The Sega Channel was amazing and completely ahead of it's time. My parents got it for us when I was ten. My parents even got in on it when they each got addicted to Shining force to the extent that they'd play for hours and poor ten year old me had to sit and spin until they were done.
Yeah, it is fun to watch god-tier Superman with a more aloof, pragmatic outlook, although it's that alien pragmatic outlook that makes it hard for me to enjoy that iteration as much.
Definitely, I really hope Supergirl is a good flick too.
I get it, I'm a big fan of Superman the Animated Series and the whole Timm era too. But I'm more partial to a more human Superman, the new animated My Adventures with Superman and this new movie encapsulate that perfectly for me.
Eh, I still think he was pretty damn impressive. I mean he literally lifted an entire Kaiju and a skyscraper and taking on the Planet Watch contingent like a hot knife through butter.
But yeah, everyone has their favorite version of Supes, some people like Dean Cain, other like Tyler from Superman and Lois. Personally there's something to like from every iteration for me, but I'm a HUGE Superman fan myself.
$1400 where I'm at, and I don't even live in a big city
Eh, I wouldn't say that. I've heard people say that Corenswet was underpowered but he was literally fighting a clone of himself, if anything he was even more powerful than Cavill's version by having to fight himself and with Lex having created an algorithm to counteract Supes' moves. Cavill fights a Kryptonian that hadn't had the long term exposure to the Earth's yellow sun like he'd had his entire life. I liked Corenswet's quirky-ness and felt he embodied a more good natured and hopeful version of Clark. Don't get me wrong, I still felt that Cavill was a good Superman, but that his potential was squandered by poor writing.
Linus Torvalds pointed a gun at my head and said "give up Windows, or else..."
Man of Steel trailer 3 is still tops for me, I posted it in this thread. When MoS was released I was so delighted, but after the initial awe wore off, in hindsight it was a disappointing Superman movie for many reasons (mostly the hope that Supes embodies). The most recent Superman movie by Gunn is the Superman movie I've wanted every since the original Superman the Movie with Reeve.
In this thread a guy justifying morally reprehensible actions by declaring them legally justifiable :/
Fuck smart TVs, I have a 13" CRT that I'm happy with and doesn't need a damn internet connection
I'm 40 and my only TV is a 13" CRT that I'm rocking for movies and games
I am game to run whatever you guys want to play.
I have experience playing 20xx, Troika, FU, Whitebox and a variety of other systems.
I am also willing to try any rules light system (as it is best for play by post, especially here on Lemmy).
Any genre as well, I'll go with the group consensus. Give me suggestions and we'll see where we end up. Let's get our game ooooonnnnn! ;D
SAVE THE COSMOS, GET THE GIRL, BE A ROBOT WITH A SUPERIORITY COMPLEX DISCOVER STRANGE NEW LIFE AND MEET OR EAT IT. WELCOME TO: GALACTIC FLEET!
Okay, since the John is Possessed game didn't end up gaining traction, let's do a game of Laser's and Feelings. It's a one-page space rpg by John Harper. We'll keep it fast and loose, and base this one the tone of Galaxy Quest/Star Trek/The Orville etc.
Choose a Style for Your Character: Alien, Android, Dangerous, Heroic, Hot Shot, Intrepid or Savy.
Choose a Role for Your Character: Doctor, Envoy, Explorer, Engineer, Pilot, Scientist, or Soldier.
Choose Your Number, from 2 to 5: A high number means you're better at LASERS (Technology; Science; Cold rationality; calm, precise action). A low number means you're better at FEELINGS (Intuition; Diplomacy; Seduction; wild, passionate action).
Give Your Character a Cool Space Name Like Dirk Fark-hopper or Something:
In Your Inventory: You have consortium uniform (with built-in vac-suit for space walks) a SUPER-SWEET-space-phone-communicator-thing (with built in translator), a variable-beam phase pistol (set to stun, of course...usually).
Pick a character Goal: Become Captain, Meet New Aliens, Shoot Bad Guys, Find New Worlds, Solve Weird Space Mysteries, Prove Yourself, or Keep Being Awesome.
You have a ship: The Technicolor Nebulae, it's Well-Armed, with a Cloaking Device, only it has Horrible Circuit-Breakers.
STORY:
ALIEN BRAIN WORMS WANT TO EMPOWER THEIR GIANT DEATH RAY WHICH WILL DESTROY AN ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM!!!
Requested The Collected Toppi: Vol.1 The Enchanted World from my library's interloan service, and the library that responded gave me Vol 1-3! Three library loans for the price of one, haha.
I dig Toppi's linework. He's a very technical artist, and the work is very detailed and intricate. I'm also a sucker for black and white comics, which is mostly why I requested him after seeing a few people recommend him online for b&W bandee dessinee. The stories from Vol. 1 are all dark fairy tales basically, they're quite short and simple in the storytelling, not a lot of dialogue or plot. But damn, are they atmospheric.
If you have a local library, you should definitely check if they have an inter-library loan service. The majority of comics I have requested, they've been able to find. I also got The Collected Crepax Vol.1 from them as well, which I'll post when I get the chance.
