Just an ace dude born in '85, love me video games and other nerd stuff and love talkin bout it even more. Not super good at using social media sites but gonna keep trying.
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Is it because I used the tag for fighting games or something? I'm suddenly getting hit with a bunch of clearly bullshit account pretending to be tumblr @'ing me pretending there's a problem with my account. I have NEVER seen this before.
Oooooooh here we go, here's a big mc'fucking I-Spy of a picture of My Stuff:tm: to share to people. This is a collage of what I believe is all my (current) physical games that are categorically fighting games, or have categorically fighting game modes in them. With some franchise/company collections in cuz they contain at least one fighting game of course.
Something that may take a minute to clock is that there's literally no regular Street Fighter games in here at all XD even if I had ALL my physical games from throughout my entire life, I would only have... one? Maybe two. And it wouldn't even be a "main" SF title either, cuz it was something weird like Alpha on SNES or a collection on PS2 or some such. I do have SF6 on the ol' compy digitally, but this is showing off my physical collection so no go there.
What IS here is a deluge of weird, esoteric, niche, obscure, and rare games ranging from the gameboy to the sega saturn to the switch and many consoles between. I've never been great at fighting games, and I've never liked the broader FGC's... hm... how to say it... idiosyncrasies I guess. But I think the genre is great, and there's been lots of wacky things in that genre that I've added to my collection over the years.
Tell me what stands out to you! Anything in particular here that really gets your attention? Something from your past? Gonna tell me [x] game doesn't count? Or just straight up don't know what something is? I'd love to hear people talk about it.
If you want to push it back even further Margaret Cavendish, the duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) wrote The Blazing World in 1666, about a young woman who discovers a Utopian world that can only be accessed via the North Pole - oft credited as one of the first scifi novels
Women have always been at the forefront of literature, the first novel (what we would consider a novel in modern terms)Â was written by a woman (Lady Muraskaiâs the Tale of Genji in the early 1000s) take your snide âIsaac Asimovâ reblogs and stick it
even in terms of male scifi authors, asimov was predated by Jules Verne, HG Wells, George Orwell, you could have even cited Poe or Jonathan Swift has a case but Asimov?
PbbBFFTTBBBTBTTBBTBTTT so desperate to discredit the idea of Mary Shelly as the mother of modern science fiction you didnât even do a frickin google search For Shame
Kinda funny, considering this Isaac Asimov quote on the subject:
Mary Shelley was the first to make use of a new finding of science which she advanced further to a logical extreme, and it is that which makes Frankenstein the first true science fiction story.
You know what else was invented by women? Masked vigilantes, the precursor to the modern superhero. Baroness Emma Orczy wrote The Scarlet Pimpernel in 1905. The character would later inspire better known masked vigilantes such as Zorro and Batman.
the first extended prose piece - ie a novel, was not, as many male scholars will shout, Don Quixote (1605) but The Tale of Genji (1008) written by a woman
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got the hair painted up pretty nice rattlecan style~ had some rough false starts but i'm reasonably happy with it now. got the swimwear set tummy and painted that as well, with a pearl gloss varnish. resin casting a trans pink version still in the cards, especially now that i've got my hands on the part i want and know it's relatively simple engineering-wise, but that's a Big Project. swapped the chestpiece out and i'm much happier with the full plating. way more Peri imo.
next on the docket, i gotta figure out a jacket color, find her a jump pack (i think the techprot pack might fit the bill), and figure out how i wanna handle the 3mm ports on her leggies. i'll probs detail paint the strappies and buckles as well
please read this even if you're not indian. especially if you're not indian.
you've seen the jokes. india is "dirty", indians are "everywhere", why don't they fix their own country. ok. let me tell you why, and what's happening right now while nobody's watching.
first, the history you skipped: britain ruled india for two centuries and drained it. economist utsa patnaik's research estimates around $45 trillion in today's money was taken. the india that got independence in 1947 was one of the poorest countries on earth. every "why is india like this" question starts there. you don't get to profit off a robbery and then mock the crime scene.
