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Zahille7, (edited ) do games w Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games?

Generation Zero has bicycles as the main “silent” vehicle to get around, so you don’t alert the machines.

Parcel Corps (I played the demo a while back, I don’t know if it’s fully released) is about bicycle couriers, in a cool vibrant city. It kinda reminds me of JSRF in a couple ways, as you ride around on your bike and do all sorts of cool tricks, and there’s a funky soundtrack (from what I remember).

Eta: holy shit I forgot about, imo, the GOAT of bike gameplay: Bully. I remember trying so hard to get all the way through Shop class to get one of the best bikes in the game, and doing the paperboy side quest as much as I could just to experience that feeling, and earn tons of money. I ended up getting really good at it too.

qyron, do astronomy w Atmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists say

Earth-like would be, by definition, impossible. Venus-like, that, would be something.

remotelove,
@remotelove@lemmy.ca avatar

Earth-like is a very broad term. If an organism has something similar to DNA or shared any kind of chemical processes it could be “earth-like”.

As an odd hypothetical example, there is a theory that fungi could potentially spread from planet to planet. Even with a billion or so years of independent evolution, fungi on Venus and fungi on Earth could still share some of the same traits.

qyron,

Nobody caught the dad joke vibe, I see.

remotelove,
@remotelove@lemmy.ca avatar

It was overshadowed by the first bit where you said “by definition, impossible”. It kinda boned the delivery, TBH.

qyron,

Some you win, some you lose.

acockworkorange,

Some were born to sing the blues

qyron,

Which is a genre I enjoy very much.

acockworkorange,

Don’t stop believing
Hold on to that feeling
Streetlight people

qyron, (edited )
Stamau123, do gaming w The disturbing online misogyny of Gamergate has returned – if it ever went away

I was in basic training during gamergate, and to this day I’m confused what the actual event was and it’s evolution. All I know is ‘gamers’ felt more right wing after it

Delta_, (edited )

If you do want to learn more, Innuendo Studios did a 6 part series called Why Are You So Angry? that’s pretty short (most episodes are ~10 minutes) but goes into the details

Edit: part 4 (An Autopsy of Gamergate, 18min) is probably the best summary, but the entire series is worth a watch if you have the time

Silverseren,

Funny enough, one of the catalysts was Breitbart pushing it. Because they were trying to push that population segment right wing.

Rosco, do astronomy w Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights

Looks pretty damn cool, but supersonic commercial flights will be ridiculously expensive, pollutive and wasteful, there’s no going around this. There’s zero practical uses for the common man.

CaptainSpaceman,

Would be nice to see this much time effort and money put into electric planes

Blaze, do astronomy w Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I hope this is relevant for this community, let me know otherwise

M500,

I think it’s close enough and I’m happy to see it.

threelonmusketeers,

Astronomy: “a natural science that studies celestial objects and the phenomena that occur in the cosmos”

I suppose anything that happens in the universe is technically “a phenomenon that occurs in the cosmos” but this seems more suited to !nasa, which could definitely use the content. Would you consider posting it there as well?

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I’m not the biggest fan of Lemmyworld, I prefer thematic instances such as Mander.xyz. Maybe we can consider this community as broader than strict astronomy?

jadero,

I also prefer thematic instances, but try to find appropriate communities within those instances. Just because it’s coming from NASA, doesn’t make it astronomy.

Depending on which aspects of the project you think are important and want to discuss there are a few communities here that might be relevant.

Earth Science includes environment, and environmental impact seems to be the most popular talking point so far.

Noise and other forms of pollution are public health issues and there is a local community for that, although I’m not sure it’s really a great fit there.

Physics might be another choice due to the fact that a lot of physics is going into the engineering of something that reduces sonic booms.

Or maybe you just need to find the right thematic instance. For example, I’m registered on slrpnk for my climate, energy efficiency, and anarchism fixes.

Blaze,
@Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de avatar

I just noticed there is !space, it could probably fit there. The issues is that it is 10 times smaller than !astronomy.

Anyway, next time I’ll post something definitely related to space to avoid the doubt

Doc_Crankenstein, do games w Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games?

How has no one mentioned Happy Wheels yet?

Also, Riders Republic is a thing that people slept on.

radiouser,

Riders Republic wasn’t for me, primarily due to the controls. Having just come from Descenders, the control philosophy felt so vastly different that I couldn’t adjust. It never stopped feeling like a struggle, which was a shame.

ModernRisk, do games w Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games?

Anyone else thought the title was referencing to the book of George Orwell, Animal Farm?

“Four legs good, two legs bad” - Snowball, Animal Farm.

Suck_on_my_Presence, do games w Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games?

Trials Evolution would like a word

Psythik, do games w Why did thousands of adult titles just disappear from the biggest PC gaming marketplaces?

You fucking know why.

AbouBenAdhem, (edited ) do astronomy w Scientists hail ‘avalanche of discoveries’ from Euclid space telescope

Further images reveal how massive galaxies surrounded by dark matter, the invisible substance said to pervade the universe, warp space and magnify more distant galaxies behind them.

So Euclid’s images violate Euclid’s parallel postulate.

aeronmelon, (edited ) do games w ‘Less Star Wars – more Blade Runner’: the making of Mass Effect 2’s Bafta-nominated soundtrack

Suicide Run - When the Mass Effect franchise peaked.

PlasticExistence, do games w ‘We are not a retro company’: Sega prepares to go back to the future

I just want OutRun 3

Agent641, do astronomy w Atmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists say

Well no. By definition it had Venus-like life.

muhyb,

Zoidberg:

-If you call that living.

Olap, do astronomy w Atmospheric analysis shows Venus never had Earth-like life, scientists say

Not ruling out some stange bacterial life that’s generating phosphene however. Come on space agencies, Venus atmosphere sample mission when?

FlashMobOfOne, do gaming w Does anyone have "Neopets revival" on their 2024 bingo card?
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I mean, it’s legitimately a bright spot.

But with November of this year likely heralding the legitimacy of fascism in the US, it’s incumbent upon us to try enjoy the silly shit before that comes along.

Telorand,

You speak as if it’s already decided. It’s incumbent upon us to enjoy the silly shit and do our damnedest to prevent the fascist rise.

Go play some Neopets, and stop listening to news orgs for a while (you’ve likely already decided who you’re supporting, anyway), especially the ones who trade in the 24h News Cycle; they have a vested interest in selling rage, not nuanced journalism. Hope eats into their profit margins.

FlashMobOfOne,
!deleted7243 avatar

You speak as if it’s already decided.

I think it is. Trump won in 2016 because people were largely impoverished and Democrats didn’t do anything about it. The impoverishment is worse now.

BUT, that does make it more important to enjoy the silly shit. Absolutely.

Telorand,

I think Trump won, because people underestimated him and thought it was somebody else’s problem to go vote.

We will have to agree to disagree, plus, I don’t want to derail this Gaming community into a political debate. Enjoy your games! If you see a golden Shoyru, it might be mine.

FlashMobOfOne,
!deleted7243 avatar

Fair enough. Enjoy your awesome Neopet!

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