Ghostalmedia

Ghostalmedia, 21 hours ago (edited 21 hours ago)

IMHO, it depends on the game and the remake. The old Halo games are probably the best case study on what to do and what not to do.

Halo CE - Don’t do that. The game was old enough to warrant major texture, geometry, and animation upgrades, but the developer also completely changed the art style.

Halo 2 - Do this. It’s the old art style, but with more detail. The game looks like how you think it looked, until you toggle the old graphics on and see how it ACTUALLY looked.

Halo 3 - Do this. The game was in good enough shape to just need a few frame rate, texture, and resolution bumps. New animation and geometry wasn’t needed, and avoiding that was the right call.

Ghostalmedia, 19 hours ago

Yeah, I wonder why they never added the option to combo new visuals and old sounds. MCC will only allow old audio with the old graphics.

That said, it’s still one of those games where I get together with my middle aged friends, and no one thinks much about the game’s in-game presentation until someone toggles the graphics, then people suddenly realize a LOT more has been updated that they realize.

IMHO, they did a better job than most at recapturing how the game felt when you played it back in the day. Not all of the creative choices were perfect, but nailed a lot of it.

Ghostalmedia, 21 hours ago

Puppies destroy your furniture for a few months if you’re not paying attention. Cats demand sacrificial furniture that they can fuck up life.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4786ac2e-9092-4262-a622-d48a738207af.jpeg

Ghostalmedia, 1 day ago

Why is Robert De Niro there?

Ghostalmedia, 1 day ago

A reference that no one under 40 will get.

Ghostalmedia, 1 day ago

I guess talk show hosts did get about a decade out of that dick joke.

Ghostalmedia, 2 days ago

Coffee, one of the important tools in any fartographer’s satchel.

Ghostalmedia, 2 days ago

Is No.11 your scent as well?

fastfoodclub.com/…/kfc-launched-bbq-cologne-and-s…

Ghostalmedia, 3 days ago

Ahh yes - the political strategy of taking one on the chin with voter confidence, by staring into space and becoming a viral meme, so your opponent thinks you’re slow, and lowers their guard during the debates, that the persuadable independent voters totally ignore.

Bullet proof strategy. I’m fired up!

Ghostalmedia, 3 days ago

If she’s smart, she’ll leave the hyphen out. Anyone with a hyphenated name will tell you that’s it’s annoying as fuck. A lot of digital products and records don’t support hyphens and throw errors when they see the character.

Ghostalmedia, 3 days ago

That and changing your name is actually pretty annoying, and it only gets more annoying when you have a lot of assets with a particular legal name tied to them.

She has lawyers and accountants that will do a lot of the heavy lifting, but it’s still an obnoxious pain the butt.

It’s pretty common to see people change their name when they get married, but come divorce time say “nah, fuck that, I’m not doing that shit again.”

Ghostalmedia, 3 days ago

Pay wall

Ghostalmedia, 3 days ago

Transportation in general usually has a lot of public funding and government involvement. Tend to be common for air, sea, rail, and car transport solutions.

Ghostalmedia, 8 days ago

This guy constipates

Ghostalmedia, 9 days ago

The dumb ones will. The smart ones know that demagoguery and authoritarianism can impact trade and currency valuation, and investing in them is a great way to lose a lot of money.

Ghostalmedia, 9 days ago

Nope. The rich are greedy and I’m just saying that not all of them think Trump is smart investment.

Ghostalmedia, 9 days ago

Not every billionaire thinks Trump is the best way to get richer. Many think he’s a good way to lose a lot of money.

Greed gonna greed. Some billionaires think Trump will make them money, others think the opposite.

Ghostalmedia, 9 days ago

For those out of the loop. What the fuck is going on?

Ghostalmedia, 9 days ago

This is basically the whole article:

Legislation from Florida Representative Greg Steube would rename the US Exclusive Economic Zone to the “Donald John Trump Exclusive Economic Zone of the United States.”

Ghostalmedia, 9 days ago

Is this real life or just fantasy?

Ghostalmedia, 12 days ago

The this shit is under $90 usd in many nations. US is like $1000 to $1500, and many insurers won’t cover it.

Ghostalmedia, 12 days ago

Not only is she a piece of shit homophobe, she’s yet another person who watched one season of women’s college basketball, has not paid attention to the WNBA at all, and is suddenly an expert on the players in the WNBA.

