Excluding the friday the 13th franchise.... Plan on watching 2-3 movies with a group of friends tonight. Any suggestions for genuinely good scary movies? Gore is fine but I'm not a big fan of excessive torture porn type stuff or ultra gory Jhorror.
Do you like 80s cheesy half-comedy horror? Re-Animator, starring the man himself, Jeffrey Combs. The first two are loosely based on the Lovecraft story, the third is an original script and goes completely off the rails, but in a fun way.
It gets darker and more serious with its plot, but I always found Breath of Fire to share some of the same charm as Dragon Quest for reasons I can't quite quantify. 2 and 3 especially. 4 is also magnificent, but it's something of a a stylistic departure from the previous ones.
I adore 7. It had just the right balance of memorable party members, but the absolute flexibility of the job system. It is VERY long, and somewhat slower paced than 8 (in the original PSX version anyway), but once it gets rolling it had a sense of wonder and excitement for me that none of the others quite matched.
Having never played the 3ds version, I'm not sure what's different, but I imagine it's closer to the original than the new reimagined is in terms of content. Personally, I'd say emulate the PSX version if you can, but I'd just really rather look at sprites than that era of 3d graphics. If you prefer those graphics, or it's just substantially easier for you to play that version, go ahead. The point is you should definitely play it in some form or another.
So far I've just been checking out free games to get a feel for the system, but it looks like I have a 3 month pass for Horizon+ ready to activate, so I can try some other stuff once I have an idea what to start with. ...
Holy shit, thanks for recommending Pistol Whip. I would never in a million years have been drawn to an on-rails beat shooter on my own, but it's fucking FANTASTIC!
Oh my fuck, Pistol Whip is unexpectedly amazing! Never thought I'd vibe with a rhythm rail shooter this much. Between this and Beat Saber, maybe my rhythm-challenged ass will finally learn to find the beat.
Definitely digging Walkabout and Tetris Effect too.
I'm replying to my own post here for the sake of anyone who might read this in the future, Light Brigade seems to be very good so far as well. Roguelite with WW1 guns and magic mixed, a little like Remnant: From the Ashes.
A common thought finally hit me today. The thought pop out in my end randomly, everything we do is really just an excuse to keep our minds busy for our inevitable end. ...
I've just kind of grown comfortable with the idea that there is no real point. I'm fine just floating through my time here seeing neat shit and hearing cool stories, and doing what I can to make things a little better for the people around me. Sort of a cozy or optimistic nihilism, though I'm probably misusing that word.
Rock the Country, a music festival critics have labelled a “MAGA fest”, has been cancelled in Anderson, South Carolina, following a series of artist withdrawals. ...
They describe themselves as "apolitical", so at best they're little bitches that are fine with the status quo, and based on the quotes here, only pulled out so as to not lose money.
You're talking about "common metre", and it also includes Amazing Grace, the Gilligan's Island theme, House of the Rising Sun, Casey at the Bat, and the Lay of Nimrodel among many others.
You can swap any of the tunes and lyrics and they more or less work. One of my favorite music trivia things.
Ooh, I really like the old-school animation throwbacks I'm seeing in pictures for The Congress. And it kinda sounds like a Black Mirror episode. Definitely going on the list.
The tweaker giving a toothless beej for $5 a pop behind the Circle K is better at business than Sam Altman, and a better service to their community to boot.
Yesterday, Google announced Project Genie, a new generative AI tool that can apparently create entire games from just prompts. It leverages the Genie 3 and Gemini models to generate a 60-second interactive world rather than a fully playable one. Despite this, many investors were scared out of their wits, imagining this as the ...
If this is widely adopted, I have enough emulators and classic PC games to never buy another game in my life and still be entertained the whole time. Good luck, corpo dipshits.
More people would try playing an instrument if they could borrow one to try it out. I already play several, but I'm running out of money and space for more. It'd also be nice to pop down to the library and check out the one I'm currently obsessing over to see if I want one permanently. Hell, I'd donate ones I hardly ever use to ...
My ideal "non-book library" would be a public woodshop with a Ron Swanson librarian figure to help people use the tools safely.
Woodworking seems so satisfying as both an art and a craft, but between the cost of materials, tools, and the space needed, I could never take up the hobby in the foreseeable future. But if I could go to a public workshop and use shared tools, just providing my own raw materials, the barrier to entry falls dramatically.
I have had insomnia most of my life and found out that falling asleep listening to something as opposed to white noise really helps the anxiety I feel leading up to and falling asleep. I ended up buying a sleep mask with headphones after my wife was being woken up/kept awake by my phone on my nightstand. I can no longer sleep ...
You might also like Auditory Anthology then. Their original stories are sometimes a little hit or miss for me, but one neat thing they do is they rebroadcast old episodes of a 50s radio show called X Minus One between their own stories. Often ones that they used as inspiration for a modern rewrite in an earlier episode.
