I'd try to explain, but given that it's Windows and I don't completely understand its guts despite having programmed apps for it for years, I'm just gonna shrug and say "sometimes that works".
When Twilight Sparkle discovers that Applejack has been selling marijuana to the citizens of Ponyville, she calls upon the most effective anti-drug enforcement agents in existence: The *Record Scratch* SWAT. It ends as well as you might expect. Ah, well.
I dunno, every so often they'll point out some random inaccuracy on the Wikipedia page of a given game, which is acceptable, and then rant for a few sentences about how Wikipedia is a bastion of horribleness and inaccuracy, which is not.
No, but it's honestly not any more inaccurate than other encyclopedias. Whether you take that as praise of Wikipedia or condemnation of encyclopedias in general is up to you.
Also it's good for getting the general gist of a topic provided the topic isn't something very general (take a look at their article for "Addition" sometime).
If/Only is a horizontal shoot-em-up game designed for the PC by Holographic Skullgames. The plot, such as it is, concerns a trio of "Crystalbloods" (people with psychic powers) and their being drafted to pilot "Synchros" (star fighters that use their powers as both fuel and weapon ammunition) to combat an alien invasion of the otherwise peaceful planet of Eternity. The series is notable for being one of the few shmups where the player character can actually take a hit (or more specifically, three hits, collisions will still kill you dead, though), this--combined with extra lives being given out fairly often and an option to turn unlimited continues on--makes the game fairly easy by shmup standards. Nontheless, the highest difficulty (here called "Gauntlet", unlockable only after beating the game on Hard) turns the game into a full-on danmaku.
The game's characters are as follows, each has three weapons (upgradable twice each) and a bomb, earned every 10,000 points.
Milo Winderlyght-- A girl in her early 20s, the most reluctant of the three Synchro pilots, but willing to do her duty to save her planet, her psychic abilities let her conjure and shape energy. Her weapons are:
The Psychodagger: Standard "wide spread/low damage" weapon, fires glowing blue spikes at the enemy. Upgrades increase the size of the shot spread as well as making the daggers larger (and more greenish).
The Mindbeam: Piercing green laserbeam with low spread but extremely high damage compared to her other two weapons. Upgrades increase the thickness of the laser and add an additional laser per upgrade. Also makes the shots more purplish in color.
The Seekingbeacon: Single, purple orb-shaped shot that fires slowly and homes in on the nearest target for middling damage. Upgrades add additional orbs (two for each upgrade, topping out at five) and make the orbs more blueish in color.
The Killing Aurora: Bomb. Creates a bright flash of multicolored light that pierces all enemies onscreen.
Sebastian Kalter-- A man in his mid 30s, a mathematical genius and rational mind, as well as a pyrokinetic. All of the upgrades to his weapons turn the flames from red, to blue, to white. His weapons are:
Dragonsbreath: Short-range but powerful "flamethrower" that fires directly infront of Sebastian's Synchro. Upgrades increase the range of the flames.
Flamegattle: Alternates shots between above and below the Synchro at a medium speed for middling damage. Upgrades increase rate of fire and spread of shots.
Meteorshot: Dual homing, long-range shots that resemble small comets. Upgrades increase rate of fire and add two additional arrows per upgrade.
Incendiary Charge: Bomb. Spews fire out in all directions, burning all onscreen enemies to a crisp.
Golem-- An old war veteran held together in an artificial body by his powers, which allow him to control gravity. His is the most difficult Synchro to play as. All of his weapons are so short range that they are nearly melee weaponry.
Gravity Well: Draws enemies close to the front of the Synchro in, using them as a shield until they are destroyed or Golem switches weapons. Upgrades increase the amount of enemies that can be held at a time (up to three).
Gravity Cannon: Powerful, extremely short range dual shot of "gravity missiles". Upgrades increase range slightly.
Gravity Repulsion Thrust: Gives the Synchro a brief speedboost. Upgrades increase the duration of the boost as well as decreasing the cooldown time between uses.
Black Hole: Bomb. Sucks all enemies onscreen into a black hole that the Synchro creates.
No, but it's honestly not any more inaccurate than other encyclopedias. Whether you take that as praise of Wikipedia or condemnation of encyclopedias in general is up to you.
