u/Pixel_Python

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Trying to do Prophet insane, doesn't help when he glitches himself out of the map and I have to restart my run lol

While I'm not a huge cryptid believer, I do love hearing various folk tales and today I learned about one dubbed the "Van Meter Visitor"

For those who don't know, in the 1900s there were stories in the small town of Van Meter, IA surrounding a large winged creature (wing arms like a bat) that terrorized the town. While there are a few slightly different intepretations from those who saw it, the overwhelming majority I've seen are very identifiable as a a pterodactyl.

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Sketch from a witness, just to really show y'all how close to a pterodactyl this thing is.

While there are some things (i.e. shooting a beam of light from it's face or a terrible stench) that aren't really present in Gravity Falls' pterodactyl, listen to the rest of the story, would you? The residents of the town, fed up with the "Visitor," chased it down to a local coal mine where they found another, smaller version of the same creature before they disappeared for good.

For those who don't remember Land Before Swine, allow me to remind you of the plot: The pterodactyl comes out of nowhere and starts terrorizing the small town of Gravity Falls, OR, from the sherrif/deputy to the Pines family. After stealing Waddles, the Pines go to Old Man McGucket to try and confront it, to which he says that he found it going off to the abandoned mines. They all decide to chase the pterodactyl into the local mine and find a baby pterodactyl. After the confrontation, Stan knocks out the pterodactyl and the mine collapses, leaving it to disappear for good (except for Weirdmageddon I think).

I haven't heard anyone else point this out, but chasing a pterodactyl-like creature that screwed up the town into a coal mine and finding a smaller version of the same creature is far too similar to be a pure coincidence, even by Alex Hirsch's standards.

What do y'all think of this? Anyone ever heard of the Van Meter Visitor before this?

I understand that we can all get tired of Get Lucky, it’s oftentimes the only Daft Punk song you’ll hear out in the open, but I’ve noticed in the fandom that people conflate overplaying with genuine lack of quality.

Get Lucky is quite a good song in my opinion, up there with most of Random Access Memories (and this is speaking as someone whose favorite album is R.A.M.). The radio edit is definitely more pop-y and less Daft Punk feeling, but the full version is very similar to the other collab songs on the album. As well, it serves as a good shift in tone from the somber end of Touch, a well-needed lightening of the mood.

One complaint I see with the song is that there isn’t enough of the robots—which I do somewhat agree with—but let’s not discredit Pharrell Williams performance here, he did a good job. As well, it’s not like songs without the robots are a rarity either; One More Time, Too Long, and Instant Crush are all phenomenal songs without any robots singing or distorted vocals (outside of some basic autotune).

If you don’t care for Get Lucky, I’m not one to convince you to like it; you have your opinions and I have mine. That being said, y’all saying it’s the duo’s worst song is nonsensical. Thomas, GuyMan, Pharrell, and Nile all did a fantastic job that warrants at least a little respect, no?

I was looking at leaks for Fortnite for it's upcoming gaming-based season, and I saw that Pac-Man is on the roster of stuff rumored, and it made me think about Pac-Man for a meaningful way in the first time ever. "Wow," I think to myself, "WTF has Pac-Man ever done?" I understand the first game is legendary, it's one the most recognizable video games outside of Mario, everyone knows PAC-MAN! But like... what has that done other than get people to play other video games?

"Pac-Man isn't just his original game!" You may say, "Pac-Man has had games for 45 years!" What games? I can name you 4 games: PAC-MAN, Ms. PAC-MAN, PAC-LAND, and PAC-MAN WORLD. Ms. PAC-MAN I've heard has better AI compared to the original, okay fine; it was a sequel released 2 years after the original in the 80s, that's a fine development for the time, but is it really worth mentioning?

PAC-LAND is the only possible thing that it's done to directly influence games instead of just... getting people to play games. From what I've heard, it was a pioneer in the 2D platformer genre that led to stuff like Super Mario Bros. and Ghosts 'n Goblins (it also influenced Pac-Man's "character" and characterization for future entries I guess), but is that it? Miyamoto said to Pac-Man's creator that it was an influence in the development for SMB, but it wasn't just a better Pac-Land, it was a game to succeed the tech of Excitebike and a couple other games of theirs. Without PAC-LAND, maybe SMB would've been somewhat different, but I doubt it would've been drastically so.

Other than PAC-MAN being PAC-MAN and PAC-LAND having been an INFLUENCE on bigger and better games, has the yellow orb done anything but cash-grab? PAC-MAN WORLD is an okay 3d platformer at best with 2 worse sequels, there's probably a dozen random spin-offs that went nowhere, and then Bandai-Namco pivoted to just re-releasing the original for another dozen entries. "Hey guys! This time play PAC-MAN... on your phone!" "Oh, how about you play PAC-MAN... like a battle royale?" "Ooh this time, play PAC-MAN as a battle royale... AGAIN, but this time tailcoating off the success of a better battle royale with a similar premise (Tetris 99)"

For the amount of success and legend status this dumbass has, for every random 3D TV show he gets or for every guest appearance/cameo he has (Wreck-It Ralph, Pixels, Super Smash Bros. 4 and Ultimate), Bandai Namco has done nothing to justify its continuation instead of killing off the sunnavabitch.

