Caleb Best

IUB 3D Animation graduate┊3D Animation Freelancer

[Caleb Best @firetemper]

@Drone145 The vocal performance feels very similar to the original. What stands out to me is how it feels decoupled from the physical performance. Her tone and body language seem out of step with each other.

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@GoetiaBeast1 @GodzillaMovies Doubtful at this point in time. The switch from Heisei MechaG to Showa makes more sense in the context of the adventure mode. Maybe they'll do some sort of character pass thing if the remake is successful enough but they've not indicated much more beyond what the original offered

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@oliemack I think a lot of the reception around AI could be boiled down to, "Does the ends justify the means?"

For many the answer is no. It's not worth the water usage, surging prices, or existential worry about the job market.

LLMs are cool in a vacuum but don't exist in one.

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@BluebriarArts On the other hand, the instructor should make their class worth coming to. If you can excel in the course without attending - why does attendance matter?

That's not refusing to engage or participate, it's acknowledging your time is valuable and can be spent elsewhere.

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@carygolomb The consistent upward creep of subscription prices is the specter that looms over all of these services.

I understand that price creep is something we're seeing across the industry, but if you choose not to buy a $70 game, at least your pre-existing library is accessible.

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@AnimeAjay The silhouette is significantly better than Sparking Zero's. SZ's hair is way too narrow when you're looking at it head on.

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@carygolomb I don't disagree with the sentiment, but I'd argue phones do have more general utility in the average person's day to day than a gaming focused handheld.

Regardless, both are too expensive.

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@EternalShinn @AerondTargaryen @Rexkinsm @kishswim I would argue that Dragon Ball does in fact suffer from it.

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@RetroGameCorps Personally the price reveal has moved me from cautiously optimistic to not interested whatsoever.

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@AerondTargaryen @Rexkinsm @kishswim Most people I've discussed this topic with don't dislike power scaling conceptually, they dislike when it becomes so contrived the story suffers for it. Having infinitely stronger-er villains is not a sustainable structure for a story.

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@zebulobotomy It's neat and has a lot of detail, but the older spherical Death Star iterations were significantly more charming.

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@carygolomb At that price point it's starting to compete with decent performance gaming laptops that are much more powerful. Feels like they're really banking on the novelty of these new features on a handheld.

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@ttvDuffE You're killing it, man. Love being able to see you grow. The scripted retrospectives are a cool direction to go in.

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@carygolomb @CallMeFlake @Shrev64 @K__Med Honestly even if Infamous had driveable vehicles I don't think there'd be a reason to use them for traversal. Just like Prototype.

Verticality is so important to those games and once your moveset is fleshed out vehicles would become irrelevant a la Saints Row 4

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@theanimatedmind That's a very very small window to view that entire interaction that Piccolo had with Goku. Especially considering Goku didn't actually act until after Piccolo finished expressing his stance.

Gohan has unleashed his hidden power many times due to rage without a "plan".

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@theanimatedmind Whether you want to argue Goku's interpretation of Gohan's emotional state is one of ignorance or dismissal, he's still in the wrong here and Piccolo's response is a reasonable one.

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@theanimatedmind The basis for Piccolo's argument is that Gohan is a child who was sent out to fight a monster by his father and put through unimaginable suffering in the process. An argument that Goku is shown to be convinced by.

[Caleb Best @firetemper]

@theanimatedmind I never said that Goku believed Gohan was exactly like him. Simply that Goku didn't take into account or otherwise understand anything regarding Gohan's mental / emotional state.

Goku does eventually come to understand the reality of the position he put Gohan in.

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@carygolomb Hey, uh, Microsoft? You can't quite be the publishing powerhouse you seem to want to be if you close down all of your studios.

Amazing that they were allowed to consolidate so much only to destroy it.