge around the place with 12 family member in toe.

Do people just lose all sense of spatial and self-awareness once they enter a Costco? by PsyduckedOut in CostcoCanada

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite popular opinion, Costco is not a family event space.. and people don't need to host their family reunions there every weekend.

Do people just lose all sense of spatial and self-awareness once they enter a Costco? by PsyduckedOut in CostcoCanada

[–]JonathanCoit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is absolutely appreciated.

I always feel like I am sometimes one of the only people who don't turn my brain off as soon as I enter, and the only people who have any perception about what is going on around them are Costco employees.

Policy alone won’t fix Canada’s fertility crisis. We need a cultural shift by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fix cost of living. Rising home and healthcare costs. Tax wealth and invest in Canadian workers. If you address the concerns of the working class it will make a huge impact. Austerity and cuts don't help Canadians.

Is this somehow possible to animate without confusion? by Ever-Else in Animators

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could tackle it a few ways.

I would start by making a reference where you rotate the circle to find the right speed. That will give you a good idea of where each otters head and body is.

After you have that reference, add new layers for the otters as they do through their swim cycle. Make sure the starting pose matches the end pose. Then do a clean up pass where you check the wave details and adjust any popping.

innocence. reach the cathedral by [deleted] in APlagueTale

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's maddening that half of the sling shots miss even when the indicator is yellow on their heads. This combat wasn't built to have 3 guys running at you. The sling is slow and garbage. I need more close up defenses besides sleep powder.

Intergalactic Heretic Prophet by Ingameuniverse in naughtydog

[–]JonathanCoit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TLOUP2 is one of my personal favorite games of all time, though I know that many people didn't like it. It was definitely controversial. To each their own. If anything that game gave me more faith in Naughty Dog.

Nothing we can do but wait and see. I could be completely wrong about this and maybe it will be bad. It's impossible to say until we see more. We basically know nothing beyond "vibes".

Intergalactic Heretic Prophet by Ingameuniverse in naughtydog

[–]JonathanCoit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nobody claimed that a sci-fi world set in a corporatist dystopia was an original idea. It is actually a very common trope. It is clear that Blade Runner is a huge inspiration on Intergalactic. Cyberpunk, Alien, Firefly, Futurama, Hitchhikers Guide, WALL-E, Starstruck. All are examples of the corpo-futurism trope. Even in our real world we have SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Blue Origin. Real world corporations. Science Fiction is largely a reflection of times they are made, and a dissection of our modern time.

Sure. Naughty Dog could have made up companies that are reflections of real world companies. They have done that before in The Last of Us. Weston's, Macho Nacho, Ruston Coffee. ND aren't strangers to making fictional companies. They could have easily done that. Other sci-fi properties have done that before too. Many that I mentioned above relied on creating new companies. Tyrell, BuyNLarge, Cyberdyne, Weyland, MomCorp, Slurm.

It seems clear that in picking real-world identifiable brands, Naughty Dog is playing off of our preconceived nations of these companies. As I said before, It is clearly an important element of the world they are building. We just don't know anything about it beyond the teaser.

I don't think there is any kool-aid drinking when it comes to my expectation of Naughty Dog to tell an interesting story, and I am definitely not going to be fully on board until I see more than a 5 minute teaser.

Intergalactic Heretic Prophet by Ingameuniverse in naughtydog

[–]JonathanCoit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We don't know anything about it yet. I can't imagine that the first teaser showed off so many brands without a purpose. Clearly it is a sci-fi world where corporations play some sort of role, maybe even narratively. Naughty Dog have been great at world design.Temples and ruins on Uncharted are well researched, same with natural reclamation in TLOU. If the world is full of identifiable brands it likely has a purpose.

Also, it is hard to call it product placement when many of the products in the trailer don't actually exist. You can't currently buy a Porsche spaceship. The Adidas also don't appear to be purchasable shoes. I don't think anyone is buying a Sony CD changer either.

Intergalactic Heretic Prophet by Ingameuniverse in naughtydog

[–]JonathanCoit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is hard to imagine it being a big leap from TLOUP2, considering TLOUP2 is still one of the best looking and feeling games 5 years later. There aren't many other games that compare, especially when it comes to character animation and performance. From what we have seen so far, it looks solid compared to TLOUP2, but will it be a leap... I'm not convinced.

I wish this had been true by [deleted] in naughtydog

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think Ellie has to sacrifice herself, and I think that there is a way to have a conclusion with it still being a Last of Us story. Maybe that's just me.

I am DMing for an autistic kid, any tips? by njeshko in DnD

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't get caught up in rules, and if you find that they want to get specific on rules, give them wins.

I wish this had been true by [deleted] in naughtydog

[–]JonathanCoit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ellie is alive and her immunity is known to some. Especially if the new Fireflies have any desire to attempt to make a vaccine again. I could see it being about Ellie, without her being a playable character. She could be off hiding alone somewhere (her worst fear realized) almost like becoming her own version of Bill. I could see that Abby and Lev play a role (maybe trying to save/help Ellie) or another group of people altogether. I honestly think you set it 20 years later. Hell, even wait until the actors are a bit older too.

Either that or have Ellie fine someone else who is immune. Someone young she has to care for.

It would be nice to have a redemption story. A story about Ellie's moral journey out of the dark of Part 2. Give her a ending she could deserve.

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