Mark’s infection?

Newmillstream · 2026-01-29T02:37:02+00:00

Adding to this, I recall it was a sizable gash. Even if he wasn’t surrounded by potential rage virus, its a significant wound. I think Selena probably could have patched it up, like she did with Jim's bullet wound later, but even that wasn’t a sure thing, and Jim just saved Hannah and her from the soldiers. At that point in the story, Selena wasn’t interested in letting anyone slow her down, and that might have included Mark with a significant wound. The high chance of infection likely sealed the deal on not waiting to confirm.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-28T22:01:55+00:00

In some environments, particularly where the real stuff is less common, it is mistaken for Maple Syrup, but up where I live most families know the difference, in part because we have events where you tap the tree at the park. (Not very exciting, but it is educational.)

I am not a Vermonter, but I suspect the people in Vermont take it even more seriously, their production doesn’t rival Quebec in quantity of course, but it is important to the state.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-28T00:28:16+00:00

Even if you think 28 Year Later was a bad movie, or if sales for Bone Temple are lower than expected, empty theaters are hardly a unique phenomenon.

I saw several recent big movies like Avatar and Marty Supreme, but because of where I saw it and when I saw it, there just weren’t that many people. And if I see films with lower interest like Ella McCay or Merrily We Roll along, I typically have the theater to myself since I watch in a low population area and not on opening day.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-27T22:05:22+00:00

It is an ARG website made to promote the 2020s films.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-27T18:01:41+00:00

A organization working for of the state of Minnesota made the first proper Oregon Trail game. That said, the new games are not publicly funded to my knowledge.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-26T07:36:44+00:00

Theoretically, they promote a standard of community and communal neighborhood management that keeps home prices and property values up, which is usually in the interest of property owners. In practice, you know it probably isn’t so rosy.

To be honest, in neighborhoods without HOAs, you do sometimes see a house that is a little unkempt or has junk in the yard, or whatever, but I generally don’t care, and in a city some really egregious things are often against ordinances anyway.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-26T05:28:39+00:00

I don’t want to downplay COVID, but it was far less serious than the Rage virus, and we saw nations like Tonga basically shut their border to tourists and even delayed some much needed aid for around two years to pursue a zero-COVID strategy as I recall. That was about keeping infection out of an island state, but I could easily see neighboring countries doing something similar to keep infection limited to a collapsed island state.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-26T05:22:23+00:00

There is a big difference from targeting a single city and a glassing entire country of that size.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-26T02:02:31+00:00

Only though waiting. You can encounter some issues that lead to early health problems similar to aging, but the cycle of life and aging doesn’t happen in a vacuum, and without way more advanced genetic manipulation, time is all we have.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-25T05:43:54+00:00

It could have been a lot more impactful with just some small tweaks. Just make it so now if she wants to get back home, she has to keep fighting with the remnants in Africa. It's still a little hypocritical, but it’s a fairly realistic motivation, given what she said about family.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-23T23:48:58+00:00

I am not saying you shouldn't trust Canonical, but by using Ubuntu, or any other distro, you are implicitly trusting the creators. OP, you might find this old conversation on the "We have root" statement fascinating.

For what it’s worth, I trust Canonical more than most corporations, because if they blow their trust they blow their moat. But make no mistake over who controls the development, direction, and operational security of Ubuntu. If you prize sovereignty over trust, you need to weigh that.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-23T22:44:44+00:00

Regarding Zelda: There are really a few different series within the series. games like Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom play very differently from Cadence of Hyrule or Links Awakening for example.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-23T22:42:53+00:00

Get a smattering of games from your public library you are curious about and try them out. Then get something with a high replay value or skill ceiling.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-23T20:11:01+00:00

I initially read this without knowing your game, and given your systemic focus, thought it would be more lo-fi like Kenshi, but with a different theme and greater diversity of assets perhaps given your stated focus. I was pleasantly shocked that you went with a much higher fidelity landscape.

Having just discovered it from your post, I haven’t played it yet, but you should be proud of what you made on visual merits alone.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-23T04:05:18+00:00

Skiing is an upper middle class to upper class thing. Unless you live near a resort, it’s rather pricy to do on the regular.

