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zeldatra: 007 First Light is committed to presenting itself like a playable version of an Eon Bond movie, sometimes to its detriment; a very early mission is essentially a playable training montage, and while I see what they’re going for, the fact that it’s 100% playable and not a cutscene results in the feeling that you’re not watching a montage, you’re actually just being teleported around a map at random while the game is rapid-firing objectives at you. The game is fun and I appreciate how cinematic it is but man they commit way too hard in some places.
zeldatra's status on Monday, 08-Jun-26 17:23:49 UTC
007 First Light is committed to presenting itself like a playable version of an Eon Bond movie, sometimes to its detriment; a very early mission is essentially a playable training montage, and while I see what they’re going for, the fact that it’s 100% playable and not a cutscene results in the feeling that you’re not watching a montage, you’re actually just being teleported around a map at random while the game is rapid-firing objectives at you. The game is fun and I appreciate how cinematic it is but man they commit way too hard in some places.
zeldatra: @scribus I watched it in theaters on Thursday. I ordered an old fashioned and then, midway into the movie, looked around and realized that I was the only person in the audience who was drinking alcohol. I then ordered a second old fashioned. http://rainbowdash.net/url/876767
zeldatra's status on Monday, 08-Jun-26 06:44:24 UTC
@scribus I watched it in theaters on Thursday. I ordered an old fashioned and then, midway into the movie, looked around and realized that I was the only person in the audience who was drinking alcohol. I then ordered a second old fashioned. http://rainbowdash.net/url/876767
zeldatra: Sugawara of course being a part of the yakuza cinema homage since he’s most famous for starring in yakuza films.
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 06-Jun-26 23:11:44 UTC
Sugawara of course being a part of the yakuza cinema homage since he’s most famous for starring in yakuza films.
zeldatra: At the end of the day the whole franchise is an homage to yakuza cinema, and this game in particular seems to be a celebration of music, with how many musicians have had their likenesses dropped in. Snoop, Tori Kelly, Ado... Add into that the transpacific themes and IMO I don’t think using Tupac is THAT weird.
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 06-Jun-26 23:10:56 UTC
At the end of the day the whole franchise is an homage to yakuza cinema, and this game in particular seems to be a celebration of music, with how many musicians have had their likenesses dropped in. Snoop, Tori Kelly, Ado... Add into that the transpacific themes and IMO I don’t think using Tupac is THAT weird.
zeldatra: @adiwan imo it’s not any sillier than using Bunta Sugawara’s face, he’s been dead for 10 years and nobody seems that bothered by his inclusion.
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 06-Jun-26 23:08:10 UTC
@adiwan imo it’s not any sillier than using Bunta Sugawara’s face, he’s been dead for 10 years and nobody seems that bothered by his inclusion.
zeldatra: Tupac in Stranger Than Heaven is turning out to be Yakuza fans’ blue-armed Sonic moment.
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 06-Jun-26 06:35:24 UTC
Tupac in Stranger Than Heaven is turning out to be Yakuza fans’ blue-armed Sonic moment.
zeldatra: some guy in Arkansas is praying east every day ‘cos that’s where the President is
zeldatra's status on Friday, 29-May-26 13:17:24 UTC
some guy in Arkansas is praying east every day ‘cos that’s where the President is
zeldatra: this reminds me of the time I encountered DiddyEpstein67 in Arc Raiders
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 16-May-26 19:23:58 UTC
this reminds me of the time I encountered DiddyEpstein67 in Arc Raiders
zeldatra: that Arthur meme—“You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?”—has a glaring, how-did-nobody-notice-this animation error when the camera cuts wide; Buster goes from sitting at his computer to sitting next to his suddenly very long desk with his computer nowhere near him. It has bugged me every single time I’ve seen it for years.
