Author Topic: 2020 Miscellaneous Links: Untitled Moose Game (Read 170363 times)

metroid composite · « **Reply #50 on:** February 02, 2014, 08:18:05 PM »

Quote from: Hunter Sopko on February 02, 2014, 03:26:25 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/hermione-married-harry-potter-rowling-admits-010027466.html

Since I know there are some Potter fans in the DL.

Interesting. When Harry/Hermine shippers come up, I tend to dismiss them by pointing all the foreshadowing that went into Ron/Hermine, and all the foreshadowing signs that Harry/Hermine were platonic. But when the author herself brings it up, well, she easily could have just rewritten all the foreshadowing.

That said, the concern is that they'll end up in marriage counselling after the books are over? I dunno if that's enough of a writing gain than the advantages of pairing up Ron/Hermine during booktime present. When Hermine is having relationship problems, she can share them with Harry, and we get to see them. If Harry/Hermione were an item, this would become much harder (notice how with the relationship problems of Harry's love interests--Harry maybe gets third-hand reports). The ability to have Harry as Hermione's wingman in times of relationship troubles means Hermione gets more screen time, which is almost always a good thing.

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #51 on:** February 02, 2014, 08:46:11 PM »

I can see where Rowlings is coming from, as her regret about sticking too closely to her original continuity concept explains a lot about Half-Blood Prince. I'd be curious to know where and when she decided she had to adjust things to fit it and where the natural evolution of some (or all) of the characters stopped. I'll admit the movies kinda give off the Harry/Hermione vibe but I never got it from the books.

On a tangent, there also seems to be a lot of grumbling in the comments about how, if Rowling had gone through with it, it'd automatically turn Hermione into some sexist prize for Harry to win and ruined her entire character. Makes me scratch my head, really. Not sure if this is a really skewed and negative view of Rowlings' writing talent, if they're really strawmanning hard to discredit an idea they don't like, or if they genuinely believe this would've been the case.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #52 on:** February 02, 2014, 09:33:38 PM »

Quote from: Hunter Sopko on February 02, 2014, 08:46:11 PM

Not sure if this is a really skewed and negative view of Rowlings' writing talent, if they're really strawmanning hard to discredit an idea they don't like, or if they genuinely believe this would've been the case.

FanLogic.txt

Lady Door · « **Reply #53 on:** February 03, 2014, 03:31:27 AM »

I like Hermione/Ron better than Hermione/Harry. The latter would have been incredibly boring. I don't know that it would go to "sexist prize," but it would diminish her character a little in light of the Harry Sue phenomenon: ie, he would get the girl because he's Harry Fucking Potter and he gets everything, and her place in this relationship is to be awed and snarky. That is painting it a little thick, obviously, but close enough.

Hermione/Ron, on the other hand, speaks to something deeper. Not to devalue the ginger further, but Ron doesn't have a whole lot going for him, not compared to Harry. What he does have, though, is Faithful Sidekick: loyal and determined and (mostly) there for the main character. What girl wouldn't want that in a husband? Plus he has the magical family everyone wants to love. And Harry marrying Ron's sister and Hermione marrying Ron means they get to continue being one giant fluffy wizarding family.

In short:

Harry x Hermione = The Bachelor (all excitement and flash, no staying power)
Ron x Hermione = what really happens

Cmdr_King · « **Reply #54 on:** February 03, 2014, 03:52:54 AM »

Quote from: Lady Door on February 03, 2014, 03:31:27 AM

Hermione/Ron, on the other hand, speaks to something deeper. Not to devalue the ginger further, but Ron doesn't have a whole lot going for him, not compared to Harry. What he does have, though, is Faithful Sidekick: loyal and determined and (mostly) there for the main character. What girl wouldn't want that in a husband? Plus he has the magical family everyone wants to love. And Harry marrying Ron's sister and Hermione marrying Ron means they get to continue being one giant fluffy wizarding family.

I'd guess in fact that's why the original intent was Hermoine/Ron, really. I think Harry/Hermoine is appealing for a similar reason: whenever Harry was at his lowest, she'd be the one there to kick him in the ass and get him back up. I suspect though that Rowling's second thoughts have more to do with the movies. Radcliff and Watson had some decent chemistry, and some of that bled into the later books. So I can definitely see looking back on them with some distance and feeling it should have gone that direction.

Pyro · « **Reply #55 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:08:58 AM »

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430283,00.asp

Automated cars will one day be a reality, improving our lives drastically.

