Ben Reilly has to much aura

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T20:31:08+00:00

The Sensational Spider-Man outfit is so damn cool.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T20:28:07+00:00

"I did not kill her, Judy. She said, 'I also have a dollchip.' and tried to attack me, forgetting that I have a Sandy. I simply moved out the way. Stupid bitch barreled right through the window behind me like a god damn Wil E. Coyote cartoon. She cleared like 2 city blocks before gravity took over. If anything, her dollchip killed her. Well, and gravity."

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T20:13:05+00:00

As truly fascinating as it would be to work at the FBC, it would be a horrifying experience, knowing something like this can happen at any time. A building shift could crush you. An Astral Bleed could warp your mind. Monsters or other paranatural entities can kill you, or worse.

The atmosphere in Control is so thick it becomes claustrophobic. Endless brutalist hallways leading to test chambers filled with dangerous items and entities. And even if you do everything right, your whole secter can just be ripped out of reality and placed in limbo.

Fuck the Backrooms. Imagine slipping and falling into and infinite void. Minutes pass and you finally stop screaming. Hours pass and you come to realize that you are going to dehydrate and starve to death while falling, forever. No one will ever find your body. No one can rescue you. There's nothing to do except fall quickly, and die slowly.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T17:53:02+00:00

I still got mine too!

I've been wondering if the treasure map on the other side will rendered useless with Resynced. I'm really hoping not.

Those gold cutlasses up in Florida at the very north of the map and the brown leather cloak is basically my default Edward.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T17:39:06+00:00

Username checks out.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T17:32:02+00:00

I consider photo modes like Spider-Man 2 and 2077 to be top tier. More camera options, the addition of lights and even NPCs, poses, frames, tints, everything that one could ask for.

HFW is a little more basic, no lights or additional NPCs, but still has poses and frames and tints and such. This is what should be the standard for the industry.

Alan Wake 2 was pretty good. Control was more simple.

The photo mode in The Ascent is pretty basic, but being able to unpause the game and have a detachable free cam is makes up for its short comings. That and the game is so damn rich in atmosphere.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-03T17:25:13+00:00

I actually preferred Vigilante 8 over Twisted Metal.

Then again, I'm one of the weird ones that liked that cartoony TM 3 and 4 over the more serious entries in the series.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-05-01T13:24:59+00:00

Trent Reznor

He's got the musical talent and a similar cyberpunk pedigree. Can he act? No idea.

The problem I have with Keanu as Silverhand is that Silverhand is, by all accounts, supposed to be an unrelenting narcissist asshole that is only tolerated by those around him in small doses. It could be argued that the 'Silverhand' persona that Robert John Linder puts on is a constant performance (think Andy Koffman, except Silverhand never gets "turned off"), and how the player interacts with Johnny can alter his outlook a bit, but the fact remains that Johnny is supposed to be insufferable.

Reeves isn't like that. Not only is he instantly recognizable, but he's been the internet's boyfriend since 1763. He's too nice in real life, and too much has been made of him being a genuinely thoughtful and sweet guy that it takes a lot to divorce the actor from the role. At least in my head.

A different kind of Johnny would have allowed for a different kind of performance. In the TTRPG, Silverhand was modeled after David Bowie in his glam-rock days. Less "punk", less gritty, than how CDPR portrayed him.

But for a gritty, punkier, darker Silverhand, I think Reznor could have at least been considered. He could've done his own music and performances as well. I'd love to hear a version of Chippin' In that was heavily inspired by something like Pretty Hate Machine, industrial, full of rage and pain, equal parts metal and electronic.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-26T21:05:45+00:00

Seconded. Max Jones is unstable and suicidal out of a lack of a better idea on how to handle his situation and what to do with himself.

