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Analytical Fanboys Discuss Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow

@thevacuuminator takes control of the show for a pick that has @boingo-rider, @busterscorp & @snowburke face to face with exactly the kinda taste he has.

[simeonscott]

The Hidden Message of Kamen Rider Kuuga

It's hard to find, but easy to understand.

[wtf-tfw]

No thats dumb! and you odnt even know what youre talking about

[o3ovan]

I present to you

Bob! The Modular OC!

(also this is my first post nyah)

[scribefindegil]

there is no real meaningful distinction between Art and Craft, however i personally can only do the type of Art that is also extremely Craft. i need to make physical things with my hands and use tools and manipulate little objects and hoard all the specialized knives. otherwise i will start biting.

[jcmarchi]

Funko Fusion Preview - Get Your Head In The Game - Game Informer

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Funko Fusion Preview - Get Your Head In The Game - Game Informer

If you’re a fan of a popular movie or TV show from any time in the last several decades, chances are, they’ve made a Funko Pop figurine of the main characters. The brand is ubiquitous in pop culture, so it was only a matter of time before it got a big video game adaptation. This sort of game could easily be a cheap cash grab, but after watching a preview demo and listening to one of the head developers speak about it, I’m confident that Funko Fusion is much more than that.

You’ve never played a game by developer 10:10 Games, but you probably know the work of its staff – the founders of the studio are some of the former architects of the Lego games developed by Traveler’s Tales, including CEO Jon Burton, COO Paul Flanagan, and design director Arthur Parsons, who leads the demo. He boots up a level based on John Carpenter’s 1982 horror classic The Thing, which signifies one of the main elements that separates this title from the kid-friendly Lego titles; this game is rated T for Teen and references loads of media properties that are decidedly not for children. Still, the world is charming and lighthearted, so when a Funko Pop is impaled through the side of the head, it’s more goofy than ghastly.

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Parsons, playing as Kurt Russel’s MacReady, fights off some Norwegians using the game’s third-person shooting mechanics. According to Parsons, all characters have melee and ranged options, though they had to get creative for some characters. While He-Man uses his signature sword, OJ (the protagonist from Jordan Peele’s Nope) swings around a miniature version of one of the inflatable tube men from his movie. Parsons dispatches enemies easily, which I imagine is due to the game’s relatively low difficulty, his experience working on it as a developer, and the fact that every enemy has an outrageously large head, ideal for headshots.

Funko Fusion will ultimately feature over 20 IPs in the game, mostly from NBCUniversal properties, though they’ve also made licensing deals with other companies.

Here’s a list of some that we know so far:

Back to the Future

Battlestar Galactica

Child’s Play

Five Nights at Freddy’s

Hot Fuzz

Invincible

Jaws

Jurassic World

Knight Rider

Masters of the Universe

Megan

The Mummy

Nope

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Shaun of the Dead

The Thing

The Umbrella Academy

Voltron

The Walking Dead

Xena: Warrior Princess

Each IP will include playable characters, and many will include levels, though the scope of each level will vary by the franchise. Some, like The Thing, will get a proper, full-sized level, while others exist as secret cameo levels players can unlock in other worlds. Poking around the frozen outpost in the demo, Parsons travels through a portal to reach a world based on Shaun of the Dead, where he has to escort a car of civilians to the safety of the Winchester. While there, he transforms into He-Man and shows off the zombie enemies, which turn the hero into a zombified version of himself. Even though it’s just a cameo level, it’s much larger than I initially expected, likely packing plenty of easter eggs in for fans of the movie.

Players can move through these levels in whatever order they want to progress through the game’s main story. Parsons explains that this modular approach allows them to continue to support the game after launch by easily adding new characters and levels into the mix. The first instance of this is with the game’s pre-order bonus, which includes Rick Grimes and Michonne from The Walking Dead, complete with alternate outfits.

It’s been years since the last Lego game, and with this team of developers, I’m excited to watch them attempt to fill that gap. Luckily, I won’t have to wait long. Funko Fusion is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC on September 13. 

[leiselaute]

Frank Bretschneider - Dichte 9 from "Pounding". Released 2024 June 21 via raster

[quasi-normalcy]

You know what, fuck it, I don't *want* some frivolous, artisanal, lighter-than-air computer with no customizability, no upgradeability, no reparability, no ports, and a lifetime of *maybe* 3 years if you're lucky. I want a fucking great BEAST of a computer that's designed to last a minimum of 50 years, with ports up the wazoo and optional drives for every kind of media! I want modular components that you can drop in a bog for a year, dry them off, and have them still work fine! I want them to make a noise like "ker-chunk!" when you slide them into place! I want a switch that you pull to turn it on! And I don't want software that constantly forces you to get a pointless, cosmetic "upgrade" every few months either! I want durability! I want longevity! I want satisfying haptics! I want Silicon Valley to go fuck itself!

