=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── @user-763 use the gameboy as a database there's a 0 percent chance that any network spy guys would be able to see what's stored on a gameboy cartridge. truly the most remote of classes of places. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/1481 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────── if you lose someone on the Fediverse then there's a zero percent chance you'll ever find them again. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/977 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-696 to me, the most technically and gameplay impressive video games tend to be the ones that develop their own engine specifically for the project. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #3 messages/211 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── In the game her expression is Japanese because the game's closest approximation uses ninjas. But she's closer to a dynamic rather than an instantiation. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3210 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── @user-1209 well, every boomer shooter is about moving as fast as possible and shooting with pinpoint accuracy, so... that's-the-game.jpg : ) ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/84 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Life is just a series of minigames for your primate brain to solve that are generated by an impossibly complex algorithm with a dash of ethical value-based choices thrown in. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/2881 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── "never lose your totem" I only lose things when in motion. at rest I know where everything is. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1162 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── There are some games that I play where I am struck by the thought that "wow, this game was made by programmers" and often, they are among my favorite games to play. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1841 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── curling up in a ball and thinking about crying for hours is the same as crying. If a little bit less of a release. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/1184 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────── @user-883 whoa, cool! So with one of these you can flash any ROM you want onto the cartridge and it should play any GBA/GBC game you uhhh legally own and have pulled the ROM from? If so that's pretty neat ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────┘ --- #10 messages/280 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Fighting each other is such a waste of ammo. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/6294 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────── if you play optimally, you'll never get any chance to make decisions. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────┘ --- #12 messages/1002 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── In revolutionary Cascadia, you don't have to do anything different. Until you decide you want to. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┘ --- #13 fediverse/4608 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────── every time a game developer makes a game where the world is in peril and the main character must save it, for every successful playthrough where the good guy wins there are thousands of doomed worlds where the player got distracted or bored and left the people to rot. how tragic. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┘ --- #14 messages/911 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── literally zero secret messages in the game titles. I just feel like playing one or another because of the *gameplay* ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────┘ --- #15 messages/740 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────── had a dream that we gamified all work and then put them into one single mega-game so whenever you wanted you could work on an arbitrary project and it would spin up a new game and take your inputs and use them to accomplish whatever was happening ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┘ --- #16 fediverse/134 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: algorithms and primed │ └───────────────────────────────┘ @user-95 oh, you like? I made it out of an in-game screenshot. The inner border is actually the message box and the outer yellowish one is the background color of one of the maps. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/2565 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: water-dispersal │ └──────────────────────┘ truck driver who has a long-ish range drone ferrying water bottles back and forth while invisible to satellite surveillance EDIT: better yet, kids playing games at home ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┘ --- #18 fediverse/3123 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── using linux requires constant maintenance and that's kind of unfair, actually. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #19 messages/488 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── Look at the unique patterns in a programming language, and you will find within them a usecase. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┘ --- #20 messages/635 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── Yeah, sure, signal is encrypted, but they could just put a virus on your miniature pocket tv that streams your screen into a text recognition bot which streams that text into an LLM trained to report on suspicious seditious activity. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┘ |