Techwright

I've played No Man's Sky off and on over the past 5 years, and tabled it earlier this year thinking I was satiated. They just announced a new expansion "Worlds Part 1": improved graphics, new water and atmospheric conditions, new creatures, new plants, improved bioms, etc. In regards to the creatures, he mentions that some of this update was inspired by Starship Troopers. You can see some of that when you see the new bugs. I'm wondering if there's a story to follow with these. Possibly an invasion similar to the inspiration material? What gets me is this is part 1. No idea what's in part 2, but I'm hoping for new story material, characters, and missions. I'll have to go back in soon to see if it truly refreshes my experience, but the trailer scenes are quite impressive.

That's been tabled until they can figure out how to get it scruffy enough.

Curious that it is coming out on Sept. 6, not even Labor Day, Sept. 2. I'd have thought it a stronger draw if it was placed at the start of October, or at least the last week of September, to run for a month before Halloween. I wonder why Sept. 6 was chosen?

He's 60. It's a full-faced mask, they'll put a younger actor in the action sequences. This same tactic was used for the combat sequences of Saruman in The Hobbit, when actor Christopher Lee was 90. If you've not seen it, the character has some very physical combat sequences, which Lee could never have done, but makes sense from a lore standpoint where the wizards only appear as old men, but are actually immortal beings. If I recall correctly, they used a rubber mask resembling Lee to cover the stunt actor's face, then made sure to never film the character's face directly during combat. If however, you're talking about an old guy Spidey, that's what I mentioned earlier is intriguing, because we most always see a teen Spider-man or at least in his 20s.

It's Ralph Lauren doing it, and they've got Polo icons on the left chest big enough that they can probably be seen by whatever sports blimp will be in the area. 🙄 You'd think it was 1984 or something. Actually, when you mentioned "yachting" I was expecting Nautica. I'm now starting to look for other countries' uniforms. Great Britain's track uniforms are by Addidas, and honestly they look a bit uninspiring, with the font for the country's name looking like someone was playing with the free fonts website. IMHO, Britain deserves better. The GB dress uniforms are also a little bland, but a second glance reveals some nice highlights. There's some nice embroidery on the back of the bomber-style jacket, in an arrangement of the four countries plant symbols. They apparently also have an alternate outfit with a casual Polynesian shirt style. Canada's is by lululemon. Not really feeling it. Ooohhh...Philippines has a great design for their boxers. Would love to see that "sling" brought into the game's wardrobe as well. I wonder if that would classify as a chest overlay or a shoulder? Haiti has an interesting design in the ceremonial uniform. I'm not sure what to make of the Mary Poppins boots however. South Korea has a great pattern on the ceremony outfit, but unfortunately, it will be on the inside lining of the jacket where no one will really see it. Ah, well, there's probably more great ones out there. I'm not a clothes horse so for me this is unusual. I guess my interest is in what could be ported over to game costuming.

What's your enhancement build on this Betty? What I've seen so far is impressive.

These are just on another level. Whomever designed these is not paid enough. Um...how soon can we have these in the iCon store? 😁 https://www.boredpanda.com/team-mongolia-viral-olympic-games-uniforms/

In Paramount's case I would add: writers who don't even know basics about space or physics. I'd mention names, but JJ Abrams has already made himself something of a punching bag.

Doing another tentpole character movie is expensive and might not be the way to go, especially with audiences showing some fatigue for big name characters. I'd tell them to take a page from the results of Guardians of the Galaxy, (James Gunn, see what I did there?) and make big-name characters from lesser-known characters. Film The Question (the Vic Sage version). With a solid script, there's not a huge need for CGI effects (I'm guessing they could even figure out a practical effect for the face), so low budget, high returns. The character already has a bit of a built-in following after appearing in Justice League Unlimited, and his knock-off from Watchmen only heightens the curiosity of others.

Stateside, and no personal need. I assemble computers for a living (Business computers, but still). But I applaud your kind effort for another.

100% this. Hollywood has some very talented makeup artists. I'm not the hater of CGI that others are, I still shudder at how long we keep Harryhausen stop-motion, but makeup is a practical effect. Even an actor of 70 might get another 3 or 4 films in covering the role. Not that I like insidious Ross... Which is strange. Even with the hurt to themselves that the MCU team has done this phase, they can still muster just about any person they want: actor, writer, director, producer, etc. They have a rich published lore from which to work. There's no reason to be randomly tossing stuff and hoping for the best.

Where are those found? Must have pulled this Echo right after THE iconic moment:

Clever. You have got me wondering, though, if William Sadler's President Ellis will be making an appearance. He was in multiple works of the 11-year Infinity Saga. Probably not, at least as president, since we know several years past between Iron Man 3 and Falcon and the Winter Soldier, with five of those in the Snap Blip. Still, were he to show up in some other political capacity (Senator, Congressman, Supreme Court, Cabinet member, etc.), that would be a nice callback.

