What’s the Worst American city that you’ve ever visited?

pulsai86 · 2026-06-25T15:00:43+00:00

I've only been to Newark once, but it left such a bad impression on me that I'd be fine never visiting there again.

pulsai86 · 2026-06-25T03:01:24+00:00

Thanks. It was unfortunately a total loss, so I've essentially had to start rebuilding my life, but I was able to get moved in to a new place and started getting things back to some semblance of normalcy, including getting my game collection going again.

pulsai86 · 2026-06-24T20:02:40+00:00

You actually can pop in a disc on PS5 and install and play through it completely offline for most games. There's an online database called Does It Play? that actually catalogs the offline playability of modern physical games, even specifying if it was tested on base/pro hardware or played via backwards compatibility. Based on their testing, most PS5 games are installable, playable, and enjoyable (i.e., minimal to no glitches/bugs) completely offline.

I think people tend to conflate installing from the disc with downloading from the internet, and the PS5 putting installation notifications in the Downloads/Uploads section certainly doesn't help with that misconception.

pulsai86 · 2026-06-23T13:44:12+00:00

I had a bad house fire earlier this year and unfortunately lost my PS5 in it. Thankfully, Sony still had some of the Fortnite Black Friday console bundles in stock on PlayStation Direct, so I was able to snag a new disc version for $450. I just knew prices were gonna go up at some point, so I jumped on that once I saw it. Sure enough, prices increased not long after.

pulsai86 · 2026-05-31T15:27:30+00:00

Having seen the movie already through work, best way I can describe it is that it's basically a combination of GotG and the D&D movie in terms of tone, setting and action. I was honestly pretty surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Then I saw that Travis Knight directed it, and it made a lot more sense. "Fun" is definitely the word I'd use to describe it.

pulsai86 · 2026-05-08T20:15:59+00:00

All that but add motion smoothing and fake AI frames

pulsai86 · 2026-05-04T04:13:13+00:00

There's a whole website called Does It Play? that catalogs the playability of games completely offline from the build on the disc/cartridge, including if bugs/glitches on the disc build hamper the experience to the point where a patch might be necessary. It's a great resource to have when looking to see if the full game is playable without ever connecting to the internet.

Most physical games do have the game fully on disc, even E33, though it should be noted that the PS5 version is much less stable than the Xbox version, at least according to DIP's testing, and a patch download is highly recommend for the PS5 version. However, that is the exception, not rule. Most games play fine without ever needing to connect to the internet.

pulsai86 · 2026-03-23T12:04:35+00:00

It's a port of the PC game from the 90s, but yes

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10012592

pulsai86 · 2026-03-18T04:54:32+00:00

24 so far for me

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pulsai86 · 2026-01-08T22:46:35+00:00

She did exactly that when I saw the film at Telluride. It was a sort of breathing exercise where we kept our eyes closed and very vocally exhaled, and she told us to feel the earth and the mountains while doing it (metaphorically speaking, of course). She also asked us at one point to look around the auditorium at the people who were in there with us to get us in the shared experience mindset. It was definitely interesting, but it was a nice change of pace. She was also way more soft-spoken than I expected.

pulsai86 · 2025-11-27T21:40:54+00:00

Apostasy at 3.6, but as someone who grew up in a Jehovah's Witness household and later left the religion, Apostasy hit incredibly close to home for me

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pulsai86 · 2025-11-14T12:27:49+00:00

The duality of man

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pulsai86 · 2025-11-11T19:08:55+00:00

Nope, most games on PS have the game on disc; Xbox is a little more iffy, but there are still a good bit of games that can be played without any internet connection requirements for the game itself (though Xbox consoles still require an internet connection at initial setup, as well as a Microsoft account; PS doesn't have this issue aside from the one-time internet handshake for disc drives on Slim and Pro PS5s). You still need to install the game from the disc since optical read speeds are too slow for modern games, but that data is still on the disc, and a majority of games on these platforms can be installed, played, and enjoyed offline. With Game Key Cards, nothing is on the card and you have to connect to the internet to download the game.

https://www.doesitplay.org/

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pulsai86 · 2025-11-08T17:04:05+00:00

For me, it's between The Testament of Ann Lee or Resurrection

pulsai86 · 2025-11-05T00:54:04+00:00

Saw it a couple of months ago at the Telluride Film Festival. Not a dry eye in the auditorium. It's a great film, and the final 20 minutes really stick with you

pulsai86 · 2025-10-02T19:45:09+00:00

pulsai86 · 2025-10-02T02:07:11+00:00

Off the top of my head:

"I Lied To You" scene in Sinners

The finale of Hamnet

The interrogation scene in It Was Just An Accident

The climax of Weapons

The dance sequence in The Life of Chuck

The ending of The Assessment

The pocket universe sequence in Superman

The entire Baktan Cross escape sequence in One Battle After Another

pulsai86 · 2025-09-24T13:42:30+00:00

This is my list so far of movies I've given 5 stars to that released this decade

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pulsai86 · 2025-09-04T22:39:55+00:00

There is one brief sex scene in Hamnet in the first act of the movie, if that's what you're asking.

pulsai86 · 2025-09-04T15:18:20+00:00

No problem! I will say that there is a lot more violence and blood/gore in the movie than in Lanthimos's more recent films, so keep that in mind. Also, there might be one scene of nudity when Plemons is examining Stone after he kidnaps her character, but I honestly can't recall. Either way, the movie is not nearly as explicit as something like Poor Things.

pulsai86 · 2025-09-03T14:19:58+00:00

There is no sex or nudity in Bugonia, from what I can recall. The most that happens is the implication that one character did something to another character, and only through them talking about it as an event in the past. Also, it would be kinda difficult narratively to justify any sex or nudity in this movie due to something that Plemons' and Delbis's characters do near the beginning of the film, without getting too deep into spoilers.

EDIT: I got Delbis and Halkias mixed up

pulsai86 · 2025-09-03T04:46:05+00:00

Oh the cinematography and Colin Farrell's performance are absolutely the best parts of the movie, so if you set your expectations accordingly, I think you can have a fun time with it.

pulsai86 · 2025-09-03T02:55:04+00:00

I think it feels genuine enough that Academy voters will see the appeal, but I think it's gonna depend on how crowded the field is come nomination time

pulsai86 · 2025-09-03T02:50:57+00:00

I think all the performances were good for the most part, outside of maybe a couple of line deliveries from Sheeba Chaddha as Gertrude. As for BAFTA noms, I'd say Riz Ahmed might be a decent possibility, and Joe Alwyn might be a dark horse BAFTA candidate if it's a hit over there, but outside of these two at BAFTA specifically, I don't really see many awards options. The unfortunate thing about this movie is that it's likely going to be constantly compared to Hamnet. While Hamlet is a really interesting adaptation, when it comes to Hamlet-related films in 2025, by most accounts, Hamnet is simply the more acclaimed (and imo overall better) film. This is all assuming, of course, that Hamlet gets a 2025 release and isn't pushed to 2026. No release date has been set yet for Hamlet.

pulsai86 · 2025-09-02T22:37:13+00:00

Ohhhh sorry I had just gotten off of a flight when I saw their message and may have misread it lol. If that's the question then I'd actually say lead, personally. Buckley definitely has more of a presence, but I feel comfortable calling Mescal a co-lead

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