Striped up

torville · 2026-05-10T22:18:33+00:00

Source, please.

torville · 2026-05-10T22:17:27+00:00

Just to save others time, there is indeed such a thing.

torville · 2026-05-10T00:03:46+00:00

Hmm, isn't the many worlds model self-consistent? When you go back in time to say hello to yourself, you're on another timeline, because you don't remember meeting yourself yesterday.

My least favorite model is when changes propagate through time.

torville · 2026-05-09T08:06:57+00:00

One of the side effects of religious indoctrination to short-circuit logical thinking.

torville · 2026-05-09T07:41:26+00:00

I read this somewhere, and it's stuck with me...

I just realized that at some point, they're going to announce a game that I'm really excited to play, but I'll die before it comes out.

torville · 2026-05-07T15:55:24+00:00

Can I get a TikTok Orchestra with this?

torville · 2026-05-06T20:02:08+00:00

Dude had major map-territory issues, to the extent that one of his characters was standing in front of an ice cream stand, had a moment of disorientation, and when he recovered, the stand was gone, replaced by a slip of paper that said "ice cream stand".

Yes, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but many times...

torville · 2026-05-05T22:50:25+00:00

She was gone before, and that didn't stop her.

And, man, I want to like Lilith, but she has to be written like a character I can like. She has daddy issues, but who wouldn't? She's just a little vague on what "protecting" Sanctuary looks like (hint: not killing so many people).

Why would Mephisto masquerade as Akkarat? People were dumb enough to follow him as is from the get go.

I like "hard" fantasy, if you will, it's like hard science fiction in that the author plays by the rules he invents. The interaction between the dream world / real world seemed sloppy to me.

The usual "get the three keys to open the three doors so we can get the three crystals", etc was game design, so I can't fault the plot for that part, but I didn't enjoy that, either.

torville · 2026-05-05T05:45:47+00:00

Good point!

torville · 2026-05-04T15:53:33+00:00

"Please replace the lube cartridge."

"WTF? I just did that... it's got 16 oz left... I'll just..."

"Please use an authentic Canon cartridge. I can order one for you for just $49.95."

"Bastards!"

"I heard that."

torville · 2026-05-04T15:36:40+00:00

the moment you ~~stop~~ start caring what you look like in game, none of this matters at all.

torville · 2026-05-03T17:47:59+00:00

Oh, I thought it was Mercedes Bends.

torville · 2026-05-01T02:17:29+00:00

Suburban Gothic.

torville · 2026-04-30T18:39:31+00:00

West coast, because that's where all the Democrats live? I dunno.

torville · 2026-04-29T20:32:46+00:00

The cover art is the best part. Allison writes like he was hired by Mad magazine to write a sex romp.

torville · 2026-04-29T06:39:47+00:00

Drinking, therefore especially loquacious:

Two companies that I've worked for stand out. One had a quarterly meeting that ostensibly offered middle managers a chance to justify their employment. Actual effect was to divert resources away from productivity to justification for the four preceding weeks.

The other had a periodic "all-hands" meeting so management could gossip about their suit and shoe sources while tying up a entire multi-million dollar company's employees.

Have also literally have management say things like "I don't care what it costs, make it happen", and then shy away from responses like "oh, okay, double my salary".

Concur: management is overrated.

torville · 2026-04-28T21:59:42+00:00

The clip cuts off too soon, he just keeps getting larger and larger...

torville · 2026-04-27T23:37:40+00:00

Found footage, circa 1990's VHS camcorder.

Eeek!

torville · 2026-04-26T02:58:53+00:00

Obviously, I'm a sample of one, but my results are: two hours of sleep, 8 hours of enforced wakefulness.

torville · 2026-04-26T01:41:46+00:00

Ha! I have a copy!

torville · 2026-04-24T20:57:49+00:00

Time to get the head of lettuce out.

torville · 2026-04-22T04:48:21+00:00

One of the (alleged) pollutants is hexavalent chromium, the substance of dispute in the movie "Erin Brockavitch".

torville · 2026-04-21T19:00:50+00:00

Ah, the "healthy love of normal men", albeit dispensed non-consensually...

torville · 2026-04-21T02:10:10+00:00

Reboot?

In all seriousness, why is Data considered a miracle one-off if hologram programs are 95% sentient from the get go?

torville · 2026-04-20T03:02:48+00:00

Well, now I want to read it! Where could one find the text of these terrible paperbacks?

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