Alabaster_Mango

Alabaster_Mango, 6 months ago

Fully Ramblomatic has been Yhatzee’s IP since forever. He has a website under that name where he blogs about his games and books and such. Second Wind is big on creator owned IP.

I still see where you’re coming from, but this isn’t a new name just for this show.

Alabaster_Mango, 7 months ago

Every November I play Dishonored. Just finished the main game, and now I’m playing the Knife of Dunwall DLC. Next will be Brigmore Witches, and then it’s on to Dishonored 2. I love these games yo.

Alabaster_Mango, 7 months ago

I really liked the differences between Corvo’s and Emily’s powers. I also like the variety of ways they allow you to complete tasks and combine powers.

Alabaster_Mango, 7 months ago

Here’s a description of the bleeding process:

www.horseshoecrab.org/med/bestpractices.html

It’s specifically non-fatal:

Bleeding horseshoe crabs to death is not an acceptable practice in the U.S.

The volume of blood taken is actually quite small, as most of the material in the collection jars is anticoagulant.

It may look uncomfortable to us humans, but keep in mind that horseshoe crabs are not human. What’s normal for the spider is chaos for the fly. Granted, it would be kinda weird to be hoisted from your home by a giant ape and forced into a blood drive. It’s done as gently as possible though.

Alabaster_Mango, 9 months ago

I still play Dishonored every year. Those are not realistic graphics in the slightest, but it still holds up pretty well. Why? Style. I would 100% take a “lower” graphics game with style than a 100GB game with exquisitely modeled sandwiches.

Stylistic games also age better than realistic games in my opinion. Look at other 2012 games like Mass Effect, Far Cry 3, and Borderlands. Mass Effect and Far Cry went more realistic, and I think they suffered a bit for it in the long run.

Not saying Dishonored didn’t age tho. It does have that 2012 feel, lol.

Alabaster_Mango, 9 months ago

Honestly, a bit ESH. The temp was out of line shoving everything on the floor. I can understand being upset by misgendering, but it doesn’t warrant an immediate tantrum. Even if you were a hateful douche about it it doesn’t mean they should ruin the coffee and doughnuts for everyone.

I don’t think you were wrong to say dude. Unless you really emphasize the “dude” I think it’s a perfectly casual way to address people. Modern usage has it shifting more towards “cool person” instead of just “cool guy”.

I do think the “nobody cares” part was a bit insensitive though. I don’t know where you are, but tensions in North America are high right now regarding trans rights (not saying this person was trans, as there’s not enough info in the story). Lots of people care a whole lot more than they should about other people’s chosen gender expression, so it’s a touchy subject. I can understand that maybe you were coming from a place of “I don’t mind one way or the other”, but I don’t think that’s what it sounded like in the context. Especially with the “stupid” part thrown in.

Alabaster_Mango, 10 months ago

This has got to be my favorite “quick” pasta dish. Simple enough, but still packs a lot of flavor (thanks garlic). Yours looks delicious!

Alabaster_Mango, 10 months ago

Careful. If you’re too mean to him he’ll cancel Fez 2 again!

Alabaster_Mango, 10 months ago

I’m very nearly done with ‘The Precipice’ by Ben Bova. Next is either ‘Rock Rats’ in the same series, or I start the Cosmere series by Brandon Sanderson. I’ve read all the Mistborn novels, and they’re fantastic.

Sanderson writes books faster than I can read, so it’s kind of daunting. Ben Bova is already dead, so I don’t have the same problem with him.

Alabaster_Mango, 1 year ago

Hey, neat! I read Red Mars, Green Mars, and a tiny bit of Blue Mars before getting into Grand Tour. I do not like them as much though. I wanted rugged colonialism, but they just solve everything with magic technology. Need a big hole? No worries, we have autonomous diggers. Need more diggers? Hah, already have autonomous autonomous digger factories. There were no challenges other than interpersonal ones caused by their own horrible personalities. I started to lose interest when the main characters just sat in a cave for 40 years, and having to read Maya’s POV killed the rest. How I hate her.

I approached The Grand Tour differently. It’s only a loose series, and it didn’t bill itself as strictly a Mars colonization project, so I might be more lenient. It still has not-so-great interpersonal conflicts as the main plot every now and then, but there’s more of the “how do we solve this technical problem” that I do desperately crave.

So far my favorite has to be “Return to Mars”. As a person of Native American descent, it’s super cool to get some representation without any tropes. Jamie Waterman isn’t a drunk nor a gambler! There’s some interpersonal issues, but they get solved in a rational way by realistic adults. Also it turns out space archeology really floats my boat. So it has a lot of what I want in a sci-fi.

Fave sci-fi idea, though, is probably from “The Precipice”. They build the first fusion powered spaceship, and it feels like an intro to The Expanse. Harvesting asteroids will never not be cool.

Alabaster_Mango, 1 year ago

miyo kîsikâw!

As far as I know that means good day in nehiyawewin (plains cree). Still working on learning my own language. It’s kinda slow going, but that’s life.