Techwright

NPCs do this occasionally. Something about the mechanics of the player transition leaves the door open, so to speak, for an extended moment, and a locked on NPC, or more, will follow. I see it most often in City Hall, though that still leaves questions about how they got up the steps without the police bots transporting them to the Zig. I do wonder at times if the effect might be related to the planned effect of certain NPCs traveling the mission elevators to continue to harrass players.

Give me an example of that, if you would please. I know Gatiss only via his work with Dr. Who and Sherlock. I'm aquainted with the episodes he wrote of course, most of which are bogeyman-type works, but I'm not aquainted with Shearsmith or Pemberton, at least, not that I know.

Actor/writer/producer Mark Gatiss in the TV show host Ted Gilbert role. 1:58 - looks like there might be a notable amount of time playing out in this film. While here it looks like the team is looking up at either Silver Surfer or Galactus, if you look at Sue, she's got a trim waistline, while with her conversation with Silver Surfer she's already showing signs of carrying their child. So at least a few months are involved in this tale. 1:51 - SUSPECTED SPOILER - I'm guessing someone goofed and revealed a key moment in this MCU-alternate world's story. Unless the F4 found a way to warp travel to another world the Surfer found.

Why do I feel like I'm going to be seeing a lethal Vulcan wedding fight with lirpas and ahn-woons?

This is the first I've heard of that would-be game.

If Ares proves a hit, there's always the possibility of Disney revisiting the idea of season 2. They already released the long-delayed season 7 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and X-men '97, both to critical and popular acclaim.

Interesting. They're showing work being done to resurrect Tabula Rasa (under the name Infinite Rasa) and WildSTAR, two games I enjoyed. While it sounds like I'll be dead before Tabula Rasa is reborn, I do hope I'll get to play it again some day.

Unfortunately, it was sold to Chinese company The9, which began rolling out patches and "updates" that broke the system further with each patch. It almost seemed a deliberate act of sabotage. Then they fired every last employee that was associated with the game, hiring what appeared to be a lone foreign language community manager who kept telling any who came to the forums that it was all okay, they were going to build back better than ever. They didn't, and the game became a glitchy ghost town. At the time, I began to wonder if The9 was a front for Chinese spycraft. There had been rumors and discussion about 15 years back of empty, but still active, virtual world games being used for private communications outside the normal monitored grid. Stray visitors might observe two player characters facing each other for hours, apparently in conversation. Whatever reason, or lack thereof, that The9 wrecked the game, it finally closed in 2017. As to "that guy", that would be Mark Kern. Kern tried to buy back Firefall when it became quite obvious The9 was ruining it (far more than he did), but was rejected. So he started indie game Em8er, pronounced "Ember", which supposedly will be a spiritual descendant of Firefall. It's been most of a decade, and while there's progress, there's not much to show in a polished game.

I'd very much like to see this. My state is so far south that there has only been one sighting of the lights in my lifetime (to my knowledge). That occurred last year, and those who saw it (I didn't) took shots of an ethereal red glow in the sky.

Well, I feel this weekend like I'm giving away all my hard-earned secrets before I submit my contest base (LOL), but I've found that Floor Lamp and Large Floor Lamp make nice looking sconce lights and highlight letters pretty well if you're into soft lighting of the kind fancy restaurants like to use at night. The trick is to hide the rest of the light, especially the base, in the wall, which is sometimes easier said than done. I've learned to subtly angle the light foreword in conditions where the base gets annoying otherwise. Angling also needs to be done at times because apparently, whomever constructed these two put the trigger to display light towards the back near the stem of the light. Items a bit thicker than a normal wall might cover this spot. A slight angle does not disfigure the "sconce" and should bring the "trigger" out where it is useful. The Large Floor Lamp puts out more lumens than the standard version, though it's not going to be a beacon in the night. The letter color might make a difference as well. Here I've found a yellow that in the soft light of a standard floor lamp simulates brushed gold or brass.

