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Cake day: August 16th, 2020
  • s20@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.ml•Huawei launches Nearlink, a better than Bluetooth competitor
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    1 year ago

    Oh, I agree it’s a leap. It’s just slightly less of a leap than complaining about the NSA. I’m not saying you’re wrong about the knee-jerk reaction some Americans have to Chinese tech and China in general.

    It’s just that the sputtering nonsense makes very slightly more sense after you mentioned the ban in the original post. You opened a crack in the door, is what I’m saying, and if an American Jingoist Asshat can get his head in the crack, he’s gonna get all the way in.

  • s20@lemmy.mltoPatient Gamers@lemmy.ml•Games with absolute banger OSTs (and perhaps good stories / gameplay)English
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    1 year ago
    • The whole set of NES Mega-Man games had amazing soundtracks, although 2 is the best. There’s barely a story there, but the gameplay is solid.
    • Final Fantasy VI has Dancing Mad, and that alone would be enough, but the whole damn thing is just amazing, especially the Opera.
    • Similarly, Final Fantasy VII had a stellar soundtrack, including the holy-shit-this-is-amazing One Winged Angel.
      • All Final Fantasy games have great soundtracks, but these two are my faves
    • Someone mentioned Terraria, and I would be remiss if I didn’t second it. Not much story there, but I’ve been playing it for like 12 years and I’m still happy every time I start it up.
    • The Elder Scrolls games from Morrowind on all have bangin’ soundtracks. Oblivion had the best one (although Morrowind and Skyrim are both better games, IMHO).
    • Tempest 2000 for the Atari Jaguar of all things had a phenomenal soundtrack. Seriously, it it was one of the first games in the US to have its soundtrack sold in stores. And it stands up.

    I’ll add more if I think of them. Most of the others I can think of have already been mentioned.

    ETA:

    • Chrono Cross, I can’t believe I forgot it! That OP is unforgettable, and yet somehow I managed to forget it! The game itself pales in comparison to its predecessor (Chrono Trigger, which also has a great soundtrack), but it’s not bad.
    • On a similar note, the original Wild Arms had an excellent soundtrack with a western theme. Actually, the whole Wild Arms series has good music, but I just couldn’t get past one of the main mechanics that showed up in 2 and stick around.
    • Another one I can’t believe I forgot, Nights: into Dreams had the best soundtrack on the Sega Saturn. It’s just perfect for the game, not a bad tune in there.
  • s20@lemmy.mltoOpen Source@lemmy.ml•What are some great open source games?
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    1 year ago

    Battle for Wesnoth

    This one never gets the love it deserves. It’s a fantastic turn based strategy game with multiple campaigns and storylines, multiplayer, and campaign design tools. It’s an old project (started in 2003, IIRC), but it’s still fantastic

    Hedgewars

    Basically, this is Worms but with adorable little hedgehogs instead of, well, worms. Single player is okay, and it has online multiplayer I guess, but the real fun (just like in Worms) is local multiplayer. Also, it has Portal Guns. There’s really no downside to this one.

    Re-volt io and RVGL

    This one’s a little iffy. Re-volt was a fantastic R / C racing game with bright graphics, fun tracks, excellent controls, and a killer soundtrack. For good or ill, it was put out by Acclaim, which self destructed in 2004. The Re-volt fan community, however, doesn’t know the meaning of the word “quit.”

    Nowadays, you can join a lively community with regular online tournaments of the game. There’s a new cross platform engine called RVGL (that’s Re Volt Game Launcher), and metric tonnes of mods and fan content. You still need the original game’s assets, though, which is where it’s dicey; they’re technically abandonware not open source, unless I’m mistaken.

    Anyway, links!

    Unciv

    This project’s aim is to be Civilization V, but with more abstract visuals, and, or course, free. In short, it’s FreeCiv, but Civ V instead of II and a UI from the 2020s rather than the 80s. (Not throwing shade here; FreeCiv is an amazing project that is exactly what it wants to be!)

    If that’s not enough to keep ya’ happy, I know a few more, but they’ve mostly been covered by other folks here.

    Edit: formatting

  • s20@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    Okay. We’ll take that as a given.

    I didn’t say they were wrong. I just said they sounded like an old man yelling at kids to get off his lawn.

    And I stand by that.

    ETA: okay, I’ll admit that I might have implied they were wrong. Sorry about that.

  • s20@lemmy.mltoPrivacy@lemmy.ml•*Permanently Deleted*
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    1 year ago

    MySpace was a big thing while I was in College, which I didn’t start until I was 30 (well, 29). I couldn’t figure out what the big deal was. You got a hideous web page, whoopdie-doo.

    None of the “big” social media has ever much appealed to me. I was on Facebook for a while, and I’ll admit it was kinda nice to see how people I went to high school with were doing, but I just never cared that much.

    I’m kinda stuck with it because of a group chat my friends have, otherwise I’d never bother.

  • s20@lemmy.mltoTechnology@lemmy.ml•The era of cheap streaming is officially over
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    1 year ago

    Well, hell. I guess I’ll go back to watching less and buying DVDs. I’m not watching commercials on a service I pay for. That’s a non starter.

    Worst comes to worse, I can dust off my eye patch, grab my parrot, and take to the high seas. I don’t wanna, I prefer to pay for stuff, but ffs, if they can’t be reasonable, I guess it’s back to arrr me hearties.