Also it's good for getting the general gist of a topic provided the topic isn't something very general (take a look at their article for "Addition" sometime).
The problem (and they point this out many, many times in their rants about Wikipedia) is Wikipedia will edit or cut out someone's factual addition or edit to an article demanding a citation or something, and the person who made the contribution will show their work or whatnot to prove their assertion and that's not good enough (this is especially bad in areas of niche interest.) Then, they'll turn right around and allow a citation from the likes of a Geocities page on the same thing that's completely wrong.
Or there's the roundabout/rumor being stated as fact. The Sonic game for the Saturn that never came out is an especially good example of this.
1. Someone (who is usually afforded a tiny bit of authority on the subject, sometimes not) on a forum/usenet speculates something about a game/system/etc.
2. Other people start parroting this.
3. Some video game media (web/print) will come across this and print it
4. This is enough for Wikipedia to present it as verifiable fact
5. People who know better (and even those who worked on said game/console) try to fix the error and are rebuffed.
It's not Wikipedia itself being annoying, it's the primadonnas guarding the place that are.
Keith Jarrett (born May 8, 1945 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American pianist and composer. He is considered one of the most important jazz pianists, renowned for his elaborate solo improvisations.
He began piano lessons at the age of two and played for the first time on stage at the age of seven. In 1962 he played a self-composed two-hour concert, without the benefit of any prior formal instruction in orchestration or composition.
Well, the other issue (at least to me) is that Wikipedia got a lot of flak a while ago for being too obsessed with pop culture and current events; people wanted it to have more historical and technical perspective, and fewer detailed articles on things like Slashdot trolls (seriously) or individual Pokémon. So now the articles on, say, biochemistry, are excellent, whereas a random video game that's not a classic will have them screaming for references or shooing you off to Wikia.
I don't know, then. I don't think this is different from how we talk about other online communities that have rubbed people here the wrong way at some point or other, honestly.
The shark in Zestpoole's adventure was intended as a reference to SL's blog, incidentally.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
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and then goes to bed
DUCK...OR YOU'LL BE JUST ANOTHER SHRIMP ON THE BARBIE!
The first Russian paper money.
>see a game with some overly Japanese title
>decide to check it out
OH GOD THE EYES THEY BORE INTO MY VERY SOUL
No, but it's honestly not any more inaccurate than other encyclopedias. Whether you take that as praise of Wikipedia or condemnation of encyclopedias in general is up to you.
Also it's good for getting the general gist of a topic provided the topic isn't something very general (take a look at their article for "Addition" sometime).
If/Only is a horizontal shoot-em-up game designed for the PC by Holographic Skullgames. The plot, such as it is, concerns a trio of "Crystalbloods" (people with psychic powers) and their being drafted to pilot "Synchros" (star fighters that use their powers as both fuel and weapon ammunition) to combat an alien invasion of the otherwise peaceful planet of Eternity. The series is notable for being one of the few shmups where the player character can actually take a hit (or more specifically, three hits, collisions will still kill you dead, though), this--combined with extra lives being given out fairly often and an option to turn unlimited continues on--makes the game fairly easy by shmup standards. Nontheless, the highest difficulty (here called "Gauntlet", unlockable only after beating the game on Hard) turns the game into a full-on danmaku.
The game's characters are as follows, each has three weapons (upgradable twice each) and a bomb, earned every 10,000 points.
Milo Winderlyght-- A girl in her early 20s, the most reluctant of the three Synchro pilots, but willing to do her duty to save her planet, her psychic abilities let her conjure and shape energy. Her weapons are:
Sebastian Kalter-- A man in his mid 30s, a mathematical genius and rational mind, as well as a pyrokinetic. All of the upgrades to his weapons turn the flames from red, to blue, to white. His weapons are:
Golem-- An old war veteran held together in an artificial body by his powers, which allow him to control gravity. His is the most difficult Synchro to play as. All of his weapons are so short range that they are nearly melee weaponry.
:P
Agree/disagree?
So I think I kinda get what Spinoza is saying but I'm not sure if I agree with it.
And I don't really think that I know enough about philosophy to take a firm stance on this.
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Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
The shark in Zestpoole's adventure was intended as a reference to SL's blog, incidentally.
Odd.
Oh yes