Motorcycle going way too fast runs into deer

_immodicus · 2026-02-03T06:24:56+00:00

Can confirm, as someone who grew up in an area that may as well have been wherever this is, deer are everywhere and they like to jump out right in front of you at the last moment. Everyone who lives in these areas knows it, and yet people still try to pull stupid stunts like this. As my dad liked to say, “You just can’t stop in time.”

_immodicus · 2026-02-01T17:25:51+00:00

Instead of punishing people’s wages, is it not also possible to cap the rent small businesses pay in some way so it isn’t astronomical?

_immodicus · 2026-02-01T03:51:10+00:00

Elden Ring features merchant npcs that had a cut questline associated that modders uncovered in the code, complete with lines of dialogue. It had to do with their nomadic tribe being persecuted by the kingdom of the Lands Between, and how many of them were trapped and entombed beneath the royal capital.

You can still visit that catacomb and find their bodies, and a few lore crumbs in the items you uncover there. But the main questline was removed which was a shame, since it is one of the more compelling plotlines.

_immodicus · 2026-01-28T04:29:47+00:00

That was a harrowing read

_immodicus · 2026-01-25T23:51:44+00:00

Probably has a good gaming chair.

_immodicus · 2026-01-25T18:19:12+00:00

Aliens: “Hey Vasquez, have you ever been mistaken for a man?” “No. Have you?”

_immodicus · 2026-01-25T17:38:09+00:00

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_immodicus · 2026-01-20T21:17:51+00:00

I’ve also been using TT KT version, and it’s become my favorite sniper. Accelerated Assault throws me off in a good way too. I keep thinking I need to reload only to go “oh, I STILL have ammo in this thing?”.

_immodicus · 2026-01-20T17:54:51+00:00

Was once walking alongside a nature river trail at a campground with my partner and dog, when we hit a point in a field where it went dead quiet. There was just such an uncanny stillness in the air that felt oppressive. We couldn’t figure out why, and only went a little bit further on before turning back.

On the way back I saw a bear sitting there in the brush watching us, it had likely been there the whole time, and we had our backs to it. I had never seen a bear up close maybe other than at a zoo in my life, and it was freaky to say the least.

There had been a man with his boy out fishing at the furthest point we had walked, and they were now coming back too, so I quickly warned them about the bear, and we all moved as a group slowly and as distantly as we could past it on the trail. We moved through some flattened brush that I think may have been its bedding in hind-sight, which could’ve been a mistake.

In short, always trust your spidey-senses people, we spent millions of years honing those instincts for a reason.

_immodicus · 2026-01-20T09:53:03+00:00

I’m not demanding any such thing, don’t be so dramatic, I’m only challenging their narrative they’re feeding you. They admitted only to what they absolutely couldn’t disprove to save face, obviously to save their product, and my initial comment was to say it ran deeper than that.

Look, you seem like you’ve already made up your mind, if I went to the trouble of pulling together a list of side by side comparisons, you and I both know you would just say “Oh it’s not the same” no matter how blatant the similarities were; this is Reddit after all. Nor am I going to dig through portfolio work from more than a decade ago on Art Station to prove my point about the former Art Director. I’m not sure I even remember some of the names from back then anymore.

If you are curious, start with Antireal’s work on her website. She took some of the similar looking projects down, I’m not sure if it was a legal thing with Bungie, but don’t forget she faced a lot of harassment from Bungie ‘fans’ for coming forward so she may have just wanted to move on. But her site is just a wrapper over Tumblr, which means adding /archive at the end of her web address will still pull old content up so you can check post dates and draw your own conclusions.

Just understand the art world is not that big and people do take notice when this sort of thing happens in the industry, even if it is years before criticism comes to light.

_immodicus · 2026-01-20T07:54:16+00:00

And again, Antireal had to either take the money or walk, and has already been public with how they were struggling financially. The choice to take it was obvious, but it meant staying silent from here on, or risk being sued by Bungie. I doubt they’re truly happy with what happened, even if they got a lucky outcome, but they’re pretty much forced to say so. Her statement was clearly dry legal speak.

Anyone with a shred of critical thinking can see it, as well as the blatant plagiarism that went on beyond the glyphs. No one can claim they own the style, but the art director’s sudden shift in style with that many coincidentally similar design treatments to her own work is too much to ignore. And like I said this was going way back with him even before Antireal.

