I feel the same way. For the 30 or so dollars I spent as an early backer I’ve actually had some fun times in the game, and I don’t actually think it’s quite the total loss that people make it out to be, but it certainly should be far, far better than it is after a decade and 600m dollars invested in it.
Yes. 44, Australian, drove a manual until very recently actually.
In Australia (Queensland at least) you have to pass a manual driving test in order to be legally allowed to drive a manual vehicle. At the time I was getting my license (1995 - 96) manual vehicles were still extremely common, plus I like driving a manual so it made sense for me.
I would never claim that this is better than the original, but for me at least, Primal Scream’s version of the 13th floor elevators song Slip Inside This House is the perfect cover because it retains the psychedelic 60’s summer of love spirit of the original song while making it utterly contemporary (for the time it was released anyway, although to me it still sounds pretty fresh).
It’s not college radio but 4zzz is a community radio station in my home town of Brisbane, Australia that’s effectively the same kind of thing and has an online stream:
Thanks, yeah I saw the post in this thread about the other pinned post. I’ll add this later when I have some more time to write it up in the format requested for that thread.
And thanks for the link to the brisbane thread, but I’m already subbed over there 😀
I don’t think it’s super obscure, but I home brew beer and it’s a hobby where you can really go deep into the technicalities of tweaking recipes, building equipment, and just the overall process in a way that would probably bore the average non-brewer to death.
I agree, and I have a lot of fun doing it. But I doubt that the average person would be interested in a discussion about yeast attenuation or which water profile to use for a particular style of beer.
I still think it’s worth watching from season 1 - there are a couple of pretty good episodes and it sets up some stuff that comes back later on, like building the park in the vacant lot. Plus, it’s only 6 episodes IIRC.
My assumption was they were trying to shoehorn in the gang as a throwback to greaser hotrod culture (by way of mod scooter culture) since George Lucas was into that when he was a teenager, but it was so jarringly bad in an already bad series that it just came across as cringy and laughable. It didn’t help that those scenes were filmed incredibly clumsily and all the scooter gang characters were annoyingly tryhard.
First time I got to the barn I heard this repetitive thumping sound and assumed there was some kind of goblin machine working away in there. I definitely did not expect to find THAT happening in there lol
I mean, if you want recommendations for other movies like this then you should probably check out Shane Black’s very similar precursor called Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.
The Neutrogena ultra mist spray is really good. It goes on clear, isn’t greasy and the high SPF ones work exceptionally well. I’ve bought it in the US at a CVS before and didn’t have to get it over the counter…but maybe that’s only a thing in some states?
World’s First Electric Aircraft Flight Powered by New Liquid Hydrogen–Flew for 3 Hours (www.goodnewsnetwork.org)
Star Citizen reaches $600 million raised but the game future is really worrying (gamerkick.com)
Nintendo demoed Switch 2 to developers at Gamescom (www.eurogamer.net)
It’s real. After all those years.
[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 21 - An alternative song you like with a PERSON'S NAME in the title.
Sorry for the delay! Early meetings at work today…...
Can you drive a manual transmission?
And where are you from? And how old? Not “do you” but just if you know how....
[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 18 - An alternative song from the year you were BORN! 👶 (lemmy.world)
DAY 18 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!...
[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 15 - An alternative song you like that's a COVER of another artist. (lemmy.world)
DAY 14 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!...
No VFX in ‘Oppenheimer’? “Clearly Not True” Says Film’s Oscar-Winning VFX Supervisor (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
Andrew Jackson reflects on creating the Manhattan Project's Trinity Test, for which he says no CG was involved.
The 7 Best College Radio Stations You Can Listen to Online (coolmaterial.com)
Also shout out to “The Space” KSPC 88.7 FM Pomona College, Claremont, California.
What is a hobby you enjoy, but seems too quirky or obscure to bring up in most conversations?
Mine would be creating pen and paper ciphers for my made up secret communication needs.
What show took you the longest to get into?
I recently decide to watch Curb Your Enthusiasm and I only really started to enjoy the show after season four....
[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 11 - An alternative song that you NEVER get tired of 🙌 🙌 🙌 (lemmy.world)
DAY 11 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!...
What are the worst scenes in all of star wars?
Like the Leia getting force powers out of nowhere in space. Sheesh.
In 15 hours I barged into a barn where two monsters were having sex, accidentally became worshiped by fish people and lost my eye to an amateur surgeon.
This sounds like somebody’s Saturday RPG session recap. Larian have managed to capture the spirit of this quite well!...
TIL the FBI struggled to hire hackers because of a rule that required applicants to have not smoked marijuana for the past 3 years (www.nydailynews.com)
[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 8 - An alternative song about drugs and/or alcohol. 😮💨🍻 (lemmy.world)
DAY 8 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!...
[30 Day Song Challenge: Alternative Nation Edition] Day 5 - An alternative song that needs to be played LOUD!!! 💥 (lemmy.world)
DAY 5 of the 30 Day Song Challenge, alternative music styles!...
[discussion] The Nice Guys (2016)
I put this on the other day not really knowing what it was and I loved every second of it....
New S.C. law lets students bring sunscreen to school without a doctor’s note (www.wistv.com)