u/silentstatic_

Man, hearing “This fire” by Killswitch Engage or just flipping through that character select screen immediately takes me back to a completely different era of gaming.

SmackDown vs. Raw 2011 was an absolute masterpiece. The physics engine upgrade that year made TLC and Extreme Rules matches chaotic in the best way possible. Not to mention, the 'Road to WrestleMania' storylines were incredibly fun, and running around backstage as an actual free-roam feature felt so ahead of its time.

I used to spend hours just letting the main menu play in the background while looking through the roster. They truly don't make wrestling games with this vibe anymore.

Who else spent countless weekends on this?

What was your go-to match type back then?

This glowing ring is RCW 86, the remnant of an 2000 year old supernova explosion observed by multiple NASA telescopes.

NASA’s IXPE telescope recently studied a section of the remnant where scientists believe the expanding shockwave slammed into the edge of a low-density “cavity” in space, creating the reflected shock effect visible in purple.

The image combines data from:

NASA’s IXPE

Chandra X-ray Observatory

ESA’s XMM-Newton telescope

NOIRLab starfield data

Yellow shows lower-energy X-rays, while blue represents higher-energy X-rays. The result looks almost like a cosmic painting across space.

https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasa-x-ray-mission-gets-fresh-look-at-2000-year-old-supernova/

In the Interstellar movie, one hour on Miller's planet was 7 years on Earth. Cooper was only gone for a couple of hours, but back home, Murph lived an entire lifetime.

This visual timeline shows just how brutal the cost of saving humanity really was. Truly one of the most heartbreaking scenes in modern cinema history

It's crazy to look at how dramatically lifestyles have shifted over the last few decades. As our devices got sleeker, lighter, and more efficient, our daily lives became more sedentary. We engineered the weight off our tech and put it right onto ourselves.