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 12-May-26 04:48:00 UTC
that Arthur meme—“You really think someone would do that? Just go on the internet and tell lies?”—has a glaring, how-did-nobody-notice-this animation error when the camera cuts wide; Buster goes from sitting at his computer to sitting next to his suddenly very long desk with his computer nowhere near him. It has bugged me every single time I’ve seen it for years.
zeldatra: yeah well you might have a celebrity or football player in your town but do you have the former lieutenant governor of Virginia who shot his wife and then himself???? I didn’t think so
zeldatra's status on Monday, 11-May-26 22:15:32 UTC
yeah well you might have a celebrity or football player in your town but do you have the former lieutenant governor of Virginia who shot his wife and then himself???? I didn’t think so
zeldatra: being a Hispanic guy in the south is kinda like being a German guy in the 50s cause I gotta clarify that I didn’t condone what the other ones did a couple of years ago
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 06-May-26 04:27:47 UTC
being a Hispanic guy in the south is kinda like being a German guy in the 50s cause I gotta clarify that I didn’t condone what the other ones did a couple of years ago
zeldatra: The Simpsons editing Maya (Moe’s onetime girlfriend/eventual fiancée with dwarfism) out of the streaming cuts of episodes because they don’t want viewers to think he’s dating a child feels… a tad offensive.
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 19-Apr-26 20:10:00 UTC
The Simpsons editing Maya (Moe’s onetime girlfriend/eventual fiancée with dwarfism) out of the streaming cuts of episodes because they don’t want viewers to think he’s dating a child feels… a tad offensive.
zeldatra: Hearing more and more countries(‘s opposition parties) are clamoring for a JD Vance visit
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 12-Apr-26 19:56:18 UTC
Hearing more and more countries(‘s opposition parties) are clamoring for a JD Vance visit
zeldatra: @scribus Speeding on the highway.
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 07-Apr-26 15:58:00 UTC
@scribus Speeding on the highway.
zeldatra: Well I thought the Super Mario Galaxy movie was fun but alas, it will now forever be remembered as the movie I saw right before I got pulled over for the first time
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 07-Apr-26 02:30:45 UTC
Well I thought the Super Mario Galaxy movie was fun but alas, it will now forever be remembered as the movie I saw right before I got pulled over for the first time
zeldatra: I may have voiced this sentiment before but I WISH more movies were as weird as Overlord is. Genuinely, I super vibed with how that movie had no idea what it wanted to be.
zeldatra's status on Friday, 03-Apr-26 04:33:24 UTC
I may have voiced this sentiment before but I WISH more movies were as weird as Overlord is. Genuinely, I super vibed with how that movie had no idea what it wanted to be.
zeldatra: also i finally beat Yakuza Kiwami 3. That ending is, uh........
zeldatra's status on Friday, 03-Apr-26 04:25:33 UTC
also i finally beat Yakuza Kiwami 3. That ending is, uh........
zeldatra: Living in Virginia is: -blue state cost of living (bad) -red state taxes (good) -red state infrastructure (bad) -blue state weed laws (good) -red state neighbors (bad)
zeldatra's status on Friday, 03-Apr-26 04:24:13 UTC
Living in Virginia is: -blue state cost of living (bad) -red state taxes (good) -red state infrastructure (bad) -blue state weed laws (good) -red state neighbors (bad)
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 07-Mar-26 21:48:49 UTC
zeldatra: The one thing I can truly give this game praise for is the retro titles. The lineup is insanely goated, and Yutaka Ito is probably solely responsible; he seems to have a very genuine interest in making sure as many classic SEGA titles are as accessible as possible. He developed the Master System, Game Gear, and SEGA NAOMI emulators this game uses for its arcade and retro offerings, and I could genuinely spend hours just playing these.
zeldatra's status on Thursday, 05-Mar-26 07:02:02 UTC
The one thing I can truly give this game praise for is the retro titles. The lineup is insanely goated, and Yutaka Ito is probably solely responsible; he seems to have a very genuine interest in making sure as many classic SEGA titles are as accessible as possible. He developed the Master System, Game Gear, and SEGA NAOMI emulators this game uses for its arcade and retro offerings, and I could genuinely spend hours just playing these.
