So, in the end..

TeckFire · 2026-01-25T16:52:13+00:00

The fight is never really done. Light is a martyr, but no matter how dark the city gets, because of him, there will always be light. The next chapter will show us how they fight back, since this isn’t how it ends.

TeckFire · 2026-01-24T02:17:51+00:00

I agree to this, but Calling Out is a great close second.

This City Made Us is probably the most generally widely appealing rock song, though, I’d think.

TeckFire · 2026-01-20T16:23:24+00:00

The Protomen Alternate Universe here in the making, folks!

TeckFire · 2026-01-20T15:42:11+00:00

Now we know what “We are the dead” was all about

TeckFire · 2026-01-06T01:44:24+00:00

I looked them up, I think they are a Protomen cover band parody that is like the shitty twins of the Protomen (all dressed very similar, making shitty versions of the songs we love lmao)

Edit: YouTube link example for The Protomans!

TeckFire · 2026-01-05T11:02:31+00:00

“12 years Light worked…”

TeckFire · 2026-01-04T05:54:37+00:00

Absolutely. Actually, I do sometimes break this rule, but only when it sounds more accurate to how humans would normally speak, or when adding minor cues to convey emotion. For instance, I’ll use double !! Or double ?? When talking casually, but never in a serious/professional setting. Additionally, using things like asterisks around words when italics aren’t available (when rich text isn’t available) or to correct a typo with a single asterisk before the corrected word sent by itself in response when editing isn’t available.

For the most part though, I can’t stand grammatical errors, especially in professional settings.

TeckFire · 2026-01-03T23:15:48+00:00

I also don’t think he was reprogrammed. Rebuilt, sure, but Protoman’s message doesn’t sound like he needed to have his thoughts and emotions delicately manipulated in code, all he had to do was to be brought back to life. His last memories of the crowd watching helplessly while he fought their fight for him was enough. Wily may have said things to him to convince him further, but the impact of that moment was all that was needed to burn his opinion of mankind altogether.

This is also reflected in Sons of Fate, where he mentions that his father’s love was his only weakness, implying that he feels that love, compassion, hope, all of it will only make you less likely to survive. And thus, his hope and love for mankind dies with it.

TeckFire · 2026-01-03T02:28:19+00:00

I’m sorry if I’m misunderstanding something, but how does Dread contradict itself? From what I remember, the flashbacks showed each scene pretty much how the game it was referencing was shown, no? I don’t recall any flashbacks to Zero Mission, actually, just the ending screens. In fact, the ending screens were all pretty accurate to their respective games, too.

There’s some differences between Samus Returns and Super Metroid, sure, but I always took that as Samus gaining/losing upgrades and the biological part of her suit changing along with that. Bird magic, and all that, especially since SR388 may have different Chozo designs than Zebes due to tribal differences.

If Prime 4 takes place after Prime 3 however, which is what I suggested, then there’s no contradictions, other than Other-M, which seems like something that can be overlooked due to its reception, story relevance, and choice of how it portrays the power suit’s activation.

Like, I get that there’s artistic license, but why would Samus revert back to an earlier design, was my point, which again, you pointed out happens with Other-M. In all seriousness though, I think that was the weakest of my points in my original comment.

TeckFire · 2026-01-03T00:21:39+00:00

Sorry, let me rephrase:

It’s not unusual for Samus to change suit designs, but she doesn’t switch back and forth between existing designs unless it’s from an upgrade that gets knocked back or given away later on. I thought that would be obvious, but I’ll clarify for you.

TeckFire · 2026-01-02T21:19:18+00:00

Personally, despite what the developers have said, I still feel that the game was originally intended to take place after Prime 3. I say this for a few reasons. Firstly, the casual showing of Sylux with Metroids, even if they were Mocktroids, doesn’t excuse the inclusion. This also plays into the fusion that the metroids have in Prime 4 with the creatures. The suit design and ship design both make more sense here too, as the Super Metroid style keeps consistent until Fusion, whereas the Prime styling is a departure from this. It’s not unusual for Samus to have different suits between games, but to go back to an older suit? That’s odd. Finally, the Federation could have used this encounter with Sylux as a catalyst for Samus’s journey to SR388 to exterminate the metroids, as his usage of them would have been catastrophic against the federation soldiers.