Say what you will about Mario, Mario can make good fucking games outside of just being popular. Super Mario World is lauded as being one of—if not THE—best 2D platformers of all time. Super Mario 64 not only innovated the 3D platformer genre, but also managed to be the GREATEST of all time in many's eyes. Every 3D entry has had a lot of love, from Sunshine to Galaxy to Odyssey. Fuck, 2D Mario is still continuing and people loved Wonder. That's before you even get into the spinoff games; where Pac-Man has beloved hits such as... PAC-ATTACK (a worse Dr. Mario (which is in and of itself a worse Tetris)), Mario has MARIO KART, the biggest racing game ever; SUPER SMASH BROS (which is only a mario spinoff in name, but), the creator of the Platform Fighter and up there with the biggest fighting game series of all time besides Street Fighter and maybe Mortal Kombat; and Mario Party, a staple in party games and really one-of-a-kind series. Apart from those, you've got Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario, Wario Party, Super Mario RPG, and more that have all been major hits and are still loved to this day for unique gameplay.

So please, change my mind, tell me what Pac-Man has done outside of simply bringing people to play video games in general and somewhat influence Mario, to deserve a legacy more golden and legendary than the likes of Pong or Space Invaders or Centipede or Asteroids? What has this CHERRY-CHASING DOT MUNCHER done for the gaming space to still be beloved to this day?

Admittedly, this is a concept of a plan at best right now, but I’ve been thinking of a C.L.U. (Legacy, not 1982) cosplay for a week or so now, but I’m not going anywhere near programming EL tape and electronics for a looong while. Just recently though, I was thinking about retro reflective tape, and how that could be a bright enough yellow-orange color to match without legitimate lighting.

I was wondering if any of you had thought of this too (maybe even used it for your own cosplays/bikes), and if there’s anyone with a decent recommendation for the idea. Most of the RR tapes I’m finding are more lime or greenish yellows when C.L.U. Is closer to orange, so color is the primary thing I’d need help with.

Just had myself a Buldak carbonara (one of their milder flavors, listed as around 2400shu) and I was legitimately uncomfortable; I finished the bowl but my tongue was in pain for a few minutes after and I was hiccupping my way through. This is not a new occurrence with them, I've had other flavors at a friend's request and they're just as bad if not worse.

The strange thing is though, I've handled spicier things way better. I'm obviously not very acquainted with super spicy stuff, but I handle fresh jalapenos full rib/seed easy, I've tried up to habaneros, which are admittedly the hottest I'll eat and finish. Still, a famously mild Buldak makes me feel like a white man from Idaho who breaks a sweat from Frank's Red Hot.

I've always joked that I'm better with natural heat than artificial heat you'd find in an instant ramen, but is that true? Is there something to do with the sauce or source of the heat that makes it less manageable than something like real serrano peppers?

For starters, I'm doing a little side project for myself to do more traditional pen & ink drawings, being a physical recreation of the Hollow Knight Hunter's Journal; for those who haven't played the game, it's essentially a beastiary with a picture and lore tidbits, so I've handdrawn the creatures and handwritten the facts on each page. This project will probably take me a while longer, but I've recently finished the game's sequel and have been looking into doing similar for its own Hunter's Journal for the future.

Still, I've got one massive problem: there's a LOT of entries, 237 to be exact, and the majority of sketchbooks I'm finding cap out at about 160 pages. There's almost guaranteed to be more too, so I'm guessing that by the end of Silksong's major updates, there might be up to 300.

So, in short, do y'all know of any good sketchbooks (preferably bound in a leather or faux leather and in red) that have around 300 pages? I might be better off looking for journals or diaries in all honesty, but y'all know they don't always have the right paper for art.

Thx in advance!

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Maniac is definitely one of my favorite songs on the OST, and DAD's cover of it is far better than the original in my opinion, but I'm confused why it was chosen as Hemlock's song.

For Rori, Prophet, and Dex all have original songs that touch on them as characters, both in genre and in lyrics. Hemlock has a song like that, being Authority, where he sings in full punk british-ness and it's an amazing song. Still, for his level we get an American synth-pop song where he doesn't even sound like himself. What's even stranger to me is that there is a "punk" version but only in Infinite Disco. IDK how it feels for y'all, but it'd be like if Final Countdown was the song chosen for Dex's level instead of Echolokators.

While I have followed this game for a while from the occasional Insta reel, it hasn't been that closely, so does anyone know why the devs chose Maniac over Authority for Hemlock's fight?