Been in a B&W type of mood, if you guys have any more recommendations, let me know ;)
edit: Also, noticed that lemm.ee scaled the image, so here's a link to the larger original in all it's glory: https://ibb.co/prxDH8Hs
Okay! Time for a new freeform game using the Everyone is John rules. Since I don't like the connotation of gamifying mental illness, in this context John will be possessed by various entities (your choice of ghost, demon, aliens, Cthulhu, etc) as the "voices" in John's head.
Creating a Character:
Come up with a crazy entity to possess/telepathically command/transmit suggestive ideas to John. Make it something cool like a Reptilian Shadow Warrior from Merrix IV, or Sumerian Trickster God. Come up with a short, but descriptive backstory to give your Voice some flavor.
You'll have these three attributes:
Willpower: This is a pool of points used to control John and improve your chance of success in taking an action. This starts a 10 pts. It will go up and down as the game progresses.
Skills:These are specialized things you can do in-game. "Damn Good Driver", "Strong Like an Ox", "Silver-Tongued Devil". You get two of these, three if you decide to start with 7 Willpower instead of 10.
Obsession: Your obsession is the game's winning condition. At the end of the game, after everyone runs out of willpower, you'll tally up every time you fulfilled one of your obsessions (if someone else does something that fulfills one of your obsessions you count that too). Obsessions come in three levels:
Level 1: Easy to do things
Gorging on Junkfood, Jaywalking, Yelling Loudly Indoors, Smashing Ketchup Packets on your Head.
Level 2: Moderate difficulty things
Sneaking Into a Private Club, Convincing a Stranger to Give you Their Pants, Running a Marathon in High-Heels.
Level 3: The nearly impossible
Blowing Things Up, Stealing a Fighter Jet, Ransoming a Kidnapped Soccer Team, Hijacking a Nuclear Sub.
How to Play:
The game begins with John waking up and one of the voices taking control. You bid any amount of your current Willpower, high bid wins. All of you will PM me a bid (to keep it secret from everyone else) and whoever wins will take control of John initially. It'll then be up to you to steer John towards completing your obsessions to rack up points for winning the game after everyone's Willpower is depleted.
To accomplish actions you'll roll a d6. If you have a relevant skill to accomplish your actions Roll 3 or Higher to Succeed, if not Roll a 6 to Succeed. To effect the outcome of the roll You Can Spend Willpower to Add a Point to Your Roll, this can make a success automatic if enough Willpower is spent.
Whenever John gets hurt, wakes up, a voice fails a roll or completes an obsession a test of control will occur.
Everyone will bid for control, the person who currently had control could win the bid again to keep control. You aren't required to bid, and can claim you are bidding to fake out your competing voices. The voice who wins the bid loses the Willpower they bid, everyone else keeps their Willpower they bid.
To Start:
Make a post below detailing who your Voice will be (Alien, Demon, Malevolent A.I., etc...get creative with your character!) with their Skills and current Willpower. DM me your Obsessions so you can keep them secret from the other players, and also let me know your initial Willpower bid to take control of John first.
After you've all posted, and I've received the initial bids for control of John, I'll narrate the first scenario and play will begin with the player who won the first bid.
SO: EVERYONE, LET'S POSSESS JOHN!!!
Found Protomartyr's Relatives in Descent on vinyl at the local antique store for $15. Turns out it was the first pressing. Looked it up on Discogs and it's going for ~$80. Not that I care about online resale value, it's just cool that it's a semi-rare piece.
I just started buying vinyl, so this was a really nice surprise to get out of the blue. Great album by the way, Night-Blooming Cereus is my favorite track right now. If you've never got a chance to check out anything by Protomartyr I highly recommend them. I believe their newest album is Ultimate Success which is a banger as well.
Been working on trying to beat this damn game for months. I was stalling out on 2300m for a long while, and finally just gave in and looked up a hint online. I avoid walkthroughs as much as I can, but I just had to suck it up this time because I was about ready to just throw in the towel. Glad I did, since once I got past 2300m the rest was a cinch. I have to say that 2300m was still the most difficult stage, everything past that point was hard but not quite as hard as getting past that one. All it took was almost 800 deaths (눈_눈)
I'll probably go back and grab all the strawberries on another playthrough sometime soon, but for now I'm taking a breather. Great game though, looking forward to playing the full fledged version. I have it on itch.io through a bundle, so I'll be grabbing it this weekend. Time to get ready to die hundreds and hundreds more times :D
Been playing Celeste Classic on Pico-8 for a few months off and on. Kept getting stuck at 2300m and giving up. Even though I hate looking up walkthroughs or guides, I swallowed my pride and went online for a hint on Reddit then was able to get through 2300m. Feels good to finally beat it after all these months. I have to say though, 2300m was still the hardest of all the levels. Such a tricky level to get through right after obtaining the double jump! I might go through and get all the strawberries eventually, but for now I am going to take a breather. Definitely going to start playing through the PC version of Celeste now.
Thanks for mentioning this, this hack rocks!