I’ve watched every episode of The Simpsons and every Star Wars film and TV show.

Which kind of fan am I?

But us in the middle who pretend we’re smart

The trick you’ll learn is that everyone is just pretending. The more your learn the more you realize you don’t know.

I think the run back is fun for some people and I think the game should deliver the best version they can for those people. For me, it’s just not fun. The reward is smaller than the frustration it causes.

It took Silksong coming out for me to identify why I wasn’t a fan of Hollow Knight, and it’s touched on in this video.

It’s the runback.

The Dark Souls series of games have the same “problem”, and it’s why I don’t enjoy them either.

I’m a huge fan of Celeste, Super Meat Boy, the Ori series. When I fail at these games, I’m right back in the action.

I’m not against having to learn boss patterns, I really enjoyed Cuphead because after I’ve failed I’m right back in the action.

And while it’s an easier game by comparison, Shovel Knight was a fun game. The checkpoints were plentifully and I could increase the difficulty by destroying them.

But when I played Hollow Knight I reached a point where I was just running to the boss and dying. Then again. And again. And again. I wasn’t getting better. And the time it took to get back just took too long and wasn’t fun. It wasn’t a rage quit. I was having fun at one point… But then the game wore me down and eventually it wasn’t.

I don’t think the game needs to change. Although I think adding difficultly modifiers would be a good idea. I played through Metroid Dread on normal difficulty and after beating it was having so much fun I immediately played it again on Hard difficulty. If there were a mode with more checkpoints in Hollow Knight and Silksong I might give them a shot.

I think to even it out hovering would have to be free, or maybe a very slow descent. I don’t want people to be able to rest in the air, specifically so they can’t cross oceans. I guess flying at 4 mph across an ocean is already a hard/long enough task.

Let’s try flying.

You can fly, but you still have to put in the same amount of effort as if you couldn’t fly.

For example if you want to fly over a house it would be at the same speed as climbing a ladder and taking an equal amount of time.

Or if you wanted to fly a mile away it would be the same as running or walking a mile. Also if you want to carry someone or something, how fast could you move while doing it? Same as on the ground or in the air.

Basically you still get the convenience of flying, but you have to put in all the work.

I don’t think it has any apps by default, or if it did I removed them. I just plugged in an Android TV and that seems to be working just fine.

But the TV itself isn’t connected to the Internet and it doesn’t bug me to connect and the default is just a nice background image without pestering me.

I bought an LG in 2014 and it lasted ~10 years before the backlight died. I bought a new LG that has a bunch of smart features but I’ve never connected it to the Internet, and it’s largely stayed out of my way and not been annoying.

So I guess LG has been good for me.

True, but this book is the best thing Microsoft has made.

Self-destruct.

You don’t even need to be a Pokemon to do it. I’ve been succeeding at this move for years.

After you updated the config did you update-initramfs or update-grub (I forget which flags might be needed off hand).

Since this is happening pre-boot it isn’t reading from /etc.

Not my daughter, you bitch!

It’s a great character moment for the Weasley matriarch.

who needs the web?

Generative AI that’s who. For it to spit out information, it needs information. The argument may be that it is better at collecting all that information in one place and returning an answer, although we know it hallucinates responses. But to even begin a response it needs data, it needs the web.

1. The original run, ending with “The Devil’s Hands Are Idle Playthings” where Fry writes an opera about Leela.
2. The film run, ending with “Into the Wild Green Yonder” where the Planet Express crew is on the run from Zap and enters a wormhole.
3. The Comedy Central run, ending with “Meanwhile” where time freezes for everyone but Fry & Leela who live a life together until the Professor resets everything.
4. The Hulu run, ongoing. Both seasons so far ended with a Fry/Leela love story that give off a “finale” vibe. I expect the show won’t be renewed and whatever finale is next will end this era.

It’s an interesting dataset, but I do think it’s interesting that they’re looking at followers versus viewers.

Looking just at YouTube, Joe Rogan has ~20 million YouTube subscribers, but his videos average 0.5 million to 1.3 million views.

I don’t know much about the other services, but followers might be inflating their size. It is likely doing so evenly, so the left leaning bubbles should also be smaller.

In the article itself they did look at some of the views where right leaning viewership was nearly double left leaning viewership, so it is still notable, but the breakdown would be interesting.

That is true. Voice acting starring role works just fine. He is still just himself, but himself is a panda so it works.

I’ve found Jack Black works best when he appears in a supporting role. When he’s the main character he takes the entire film and makes it “Jack Black the Film”.

Put him in something like Tropic Thunder? He fits great. Have him lead School of Rock? It’s too much.

E. T.

I don’t care that it was rated P. G., they killed my friend and I was just as sad as Elliot. The tubes and the quarantine were absolutely terrifying to me as a child and even seeing clips nowadays gives sends a shiver down my spine. Just sadness and fear.

Assuming a single game, Minecraft. It should be a kids museum style where you can build things. You can make each room a different biome or structure.