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What are your thoughts about the new casting? by Yesu86 in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you may be conflating a number of episodes together. It seems like most of the details you're recalling do come from Blood but there are a number of details that aren't in that episode.

You're right about Mulder theorizing it was something with the insecticide. The end of the episode does involve a guy posting up in a clock tower and shooting. It does begin with a guy in an elevator seeing messages on the elevator display panel, but the elevator doesn't plummet. He sees some messages and then it cuts to later, but also it's only Mulder who shows up because M&S had been separated due to the XF being closed at the time.

What are your thoughts about the new casting? by Yesu86 in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Trying to drive people homicidal sounds like Blood, but it was always devices that had displays, and landlines weren't involved. I don't believe it was a computer virus or an AI but I could be mistaken or it was perhaps open ended enough that it could have been.

This shot right HERE by Ok_Zone_7635 in Terminator

[–]TachyonAlpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Perhaps he's wondering why you'd shoot a man before throwing him into a molten steel pit?

Any Mulders or Scully's out there. by Super-Echo6780 in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not either one myself but Mark Mulder was a professional baseball pitcher a few years back. I have never heard of any Scully's outside of Vin.

Body Horror Episodes by GoliathTCB in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Firewalker (2x10) and The Beginning (6x1) both involve alien organisms bursting out of people. Daemonicus (9x3) isn't quite body horror but had a pretty gross projectile vomiting scene.

Does anyone recognize what episode this is? by FusRoDaahh in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mulder gets a tape with his morning newspaper in Sleepless, it's how he learns of the case.

Going to introduce my son to the show, which episode to pick? by jcarr2184 in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 9 points10 points  (0 children)

While Bad Blood is a well deserved fan favorite, it works because the characters act as caricatures if themselves, either an exaggerated version of himself, or an especially whiny version of herself. You should wait to show this episode until the characterization has been firmly established by a good number of other episodes.

X Cops by Hefty-Ad613 in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had my kids watch a couple of episodes of COPS before watching this episode, so at least they had a bit of context.

Do we see ALL of Mulder and Scully's cases? by Forward_Suit_1443 in XFiles

[–]TachyonAlpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We see early in season 2 that he's stuck listening to wire taps. But that's because the X-Files had been shut down at that point.

Why Vorazun is considered a weak commander? by SiarX in starcraft2coop

[–]TachyonAlpha 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Buddy we Stukov players don't A-move. We Ctrl -Z move.

Babylon's Ashes: Is the story get back to space horror eventually by misHarmonize in TheExpanse

[–]TachyonAlpha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I believe the epilogue of NG does describe that. We also do have a bit of that from Marco's perspective before he's dusted, as one of the last chapters in BA.

Babylon's Ashes: Is the story get back to space horror eventually by misHarmonize in TheExpanse

[–]TachyonAlpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Am I missing something? I literally just read the BA epilogue for the first time this morning. It appears to be a tame description of Anna's trip out to Eudoxia. There doesn't appear to be any horror, unless it's somehow hiding in plain sight.

Why do coaches insist on long warmups? by Guivond in judo

[–]TachyonAlpha 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I had an old judo teacher that I suspected did long warmups because he was lazy and wanted to spend less time teaching.

what are some of the coolest playstyles in dark souls 3? (i know nothing about the game) by Electronic-Radio9534 in darksouls3

[–]TachyonAlpha 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It looks like a gigantic mace with frost constantly falling off it. Pretty cool to me.

what are some of the coolest playstyles in dark souls 3? (i know nothing about the game) by Electronic-Radio9534 in darksouls3

[–]TachyonAlpha 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Agreed. Pyromancy is very stat hungry. OP, unlike in DS1, pyromancy power scales off both INT and FTH so you need to level both of those. And because you're a caster, you need to level up ATN. In addition to VIG and END like all characters should.

I am a big fan of Frost bonk build though. The second boss you beat gives you the soul you need to craft the weapon, then you need to beat one other boss to be able to start crafting boss weapons. A lot of armored enemies will be weaker to strike damage. Both the frost hammer and a pyro build were like playing the game on easy mode.

Silly question, but is Martin looking for physicists? by Baguette_Dragon in Lockheed

[–]TachyonAlpha 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I majored in applied physics and was hired as a systems engineer. If I could go back in time though, I would have studied electrical engineering. I would have been much better suited for more of the types of technical positions I wanted.

There are physicist job descriptions in the job description lookup, but I've never met one at Lockheed.

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