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  1. Matt Matt

    Other than that he’s history’s greatest monster

    Monday, 25-Nov-19 20:40:59 UTC from web
  2. Matt Matt

    They should make a new Sonic cartoon show but instead of making him a sleek anime character they should just put him back in the 90s. Make him round and short and stumpy and make him stretch like a rubber band. Throw out the model sheets, too.

    Monday, 25-Nov-19 07:43:35 UTC from web
  3. Matt Matt

    I like watching older cartoons with CGI on Hulu because they’re USUALLY upscaled to HD (or somewhere close, it’s reasonably easy to do with film without notable quality loss, see: 90s-era Simpsons episodes on FX), but obviously most digital elements were created to adhere to TVs BEFORE high definition picture was a thing, so unless they completely re-render and re-composite everything you’re always gonna have goofy-looking scenes where Sonic, lines mostly-crisp, is standing next to a PS2-model robot with aliased, pixelated outlines.

    Monday, 25-Nov-19 07:35:21 UTC from web
  4. Scribus Scribus

    Let's re-dub some foreign public domain animation with batbanana original scripts

    Monday, 25-Nov-19 02:34:53 UTC from web
  5. Matt Matt

    You know, on account of a “leftist” policy in America is just believing in giving Americans half of what other countries have already had for decades.

    Monday, 25-Nov-19 00:31:51 UTC from web
  6. adiwan adiwan

    I cannot be helped. I bought a giant Ranma ½ DVD box set. I tried to find a source for the episodes for *free* but I couldn't, only few episodes. The English dub is horrendous, even the German dub is a ton better, however only half the series was dubbed in German. I guess I'll hook up my soft-modded XBox to watch them in Japanese with English subtitles.

    Sunday, 24-Nov-19 19:54:17 UTC from web
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    • Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

      @adiwan There really is not a whole lot that sounds better when it is dubbed tho. Anime is no exception.

      Though I must say I have heard some good things about Full Metal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, InuYasha, Black Butler and SteinsGate.

      Then again I also heard about Dragon Ball, One Piece, Naruto, and Neon Genesis Evangelion that nullify any good will I would ever have for dubs.

      Let me quickly check up on some anime I was into way back when ( before I realized it was pretty much the UC story being soft-rebooted in a different universe ) and so I watched http://rainbowdash.net/url/875336 for about a minute.

      Ohkay so I know this isn't the best scene in the whole anime, and I honestly have a hard time remembering the good bits let alone where they were and in what episode or I would probably go see the bit where Flay goes insane and tries to become boyfriends with Kira. But damn, this sounds SO bad.

      Oh it got so much worse with the techno babble and the "that is all there is ?!?" at 9M

      Sunday, 24-Nov-19 21:30:25 UTC in context
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  7. Scribus Scribus

    Well Australia claims another victim on a species-wide scale https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2019/11/23/koalas-functionally-extinct-after-australia-bushfires-destroy-80-of-their-habitat/

    Sunday, 24-Nov-19 18:10:08 UTC from web
  8. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    Hold on

    http://rainbowdash.net/url/875335

    Machette brawl ? Cinema ? This is about that Joker film right ?

    Sunday, 24-Nov-19 18:33:17 UTC from web
  9. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    "it's almost like award shows are giant marketing scemes where production companies incestuously generate relationships or the purpose of selling products to people, based on a neat little marketing ad that they can put on the box. Like Game of the Year"

    Yeah welcome to my level bud, here, have a tankard full of the good stuff on me.

    Wanna go bet that Death Stranding will recieve so many awards that it will make the cover art look like a kid went crazy with the copypaste tool in mspaint ?

    Sunday, 24-Nov-19 14:17:11 UTC from web
  10. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    Today in "Insane Idea's"

    There are a lot of cheap smart-home lightbulbs around this part of town, most of them have an ESP8266 in em. What if someone were to reprogram some of those things and make a big ad-hoc network and... ehmm... I have not figured the part what to do with it out yet.

    Sunday, 24-Nov-19 01:49:12 UTC from web
  11. Matt Matt

    Next time I’m gonna go over to California and papaya in THEIR salads, see how THEY like pulling down over fifty products from their shelves.

    Saturday, 23-Nov-19 02:53:31 UTC from web
  12. Matt Matt

    Somebody should probably teach the guys at Fox News how to use a tape delay, sounds like they needed it this morning.

    Saturday, 23-Nov-19 00:15:25 UTC from web
  13. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    "Watching Christmas films all year round is good for your health, expert says"

    - http://rainbowdash.net/url/875331

    "Playing Christmas Music on Repeat Could Cause Stress, Expert Says"

    - http://rainbowdash.net/url/875332

    "overdosing on festive music is officially bad for your mental health."

    - http://rainbowdash.net/url/875333

    ... If I did not knew any better I would say that this is what it must feel like to being gaslighted.

    Friday, 22-Nov-19 12:10:12 UTC from web
  14. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    According to Shannon Liao of CNN's business division all gaming controlers have been traditionally really manly with their blackness and camo's and even some looking like Darth Vader's mask.

    BUT ! Google Stadia is going to use more woman friendly coloured controllers and that is how they are going to claim the 46% of gamers that are not men. At least according to this article.

    When I read that, I put down my phone, looked at my closet, and counted the amount of custom painted controlers I own. Yeah I somehow do not think colour is going to be a problem. But hey, gotta grasp that woman market somehow, right ?

    Not even to mention that I figure most of those people they are 'targeting' are only going to use their phone if they even use Stadia. And that no gamer I know ( male or female ) is even halfway interested in Stadia to begin with.

    Yes please, Wasabi Green !

