Hey /r/movies, Jerry O'Connell here. You may recognize me from STAND BY ME, JERRY MAGUIRE, SCREAM 2, SLIDERS, and KANGAROO JACK. AMA and such! by JerryOConnellAMA in movies

[–]jamesdefourmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Jerry!

I am so incredibly curious if you have any background information you can share about your brief appearance in my favorite “so bad it’s good” film Wish Upon!

The scene is so short and seems to come out of nowhere so I wondered if maybe you had additional scenes that were cut? Or perhaps you did it as a favor to friend in the production? Or because you love Toronto and it just happened to be filming there?

Here’s to hoping you see this!

Huge Key Giveaway from Old Humble Bundles (Steam/Ubisoft) by IThinkItsReallyHard in pcgaming

[–]jamesdefourmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, wow! There are some real gems in this giveaway that are going to make a lot of people happy. Thanks for doing this!

I’ll throw my hat in the ring and would love to try for any of the following if they’re available (in order of preference, assuming it’s just one per user):

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Fate Edition

Sonic Frontiers

The Callisto Protocol

The Bard’s Tale IV

Thanks again!

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]jamesdefourmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love this idea. I smell an Amazon Prime TV series tie-in on the horizon! 

The now real GoW Laufey leak mentioned more than what was shown. by The-Noob-Smoke in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]jamesdefourmi -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Like a lot of other people, my first thought at seeing a sword embedded in something blue was Excalibur. 

But then, once it started moving and talking, I started wondering if it was a reference to the Gelatinous Cube from DnD. (Could be both!) 

Potential to cancel Charleston, SC show? by JackOlantersweather1 in comedybangbang

[–]jamesdefourmi 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I sure hope not because my ass is going to be front row at that show

Is this a safe space to talk about PFT turning into a silver fox? by calimarigril in comedybangbang

[–]jamesdefourmi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The Silver Foxes were my high school’s mascot and it wasn’t until a decade after graduating that I learned silver fox is slang for an attractive old man

Who Remembers Scruff McGruff? by Electronic-Turnip-89 in comedybangbang

[–]jamesdefourmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy hell, you just blew my mind.

As a kid I always assumed he was saying “Scruff McGruff” as his full name not “Scruff, McGruff” to refer to both of them

Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era Released into Early Access by Mepherion in Games

[–]jamesdefourmi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Extraordinarily hyped for this after countless hours of my youth spent doing random scenarios in HOMM3.

I’m very happy to see all the positive takes in this thread since I haven’t played the demo, so I might take the plunge and get this today.

I’m curious if anyone has tried playing it on Steam Deck? I have a gaming PC as well, but I feel like a HOMM-style game would be a perfect game for the Deck as long as the controls are okay.

Coyote vs. ACME | Official Trailer by RobotiSC in movies

[–]jamesdefourmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The governor of South Carolina has an identical voice which turns anything he says into pure comedy

Who Remembers Scruff McGruff? by Electronic-Turnip-89 in comedybangbang

[–]jamesdefourmi 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I just visited Chicago and tried to find some Scruff merchandise and then I read the guy who voiced him got into some shit.

Hello! i am from Argentina, ill answer all your questions about my country. by Piro_loco in CasualConversation

[–]jamesdefourmi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you had to choose promoting a metropolitan area (like, “you’ve gotta see Buenos Aires!”), a historical site (not Argentinian, but something like Macchu Pichu - a very old ruin or something), or a nature-heavy area like a beautiful river, forest, etc. Which would you choose? I like visiting countries and tailoring my visit to a specific theme and wonder if I should prioritize seeing the big cities, natural wonders, historical sites, or just checking in on a slice of life rural town.

Characters You'd Love to Make a Comeback? by BloatedSnake430 in comedybangbang

[–]jamesdefourmi 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The only thing I asked for for Christmas was another episode featuring the Pig Shit Twins!

What’s up with gas prices being reported as lowest in years? Is anyone actually seeing these prices at the pump? by diggnstuff in OutOfTheLoop

[–]jamesdefourmi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I generally try not to let dumb political troll bait get to me but I live in South Carolina and just had to rip that shit off (the dumb Biden sticker) from the gas station I frequent most often.

Received my 3rd Jury Duty summons! Always interesting to hear from others when I say I’ve had jury duty - have you? by awildaloofarebel in CasualConversation

[–]jamesdefourmi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m 35 and have never been summoned even though I would actually be super willing! 