now, what's happening RIGHT NOW:
in may the question paper for NEET leaked. that's the national medical entrance exam. over 2.2 million students took it. cancelled. years of studying, families' savings poured into coaching, gone overnight because someone sold the paper. students died by suicide after. these were kids who wanted to be doctors.
and out of that came a protest movement. a gen z group called the cockroach janta party, started by a 30 year old named abhijeet dipke, got 22 million instagram followers within DAYS. they've been doing a sit-in at jantar mantar in delhi demanding education minister dharmendra pradhan resign.
and then there's sonam wangchuk. if you've watched 3 idiots, he's the real engineer the character was based on. built solar schools in ladakh. invented ice stupas so himalayan villages have water. spent his whole life on education. he's 59 and he's been on hunger strike for 17+ days now. reporters went to see him this week and he was too weak to talk. and the troll armies are calling him "anti national" and "foreign funded". a man starving himself for other people's children. that's the thing here, anyone who asks a question is suddenly a traitor.
it's not one incident, it's everywhere you look:
⢠infrastructure worth thousands of crores failing within months of the ribbon cutting. tunnels collapsing in regions where heavy rain is a guarantee, not a surprise.
⢠youth unemployment near 10% for ages 15 to 29, 13.6% in cities. in a country of 1.42 billion where more than half the population is young.
⢠only about the top 3% of indians earn above 10 lakh a year. meanwhile billionaire wealth keeps ballooning and the headlines celebrate it.
⢠manipur burned for over two years. an ethnic conflict, tens of thousands displaced, and the prime minister barely said the word manipur while it happened.
⢠journalists raided. critics' houses bulldozed. activists sitting in jail for years without trial under laws like UAPA. our press freedom ranking has cratered.
⢠even the petrol is a fight now, ethanol blending pushed through while drivers complain about their engines and get no straight answers.
and through all of it, the PM, who came to power on religious polarisation (americans, sound familiar?), travels abroad for photo ops and has not held one single open press conference in over a decade. not one.
what i'm asking:
if you're not indian: share this. our media mostly won't cover any of it because the big outlets are owned by the same billionaires the government serves. the only reason wangchuk's fast is getting any coverage is people refusing to look away.
if you ARE indian: speak up even if you're comfortable. especially if you're comfortable. join the protests. add to this, correct me, translate it. staying quiet is a choice when nothing in this post touches your life.
india is not "dirty". india was robbed, and it's being robbed again, from the inside this time. but it's also the country where a 59 year old will starve for strangers' kids and 22 million young people will rally behind a party literally named after cockroaches, because cockroaches survive everything.
The movement, which began as a satirical protest, has evolved into a nationwide challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
Supporters of India's youth-led Cockroach movement said Tuesday they will continue their protest in New Delhi, refusing to leave their sit-in site a day after police used tear gas and batons to disperse thousands of them as they tried to march toward Parliament.
Hundreds of protesters camped at Jantar Mantar, a designated protest site, under heavy police presence, saying they would stay until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns over alleged failures in India's examination system.
"We are going to continue our protest," said Abhijeet Dipke, founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, which emerged just two months ago.
The movement, drawing students, professionals and families, marks a rare public challenge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's government in its third term, reviving criticism over its handling of dissent and its use of force to respond to protests. [...]
Sona Bisht, a 20-year-old student who was part of the protest, said the confrontation strengthened her resolve.
"If the government thinks that doing this with Gen Z, they can stop us, then that won't happen. We are here talking about education, talking about securing our future. And till the time our demands are not met, we will not move from here," she said.