Ghostalmedia, 13 days ago

“I think you’re probably right,” Alito replies. “On one side or the other — one side or the other is going to win. I don’t know. I mean, there can be a way of working — a way of living together peacefully, but it’s difficult, you know, because there are differences on fundamental things that really can’t be compromised. They really can’t be compromised. So it’s not like you are going to split the difference.”

In other words, dude wants some Taliban shit and wants to be able to control people are not prescribed to his religion.

If his family doesn’t want to have abortions, or wants their kids to learn about god in school, there is nothing stopping them from living that way. Just don’t force me to live that way.

The establishment clause yo

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof

Ghostalmedia, 14 days ago

This meme is so old that homie is rocking a G3 gum drop iMac.

Ghostalmedia, 15 days ago

Conservative Texans, committing to make the dumb infrastructure mistakes naive Californians made in the 60’s and 70’s, all in order to own the libs.

Ghostalmedia, 16 days ago

I gaminged

Ghostalmedia, 16 days ago

I gaminged

Ghostalmedia, 16 days ago

This thing specifically remind me of the corruption the USSR / Russia has struggled with for decades.

The corrupt politicians staff the justice system with people who rule in favor of the corrupt politicians and their cronies. If you investigate the people / party that appointed you, you’re out.

The US has never gone full-Russia, but Trump wants to do that. Previously the rich and powerful have simply been able to get a leg up because they were able to outspend the justice dept. Under Trump, the justice team will be on the same team as the people they should be prosecuting.

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

I fail to see how preventing the government from micromanaging your health, body, and bedroom is “government overreach.”

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

I don’t know about the entire system. I do like the “Bannon goes to jail” part of the system. Just not the “rich guys get more appeals” part.

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

Apparently Putin is not invading Ukraine because Tommy hasn’t seen coverage of the war on Fox or OAN in many months.

No flaws in that logic at all.

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

TIL that Daria’s sister drives a blue Anarchy.

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago)

That’s kind of like walking into a museum, going to an exhibit on realism, and shitting on that art because the time and craft needed to make something look real is a “waste of energy.”

Just like with painting, realism in gaming is just an art style. Just because other art styles exist, that doesn’t mean realism is an invalid one to pursue.

A lot of talented creators and artists spent a lot of time trying to meticulously replicate people and nature as best as they could, and they did a really impressive job. These artists deserve props for their skill and passion.

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6404aaf2-7ee1-435b-b17f-6aa9545fcc3a.jpeg

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

The parent comment was saying that this was a waste of time for the animators.

)Technically a lot of this work would be on the artists doing modeling, lighting, textures, etc, not just the artists doing animation.)

Ghostalmedia, 17 days ago

Immersion aside, I appreciate the craft that goes into realistic in-engine cutscenes. Making something look good, without pre-rendering, is a particularly challenging constraint.

Ghostalmedia, 18 days ago

It’s not too far from the truth

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4868bf0c-c724-4ac6-a359-8c718f0c2b28.jpeg

Ghostalmedia, 18 days ago

I have a hard time believing that this clown waving a musket around at people’s faces has ever actually been to a shooting range.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b399ee5f-5bf8-48bb-8e6d-e62090cebca4.jpeg

Ghostalmedia, 18 days ago

The point is that his base is full of gun nuts who argue that guns aren’t a problem. Criminals with guns are problem.

It’s funny and ironic.

Ghostalmedia, 21 days ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/4571eda1-5dd7-497b-a374-44a33d5ba7f6.webp

Ghostalmedia, 21 days ago

It shouldn’t be, but gender used to very much matter. That’s why this is notable.

Ghostalmedia, 21 days ago

I don’t envy anyone in that job. Gangs have been taking out journalist and politicians left and right, and I hope she is successful at clawing back the country from the narcos.

Ghostalmedia, 21 days ago

Far left appears to have that firm ass, welcome to San Francisco, crisp sourdough crust. Far right is some bread pan, Texas toast make’n, sponge crust.

As always, the left of where the fun is, and the right boring and conservative.

Ghostalmedia, 22 days ago

For the curious.

The boots have two layers. This boot is the inner layer.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d05ec2ae-1293-4694-94c5-cfb9c26c09ca.jpeg

Ghostalmedia, 22 days ago

People seem to forget about Obama cracking down on the border when crossings got high during his term.

Ghostalmedia, 23 days ago

Big blue cities ain’t exactly running low on guns.