[carlamathew00]

Living Room Console Table | Painted Bookcases | Boot Room Furnitures

Nest at Number 20 will immerse you in grandeur. We redefine luxury, from stylishly designed rooms to personalised service. Discover a Living Room Console Table place of peace and renewal. Make your reservation today and enjoy incomparable delight.

[technicalfika]

Event-Driven Design Demystified: Concepts and Examples

🚀 Discover how this cutting-edge architecture transforms software systems with real-world examples. From e-commerce efficiency to smart home automation, learn how to create responsive and scalable applications #EventDrivenDesign #SoftwareArchitecture

In the world of software architecture, event-driven design has emerged as a powerful paradigm that allows systems to react and respond to events in a flexible and efficient manner. Whether you’re building applications, microservices, or even IoT devices, understanding event-driven design can lead to more scalable, responsive, and adaptable systems. In this article, we’ll delve into the core…

[dabblehq]

Contemporary Home Office - Built-In Study room idea: small modern built-in desk with wood ceiling, vaulted ceiling, wood wall, concrete floor, and gray floor

[modularmedia]

Avenger EMH S2E20 “Code Red” | No-Prize Podcast No 121

GRAB YOUR MOUNTIAN DEW GAMERS

[simeonscott]

Female Autobots group shot.

[imfromsixam]

Stylish-Wood Dream Backyard (CC Pack for The Sims 4)

Introducing "Dream Backyard" from my Stylish Wood series. The furniture pieces in this collection are meant to create a cozy and inviting environment for your Sims' homes.

A stylish and modern patio needs a range of wooden furniture items, including a semi modular setting, a modern chaise lounge, an umbrella with hanging lights, and a firepit with a stone enclosure.

Featuring clean lines and minimalist details, the furniture has a timeless design. In addition to adding warmth and texture to the backyard, the furniture is constructed from wood with a natural finish.

I put a lot of effort and love into this CC Pack and hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 😊 Make sure to tag me in your social media posts if you want me to see your creations.

▶️GET EARLY ACCESS HERE

Check out all the info about this pack on my website here.

[theresattrpgforthat]

Hello!! Do you know any TTRPGs surrounding translation or languages? 😊 (thanks for all your work btw!!!)

THEME: Language / Translation Games

Hello friend! As someone who studied linguistics in university, I absolutely love talking about all of the funky things languages do! I hope these recommendations tickle your fancy!

Dialect, by Thorny Games.

Dialect is a game about an isolated community, their language, and what it means for that language to be lost. In this game, you’ll tell the story of the Isolation by building their language. New words will come from the fundamental aspects of the community: who they are, what they believe in, and how they respond to a changing world.

Dialect uses a deck of cards to help minimize the amount of choices you have to make in character creation, by dealing three cards to each player and having the players choose one from just those three. You track the change of your language over a series of turns, using prompts to help you navigate the conversations that arise in your community as the world around them changes.

Dialect has been very highly regarded as a game that really delivers on the experience that it promises. The grief that accompanies language death really shines through this game, so if you want to combine the wonder of creation with the pain of losing something so integral to your sense of being, this is the game for you.

Tiny Frog Wizards, by @prokopetz

You have mastered the secret arts of sorcery

The very primordial energies of creation and destruction are yours to wield as you will.

You are two inches tall.

Tiny Frog Wizards is a game about tiny frogs, wielding magic using the power of words. When you want to do something magical, you will roll somewhere between 1-3 dice, and use the values of your rolled dice to determine how the range, magnitude, and control of your magic.

What’s important in terms of this game recommendation is the Control aspect, because how well you are able to wield your magic depends on how many words you are able to use to make things happen! It’s a lot easier to use a spell with precision if you have enough words to detail where you want a magical pen to write, or what you want to throw a tiny magic missile at. Not enough words? Then the GM has license to cause some humorous side effects, or, if you roll poorly enough, cause your spells to really go off the rails.

If you like games where you need to choose your words carefully, Tiny Frog Wizards is worth checking out - especially since it’s in free playtest!

Xenolanguage, by Thorny Games.

Xenolanguage is a tabletop role-playing game about first contact with alien life, messy human relationships and what happens when they mix together.  At its core, you explore your pivotal relationships with others on the mission as you uncover meaning in an alien language. The game gives a nod to soulful sci-fi media like Arrival, Story of Your Life and Contact, but tells its own story. It’s a game for 2-4 players in 3-4 hours.

In Xenolangauge, you play as a group of people bound together through a shared past with unsettled questions. Your task is to understand why the aliens have come and what they are trying to tell us. You will soon discover the key to understanding lies in your memories together.

This is definitely an in-person game, as it is meant to come with a modular channeling board that will provide you with alien symbols that you will use to help you interpret messages. This is more than a game about language, it’s about relationship, shared memories, and connection.

Xenolanguage was kickstarted at the beginning of this year, but you can check out the above link to pre-order the game if this sounds interesting to you!

Star-Spawned, by Penguin King Games.

One unearthly night, a ray of colourless light descended from the stars, and under its warping radiance, creatures unlike any the world has ever seen were born. They do not know the world, and they do not know themselves. Unfortunately for the world, they're quick learners!

