Hallainzil

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[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 5 points 11 months ago

The Curse of the Golden Idol was released in 2022, but could probably run on my microwave. It's a brilliant little detective game inspired by The Return of the Obra Dinn. Highly recommended.

Another detective game from 2022 I loved that's similarly untaxing on hardware was Strange Horticulture. You run a horticulture shop in a Victorian-y fantasy land where strange things are happening...

Both under 8 hours to complete.

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago

Super Mario Odyssey. It's mostly extremely fun, controls well, with only occasional camera angles and poor checkpointing infuriation lighting its copybook.

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago

He's already said he's retiring about three times. Then finds something he likes the look of and he's back. I mean, if he says it after every film, he might eventually be right!

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 27 points 1 year ago

I love this video. The escalating insanity is wonderful. I once got the Harder Drives music stuck in my head for about 2 days straight.

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago

Q is going to go public with it any day now, just you wait.

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 7 points 1 year ago

Can't speak to overall issues, and haven't watched it since it originally aired, but there was somewhat infamous friction between Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi, to the point where they would not appear in a scene with each other. The scene in the final episode (or near it, I don't exactly remember) in which they appear together at the bar is assembled from separately shot footage.

I think it mostly suffered from the standard network TV show issue of not having a real plan beyond "as many episodes as possible".

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

First two episodes are absolutely superb. Brilliant hook.

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 62 points 1 year ago

That's like getting kicked out of the KKK for being too racist.

[–] Hallainzil@startrek.website 6 points 1 year ago

He's threatening in a way that Anthony Hopkins never could be (and to be fair, in a way he never tried to be). He's physically imposing to go with the mental acuity. Absolutely superb.

Hopkins is fantastic in the role, and deserves the plaudits, but like you, I feel like Mikkelson inhabited the role like nobody else has.

 
 
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