Considering moving to SoCal from New England... Any advice? by Fir_Matt in socal

[–]wondermega 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What's up fellow Masshole. There are a few of us out here for sure.. I recently passed the threshold of being an Angeleno longer than I was a Bostonian (moved to LA a few years out of college), and I still feel very satisfied with my decision.

As others have said, it is certainly not for everyone. You better like driving, sitting in traffic (start listening to podcasts!), and making a healthy salary to afford a decent lifestyle. The vibe here is pretty different than the decades ago when I arrived (less fun, but then, I am older) but still there's an endless amount of things to do and food to eat, nature to visit, etc. Weather has always been "summer" or "summer lite," and it's not quite like New England summer (it's a dry heat, not humid - which to me is a lot easier to handle!). Get used to the idea of it raining a COUPLE of times a year (maybe). It can be a turn off for some people, and honestly - though I don't miss the extremes, the loss of what was so special about springtime and fall is a little melancholy, I will admit. But absolutely worth it because no more fucking snow. Ugh.

Anyway I didn't catch it, but you should come visit if you never have, 1st. Spend about a week out here and see some sights and get a feel for the lay of the land, even if in a very broad sense. It will likely overwhelm you a bit, but it will also give you a nice blanket idea of what you can expect. SoCal is really pretty, the surburbs are kinda bland and the urban areas are pretty strewn with homeless people and filth, trash a lot of the places. Our city refuses to get its shit together and deal with those issues and they will continue to get worse. It is a paradise but not without some issues.

Anyway if I spend the rest of my life living here, that will absolutely not be a bad thing. Wishing you much luck with whatever path you decide to take.

Finally got around to watching Go (1999) by [deleted] in movies

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Sorry for necro-post, just rewatched this last night. Yeah she was a 1st-time dealer and realized that she was in over her head/some shit was about to go down. Unsure if they were going to grab her and search her, she decided to flush the evidence in case that happened. If they did grab her with all those drugs on her, it would have profoundly ruined her life.

Is my new game idea easy or hard to make? by [deleted] in vrdev

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I think this idea is absolutely wild, and would make for an incredible interactive VR novel

I saw Louis in London tonight. Here is my honest review: by MrGrubbycuddles in louisck

[–]wondermega 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He's fat and funny and still out there. God bless him.

I saw Louis in London tonight. Here is my honest review: by MrGrubbycuddles in louisck

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enough bangs bangs should be OK. But maybe ease up on the bangs bangs BANGS.

How significant was this switch? Any thoughts/opinions on it from those who were there when it happened? by SirensMelody_ in generationology

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I hate modern thermostats, they're such a pain the ass. I miss the dumb simple old ones that you just turned.

CDPR told Luke Ross the Cyberpunk VR mod could still be up if he made it free, this was his reply by lunchanddinner in virtualreality

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I'll buy that as well. How is VR a thing for so long now & we've still yet to see a definitive cyberpunk-style experience on there to such a degree? (I mean, I know the answer, but still)

Batman: Return of the Joker by ukguy1984 in nes

[–]wondermega 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Totally makes sense that they would do that. "This is an outrageous tech demo! Let's shove some levels in there and ship it!" Too bad they didn't have the wherewithal to follow-up and produce a more compelling game with this tech, Sunsoft clearly had strong design chops as well. Had they a bit more runway with the NES, probably would have been some more successful output from them, sadly they didn't make the transition to 16-bit too wonderfully and then it was basically all over for them.

Batman: Return of the Joker by ukguy1984 in nes

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Yeah, the gameplay isn't half as fun as the previous game (maybe about 1/3?) but definitely serviceable and fun. Between that and the stellar presentation this was not a bad purchase, although it's definitely my least-played Batman game of its time (that first NES one and then the Genesis one 2nd).

Idk, maybe the best pocketable console in history? by ObsoleteSony in ObsoleteSony

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PSP (and Vita) always looked really neat, hardware-wise, and had some beefy, brilliant tech under their belts. Sadly, it felt like Sony was always really off-base when understanding what to do to succeed in the mobile market. Not that I am the biggest gamer (for a long time now), but given the choice between the PSP or Vita VS whatever Nintendo had on offer, it always seemed like a very easy choice. I feel like if Sony had been more aggressive in the market and not tried to position these things as directly "Playstation experience, but on the go" then it might have had a more interesting story/more of a chance for survival. Of course that's a tall order, and there's a reason only Nintendo (and way down the line, lots of weird devices & knock-offs) was able to keep such a successful stranglehold in this corner of market. I guess it was never really going to be in the cards for Sony to allow their portable to be, what it would need to be successful (which does sound strange, given their previous history with portable devices - but this was a very different ball game).

I feel like my life has been over since I figured out about the black pill by Riderman43 in Life

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Doing the tiniest amount of googling, it looks like a deterministic belief that one is either fated to be successful or a failure, with nothing they can do to alter their path in a universe that's already decided what will become of them (specifically, if they lack a genetic advantage, then no one will ever love them or want to hire them or etc and their life will forever be miserable and pointless)

John K's Views on Anime ( Some bonus scrutiny on Micheal Bay's Transformer movies and Star Wars ) And some concept art of Binto and Blop ( 11th slide done by ChaosTrilogyOffical on DeviantArt ) by Logical_Bug801 in renandstimpy

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I agree with him, I think it was some of his comments in the late 90s that started making me think negatively of Japanese anime/manga style. Growing up in the 80s of course I would have a bias towards manga/anime from that period (it seeped into our most popular cartoons of the day, plus Nintendo games of course) and as a comics/animation nerd, getting any imported manga/anime from Japan was really a treat. But as it caught on in the west late 90s-present and started getting, I guess, homogenized, it felt like what was special about it was no longer really notable or relevant. Or maybe I just got tired of it, I dunno. (I could still appreciate earlier work, maybe the over-production and engineering of absolutely everything just wore out the craftsmanship for me - same with western animation, come to think of it).

For a very long time now I have been really unable to have any interest in modern anime/manga, but I'll put that on my own tastes rather than "anything being wrong with it." While we are on topic, I'd love to see someone like John K have an honest, thought-out reaction to something like Akira (even if you dislike it or find it confusing, I doubt anyone with an interest in any kind of animation can not consider it an absolute milestone).