A tumblelog of sorts. Microblog-like status updates, short notes, reposts, logs of things I've found.
2023 January
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@prijks I am surprised this format (with the content warning) works with the bot, I hadn't handled it explicitly! Thanks for helping test!
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This was very, very good. I wasn't sure what to expect; I thought it was going to be some stabby serial-killer thing, but the whole black comedy vibe and the rising tension were executed very well. Ralph Fiennes gives an excellent performance as the chef delivering the menu.
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Currently the first and only PH blog listed on ooh.directory. We need more PH bloggers!
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EEAAO is so different from the usual Oscars fare I can only imagine all the Oscars people sitting at a table and looking at each other in disbelief. "Really? We're really nominating this?!?"
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Spy X Family: Been watching this for a few weeks now. Slowed down a bit because Netflix lost the English dubs in the second half of the season. The show is surprisingly funny given it's premise. Anya being secretly a telepath but also being an idiot provides for a hilarious POV and is a good contrast to Loid's hypercompetent and always serious superspy persona. Yor is a bit underdeveloped as a character, but I guess it's early still. Even the side characters which I initially thought would be annoying end up having hilarious motivations. I enjoyed the season enough that I started reading the manga on the Shonen Jump app, although that jumps me some 40 issues ahead I think, but I guess that's fine?!?
The wikipedia entry says the "X" in the title is silent, but I'll just keep pronouncing it the way I've been pronouncing "Hunter X Hunter" all these years.
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That 90s Show dropped on Netflix this past week, I already finished the season. I think they did a good job nailing the general mood of the show and the 90s aesthetic, though it feels a bit like it's trying too hard at some points. The compressed season length doesn't give the characters much space to developer, so compared to the original show, everything feels a bit rushed or crammed in.
Let's face it, we're all here for the cameos from the original show anyway. It was weird seeing Wilder Valderama be Fez again when I've been watching him be all serious in NCIS. Out of all the returning cameos, Laura Prepon is the one who looks the most different from when she was on the original show. Topher Grace looks like he never left!
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Posted on r/fireTV: Why is the Prime Video app on Fire Stick so bad?
I set up a Fire Stick on my Mom's non-smart TV so she can watch Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video, and the PV app is without question the worst of these.
The two main problems:
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it always logs in as the main profile (mine) instead of the subprofile I made for my mom. I would prefer having a profile selection screen whenever you open the app (the app for LG WebOS does this)
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the Options menu (available while playing via the hamburger button the remote) doesn't highlight where you are currently on the menu. Whenever I want to change the audio or subtitle settings, I need to guess where I am on the menu and hope I hit the correct one instead of "Go back to beginning" which happens way too often. My mom and dad don't understand how I'm able to navigate this menu at all and I can't really explain it to them
Any suggestions for working around the above problems? Or is there some setting I've missed that can fix these?
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2023 Arena Open attempt no. 1: Kaldheim Sealed. Finished 2-3 =/
Before I went in, I reviewed my Kaldheim Limited Review, and it looks like I did terribly in that format. So it's not surprising that I didn't too well this time either!
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Posted on r/MarvelUnlimited: Does is anyone know why Captain America #400 is incomplete on MU?
It only has the main story from operation galatic storm. Looks like there should also be backups with falcon and usagent rescuing dman and diamondback/crossbones origin story
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@jikodesu do you need to have the DDG app as the default browser to use this?
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@Westraid Happy birthday!
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I have unfollowed 95% of my Twitter follows. Don't worry, I'm probably still following you via a list. My DMs are no longer open. They're only ever crypto spam bots nowadays anyway. My website will always tell you how to contact me: https://roytang.net/page/about/contact/
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I like this new CGI animation style, everything looks cool. The plot is pretty by the numbers for a DC thing, but the banter between the boys is great.
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Didn't know what to expect but was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was going to be a straightforward, if slightly creepy, murder mystery set in the 1830s, but the last 20 minutes or so really blew me away. Excellent tone and atmosphere as well, really fits the events of the film. Some scenes seemed unnecessarily too dark though.
Christian Bale gave a good performance as usual, but Harry Melling was just excellent as Edgar Allan Poe. Also, I was surprised to learn only upon reading the credits that Gillian Anderson and Robert Duvall were in the film, I did not recognize them at all!
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I haven't seen this before, but that scene where Will is at a bar taking down some guy talking about economics? I've seen it on the internet so many times, I figured I should go watch the film already.
This film came out in 1997 when I was in maybe the 2nd year of college and I feel like back then I would not have appreciated the themes of talent, ambition, fear and regret that encompass Will's journey in this film.
I can see why it's regarded as a modern-day classic. The film alternates between light-hearted moments and gut-wrenching conflict. The script is excellent (Best Original Screenplay Oscar was well-deserved!) and Williams and Damon gave really good performances. I am not sure if Damon or Affleck have ever been in films this good since then.
Disappointed at no title drop. I wanted Sean to say at some point "That's good, Will Hunting."
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There is no better indication of the attitude towards books in this country than the so-called "National Bookstore" selling mostly school supplies and not a lot of books
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Submitted Untitled Shooty Game 2 to LudumDare52 Compo with a bit more than an hour to spare!
https://hungryroy.itch.io/untitled-shooty-game-2
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/52/untitled-shooty-game-2-the-harvesting
#LDJam #LudumDare #GameJam #GameDev
Blog post sometime this week. For now, I am just really tired.
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Playing Citizen Sleeper https://www.twitch.tv/twitchyroy #twitch
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Survey: What was your favorite movie/tv show/game/other media you consumed in 2022?