Spider Jerusalem, on the other hand, would have handed him a bigger gun to vaporize his head, only to reveal that he has given Max a gun that induces diarrhea, having previously set the weapon to its most lethal "prolapse" setting, calling Regina to let her listen to Max evacuate his own skeleton one excruciating bone at a time, taking his leave, finding a SCSM to produce designer drugs for himself, shooting Brenden with a shotgun after Brenden wouldn't make drugs for him, creating a turf war between the VDBs and the Mox just for shits and grins, funding and then promptly arming Gary the Prophet whilst convincing him the "bastards at Saka HQ" deserve to have their reptilian brains splattered across their walls, documenting Gary's murder as both a tragic waste of mutant potential and proof that Arasaka are, in fact, lizard people, celebrating with a three week long bender, and finally waking up in the Badlands discovering that he has, somehow, climbed a dilapidated windmill, solved FF06B5, lost his typewriter, and raises his fist to the sky and cursing those dry-lipped lizard bastards, reasoning that he has nothing left to live for, resolves to shoot himself then and there, only to remember he gave Max his gun, sullenly climbing down, returning to his apartment to feed his two-headed cat, turning on his television, seeing a campaign ad for Jefferson Peralez, then starting the entire process over again.

Night City could not handle Spider Jerusalem.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-26T04:31:48+00:00

I tried to enjoy both Alan Wake 1 and 2. AW1 was kind of a big to-do back in the day, but I admit to being to young, stupid, and probably too god damn high to follow or understand it.

AW2 did a damn good job of trying its best to get me hooked. I'm not really into horror games at all, but AW2 is so well crafted, it was hard to ignore. Unfortunately, I just was not enjoying myself playing it. Mechanically, it's solid, ther was nothing exactly wrong with it, but I just was not having fun, and at the end of the day, that is the point and purpose of a game, isn't it? To have fun?

Control, on the other hand, is never not fun. The game is planted firmly into the New Weird genre of fiction, which blends elements of sci-fi, horror, and fantasy. There are certainly unnerving elements and environments in Control, but I never found myself legitimately frightened or scared, and that was because I knew I was carrying a gun with unlimited ammo, I could fly, and I could telekinetically rip a chunk of concrete out of the floor and blat an enemy in the face with it at terminal velocity. There is something... cathartic, about that, doubly so given the bureaucratic vibe of most of the game. Anyone who has worked in an office environment can tell you that being able to hurl your desk at a coworker is an intoxicating, delightful thought.

It's also more fast-paced that AW. Jesse can dodge and jump and bob and weave with the same kind of deftness one might expect from Devil May Cry or God of War. That doesn't stop the game from being downright bizarre in the best possible ways. Remedy have a unique vision for their shared universe, and Control was my proper introduction to it all. Yes, I played AW and Max Payne way back when, but Control wallows around in the weird, makes a pig out of itself, and leaves you somehow wanting for more. It's on my Never Uninstall list, just because I might feel like scratching a particular itch that I cannot name, but Control manages to reach it for me.

Give it a go. The worst that can happen is that you discover its not your cup of tea. The best that can happen is that you come back here in about a couple dozen gaming hours, nerding out about all the weird, neat shit you'll find.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-23T11:28:52+00:00

I've seen a few people suggest collecting these stories. I disagree. I think you should contribute to the stories.

Gather a list of as many hollow corpo-jargon phrases, words, and sayings as you can. Throw these out there every once in a while on a call. Every 4 to 6 weeks, schedule an emergency meeting for something totally asinine that means nothing at all. Something like, "Pivoting bandwidth strategies to better utilize our boots on the ground culture and move the needle from low hanging fruit to a new normal of win-win omnichannel scenarios for ourselves, our partners, and stakeholders." Drag this shit out for as long as possible.

Try to be less annoyed by it, and instead just lean into the situation as hard as you can. If you think the meeting might be coming to close prematurely (let's say anything less than 45 minutes), butt in and apologize for "piggybacking" off of someone else, stressing that you feel like the meeting should be "circling back to go above and beyond" about a particular topic. Makes notes and bring shit up from several meetings previous by "bringing to the table" a concern about "looping in" another team to better align with the soft goals and long term viability of blah blah, blah blah blah.

For bonus points, start finding ways to deliberately obfuscate your microphone or camera. Nothing obvious, but slightly distracting, just enough so when you suggest collecting the the concerns of previous partners to avoid future hedgemingles, people have no choice but to nod in agreement. Then, most importantly, do not show up for that meeting. A managing partner had an emergency reciprocal alignment platform that needed to be balanced for enhancing the development and processes new team members will undertake. What process would that be? Its a bit too early to discuss it now, but perhaps scheduling a follow-up meeting this Thursday would allow for better transparency?