zeldatra: Yakuza Kiwami 3 is the first Yakuza game I’ve played since getting into the series that I didn’t beat in the first week. Not all of that is the game’s fault, after all it’s hard to be enthused about completing a game where I already know the ending and all of the major story beats. Still, there’s something… missing, I think. Maybe it’s that this game feels more like a Gaiden than an actual mainline entry. Maybe it’s the horribly paced opening. Maybe after playing like fifteen of these in just three years I’m totally burnt out. But this is the first one that I just don’t feel compelled to play. I’ll pick it up every few days, play for a couple of hours, have my fun, then put it back down.
zeldatra's status on Thursday, 05-Mar-26 06:39:46 UTC
Yakuza Kiwami 3 is the first Yakuza game I’ve played since getting into the series that I didn’t beat in the first week. Not all of that is the game’s fault, after all it’s hard to be enthused about completing a game where I already know the ending and all of the major story beats. Still, there’s something… missing, I think. Maybe it’s that this game feels more like a Gaiden than an actual mainline entry. Maybe it’s the horribly paced opening. Maybe after playing like fifteen of these in just three years I’m totally burnt out. But this is the first one that I just don’t feel compelled to play. I’ll pick it up every few days, play for a couple of hours, have my fun, then put it back down.
zeldatra: Mine Gaiden beat, or the main story anyway. Still have some Substories & the coliseum mode to do.
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 15-Feb-26 09:02:43 UTC
Mine Gaiden beat, or the main story anyway. Still have some Substories & the coliseum mode to do.
zeldatra: that was a name RDN, not a swear, thank you
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 14-Feb-26 22:42:03 UTC
that was a name RDN, not a swear, thank you
zeldatra: Yakuza: Like A Dragon Kiwami 3 Gaiden: Dark Ties Starring YoPotato Knishesaka Mine, Member of the Nishikiyama Family, a Tojo Clan Direct Subsidiary is fun but boy is the hyper armor on these enemies ridiculous. It’s like RGG realized how short the story is and decided to give every enemy two health bars and the most insane amounts of armor to compensate, which Mine can’t effectively deal with because unlike Kiryu he has no charge attacks with which to break guards. Still, I have about five hours in it and haven’t yet touched the rogue like mode so I’m enjoying myself despite one of the two side stories being a reskinned Akame Network.
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 14-Feb-26 22:41:27 UTC
Yakuza: Like A Dragon Kiwami 3 Gaiden: Dark Ties Starring YoPotato Knishesaka Mine, Member of the Nishikiyama Family, a Tojo Clan Direct Subsidiary is fun but boy is the hyper armor on these enemies ridiculous. It’s like RGG realized how short the story is and decided to give every enemy two health bars and the most insane amounts of armor to compensate, which Mine can’t effectively deal with because unlike Kiryu he has no charge attacks with which to break guards. Still, I have about five hours in it and haven’t yet touched the rogue like mode so I’m enjoying myself despite one of the two side stories being a reskinned Akame Network.
zeldatra: Also the game has a playable SlashOut arcade cabinet that is shockingly addicting. Mine has been spending more time playing retro games than doing yakuza stuff.
zeldatra's status on Thursday, 12-Feb-26 06:50:47 UTC
Also the game has a playable SlashOut arcade cabinet that is shockingly addicting. Mine has been spending more time playing retro games than doing yakuza stuff.
zeldatra: @adiwan a significant chunk of it seems to have been outsourced to other SEGA studios. Methinks this one was more of a corporate mandate since with Stranger Than Heaven presumably launching next year there’d be no Yakuza until 2028 at the earliest. Still I’m having fun.
