MoogleMaestro

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cross-posted from: https://lemmus.org/post/21451196

Aretha Collection 1993-1995 is being developed for PS5, PS4, and Nintendo Switch, and is set to include Aretha the Super Famicom (1993), Aretha II: Ariel no Fushigi-na Tabi (1994), and Rejoice: Aretha Oukoku no Kanata (1995).

It will launch in Japan on July 30th, priced at 8,580 yen, and will also be available as a physical deluxe edition (PS5 and Nintendo Switch only), priced at 16,280 yen, which includes an illustrated booklet, a large acrylic stand, a jigsaw puzzle, and a soundtrack CD...

Sadly, none of the games in the Aretha series ever got an official English release, and we imagine it's probably unlikely this collection will reach the West.

Looks like there's a fan translation for the first game at least on ROMhacking.net.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Really love the manga so I was excited for the show.

I'm a bit concerned that the pacing of the TV show is a bit slow and would have preferred that the Mother/Daughter interaction was handled a little bit more abridged compared to the manga. Comic pacing can generally be a bit more punctual despite covering a lot more due to pacing being "flexible" based on reader engagement, if that makes sense.

Overall though a very faithful adaptation. But I do worry that some people might bounce off the show if it doesn't "get to the point" fast enough, I've seen people seemingly thinking this will be a magical girl slice of life show and it definitely isn't that...

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45310001

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/45309948

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90% of the time right means 10% of the time wrong, huge deal when you deal with billions of queries! **

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Also, I mean, if people don't like it they don't have to use bluseky to use the app you've made.🤷‍♀️ It doesn't really change that some people out there might like to use both.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Damn poor Charlie Brown.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I always go mint chocolate chip when I'm getting my own ice cream.

It's really rare for me to opt into getting a tub of it, as often I'm getting that for multiple guests or whatever, and forcing mint chocolate chip on everyone in that circumstance feels like forcing Hawaiian pizza on others at a party. So when I'm getting a scoop in store, it's like "now's my chance!"

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How will this be achieved? I'd be curious to see if a really rudimentary estimation is used based on GPU benchmarks internally (like an estimation kernel trained of Valve's internal benchmarking of machines against the steam machine, for example.)

 

Does anyone know of any games that have arcade-style pick up and play but also feature some element of long form gameplay? This can be in the form of some narrative, a meta game or something in between.

The only example I can think of that I've played is Catherine, a puzzle-arcade game with a visual novel that bridges the game's individual levels.

Indie games or retro games are both applicable.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

Makes you wonder what they're going to do with all this hardware they're buying? I hope that they (the ultra rich) are the ones to hold the bag for once in their lives.

Just kidding, they'll probably get a bailout from our (US) corrupt government.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It works really well through wine. It's a little setup but it isn't too bad imo.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Thankfully there are still some games that have custom server support, but they're mostly in the open source space.

I really agree that, with the way gaming has gone, custom servers are going to be a necessity. The only problem is that people generally like the consistency and usability of match-making services which would also need to be open sourced, but I think there are probably clever ways to design around this (for example, servers belong to tags and users have to opt-in and opt-out of tags, and game master server lists are responsible for administering these tags.)

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Nice, might like to check it out myself now.

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44980848

Today's game is Mario Kart 64. It's been a while since I played this, and today I had a killer sinus headache from whatever fucked me up the other day. I couldn't sleep, but I didn't want to just sit around doing nothing, so I booted this up and played some time trials.

Why time trials? I like just driving around and taking a look at different aspects of the game, and when you're having shells hurled at you every so often, it's a little harder. Like one thing I noticed here were the lights were flat 2D textures on the ceiling. I'm sure some people are going "Well duh", but I'm always driving so fast I never notice that kind of stuff, so it's kind of a fun detail for me to notice.

There's also this river in Frappe Snowland, which I just stopped to look at. It made me wonder where it went when we don't see it. I know at some point it wraps around and we jump over it at the start, but I feel like there's a whole bunch there we don't see, and it got me wondering. There's a free cam in the decomp I was playing, but I didn't want to ruin the “illusion," so I left it be. At least for now.

I also wanted to talk about this track's music. I feel like "snow" music falls into two categories: cheery and slow, almost sad tracks. Almost always, I feel like it's the latter. This one falls into cheery, though, which is a plus from me.

Then finally, I wanted to talk about Rainbow Road. I ended up sitting idle for a second while helping someone with something, and I ended up realizing that the Chain Chomps move. It's a little detail, and I'm sure others have seen it. But I never noticed they moved along the course. I always assumed they stayed in the same general area. I suppose it makes sense though.

Also wanted to talk about this track's music. In the past, I've talked about the length, but I think the music deserves a mention too. With the length, it feels like a long, winding victory lap. And the music reflects that. You've got your metaphorical "hands" in the air, and you're driving down the road celebrating. Once you get so far ahead of the other bots, I feel like they stop mattering, rubber banding or not. I think that's kind of what makes this my favorite Rainbow Road. All the others feel like they're trying to be hard and a challenge, but this one just kind of decided to be a celebration of all you've done. And I think that's kind of cool in a way that it accomplishes this.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 34 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (16 children)

I couldn't believe how many people bought that Harry Potter game that came out like 2 years ago. Not only was the game shitty looking ubishlock, but also we've known for years just how f***ed up jk rowling is as a person.

Having said that, as I child I remember protesting against the school trying to encourage me to buy Harry Potter at the school book faire. I get now that they were only trying to encourage me to read by suggesting a popular book, but I really didn't like the cult-like obsession around this book even as a kid, so I've had bad vibes around the book series since the very-late 90s lol.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Whoa is that true?

Also, I feel like I completely blocked this commercial out of memory until recently. I think I somehow glossed over just how strange the vibes of that commercial were because I feel like I would have remembered it more lmao.

[–] MoogleMaestro@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jeans, yes definitely. The material is pretty thick and it's a good way to ensure it's clean. Also, it prevents the metal parts from bashing the inside of the washing machine.

I'm not actually positive it's better for cleaning, but it's just how my mother taught me how to do laundry when I was a child. :)

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