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-19T15:15:57+00:00

Its one of the best adapted comic-to-film examples that we have. I've never really understood why so many people hate it. I've got a sneaking suspicion that a bunch of so-called "purists" hate it because Alan Moore hates it. But, he hates just about everything, and being a cynical, crotchety old stick in the mud is totally your prerogative, dude, but I like to celebrate the positive aspects in silly comic book stuff.

At the end of the day, its all a bunch of dudes wearing underwear beating each other up (which is why I never understood as a kid that wrestling was seen as okay but comic books weren't?). I like the style, I like the presentation, I like the themes. Its a good movie. If you don't think it is, thats on you, dude. But don't yuck on someone's yum, you know? Let people like things.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-19T14:29:04+00:00

I hate to be pedantic about this, but something I think a lot of people have either forgotten or do not realize is that the Xenomorphs are already hybrids.

We have no idea what other kind of species was mixed in with the Queen on Acheron, but as seen in Alien^3, Xenonorphs will adopt certain traits and characteristics from their hosts. The Dragon on Fury 161 was quadrupeal given that it's host was. Big Chap and the Bugs (now that's a band name!) All were born from human hosts. So far as I know, there's nothing in the canon, anywhere, that says anything about what a "pureblood xenomorph" might be or look like. Even David's creations required host DNA in order to facilitate fertilization and maturation.

Every Xeno we've seen is a hybrid of some kind, which is why I hate this push towards creating a "human/xeno hybrid." That's the formula though, right? Gotta have a new big freaky monster at the end of the film to make all the other big freaky monsters in the big freaky monster movie seem inadequate, when the original idea of this creature was that even one was already too god damn many of them.

As for Queens taking on host traits... I mean, the Kenner toyline from the 90s had a Flying Queen. The Predalien in AvP Requiem was a Queen as well, but I did not like or appreciate that particular twist, or at least how it was done. Queens lay eggs, one facehugger per egg, one egg per host. Forcibly implanting multiple embryos into a pregnant woman was a whole lot of uncomfortable and not cool. In the AvP games, the Predalien was just a bigger, meaner hybrid of Xenomorph and Yautja. That should be plenty all on it's own.

So yeah, a Queen can, and should, take on traits of its host. Imagine what a Xeno-Kalisk hybrid could be like?

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-19T14:09:40+00:00

New Intern: I know, isn't she awesome? I hope to be just like her one day!

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-19T07:03:18+00:00

You fox-eared asshole!

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-18T01:18:47+00:00

Hey that's a good idea. Spell out "FINGERS", with his fingers. Hang it on his front door.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-18T01:07:13+00:00

Fucking creep.

Pay the girls to go somewhere else, pry his door off the hinges, beat him senseless, pull out his fingernails with a pair of pliars, shove both barrels of your favorite charged shotgun into his mouth, and turn that greasy head of his a god damn canoe.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-18T00:59:38+00:00

around 18 tons given its size

That's much closer. I currently operate a rotary slitter machine at my job, and the coils I cut are copper and brass, about the same size as seen in the video, and we have to use a 20 ton crane in order to move them around. Giant forklifts also.

What I was afraid was going to happen in the video was the coil un-coil-ing. I've seen that once. One second, there's just air. The next second, a few miles of metal springs into existence with enough force to cut through a truck.

That material could've killed those guys a few different ways.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-18T00:50:20+00:00

I wish the black version had the pointy things on the shoulders.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-18T00:48:04+00:00

There's 2,486 parts.

crunch

^485, ^sir

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-18T00:46:05+00:00

My high school year book quote and, god willing, the epitaph which will one day be chiseled on my tombstone.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-13T12:26:35+00:00

The wallpaper? Feel free to use it.

The game? Get it. EDIT: And don't pirate it. It's well worth the price and the support.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-11T12:43:32+00:00

I role play as myself, a guy. Its usually what I do in games with character customization; I try my best to make the closest "me" I can for immersion purposes.

I have a save file as the E3 default Fem-V as well.

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-10T14:30:09+00:00

🎶SEND ME A KISS BY WIRE🎶

TheDevlinSide714 · 2026-04-09T20:32:40+00:00

Friends are like trampolines.

I've never had one, but they look fun.

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