zeldatra's status on Thursday, 12-Feb-26 06:49:00 UTC
@adiwan a significant chunk of it seems to have been outsourced to other SEGA studios. Methinks this one was more of a corporate mandate since with Stranger Than Heaven presumably launching next year there’d be no Yakuza until 2028 at the earliest. Still I’m having fun.
zeldatra: I'm playing Kiwami 3 in English since I already experienced this story in Japanese. This becomes hilarious exactly ten minutes in if you choose to watch the recaps of Yakuza and Yakuza 2, because those games didn't get dubs and for some reason RGG chose not to dub the flashbacks even though, at least in Yakuza 1's case, everybody featured has an english VA from 0 or Infinite Wealth, so English Kiryu is narrating over Japanese Kiryu's dialogue, for some reason
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 11-Feb-26 17:11:10 UTC
I'm playing Kiwami 3 in English since I already experienced this story in Japanese. This becomes hilarious exactly ten minutes in if you choose to watch the recaps of Yakuza and Yakuza 2, because those games didn't get dubs and for some reason RGG chose not to dub the flashbacks even though, at least in Yakuza 1's case, everybody featured has an english VA from 0 or Infinite Wealth, so English Kiryu is narrating over Japanese Kiryu's dialogue, for some reason
zeldatra: >do pilot in Adobe Animate >build assets for Adobe Animate to be reused potentially for years >Adobe discontinues Adobe Animate, a program that me and every animator I know has been working in since 2010 that is very cool Adobe, thank you
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 03-Feb-26 21:46:14 UTC
>do pilot in Adobe Animate >build assets for Adobe Animate to be reused potentially for years >Adobe discontinues Adobe Animate, a program that me and every animator I know has been working in since 2010 that is very cool Adobe, thank you
zeldatra: We’re supposed to get like three feet of snow this weekend and now that I live in a place where that might actually prevent me from being able to get to work I’m getting kind of giddy about it. Feels like being in school all over again.
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 21-Jan-26 05:58:52 UTC
We’re supposed to get like three feet of snow this weekend and now that I live in a place where that might actually prevent me from being able to get to work I’m getting kind of giddy about it. Feels like being in school all over again.
zeldatra: @nerthos in the grander scheme of things after doing some research I’ve come around on this particular event but I have an admittedly self-interested dislike of any US military intervention anywhere for any reason regardless of the outcome
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 21-Jan-26 05:57:24 UTC
@nerthos in the grander scheme of things after doing some research I’ve come around on this particular event but I have an admittedly self-interested dislike of any US military intervention anywhere for any reason regardless of the outcome
zeldatra: i have been told by a Venezuelan person to shut the Potato Knishes up about Venezuela and I suppose i have no recourse because what am I gonna do, call him a papaya?
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 04-Jan-26 06:19:53 UTC
i have been told by a Venezuelan person to shut the cherry up about Venezuela and I suppose i have no recourse because what am I gonna do, call him a cherry?
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 03-Jan-26 17:07:12 UTC
zeldatra: Remember when randos on the internet were saying Hillary Clinton was running a sex trafficking ring in the basement of a pizza restaurant that had no basement? Kinda feels like we’re back there.
zeldatra's status on Thursday, 01-Jan-26 16:54:49 UTC
Remember when randos on the internet were saying Hillary Clinton was running a sex trafficking ring in the basement of a pizza restaurant that had no basement? Kinda feels like we’re back there.
zeldatra: The year is 2025. This pilot is the first thing I’ve ever animated from the ground up in 1080p. I’ve been upscaling from 720p for a literal decade.
