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This is a tough one.... To see things in a positive way, it seems like a question that has no wrong answer.

Reading the thread I got one suddenly! I really enjoyed Eric Chahi's Another World aka Out of this World aka Outer World. It was a landmark in cinematic storytelling in an action/puzzle game. Needless to say me and many others expected much from his next game, Heart of Darkness, but it was...

The fourth film was not directed by Gore Verbinski and was not so good (why Rob "Chicago" Marshall? That makes no sense)... this time it's the directing duo of... Bandidas (not seen, supposedly lame?) and Kon-Tiki (not seen but supposedly good?) also a couple episodes of Marco-Polo. Not a fan...

Reasonable people trying to watch the news after Trump's election:

Being antagonistic is not in itself a virtue if its manifested in twisted narratives, out of context soundbites or gross caricatures. Also, when the media are working properly, being politically aligned with the president does not mean putting him or her above criticism. I suspect even the...

Shitty sensationalist journalism has the best revenue/cost ratio, so as long as people consume it and don't want to pay for actual journalism, this is what you'll get. Somehow I doubt a Reality TV star has the magical fix for that...

Just played 'Another Metroid 2 Remake: Return of Samus' over the week-end. A very nice fan remake on steroid of the Gameboy Metroid as seen through the lens of Super Metroid / Zero Mission. Nintendo obviously said "You must be kidding?", but I am sure the game can still be found through back...

Let me rephrase/expand for clarity. Your thesis, unless I misunderstood it, is that the Democratic Party is alienating its 'intellectual base' by pandering to the so called SJW, and that, as a reaction to this pandering and the perceived lunacy of these SJW, the 'intellectual base' is voting for...

Somehow I don't think the 'intellectual base' of the Democratic Party is made of people who think "SJW are retarded, let's prove them right! That will show them!" is a good plan for a presidential election.

I must be good at evaluating games before purchases or good at wiping off bad memories, because I can't think of a game I hoped would be great that I bought and that ended up being terrible. Yoshi Island DS cost me a DS though with its craptacular use of dual screen and Ulitmate Ghost 'n...

This is no cave!

The real Dark Souls begins h

Just a note on Davis Cup semi finals. It was Croatia vs France and Great Britain vs Argentina and somehow both favorites lost! France had to make do without Tsonga nor Monfils so on day one Cilic made light work of Pouille and then Gasquet dominated Coric for 1-1. The french put their Grand...

There is a number of anti-consummerist movies in the '60s and '70s. Zabriskie Point comes to mind, or Network.

Oh? Examples?

I am extremely eclectic in my tastes and the opposite of a movie snob! There are 11 american movies in my 2015 top 20 (+ 2 iranian, 2 french, 1 hungarian, 1 spanish, 1 italian, 1 chinese and 1 japanese). Also, no black and white movie :p It just so happen that I find Stardust's idea of making a...

Most overrated: Stardust :p

He did indeed! Once again he had a slowish start, making a lot of errors and allowing Djokovic to almost run away with the first set. Almost, because as the swiss started to find his groove, he roped Djokovic back and forced a breaker. As a viewer that was a bit of a roller coaster of emotions...

The two semi finals tonight were a good case study to see the difference between a good competitor and a bad one. Monfils made a nervous start against Djokovic. Not serving well, unable to dominate the serb from the back of the court, the frenchman found himself in a 0-5 hole. At this point he...

I fail to see what's scandalous about selling a dlc that requires additional work. About the drive, I found that dumb at first, but in this day and age how is the dl/stream market vs the physical media market for movies? Maybe their due dilligence in marketing showed early adopters don't care...

WTA day: World N°1 Williams played a good match. Problem: Pliskova played a better match. The tall czech served very well (expected), dealt well with anything short (no surprise here), withstood the pace and weight of shots of her opponents (huh?) and read the game well enough to play some high...

What can be upgraded in The Witness considering it has a stylized aesthetic designed to be timeless? Maybe it will "only" be in the rendering?

Don't do drugs.

Remember that if you sit more than 7 feet away from a 55 inches screen, 4k is indistinguishable from 1080p. To get the full benefit of 4k you need to be 3 feet away from your 55 inches screen... On a side note, I have an increasingly difficult time seeing the value of increased graphic power...

The Nishikori vs Murray match was a strange match, made of many momentum switches seemingly coming out of nowhere and without much tactical sense or reason. I guess it was a question of who at any given moment was managing his game better. For Nishikori, it was about finding the right way to...

The two quarters of the top half got played... sorta. Tsonga did in fact self destruct, but not exactly in the way I thought he would not: he injured himself. A stern Djokovic was dominating proceedings when mid-way through the 2nd set Tsonga showed sign of discomfort when landing after his...

I only saw the night session today. In the afternoon, Del Potro beat Thiem (or more exactly lead Thiem by a set and break before the young austrian retired with a thigh injury), Wawrinka dominated Marchenko but was forced to play a fourth set after the ukrainian won the third in a breaker and...

I have this game in the backlog and my rationalization for not playing it is a potential remake... it would be nice if Rockstar could have a clear position on the subject.

They played the top half of the draw yesterday: Djokovic is fine... well... at least he was for two sets and then the discomfort he feels, apparently in his arm, came back or something and he became all somber and dejected but since Edmund is not the best competitor he courteously made 4...

Zapatta... didn't I have seen your name on a terrorist watch list?

I guess it's the US Open? I watched some of it during the first week but I thoug, heh, let's wait until the round of 16 :P DJOKOVIC [1] played a very strange opening match where he looked unconcerned and flat. It is known that he is not 100% healthy, but not much transpired about it. Luckily...

That was an ok movie, but when I started to read the title I expected I Love You Phillip Morris!

Pro Tip 1: When the guidelines blend in the color of the tablet, it's cooked! Pro Tip 2: You don't have to cook the tablet in one go, so you can tap your mouse until it's cooked with 0 risk of failure (sploit!) The "game" is very tedious though. About as fun as being a sumerian scribe I guess...

Ouch... the game got functional, feature complete and uploaded 2 minutes before the deadline! It's crap and untuned, but it's done. Yay I guess. You can try it here. (requires Mouse with wheel and flash compatible browser).

I might end up with a lame but functional compo. It's more about shaking the rust and having "something" done, because while reasonably original (it's a test of cuneiform script tentatively called Sumer Game), it will be ugly and lame!

After seeing Tanoomba casually dealing with so many NES games, I must counter-brag and say I just reached (once again) the credits of Tetris 2 + Bombliss on NES playing Tetris B mode in speed 29 height 5... (I have a save that lets me directly attempt it and it still took a while an many tries...

Nintendo Entertainment System.

I am cursed with terrible flexibility :( I am pretty disciplined with my stretching exercises too, but touching my toes with straight legs and feet together is probably never going to happen.

99% chance that you are talking about Race Drivin' Commiserations...