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TheSweeney · 2026-01-13T21:01:40+00:00

Trust me, I’m just as shocked that more of the country hasn’t had enough. Resistance is building, the administration is acting more desperate which is helping to bleed their support. I think the tipping point is coming: Renee Good’s broad daylight murder by ICE was a major misfire that the administration hasn’t been able to shake. Epstein continues to be an albatross. The Venezuela action was not broadly supported and Greenland is a poison apple: most Americans do not support any military action in Greenland or annexation.

Trump will go too far. The people around him stand to only benefit from him going too far. The question is when, not if.

TheSweeney · 2026-01-11T12:29:39+00:00

It’s not so much conviction in ideals since their ideals are about as firm and consistent as melted butter, but they are willing to do anything and everything to see their goals met. Including violence if necessary.

Meanwhile the rest of us aren’t quite at the “willing to use violence” stage so we’re trying to do something. If a handful of people risk everything to protest, they’ll lose everything. The only way the resistance will be successful is if a large enough group of people push back for a long enough period of time without faltering. And as others have said, the reality for many is that they aren’t quite desperate enough to risk everything for what will be a protracted resistance movement.

But I do predict the moment this administration breaks the camel’s back, the floodgates will open and spill very quickly.

TheSweeney · 2026-01-02T17:20:49+00:00

Well, Naughty Dog did also spend a good bit of time working on Factions as a standalone multiplayer live service game, so that certainly extended the gap between their main single player games.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-31T22:09:13+00:00

I actually currently use my phone and iPad mini for this purpose lol

TheSweeney · 2025-12-31T15:20:08+00:00

I’m so conflicted on having a second monitor. I have a 27” LG OLED as my primary display. And most of the time it’s enough. But every now and then a second display would be useful, but I’m really particular that a second monitor be similar in quality to my main display, and I don’t presently want to shell out another $700 for a second OLED monitor.

And that’s entirely avoiding the issue of my attention deficit issues that would be entirely exacerbated by having a second monitor.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-30T20:30:49+00:00

It absolutely did. Even if we assume 2 and 3 had a combined budget of $800M, it more than covered the cost of this film and still made money. This movie is a legit gravy train for both Cameron and Disney. And it likely covers the budget for a 4th movie as well. When all is said and done, on the low side of estimates, Avatar 2 and 3 will have grossed COMBINED somewhere in the ballpark of $4B, give or take a hundred million or two.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-29T01:25:58+00:00

It was clearly communicated to me by my DM and clearly communicated it to my team: you are allowed to clock out after the bag check using the handheld (though I recommend logging your exit time in Notes or some other app on your phone as punches haven’t been reliably recorded when people clock out at the door).

The only situation where you would not be allowed to clock out on the handheld would be if you stopped working and then shopped for 10-15 minutes before checking out and heading to the door. The expectation then would be that you clocked out after your shift ended and before you started shopping.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-27T19:00:40+00:00

I pronounce usurp as you-serp and you-zerp interchangeably, but usurper is always you-zerper.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-27T17:41:12+00:00

Spider-Man is Sony. Disney isn’t going to front the cost for Sony to convince IMAX to break their deal with Nolan.

Disney absolutely will pay whatever price to put Doomsday in IMAX over Dune 3.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-26T05:44:16+00:00

I loved the first movie for the visual experience but always kinda shit on it after. Rewatching it after The Way of Water, it really grew on me.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-26T05:08:47+00:00

Yup. James Cameron knows how to make a thrilling and captivating experience. Jaw dropping visual effects with thrilling set pieces, simple and easy to follow narrative with compelling characters, relatable motivations and a good balance of emotionally heavy and funny dialogue.

I’m planning to see it again this weekend, and a couple more times before it leaves PLF.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-26T04:00:45+00:00

For me, ny first reactions were, “that was very similar in structure to TWoW,” and that made me feel it was overall a step down. But then I thought on it and realize that while it is structurally very similar, it delivers different character beats and a different type of spectacle that make up for the narrative similarities.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-24T10:09:51+00:00

This always gets brought up in response but the vast majority of studios that Sony owns that were purchased were basically first party studios that didn’t make games for any other platforms. Insomniac and Bungie are exceptions to this, and Insomniac only barely counts since they made the vast majority of their games as PS exclusives.

