Ben

Metta cultivator, focusing on posture and breathing

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

I wouldn't know a jhana from a piranha. All I'm doing is sitting here.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@abcdentminded GOAT

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@Logo_Daedalus "Buy an ad"

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@Logo_Daedalus Our 4 year old told the hairdresser the other day that "the government says you have to wear shoes."

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@McReynoldsJoe @MattZeitlin W

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@ReReadingWolfe Ah, so he does. He alludes in this scene to being able to reshape his face and fly, as well.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@ReReadingWolfe The scene at the beginning of Caldé? It's very obliquely alluded to iirc, that he's wearing a disguise of some sort, that there's something quite off about him after (Remora?) leaves the room. But I don't remember anything explicit. All makes sense in retrospect.

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@abcdentminded

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@GThonks @neko_girl92 It's great, you should

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@Logo_Daedalus I learned so much about how computers work breaking mine with shady warez and clicking the wrong links on ROM download sites. No access to that stuff on Disney World internet, the rights holders would have a cow.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@Logo_Daedalus Imagine taking Severian on an airplane

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@vylpill My taste is an axis leading me from NGE at 14 to Gravity's Rainbow at 27. There are other facets but those are the poles.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@electricave3 @vylpill Bleeding Edge and Vineland are both great. BE is underappreciated. Read Bleeding Edge and Inherent Vice and you'll have a decent grasp of his overall project. Lot49 is good but a bad entry point, and Entropy is mid. If you want a short try Secret Integration.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

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Cruelty Squad is a Demon's Souls-level event

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Psycho Patrol R is shaping up to be an Elden Ring-level event

[Consumer Softproducts Oy @CSoftproducts]

Psycho Patrol R Early Access
March 31st 2025
$40

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

I beat him

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

Stuck hard at the Leon S. Kennedy looking guy in God Hand. I've gotten my best runs after rearranging my square button combo with faster moves right up front and stopping to dodge after, but I'm still getting at best 1/3 through his health bar.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

Still haven't beaten this guy lmao. I need to grind dodging his attacks. Seems like The Lesson here might be "artful dodging helps build God Hand meter." I get too focused on offense, impatient with how slowly I chip at his health. I got him down to around 1/2, so I am improving.

[Ben @BenjaminWhitma9]

@Logo_Daedalus Gene Wolfe owes a great deal to Poe. One thing I've been surprised about as I read more of his work.

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@PYeerk The baby is one of the all time great screen special fx characters. Still holds up, seamless, viewing after viewing.

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@abcdentminded Well put

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@kendrictonn Book of the New Sun awoke something in me when I read it this year, lol. All I read now is Gene Wolfe. A bit over halfway through Long Sun now.