CisHetKayFaberPhoneCorrection regarding a previous topic where I stated that Metal Gear Solid 2 was the most important game of 2023https://twitter.com/othatsraspberryChildren cannot be trusted to enjoy things, and maybe that's fineThis list of extremely specific danger signshttps://nextworldover.tumblr.com/post/720069329613357056https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/Tkr719yF.jpghttps://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/3/3597ddeb-e52e-4cda-a59c-c64600489fea/9unswnr6.jpg"Bank Account" by Louis Colehttps://genius.com/Louis-cole-bank-account-lyricsTechnical beliefs you have which may be regarded as superstition, but are true to your experience (I'm convinced my new microphone is worse)The part where Jim talks.Splitting your mutuals.The kind of person who goes to Bluesky vs. who goes to Mastodon.A relationship with an editor. (Like Emacs.) (Or Vim)Wanting to see what Shaq posts.The human zoo of bad takes.Who sent Shaq a Bluesky invite??O' That's RaspberryMetal Gear Apologies.Sending Konami money to fund the port of Metal Gear Solid 4.Optimizing for extremely specific hardware and getting entrenched.Shaders languishing on PS3.PT's final resting place.Konami diversifying into video games in the 80s when it's lucrative and dediversifying when it stops being as lucrative in the 2010sA lot of weird business practices involving Slurpees and bankingAll the places the Vita port of Metal Gear Solid 2 went on to.The Worlds of Power novelization of Metal Gear.A Narpas Sword scenario.Cutscene inflation.What happened to cutscene lengths after voice acting became cheap.Encoding movies on a disc for free.Time to Crate vs. Time to When Your Input Matters.Ramen waterslides.Annoying things that little kids do that adults also do.Playing video games and parenting at the same time.Whether it's still abuse if it's happening in the Netherlands.Expectations people place on their children for Christmas vs. for Halloween.Distorted beer.Getting a bunch of stuff you don't want for Christmas.A sweater with Mario or a cool dinosaur on it.Swapping the Barbie and GI Joe voice boxes and whether that's a plot point of the Barbie movie.Chewbacca dancing on top of the twin towers as they collapse.Taking wire cutters to the electrical substation and getting some free copper.I don't feel 130 kilovolts; I'm a perfect sphere.Creating a situation where people are safe even if they're not paying attention.Flying around in a tornado googling "what do you do when you're flying around in a tornado"Is it .webm or .webnn?All the three letter acronyms that ought to be on the internet rug you can't get.The giant System 7 floppy disk blanket.A blanket with the Mac startup sound on it.Missing out on some drum solos.A poem based on a true story.Being afraid to look at your tax returns.Getting single taxed and double social security benefits.Replacing your old snowball with a new snowball.Your thing as a person trained in audio engineering.Getting a very insensitive microphone so that it only picks up the sounds you want it to.Jim's advice for recording your voice.A Shure SM-57B with the Cloudlifter.Technical knowledge for smart people.Solid state drives failing without warning.A high pitched whine imparting a natural warmth to your voice.Recording your voice with a $15 boom arm.Using shittier tools as you get more experienced.A cover of a Weezer song that's rendered unlistenable hematite l because of the string squeak.The inability to process and retain information about LinkedIn's purpose.
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