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Never interrupt your enemy in the middle of a mistake.
Never interrupt your enemy in the middle of a mistake.
My dishwasher started leaking so I lit it on fire.
That thing you see in cartoons where they stop sneezes by putting a finger under the nose? Never seemed to work for me at first, but it turns out, it does work - you just have to push up against your septum, hard. It can at least diminish the urge slightly and maybe help you delay the sneeze so you can time it more conveniently.
Alien Isolation. Resident Evil 7. If you can do either/both in VR, DO IT.
“Why did you just put rice in your underwear, babe?”
“Oh, for fuck sake.”
“Greens” refers to the leafy part. You can also get turnip greens, mustard greens, dandelion greens, etc.
Let me know if you try it! I’m pretty excited. I’m setting Retropie to boot straight into a selection of arcade games on MAME so you’ll just plug in power, plug in HDMI to whatever TV, press the button, and after ~2 minutes of boot, you can fire up Golden Axe or Darkstalkers.
In case I forget, I can give you the gist (all the extension cords are internal just to get the jacks exposed outside the case):
Main hardware:
Power:
Video:
Control (waiting for these to arrive):
Basically that particular fight stick opens very neatly and includes a decent amount of open space where the Pi Zero can fit along with a big (~7x120mm) slot out the front that the cable goes out. Once I get all the right cables run, it should be easy peasy. The 3D printed part is mostly to keep it from just having three little cable jacks hanging loose out the front, but if you’re not a neat freak, you can get it done with 2-3 online orders and an afternoon.
This right here. I’m getting more and more disillusioned with my consoles, more into indies, and way into retro. I’m currently working on a self-contained arcade stick with a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W in it that will have USB and HDMI on the outside so I can teach my 12-year-old stepson what it’s like to get his ass beaten in Street Fighter II.
I also got us a Retron 3 HD and I regularly scour the local retro shops for good NES/SNES/Genesis games. He’s currently obsessed with Dragon Warrior 1.
Deathrow was a super fun dystopian future sport game on the original Xbox. Kind of ultimate frisbee meets NBA Jam with a dash of Manhunt.
I saw it when I was in my early twenties and I’d never seen it before. But tons of pop culture had made jokes of everything in the movie and I expected it to just be a laugh.
The film did such a good job developing dread and helplessness that I forgot all about the jokes.
Plus the spider walk scene hits you in the face like a hatchet.
I think you and I share a fondness for the lightweight spook-house style like Conjuring, Smile, etc. Just in it for the freaky.
Wow you have some fun ahead of you. And from what you’ve said, despite a few (strong) disagreements, I think you have great taste.
The Exorcist Version You’ve Never Seen just adds some deleted scenes back into the mix. A common complaint is that it escalates too quickly as a result, but damn if it didn’t stick with me.
Blair Witch is a real divisive one but if it hits, it hits RIGHT.
Paranormal Activity is in my pantheon of game changers. It’s not perfect (Micah can fuck off forever please) but the way it established the day/night safe/scary cycle only to violate it at the end was a master stroke.
Ouija is just the best creepy Flanagan film for me, but I think my favorite of his is actually Oculus. I love that it’s legitimately trying to avoid the pitfall of dying from dumb decisions by starting off with “let’s study the shit out of this evil”. I also adore Doctor Sleep and Haunting of Hill House.
The It miniseries scared the hell out of me as a child so I can’t promise it’ll be as good now. I thought Chapter 1 was really solid and creepy but the second one dropped the ball really hard.
It’s an interesting movie. In a lot of ways it’s annoying or underwhelming and not much actually happens, but I actually loved the ending.
The way the entire film, from the lore that was set up in the early interviews, was all brought together instantly in a single iconic five-second shot blew me away. It stuck with me for a long time.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on anything new you try! Or if you have opinions on items in my list, even.
I would say the term “dread” comes close for me.
Ooh great call
I don’t consider many horror movies genuinely scary. The ones I have, at various times in my life, been actually in some way frightened (or at least shook) by, in no particular order:
Note that this does not mean these are the only GOOD horror movies. There are LOTS that I consider masterpieces that just aren’t strictly all that scary.
They’re not definitively not pellets.
Yup! Lost the house but I’m batting 1.000 for dishwasher problem solving.