One day we will play videogames and watch cat videos on our way to work!

Lady Door · « **Reply #56 on:** February 04, 2014, 01:48:02 AM »

Quote from: Pyro on February 04, 2014, 01:08:58 AM

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430283,00.asp

Automated cars will one day be a reality, improving our lives drastically.

One day we will play videogames and watch cat videos on our way to work!

Wait, you don't already?

Captain K. · « **Reply #57 on:** February 04, 2014, 04:20:55 AM »

http://www.polygon.com/a/street-fighter-2-oral-history

Really interesting backstory behind Street Fighter 2.

Fenrir · « **Reply #58 on:** February 05, 2014, 12:48:09 PM »

Nobody posted this here yet??
Youtube comment reconstruction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-5farzJoz8

Cotigo · « **Reply #59 on:** February 06, 2014, 12:21:02 AM »

https://www.humblebundle.com/?bundle%3F=sidmeier_bundle

In other news I now own Civ 5 and 4

Fenrir · « **Reply #60 on:** February 08, 2014, 01:18:22 AM »

http://vimeo.com/86014703

NSFW

Cotigo · « **Reply #61 on:** February 09, 2014, 05:01:40 AM »

Grefter · « **Reply #62 on:** February 09, 2014, 05:44:06 AM »

My favourite part is all the people who's names are going to show up in a Google search now when applying for jobs.

metroid composite · « **Reply #63 on:** February 10, 2014, 09:43:50 AM »

Matsuno

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482445197/unsung-story-tale-of-the-guardians/posts/743272

Q: “FFTA and FFTA2 moved away from Charge/cast times, which I felt heavily took away from the depth of those games. Will Charge/Cast times be a core component of this game? One of my favorite mechanics in FFT was casting time."

A: Sorry, there won’t be casting times in this game.In fact, the reason why FFT included a casting time system at all was to allow the game time to load graphic effects. This was a necessary consideration due to PlayStation loading times and memory concerns. Speaking as a developer back in those days, I can tell you that we weren’t happy with it.

superaielman · « **Reply #64 on:** February 10, 2014, 01:30:21 PM »

Really? Huh. FFT handles math skill just fine and every spell with noncharge.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #65 on:** February 10, 2014, 04:48:06 PM »

Yeah that answer sounds like a load of crap to me. Kinda weird actually...

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #66 on:** February 10, 2014, 06:20:56 PM »

It actually sounds like he is answering a different question. I wonder if something was lost in translation or something there?

NotMiki · « **Reply #67 on:** February 10, 2014, 06:43:16 PM »

I kinda thought the same thing, but though his technical explanation seems off, it's hard to imagine the first part of his answer could be in reference to anything else.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #68 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:12:10 PM »

I'm actually now guessing that he thought the questioner was asking about the animation that plays during the casting animation of the spell (the green orbs for summons, the white sparkly lines for most other magic, etc.) since those always exist and that answer would then make more sense.

NotMiki · « **Reply #69 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:28:36 PM »

Plausible. Hope you're right.

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #70 on:** February 10, 2014, 07:43:37 PM »

I hope so too, and the more I think about it the less Matstuno's explanation makes sense if it's in answer to the question as written (and understood by us). The explanation he gave is at odds with the game's actual implementation. Not just Math Skill and Non-Charge, but it's quite possible in FFT to cast a spell and have it resolve immediately because no other PCs or enemies were acting in the clockticks in between... so the CT system wouldn't even be very good at masking load times if that were its intended purpose. (And of course, in the actual implementation of the game, there are no visibly different load times for spells cast in such a situation, anyway.)

Idly: was that your question yours, MC?

NotMiki · « **Reply #71 on:** February 11, 2014, 09:53:22 PM »

http://store.steampowered.com/app/248820/

Risk of Rain is on sale for $6. Fun roguelike platformer I've been playing the heck out of. Hooray.

Everyone should watch the trailer because it is
A) a great trailer
B) a perfect distillation of the game

Captain K. · « **Reply #72 on:** February 14, 2014, 02:42:15 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmtrmAvL5aw

My bodyblow is ready.

Grefter · « **Reply #73 on:** February 14, 2014, 09:38:05 AM »

Did someone say Body Blows?

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #74 on:** February 14, 2014, 10:19:22 AM »

Was expecting that shock video where one female boxer punches the other in the stomach so hard she projectile vomits into the first one's open mouth.

I'm not disappointed per se, I suppose, but...

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