Roderick

That is probably for the best.

I am now on Ello and my name is @leeuwenhart I don't know how to search other people thought, the search option doesn't actually search. So, yikes. Apart from that, it's definitely a social network.

Lord, that quote, tberton. I've never had to read philosophy for school, but did dig into it at my own leisure. I couldn't get through Nietzsche's Zarathustra, it was so dense and opaquely stacked with metaphors. Beyond Good and Evil was fine though. Just don't let the man get poetic.

They do, they really do! Did you listen to the first/last segment of the podcast, or did you see Taras Bulba at one point? Man, the podcast must sound like a bunch of weird mouth noises to you.

It is? That's actually kinda cool. I'm playing it at the moment with a friend (over the course of yeaaaaars, a few hours every month), and it's super fun and relaxing. To mock. But also fun in a good way! The role-switching system is really fun and tactical, and streamlined as fuck.

Wowsers, this thread exploded just now. The new trailer is confoundingly boring. The last time we got giants stomping around in a slick city, now it's a roadside picknick with nondescript plains? I'm also curious how the art direction will turn out in the game. It's so muted and dark, very unlike Final Fantasy. Still an interesting project, though you can't help but laugh that I thought there'd be a PC version in 2014.

Yes, Video Games, it was! Everything about that movie is, actually.

Yesterday I saw La Grande Bellezza. It was like a goddamn tonic to me. I had forgotten that a film could actually have amazing observations to make, proffer intruiging ideas and juxtapositions at every turn, and all the while not really care about anything so ordinary as a coherent plot.

Is this the end of the film (summer) club???!!!!

[WARNING: DUTCH CONTENT - YOU HAVE BEEN GEWAARSCHUWD] I've set up a monthly geek podcast with a friend, and we've just recorded our third episode. It's a short, fun thing where we invite a guest from the Dutch geek world and ask them about their work. They're usually interesting creators and makers from our own personal network, so there's a lot of chemistry and laffs happening. This episode is with Dutch comic artist Marissa Delbressine, and in the beginning my co-host and I freak out over a scene from Taras Bulba (more on that movie on Filmadeus!). The podcast is now also on iTunes, but can still be safely listened to on Podomatic. iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/nl/podcast/degeekculturepodcasts-podcast/id916132614?l=en Podomatic: http://degeekculturepodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2014-09-16T05_51_58-07_00 All the Dutchies in the house, this is for you.

I rather liked the first episode, though I agree about the second. I haven't watched the creepy ep yet, I'm afraid I'll be thoroughly creeped out. Whenever they start going for the nursery rhymes it sets off all my creep alarm bells.

I feel quite the same as you, Bjorn. Dawkins really opened my eyes when I read The Selfish Gene. It's to this day one of the most important, shaping books I've read. But I've grown very wary of the militant side of atheism, and Dawkins strangely regressive attitude towards abuse and, apparently, feminism?

I could barely parse those sentences, and I can read French.

I was recently startled to find that, contrary to what my feelings tell me, I am in fact very different now, in my early thirties, than I was in my early twenties. I was confronted with people of the latter age, and found them so demandingly, physically present, enthusiastically vapid, that I suddenly realized I might have become older than I used to be. But an adult? No, never.

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Sooooo... anything happen on the feminism front since I started this topic 188 pages ago?

Is there a Sultan's Delight version, that will make you feel like you're heir to the Ottoman empire, ruler over millions? I think that's the REAL added value here

I was in a Samsung store (ugh), and tried on the Samsung Watch thing. Scrolling through the apps there was a heart rate meter, which I tested out, and then I was 'huh, that was nice', and then I put it back again. Who the hell wears a watch in this day and age? As for the frightfully boring new iPhone: if you are going to purchase something this ugly for almost 5m (the built-in planned obsolescence comes free!), you are a piece of shit.

Nice interview, Maximus!

I liked Agents of SHIELD, it really scratched that Marvel itch. At its core it's better version of Warehouse 13. Once it gets going, it's a fun and soapy thing, especially when it intersects with the movies. Don't expect anything grand, it's a lot of goofy fun and that's great.

How supremely seditious of him. The hunt is on!

If you have unworn ones lying around in my small size, I will fucking buy two off of you.

Oh man, I had forgotted how much I wore my Seditious Industrial Complex shirt. I completely wore that down, I don't even think I have it anymore. At some point it was just worn to the thread. I loved that shirt.

I am well impressed by that trailer, Campo Santos. Those lovely animated hands!

My go-to option is to play a game I already played, since then I know exactly what I'll get Excellent soliloquy you got going there, I think it's very recognizable. With movies I have much the same problem, so I've devised a system that I'll always watch the most 'difficult' movie I have, rather than going for the easy entertainment. But that's only possible because the investment in any movie is roughly the same as the next, time-wise. For games, imagine if you'd always choose the most obscure Dwarf Fortress megafest! So on Steam I tend to balance things between 'quick wins' (i.e. small indie games I'll finish in a few hours) to clear out my list and give me a swift sense of accomplishment, and bigger games that require more of an investment. It seems to work out, though on average I only play 1.5 - 2 hours a day, so you understand I'm not getting anywhere.