Posted July 24, 2015

moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland

j0ekerr
Heisenbunny
Registered: Jun 2014
From Spain

ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted July 24, 2015
Just a quick question for anyone who has seen The Dark Crystal. How exactly is the new game, Feist, reminiscent of The Dark Crystal? I have looked at the screenshots and trailer and no part of it really reminds me of The Dark Crystal. Maybe I am missing something, it has been years since I saw The Dark Crystal.
I was thinking more of these. Great for seeing alien intruders. :-)
I was thinking more of these. Great for seeing alien intruders. :-)
Post edited July 24, 2015 by ddickinson

ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted July 24, 2015

Glad to hear you are doing good. What kind of smartphone are you thinking about getting?
I am doing okay, a few problems (see my reply to Crow), but other than that my evening was nice and I am still in a happy mood today.
Currently thinking about either a Lumia 830 or a Samsung (maybe a S5 Mini or a A5) but i still want to try them out before buying any of those...

CarrionCrow
.
Registered: May 2011
From United States
Posted July 24, 2015

What game are you playing at the moment? And how is the house work going?
I am doing okay, I had a lovely evening at least. I am having a few extra health problems at the moment, mainly due to the nerve damage I got when I collapsed which is giving me very painful stabbing pains and the feeling of burning. If Endre had been here I would have made a joke about my hot thighs :-). But it's quite painful, and the burning feeling is very uncomfortable. But other than that things are about the same. Slowly getting better, but not real big improvements yet. Still early days.
Yeah, nerve damage is bad. Painful and shitty in a semi-disembodied sort of way.
Sorry you're having to deal with that.

ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted July 24, 2015

Currently thinking about either a Lumia 830 or a Samsung (maybe a S5 Mini or a A5) but i still want to try them out before buying any of those...
Is the Lumina a Windows phone and the Samsung a Google (Android) phone? So will you be going to a phone store to try them out before buying one?

j0ekerr
Heisenbunny
Registered: Jun 2014
From Spain
Posted July 24, 2015

I suppose it's a sales pitch aimed at those that do remember the movie. And a fastball too. I suppose it wants to imply that the game has a sense of wonder, handmade artistry and beautiful but whimsical graphics in a fantasy world that is supposed to awe and amaze.
I heard one of the reasons of Dark Crystal's flop was an early form of uncanny valley.
--------
I've just seen "the national shotgun" an incredibly funny social satire about how politics were made in the 1950's. But I found disconcertingly eerie how everything it depicts as a parody is still happening in pretty much the exact same way nowadays.
Bear in mind this was a fascist dictatorship back then.

ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted July 24, 2015

You can search the phone house and the different operators for the best deal.
Or you can get some chinese iphone from dealextreme.
Or you can burn it, burn it all down to the ground!
I'm currently digging through ther various stores for a fitting phone :)

j0ekerr
Heisenbunny
Registered: Jun 2014
From Spain
Posted July 24, 2015
Nope, big, neon plastic frames are what all the cool kids are wearing.
Post edited July 24, 2015 by j0ekerr

CarrionCrow
.
Registered: May 2011
From United States

ddickinson
Battle Sister
Registered: Feb 2014
From United Kingdom
Posted July 24, 2015

Yeah, nerve damage is bad. Painful and shitty in a semi-disembodied sort of way.
Sorry you're having to deal with that.
Thank you. It's not permanent thankfully, it will heal, but it was quite bad, so it will take a while to get better. Hopefully the condition will not deteriorate and I won't have to really suffer this again, but who knows. Sadly if it deteriorates things get a lot worse in a very bad way. But I will deal with that if it happens, hopefully it never will.

I suppose it's a sales pitch aimed at those that do remember the movie. And a fastball too. I suppose it wants to imply that the game has a sense of wonder, handmade artistry and beautiful but whimsical graphics in a fantasy world that is supposed to awe and amaze.
I heard one of the reasons of Dark Crystal's flop was an early form of uncanny valley.
--------
I've just seen "the national shotgun" an incredibly funny social satire about how politics were made in the 1950's. But I found disconcertingly eerie how everything it depicts as a parody is still happening in pretty much the exact same way nowadays.
Bear in mind this was a fascist dictatorship back then.
Sorry, but what is Uncanny Valley?
Post edited July 24, 2015 by ddickinson

j0ekerr
Heisenbunny
Registered: Jun 2014
From Spain
Posted July 24, 2015

I'm currently digging through ther various stores for a fitting phone :)
They're actually quite good, since they just copy the design, (after all they make it, why invest in R&D when everybody else is so desperate to give you their designs to manufacture? ) with cheaper components.
Except when they turn out to be a flaming pile of dogshit, it's a bit of a lottery.
The first time I did, I didn't even go to class, I had developed a bit of an internet addiction which I indulged in, at a cybercafe.

ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted July 24, 2015

Is the Lumina a Windows phone and the Samsung a Google (Android) phone? So will you be going to a phone store to try them out before buying one?
Yes. The Lumia is a Windows Phone (not entirely sure about the OS though) and the Samsung is an Android one. Always had an Android before. And i always try to test them out before buying them. Today i was reading many reviews about various phones....

They're actually quite good, since they just copy the design, (after all they make it, why invest in R&D when everybody else is so desperate to give you their designs to manufacture? ) with cheaper components.
Post edited July 24, 2015 by ElTerprise

moonshineshadow
Ghost
Registered: Sep 2011
From Switzerland
Posted July 24, 2015

(except for emergencies)
Post edited July 24, 2015 by moonshineshadow

j0ekerr
Heisenbunny
Registered: Jun 2014
From Spain
Posted July 24, 2015

Yes. The Lumia is a Windows Phone (not entirely sure about the OS though) and the Samsung is an Android one. Always had an Android before. And i always try to test them out before buying them. Today i was reading many reviews about various phones....
Problem is everyone thinks they're crazy, the fact that they also claim that wearing a toothbrush collar will ward off the evil cannibal cabbage people from Proxima Minor doesn't lend them much credibility.
The OS itself is dead in the water anyways.