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Friday Fun Thread for January 17, 2025

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As reminded by some other discussion here, Outer Wilds. It should be satisfying, but I can't get past the boredom of the initial stage into actively solving the mysteries. In a similar vein, Pathologic 2. The original left an incredible impression on me, but I can't muster the willpower to dive into this one.

For a non-game example, Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Sounds like a show I'd really enjoy, but each time I think about its runtime, I flinch.

Sounds like a show I'd really enjoy, but each time I think about its runtime, I flinch.

To quote the incoming vice-president of the United States: do it one bite at a time. It's definitely more of a young guy's anime, though.

LoGH is amazing once you get past the poor pilot.

By "Pilot" you mean the first episode, or the movie with roughly the same plot, because I found the latter rather enjoyable.

The first episode. The portrayal of the first battle is ridiculous and at odds with the rest of the show, iirc.

Really? I thought the first season held up fairly well compared to the end, where the author was desperately scouring Chinese history for ways to keep the fights interesting (black holes, space tides, fuck it, armies crossing energy rivers and crashing into space walls!!!).
Given the scifi bullshit about low detection ranges and signalling, the concept of catching encircling forces on the march was pretty good. Especially because it helped introduce us to the problems of both the alliance and imperial militaries; one full of glory hounds trying to reenact past victories, and the other basically halfassing the war by using it to play internal politics.

I would never play the Pathologic games but I'd certainly watch Mandalore review them for hours. They can get wild.

At that point in 2020 where toilet paper and staple crops disappeared from the shelves all I could think was the moment in Pathologic where the period from Day 1 to Day 2 had inflation of 1000%.

Same, I hear the way everyone talks about it and feel like I'm missing out on one of the great gaming experiences but.....I can't.

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