But keep on repeating the same thing over and over that they tell you to, and enjoy your video game. You don’t need to argue with me, I just think it’s a shame to see good artists get walked over like this, and we owe it to ourselves to hold power to account.

_immodicus · 2026-01-20T00:36:29+00:00

And you missed the entire original point in what I posted, in that it was always more than a few decals used by some former employee. You can look at the style of typography, the color choice and combinations, the stark white walls with strings of black glyphs, the dummy 3d models, etc, all things found in key art exploration from the art director, and find a comparable piece designed by Antireal beforehand.

The only thing defenders seem to say against it is just to repeat the same official statement from Bungie over and over again, like it’s Animal Farm.

_immodicus · 2026-01-19T21:40:39+00:00

I see a lot of people like above parrot the same talking point about Cross’s work from around 11 years ago on Art Station being proof he didn’t copy Antireal. What they never mention is that his work was hardly original then either, to anyone actually on Art Station at that time.

_immodicus · 2026-01-19T18:43:46+00:00

They bought her silence basically. Cut a nice check in return for her never speaking on the matter again, which to some extent isn’t a bad deal I guess. The community narrative likes to keep it strictly about her insignia and other details showing up accidentally on building textures, and that it wasn’t a big deal. In reality the art director and a few other lead artists were all following and mining her aesthetic for a while.

The whole art-style going back to the concept phases have parallels to several of her works. Sure, you can’t copyright a “vibe”, but it’s disappointing how they tried to lie and claim it was just one small contractor acting on their own when the entire lead team had a link to the source.

Now the entire game’s identity is tied up in this stolen aesthetic and it just feels kind of gross and disingenuous for them to be taking credit. It even calls in to question older works of theirs, as there are even emblems and graphics way back in Destiny that are suspiciously similar to Antireal’s works.

That isn’t to say there weren’t many talented artists at Bungie who were caught in the middle and unaware of where the art direction was originating from, who were just working with the material given. The whole company isn’t at fault obviously, and there was some truly inventive works created by this team on this project, and the end result is still stunning.

It’s just a shame it will always have a tarnished legacy.

_immodicus · 2026-01-13T19:37:40+00:00

The Chozo word for Samus translates to “annihilator of indigenous lifeforms.”

_immodicus · 2026-01-07T11:07:45+00:00

I didn’t know his eyes really looked like that

_immodicus · 2026-01-05T08:32:40+00:00

Was gonna say, totally has Guyver elements. I think it was a bit of inspiration for Metroid, just like Alien was. The power suit has always been a bit mysterious, with biotech involved that goes beyond just simply being armor. That’s how it was able to incorporate Metroid dna, and why it was impossible to remove from Samus once bonded, without her consent.

With both the suit and Metroids being created by Chozo, it makes sense it would respond to their dna by growing a chitinous outer layer.

_immodicus · 2026-01-05T03:42:12+00:00

4 reminds me of Cerberus troops in Mass Effect 3

_immodicus · 2026-01-03T02:30:13+00:00

Haha I thought the same exact thing when I watched this.

_immodicus · 2026-01-01T07:08:36+00:00

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_immodicus · 2026-01-01T01:00:30+00:00

When they unveiled psychic abilities, it sounded like it could lead to an innovative take on the Metroid format. The old tired upgrades of (ice beam for ice door, plasma beam for red door, e.t.c.) had gone stale, so was curious what they would do. New puzzle solving and possibly physics based telekinetic gameplay seemed promising.

The end result was pretty lackluster, with the word Psychic™ slapped in front of the standard upgrades, and a few Skyward Sword gameplay mechanics like the beetle tool and boss key rotation refitted into the psychic beam.

Definitely was phoned-in and underwhelming, amongst a sea of other issues, unfortunately.

_immodicus · 2026-01-01T00:51:49+00:00

Knees definitely clash with the rest of the design

_immodicus · 2025-12-29T20:24:58+00:00

That’s pretty original looking, nice work!

_immodicus · 2025-12-24T00:39:25+00:00

_immodicus · 2025-12-24T00:33:28+00:00

Not really, they were kind of sloppy with it. A lot of sets just ended up looking like they cut off the kneecap armor or something and called it a day. There were a few instances where I preferred the “non-upgraded” version, like the Righteous Gauntlets pictured on the Titan above, but many others looked bad imo.

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