They’re basically the Pink Floyd of our generation. Too bad they’ll never have the same reach as PF or older bands due to the heavy current cultural fragmentation.

Bullets are the beauty of the blistering sky

Bulgarian clusterfuck

Well that’s a first for such an idiom. Is this in actual use somewhere, and what do you mean by it?

Oops! 🤷

I just knew Citrix is also named in Epstein’s black book.

If you want another comedic stupidity, he has some funny parts in Snatch. Can’t be bothered to watch his copy&paste action movies, too, though.

Star Wars is about the only movie I don’t like with him, and it’s not because of his acting, but as you maybe meant his whole character feels forced in.

Other than that, can’t hate anything Adam Driver is in - dude is an astounding actor, I’m usually floored by his performances in other movies. Doesn’t have Brad Pitt looks or whatever, but boy can he play convincingly absolutely any part they give him, and that’s why I think they give him tons.

I’ve only played parts of the first System Shock, so can’t speak of that or its remake until I finish it. But Prey’s very much a spiritual successor to System Shock 2, devs have said it themselves, and the similarities are a ton. Prey (2016) is still its own thing, different story, world etc., but the underlying immersive sim systems, the once again story of “you’re locked in this space station/ ship gone wrong and have to gradually progress through it while finding all its inhabitants mysteries” - it hits the same notes and it’s exactly what you’d want from a spiritual successor.

I think you’ll get a similar kick of the System Shock 2 remaster, the first one might be a tad more retro and limited even with the modern remake.

The more time passes, the more I feel Prey was one of the best games I’ve ever played. Can’t really feel bad for System Shock 3 not happening, Prey was the SS3 that I wanted.

I really hope Raph Colantonio’s new game delivers more immersive sim goodness upon this world, games with such reactivity are sorely missed.

It was incredibly enjoyable for me exactly because I didn’t fall for that “big mystery” hook. Also no, it’s not a nothingburger for any of the characters involved. It’s just not another unrealistic game-y game.

UK if I have to guess.

If they didn’t notice for 4 whole hours the game is funny as fuck I don’t think it’s for them anyway. Kinda weird they picked up only the nostalgic and sad tones, but nothing else, in a game that basically allows you to react to its world in a myriad different ways.

“Akira” when I was 10-ish. Wanted to check what this anime thing was about, was not prepared for nuclear blasts, and people becoming giant body-horror amoebas. Still, it was a good intro into anime, along with Dominion Tank Police (another hilariously not-for-10-year-olds number). And set the bar way too high for most other ones I watched later.

For me in American English it’s also the commas that go inside the closing quotation marks, even when they’re not part the original quote. I die a little every time I see this, so illogical.

If it’s not part of the quote, just leave it outside.

I was surprised how much I had to scroll for this. I thought a lot of people still test with it. E.g. I was born 10-ish years after DSotM was released, listened to it first in my teens, but it has been my go-to album for every audio upgrade ever since that.

This is what conspiracy thinking looks like. It’s me. I’m the one conspiracy thinking.

That’s some quality reasoning and conspiracy thinking 👍

Judging by all the vaguely hostile comments, you seem to have struck a chord here.

Poor Volta.

Didn’t know that, thanks.

It’s kinda tough sell without wireless for such price, for me. Though I guess it’s maybe a tough fit with their modular design ambitions, and corners have to be cut somewhere to keep their higher costs down.

Wirelessly.

Or you switch to your bluetooth buds during a wired charge.

I’m all for audio jacks, but have been using a phone without one for 4 years now, and there are so many options to not be incovenienced.

Also I don’t use my audiophile headphones with the phone at all - DAC on it just isn’t good enough to get most out of then, prefer to use them with my desktop PC amp only.