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I've never been able to put my finger on why I prefer Bruce Faulconer's DBZ soundtrack (putting aside that I think he makes much more evocative and fitting music than the old stuff) but this post does a lot to help. holy shit is it uncanny! the camp, the tinny quality, the dramatic build and sting.

At the end of the day they both have their place - the original soundtrack gives a feel much more conducive to Toriyama's legendary comedic stylings which form the burning irremovable core of Dragonball, and Faulconer's elevates everything else, giving the shonen moments a fucking sweet coat of fresh music paint.

cursed level over 9000

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fuck this shit pit society

why can rockstar games institutionalise you for life like nikita kruschev for being autistic

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yessss I gotta start wingspanposting. Hey you, play Wingspan. it's a boardgame about placing birds in habitats and building points using their effects. It's got very good Steam/Switch versions that add lovely audio clips of their calls, in addition to the beautiful hand painted art each bird gets. Really scratches the shit out of my birdwatching and card game/engine building itches simultaneously.

The base game is North American birds, but for me nothing beats the Oceania expansion. Being able to build a point-raking engine out of your backyard bird faves is really an unmatched experience imo.

GST + TFM my beloveds. I know I was just glazing the artwork but imho they don't do justice to how handsome the Grey Shrikethrush is irl.

Another really good part is that Wingspan has a rock-solid Solitaire mode with adjustable difficulty and extra features. There's no attacking or removal or any hostile interaction between players, so any potential background frustration levels typical of games like it is mostly evaporated. On top of that, Wingspan never drags on. it's always four rounds of a diminishing number of turns each, so games always pan out to like 45 minutes. As much as I love a week-long game of Twilight Imperium, (for another post, don't get me started) table space is a thing that's a thing. Play Wingspan!

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What's Tony got you cooking up in there Nubby?

Today Nubby is in the Test Chamber

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reblogging this so I guilt myself into making those gd phonecalls cos apparently that's all that will ever truly motivate me.

adhd will get you thinking "i should make this doctors appointment" every day for 7 months and counting

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i keep forgetting to search this up when I'm at my desktop so I'm reblogging to remind myself cos I really wanna play me some puppytruck.

updating the demo again

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I fudgin love me some REDLINE if you haven't seen it I cannot recommend it highly enough

everytime i watch redline im absolutely ass blasted by the idea that it was animated entirely 2d by hand

you had to have been out of your god damn mind to agree to work on this film

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wait til you fuckers hear about The Expanse. it's got Jovian moon battles galore and ship crew polycules and maybe even some crazy alien goo please read it please I need a community to talk about it with and you're all so close it's so good. book 2 cold opens on the icy surface of Ganymede with a shooting war about to begin from the POV of a Samoan power armour marine girl from Mars. you get to watch space Mormons get their investments reacquisitioned for a harebrained scheme to save millions of lives. the protagonist has like ten biological parents for tax reasons.

twitter is being overrun by ice war posting. Best this sites been in ages

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lovely snooters

Has anyone else noticed that they do this?

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I can't stop watching this- it's been stuck on loop for 4 hours. Somebody- help me.

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bittern!

Least Bittern Appreciation

Just look at this silly creature

AND LOOK AT HOW LITTLE THEY ARE

Truly one of the creatures of all time

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...bittern....

Von Schrenck’s Bittern (Botaurus eurhythmus), female, family Ardeidae, order Pelicaniformes, Singapore

photograph by Alex Low

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I love bittern

twisting and bitturning

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Just stayed up all night across the road from a bushfire, watching the updates. Never been so relieved to hear heavy rain against the roof before in my life.