A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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Now where did I put my soldering iron?
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simonwolf I forgot how bad the animation was in the 90's.
Been a while since I watched Bubblegum Crisis 2040. I remember watching this like in bits and pieces in high school.
It was my gateway anime, aired on Saturday nights on a free to air station down here. I think the Boomer animations are pretty good for a TV anime in its time, but compared with what's being achieved nowadays, it can look rough.
Yeah I think it was later for me seeing it.
I think there was more of a cyberpunk and kind of strange sci-fi push in that time period in anime though. Like you get the earlier stuff with like the original Ghost in a Shell but you get Bubblegum Crisis and Lain later on.
I should rewatch Lain. That was a weird show.
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@Shivahn I am glad things are working out with your date!
Games:
Bormberman on SNES was fun multiplayer at people's houses. I think it was on SNES anyway?
As I've mentioned, Dan and I have been cuddling while playing Life Is Strange or other such visual novel type games on PC, so you could do that as well (both people get to have a say in key decisions, switch off who controls it whenever someone gets bored).
For board games:
Set is the best if you are equally into it, otherwise is the worst.
Dominion is very easy to learn and if this person plays D&D she can deal with reading rules on cards and stuff.
Does chat have any suggestions for games that would be good to play with a non-gamer partner? Ideally ones I already have (SNES!) but other ideas are welcome!
Do you have any of the lego games? I really like lego star wars and you have infinite lives, and just respawn right where you died. It's gun and addictive and forgiving enough that I was able to play it with my four year old niece recently, and she barely knows how to hold a controller.
FFVI?
Saints Row has co op but I have no idea if it is any good at that.
Does chat have any suggestions for games that would be good to play with a non-gamer partner? Ideally ones I already have (SNES!) but other ideas are welcome!
ROCKET LEAGUE
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simonwolf I forgot how bad the animation was in the 90's.
Been a while since I watched Bubblegum Crisis 2040. I remember watching this like in bits and pieces in high school.
It was my gateway anime, aired on Saturday nights on a free to air station down here. I think the Boomer animations are pretty good for a TV anime in its time, but compared with what's being achieved nowadays, it can look rough.
Yeah I think it was later for me seeing it.
I think there was more of a cyberpunk and kind of strange sci-fi push in that time period in anime though. Like you get the earlier stuff with like the original Ghost in a Shell but you get Bubblegum Crisis and Lain later on.
I should rewatch Lain. That was a weird show.
technically Tokyo 2040 is a remake of the original Bubblegum Crisis, which was a late 80s OVA and predates GitS/Eva
but it was made in the late 90s and therefore (inevitably) takes on a bunch of the qualities of those shows
Lain remains great, though! I should get around to re-watching that (once I get through the rest of my ever-increasing list)
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Shivahn I am glad things are working out with your date!
Games:
Bormberman on SNES was fun multiplayer at people's houses. I think it was on SNES anyway?
As I've mentioned, Dan and I have been cuddling while playing Life Is Strange or other such visual novel type games on PC, so you could do that as well (both people get to have a say in key decisions, switch off who controls it whenever someone gets bored).
For board games:
Set is the best if you are equally into it, otherwise is the worst.
Dominion is very easy to learn and if this person plays D&D she can deal with reading rules on cards and stuff.
1) thank you! She is being constantly upgraded in terms of relational words I'm using.
Bomberman sounds wonderful. And visual novel stuff! I suspect she'd like that. Board games are also awesome, and we played Cathedral earlier today. It was pretty great.
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I am gonna go to bed now, night everyone! Day was strangely exhausting.
simonwolf I forgot how bad the animation was in the 90's.
Been a while since I watched Bubblegum Crisis 2040. I remember watching this like in bits and pieces in high school.
It was my gateway anime, aired on Saturday nights on a free to air station down here. I think the Boomer animations are pretty good for a TV anime in its time, but compared with what's being achieved nowadays, it can look rough.
Yeah I think it was later for me seeing it.
I think there was more of a cyberpunk and kind of strange sci-fi push in that time period in anime though. Like you get the earlier stuff with like the original Ghost in a Shell but you get Bubblegum Crisis and Lain later on.
