Also in my 40s and yeah... you weren’t that big of a tech nerd. The things were ALL over the place, talked about in tech often and showed up in mass media as well.
Also in my 40s and yeah... you weren’t that big of a tech nerd. The things were ALL over the place, talked about in tech often and showed up in mass media as well.
If you were a reader of Slashdot at the time you would have heard of it. It wasn’t just the stupidity of the concept, but also the way it was bundled in magazines for free, and then the creator threatened to sue people who reverse engineered it.
Yeah, so I realize the CueCat didn’t merit $185M (Jesus...) and that the inventor is a rambling, incoherent schmuck but the CueCat isn’t the worst device ever created. Not sure what is, but the damn thing still works after 25 years, actually helps in cataloging junk and I think they were actually giving them away at…
Knowledge of the CueCat is mostly strong amongst those of us that frequented Radio Shack in the 90s and 2000s.
I own a CueCat. I picked one up at my local Radioshack circa 2005 and used it to create an MP3 player that didnt rely on display....
There were two modes: append or replace. That was the only diplay on the oak case I created for it. You scanned a UPC on the shelf of CDs i had and it played it; front to back. In append…
There is profit to be found sowing fear and discord among sheltered masses that are unable to find their place in the world. Societal or community flaws are so easily exploited by greed, I see.
“There were at least two situations where he could’ve easily been killed...”
Yeah rape is not ok in any circumstance. Just because the person is good looking does not make it ok. And I would, like many men, very much enjoy having CONSENSUAL sex with Gal Gadot.
A living body belonging to a person was magicked into either being Steve Trevor or thinking he was Steve Trevor(however the process works but it literally looks like Steve’s soul was controlling the body). Diana knew the “owner” of the body wasn’t running the show and took advantage of the situation. However you slice…
There’s also the fact that, aside from the non-consensual sex, Steve and Diana put this guy in mortal danger. There were at least two situations where he could’ve easily been killed (Cairo and the White House fight), and then what? “Steve” dies again, as does his host, who didn’t agree to any of this?
And what happened when she renounced her wish and he woke up in the middle of anarchy, several days after his last memory, with a vague, itchy sensation in his crotch? And that trip to the doctor later, “Mr. Johnson, you have Super Gonorrhea.”
You know, at one point, there’s a line or two about Max Lord asking if he could get evangelical congregation to join hands with him, and it could’ve been visually stunning to have WW try to get to him in a sea of people at a rally instead of... another blue skybeam maelstrom finale in a superhero movie.
Don’t even get me started on “Max Lord can touch people through particles” I mean c’mon. There’s loophole abuse, and there’s “We need an epic finale so quick, change all the rules we established!”
Yeah man I’m totally with you on this. After it was established that he was possessing someone and then they woke up together I was like WHOA that’s not cool!
Yes, it’s Diana who says he doesn’t have a passport. Who knows why she would know that, presumably it came up at some point...
The last scene, where the original owner talks to Diana, was really uncomfortable (even though it’s played as sweet, or some indication that Diana is opening up). She’s been sleeping with this man, without his knowledge or consent, and then she just kinda smiles at him... with context, it’s a bit creepy.
It’s really telling that they make a point of saying he’s single, (“lots of pictures of himself” so none of loved ones) which means they GET how weird the concept was.
When he showed up at the end I just kept preparing myself for an awful meet cute because that’s the kind of terrible decision I was expecting by that point.
Maybe they should have pulled those games. Maybe if these digital storefronts stop carrying broken games it would give publishers incentive to not release broken games. CDPR doesn’t care about you dude, you gain nothing by defending them.
I tried it, what, 2 years ago? At first, I blew: crazy mechanics and tons of wealthy griefers. However, and thanks to Kotaku I might add, I found a crew, where I have made great friends and have had lots of fun both in GTAO and RDO. So basically, it is the community via a crew around GTAO and RDO what makes me come…