Star-Spawned is a GMless, oneshot-oriented tabletop RPG in which you don't know what your own traits do when play begins. The names of each group's stats are randomly generated using morpheme chaining, and characters are created while having absolutely no idea what they mean; figuring that out forms the greater part of play.

Star-Spawned is more about self discovery than it is about language, but the use of morpheme-chaining in character creation is intriguing to me. You will randomly roll three pieces of a word, and then chain them together to create a unique Facet, available to the players as stats. These Facets don’t have a meaning when the game begins - you need to play to find out what they mean. If you like playing around with semantics - the meaning of words - this might be a game for you.

Degenerate Semantics, by Mikael Andersson.

Degenerate Semantics is a role-playing game for 1-5 players and one Game Master (GM). The players will each portray a character who live in Emmaloopen's poverty-stricken lower city. They are young, wild, ambitious, and independent. This way of life is threatened by other factions, and the players will need to have their characters work together to survive and thrive.

In the process of playing the game, the players and GM will define and flesh out a language called Bandethal. A collection of street terms and slang, Bandethal is used both as a way to talk openly about illicit activities without alerting authorities and to establish street cred. The terms are liberally mixed in with plain English, or when the language is mature enough, can be used entirely on its own. The characters' success is in large part based on how proficiently the players wield the language.

A friend of mine ran this game for me three or four years ago, and it’s been sitting in the back of my head ever since. Degenerate Semantics was created for a Game Chef competition in 2014, and has remained in the same state since then. I don’t think there’s any more work being done on it, but the game is there for anyone who wants to give it a go - and while there’s a setting that comes with the game, that setting is highly flexible, depending on what your group is interested in. Our group decided to use a lot of gardening metaphors, and undertook a plant-based heist as our act of rebellion! If you want a game about the power that language can give a tightly-knit group, this is the game for you.

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DROWWORD, by Ursidice.

[jcmarchi]

SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System Review: Unifying Data Management for Phot - Videoguys

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SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System Review: Unifying Data Management for Phot - Videoguys

In this comprehensive review of the SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System, Alex Coleman from PhotographyLife examines how this innovative storage solution caters to the needs of professional photographers and videographers. With the increasing demand for managing large volumes of high-resolution media, SanDisk’s Pro-Blade line offers a unified approach to streamline data management processes.

Key Features of the SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System

Most professionals are accustomed to capturing images and videos on in-camera storage devices, then offloading them to portable hard drives, and finally transferring them to desktop systems. The SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System aims to simplify this workflow. Central to this system is the Pro-Blade Mag SSD, which comes in storage capacities of 1TB, 2TB, and 4TB. The SSDs allow direct filming and easy connection to enclosures for editing, thus eliminating the import step and utilizing high speeds for both recording and editing.

Pro-Blade Mag SSD: Compact and Robust

The Pro-Blade Mag SSD is designed for durability and high performance. It features a compact aluminum housing rated for 3m drops and 4000lb crush loads. The proprietary Pro-Blade Interface ensures modularity, durability, and impressive throughput, rated for 2,000+ cycles into docks and capable of 3,000+ MB/s read speeds with the appropriate enclosure.

Transport and Station Enclosures

The Pro-Blade system includes two types of enclosures:

Transport Enclosure: Ideal for portability, this enclosure supports a single Mag SSD and offers up to 2000MB/s read/write speeds via a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2×2 port. Its clean design and efficient heat management make it a practical choice for on-the-go professionals.

Station Enclosure: Designed for desktop workflows, this enclosure houses up to four Mag SSDs, providing up to 16TB of storage with 3000+ MB/s speeds over Thunderbolt 3. It’s perfect for high-demand workflows, large studios, and productions requiring fast data access and massive storage capacity.

Performance Analysis

In testing, the Mag SSDs delivered excellent performance on both PC and Mac systems. Coleman used a 14-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Pro chip and a Windows system with an AMD 5950x processor. The SSDs achieved speeds that effectively saturated the available USB-C bandwidth and maintained high speeds during extensive file transfers without overheating or throttling.

Real-World Use and Recommendations

While the Pro-Blade Mag SSDs can reach their full potential in terms of speed and performance, their actual performance depends on the computer’s interface. The Transport enclosure’s lack of Thunderbolt support limits its speed to about 1000 MB/s on many systems, but the Station enclosure overcomes this limitation with Thunderbolt 3 connectivity.

Despite these limitations, the SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System stands out for its high-quality build, modularity, and professional design. It’s an excellent choice for photographers and videographers who need fast, portable, and swappable storage solutions. Although the system is more expensive than simpler SSD options, its unique features and performance benefits justify the cost.

Conclusion

The SanDisk Pro-Blade SSD System is an exceptional choice for professionals requiring a streamlined and robust storage solution. Its combination of speed, durability, and modular design makes it a standout option for managing large volumes of high-resolution data on the go.

Read the full article by Alex Coleman for Photography Life HERE