"Definitions developed thus far about youth, like the Gen Z narrative, have largely been linked to roles attributed by the dominant system. The rulers have invented a whole range of terms â rebellious, irresponsible, apolitical, extremist, consumerist â not to understand youth, but to neutralize it. They know as well as we do that whoever wins over the youth wins over society. [...] Thus the question is not whether youth is powerful, but in whose interest this power is directed. Todayâs uprisings â such as those in Nepal, Bangladesh, Madagascar, Indonesia, Kenya, Morocco, and beyond â demonstrate that youth continues to emerge as a decisive actor. Young women like Deniz Ciya have proven this with their lives. These uprisings are not expressions of generational temperament. These âGen Z uprisingsâ are expressions of a social force confronting structural crisis inherent in the current system. [...] Recent youth uprisings â whether in the form of environmental justice protests, labor movements, or uprisings against authoritarian governments â are proof that youth worldwide are not only responding to a set of circumstances; they are consciously and collectively rejecting the narratives that seek to define them. Thus, it is crucial to analyze what transpired, and draw lessons from these uprisings, particularly in the context of building a global youth democratic confederalism. For the power of youth movements is interconnected, despite being geographically distant." â "Beyond "Gen Z": Defending Revolutionary Youth Spirit" by LĂŞgerĂŽn
"The youth in general, and especially the young women, are the spark of every revolution.We canât look at the history and found a revolution without the youth. We are a fundamental factor. We should be aware of this reality, we should take conscience of our historical role. By doing this we will provide ourselves with a plan that will allow us the unity of action and objectives. The Youth should not be condemned to be a slave of the capitalist system. [...] If we reject the labels and mentalities imposed by the system, taking consciousness as Internationalist Youth in a global level and organizing ourselves, is there someone who can stop us?" â "The youth is the spark of every revolution" by LĂŞgerĂŽn.
"itâs kind of funny how much the GN Flag looks like Roaring Knight Deltarune. i wonder if thatâs a custom i could put togetherâŚ"
Yes. Yes, it was.
details under the cut!
this build was honestly super simple but it quickly became one of my favorites i've ever done. the HG GN Flag by itself is already just a really clean, fun build, and apart from the antlers (which were repurposed from my RG Banshee) and the sword (which i think originally came from my Barbataurus?) this basically just trims it down, shuffles things around a little, and calls it a day. the pointy feet, in particular, are just the Flag's knee spikes turned upside-down and attached to the ankle joint. surprisingly, i didn't even have to glue that in, it just fits in there!
in terms of painting, this used the same trick of white panel lines that i did on my regular GN Flag, to the same lovely effect. i also spray-painted both the antlers and the sword in tamiya rubber black, which was the only shade of black i happened to have on hand but ended up working very nicely. all white details and panel lines were handpainted with the DSPIAE white brush-tip marker, and there are a few black details (mostly the tips of the antlers) that i made with their black brush-tip marker.
i honestly couldn't tell you where that little blue stand came from, that was just sitting in my parts box. maybe my bootleg Lfrith Anavata...? i do know the cloud effect, though: that's from one of the Rayquaza kits i've built. i liked that when you put 'em together they kind of had the colors of the Knight's Dark Fountain being formed. very serendipitous scavenging of the parts box.
that little stand did make posing a bit of a challenge, though, since it's definitely meant for supporting Little Effects Parts and not The Whole Entire Kit. i ended up cramming a bunch of masking tape and random plastic detritus in the hollow underside of the cloud part in order to weigh down the base so it wouldn't tip over.
...y'know, if i'd been smart, i would've waited until december to work on this and post it. ah, well. here's to impatience and Cool Model Kits!!!
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Happy migraine and headache awareness month. This may seem like a minor terminology nitpick, but itâs a serious misconception about migraine: nausea is an actual migraine symptom, not a thing that happens because of the headache. When people with migraine experience nausea during attacks, itâs not because the pain is so bad (the idea that migraine is always excruciatingly painful is also a myth), itâs because migraine causes a lot of symptoms that arenât pain, including nausea.
This goes for other symptoms as well: although pain can definitely contribute to peopleâs experiences of these symptoms, fatigue and brain fog are actual migraine symptoms, not just pain symptoms.
This is also your friendly PSA that nausea is not a normal tension headache symptom, if you frequently get nauseous with your headaches, you almost certainly have migraine.
For today's KIU localization post, I'd like to talk about something a little more... mundane. There's a running joke of sorts in the Japanese version that isn't really carried over in its full extent in the English version. Let me explain...
