This puzzle is pretty neat. But I’m curious, was there an in-universe explanation for it? Like, why would someone in the game’s universe design a text sign for a gun’s reticle, or vice versa, to hide the code to a vault?

Given the existence of other cars on the road, any type of batmobile doesn’t make sense. A flying vehicle seems more plausible.

Unfortunately I’ll probably have less time to play this weekend. We recently got a puppy, and while she’s already pretty good (very few instances of peeing inside) she still needs a lot of attention and letting out. Also, season 2 of Altered Carbon just came out and I expect that will take some of my minimal free…

After seeing some screenshots it seems pretty clear that I misremembered the red&grey outfit as red&blue. At the time I wasn’t really aware of Captain Marvel / Shazam so I didn’t think of it, but seeing the character now the color scheme seems intentional. Maybe they didn’t/couldn’t get the rights to use him, so they…

That looks familiar. I guess I remembered wrong, and the trunks were grey instead of blue.

Now that I think about it I’m not sure which arcade game it was. I just assumed this game was the only one. Either way, my 25 year old recollection is that the character was still in red and blue, but just swapped from what Superman had. 

As it turns out I was incorrect. The usage of both g pronunciations are about equal in modern english. I said “actual english” because it was my understanding that words originating in english use the hard g more, though it turns out that is a more complicated situation. That said, english has too many influences from…

I remember playing this 2-player in arcade, and wondering who the hell the second player reverse-color Superman was supposed to be. Ultimately my brother settled on the name Nam Repus.

Well said. I was tempted to write something similar, but decided against it.

A google search is a bit mixed, but I’m guessing you mean the story by Blish? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quincunx_of_Time

Wow, you’re smart. Everyone knows English is an amalgam of laungauges. 

GIF being close to GIFT? Well, cell is close to cello, I guess they must obviously sound the same too.

Years ago I saw an interview of him and a discussion of the potential technology, and if that’s still accurate then the only possible result will be that data can be transmitted through time. Supposedly the machine can only send and receive to itself, so once it’s turned on it should be able to receive any information…

Engkish LOL

Oh, okay? To rephrase, you went off on a tangent and overreacted. And again you prove my point. In this instance, how the phrase “freaking out” can be interpreted in different ways.

I’m not sure why you’re freaking out about throwing out homonyms? You claimed “There is no such thing as a fluent speaker of English who...” My point was that any words can be mistaken by others in the right situation. That’s why I gave examples for both forms of gif. Neither is better in that aspect. I know from…

Sadly Space Channel 5 wasn’t really my thing, but I can understand the desire to see Sega resurrect it’s long lost properties. For instance, I’d love another Jet Set Radio game.

Some still have those kiosks. I know for sure that at least 1 of the 3 GS locations near me has them, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they all do.

Also, “these are things people would pay money to do, even though they are free elsewhere”. Tabletop spaces are usually free at game stores, and are definitely free if you meet at someone’s home.  Also, are LAN parties even a thing anymore? That’s essentially what the Fortnite setup is. 

Also, several of those are known loan words from languages with different pronunciation rules from english.