Is there any version of the blind ability that applies to the full team, rather than just the individual? Because after the first hit I pulled far back from the fight, and I took no other damage, which would have implied an opponent near me. I was, admittedly, in line of sight of the focal area of the fight. A team hit, annoying as that would be, would at least explain why it dragged on so long when I was at a distance. EDIT: I should clarify. I didn't mean an AoE. That appears to have been the first strike, but where one teammate takes the hit, and several are affected, similar to fire rings. Though even fire rings doesn't target a character at distances from the rest of the group.

In the Egg Hunter Lounge

Such an odd thing to be a mobile pet, and I realize the irony of such a statement given the rest of the game's design.

Not to distract from the Mr. G bad design discussion, but yeah, there are other bad designs. My team encountered one last night that I foolishly thought had been adjusted at some point in the past by a development team, namedly BLINDED. We were running Posi 1 fighting the simulcroms. (And let me get this out, before someone comments: I don't believe Snarky was on the team. At least, no character that suggested Snarky was behind it. Sorry, Snark). I've done this a host of times, good teams and bad, but this time we were hit by blinded. No problem. We naturally spread out to avoid damage to the full team. Being somewhat squishy, I pulled back at distance too. Over 3 minutes we held out and the single blind attack was still in place. Yes, I know about yellows. I didn't have any left at the time. The team struggled well to overcome this, but eventually got mopped. Second go around, I got a large yellow, and I'm guess a few teammates got some as well. Again the blind, again the long period. Used that big yellow crosshairs and what do you know, the blind remained, and I was not in target range for a second dose of it. However, for some reason, I could occasionally see the opponents, and I guess others as well, as we eventually culled them all, though with additional losses to our team. Blind, IMHO, is poor design, not because it, well, blinds, but because running for probably 4 minutes or more, it cripples. I've got characters who can deal such things, and I cannot recall any situation where such an attack from me lasted more than a minute. Obligatory:

I'm confused by the visuals of that pet. What is it supposed to be? Moving reef rocks?

Right. Admittedly I poorly phrased that as a question. I was aware of it, but having never used it, I didn't remember what to call it while quickly typing up my OP. "Headless"...of course. Silly Techwright!

Thanks! I remembered the boxer shorts, but couldn't recall if there was something closer to this NPC's wardrobe.

Any chance we could get this NPC's shirt added to the costume elements? Maybe leave the white but have the other two colors modifiable? I realize I'm asking out of a certain ignorance. I'm not sure, for example, whether the NPCs were created with their own costume creation tool or with something different. This guy's hanging out in the Outbreak training zone hospital. While I'm at it, do we have these shorts in the costume creator?

Quoting Wikipedia: In June 2024, Lucasfilm Games announced a remaster of Star Wars: Bounty Hunter developed by Aspyr, set for release on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on August 1, 2024. The remastered version boasts improved environmental texture quality, lighting effects and the addition of a flashlight for navigating the darker areas of the game, as well as the ability to start a new playthrough as Boba Fett upon reaching a 100% completion save file in reference to an easter egg that didn't materialize in the original game. The PS5 version also implements several DualSense controller features such as utilizing the adaptive triggers for additional impact on Jango's weapons, mapping his radio communication to the integrated microphone on the controller, and using the lightbar embedded within the touchpad for visually indicating health status. Don't expect a complete replacement of the old graphics. More like a notable clean up of them, and perhaps a smoother animation. Tem Morrison still voices Jango Fett (and presumably Boba. I wonder if the dialog changes any?).

The interesting looking "The Flying Skull" costume, and a related discussion between @Ridiculous Girl and @Mr. Apocalypse (find its start here.) got me thinking: might we have invisible limbs as a costume choice? Let me expand on that with possibilities: The option for 1 to 4 limbs to be invisible. This would allow for a ghostly or telekinetic look, for example, if one wields a weapon or has glowing/fiery fists. The option for a paraplegic super that has anti-grav technological or magical stubs at just below the hip joint. Essentially making the character appear to float on these contraption. This of course would require a bit more construct than just turning the limb invisible. The option to also turn either the head or torso/abdomen invisible as well, but only one or the other. There'd need to be some sort of check added to make sure only one was selected. I believe something similar is already an option for the head? This would allow for the ghostly floating head, (or if you are a Futurama fan, science/tech floating heads), or a ghostly torso for things like "The Flying Skull" Ridiculous Girl posted. There'd need to be at least one costume component still visible, possibly more, and possibly a check added so that "missing limbs would have some sort of active aura, like fiery fists visible at all times, otherwise it would become the defacto costume for PvP.

Nice find! I didn't know about Edith before. She has an absolutely lovely voice, the kind that Americans used to joke "could read the New York phone book and we'd find it fascinating".

It's Disney. Sounds like they re-assigned writers from "The Book of Boba Fett" to this movie. 😏