Palutena's a bit of a troll. It's not uncommon for her to take part in some good old tomfoolery, you could say. In particular, there are a few moments in the game where she kinda just makes up random abilities to mess with the other characters. Both versions essentially share the same setup in these moments, but the punchlines end up being slightly different. This is because the Japanese version attempts to adhere to the "face fault" trope as it's called. You might have seen it before in anime--it's the comedic gag where a character reacts to an absurd remark from another character by falling over in a swift, exaggerated motion. It's kind of like an extreme version of a facepalm. Anyway, I've gathered here every instance of this gag in the game. Or, at least, I hope I did. More below the cutoff, as usual.
The first instance of this bit occurs early on in the flight segment of chapter 4. Actually, this specific exchange is highlighted during one overview video for the game in order to showcase how the game is funny. They must have been really proud of this one if that's the case... Here's the scene in question:
Oh, but there's a lot of extraneous stuff going on here in this file, huh? I'm only sharing the audio for the sake of allowing you to hear how the dialogue sounds for when I get around to the Japanese version, and I like leaving the English for the sake of comparison. And it's fun too, right? :)
But it doesn't change the fact there's a lot of fluff. Here's the gist of what I want to look at:
This conversation can never leave my mind because, not kidding, 12 year old me did NOT get the joke. But the overview video narrator told me it was funny so therefore it had to be funny. I was simply a profoundly stupid child. I will never let myself live this down.
I'm getting off topic. As you can see, we've got the setup of Palutena making up some ability. Pit just brushes her off here in the English version, but he abides by the face fault in Japanese:
"It can't be found by any means."
"Even though I have this 'Palutena Eye.'"
"Lady Palutena, do you really have such an ability?"
"No, I just wanted to try saying it."
"Guh!" ...well it's literally more like "ngah" but perhaps you can take a listen for yourself:
Oh, right, the extraneous stuff. I guess I'll translate the whole thing. Here I go!
Pit: I got it, I got it already! But why specifically are we going to such a place?
Palutena: To find Pandora, one of Medusa's subordinates.
Pit: Pandora... the evil goddess of calamity, right?
Palutena: The Trap Dungeon she's in is hidden by the reaper fort's magic powers. It can't be found by any means. Even though I have this "Palutena Eye."
Pit: Lady Palutena, do you really have such an ability?
Palutena: No, I just wanted to try saying it.
Pit: Gah!
Palutena: In any case, your mission is to capture the reaper fort!
Pit: R-roger that!
Pandora's Labyrinth of Deceit is called the "Trap Dungeon" in the Japanese version which honestly sounds comically mundane by comparison. But they're using English words so it probably sounds cool and exotic to a Japanese audience, as English words tend to do. It's also fun to say English words in the Japanese sound system anyway.
Anyway, as you can see, identical setup, different punchline. Obviously, Pit can't really fall over in game, but his vocalization is pretty much identical to how a character would typically react when toppling over. It's evidently meant to evoke the face fault.
Another instance occurs in beginning of the ground section of chapter 13.
Once again a lot of fluff. Actually, if you'll allow me to get off topic for a bit, the last bit personally interests me. So "to gird one's loins" is just an expression meaning "to ready oneself" but Pit's line makes a joke about the "loins" part. It's in reference to how "loins" means "groin." Very curious that the writers would make such a joke considering that, according to an interview with the English script's cowriter, one thing they paid attention to when it came to regional changes were "things that were inappropriate for a little boy to say."
I believe I brought this up before in the possessed Palutena post. In the conversation in the ground segment of chapter 20 when Pit's talking about how loyal he is to Palutena, he blurts out that he "loves her," and the other characters react accordingly, thus prompting him to stammer that he doesn't mean in the romantic way. The idea is that what he's saying sounds like a love confession. I surmised that the line was altered because it could easily be taken the wrong way. So, what I'm trying to say, is I wonder how an unintentional "I love you" crosses a line but an added joke referencing the genital region doesn't.
