The amazing thing is that one guy is behind everything you see and hear. Dr Pigeon is like a polymath. He develops and runs the site, creates all the sounds and plays all the instruments (with a few exceptions). I beg everyone who uses that site to donate, so he can keep going.
itsgallus
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As a Scandinavian, the title confused me, since it’s week 32 right now. #scandiproblems
Anyway, I played some Last Night on Earth solo, which you’re not supposed to, but it’s infinitely better than not playing it at all. I got the heroes slain two rounds before they could escape in the truck. I actually rooted for the zombies, but I tried not letting it affect my plays. Ahem… tried.
For multi-track recording, you’ll want a DAW. The best free DAWs, IMO, are Reaper and Cakewalk. Personally, I prefer Cakewalk for several reasons but mainly because I don’t like Reaper’s UI. Although, Reaper has a portable version which is super nice.
I still advice you to run the final mix through Audacity, though, since I find its processors superior for mastering than Reaper’s or Cakewalk’s built-in ones.
Swedish used to be misrepresented, but now Swedish actors have become more prominent and they can at least pronounce their native lines correctly. That being said, even a Swedish actor sometimes fails to point out translation errors, which I find amusing.
Also, ostensibly Swedish characters with non-Swedish names is weird. A couple that spring to mind:
- Kurt Hendricks (John Wick)
- Dieter Stark (The Lost World: Jurassic Park)
- Solomon Eddie (Minority Report)
Realistically, spell-checking should happen at the comment authoring stage anyway. Given I don't know how the Lemmy code works at all, I imagine checking for "they're/their", "would of/could of" &c. could be an optional UI feature rather than a bot.
When I run out of content with the "new" sorting, I switch to "new comments". This is how we used phpBBs back in the day, remember? Posts could be years old, but still engaged with. I actually think the cascading layout lends itself better to old posts than the chronological layout of BBs, as you don't have to sift through hundreds of pages of replies and can easily collapse a thread you're not interested in.
I meant to write “AR MMO”. Phone autocorrected.
My biggest gripe, although I can understand the reasoning behind it, is that the encounter rates are totally backwards. All the Pokémon, stops and gyms are in cities, and there are scarcely any in the wilderness, skewing the game in favour of those who live in or near cities.
Also, the Pokémon games contain all the elements to make a great ARG MMO. Why reinvent it? They could’ve easily put their paywalls and micro transactions in place while still keeping the traditional Pokémon formula.
It’s not a terrible game, and it obviously has a following and makes money, but it could’ve been so much better. They totally dropped the Pokéball.
Artists should own their styles, but only in combination with their name. Forgery has always been a problem, but it's obviously a lot more accessible thanks to AI. As a hobbyist artist myself, I don't see monetary value as the main problem, but rather misrepresentation. Feel free to copy my style, but don't attribute your art to me — AI generated or otherwise.
That being said, I'm super excited about this evolution of technology.
This will never not be the soundtrack to GTA III for me. Instant nostalgia.
Hobbyist/wannabe writer, but here are my two cents. I actively try not to convey my mental picture exactly the way I picture it. The only exception is for first impressions of people, like a specific fashion style or characteristic that says something about the person. If I find that something else depends on a very specific mental picture, then I’ll try to rewrite it so that it doesn’t.
Rest in... cheese