JoshuaSlowpoke777

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[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In a roundabout way, you could argue both were factors.

Twitter’s echo chamber becoming cacophonous with spite and worse means less people visiting the site, and refusal to support the site would be a better look, but that pr move might be easier on the corporate wallet as well.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, maybe it would make more sense to just hook up an electrical mimic-fireplace to a fusion reactor’s electrical output, than to use the actual helium plasma exhaust to mimic flames, come to think of it.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

No, that still probably wouldn’t work out, as the other comments have pointed out. Just clarifying that the dangerous aspects of what I asked wouldn’t involve uranium in particular.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world -1 points 6 months ago (5 children)

True, but I was specifically talking about nuclear fusion, which would entail helium/hydrogen plasma rather than fissionable material.

 

When I say “fake fireplace”, I mean something like those structures fueled by fossil methane that produce flame and heat but obviously don’t burn actual wood

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago (8 children)

I mean, I agree with the meme completely, but I’d also want to turn around in their arms and cuddle them right back. I’m a fan of both hugging and being hugged, and it might be a sensory thing.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago (3 children)

One one hand, I don’t trust Kotaku articles as far as I can throw them. On the other hand, I’m hoping the “major games going out of stock” part isn’t gonna be a problem in terms of historical preservation of these games.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

So I’m guessing the chart is telling me that non-phone-nor-Switch/Deck handhelds don’t even have a niche scene, by comparison?

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

And oddly, it also seems like handheld dipped into near-nothingness even sooner than arcades (perhaps due to things like the Switch and the Steam Deck merging the former field into PCs and consoles, I guess?). How common were arcades when the original version of the Nintendo Switch came out (2017-ish)?

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

I am especially bad about the “clenched jaw” part, so thanks much for the reminder

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Arguably, whether this turns out decent or atrocious may depend, in part, on whether it’s a straight adaptation of the games (removes sensory elements that games and film don’t have in common, causing serious issues); or if it’s something that would fit better in a film, albeit taking place in Hyrule.

It may also depend on whether portions of the production team actively dislike the source material (cough cough Netflix Witcher cough cough)

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Didn’t think the modern-day incarnation of Atari even had interest in games anymore. I could’ve sworn an entirely unrelated company bought the name when the original Atari died out.

[–] JoshuaSlowpoke777@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Silly question, but if Acclaim is gone, who has the rights to this franchise to authorize a remaster? I don’t think I was ever taught what happens when a corporation dies.

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