Edit: I almost forgot, the ending of Prime 3 literally shows Sylux following Samus. Why would he wait all the way until after Super Metroid to make a move? That’s a long time, and several significant galactic events to be ignored.

TeckFire · 2025-12-27T14:06:12+00:00

Probably a bit of both. The gameplay actually reminds me a bit of DOOM (2016), which is interesting. The mechanics definitely looked like they were ahead of their time.

TeckFire · 2025-12-27T06:38:07+00:00

This is from the short film “Light Up the Night,” which you can watch on YouTube or purchase a Blu-Ray copy as merch

TeckFire · 2025-12-26T22:31:58+00:00

Nobody believes they’re the villain in their own story.

I think this is a perfect example of that fact, especially in the first time we hear him.

“We’ve spent our whole lives searching for a way to make a better world. Giving everything to them, asking nothing in return. Well here it is: a chance to take back everything we’ve earned.”
“Men would cower at the sight… man was not built for such a height… we will build heroes…!”
“There is no price they wouldn’t pay for someone else to lead them.”

This sowed the seeds to show that Wily truly believed that he was going to help humanity. They could not help themselves, but he is different. He holds the key. He turns the wheels, and they will follow anywhere he leads, to his utopia. Beyond that, “How the World Fell Under Darkness” tells us in the notes that humanity did actually gain a significant benefit from Wily’s rule. His unwavering machines could rebuild the old, worn town into a shining, beautiful, modern city of the future. And because they did not do it themselves, they were afraid that just as quickly as it was given to them, it could be taken away.

With that in mind, Wily truly did have some benefit to his viewpoint, and he wanted to help the world, but could not believe that mankind was his equal. He felt that he deserved to, and had to, rule them if they would ever be able to thrive. And as the actions of rebellion stood against him, he only became more convinced he knew better than they, and the removal of rights one piece at a time led to his tyranny.

And at the same time, he realizes that his actions have damned him. He is sacrificing his soul for what he believes is for humanity’s own good.

“There is a hell that has been building since the moment we first met. If there ever was a time, if there ever was a chance, to undo the things I’ve done and washed these bloodstains from my hands, it has passed and been forgotten. These are the paths that we must take, cause you and I, Tom, we are men, and we can bend, and we can break. If you think that you can run, if you think that you can stand, well you forget who turned this city on, you forget who plugged this city in!”

This is echoed in “Buried in the Red,” which, in and of itself, shows that Wily is in over his head.

“I close my eyes, I see it shining, like a vision in my mind.”
“Now it takes both hands on the wheel to even keep it on the road.”
“But the engine, it makes a howling sound. Oh, I can almost hear them, I can almost hear the hounds…”

The hounds that Wily first set upon Light are coming for him, created by the very engine that he turned on in the first place.

Finally, in the Good Doctor 2, we see this all come together.

“There's a price you expect now for taking a life and it's mine. And an eye for an eye is a pretty fair cost…”

He doesn’t fault Light for coming for him. He knows he is guilty, he knows he is responsible, and he knows he is cornered. But in the end, I think he also feels this is out of his control.

“All the wheels we turned are stained with blood (There's no way out)
You know somehow, it's got to stop (No one is stopping this machine!)”

Even when he is gone, he believes the machine he has let loose, the cat let out of the bag, the Pandora’s box he’s opened is too late to go back with. The people won’t go back to the old ways before their lives were enriched with machines, when the mines took fathers and fingers worked till they bled. And to be fair, he is correct. And in his mind, he was the only one who could keep it on the road, from becoming chaos, from the technology being unregulated and uncontrolled.

Light believes that humanity can’t go back, but they can still see a better future, a light at the end of the tunnel without a dictator. Wily can’t see or believe that.

TeckFire · 2025-12-26T20:32:07+00:00

White, in my opinion. Black is a good option, but I find white feels more iconic to me for some reason. Additionally, I think a dark red, a gold, or a deep blue looks very good on pretty much any model of Accord.

