Yeah, the only reason Blizzard is even doing this is because of Discord. Basic chat features have been “coming soon” for years and now suddenly the whole system gets an overhaul.

The Fifth Element

In addition to manufacturing way more Super Famicom Classics, the original Famicom Classic will return to stores as well.

Excellent choice.

What’s most amazing is how closely actual photos of Japan simply look like animation or paintings, especially when processed through HDR. Colors really pop here when the air is cold and clear.

They go around Japan Tokyo, and pick a place they like and essentially write a whole script around that location. Maybe someone on the production team grew up in this area, so they knew all the nooks and crannies.

Someone needs a hug.

Take the vending machine for example - they replicated the entire machine except for the red sign on the front.

A lot better than they do after you apply all the upscaled, color-crushed, gritty brown and gray textures everywhere.

Ageless wisdom.

That’s the Yamanote Line platform. Clockwise, if I’m not mistaken.

It is.

Discovery desperately wants to be everything except Star Trek.

So, not even what they had to do to make the NES and SNES Classics.

There’s actually a legitimate charm to having a full-sized cart of the game running on the full-sized system.

Four episodes in to its first season, The Next Generation wasn’t just mediocre, it was almost terrible. It took a while for the best Gene Roddenberry had to offer to learn how to walk, whereas The Orville is already taking several steps at a time.

1. Fire

1. Fire

That most AI becomes trolling and racist when allowed to learn on its own is kind of proof that trolls and racists are no smarter than boxes of circuits assembled in China.

It is fascinating how good so many more things are when one doesn’t view them through the lenses of presumptuous cynicism and indoctrinated racism and/or sexism.

The Yakuza are in their death throws right now. Members are getting caught regularly during sloppy robberies or straight up stealing food because they’re broke. On top of that, many high-ranking members are simply dying of old age and very few young people even want to join anymore. I don’t see that (dis)organization…