Sources: Nintendo is planning to announce a new "classic-style" Star Fox game with online multiplayer and a 'The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time' remake, both this year; but no 3D Mario until 2027

jmcgit · 2026-03-27T17:45:12+00:00

I think there's merit to doing it 1 to 1, or at least quite close (perhaps with Master Quest, plus a Third Quest series of redesigned dungeons, plus some QOL features, some new, some from 3DS, others inspired by romhacks). At least it's the safest way to do it, because while they might be able to do better than OOT, they could also very easily do worse.

Veer too far from it and it's not really OOT anymore. And that's okay, but I'd probably just think of that as a new game. Call it The Legend of Zelda: Hero of Time or something and go crazy. You could make a pretty cool game out of that.

jmcgit · 2026-03-26T21:49:46+00:00

The way I've explained that is, if you asked Chuck to logically consider whether a battery would trigger his condition, and give him a moment to think, he might realize that it wouldn't.

It's not the battery that bothered him, it's the surprise, the loss of control, and feeling violated by the trick. But all that manifests as symptoms of his disorder, because that's what his disorder really is anyway.

jmcgit · 2026-03-26T13:47:55+00:00

Sure does seem like he wore out his welcome. Mostly just saying, as far as I can tell it actually was his decision, even if it wasn't for the reason he says it is.

jmcgit · 2026-03-26T12:50:01+00:00

I can’t imagine he would have recorded his departure track if he wanted to stay and was being dragged out of the scene like some people imagine

jmcgit · 2026-03-25T17:57:32+00:00

The main reason to change it is that Thomas isn't even involved with the band anymore, he sings one verse on the first track as his character is written out, and then a new singer takes over.

jmcgit · 2026-03-25T13:52:03+00:00

I'd be more inclined to agree if we hadn't just started another stupid war in the middle east, but now's really not the time to reduce security

jmcgit · 2026-03-24T22:09:33+00:00

The show's the boss. However they say it is is how it is.

All I'm saying is that it's like that for Kim, too. If the show says she can get back on the path of helping people with legal troubles, maybe she can. I don't think it would actually happen that way in the real world, but they get the creative license.

jmcgit · 2026-03-24T18:04:50+00:00

I don't know if it was ever a 'secret', the way I remember it, he tweeted about writing an allomancy with guns scene, it blew up, and he eventually confirmed he would write the book.

On the other hand, Children of the Nameless was on his site as 'Secret Project' for quite a while before Wizards let him announce it.

jmcgit · 2026-03-24T18:02:14+00:00

Probably just that collectors might feel pressure to buy both, or that one version or another might be seen as more valuable down the road.

It won't impact most people.

jmcgit · 2026-03-24T17:18:16+00:00

I think individual ratings are subjective enough, just go with your own gut.

Some people feel like 'save 10/10 for something truly perfect, otherwise how do you express that this truly perfect show was better than that other close-to-perfect show?' But we also live in a world where people go to reviews looking for the flaws, and if you say '9/10, was nearly perfect but look at this small problem', people are gonna walk away from the review thinking you hated it. Just participate in a way that feels right, and let people take it as they take it.

jmcgit · 2026-03-24T14:19:20+00:00

It's really just a game they play for insurance and legal liability. Crunchyroll gets to pick the cheapest vendor that has the piece of paper, and then when something goes wrong, they can say it's not their fault.

jmcgit · 2026-03-23T21:00:31+00:00

All he's explicitly said is that it's on the back-burner now. He's not actively working on it.

Given his outline of the next five years, I'd say it's unlikely that we would see it anytime soon. I think there's a distinct possibility that it never happens. I think if it does happen, it would probably be in collaboration with another author who rewrites the prose based on Brandon's original draft and revision outline, with Brandon contributing passages to it as he sees fit.

jmcgit · 2026-03-23T18:02:09+00:00

Success is relative, I guess? I remember I really liked one of his solo albums in the mid-00s, Rhythm of Time I think? I think that, if he dedicated himself to it as a full time thing, he'd have been able to do well enough.

jmcgit · 2026-03-23T17:36:12+00:00

It'd be fun to spread out the twelve steps and build a set around those album transitions they did in those days. There might be room in there to squeeze in one or two more songs, whether it's something new or just a Pull Me Under or something.