    Go read http://rainbowdash.net/url/875330 . Disconnected from reality I gues

    Friday, 22-Nov-19 11:02:00 UTC from web
  15. Matt Matt

    https://youtu.be/zvvHmhq9Zy4

    Friday, 22-Nov-19 03:16:54 UTC from web
  16. Scribus Scribus

    Tom Hanks is just so universally beloved that I suspect he may be the 1.5th coming of Jesus or a drop-by reincarnation of Buddha or something

    Thursday, 21-Nov-19 18:42:25 UTC from web
  17. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    Me a couple of days ago : What if that COPPA thing that has suddenly all of Old YouTube up in a twist was actually written by someone with big timey Hollywood friends ?

    Me a couple of seconds ago : Oh hey, what do you know, I wonder if I can put Soothsayer on my Curriculum Vitae or something. I still need something to cancel out the 'Professional Alcoholic'

    Thursday, 21-Nov-19 22:54:08 UTC from web
  18. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    Like 3 weeks ago the locking mechanism for my left joycon became so 'loose' that I am hesitant to use the switch just holding it with my left hand. So I ordered those metal replacement locking mechanisms after one of my friends made me aware of them

    Turns out My Mate VINCE needed them too about 2 years ago http://rainbowdash.net/url/875328 ( Near perfect amount of looseness between Vince's joycon and mine too )

    So I ordered some though Amazon ( only place I could find them really )

    So talking about the Switch as I did, I just checked on the delivery details of my order. Turns out I could see in real-time how they went from "being delivered in 1 mintue" to "Oh hey it is late, it was expected Thursday"

    As for the original plastic locking mechanism, I am not even sure if that is thanks to my roughness, thanks to where I work, or thanks to Nintendo. I think I heard some good things about the design being plastic from fanboys, but then explain the Switch Lite to me ?

    Thursday, 21-Nov-19 19:13:54 UTC from web
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    • adiwan adiwan

      @drinkingpony The first Japanese release had it implemented in hardware. Very quickly it went away by emulating that in software and then altogether. Also the flash card readers were gone faster than anyone noticed that it even existed. When I bought my used PS3 I tried to open the flap to the reader until I realized that the amount of force I put onto the plastic was unreasonable and figured out that it was removed after the first revisions.

      Thursday, 21-Nov-19 20:24:41 UTC in context
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    • Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

      @scribus The Sega consoles are a minefield with that. IIRC the Genesis was called the Mega Drive outside of North America because it was being carried by a different company abroad. I believe it is called the Tec Toy in Brazil. In Korea by Samsung and it was called the Super Gameaboyo or something like that.

      Then later with things like the Mega CD addon ( Sega CD in NA ) it got really confusing as some units were assembled in different area's than their intended audience that shipped together with controllers. Now for SOME reason the regional controlers were all different on the inside ( and I still have no idea why ) but I do know there is a real possibility that one of your controler has Samsung somewhere written on the circuit board, and the other reading Virgin Mastertronic or something. There is no doubt a bigger nerd than I am out there who knows that all by head.

      Thursday, 21-Nov-19 20:28:58 UTC in context
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    • Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

      @adiwan Huh, weird. My PS3 does NOT look like what the model number says it should look like, As such I have no idea if it has full hardware, partial software, full software, or none when it comes to PS2 game support. I'll look into that later. Somewhere and when after I fixed my PC speakers and cleaned my room.

      Thursday, 21-Nov-19 20:39:39 UTC in context
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  19. orungano orungano

    there's a lot to love about pokemon sh/sw

    Wednesday, 20-Nov-19 22:02:26 UTC from web
  20. Matt Matt

    Red Dead Redemption 2, a game which came out on PC two weeks ago, runs better at high settings on my PC than GTA IV, a game which came out in 2009, runs at medium.

    Wednesday, 20-Nov-19 05:52:30 UTC from web
  21. Matt Matt

    When is a street racing game going to let me drive a batcavety-looking mid-2000s Toyota Camry into a drag racing meet like in real life

    Thursday, 21-Nov-19 08:57:42 UTC from web
  22. Matt Matt

    This 100% plausible (but not probable) map is probably the immediate precursor to a civil war. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875327

    Thursday, 21-Nov-19 06:31:03 UTC from web
  23. Matt Matt

    Pretty sure I am the first guy some of these people have ever met whose response to “do you have kids” is a very sullen “no”

    Thursday, 21-Nov-19 00:40:28 UTC from web
  24. Matt Matt

    Is Dick Cheney dead yet

    Wednesday, 20-Nov-19 06:08:55 UTC from web
  25. adiwan adiwan

    I'm a fool. I bought and read the first two volumes of the Ranma ½ manga because it was super cheap on sale and I was curious. I think I like it?

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-19 19:34:26 UTC from web
  26. Alcoholic Beast Alcoholic Beast

    One of the people over here is being unusually... well... this http://rainbowdash.net/url/875325 to me

    Only instead of "Better than you" it is "I can buy it cheaper than you"

    All because a parcel containing a couple games was delivered within his earshot.

    Good thing my imagination had no problem picturing him as Trixie.

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-19 11:05:50 UTC from web
  27. Matt Matt

    applein pinko Australians...

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-19 08:23:45 UTC from web
  28. Matt Matt

    Those commie Australians had it coming anyway.

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-19 08:12:22 UTC from web
  29. Matt Matt

    This is one of my characters, he’s a Congressman from the state of Virginia and his name is Mike Hawk. Don’t laugh at his name, it’s to distract you from the fact that he authorized war crimes. http://rainbowdash.net/url/875324

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-19 07:38:11 UTC from web
  30. Matt Matt

    ...well, not too huge, just improperly positioned, I guess

    Tuesday, 19-Nov-19 06:59:19 UTC from web