Nah, It's not bad at all. Looks fine. I just saw opportunity for a little humor. I'm weird like that. Too much time spent tweaking the ol' gears will make one go barmy. Oh, uh, well...yeah...see, um...

Saturn Bar: for all those who lack a ship capable of reaching Milliways, The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe. 😄 Okay that looks good. I'm about a week out from tackling my novice base's environment, so you and your space rocks are notably ahead of me. I shall spend the week pondering why there are cars in space. Besides a certain red Tesla, of course.

By "really good", do you mean "the brighter, the better", or something else?

Another Inquisitor, and one I don't recognize. I don't even recognize the species, though the helmet is a partial disguise. SW has been coy for years about how many there are, and I suspect this is why: so that they can add one anytime it fits a plot. Also, if this is Ventress within a few years of her appearance in... then the timing is close enough that the youth with her might be... While I doubt it is the case, I find it not beyond the realm of possibility. People have been clamoring for a canon version of that character for years, and Dave Filoni has occasionally delivered on similar requests. Thrawn being a notable example.

I have, yes. And you're right, it's fantastic! The mosaic at the entrance was alone worth the price of admission! (Okay, it's free, but had there been a cost...) I took several notes and a lot of pictures. I'd post some, but I personally kind of feel that's the creator's right, unless Laucianna is fine with others posting shots.

Google A.I. is unveiling a re-imagining of the classic The Wizard of Oz. Not "re-imagining" as in changing stories or characters, but in chaining a film made with the 4:3 aspect ratio to something that will play on a screen it was never previously designed to handle: the entire Los Vegas Sphere. The A.I. creates the world around the 4:3 image. This includes imagining and creating what characters do when the original camera shifts them out of view for a time. The samples shown are also the clearest video of the movie I've ever seen. This is seen as an opening move for a larger industry, not to replace the originals, but to offer something new to work parallel to them. This video offers some explanation as well as clips:

Love the look. Good use of color, too. I'm curious: The Celestial Armor 1 boots, in motion, do they radiate off the secondary color you've chosen? I've never seen these boots without some type of glow, usually neon in color.

Ah, great! The SG logo being raised higher than the floor plate is what I didn't know. Thanks for clarifying!! That I did know, but it's always valuable for those just starting out. The tactic works for anything else with the SG logos, notably holograms. I was able to drop a lot of banners I'd used for function identification (such as a medical cross to highlight the nurse) for a more tech look using this tactic.

You got that right! 🤣 Knowing the, um, challenges of this particular base builder toolkit, I'd never have shifted from the standard, basic base build to something far more complex, except that I discovered that we have a wonderful base building community that provides good instruction, at times hand-holding, and absolutely jaw-dropping inspiration for what can be accomplished with a boat load of patience. I'm a novice with this game's builder, certainly, but once I bit the bullet, in one month, I've gone from a 1-room base with just the essentials, to something I feel worth sharing. Sharing will be the real reward. And I've already been rewarded in visiting so many fine bases as I learn.

MCP? I'm curious how they justified that? MCP's destruction was pretty clear in the original movie. And as it pointed out to Sark, no one user made it. It's final scene reveals that it actually began as an old, simple program that was layered upon by other users over time, with Dillinger Sr greatly expanding its powers. It is code, so I guess a backup might have been made of the Dillinger version, (CLU was remade after all, but apparently from scratch) but considering how MCP was trapping and abusing Dillinger Sr., I'd have thought he'd have made sure a backup was not possible, or at least well out of others' reach.

It's animated, but I always thought the Clancy Brown-voiced Luthor of Superman: The Animated Series, Justice League, and Justice League: Unlimited was pretty close to what Luthor should be like.

Hmm...That would make some sense given the ending of Tron: Legacy.

Oh, now that's just cruel to the die-hard fans. 😄 The only thing worse than not getting this would be to hear that Disney has sold Star Wars to Amazon.