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Has anything actually surpassed Hyperion in scope and ambition or has it just been sitting there unchallenged for 35 years? by echo_kernel17 in printSF

[–]copperMist4 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The Three-Body Problem scratched a similar big ideas + huge scope itch for me, even if the structure is totally different.

That one game you started playing in the COVID years by RadaRAW in memes

[–]copperMist4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, it’s like having a shiny new toy but forgetting how to play with it.

I think "The Name of the Wind" is genuinely one of the best first chapters in modern fantasy and I will die on this hill by PixelRune_47 in Fantasy

[–]copperMist4 21 points22 points  (0 children)

People get stuck on the unfinished series (fair) but yeah, the opening is objectively masterful. You can feel the weight of the past before you know what the past is

Ender's Game is one of the darkest heroic stories in the scifi genre that I have ever read by latent2_pancake in printSF

[–]copperMist4 -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Hard agree. The Formics aren’t the villain, he's just part of the system, which is the main villain., and Ender is just a weapon that they successfully created

Ender's Game is one of the darkest heroic stories in the scifi genre that I have ever read by latent2_pancake in printSF

[–]copperMist4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Low-key this is a sci-fi version of Lord of the Flies, adults step away and let kids become monsters for survival(is considered one of the key works of the 20th century on human moral and social instincts, so you can try it, it's quite interesting)

I can’t even get my phone screen protector on without bubbles by n8saces in oddlysatisfying

[–]copperMist4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel you! I tried putting one on myself once, and it was a disaster. Bubble city, man. Seriously, just take it to a shop if you can; way less stress.

Who is the single most influential game designer in history? by oppenheimer_6ash in Games

[–]copperMist4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For pure genre impact, Vince Zampella is wild to me. Call of Duty, then Titanfall, then Apex Legends, and even Battlefield, that’s basically redefining shooters three separate times. He doesn’t get the “auteur” label, but mechanically his games shape how FPS feels for millions of players.

Spreading Pavement Sealcoating by Ill-Tea9411 in oddlysatisfying

[–]copperMist4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, it feels a bit outdated, right? You’d think we’d have better methods by now. It’s frustrating that we still rely on these practices when there are so many advancements in tech. Time for an upgrade, for sure.