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I'm inclined to think I should have known more going in to better appreciate the story being told for what it is

But also, a lot of my favorite movie experiences involved going into a movie without knowing anything!

We have no way to tell which movies would benefit from knowing more first or not

And this didn't spoil the movie for me or anything, although I think the question of why believing a story actually happened can affect your viewing of it so heavily is interesting too, but it made me wonder if I should have looked up more about the movie beforehand to have known more while watching

The context for asking is, I saw Marty Supreme last night (it was fun, I recommend it), and I came out thinking it was the best biopic I'd ever seen

And only later did I learn, it is not a biopic! It is *very* loosely based on a real person, but the events of the movie are entirely fictional

Question for movie-goers / movie-watchers I know

How much do you usually learn about a movie before watching it?

I assume most people at least see a trailer or some kind of marketing material, and don't go in *completely* blind

But does anyone look up more about the movie first?

Character design work by Yasuhiro Nakura for Moomin (1990–1991), dir. Hiroshi Saito, Telescreen

The Tower of Druaga (Arcade)

Courageous Perseus (PC-88)

Dragon Slayer (PC-88)

Hydlide (PC-88)

While we're celebrating Zelda's 40th, I want to give some love to some of the foundational action adventure games that predated it. Hydlide, in particular, deserves more respect outside of Japan for what it did for the genre in '84 (PC88).

Tower of Druaga, Courageous Perseus, Dragon Slayer, Hydlide

It's not the best game on the console but Airblade is short and has a cool vibe

HYDROSKI, a plate attached to a seaplane to facilitate takeoffs and landings [n HYDROSKIS]

confused myself pronouncing "hyrdoski" like I would "nitrofski"

The first game mentioned in this video is one of my favorites, and I loved hearing it talked about this way

I kept waiting for the usual complaints reviewers have for the game, and instead was met with a reviewer who is patient and actually tries to understand the games they review

Melted my heart

It was my fault actually, last week I forgot to continvoucly morge my rel, branch bugfixes into develop

TOADLESS, having no toads [adj]

god forbid

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Cool is my second favorite number

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If you care about pixel art as a medium and want to learn more about how to detect if it is genuine or AI-generated, please refer to this writeup that I created with the help of the community. Read, download, share and support real creators.

All of us Wii Shop Wednesday enjoyers WILL... no MUST go see Nivanna The Band The Show The Movie this weekend in theaters 🫡🫡🫡

Here's your friendly little #retrogaming PSA for the day

Did you know that if you accidentally delete a save file from your #PS1 memory card, you can undo it by pressing L1, L2, R1 & R2 at the same time to restore it

I don't believe this feature was ever documented back then
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YouTube video by Will Anderson Is Going First in Scrabble Actually Good?

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Title image from the Sega Master System version of Ys 1

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Book menu breakdown 📙
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TOADLESS, having no toads [adj]

god forbid

Begging people to please stop posting @halfwaypost.bsky.social's fake stories. It's not even satire. They're not satirizing anything; they're just writing fan fiction.

If you look in the replies to any of their posts, it's like 95% people who think it's real. They should stop it.

It remains to be seen how the Venezuelan people will respond to a more overt CIA presence in the country post-Maduro. For years, Maduro cast the CIA as a convenient boogey man, repeatedly accusing the agency – without evidence – of attempting to topple his regime as he clung to power despite US opposition. Now, the CIA has helped supplant Maduro and is poised to help actively manage the Trump administration’s dealings with Venezuela’s new leadership.

Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.

"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."

This is worth reading just to see how freaking cool some of the art for this 1986 Batman computer game was

Crash, donning a new jacket and cool sunglasses as "Christopher." HEADLINE: Aging Crash Bandicoot Prefers to Go By “Christopher.”

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When you meet another Sonic fan

I think there is plenty of room in the world for multiple crossword style games (not that I'm gonna play this, fuck the new york times), but this "Scrabble? Haven't heard of it" attitude is killing me

Like I enjoy playing Words With Friends, I think it's fun while being different enough strategically from regular Scrabble. But let's be real, these games are just variations on Scrabble. Claiming Scrabble is not a direct influence on the game is a joke.

Definitely not Scrabble at all, and I can't imagine why anybody would imply that Crossplay's very original "2W" bonus square would be remotely related to Scrabble's "double word" square