Ftumch, ftumch@lemmy.today

Me and my brother combined our money to buy Cyberia (1994). This was a fmv (full motion video) game, which still seemed like a pretty cool concept at the time. We bought it because we were really impressed with the demo, which came on a CD-ROM that was bundled with PC Gamer or some other magazine.

The demo was a section of the game where you were flying around in some sort of aeroplane. The only thing you controlled was the gun. The enemies were superimposed on top of the video, which was fixed.

I enjoyed the flying sections in the full game, but there were also parts where you controlled the main character on the ground. You could only move him between fixed positions and postures, because fmv. In some places you had to shoot enemies, which required very precise timing. This was too hard for me at the time.

I think I kind of regretted spending my money on it at the time, but only a little.

You could try contacting your country’s embassy over there and ask if there is anything they can do or whether they can offer any advice.

Adapting an American sketch show in the UK, the country that created Monty Python and Little Britain, is a bold move. It’s a bit like opening a Star Bucks in Italy or a hotdog stand in Germany. Though I’m not familiar with any British sketch show that was done completely live.

So of course I was expecting it to be "quite good" (a little disappointing), but I was somewhat pleasantly surprised. I daresay it was downright adequate! Being a bit of a fan, it’s hard for me to hate on Tina Fey. It was a bit odd to see British comedians do SNL-style comedy, but it worked better than I expected. I think there might be potential synergy there! If the SNL UK cast and crew manage to put their own spin on the concept and find their own voice, I think it could eventually get pretty good, even by British standards.

I already liked it better than any American episode of SNL I’ve seen, though.

When brain-computer interfaces are perfected our minds will be networked with computers and each other. The concept of privacy will seem very quaint to or children’s children.

Resistance is futile.

I guess he decided someone in the afterlife needs a roundhouse kick to the face.

What real British horror looks like.

Fair enough, but what is the least useful fact you know?

The "brat" in "bratwurst" doesn’t come from *"braten"*, which means to fry. It actually comes from the old German word *"brät"*, which means finely chopped meat.

Linux can be all colors in the rainbow (white) or no colors at all (black). Linux is black, white and everything in between.

Honestly, if you’re that easily discouraged, maybe you should give up.

Ask yourself, are you passionate enough about telling stories and creating comic books? If this is your first comic book it probably won’t be very good. If you want to become a good writer you need to put in the work. Finish this graphic novel, reflect on what did and didn’t work and make another one, and another and another.

Even if you do become a good author eventually, chances of commercial success are very slim. For every writer that succeeds, there’s a hundred who failed. At the end of the day, the only thing that keeps struggling artists going is sheer love of the game.

Do you care enough about this story, that even if only your mom and a handful of other people end up enjoying it, it was still worth telling? If not, then you’ll never make it. If you do, then you probably still won’t make it.

From what you told us, your friend doesn’t sound like a great friend or critic. What is stupid about it? Why would that stop people from being interested? Even stupid things can be very entertaining. Evil Dead 3: Army of Darkness is very stupid, but one of my favourite movies. Ask your friend for some constructive criticism or just ignore them.

Brass knuckles

There’s no pizza I’ve enjoyed more than a Fantasia from Il Mondo in the Lombok neighborhood in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

And it’s downright fiendish that a 100% imaginary thing like money decides who lives and who dies, but that’s the world we live in.

It’s not that you’re wrong, it’s just that there are very few paths to a better solution. Perhaps the local people’s militia should take all children at birth and raise them? Until that time it’d be neat if parents had a simple, affordable way to stop their eight-year-old from seeing hardcore pornography.

These laws are stupid. If you want to protect kids, you should focus on getting parents the tools they need to lock down their kids’ devices however they see fit.

I don’t think that’s the whole story. Like with all of their products, the primary goal of big tech here is to maximise engagement. More engagement means more subscriptions. People are less likely to keep talking to a chatbot that tells them they’re wrong.

The situation would probably improve somewhat if AI companies prioritised usefulness and truthfulness over engagement.

Because your taste in music is bad and you should feel bad!

I’d argue ultimately most human conflict is caused by population pressure and limited resources.

How about *Real Humans/Äkta människor*? It’s a Swedish show about androids. Good drama and acting. IMO better than the British adaptation, Humans.

If you l like J.K. Simmons, character development and science fiction, you should check out Counterpart, if you haven’t seen it already. It’s a solid spy thriller where the main plot device is a cool sci-fi concept.

Knowing anything about the story beforehand will tell you about this plot device, which is a bit of a spoiler for the first episode.

Just finished watching. I give it an 8/10.

On an emotional and psychological level, I thought the show led to a pretty satisfying conclusion. Viewers should not expect to have any off their questions about the sci-fi stuff or the intrigue answered, though. Too bad it was cancelled after one season!

But I can see why it didn’t gain a massive audience. It’s too slow and psychological for a lot of sci-fi fans, yet it has too much silly sci-fi stuff for fans of realistic psychological dramas. The Spanish parts with subtitles may also have put off a few English-speaking viewers.