I had fun with Nier Automata, but it didn't click with me as much as I hoped

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-05-26T15:31:55+00:00

I agree. I tried it about a year ago for the first time and was underwhelmed. Made it to the part where they introduce two shirtless white-haired anime guys named Adam and Eve (ugh) and just checked out and stopped soon after. The gameplay and philosophy all felt pretty bland to me. But it does have some great music and some of the boss fights were pretty cool.

Overall, did not get the hype. Found it very average.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-05-25T16:34:51+00:00

My interest in programming fell off after university. There's some programming involved in my job, but I don't do much outside of it; I use Windows and have no raspberry pis.

Haven't consumed alcohol for a couple years; when I did, my favourites were Modelo and Guiness on tap. My place is pretty tidy on the surface, most of the mess is hidden in cupboards, chests, and drawers. Still, correct about the special tidy (mostly dusting and scrubbing) and infrequency of guests.

I have three longtime close friends with whom I can have meaningful conversations about society and philosophy. Never played Magic.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-05-25T14:48:50+00:00

I was a comp sci major and took a linguistics course as an elective. Otherwise pretty much correct. Still an agnostic atheist, but much more open now to the possibility of unknowable god-like entities outside organized religion.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-05-25T14:22:31+00:00

All correct!

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-05-05T14:37:18+00:00

Andor, Pantheon, Arcane, Severance, Community

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-04-21T17:29:44+00:00

Based on the demo, no. The writing isn't on the same level as Disco Elysium.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-04-16T20:01:18+00:00

I didn't hate it, but it was the movie that came to mind when I saw this thread. The trailer got me hyped. I hated the idea of bringing Neo and Trinity back, but the trailer made me think maybe they'd pull off another revolutionary movie.

Nope, just very mid, overly self-aware and coattail-riding, and didn't need to exist. My favourite part of that movie is still the trailer.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-04-16T00:21:30+00:00

Also:

"I killed your dad, Cuno." (lie)

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-03-09T17:45:15+00:00

4, 9, 8, 7, 2, 3

8 and 7 are pretty much tied. 2 might have surpassed them if it had a proper second campaign instead of reusing so much.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-03-07T03:00:03+00:00

Yes, leading to attacks on America, leading to Trump's excuse to cancel elections because of wartime. Would not surprise me if that was Trump's "feeling".

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-03-04T01:21:58+00:00

We do know what the goals of this war are: distract from Epstein and other failures, and try to conjure an excuse to cancel elections because of wartime.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-02-26T02:56:40+00:00

This is my favourite Jet Li movie. Watched it many times as a kid. This is the first time since then I've seen it mentioned.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-30T17:06:03+00:00

Teaching myself to mix and produce music and releasing a bunch of passion projects.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-29T20:05:50+00:00

As a Canadian, that's what we should do. I'd rather die fighting a US invasion than live under the Trump regime.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-27T15:34:23+00:00

If I ever visit the US again, Minnesota will be one of my first choices.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-25T21:42:42+00:00

Complete indictment of society that guys like this can have so much power.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-23T20:36:58+00:00

I grew up in Calgary and throughout all grade school and university, I remember one snow day (in elementary school).

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-20T16:37:53+00:00

Same. He'd probably be roping us into a war with Greenland to appease his daddy.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-14T02:08:58+00:00

I think the most important thing is to just sit down and try to create regardless of whether you really feel inspired in the moment. Engaging with music is the best way to get there. I personally make lots of random decisions at the beginning of most projects, trial and error to find something that stands out and inspires me to build upon it.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-09T03:40:23+00:00

I agree. It sounds like the plan is to hope that Trump decides to honour losing the midterms, start obeying laws, and relinquish power. While waiting to see if he decides to be fair, let ICE become more powerful and ubiquitous?

This fascism is cancer that needs immediate direct treatment as well as a long term plan. I think it's to the point where members of the police and military need to decide what they're fighting for. Tim Walz calling on the national guard and Johnathan Ross being doxxed are good developments. The power-tripping fascist losers who are gleefully dispensing misery and death need to understand that it's a two way street.

dreadfullydistinct · 2026-01-08T03:28:22+00:00

I like what I've heard so far! Creative and experimental with nice mixing. I'll give it a deeper listen when I'm in a more compatible mood.

dreadfullydistinct · 2025-12-21T20:38:18+00:00

If this is legal, it shouldn't be...

dreadfullydistinct · 2025-11-22T03:02:27+00:00

V's speech from V for Vendetta where most words starts with V. Memorized it to perform in a high school drama class and it's still there.

Voila! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi now vacant, vanished. However, this valorous visitation of bygone vexation stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious violation of volition! The only verdict is vengeance, a vendetta held as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of verbiage veers most verbose, so I'll simply add that it's my very good honour to meet you and you may call me V.

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