I was about to hazard a guess that it hearkens back to Ray Harryhausen, but I rewatched the skeleton fight from Jason and the Argonauts, and I'm astounded that they apparently didn't do it there.
Why would they put it in the pricing? It looks like it's the shipper collecting the fee on behalf of the government, the seller doesn't see that money at any point.
Absolute legend. He certainly didn't invent musical comedy, but he's a paragon of the genre and has brought it into the public eye like no one else.
I always thought if the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame ever pulls their head out of their collective ass and inducts him, it would be a fantastic tribute for all the living artists he's parodied to perform his version of their song.
What horror movie should I watch to celebrate friday the 13th?
Excluding the friday the 13th franchise.... Plan on watching 2-3 movies with a group of friends tonight. Any suggestions for genuinely good scary movies? Gore is fine but I'm not a big fan of excessive torture porn type stuff or ultra gory Jhorror.
Dragon Quest VIII is so charming
I started playing dq8 for 3ds last week, and while I’m just level 7, the game has been really fun. ...
So Deep
This is Buddy. Buddy passed away last week and the world has lost one of the best horses ever.
Gotta pour one out for the homie. ...
I inherited my dad's Quest 3S recently. What are some of your favorite single player or 1v1 games for it?
So far I've just been checking out free games to get a feel for the system, but it looks like I have a 3 month pass for Horizon+ ready to activate, so I can try some other stuff once I have an idea what to start with. ...
What is happening with this potatoe?
Also what do you see?
Hey Lemmy, how do you deal with existential crisis?
A common thought finally hit me today. The thought pop out in my end randomly, everything we do is really just an excuse to keep our minds busy for our inevitable end. ...
Just found out a song I like sampled vocals from an AI-generated song. Feeling conflicted and want other people's thoughts.
Hey all, ...
Kid Rock’s ‘MAGA fest’ cancelled after nearly all its acts pull out ( www.independent.co.uk )
Rock the Country, a music festival critics have labelled a “MAGA fest”, has been cancelled in Anderson, South Carolina, following a series of artist withdrawals. ...
YSK that radishes are fucking amazing. They contain vitamin C, improve blood pressure, and are full of Sulforaphene, a powerful anti-cancer substance. Radishes contain almost no calories
Bigfoot fairies?
You can sing the words "it's on like Donkey Kong" to the Imperial March from Star Wars.
MFW my boss calls to see if I can cover a shift, but I'm already to drunk to drive to get there.
I had emergency surgery and as a result it looks like I will be zonked out on oxys for the next week. Never had these, what are some good movies to watch in this condition?
Nothing with too many hearty belly laughs, it was abdominal surgery.
Address it
Anon hangs out with a coworker
Geographe Bay: Teen swims hours to save family stranded off Western Australia ( www.bbc.com )
Conservative Men Use Empty Melania Theaters for Grindr Hookups ( thehardtimes.net )
business is not about money it's about dreams xD ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
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oh 😨 ( lemmy.blahaj.zone )
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Gaming market melts down after Google reveals new AI game design tool — Project Genie crashes stocks. (A.K.A . Investors panic because they don't understand what "real" videogames are) ( www.tomshardware.com )
Yesterday, Google announced Project Genie, a new generative AI tool that can apparently create entire games from just prompts. It leverages the Genie 3 and Gemini models to generate a 60-second interactive world rather than a fully playable one. Despite this, many investors were scared out of their wits, imagining this as the ...
I miss it
We need libraries, but instead of books, you borrow musical instruments.
More people would try playing an instrument if they could borrow one to try it out. I already play several, but I'm running out of money and space for more. It'd also be nice to pop down to the library and check out the one I'm currently obsessing over to see if I want one permanently. Hell, I'd donate ones I hardly ever use to ...
Whats your favorite bad joke?
I love to make really bad similes/metaphors like "I have the memory of a fish with very poor memory" or "I'm as tall as a tree thats my height".
It's a deadlock of butting heads
cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/c/iasip/p/586791/it-s-a-deadlock-of-butting-heads ...
Peach-loving cat
Do you fall asleep listening to podcast, videos etc? Favorites to listen to?
I have had insomnia most of my life and found out that falling asleep listening to something as opposed to white noise really helps the anxiety I feel leading up to and falling asleep. I ended up buying a sleep mask with headphones after my wife was being woken up/kept awake by my phone on my nightstand. I can no longer sleep ...
Filet mignon and roasted baby reds.
Both of these things were free and have been taking up space in my freezer for about a year. ...
Ewwww
Why do video game skeletons put themselves back together? ( www.avclub.com )
What do Indians think of Aladdin, the disney movie?
OP is shocked that an import tax is not paid by the exporter
Was he actually thinking that those $450 were just gifted by the exporter?
A daring escape
Winter lovers
Often
New He-Man Movie
Weird Al's advice to a fan