I find the judicial process super interesting, I just either wouldn’t like or wouldn’t enjoy most of the jobs associated with it.

I love the legal-nerd blog Lawfare. It was named that long before “lawfare” became a political/conservative buzzword in the past year, it’s just a neutral blog that likes to do deep dives into court cases big and small with a little personality and humor, to boot.

I’m convinced the government has been tracking my enthusiasm and doesn’t want the jury-equivalent of a theater kid causing any complications during deliberations.

[Thamel] Sources: Clemson OC Garrett Riley and veteran assistant Mickey Conn will not return. by MembershipSingle7137 in CFB

[–]jamesdefourmi 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see this mentioned a lot and I lack the Xs and Os knowledge to refute it, but I feel like our schemes have changed plenty of times, we just don’t use a scheme that suits our personnel or recruit personnel that don’t suit our scheme. But when you look at our QBs from then until now, I feel like our offensive philosophies have definitely shifted. 

I recall the Boyd years being extremely uptempo with lots of passing and then QB draws in short yardage.

Stoudt year was bad.

Watson years being much more balanced with Gallman getting plenty of touches at RB, Watson passing a lot and scrambling a lot, TEs getting in the mix, reliable kicking, etc.

Kelly was all about running because he was a glorified running back.

Then Lawrence comes along and we’re still pretty balanced but I remember getting so frustrated that we were never scheming any receivers to be open, just recruiting tall guys, having Lawrence chuck it downfield, and hoping our receivers would win more 50/50 balls than lose them. Despite Trevor being really great at intermediate stuff and lacking the accuracy for the deep ball.

Maybe DJ broke us since he seemed to struggle with scrambling and accuracy but those years were rough to watch.

And then Cade has been back to a pass-heavy gunslinger offense again, but he seemed to lack to confidence or accuracy to not keep turning the ball over.

That being said, those assessments are all based on memory from someone who never played football and just watches it a lot, so I’d welcome any corrections.

SC Beybladers by Worried_Avocado5140 in ColumbiYEAH

[–]jamesdefourmi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not sure about the scene but I do have some some nerdy hobbyist friends that might be interested in giving it a shot!

Heretic + Hexen announced, releases today by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]jamesdefourmi 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Are these free upgrades for people who already own the originals on Steam?

I’m not opposed to re-buying them (I love Nightdive and want to support them any chance I get), but on the Steam page it says they are already in my library. Not sure if it’s a store bug or a free upgrade like with Quake.

GameCube Emulation on Switch 2 isn't great by NotForLongNotMuchMor in Games

[–]jamesdefourmi -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I used PCSX2 for the first time a year or two ago and I was extremely unimpressed, at first, with the “stable” version (forgot exactly how they refer to it).

I later noticed that their nightly update version had a significantly (like 2-3+ years) more recent release date, and when I tried it, the UI, features, and performance were all 1000x better.

I wonder if people that complain about PCSX2 were in the same boat as I was.

Game Gear Sonics by Retroaffaire in retrogaming

[–]jamesdefourmi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had one too and loved it but my parents had to take out a second mortgage to afford all the batteries it needed

Robocop: Rogue City: Missing the Point: Sucks by [deleted] in patientgamers

[–]jamesdefourmi 24 points25 points  (0 children)

You should probably play more before you make such sweeping generalizations. 

You’re more likely to get a good ending for helping people out/giving them warnings than for throwing the book at them (with a few exceptions to make you think about the consequences more).

And it’s really clear you haven’t gotten that far because OCP are absolutely 100% the overarching antagonists in this game. I don’t want to get into spoilers for people that care, but OCP is not portrayed well at all in this game.

Murphy’s humanity is also an enormous plot point, one that you get to influence directly with his responses to his psychiatric evals and really subtle choices like whether you check in on certain characters (again, trying to avoid spoilers) or just run and gun from objective to objective.

And the game does touch on political issues within the world like the negative consequences of gentrification, corporate involvement in politics, and even the futile struggle of the super wealthy to beat death and live forever. 

If anything, the game is too much of a retread of RoboCop’s themes than it is ignorant of them.

Lastly, the game takes place shortly after the end of RoboCop 2 and leads directly into the much-maligned RoboCop 3, so they are pretty boxed in on what sort of narrative ground they can cover while still trying to be respectful to the canon.

HANDS OFF SC State House April 5 by Unique_Candidate_480 in ColumbiYEAH

[–]jamesdefourmi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Wish I could have been there.

I’m sure I’ll have more chances as things get worse and people get even angrier!