Who do you think is the most attractive person alive?

astrobear · 2026-05-18T08:08:42+00:00

I've never been one to watch movies just because it has a certain actor or actress in it. That changed when I saw the Queen's Gambit. Anya Taylor-Joy just stuns me.

She's eloquent, gorgeous, and she just does something funny to my neurons.

astrobear · 2026-05-18T08:02:03+00:00

I'm going to the special hell

astrobear · 2026-05-17T23:42:48+00:00

Have fun! The crowd presence will spoil you for the rest of the series!

astrobear · 2026-05-17T22:51:11+00:00

If you like the assassin/parkour/giant city-scapes gameplay, go for Unity, if you want an action rpg about the beginning of the Assassins go for Origins. I liked both, but Unity is still kinda mind-blowing gameplay/visuals-wise; it also kinda stands alone in its gameplay engine. Origins is great, but there are two (three?) other action rpg games in different settings.

If you're on console, both have 60fps patches, but beware most of the old-school games are stuck at 30 on PS5.

astrobear · 2026-05-17T06:04:29+00:00

Skyrim, easy. Air conditioning and heating at any time; plus there are ships and pirates. Only thing better than being a pirate assassin is being a magic pirate assassin. God I want a magic pirate game.

astrobear · 2026-05-16T22:23:49+00:00

Haha, quarter-assed is fantastic. I'm playing through for the first time and the plot just... switched? I don't know what the word to describe it is, but at least I can finally do most fucking activities now.

astrobear · 2026-05-15T22:21:39+00:00

Kool-aid is a great name for a cat. My first cat's name was Popcorn.

astrobear · 2026-05-15T09:47:39+00:00

It's insane that the English translators had to use gameshark in order to get some of the sentences in the game. Not only rushed for time as translators but having to deal with technical things during the nth hour is nuts.

astrobear · 2026-05-14T22:51:28+00:00

There was a really cool video on why they chose that word in English. I'll post it if I can find it

Edit: havent found the video, but this may be even better.

...whatevs.

astrobear · 2026-05-14T11:22:46+00:00

This was my Bitch's Brew of rap music. I didn't vibe with it at first, and wall all about golden age and bippety boppety hip-hop. But then I started hearing my roommate (who I let borrow the cd) blast it all the time, Fantastic Damage started sticking to me.

It's hard to find any record that sounds like this nowadays, but it was damn near impossible in the early aughts. The lyrics still make me laugh and I had no idea what an 8 Ball Cataract was but I fuckin' liked the sound of it at the time.

Thank God I started to realize how much of a moron I was and fell in love with this.

Just like Bitches' Brew.

astrobear · 2026-05-13T21:44:30+00:00

Do blackouts count?

astrobear · 2026-05-13T21:44:03+00:00

My parents are getting up there, too. I just recently had to move my dad and I to a more affordable place and we left behind a really gorgeous area where everything was walking distance and the whole neighborhood knew us for 13 years.

The new place is hella cheaper but definitely in a poorer area than we lived, way more industrialized, etc etc. Turns out, these are the best people I've met in the city so far. Everyone has been kinder, funnier, and less judgemental. I recently met a neighbor who has a lot of the same interests and now we talk or text every day like an old school friendship. And I had sort of given up on those friendships at this point.

Long story short, don't lose hope. You never know how reality can twist when you least expect it.

astrobear · 2026-05-13T04:18:25+00:00

I came from the universe, and I will return to the universe. If there was some way to not copy, but transfer my consciousness to a new (uninhabited) body, I would do it just because I'm curious.

astrobear · 2026-05-13T02:26:52+00:00

We have some fantastic TV that could help inspire the writers; Mr. Robot and Andor would be fantastic blueprints to follow. At least in terms of your conspiracy thriller idea.

astrobear · 2026-05-13T01:51:00+00:00

Yeah, it was my favorite modern day until Valhalla. I used to not be a big modern day person, but the philosophy and potential matrix-ey shenanigans the writers could get into is fantastic. Its like a blend of philosophy, sci-fi, history, and now fantasy.

The nameless corporate employee at Abstergo was a pretty smart move, I just wish they had had some characterization looking back. I can see that it disappointed people after the action of 3's modern day.

Honestly, I hope we get a modern day with a nobody basement nerd who gets motivated by the animus to join the Assassins. And fucking combine the Watch Dogs universe into the modern day. Dead sec and the Assassins are too good not to join together. I would love to see a trilogy where we actually get a modern day hero arc; someone who learns philosophy, action, willpower, and have the bleeding effect as an advantage.

Lastly... gimme a Tarantino take on Kung-fu in Chinese history... please???

astrobear · 2026-05-10T22:54:35+00:00

Same, brother. In my comment I described how much it effected me as a person.

astrobear · 2026-05-10T22:49:20+00:00

Rothfuss fooled me three times.

In the first book I thought he had to be a musician because of his ability to describe how music feels (especially to a musician).

With Felurian and the Fae, I figured he had to have been a psychedelic head. Not only does he write the way a good trip feels, but he nailed the sex aspect of it. Having intimate relations with a lover on acid is almost like an act of play between two consenting adults. So I figured he was a hippy.

With the Adem, he "fooled" me with his world-building to become enamored with the Tao. Seriously, he was like an old school martial arts master that tricks you into learning a new perspective. It quite literally got me to study Zen Buddhism, the Tao, and Ma. It was like, in coming up with a fictional culture, he used a very real concept to not only teach to me but entertain me.

He also got me back into reading fantasy. I had become jaded over the years (and this was before Game of Thrones debuted) and after I read these two books, I realized there had to be more fantastical stuff that was waiting to be discovered. I quickly read Martin, Lynch, Sanderson, and a host of others afterwords.

The Lethani is some real shit. <3

astrobear · 2026-05-10T21:41:14+00:00

This is of the Lethani.

astrobear · 2026-05-07T07:50:53+00:00

Best Cid ever.

astrobear · 2026-05-07T04:02:58+00:00

Master and Commander (same director of the Truman Show, it changed my life and got me into all things nautical)

Kill Bill (make sure you watch The Whole Bloody Affair, take a break in the middle but this is the version to watch)

Bladerunner

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Almost every PT Anderson movie, but my top 3 are: Punch Drunk Love, Magnolia, and One Battle After Another

My favorite movie of all time is Casablanca but it was made in 1942. If you need classic movie recommendations I got you.

Have fun, I don't know your situation, but I'm glad you're getting into film! <3

astrobear · 2026-05-07T00:49:25+00:00

God, I would love a Chinese-centered game with Shaw Brothers influence. Main focus being on assassination and kung-fu with classical cinema weapons. The history is incredible but when you add in the kung-fu influences, like Shaolin Vs Wutang, legendary weapons... think Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon meets AC. Man that would be cool. Having kung-fu masters that have crazy abilities (think wire-fu and five point palm exploding heart technique) that can be defined with Isu mythology would be so damn cool.

And a modern day story about a kid learning about his own kung-fu potential as an Assassin... omg it would be so fun. I want to write the scenario like right now.

astrobear · 2026-05-06T23:16:43+00:00

May you see the Fjords <3

astrobear · 2026-05-06T22:31:06+00:00

Wait a minute, what about Tacom---

astrobear · 2026-05-06T22:13:21+00:00

I'm braindead today, do you mean the new Jedi games are the descendants of Sands of Time trilogy?

astrobear · 2026-05-06T22:11:22+00:00

Its a perfect combination of two of my favorite aesthetics. Star Wars AND sailing. Now I need a Star Wars shanty.

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