I should rewatch Lain. That was a weird show.
technically Tokyo 2040 is a remake of the original Bubblegum Crisis, which was a late 80s OVA and predates GitS/Eva
but it was made in the late 90s and therefore (inevitably) takes on a bunch of the qualities of those shows
Lain remains great, though! I should get around to re-watching that (once I get through the rest of my ever-increasing list)
Lain is something I have watched like 6 times or more. I always find something a bit new I missed the first time.
Haibane Renmei which is the same guy is pretty good but very different.
Australia (and all things Aussie) are referred to as "down under".
Does Australia refer to everything in the Northern Hemisphere as "up over"?
:strokes chin quizzically:
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I sent a thank you note for my phone interview and got not only a response on a sunday, but a response that included information for an in person interview and trial
I'm not gonna get super specific because this is through a forumer and I don't want to go any further on deets for multiple reasons but this has gone so well it's almost unbelievable. keep assuming the next step is where they'll snag me but maybe I am just going to get to do something I'd love to do and will feel rewarded working at.
at the very least I get continued experience and probably at least some feedback if things don't work out
I feel weird making these posts but I know everyone makes them and I do feel good and do wanna share with you all
simonwolf I forgot how bad the animation was in the 90's.
Been a while since I watched Bubblegum Crisis 2040. I remember watching this like in bits and pieces in high school.
It was my gateway anime, aired on Saturday nights on a free to air station down here. I think the Boomer animations are pretty good for a TV anime in its time, but compared with what's being achieved nowadays, it can look rough.
Yeah I think it was later for me seeing it.
I think there was more of a cyberpunk and kind of strange sci-fi push in that time period in anime though. Like you get the earlier stuff with like the original Ghost in a Shell but you get Bubblegum Crisis and Lain later on.
I should rewatch Lain. That was a weird show.
technically Tokyo 2040 is a remake of the original Bubblegum Crisis, which was a late 80s OVA and predates GitS/Eva
but it was made in the late 90s and therefore (inevitably) takes on a bunch of the qualities of those shows
Lain remains great, though! I should get around to re-watching that (once I get through the rest of my ever-increasing list)
Lain is something I have watched like 6 times or more. I always find something a bit new I missed the first time.
Haibane Renmei which is the same guy is pretty good but very different.
Ah, formative anime experiences.
I credit the original Sci-Fi channel for showing Vampire Hunter D, Lensman, and Robot Carnival a whole shitload during their first couple of years of existence as whetting my appetite for what was then referred to in the states as Japanimation.
Oh and The Professional: Golgo 13.
BlackDragon480 on
No matter where you go...there you are. ~ Buckaroo Banzai
simonwolf I forgot how bad the animation was in the 90's.
Been a while since I watched Bubblegum Crisis 2040. I remember watching this like in bits and pieces in high school.
It was my gateway anime, aired on Saturday nights on a free to air station down here. I think the Boomer animations are pretty good for a TV anime in its time, but compared with what's being achieved nowadays, it can look rough.
Yeah I think it was later for me seeing it.
I think there was more of a cyberpunk and kind of strange sci-fi push in that time period in anime though. Like you get the earlier stuff with like the original Ghost in a Shell but you get Bubblegum Crisis and Lain later on.
I should rewatch Lain. That was a weird show.
Need to rewatch Lain, also need to rewatch Haibane Renmei.
Haibane Renmei is kind of interesting cuz it's kind of after the anime ultraviolence era, but it's still got a degree of that mindfuckery going on that you rarely see in shows now. It's also soooort of a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things show, but before they were quite so... codified as they are now into their own genre. Like, it would definitely be a very different show if made today, in one way or the other.
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A trap is for fish: when you've got the fish, you can forget the trap. A snare is for rabbits: when you've got the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words are for meaning: when you've got the meaning, you can forget the words.
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I sent a thank you note for my phone interview and got not only a response on a sunday, but a response that included information for an in person interview and trial
I'm not gonna get super specific because this is through a forumer and I don't want to go any further on deets for multiple reasons but this has gone so well it's almost unbelievable. keep assuming the next step is where they'll snag me but maybe I am just going to get to do something I'd love to do and will feel rewarded working at.
at the very least I get continued experience and probably at least some feedback if things don't work out
I feel weird making these posts but I know everyone makes them and I do feel good and do wanna share with you all
quick, say something about video games
Mech seems weak against airtoss!
