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                                    "Dragonball Z"
                                                ---Row

So lately I decided to knock some items off of my "things I should really get around to doing" list and so I've been watching The Godfather. I just finished watching Part II, and I think my big takeaway at this point is that I'm struck by how both familiar and unfamiliar the movies are to me at the same time.

They're familiar in some pretty obvious ways -- the movies are such classics that just about every big thing they do has been a cliche for decades at this point. Not just the extremely quoted bits about daughters weddings and deals that cant be refused, but also a lot of the general moral and thematic tones about family, loyalty, and so on are very, very familiar.

But, at the same time, they don't really tell stories in the form of multiple 3+ hour epics anymore. So, even if all the story beats are nostalgic at this point, the actual feeling of sitting down and basking in these movies for hours at a time still feels pretty fresh.



sasuraiger
@sasuraiger

Love this video demonstration of what happens with the Street Fighter 6 live commentary feature if both players just don't do anything.

It's a testament to how well thought out this feature is that the commentator "finds" topics to talk about for most of the running time of the video, without repeating himself too much because they recorded him saying the same things in a lot of different ways. Even when nothing is happening, he can still describe conditions:

-The timer. At the big intervals the commentator makes notes.

-The gauges. Drive is naturally full and super is naturally empty, and so it's reasonable for the commentator to speculate that the players will want to put their resources to use. Even if they never do.

-The range. They're just standing there at starting range, but every fighting game player knows there's a lot to starting range and of course they've recorded lines about that.

-The round condition. In the second and final round the commentator is noticeably more excited and the lines reflect the urgency of the situation. Even though it's not urgent!

It's impressive that the commentary feature can fill in time like this without sounding too robotic or fake.



blorgblorgblorg
@blorgblorgblorg
  • incredibly complex simulation with minimalist graphics called Calvinism Gold1
  • 3d action game (either doom clone or FMV) called Bloodslam: The Radical Warrior

  1. 1995 rerelease of Calvinism (1993) that includes the Legacy of Luther and The Pope's Revenge expansions


swords
@swords

to this day whenever i see “Gold” appended to a game title some part of my brain is like “oh i’m in for a great time”


kentris
@kentris

these kinds of games were my fucking bread and butter back when i played stuff on home of the underdogs