Good Lord, if I were to open up the dictionary to the word "pedophile", this guys photo would be next to it.
Twitter/X: https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1842937355436695948 Nitter: https://nitter.poast.org/libsoftiktok/status/1842937355436695948
As an emulator enthusiast myself, I'll just repeat a sentiment I've heard overtime (and for the most part agree with):
Nobody who is well adjusted goes into emulation development (EmuDev for short), you got to have something severely wrong with you mentally to develop something as complex as a video game emulator for many years, for free.
As an occupation, the chances are high that you won't find higher rates of Autism (the medical definition, not internet definition), trannyism (for lack of a better term), and various ego and neurosis issues than in EmuDev. Only speedrunners come in a close second.
Being a passive-aggressive ass isn't going to win you any points, Tony. Either give me examples or STFU.
None of you would oppose sending funding to Taiwan who is being threatened by China.
Taiwan doesn't have all of our politicians in their pocket, neither did they use their lobbying power to make criticizing and boycotting them illegal in 30 states and counting, and they certainly didn't entertain implementing DNA requirements as part of obtaining citizenship there. They also didn't sell American technology secrets to the Chinese, nor send weapons obtained by American foreign aid to countries with their own axe to grind (see also: majority-Muslim Azerbaijan's invasion of majority-Christian Armenia), nor openly attack an American warship with zero consequences (USS Liberty).
The Nation-State of Israel (specifically spelled out to differentiate from the Kingdom of Israel of the Old Testament ~3000 years ago) has done all these things and more, and you should know that the time of the Democrats and NeoCon warhawks selling our country to foreign interests (China, Ukraine, and especially Israel) will be coming to an end, and that it will good thing for Americans in the long run.
Threadreader archive: https://archive.ph/op3Ps
The guy's post may seem like a parody, but I believe he's a libertarian
If what I just posted down below is of any indication, he is a flat out communist (specifically a Trotskyist).
I found this wikipedia alternative possibly containing his (admittedly unverified) early life. Here it is as follows.
International Socialist Upbringing
Thaddeus Russell was born and raised in Berkeley, California; he lived about three blocks away from the Black Panthers' national headquarters. His parents were part of the International Socialists (IS). By joining this Trotskyist organization, they left their middle-class lives to work in the heavy industry to organize the proletariat to join for revolution. Thaddeus Russell's father heavily influenced his childhood from an ideological perspective. While working as a computer programmer, he organized a union at the Northern California headquarters of the National Forest Service. He met Russell's mother at a Young People's Socialist League meeting. Thaddeus was conceived a year later while on their tour of Europe visiting comrades in London and Paris. His mother became a clerical worker at UC Berkeley to organize the secretaries and bring about a communist revolution. His stepfather left his world to become a steelworker and a truck driver for Safeway. The couple would host meetings at their house where they would discuss Marxist theory and the union shops they should infiltrate.
According to Russell's mother, he wanted to be in the IS when he was 10 years old. As a result, he ended up going to college wanting to learn more about socialism so that he could perfect it in his adult life.
Source. He may or may not be a Jew, but he is %100 a commie.
Muslims believe that Jesus faked His death on the cross, using the powers of Allah to have someone else die in His place, and they deny His deity as the Son of God. That they grant Him the title of "prophet" doesn't make up for denying who He really is.
One passage (of several) from the Quran:
- And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allah," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but the resemblance of 'Iesa (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man), and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i.e. 'Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) ]:
- But Allah raised him ['Iesa (Jesus)] up (with his body and soul) unto Himself (and he is in the heavens). And Allah is Ever All-Powerful, All-Wise.
- Quran 4:157-158
I won´t use archive sorry, too much hassle
It's literally as simple as copy pasting a link and a click of a button. It's not some esoteric magic black box that only tech wizards can use.
And with this policy of not giving clicks to the enemy, I would not be able to switch on the Internet
Do us all a favor then, and spare the rest of us from your dumbassery.
many alternative sites contain misinformation about Covid vaccines too telling people they are dangerous.
Considering what I've seen on this board, they aren't wrong.
"The goal of Socialism is Communism" - Vladimir Lenin
Why are you giving clicks to the enemy? Archive always! https://archive.ph/wBA5E
Kiwi Farms has it, all of it. Whatever my issues with that place, they at least continue to adhere to the mentality of ARCHIVE EVERYTHING, which is more than I can say for the people here these days.
P.S. : Are they deliberately speaking retard? They are unintelligible.
It's goes by a few different names. "Ebonics" and "African-American Vernacular English" (AAVE for short), but I personally call it what it really is: Ghetto Speak.
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Thing is, on a surface level I knew that even then, but I will admit to having a lapse in judgement (plus being somewhat inexperienced at the time and not knowing how to safely "Arrgh" newer more modern games at the time that I didn't want to risk it). On top of that, I just wasn't expecting such a massive downgrade coming from Civ V which I put a lot of hours into both pre- and post- Brave New World, that it burned me that much more.
