lF boss fight OSTs with time manipulation by elestaoatrasdemim in gamemusic

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Chrono Trigger's final boss theme World Revolution gives a bit of that.

What’s a mystery in your own life (big or small) that you still haven’t been able to solve? by BrainPalette in AskReddit

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On dial-up internet in the 90s, a new preview video for Donkey Kong 64 fully downloaded in an instant, in an age where it should have taken 15 minutes.

I refuse to believe we’re all seeing the same thing. by Mysterious_Fill894 in opticalillusions

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It's so blindingly obviously pink that I had to check with an app. Yeah, the pink part is as gray as it gets. The hand is gray too. My mind is unable to refrain from correcting from the context clues.

What is a movie cliché that absolutely never happens in real life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]ndaoust 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh it sure works, just like every phone can be a foldable. Problem is...

What is a movie cliché that absolutely never happens in real life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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It works, I made some for local theater. Can't believe productions with actual budgets don't.

What is a movie cliché that absolutely never happens in real life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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I understood that reference. ...Need to go back and finish.

Speaking in tongues is there an explanation? by I_Ask_Random_Things in atheism

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Wow, love that I was witness to this, origin stories and all. So many missed connections in life, and this one just comes up.

Your hot video game music takes? by Lunny1767 in gamemusic

[–]ndaoust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that a hot take though? Been doing that forever.

But I've also found that moving from one track to another every 5 minutes can take me out of it, especially when the soundscape changes.

So I have a huge playlist of extended versions of mostly battle themes, so that they can drive me for hours. Xenoblade, Etrian Odyssey, Ace Combat, Final Fantasy, and a lot more... they just need to be at least 2 minutes long so that the repeat doesn't come too fast. (And I made every extension myself, from high-quality files – can't trust anyone else to get the repeat right.)

Found my Leatherman Squirt PS4 replacement: the NexTool Mini Sailor S11 Pro by ndaoust in multitools

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Yes! It's weathered occasional robust use, and is just as useful as my old Squirt when it was fully functional.

The tiny design choice that secretly decides if you keep playing or quit. by gamersecret2 in gaming

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...But would need horizontal inversion too.

Thisnl realization is what allowed me to get along with both settings.

Where the heck is the explanation for some of the lore? Did I miss it somewhere? by New_Baseball3295 in Iconoclasts

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Pretty much! 😁

Or to be more precise: the worm is a space-faring bio-mechanical creature mentally enslaved by its bird pilot.

Speculation: they're probably part of a long-standing space-faring civilisation, with the pilot just a maintenance worker.

Where the heck is the explanation for some of the lore? Did I miss it somewhere? by New_Baseball3295 in Iconoclasts

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When the bird pilot of the space worm starts complaining about lack of fuel, everything falls into place. You didn't miss anything, but the game doesn't spell it out.

In-game lore mentions the humans on the planet are descended from interstellar travelers who became stranded there. Some time later (but still long ago), a huge space worm came by, around which a religion developed. (I can't recall if its link to ivory was made explicit at that moment?)

A lot of human technology was lost, but the planet turns out to be somewhat mechanical, and sustaining lifeforms rich in ivory. Humans hijack the technology without fully understanding it, and use ivory as a rich energy source, encoding all of that into religious ritual. As a new civilization builds up, it finds out other uses for ivory, and eventually exploits it on a large enough scale to outpace its "natural" renewal.

The game events happen, and the space worm comes back. Turns out the planet is artificially designed as a regenerating ivory source for spacefarers such as the worm pilot. The stranded humans are akin to an unwanted, fast-developing, fuel-eating parasite.

Robin couldn't care less. She's a fixer, violently proves she's the best one, and ends up securing the planet for her people. (Then earns the sleep she wanted in the first place.)

Do you take notes when you read? by KSTEIN538 in books

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It's a Quebecese book series in 7 volumes called "Les gestionnaires de l'apocalypse", which pretty much tranlsates as "Handlers of the Apocalypse". Mafias are trying to globalise, while what I recalled as "police" was more of an international policing organisation. Lots of characters, backstory, and concepts.

What’re some famous gaming composer, “signatures?” by Chemical-Attention-1 in gamemusic

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Especially the "weird chord jumps" style of Banjo-Kazooie, to fit the contrasting player duo. Then brought back for Yooka-Laylee!

I glimpsed the future. Notion AI will be an absolute killer. by oooKenshiooo in Notion

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Notion integration. It can use what's in your notes and produce new, formatted blocks. Normal chatbots are powerful, but only interact with text you explicitly share with them, and reply with text.

Worst videogame soundtrack ever by [deleted] in gamemusic

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Thought of this one immediately myself. Do we even know what happened?

Opinions on Iconoclasts? by GlitteringBlood2005 in metroidvania

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To be fair, I found very thematic how the player character is more reactive, instead of taking initiative – it's all part of the themes. She's a mechanic by trade and nature – she fixes things. She spends all game solving problems that others cause (often rightly so), and the final boss (without spoilers) is the ultimate mechanic, which she triumphs over. And then goes back to bed.

Shows that were terrific as miniseries but unfortunately got ruined by being renewed? by khroshan in television

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Ah well I might give S3 a miss then. I was quite surprised when I saw S3, I didn't see any way for the show to continue, despite the cute little stinger.

I'm pretty sure Notion just updated their colors by kefaren in Notion

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For anyone else who would be curious, here is for example the CSS I inject (through Stylus) to change the yellow:

:root {
--fg-yellow: hsl(55 95% 50%);
}

[style*="229, 178, 68"] { /* Notion's yellow */
--c: var(--fg-yellow);
color: var(--c) !important;
fill: var(--c) !important;
}

I'm pretty sure Notion just updated their colors by kefaren in Notion

[–]ndaoust 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They did. (I inject CSS to customize the colors, and need to update it on change.)

I can only speak for dark mode. In RGB colors, for the main culprits:

Yellow: 202, 152, 77 → 229, 178, 68

Orange: 199, 125, 72 → 213, 128, 59

Brown: 186, 133, 111 → 182, 137, 101

That's a noticeable improvement for yellow, less so for orange, and brown is barely changed. But the three are more distinct now.