I could honestly make a whole post on every moment that I think the English scriptwriters found questionable in that regard because believe me, there are a lot. But again, daily reminder that Pit's the equivalent of a thirteen year old. It might get weird really fast. If you're still curious, let me know if you'd want to see something like that.
Back on topic... here's the main part of the conversation we just listened to that I want to take a look at:
I think this exchange probably carries the same sentiments as the Japanese version the most out of all of these types of moments. It's just very blunt about it, comparatively anyway.
Of course, next is the Japanese equivalent:
"How irritating! Won't you do something, Lady Palutena?"
"Well then, allow me to activate the Palutena Super Sensor...!"
"Lady Palutena? Do you really have such an ability?"
"No, I just wanted to try saying it."
"Wha--!"
Here's the full audio so you can hear how it sounds:
We finally get to hear Arlon. Personally I think he sounds very silly in Japanese due to his goofy voice. I'll translate this whole thing too:
Pit: Is this...?
Palutena: An illusion? Or perhaps a hologram?
Arlon: Well, it probably wouldn't even be enough of an hors d'oeuvres for Lord Pit.
Pit: How irritating! Won't you do something, Lady Palutena?
Palutena: Well then, allow me to activate the Palutena Super Sensor...!
Pit: Lady Palutena? Do you really have such an ability?
Palutena: No, I just wanted to try saying it.
Pit: Wha--!
Palutena: Don't worry. Navigate the route forward by following the green arrows.
Arlon: Your relationship is remarkably close, huh? I admire you. However, it seems you've indeed seized the illusion control core. It's unavoidable. I'll harden my defenses and wait. Oh, and this isn't a trap or anything. I'm serious, okay?
Pit: There's definitely something, isn't there...
See? The loins joke is added in for the English version. It was totally intentional. I'm onto you, English writers...
You've probably caught onto it by now, but Palutena will say "I just wanted to try saying it" every single time, hence why I called it a running joke. The closest the English version seems to get is the fact that Palutena still makes up abilities.
Moving on! The last one is in the boss fight of chapter 22. Palutena's still able to be silly even in a situation as dire as this...
Personally I find it funny how Dark Pit's line is presented as so smug and snarky when he's saying something very ultimately mundane. It's probably as funny as Viridi's line. But that's unrelated. Here's the main bit:
Nobody really has any kind of exaggerated reaction. They're brushing her off, much like Pit did in the first example.
You probably guessed it: this time, it's Dark Pit's turn to face fault. Here's how it goes:
"Found you at last! You guys are awfully good at running away."
"That's thanks to my Palutena Stealth Barrier."
"Do you have such an ability?"
"No, I just wanted to try saying it."
"Gah!"
Oh, look, he fell over! What a perfect way to complete this running gag. If I remember correctly, I think that portrait is only ever used once in the English version. It's used a lot more frequently in the Japanese.
So you can hear it, here's the full audio. Oh, be warned, Pandora's whole bit is REALLY hammed up in the Japanese version. Just prepare yourself.
Naturally I'll translate the whole thing. Here goes:
Hades: Found you at last! You guys are awfully good at running away.
Palutena: That's thanks to my Palutena Stealth Barrier.
Viridi: Do you have such an ability?
Palutena: No, I just wanted to try saying it.
Dark Pit: Gah!
Viridi: Ah, is that really okay, goddess of light?
Pandora: Lord Hades, Lord Hades! It's been a while.
Hades: Hm? Uhh... Who're you again?
Pandora: It's me, Pandora! You know, from the Trap Dungeon.
Hades: ... No way!
Pandora: Oh I'm for real!
Hades: Hmm... That settles it! I shall completely plug up the Rewind Spring. Yeah? This is a dangerous thing, as you saw.
Palutena: That would be troubling!
Viridi: Put an end to Pandora and defeat her immediately!
Dark Pit: Leave it to me!
And there you have it. It's not surprising that the Japanese version of Kid Icarus Uprising would use this trope as part of a running gag considering how common it is in comedies over in Japan. I think it's a fun trope, anyway.