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 17-Dec-25 18:42:05 UTC
The year is 2025. This pilot is the first thing I’ve ever animated from the ground up in 1080p. I’ve been upscaling from 720p for a literal decade.
zeldatra: After years of sitting on a finished script, I've finally started boarding my adult animated pilot. https://youtu.be/uJE9hgWPjvM
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 16-Dec-25 19:02:20 UTC
After years of sitting on a finished script, I've finally started boarding my adult animated pilot. https://youtu.be/uJE9hgWPjvM
zeldatra: Yeah so I’m playing Gang of Dragon, Toshihiro Nagoshi’s new game day one
zeldatra's status on Friday, 12-Dec-25 02:37:10 UTC
Yeah so I’m playing Gang of Dragon, Toshihiro Nagoshi’s new game day one
zeldatra: @scribus I was thinking of Uncle Ruckus actually
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 02-Dec-25 04:02:47 UTC
@scribus I was thinking of Uncle Ruckus actually
zeldatra: Today in “real mango I saw today” at work: black dude flashing white power signs and confronting brown dudes saying they look like the DC shooter. There’s something in the water in this kiwiin town man I swear to god, everybody has a screw loose
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 02-Dec-25 00:10:39 UTC
Today in “real apple I saw today” at work: black dude flashing white power signs and confronting brown dudes saying they look like the DC shooter. There’s something in the water in this FrankerZin town man I swear to god, everybody has a screw loose
zeldatra: Trump and Mamdani reportedly get along great, which probably means somebody brought up Jews as a topic of conversation before the cameras started rolling.
zeldatra's status on Friday, 21-Nov-25 21:50:33 UTC
Trump and Mamdani reportedly get along great, which probably means somebody brought up Jews as a topic of conversation before the cameras started rolling.
zeldatra: during Trump’s first term some people were upset with me for basically only ragging on Republicans in my work, and the good news for them is my next cartoon rags on a Democrat, the bad news for them is that it’s Bill Clinton
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 16-Nov-25 06:07:11 UTC
during Trump’s first term some people were upset with me for basically only ragging on Republicans in my work, and the good news for them is my next cartoon rags on a Democrat, the bad news for them is that it’s Bill Clinton
zeldatra: Somebody’s walking around my store with the c-word written on their hat
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 16-Nov-25 00:41:42 UTC
Somebody’s walking around my store with the c-word written on their hat
zeldatra: Mojang emulating what it was like to play Minecraft in 2010 by introducing an insane memory leak into the game and causing your entire computer to chug, bravo
zeldatra's status on Tuesday, 11-Nov-25 07:07:15 UTC
Mojang emulating what it was like to play Minecraft in 2010 by introducing an insane memory leak into the game and causing your entire computer to chug, bravo
zeldatra: With the way this season’s been going having their stadium named after Trump would only be the second worst thing to happen to the Commanders.
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 09-Nov-25 23:22:43 UTC
With the way this season’s been going having their stadium named after Trump would only be the second worst thing to happen to the Commanders.
zeldatra: For the record, I would’ve left that spot blank had he kicked the puppy before I cast my vote several weeks ago
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-25 00:55:29 UTC
For the record, I would’ve left that spot blank had he kicked the puppy before I cast my vote several weeks ago
zeldatra: Trump is so unpopular that here in Virginia it seems like the Dem AG candidate who literally tried to kick a puppy this morning is poised out-perform Harris last year. The guy who kicks puppies is more popular than the President.
zeldatra's status on Wednesday, 05-Nov-25 00:52:59 UTC
Trump is so unpopular that here in Virginia it seems like the Dem AG candidate who literally tried to kick a puppy this morning is poised out-perform Harris last year. The guy who kicks puppies is more popular than the President.
zeldatra: New thingy http://rainbowdash.net/url/876746
zeldatra's status on Monday, 03-Nov-25 17:27:45 UTC
New thingy http://rainbowdash.net/url/876746
zeldatra's status on Sunday, 02-Nov-25 19:34:11 UTC
zeldatra: In case anyone was wondering who asked for Mr. Pibb back, it’s me. I asked for it.
zeldatra's status on Saturday, 01-Nov-25 23:54:46 UTC
In case anyone was wondering who asked for Mr. Pibb back, it’s me. I asked for it.