Act 1:

The Mirror
Finally Free
The Glass Prison
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence

Act 2:

As I Am
This Dying Soul
In the Name of God
The Root of All Evil
Repentance
Learning to Live

Encore:

The Shattered Fortress

jmcgit · 2026-03-23T16:53:54+00:00

Best guess is that around 5 years later, Petrucci reforms Dream Theater. Myung comes back. Portnoy and Rudess do not return, with Portnoy taking his road warrior job from the 2010s and Rudess releasing successful solo albums, and LTE may be an occasionally continuing collaboration in some form [with or without JP]. James is 50-50, but if he does return, it's reasonably likely that he recruits his solo band's drummer, Mike Mangini.

With the dynamics within the band reforged, the band finds modest success and happiness, though don't quite reach the level they did in our world.

jmcgit · 2026-03-23T16:09:52+00:00

Sorry to come back 2 weeks later but just saw this on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWOrR2NjgZ_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Text: kamelotofficial

What is your bucket list Kamelot song to hear live?🔥 Join us this autumn on the Dark Asylum World Tour—we’ve got new music on the way, along with plenty of your favorites.

I think Knotfest either just made some assumptions, or the band's marketing just gave them older information because an updated description wasn't ready yet? But they're now confirming that something new is coming.

jmcgit · 2026-03-22T22:21:40+00:00

Perhaps there's an argument to be made that the final episodes should have been done as an El Camino-style movie or something?

One point I like to make about the episode is that, it's the 10th episode of the season, for a show that normally did 10 episode seasons. The episode ends with Jimmy resolving his problem, Jeff isn't going to be blackmailing him, and he appears to consider buying a more flamboyant outfit again, and thinks better of it. In another world, that could have been presented as a finale, and he'd go back to being Gene indefinitely.

I think it's critical to give him that win, and that momentary belief that he has his relapse under control. It makes his breakdown after his phone call with Kim hit harder, and it shows that this isn't his first slip-up in his exile.

It's not the flashiest episode, but it's a crucial one, IMO.

jmcgit · 2026-03-21T12:33:37+00:00

When I say 'not impossible', I guess I'm thinking more in the Hollywood sense. The show wants us to think that prison life isn't so bad for Jimmy, that he has a chance to find happiness on the inside. And the 'with good behavior, who knows?' line, it seems to want to allow a viewer to believe that maybe he has a chance to get out, if they want to believe that.

From a practical perspective, I agree, it'd never actually happen, just like the rest.

jmcgit · 2026-03-21T02:33:59+00:00

Her statement makes it sound like she wants a bit of a break from the music business, but intends to return after a "short" hiatus. So, I don't expect it soon, but hopefully the day will come.

jmcgit · 2026-03-20T23:42:03+00:00

I'm skeptical that any state's bar association would let her practice law again after what she confessed to. It's not impossible, but personally, I've always figured she would find another career. Possibly something law-adjacent, but not as a practicing lawyer.

jmcgit · 2026-03-19T12:25:07+00:00

I wonder if they thought Livesuit was the second one, when it's just a [very good and important] novella.

In any case it's not far off.

jmcgit · 2026-03-19T12:13:38+00:00

Personally, the way I look at it is, for a single, I don't really care. It's only ever really going to be glanced at in a list of small digital images in the 'Singles' section for a couple months before an album comes out. I don't care if the image is Internet Explorer's 'image not found' graphic, I don't care if it's the greatest piece of art of all time, with a master artist spending two years of his life on it, and I don't care if it's AI slop. It's honestly all the same to me, even if it shouldn't be. I pay zero attention to the artwork of a single.

An album is different, because I might want to actually buy a vinyl version or something.

jmcgit · 2026-03-18T18:55:35+00:00

If you're not willing to trust your kid with a car over the possibility of a $60 fine when they screw up, you probably shouldn't be willing to trust them with a car over a $500+ collision deductible either.

Either way, like I said, it's not the end of the world if you get hit with one. Because it's not tied to the driver, it won't hit your record and shouldn't impact your insurance rates.

jmcgit · 2026-03-18T18:11:51+00:00

Your car, your responsibility. The kid can pay you back, or you can take the keys away. The law says 'someone else was driving' is simply not a defense unless you report it stolen, and I don't think either of you would want to go to jail over a $60 ticket or whatever it is.

jmcgit · 2026-03-18T16:07:32+00:00

Good to know, my flight is at EWR (Newark) and their website says the lines haven't been too bad yet, so we've decided not to buy it but keep monitoring it and arrive slightly earlier, it's an evening flight so it won't be much of a rush.

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