MacNCheezus

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[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

This is the plot to Halo 4, isn't it.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

The act of Love was that after demonstrating his commitment, God allowed him to dip out at the last second and sacrifice a goat instead.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

It's hard to tell how many people lived on the Death Star, but according to Wikipedia, the first one had a diameter of 160 km, while the second was 200 km. Unlike a planet, of course, people did not live on the surface, but on the inside, although presumably a lot of the interior was also dedicated to electrical systems like power generators, life support systems, and the infamous trash compactor. Also, the population would have likely been limited by the amount of food available, which either would have been constantly required to be flown in, or grown on-board (say, in hydroponic farms, which would also take up a lot of space).

Meanwhile, Alderaan was a whole planet, which unlike, say, Tatooine, is depicted as being very earth-like, with plenty of water and huge continents rich in flora and vegetation, so it could have potentially supported a very large population (say, a billion people or more), especially since the society there was also technologically advanced.

I did ask AI about this and I got estimates of around 1.7-2M people living on the Death Star, and about 2-3B for Alderaan. So destroying Alderaan was very likely the bigger war crime.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That stuff might make you live longer but what's the point if you can't enjoy it?

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

Unfortunately the most effective potions for that are all banned by the wizarding council.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago

Or else it gets blank pages again.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

Sorry, she’s not open source.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

I didn't know wizard gangsta rap was a thing but now I want more

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Or pay more attention in potions class and brew up some sort of love elixir...

 
[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

Put another dime in the jukebox, baby

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 14 points 3 days ago

I understood that reference.

 
 
 
 

They look so damn similar, from the style and color of their armor down to their behavioral traits. Seems like Bungie simply saw the success that Doom had over their Marathon series and thought to themselves "you know what our next game needs? A massively overpowered super soldier in green high tech armor who spouts sarcastic one liners in the face of an overwhelming alien invasion" and went to town with that concept. And it worked like a charm, they cranked out six massively successful games before id/Bethesda decided it was time to reboot the Doom franchise 2016.

Perhaps it was payback for them to give Doomguy the Crucible in the reboot games (which looks a lot like the energy sword from Halo), but I can't help but think these two are essentially the same character.

 
 

I'm sure you'll have no trouble recognizing who this is...

 
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