Posts made by Selira

Uematsu and Mitsuda drew heavily from classical, romantic and baroque techniques in writing their music, and brought a minimalist feel to it. Those who liked their work - particularly on the SNES - might find themselves fans of Ludovico Einaudi's piano work. There is something about intentional musical minimalism that is stirring, and when they moved on to CD formats and more complicated music, some of that charm faded quite quickly (though Mitsuda's work in Xenosaga is still gorgeous - the Gnosis theme was one I played on repeat a lot in my teen years).

Those were also the days when OCRemix and VGTunes (I think that was the name, but it has been so long) were a force in fandom. Things like Terra in Black were what actually got me into metal, and you can hear the minimalism and romantic influences clearly in this cover. It's very simplistic - but it's very good.

Other honorable mentions are the main and battle themes from FFIV, Cyan's theme... I think I'm going on a nostalgia run tonight.

So, Black Mirror. I'm a huge fan of it in general - Season 4 was fairly weak for me, though it had its bright spots that need to be recognized, and while Bandersnatch was not everyone's cup of tea, I really thought it was a unique breakthrough in what can be done with interactive media and I think there is a line between film and video game that is blurring, and it was great to see film's first major approach in finding the common ground there.

I'm starting on season 5 now, and I think episode 1 is absolutely a critical thing for roleplayers to see. It spoke to me deeply.

***=hey hey we got spoilers here***

@Coin said in Good TV:

@Alamias said in Good TV:

@Coin said in Good TV:

@Sparks said in Good TV:

Lucifer's been renewed for a fifth (and final) season. So, they'll have a chance to end the story the way they want, rather than leaving it on a cliffhanger when it doesn't get renewed at some point.

It's smart. They already had to save it once.

Lucifer was always slated to be a 5 year run, so they are just getting to finish it up like they always had intended to do.

I have a single word to say to that:

Supernatural.

I firmly believe Supernatural is a five season show with some really terrible fanfiction spinoff that came immediately after. Reality may say otherwise, but my version is better.

@Roz said in Good Music:

This new Kesha song is a BIG MOOD. Holy shit.

Kesha stole my heart long ago.

@Darinelle said in MU Things I Love:

Watching players make terrible, terrible choices that are going to send everything into a complete tailspin, even though they should rationally know better (and in many cases do).

If everyone is perfect all the time, the story is far less interesting, but hey - we live in interesting times.

This gon' be good.

Having had someone just burst into a room a friend and I were working through and immediately eat a slice of pie, broadcasting the hint to the whole room -

Please give us an option to make private rooms that other people can't join in future things like this.

Overall, loving it, we're just going to back out and get back to where we were later.

breaking news:

people talk more about bad shit than good shit.

breaking news:

that is not new information.

I liked it. Seventeen years and I'm satisfied. Wasn't perfect, but I'll take it, and anyone who wants to tell me how wrong I am for that:

I honestly expect people to try this, realize that all of their talk about how Vanilla was better was insane, and come back to playing modern wow.

One two three, no spoilers, no spoilers, no whammy, STOP

***but spoilers here***

La la la la la I hate spoiling things for people so this is a buffer to keep that from happening la.

***Spoilers***

@Ghost Hey so about all of that, and the things we have to write to keep spoilers from showing up and being considerate okay this is long enough.

***what thread do you think you're reading***

@Sockmonkey ***zomg spoilers***

@Sockmonkey ***Huh?***

@Aria Hey so, this is unfortunate that this is the case, but we went through the episode and couldn't see shit, and then turned the brightness on the TV way up and went back and ... Oh my god, it's entirely different. There is a ton of detail and you can even track the flow of battle.

Just. Normal brightness you won't see a thing.

nerd

I'm only three episodes in, but Sonnie's Edge was pretty fantastic. Yes, it glossed over a bunch of things, but it also hit so many of my favorite storytelling themes so quickly that I think I will always adore it.

When a player accepts their character's setbacks with grace and humor. Just excellent stuff.

@Macha said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:

Having some stupid quirk that makes cilantro taste like soap, and everyone around me talks about how good it is. And then finding it is in my peanut sauce enough to ruin it. Blech.

This is a genetic thing. I always feel sorry for the people who have it - including my mom - because cilantro is so delicious to me and there is literally nothing you can do to get used to the flavor. You just have to deal with the fact that the rest of the world loves slimy soap.