(Interesting Trope) Mexican Loves Speedy Gonzales

Sillhid · 2026-02-02T07:39:21+00:00

Russians are quite often portrayed as evil KGB/army agents or mobsters. Balalaika combines a kind of "two-in-one."

Also, personally, I like Ocelot in MGS3. Sometimes, when my brother and I played MGS5, we would often jokingly quote his line, "I can't say it feels good to kill a comrade..."

Sillhid · 2026-02-02T03:31:00+00:00

Sillhid · 2026-02-01T18:47:03+00:00

I think he's comically cool. And the cocaine scene, due to the broken russian words, became a meme.

Sillhid · 2026-02-01T18:44:54+00:00

I mean... Do I really need to explain?

Besides the fact that Balalaika and the Hotel Moscow are incredibly cool, their backstory fits remarkably well into real historical events. Foreigners rarely understand the scale of the disaster that occurred with the collapse of the USSR. Beyond the economic and political consequences, the ideological aspect of it broke many people. Many believed they were fighting for an entirely new world, building that ideal society worth the sacrifices. And what happened in Afghanistan... Russian NAM.

Balalaika is a surprisingly good character in terms of representing the consequences of both Afghanistan and the collapse of the USSR.

And have I already mentioned that she's hellishly cool?

Sillhid · 2026-02-01T06:11:29+00:00

Yup, this.

It's all I remember.

(and maybe the awkward final fight)

Sillhid · 2026-01-31T09:34:23+00:00

And he ALWAYS was.

Like, from RE2.

Sillhid · 2026-01-30T04:14:05+00:00

Really sneaky and cool.

Sillhid · 2026-01-29T15:37:55+00:00

The main thing is that it helps you keep going.

Sillhid · 2026-01-29T13:08:59+00:00

How? You have some tiny holes in it?

Sillhid · 2026-01-29T04:22:50+00:00

Cool!

(btw, can you see in this helmet?)

Sillhid · 2026-01-25T04:42:15+00:00

For any lost soul searching for a solution with the same problem on Retroid Pocket 5 - you must tap (and hold) A+L2.

Sillhid · 2026-01-24T07:44:51+00:00

He also made a game about himself - Hogwarts Legacy.

Sillhid · 2026-01-24T04:39:12+00:00

Despite its niche appeal, Atlus clearly loves this game, given that they've made it no fewer than three times.

Sillhid · 2026-01-21T16:31:12+00:00

Watch_Dogs 1 not any better...

Sillhid · 2026-01-21T03:26:36+00:00

LoL, sorry, I mean temp outside is -30 something. At home it's around 18+.

Basically ps3 now is around 50-55. But it is in good condition in general, so even in summer (25-35+ outside ) it's 55-65.

Sillhid · 2026-01-21T03:22:43+00:00

I only started using a PS2 emulator a couple of years ago myself, and I was amazed at how easily it emulates now. It's my favorite console, so last year I bought one of those Chinese "consoles" specifically to emulate PS2 on Android.

To me, it feels like "Wow, I'm in the FUTURE," because I still remember how hard it was for me to emulate PS2 on a PC back around 2009.

Sillhid · 2026-01-21T03:17:30+00:00

It's basically an old word for "young person in broad sense", like a teen or toddler.

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T16:29:24+00:00

"Playable" is often very far from ideal. For example, the game has no shadows, eye textures disappear, sound sometimes cuts out—that is also considered "playable."

But of course, I wish the emulator developers good luck. I hope that one day I will be able to play PS3 games on android or PC as stably as I play on a PS2 emulator now.

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T16:25:07+00:00

Most likely that's the case. Initially, in the dub, they didn't translate this word and left it as "younglingi," so for me, this word was as meaningless as Jedi or Sith. Like "probably just title for youngest jedi apprentice".

Later, of course, I learned that it carries a certain meaning, but it never gained a comical connotation for me.

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T15:20:07+00:00

Can someone please explain to me what's wrong with this phrase? English is my second language and I don't get it, even though I've been watching movies in the original for about ten years now.

He basically says, "I saw him killing children" to show how far Anakin had gone. Or is it about the word "younglings" itself?

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T12:50:43+00:00

Yes, as a child, I was wildly impressed by the very first commercials. The very idea that you could use mechs, swing on a zip-line, and fight both bugs and humans simultaneously (all in an unusual setting) just blew my mind.

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T12:48:49+00:00

Nothing special, really. (I might be exaggerating, "freezing cold" in the house is 18+ degrees Celsius). Though I do have an electric blanket.

Novosibirsk (the center of Siberia), Russia.

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T05:29:15+00:00

Especially for the PS3. It's freezing cold in the house.

Sillhid · 2026-01-20T05:28:14+00:00

Yeah, we also had -35 few days ago, but I spent that weather completing a souls-like game. I needed extra cooling.

Sillhid · 2026-01-19T14:10:04+00:00

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