Evidently the English writers liked the bit of Palutena making up powers enough to keep these scenes intact in some capacity, but I think the ultimate lack of this trope in western media is what probably led to these punchlines being altered. Personally, I don't think it would have been too weird to retain more of it. The way it was executed in the English version of the chapter 13 convo works well enough I'd say. Besides, we do have the facepalm in western media, the general idea of the trope still exists over here. Heck, I watched the PokĂŠmon XY anime as a kid and I'll say younger me absolutely loved it when the gang would fall over upon hearing whatever nonsense Clemont had to say.
...well, it probably doesn't translate as well when you can't do any falling over, huh? Maybe there was no avoiding change.
As usual, thanks for sticking around. Feel free to leave a message in my inbox if there's any specific line or scene you'd like me to look at that I haven't done already. If I'm feeling like doing another mundane post, I think I'll take a look at differences in fourth wall breaking jokes for next time. See you then!
whenever the conversation about difficulty and accessibility in games come up i want to slam my head into a wall because noone thats speaking has anything more than a surface level understanding of what "difficulty" even is
your game should have accessibility options, but if your only accessibility options are "turn off central game mechanics" then you have made shit accessibility options.
you know what accessibility option doesnt completely fucking butcher your game while allowing almost everyone to play it? an option that is not available in 99.99% of all games ever made? easy:
Oooooh boy I've been saying this for a long long time now. That difficulty options in games need to stop being the somehow both vague and rigid "easy" "normal" "hard" shit, and needs to be a long list of options that manipulate the game for the player.
Mina the Hollower is one of the closest attempts to it I've seen, but the final message on this post before mine brings up a point I usually make that is sort of there but should be more used; if you can make things EASIER, you should also be able to make things HARDER.
Difficulty really has very little to do with accessibility anyway, as another post I reblog whenever it comes up points out. The discussion always gets hijacked into a discussion about difficulty rather then accessibility. But the whole point of options should be to allow players to manipulate the game to serve their best possible play experience full stop. That doesn't just mean being easier for people having struggles, it can also mean making the game harder for people who want that challenge. The dev can always have those settings setup to particular presets that match the usual idea of "easy" "normal" "hard" and even include a message with each explaining their intentions. But we are way past this idea that you just can't be allowed to increase or decrease a game's difficulty in a more granular way (or at all). People can just mod the fucking game anyway at some point, so you might as well win good will by making such options available as a standard to the playerbase.
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nobody ever believes me when I list off all of the ways that humans are significantly less sexually dimorphic than people seem to believe and it drives me batshit insane. âyouâre denying the biological reality of sexâ well youâre sticking your fingers in your ears and saying lalalala every time anyone presents you with data that confirms that women and men arenât really that different. and refusing to come to terms with the two-way relationship between the âbiologicalâ and âsocialâ worlds. I think one of us is ignoring the biological sciences here and it isnât me
Someone once told me my biology degree was fake because I said humans weren't sexual dimorphic.
A male human and a female human are roughly the same size and same coloration.
Meanwhile, male black widow spiders are brown and a tenth the size of females. Anglerfish females are a full foot long and have a bioluminescent protrusion on their heads; males are barely half an inch long with no bioluminescence or protrusions. Male elephant seals are ten times bigger than females and have massive snouts. Male orangutans have big jowls and neck sacs that look like goiters, while females look more like other apes. Peacocks have flashy coloration and a long tail that they can display. The females are brown and simple.
Humans aren't sexually dimorphic! You only know someone's gender because of cultural identifiers, like clothing or hair.
The big things for primate sexual dimorphism tend to be canine size and body size. Male primates in sexually dimorphic species tend to have HUGE canine teeth for better threat displays, and are bigger for similar reasons.
Lowland Gorilla males tend to be 2.38x on average the mass of Lowland Gorilla females. Humans? That ratio is something line 1.15.
Male gorilla canines tend to be about 2 inches long, easily twice the length of some of their other teeth. Male humans have canines the exact same length as human female canines and the exact same length as the rest of our teeth.
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