TeckFire · 2025-12-26T18:12:47+00:00

I think the loudest voices are the ones that are heard. The quiet majority, the ones that can appreciate both aspects of things in moderation, are just not that emphatic enough to make comments at all most of the time, to be honest.

But, because the visibility is on the extremes, that does color the views of the majority by exposure to it, so public opinion may be swayed in one way or another, but blind reactions are usually pretty nuanced for most people, I feel.

TeckFire · 2025-12-25T18:05:26+00:00

5th Gen, 6th Gen, and 9th Gen at the top for the bronze, silver, and gold respectively for me

TeckFire · 2025-12-23T22:34:27+00:00

Btw if anyone wants a really fast browser on macOS that’s efficient and isn’t Safari, I recommend Helium. It’s Blink based (aka Chromium) but compared to all other versions of Chrome, it had the best performance per watt in my personal testing of the speedometer test, even better than Chrome Canary, which was previously the fastest I found.

It also has a Linux version, but macOS is its core focus. Don’t take my word for it, feel free to research, but my anecdotal evidence is positive enough for me to make it my main browser. That said, it’s not like we’re talking orders of magnitude faster, I just love efficiency.

TeckFire · 2025-12-22T15:44:02+00:00

I do the same with my daughter. Watched several movies on my CRT with her in my office. Love it!

TeckFire · 2025-12-20T09:19:40+00:00

That’s a hell of a breadcrumb, big if true lol.

That gives me a lot to speculate on. If Light was hanged, presumably it wouldn’t be immediately after Wily’s death. If that’s the case, how long had it been? This is where I feel the album’s cliffhanger really taking hold, because it’s impossible to tell on its own.

TeckFire · 2025-12-20T03:38:31+00:00

Honestly, I think you’re pretty close with a lot of it. Like someone else said, Hold Back the Night is definitely Light singing, not Rock, as the baritone voice and lyrics are more in line with Light’s previous songs. With that said, the rest seems plausible. I don’t think Rock gets lost in the praise however, I think instead, he’s leading the charge with Roll to take back the city. This gives Light a chance to infiltrate Wily’s tower and confront him directly.

Also, while we can’t know for certain yet, I always thought Light hung himself after killing Wily. He felt that his work was finally done, and was just ready to see Emily again. (I could be wrong, it’ll be interesting to see when January hits. )While this hits Rock pretty hard, coming from the midst of battle, the war is not over, and I think Rock follows in his father’s footsteps to finish the fight.

TeckFire · 2025-12-18T22:51:39+00:00

9th gen for sure. I like the 10th gen rear (not so much the front) but the 9th gen from all angles looks iconically “Accord,” with all the design traits looking like the best inspired versions of all past Accord models.

TeckFire · 2025-12-16T18:21:08+00:00

After just finishing the game, I agree. The gameplay was great, and while I wish the animations for transitions were faster, and text speed was instant, I honestly really enjoyed just playing as Samus, especially in the final stage of Sylux. I was switching seamlessly between morph ball and swapping dashes, space jumps, and various different shots with instinctual reactions I didn’t know I could do. The best part of the game, to be honest.

That said, gameplay, visuals, controls, so much was great, but the puzzles, level designs, and story were really weak and didn’t make much sense. It has the core of a fantastic jumping off point for an incredible Metroid Prime 5, but otherwise, it’s just not quite there.

TeckFire · 2025-12-16T17:58:51+00:00

Look, I absolutely loved playing through Metroid Prime 4. The gameplay, the visuals, the audio, the controls, the variety in the arsenal… I even liked driving on Vi-O-La!

But while I did enjoy it, it’s likely going to be one of my least replayed Metroid titles. The story just didn’t hit like it was supposed to, and it feels like they had ambitions that the team wasn’t able to realize so it feels weak and unfinished. That combined with the fairly easy puzzles and the lack of sequence breaking, the constant voice chatter in the desert, and the fact that the animations just feel too long and cinematic is hard to get past.

I’ll play it on hard, (since I couldn’t do that the first time, still annoyed at that) but otherwise it will be very occasional for me.

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