A 1970 Corvette

Anti-bullying fistbump!

I beat Half Life Alyx. I know it's been out a while, I got sidetracked. No spoilers in this.
 
+Combat against most enemies is pretty dynamic, VR shooting is pretty fun and most of the areas are open enough to not feel like janky corridoor fighting
+Exploring areas in VR is pretty fun, and the environments in HLA are very well detailed and had great atmosphere throughout (even when texture streaming made them all N64-tier blobs to make up for me not spending 1K+ on a GPU)
+The gravity gloves are fuckin' sick and definitely the most useful and fun mechanic for VR's "grabbing things being a pain sometimes" issue. Other VR games are ALREADY adapting them because they're so nice
+Ran great (I had some weird tracking issues but I wasn't sure if they were my GPU, handmedown Vive set, or the game itself)
+Obviously you'd expect this from Valve, but pretty much every area was "fair" and the game never screwed you over
+Last combat section is awesome
+Weapon upgrades were a good way to reward exploration and provide a power increase over time despite the low amount of overall weapons you get
 
-The more spooky parts weren't very fun tbh. I roadblocked hard on one mission in particular (if you've seen/played HLA you'll know which one I'm talking about) just because I didn't find it fun and upon seeing how much of it there was I dreaded loading up the game. Maybe that makes me a pussy, I dunno. VR spooky stuff hits much harder than non-VR spook. Maybe if you like horror/suspenseful stuff this is an upside for you.
-Load times on first startup are nearing unacceptable levels unless you have it on an SSD (loads after the first level are fine tho). At first I thought it was a glitch that the first save you load just hangs, but after setting down the set and doing some other stuff for like 5 minutes it actually loaded.
-No overly long vehicle sections, wtf
-ABHing and bunny hopping seem impossible in this one so speedruns most likely won't be as whooshy movementy as HL1 or 2
 
Definitely a must buy IF you already have VR. Probably not substantial enough to warrant buying a VR set for on its own, but no single VR game is. It's definitely the most substantial VR game I've played, but most of the ones I've played are more arcadey or tech demo-ey. HLA has an actual plot, progression, all the trappings of an actual game. Good stuff.

I beat Half Life Alyx. I know it's been out a while, I got sidetracked. No spoilers in this.
 
+Combat against most enemies is pretty dynamic, VR shooting is pretty fun and most of the areas are open enough to not feel like janky corridoor fighting
+Exploring areas in VR is pretty fun, and the environments in HLA are very well detailed and had great atmosphere throughout (even when texture streaming made them all N64-tier blobs to make up for me not spending 1K+ on a GPU)
+The gravity gloves are fuckin' sick and definitely the most useful and fun mechanic for VR's "grabbing things being a pain sometimes" issue. Other VR games are ALREADY adapting them because they're so nice
+Ran great (I had some weird tracking issues but I wasn't sure if they were my GPU, handmedown Vive set, or the game itself)
+Obviously you'd expect this from Valve, but pretty much every area was "fair" and the game never screwed you over
+Last combat section is awesome
+Weapon upgrades were a good way to reward exploration and provide a power increase over time despite the low amount of overall weapons you get
 
-The more spooky parts weren't very fun tbh. I roadblocked hard on one mission in particular (if you've seen/played HLA you'll know which one I'm talking about) just because I didn't find it fun and upon seeing how much of it there was I dreaded loading up the game. Maybe that makes me a pussy, I dunno. VR spooky stuff hits much harder than non-VR spook. Maybe if you like horror/suspenseful stuff this is an upside for you.
-Load times on first startup are nearing unacceptable levels unless you have it on an SSD (loads after the first level are fine tho). At first I thought it was a glitch that the first save you load just hangs, but after setting down the set and doing some other stuff for like 5 minutes it actually loaded.
-No overly long vehicle sections, wtf
-ABHing and bunny hopping seem impossible in this one so speedruns most likely won't be as whooshy movementy as HL1 or 2
 
Definitely a must buy IF you already have VR. Probably not substantial enough to warrant buying a VR set for on its own, but no single VR game is. It's definitely the most substantial VR game I've played, but most of the ones I've played are more arcadey or tech demo-ey. HLA has an actual plot, progression, all the trappings of an actual game. Good stuff.

At long last! Inspired by Lord Valor's cool pirate outfit, I decided to make pirate outfits for the rest of his underlings. Something about a bunch of knights wearing pirate gear is really conceptually pleasing to me:
 
Knight puts on a red polkadot bandanna, torn (and slightly too small) red striped shirt, and black boots; basic swabbie look, fitting for him:

 
Might puts on a tricorne, one of those frilly neck things, black boots with folded cuffs, and a comically large, stretched out belt to emphasis his greatest asset:

 
Height gets a green bandana with a neat little knot, and to emphasize his long legs, big pantaloons with a big strap belt, as well as spring-loaded peg legs instead of his spring shoes. Don't worry, they're only cosmetic!