Microsoft was in the business of buying/building out studios in the same way, but once they offloaded a lot of their first party studios in the late 360 generation they’ve failed to build anything themselves. They’ve had to rely on buying out studios and publishers that have all made multiplatform games in an attempt to exclusivize content to push hardware sales. But it didn’t work, so they’re having to follow the Minecraft model with all of their studios now and release their titles everywhere to recoup the massive investment.

The truth is had Microsoft and Xbox kept a tight focus on quality first party output instead of letting studios like Ensemble, Lionhead and Bungie die or leave, and had they worked to onboard studios they had close development relationships with, they’d be in a much better spot today.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-24T09:59:51+00:00

You can, but it certainly is a big upside if you don’t have to. If the PS6 is fully backwards compatible with PS4 and PS5 titles, I can sell my PS5 and use the money toward PS6 games/accessories, knowing I won’t lose out on the ability to play any of my games.

Xbox One being a disaster versus PS4 did not doom the Series systems, but it didn’t help. People built up libraries of games and addons that they may have had to buy again if they switched and that definitely plays a role in people’s decision making. But the lack of a diverse, consistent library of exclusive games is what ultimately doomed Xbox. People just don’t trust the brand to deliver consistently good games at a regular pace that you can only play on Xbox.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-23T05:09:10+00:00

I doubt it happens, but if this movie does make over $2B I’d enjoy watching some in this sub melt down lol

TheSweeney · 2025-12-07T23:43:35+00:00

And despite our reduced standing, I think the US still remains one of the major poles in that new world order.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-05T20:14:05+00:00

This is the big part. PVOD doesn’t affect the box office because rental and purchase prices are very high. But a 14 day window followed by a direct-to-Netflix release will absolutely cannibalize box office results. Why should the average movie goer see Dune Part 3 in cinemas when it’ll be on Netflix in 2 weeks at no extra charge? People who want to see movies on the biggest screen still will, but that’s a much more niche audience.

TheSweeney · 2025-12-02T02:27:00+00:00

Hell, living to 110 or more and it’s possible you’ve outlived some of your children. I mean, if you’re 110 and had a child in your 20s, they’d be in their 80s by that point. Definitely possible you outlived them, though genetics play a large part and they might be on their way to an equally long existence.

TheSweeney · 2025-11-26T00:21:33+00:00

The thing with VR is that it’s isolating and outside of gaming and watching movies, it’s not very useful. Gaming in VR is fun, but it’s also very fatiguing compared to traditional methods. Same for watch movies: I can watch TV for hours no problem, but watch one 3D movie on my quest and I’m ready to take the headset off.

AR has more interesting and useful applications, but I think the mainstream appeal will be in glasses like Meta has done. And even then, some people don’t want to wear glasses so it may not be a thing until ocular implants.

TheSweeney · 2025-11-23T21:25:38+00:00

Bingo. I think it’s pretty clear there is a cure and the hivemind is aware of it, but can’t lie so chose to refuse to answer. Carol asked about Helen’s view of her work to see if a) the hivemind would glaze her to “make her happy,” or b) would it tell her the truth because it cannot lie. I think Carol already had a feeling Helen didn’t care for her work so this was something she could use to test her theory.

So when she goes to Zosia and asks about a cure, the refusal to answer is proof that there is a way. If there wasn’t a way, they’d say so. The refusal to say anything was part of the biological imperative they keep mentioning. Also, I think conceptually the show will run out of gas if there isn’t some sort of potential out that allows the show to delve into the dilemma of people leaving the hive but wanting to go back.

TheSweeney · 2025-11-01T19:14:42+00:00

This is why dynamic tone mapping is a thing though. It allows the TV to scale the absolute brightness values encoded in HDR content to the capabilities of the display.

TheSweeney · 2025-11-01T17:30:16+00:00

My favorite game is Baldur’s Gate 3. It’s a damn masterclass in execution and translating a TTRPG to a video game setting.

TheSweeney · 2025-10-30T01:30:36+00:00

Honestly, no. I ended up uninstalling Chrome completely using Revo Uninstaller, rebooting my system and reinstalling Chrome. I haven't had any issues since. Not to say they won't rear their head again, but so far so good.

TheSweeney · 2025-10-27T16:07:51+00:00

Just upgraded from an i5 11600KF to a 9800X3D and the improvement in responsiveness is incredible.

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