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Watching Shed No Tears (1948)

📽️ #filmsky #filmnoir #noir

YouTube added a bunch of Hitchcock films free w/ ads — including 5 of the 7 Netflix just removed(*):

ROPE (1948)
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)*
VERTIGO (1958)*
PSYCHO (1960)*
THE BIRDS (1963)*
TORN CURTAIN (1966)
TOPAZ (1969)
FAMILY PLOT (1976)* #FilmSky

YouTube video by exodrifter no signal trailer

no signal by @exodrifter.bsky.social is now available on Steam! 🚀

"An emotional point-and-click hard sci-fi adventure game about exploring an abandoned space station. Follow messages left by the long-gone staff to learn the outcome of the research team and the secrets they left behind."

Vinny from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads "Everything that guy said is bullshit"

The Judge from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "Are you on drugs?"

Mr. Tipton from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "I don't know, I'm a fast cook, I guess."

Mona Lisa from "My Cousin Vinny" in Ace Attorney style. Dialog reads: "A little? You've been thrown in jail twice!"

My Cousin Vinny: Ace Attorney

Had to finally release this from my head

Just posting this GIF with zero context 🖤

Charles Bennett (with scenes from Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps", for which Bennett coauthored the screenplay) - BOTD

It was one of the first adventure games (or possibly the first?) to explicitly put the player in the role of a female character.

The History of ScummVM - don't call it an emulator - The Genesis Temple ScummVM has been around for years in the world of preservation, but how did it come to stop being simply about LucasArts adventures?

It's been a few years since my interviews with the ScummVM team to compile a little history of this beautiful little program. Unfortunately, the article had since gone offline.
So, I brought it back while also adding some stuff that the editor cut about internal drama and legal issues.

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The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Finally some good news!

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Royal Wedding (1951)

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The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

I thought it worked brilliantly as a comic strip. IIRC, there were parts that mimicked other comic strips/styles that I don't think would work as well in an animated version (unless maybe they switched to mimicking other animation styles?)

IIRC, there were a series of a few Point and Click adventure games during the Matt Smith era (though, sadly, the became unavailable).

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I skimmed through the list and disagreed with much of it, but everyone's entitled to their own wrong opinions. 😉

In honor of his memory, enjoy Tom Lehrer's songs, which he put into the public domain a few years ago.

tomlehrersongs.com

In honor of his memory, enjoy Tom Lehrer's songs, which he put into the public domain a few years ago.

tomlehrersongs.com

Photo of Tom Lehrer

My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.

High Anxiety (1977) Directed by Mel Brooks starring Mel Brooks, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, and Harvey Korman.

Smith and Sullivan: Reunited - and released! Big Finish release the first set of Smith and Sullivan - Reunited sees the former Doctor Who companions investigate 1980s mysteries

Cultbox report on the new #DoctorWho spinoff from Big Finish.

cultbox.co.uk/news/smith-a...

Two guys watching a sports play. They stand up slowly, saying "yes yes yes yes" as they rise -- until a final payoff where the team scores, and they celebrate.

What makes a board game EXCITING? This is mostly a question for you -- I'm curious to hear thoughts -- but I'll tell you a little about what got me thinking about this 👇
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Another option is either hiding progress (so players don't know how they're doing) or obfuscating it, so they only have a vague idea of how they're doing unless they're going to spend the time to figure it out.

And I do think competitiveness is important, and I think it helps when there are many ways of getting points/making progress, etc.

A runaway leader does make the game less exciting. A catch up mechanism could partly address this, as long as it isn't too powerful.

In traitor games, it might be successfully laying low/bluffing or even framing someone else if you're the traitor, or figuring out who it is if you're not. Making interesting, meaningful, consequential decisions, of course. Achieving things you set out to do.