@TheCheerflCynic@hayasaka_aryan 2 brothers open a scam speakeasy with liquor stolen from Irish & German Chicago gangsters in their hometown.
One of the local teens happens to be some magic muse whose blues-playing attracts vampires. The vamps subsequently kill & turn 95% of the speakeasy's patrons. Fun times.
@hayasaka_aryan "Black revenge porn propaganda?"
The main characters, the brothers, aren't portrayed as heroic or "good" by any measure. They're actively running from their most recent failed scam/heist during the events of the movie. It repeatedly shows that idolizing them is the wrong choice.
@new2dsxlgroyper Sometimes I skip Aquas for Katina so I can meet up with Bill.
But NOT skipping Aquas gives you Zoness, which might be the single best stage of the entire game. So, win-win!
Michael Crichton is such a fascinating figure and it is a goddamn shame he died so young
This guy got into Harvard Medical School and said "actually, I want to write stories" so he wrote one of the most harrowing long short stories, the Andromeda Strain.
This guy was addicted to research. He read scientific journals for fun and researched everything that captured his interest. He was curious and skeptical. He thought hard about the implications of technology all the time.
And, instead of being a dork and writing a blog, he wrote entire novels warning about the dangers of emerging technologies. And they were great!
He wrote a `Prey` about the dangers of combining AI with nanobots 24 years ago. It's tremendous. You could publish it today and it would be relevant.
I miss him. I miss technically competent authors who can spin a good yarn while informing the reader about how technology is changing the world.
Crichton was a generational talent and we are poorer for his absence.
I bring home a trapped coyote and let it loose in the kitchen.
Hackles up. Teeth bared. Pissing on the floor.
My wife says, "Get it out."
I tell her that is a very unwelcoming and unchristian way to speak about a future house pet.
The children back into the hallway.
I tell them it's a rescue.
I tell them fences are fear.
I tell them cages are barbaric.
I tell them the old rules were cruel.
I tell them it will domesticate in time.
Then I grab my lunchbox and leave them to live with my principles.
When I get home, there is blood on the floor, and the experts who sold me on compassion are already explaining why nobody could have seen this coming.
Anyway, that's Western migration policy.
He is correct.
When Biden was in office, Republicans didn't dump toxic algae into the reflecting pool because they were having a tantrum over Trump.
Meanwhile, extreme activists with TDS ruined a national monument because they ARE having a tantrum.
This is America in a NUTshell.