 
Flight gets a complimentary orange version of Knight's outfit under his normal clothes, seeing as he's just a normal Knight with fancy clothes and a helipack (and technically a differently-shaped faceguard to resemble an oxygen mask). I'm pleasantly surprised with how this one turned out, since I really didn't want to take away his identifying pilot clothes:

 
Bite wears a tied red sash and skull-shaped knee/elbow pads, a peg leg (it doesn't impede his leaping ability, I swear), and a gold tooth for extra stylish chomps:

 
Bight gets the same, minus the pads since he doesn't wear any, and plus a rope strap and sheathed knife. Since he's an underwater enemy with a big teeth-shaped faceguard, I originally wanted him to hold the knife in his mouth like pirates are often depicted doing, but it couldn't work out:

 
Airtight swaps his trident for a harpoon, and wears a torn naval officer's uniform with a medal and folded epaulets. The starfish also moves from his head to his hat, and some seaweed is thrown in too. I've always thought Airtight was really mysterious and eerie looking (he's the only enemy with his face fully covered, and I imagine all the cyan parts emit an eerie glow), and since he's an underwater enemy too I went for sort of a sunken/ghost pirate feel:

 
Ignite, inspired by his already barrel-shaped design, puts on a barrel full of explosives. Does the XXX mean it's alcohol? Maybe. Is alcohol still flammable or explosive? Yes:

 
Subnite does the same, with his own deep teal-colored barrel of explosives. Originally I had him wear an oil drum, which, while not exactly "pirate" I felt was associated with water enough, but I scrapped it because the colors never complimented his own, and like I said, it wasn't exactly "pirate":

 
Fright wears a black bandanna, a black striped shirt, maroon vest, and belt. He also gets two hooks for hands (again, purely cosmetic, don't worry!) which oughta make him a bit more frightening when he's chasing around with his arms outstretched. I'm really happy how the emphasis on his cylindrical shape came out; he's very cylinder-shaped, since he has to fit into holes in the ground to pop out from:
 
 
Sight loses an eye and a hand (he's still got his good ones though!), mounts a telescope on his musket, gets a brown glove and brown cavalier boots with folded cuffs to replace his black ones, and a fancy feathered cavalier hat to match:

 
Bonus! My rendition of the Ball and Chain Soldier from Link's Awakening DX. Unrelated to the above, just always thought this was a cool enemy and I've always imagined him looking cool, so I wanted to draw him:

 
From humble beginnings:

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I'm very glad this project is finally finished! Trust me, I'm as tired of reference poses as you are! But I refuse to draw any new character or outfit without first having a proper reference -- it's the absolute most important drawing. But, these should be the last references I'm drawing for the foreseeable future, and any that I may do DEFINITELY won't be huge batches like these. I'm very eager to draw things with a bit more substance now that this is finished, flex my background skills and whatnot. Already got a few drawing ideas loaded up!

Looks like the intro to an M-rated Newgrounds flash from the late 2000s.
 
 

If it's any consolation I'm playing the "was that crash just the shitty Dead Rising 2 port or the new NVIDIA drivers fucking up" game.
 
You can never really be sure with drivers as they stride the line between the spiritual and corporeal realm of software and hardware, as well as the fact every driver release has people saying "Finally, these fixed the issues from last time and I've seen such a big difference in performance!" as well as people saying "These drivers made my GPU fans explode sending shrapnel through the case into my skull, and the hospital bed next to me has a dude with coronavirus coughing non-stop!"

Found it:
 
https://twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1222445807464566784
 

That depends on a combination of the luck of the dice and the powers of your imagination.

I'm glad to see that this site is still up.

Dreamt that Thanos and I were trying to estimate the year this globe was made by looking at the countries and shape of countries on it. Didn't have South Sudan or Russian control of the Crimean Peninsula. At one point he was like "holy shit, Africa's pretty big dude."

Get to know them better! With fun and tasteful backgrounds, too:
 

 

 

 

The thing is, even beyond the obvious nonsense with the laser the rest of the scene doesn't make sense either.
 
Clover starts by saying "get ready to tuck and roll" but they don't avoid the lasers, and they just calmly crawl through the hole, so I don't know what that's about.
 
Speaking of avoiding the lasers, the way that they sweep out they should have hit Alex's legs.
 
Clover explains it as a "racquetball trickshot" which doesn't seem to relate in anyway whatsoever to what she just did.
 
And there's always the question of why she didn't just fire the laser directly at the door.  On top of the blatant violations of physics, I mean.
 
Someone actually wrote this down, had people voice act for it and had it animated.  At some point in the process someone should have tried to connect something in the scene to anything else.
 
It's like the show itself is having a stroke.

Korean Coworker: Here's a meal to help you realize the superiority of Korean cuisine over inferior Japanese cuisine.
 
Gives me a cup of instant Udon noodles.

I don't really mind when a show/game has an animal race and the males are completely furry and the women are just basically human with kemonomimi and tails.  Yeah, it's kind of dumb, but whatever I can roll with it.
 
But when they do that and introduce a masculine woman or feminine guy and try to act like it's a legitimate trap/reverse trap, it's beyond idiotic.  Just check to see how much fur there is.  Fully covered, it's a guy, mainly human skin, it's a girl.
 
I've seen at least two things try to fool me this way.  If they actually had a furry woman or a non-furry guy it would work, but they never commit to that.

CAN'T BUY YOUR WAY OUTTA THIS ONE, MERCHANTS
 

Almost exactly a year later.

Hey, try not to jitter.
 

Want us to unpack that for you, or have you figured it out already? 

Flashbacks to "Just what I needed" and truck commercials.

You wanna feel fucking ancient? Check out the comments on this video:
 
 
I still think of everything after 2010 as happening "now" or at least "pretty recently" and everything before 2010 is "old". Like I think Shogun 2 is still a newish Total War game while Rome 1 is dinosaur old. But now to Shogun 2's release date (2011) is 9 years while 2010 to Rome's 1s (2004) is only 6.

I can't believe it's almost 2020.
 
I'm not ready for India to be a superpower.