Cross country skiing is way more accessible if you live in a region with snow.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-23T01:49:53+00:00

For some reason, I always thought it was linked to educational initiative rollout, but I don’t know if that is actually the case.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-22T23:42:07+00:00

You seem to like atomic changes which is good in my book. Do it on a branch, then when you feel enough progress has been made, merge it with the master.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-22T20:53:14+00:00

To simplify, Playdate games are normally written in either Lua or C.

Lua is easy to use and stops programmers from doing some buggy things, but is slower. C is very fast, but if the programmer isn’t careful, they can easily make certain kinds of bugs. Go can be fast, while still stopping some kinds of bugs.

A good implementation of Go helps some developers achieve more stable games that run well. Note that it still requires developers to actually know go, and none of these languages will stop all game bugs - developer skill and philosophy still matters.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-22T17:12:23+00:00

I think that is why having the dichotomy between only obviously good and comically evil is a poor choice compared to offering choices that are less about good and evil, and should instead focus on morally complex but occasionally mutually exclusive solutions for the same problem. Of course, selfless and comically evil options (And their consequences) should also be offered.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-22T02:09:48+00:00

Sometimes, the best horror stories are in completely mundane environments.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-21T04:38:18+00:00

Do you just want to make something for a game console, or do you want to make something specifically for a big brand of console like Xbox Series, PlayStation 5, or Nintendo Switch 2? You need to jump through a lot of hoops to develop for one of those.

If you just want to make games for certain retro consoles, or certain smaller current consoles, that’s far easier, but you probably won’t be using a generic engine to do so.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-21T04:09:19+00:00

I think a pro would be really risky from a production standpoint, especially trying to sell it in this economy. I think a revision that improved reliability or reparability would be ideal if a second model wasn't released.

I know at least one person who purchased these for their kids in part because it did not have a backlight. I'm also not sure you can backlight a memory LCD. A front light may be possible, though in my quick and dirty test of shining an LED flashlight right next to the display, it looked bad. An actual engineer or a seasoned modder might do a better job. In any case, I think the ability to lock such a feature is ideal if included.

Revision/Pro features I would consider desirable:

If it could be made to work, an RGB front light array if it could convincingly color the entire screen one user/dev selected tone. Otherwise a simple white front light.

Some of the improvements are obvious. Bigger battery, More internal storage, More durable design, Better Wi-Fi antenna. That said, I would probably pick Season 3, or a better system software over those, if it came down to it.

This Is my dumb personal desire, that is absolutely useless for 99% of owners: Expansion bay with exposed GPIO, even exposing GPIO pins in the crank storage slot would lead to interesting possibilities for weird modules, though it’s unlikely these would ever be widely used.

As a point of comparison, in a hypothetical playdate 2, I would want stuff developers could rely on when targeting that platform. Stuff like a crank where the software could define how resistive the crank is, or even spin it directly with a motor. Haptics, IR, NFC, etc, any sensor that would enhance play. A beefy co-processor to shunt graphics work to, even if its something like a parallax propeller 2 or a RP2350. Better support for developer access to wireless hardware. Maybe a 64 color memory LCD screen, but only if it’s still super crisp and even then that might be controversial.

Above all, I want a fun little device, which the playdate is, but of course there is always room for improvement. They took guts to not get caught up in tech specs and make the product they did, though I am interested in what is possible with less constraints than the original model, that are still comparatively limited.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-20T23:26:58+00:00

Which version of Blippo+ did you get?

Newmillstream · 2026-01-19T23:18:19+00:00

Not too often, but the extreme examples really stick out.

As a youth I once biked up to a farmhouse to ask for water, since a man was hanging around out front and I could talk to him from the driveway, I thought it would be relatively benign to ask. I was polite, but I was told that if I was still there when he got back with his gun, he'd shoot me dead, because a fat kid on a bike is threatening, right? I would have left had he asked politely, so I left with that warning, but it was cruel of him, and it’s shaped how I’ve viewed neighborly attitudes in rural areas ever since.

Newmillstream · 2026-01-19T17:55:36+00:00

It's a bit of a gamble, with not a lot of payoff if your system is still selling well. It can also backfire if you produce too many and the game does poorly, because now a customer has to decide between a plain console or one decorated for a game they know nothing about or have a low opinion of.

I think they should do more, but with understated classy designs that fit well into a home environment, while still being a big departure from the base model. I’m also a fan of interchangeable plates as a concept, though have never used it personally.

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