Needless to say, I learned my lesson the hard way.
It's going to suck, no question about it.
I was dumb enough to pay full price for Civ VI shortly after launch, and because exploring a 4x strategy game takes longer than 2 hours, that's $60 I'm never getting back. It was inferior to Civ V (talking base game to base game here, let alone the DLC) by every measure.
If you don't already have Civ V with the Brave New World expansion, I suggest taking a look at FreeCiv (an open source game based more on Civ II and Civ III than anything that came after, in active development since 1996, with the option for both desktop install and playing from the browser).
Edit: Or if you are willing to put in the effort, try to get Civilization II: Test of Time installed and working alongside the ToT Patch Project.
Have you seen the Phantasy Star Remasters for the PS2?
Japan only, only covers the first 2 games, and I don't know if there are any English fan translations.
I think they got rereleased for 3DS.
There is a 3DS game, but it pertains more to Phantasy Star Online than the classic titles.
Isn't Derek Smart still updating it?
Yes, but there are foundational flaws from the very beginning (v1.0) never got fixed, flaws that got passed on to every iteration from that point forward, which results at some point or another in crashes and (sometimes) save file corruptions, and the crashes will happen frequently. Even with the most recent Universal Combat free version (unsure about the $30 DLC that he charges for to receive the more recent updates, but I bet it is still the case), with all of its additional features and polish, contains these same flaws.
I would put up with everything else wrong with these games if it meant no crashing when attempting to use one of the game's many features. Examples for such crashes include (but is not limited to): entering a planet's atmosphere, warping to another planet/system, dropping off a mining drone planet-side then returning to space, docking at a space station, or just for seemingly no reason at all. Even something as simple as the world's RNG spawning in NPCs (hostile or not) has a chance to cause the game to crash at some point, and most damningly, the crashes have no rhyme or reason as to how they are caused or when they will happen.
It truly hampers what is supposed to be a long-term experience, and I can only count a handful of times where I made the game save last past 1 in-game day before corrupting.
Source: I've played BC3K(v2.0 & v2.09), BC:Millenium, and eventually Universal Combat since off and on age 8
Sarcasm aside, the plot of Phantasy Star 3 had very little to do with what came before or what would come after, bordering on being noncanon. Even if it is as worthy of a remaster/remake compared to the rest of the series, all that would do is make its plot stand out all the more, and it would need to be completely reworked in order to fit in within the universe of PS 1, 2, and 4.
No, he is implying that we are the ones who will get banned, because of our jannie who can't stand when people start Noticing(TM).
Assuming an ideal world where 0 wokeness makes it into the works and no legal bullshit?
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Mechwarrior 1,2 (+ Mercenaries, Ghost Bear's Legacy), 3 (+ Pirate's Moon), and 4 (+ Mercenaries, Black Night)
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Derek Smart's BattleCruiser 3000 AD (play v2.09 in DOSBox Staging sometime, you'll see why)
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Starlancer (with Wing Commander 1+2 thrown in for good measure)
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Any number of CRPGs from the AD&D and 2E D&D days (although there is a recently released remake of Wizardry 1 that I've been wanting to try out)
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Jane's Combat Flight Simulators originally published by EA
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Battletanx: Global Assault (the gameplay could use just a slight polish, more and better AI etc, but it would benefit more from better sound and graphics)
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Crusader of Centy (basically, this was Sega's attempt to compete with Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past while doing some things a little different, but it is stuck on the Genesis/Mega Drive, as it never got rereleased.)
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Phantasy Star 1, 2, and 4 (change up the gameplay of PS 1 & 2 to match PS 4, up-res the art of 4, and change the art of 1&2 to match 4's style while making more shots, among other changes)
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Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels (if you were to remake this game, the potential modern version would be if you combined Space Hulk: Ascension and Space Hulk: Deathwing into one big game, a First Person Shooter/Real Time Strategy/Turn Based Strategy 3-way hybrid)
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Starfighter 3000 (best version is locked to an OS that is more foreign to me than even Linux)
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Total Annihilation (all it needs is a bigger UI or UI Scaler for resolutions above 720p, that's it. That's how polished of a game it is, that a game from 1996 not only natively supports HD and widescreen resolutions, but does so well minus the tiny UI at 1080p+. Mods more than cover any gameplay changes one would want.)
I could go on and on and on and ON, but I'm stopping here because of how long the list would be.
I've always made the argument (IRL) that the only "good" Democrat was Andrew Jackson, and even then there is room for debate.
But that's okay, because Emma has 2 moms! /s
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We're screwed, aren't we...?
3 year old account
Doesn't start posting until 8 days ago
Username checks out.
The 2 opening songs for Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. They stand out particularly because they aren't sung in Japanese and occasional Engrish, but rather in Russian with Latin and English peppered in. Furthermore, it is Industrial sounding music (or is it dance club music? idk), which makes it stand out even more among other anime openers. The singer for these songs (RIP) has other material you could check out if you end up liking these.
Opener 1, plus full version
Opener 2, plus full version