Yeah, I think 24 FPS is my sweet spot for most things. Soap operas and the like are just weird to look at by comparison.
I'm still getting used to the idea of every video game ever going at 60 all the time-- it depends on the game for me, but 3D g…
Even though a mouse and keyboard isn't the utter ideal setup for, say, a character action game, there are still simple control schemes that can generate lots of gameplay depth.
WASD to move, space to evade, left mouse to attack, right mouse to block…
In general, the standard RTS-derived MOBA feels weird to me. I can see the progression from Warcraft 3 to DOTA as a mod, but the MOBA genre's RTS control scheme and small scale is a combination that just does not make sense to me.
@Kextruct
I like the essence of it, especially your approach to abstraction. Your HP value is an abstract measurement of an individual's overall endurance against adversity, not just physical trauma; plenty of scenarios will feel weightier with a po…
It's difficult for me to explain with much depth. I'm no horseman.
In terms of raw sword design, though, the only common factor appears to be a taste for length. While the Roman spatha will end up being a very standard kind of infantry sword, it be…
Technique and systemic framework. The traits of an option usually represent deliberate, technical preferences within a region, culture, or style -- as you point out. There are exceptions, though, where the design really can be crucial. Blade length …
So there are all these fucking YouTube videos, right? Katana vs. European longsword. Some of these videos point at their own vapidness, but that doesn't matter 'cause they all miss the crucial fucking thing. One edge? Two? Straight, curved, or cheat…
I sympathise with some of these points, but let's not get too self-congratulatory. If we're complaining about being othered, in essence, then it's worth averting comparable patterns to that behaviour. We can't ultimately be sure what the internal th…
For me, it's not so much about the quantity of information delivered, but the means of delivery. 'Cause we have these upbeat strings pushing our attention forward, but for the most part, the trailer is shots of characters without context or drama. S…
That is a damned shame.
I get the feeling that it's exacerbated by the fact that Japanese 3D animators intentionally cut frames to try to make it look more like 2D animation, and it's just the worst stylistic tic because it doesn't work at all.
It …
I would say that the appeal of metal as a whole is even harder to define than that, because of how big and diverse that tent is now. Stoner doom bears no resemblance to power metal, and so progressive thrash to funk-metal and so forth. Death metal c…
So the new Berserk anime is pretty mediocre. The second episode was narratively... fine? But the visuals and audio are so clunky and graceless. Using 3D animation was a fine idea, but the animators seem to be learning as they go; there's all these a…
...are you defending Jeremih on the basis of album material or something? Because *nothing* I have heard of his has ever remotely impressed me.
I'm not saying he has any deep, strong understanding of modern hip-hop and R&B here. I'm just saying…
Mead is fantastic; it's the strength of a port wine without being too strong in flavour. Then there's always vodka, the Slavic army knife of mixers (your orange juice is now more fun). But my favoured alternative to beer is cider.
I guess beer is o…
SAO is the best looking trash fire of recent anime history. I didn't even make it up to the described point, though, because of how damned empty the experience was for me. Kirito begins the show as this fully-formed messiah character that never deve…
at the risk of coming across as a braggart I found this moment amusing
I run a Karrthus deck IRL and this is my pod's standard way of dealing with it.
In more strategic terms, not casting Karrthus usually prevents opponents from playing clones, …
Destroying nonbasics is an amazing tool in Commander, where there are plenty of combo pieces and value effects to eliminate. A deck like Prossh can also use that to immense effect, literally just to destroy random nonbasics to deplete your opponents…
doesn't "classical" just mean "anything older than X years old" basically though?
"Classical" was an anachronism in its own time, denoting influence drawn from premedieval (i.e. Classical or literally antiquated) concepts. The issue here is that t…
doesn't "classical" just mean "anything older than X years old" basically though?
"Classical" was an anachronism in its own time, denoting influence drawn from premedieval (i.e. Classical or literally antiquated) concepts. The issue here is that the…
Either being the female potential inheritor of a kingdom; the female sovereign of a principality; or, more generally than the first, the daughter of a king, queen, or sovereign prince or princess.
I haven't heard anything concrete about what England and the EU do for one another? Does the EU make laws/regulations for all of its nations to follow? Do the nations of the EU get trade benefits with one another?
How does it work, tax-wise?
Is t…
Doesn't matter. What all do I have to show for it? All I've done for MONTHS is survive
Sometimes the best one can do for a while is hold on. It's a common enough reality. From my perspective, though, simply surviving independently in this context i…