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maintenance_irl (by waspsalad) in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

Ow, my shin

L isn't a genius. Light is just CATASTROPHICALLY stupid in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Nah, he was an arrogant asshole, that was his biggest problem. "I'm too smart to be caught, so I'll do something even more likely to fail just to show how great I am!" - I mean, the whole "all according to keikaku" to take down L was super convoluted and he only had to make that shit up because he wanted to show off how much of a big deal he was by killing the fake L live on TV

L isn't a genius. Light is just CATASTROPHICALLY stupid in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

Lelouch is fucking insufferable, so the comparison checks out

Royal Fuckup in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

China does something similar, but they used pandas

Takenoko intensifies

Corruption fetishists in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Darkest Dungeon?

What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

On the SNES, all of the games below have coop:

  • Tiny Toons Wild and Wacky Sports - a collection of several silly minigames as some sort of tournament, with minimum scores that need to be reached. No direct violence between players, only cartoon shenanigans like falling down a cliff, snowballing after tripping while skiing, etc. (Maybe show the kid some of the old cartoons as well, if s/he enjoys, I'm sure the game will be more interesting to him/her)
  • Super Bomberman - Might count as "violent", since you're bombing weird looking enemies, but it's a formula that rarely gets old and plays great as co-op. Your kid might enjoy 3 and 4 the most, with the variety of mounts to be had (if your rpi can run NeoGeo games, Neo Bomberman is also a great choice)
  • Top Gear - Racing game with one of the best soundtracks in the console. Top Gear 3000 goes to space and has plenty of options for upgrading your car.
  • Secret of Mana - Might count as "violent", especially as you start off with a sword and kill cute bunny-thing enemies. An action RPG that, once you get the 2nd character, it can be played with the 2nd controller. Drop-in/drop-out, so you can easily join and leave while your kid plays or vice versa. The same applies for Secret of Mana 2 (Seiken Densetsu 3)
  • Magical Quest 2 and 3 - Disney games that are best when played cooperatively (the first lacks coop). Starts off easy enough and you get new costumes that give special powers, which help you out in the stages going forward. It's "Disney violence" how you beat most enemies (jumping on their heads, spinning them against one another)
  • Kirby Super Star and Dreamland 3 - Both allow for a second player to join in and help. Dreamland 3 has a very unique and cute looking style.
  • International Super Star Soccer - If you're into normal football (soccer), this is easily the best of its kind for the 16-bit era
  • NBA Jam - Also available on the Mega Drive, dunno which version is better. BOOM SHAKA LAKA!!
What are some great retro games that I can play with my 5yo? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I think there’s also a button the active player can press to switch out.

Either A or Select. On DKC 2 and 3, A gets the other monkey on the 1st's back, so you can throw them at an enemy or on a platform. 2 and 3 also feature a 2 player "competitive" mode, with each player going 1 life or 1 stage

Man complains about the government forcing him to buy a new car so he and his wife can continue to do their 1km school run. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Certainly seems so. From the picture the OOP posted, it doesn't look like there's paved walkways

Anon loves The Lord of the Rings in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 24 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Age of Empires 2, despite being Microsoft owned, is easily one of the best strategy games of all time and has very clearly stood the test of time. It's over 25 years old and people kept playing it a lot even before the HD remakes. I remember reading that the folks that made the 1st game often had to choose between "actual history or hollywood history" for some details, often going for hollywood because it made for a more fun experience.

I suspect Factorio might stand the test of time as well, and it's clearly something made by someone who really understands the medium. I haven't begun my factory yet.

Corruption fetishists in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

And you didn't even blow

Steam Summer Sale is on! Discuss deals in the comments and recommend some great games! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I know the 2 games below have 2 player couch coop. Not sure if you can play with 4p local on EDF

  • Dynasty Warriors 8 - beat up soldiers by the hundreds while watching Romance of 3 Kingdoms as a 3D anime. "Complete Edition" but still has fuckloads of DLC skins which aren't worth it. Or just buy and pirate the actual complete thing later.
  • Earth Defense Force 5 - Kill giant insects and aliens with building-destroying firepower. The story and narration in 5 takes itself too seriously, but it has many quality of life improvements over 4, which is overall a funnier game with the best infantry sing-along
What is your personal favorite multiplayer game and what is it's fatal flaw? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago

Have you tried a private server for FFXI? No need to pay a sub on those

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Anon manages the impossible (programming.dev)
 

For those that can't read the image:

>playing some mtg with my college group that meets up at my best friend's every friday
>one of the players asks if his friend can join next time we play
>nobody has a problem with it
>next friday rolls around
>everybody gets set up
>knock on the door
>best friend opens the door
>immediate regret
>actual fucking fecal smell emanates from this mass of unkempt hairy adipose
>try my god damndest to be polite and try to ignore the smell and just play.
>he picks up the game pretty quickly, and thankfully he doesn't speak too often because each time he opens his mouth the halitose burns my nostrils.
>we tolerate this for exactly 10 minutes before the poli-sci dude in our group slams his can of altoids on the plaguelord's side of the table and blurts "do not fucking speak in my direction again until you've fucking emptied this your breath smells like death."
>dead fucking silence for 10 seconds.
>plaguelord gets up, apologizes, and leaves
>we try to pretend this never happened.
>next week rolls around, its still on everyone's mind.
>knock on the door
>takes a few moments to recognize the stranger in front of us
>holy shit its the plaguelord, and he's fucking clean
>completely shaved his patchy neckbeard
>is wearing what looks like a brand new clothes, his jeans even still have a sticker on them
>smells vaguely like strawberries instead of rotten onions
>teeth still stained but the halitose is completely gone and replaced with mint.
>apologized for last week, asked if he could play again
>fast forward a few months and now he's a regular at our table, he even brings homemade snacks.
Has this ever happened in your groups or is this some sort of anomaly/divine intervention?
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What are some decent apps for keeping a personal "wiki" (programming.dev)
 

I say wiki as a point of reference, as it's the thing I'm most used to for organizing information, but anything that lets me create links on specific words, leading me to a different page/display can work.

I prefer FOSS, but anything that's a free download on the play store is fair game, TrackerControl should manage to block annoying ads.

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Instagram equivalent to Nitter or Invidious (tool to browse it)? (programming.dev)
 

What are some alternatives to browsing instagram "outside" of the proper app?

I put nitter.net and invidious as examples, as they allow you to browse Twitter and Youtube "outside" the official site/app and without being tracked. Instagram hates me trying to look at anything from the computer.

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Why does Windows makes changing executable's icons so damn hard? (programming.dev)
 

I'm aware this has been the case since Windows 3.x, you always need an external program to ensure the executable is created with the icon you want. Why?

Please no mentions of Linux and other OSs, I know it's trivial to do so for them.

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How feasible is a browser that uses something like Lua, Python or Ruby as its scripting language instead of JS? Also, how stupid is this idea (ignoring any "incompatibility with JS pages" situations)? (programming.dev)
 

Or, put it another way, a html renderer that can open most web pages, but has a different programming/scripting language that it can interpret during runtime or on page loads, instead of the javascript engine.

I suppose that java applets, flash and activeX were attempts in these directions, but they were things you had to install on top of the browsers, so not quite the same thing? I'm imagining something like web pages using Lua, since it's lightweight, to make them dynamic.

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