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(He even “decreed” the construction of a bridge or tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland on the other side of the bay, predicting the existence of the Bay Bridge and Transbay Tube!)
(He even “decreed” the construction of a bridge or tunnel between San Francisco and Oakland on the other side of the bay, predicting the existence of the Bay Bridge and Transbay Tube!)
Sigma Star Saga for the GBA. Really creative mashup of an RPG and a side-scrolling shooter, with a cool weapon-configuration system thrown in. Definitely suffered a bit from platform limitations, but there’s absolutely more that could have been done with the core concept.
Shockingly good writing, too.
Good lord yes. Overwatch is just a corporatized TF2 ripoff, but Battleborn was a creative, unique game with a soul.
Anyone who hasn’t seen it should watch the game’s intro cinematic, which gives a great sense of just how much character the game had.
Oh shit, I misread the thread title lol
Yeah, still deserves a song.
checks box on “Sabaton thread” bingo card
Got a hater!
In 1597, Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin, who had successfully managed the construction of a formidable fleet of warships, was stripped of his rank, tortured, and nearly executed, with naval command transferred to his rival, Won Gyun, due to political machinations.
Won Gyun promptly loses much of the fleet in several disastrous engagements with the Japanese, leaving the Koreans heavily outnumbered.
Yi is hurriedly reinstated, but by this point he commands just 13 ships against a fleet of at least ten times that size. Many of his ships are crewed by survivors of the previous battles, and fear a return to combat.
Yi carefully selects a narrow, shallow strait for his “final stand” limiting the size and number of Japanese ships that can attack simultaneously.
Yi’s flagship initially engages the Japanese attackers alone, due to the other ships’ hesitancy. As it repels one ship after another, like “a castle in the sea”, the other ships eventually join, and the Japanese fleet is repelled.
The Japanese lose at least 30 ships. The Korean fleet loses none.
Where tf are all my The Mummy (1999) stans???
Being a socialist living under capitalism will do that to you.
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Or, if you like it more pithy: “The difference between theory and practice is larger in theory than it is in practice.”
Ikr? Seems like a good thing to me. I want dumb devices controlled by a smart system.
Alien might be the scariest movie of all time, IMO, so this makes perfect sense to me.
I do use Kodi for local content, but this unfortunately doesn’t help with streaming services, and even dedicated steaming boxes have ads on their home screens now.
I’m not sure how an email service helps here…?
*Pi-hole
Already got one. A lot of devices seem to route ads over channels that can’t be blocked without compromising other device functions.
My dad used to sautee them with bits of bacon or prosciutto. I don’t eat pork anymore, but god damn do I miss those Brussels sprouts.
I kinda disagree here - I have no problem using smart lights, etc., as long as they’re controlled by a non-cloud system like HomeAssistant. This just doesn’t seem to be an option for more complex devices.
You still end up with awkward, overcomplicated UIs that make using the TV in basic ways unnecessarily obnoxious.
A high-quality dumb TV.
Get your ads (and security vulnerabilities) out of my damn house.
Was not prepared for the Diablo II reference lmao