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9 hours? The videos been up for 10 days and still has that many views

Well hello there, Nick Miller

People in Wisconsin seem to think they’re the center of the Midwest, and that Michigan is their biggest competition lol

The “Midwest” is actually the “Mideast”

fight me. do it.

Remember when that stray bullet hit the side of that Honda? That was a clear attack on the american plexiglas industry

Futurama is my comfort show. The wet humor gets me everytime

Design, ESPECIALLY user-centric design is so difficult to get right. Epic Systems, one of the largest medical software companies in the world, has an entire research department dedicated solely to finding the optimal way to present information and options to their users. Since their users are typically old doctors who hate needing to learn new ways of doing things, this is among their highest valued divisions.

When UI designers find something that works, people are going to copy it. That doesn’t mean it’s ripped-off, it means R&D paid off.

Case-in-point video game controllers have slowly but surely converged into the ABXY, D-pad, 2xbumper+trigger pair, 2 analogue stick design with a system button and two more meta control buttons. Any ventures beyond that (index finger paddles, track pads, etc) have all found a way to fit into that schema.

Additionally, that “click the stick to see important items” mechanic that was made famous as Arkham’s detective mode has made its way into basically any game that has any sort of secondary puzzle-solving mechanic (Batman Arkham, The Witcher, Spider-man, etc). It also shows up in tactical games to let you tag items or characters of interest (Splinter Cell, Crysis, Last of Us, etc)

Furthermore, entire genres are built out of good user experiences. FPS wouldn’t exist without the slick mechanic implementations of Wolfenstein 3D and DOOM. FPS on console wouldn’t exist without Halo’s intuitive control schema which Call of Duty 2 would later improve upon and ultimately become the default console FPS layout.

Good design is hard to come by, so yeah if it’s good it will be replicated.

*Nintendo has entered the chat *

I’m mad. I’m very mad. I’m also very tired of watching political movements get shut down by the people who respond with “yes, we need to do better” followed by a handful of performative actions, and absolutely no substantive change.

I believe in a general strike. Wholeheartedly. I believe it would make real change. How the hell do I organize one safely? How do I trust any of the other people online who claim to be organizing them?

Probably the AT-ST walker from Star Wars. That was cool since I hadn’t made anything that bit, but it was all grey, and therefore as memorable an experience as the last 9 star wars movies

Edit: 8 of the last 9. Rogue One was a great movie

I would love ranked choice. It completely flopped on the state ballot in Colorado this past election because both parties are completely against it

Strongly disagree. S-tier is reserved for the two movies worth watching in their own right: Empire Strikes Back and Rogue One

New Hope gets A-tier for the best in class special effects from that time period. It’s mid as hell compared to basically any action movie from the past 30 years (which is 1995 to now, mind you)

All others get C-tier or lower because they’re all half-assed cash grabs and are only worth watching if you’re deeply in love with the lore and just a smidge masochistic