I made a game! Hotline Maui. Requires mouse and keyboard.
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Yeah protip chief: Those laws are utter bullshit.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Yeah I think it was later for me seeing it.
I think there was more of a cyberpunk and kind of strange sci-fi push in that time period in anime though. Like you get the earlier stuff with like the original Ghost in a Shell but you get Bubblegum Crisis and Lain later on.
I should rewatch Lain. That was a weird show.
I would never leave you out of the mind-shattering executions, my traitor to the people friend
oh, he brought out "chief"
one way or another, somebody's gonna get satisfaction
Games:
Bormberman on SNES was fun multiplayer at people's houses. I think it was on SNES anyway?
As I've mentioned, Dan and I have been cuddling while playing Life Is Strange or other such visual novel type games on PC, so you could do that as well (both people get to have a say in key decisions, switch off who controls it whenever someone gets bored).
For board games:
Set is the best if you are equally into it, otherwise is the worst.
Dominion is very easy to learn and if this person plays D&D she can deal with reading rules on cards and stuff.
Do you have any of the lego games? I really like lego star wars and you have infinite lives, and just respawn right where you died. It's gun and addictive and forgiving enough that I was able to play it with my four year old niece recently, and she barely knows how to hold a controller.
FFVI?
Saints Row has co op but I have no idea if it is any good at that.
ROCKET LEAGUE
technically Tokyo 2040 is a remake of the original Bubblegum Crisis, which was a late 80s OVA and predates GitS/Eva
but it was made in the late 90s and therefore (inevitably) takes on a bunch of the qualities of those shows
Lain remains great, though! I should get around to re-watching that (once I get through the rest of my ever-increasing list)
I agree with this. Mario Kart would also rank high on my list.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
1) thank you! She is being constantly upgraded in terms of relational words I'm using.
Bomberman sounds wonderful. And visual novel stuff! I suspect she'd like that. Board games are also awesome, and we played Cathedral earlier today. It was pretty great.
...
I am gonna go to bed now, night everyone! Day was strangely exhausting.
YES PLEASE WANT OMGOMGOMG
a flamin shed load
The scrotum and twins on the other hand...
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Lain is something I have watched like 6 times or more. I always find something a bit new I missed the first time.
Haibane Renmei which is the same guy is pretty good but very different.
Not buyin' it, bro. Not buyin' OH FCUK THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A MOUS... not cool man.
Going to bed early since I am still getting used to work again.
You kids keep being nice to each other and/or do whatever you want I'm not your dad.
Building IKEA furniture with a SO is fun, right?
Does Australia refer to everything in the Northern Hemisphere as "up over"?
:strokes chin quizzically:
I'm not gonna get super specific because this is through a forumer and I don't want to go any further on deets for multiple reasons but this has gone so well it's almost unbelievable. keep assuming the next step is where they'll snag me but maybe I am just going to get to do something I'd love to do and will feel rewarded working at.
at the very least I get continued experience and probably at least some feedback if things don't work out
I feel weird making these posts but I know everyone makes them and I do feel good and do wanna share with you all
quick, say something about video games
Aww, thank you noodle-package. I will enjoy myself!
Ah, formative anime experiences.
I credit the original Sci-Fi channel for showing Vampire Hunter D, Lensman, and Robot Carnival a whole shitload during their first couple of years of existence as whetting my appetite for what was then referred to in the states as Japanimation.
Oh and The Professional: Golgo 13.
~ Buckaroo Banzai
Need to rewatch Lain, also need to rewatch Haibane Renmei.
Haibane Renmei is kind of interesting cuz it's kind of after the anime ultraviolence era, but it's still got a degree of that mindfuckery going on that you rarely see in shows now. It's also soooort of a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things show, but before they were quite so... codified as they are now into their own genre. Like, it would definitely be a very different show if made today, in one way or the other.
But I'm so short
I'd basically be a pillow
I love it a lot though.
Mech seems weak against airtoss!
The outside, not the inside.
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Like if grey the color was a feeling.
It is an odd show.
I'll give you both