The_Picard_Maneuver

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

On my very first watch of TNG, I was so annoyed the first couple of times I saw Lwaxana or Q dominate an episode, but by the end of the series I was cheering every time they showed up!

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

Yes… I must expell the frustration

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

I hope the ramen rocks

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

“it was just a prank”

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago (edited 17 days ago)

Omg, thanks! I noticed that it had hit a million recently, and I was thinking about writing up a post to commemorate it and maybe share some thoughts about my experience posting like a madman on the fediverse for 6-7 months so far. If I do, it’ll probably be on the c/fediverse community, unless anyone can think of a more fitting one.

I’m also surprised it’s still visible! My instance upgraded to 0.19 recently, which supposedly takes away the upvote count from your profile view. I was secretly hoping to make it to one million before the upgrade happened… Lol

(Edit: also glad to hear you got into TNG!)

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

Yeah, I guess it must be instance dependent to view it. And even then, it’s also probably limited by what posts/comments are visible to the viewer based on federation.

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

https://i.giphy.com/3o6ZsUJ44ffpnAW7Dy.webp

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

You and me both then

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

I still play games frequently, but in MUCH shorter sessions. I’m also gravitating more toward slower strategic/tactical games that can be paused at any time.

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

(disclaimer: I didn’t make this meme, but I do share the sentiment of rapidly losing focus/mental energy when gaming now.)

Favorite of all time? The SNES. It felt like the peak of 2d graphics before the slate got wiped clean for 3d, so we saw a ton of great games from devs that had been playing/creating 2d games for decades.

Favorite currently? PC. I have a switch, steam deck, and PS5 as well, but 99% of my playtime is on PC.

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

Exactly! And don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of great indie 2d games out there now, but back in the SNES days, these were THE devs. You can tell the difference in polish from having been made by the biggest and best studios.

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

Are there more games out there or something?

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago (edited 15 days ago)

Oh yeah, it all started with the arcades. There was a whole culture attached to it, and they were very popular.

I think it’s fascinating to learn about how the developers figured out how to do things back then, the limitations, scaling/distribution, and then the rapid arms race between customers and devs to make games harder and harder to beat. There was an excellent documentary about this on Netflix a few years ago, but I can’t remember the name off the top of my head.

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

Outer Wilds (not The Outer Worlds)

Thank you for this distinction! I’ve heard people rave about Outer Wilds and all this time thought they were talking about Outer Worlds, which surprised me because I thought Outer Worlds was boring. Taking a look at gameplay now!

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

If you take care of your words now, then your words will take care of you later.

The_Picard_Maneuver, 8 months ago

It’s just a common shitpost format out there that’s playing off of those unironic religious posts that you might see on FB or something. I see good/bad get flipped back and forth as part of the joke.

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