In all honesty she probably originally had more potential, but couldn’t act or take advantage of it for various reasons. Like the fact she needed to constantly hide her real identity and any individual showing promise would likely be investigated, the fact there was a prophecy for her to look forward to so she wouldn’t feel as much urgency to improve, or that her “guardian”/“replacement parental figure” was captured and un-able to guide her if she did get the urge to grow stronger.
Although bloodline isn't absolute – for instance, Oden's daughter didn't possess much talent – there's at least a certain possibility. Misu didn't let Lami be idle; instead, she nurtured her towards a specific direction. If possible, she might become a member of the Inquisition.
Anime & Comics · dm95
Let’s see…. No responsibilities, no debts, no need for money, no need to work, no chores, no need to worry over food, gets lots of affection, can sleep as much as they want, doesn’t have to worry about the future…. …yeah, can’t imagine what would be so appealing about such a state of being…
It boggles her why anyone would enjoy being pampered as an animal. He clearly stated he was at least, previously a human and currently a god.
Anime & Comics · Daoist_KittyKat
They’re gonna give the tower ptsd aren’t they?
The two feminine and psychotic sounding voices echo the deeper chamber of the grand labyrinth as cries and wails of dying and horrified monsters can be heard haunting the labyrinth which will become a very popular urban legend amongst the Adventures of this Labyrinth City especially with numerous sightings of the aftermath with is ground soaked by blood and crystals that were left behind.
Anime & Comics · Daoist_KittyKat
Me for one, anyways here’s a question for you. “How does one describe a good cat?” With the answer being. “You say it acts just like a dog.”
Those words echoed in my mind and everything makes sense now. I just accepted to become a kindred of an Eldritch Being and now I am given a cat-like vessel to ease my mingling with the people because who doesn't like cats?
Anime & Comics · Daoist_KittyKat
Originally carry-on was free and the price was added to help the airline industry recover, it was supposed to have ended this year but I doubt that is likely to happen. And the funny thing is the tsa will let foreigners walk on a plane no problem, but requires American nationals to have their luggage searched and if they feel your “shifty” will take you aside for a “pat-down” or some other more invasive search method. The government should never be given that much say in ones privacy and only gets away with it due to the mis-placed faith of the American people in our government who continues to stretch their influence further and further in the name of “safety”.
Additionally, Shin's ambition to venture into the aerospace sector reflects a visionary approach to business development, spurred by an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities presented by the aerospace industry, especially in the aftermath of events such as the tragedy of 9/11. Historically, the 9/11 attacks had a profound impact on the aerospace and airline industries, leading to heightened security protocols, shifts in airline operational strategies, and accelerated advancements in aerospace technology focused on safety and efficiency.
Video Games · NewComer714
It also started giving the us government more reason to invade the privacy of it’s citizens, which the citizens allowed in order to feel safe, the problem is that with each new “catastrophe” the governments control and size keeps growing most recently with covid they prevented public gatherings outdoors, prevented churches from meeting, and set up curfews in some areas of the US, “for our safety” when COVID’s spread rate is actually slightly lower than the flu or common cold. Covid not only destroyed the economy, it slowed production and productivity, and gave the government a massive amount of control of the citizens it should never have had the potential to get in the US. (And then don’t get me started on the vaccines as for even the polio vaccines they did 8 years of testing despite how badly it was needed because they don’t know what it would do long term, before giving it to the public. the covid vaccines weren’t tested they were being tested on you and they are still collecting the data from you willing test subjects)
In this alternate reality, Shin, behind KiShin's innovative strides in technology, found himself burdened with the knowledge of potential future events, including the catastrophic impact of an incident akin to 9/11. This wasn't just about the profound human tragedy but also the inevitable economic reverberations that would be felt worldwide. With KiShin's global operations intricately linked to the broader market, Shin understood that such an event would not leave his company unscathed.
Video Games · NewComer714
Not to mention it raises the price of grains,specifically corn, making it more expensive and less affordable for non-first world countries (because the first world countries don’t usually use as much corn as they produce (specifically America) and previously to the inclusion of biofuels was significantly more affordable for the impoverished and was a good and much cheaper feed option for livestock now, because we now have another use for it, the price went up making it more expensive for other countries to buy it, and for farmers in our own countries to buy it as well, to feed their livestock. which made the price of meat in our own country rise as a result)
While hybrid and electric technologies were KiShin's primary focus, they didn't shy away from exploring other promising alternatives. Hydrogen fuel cells and biofuels held immense potential, offering cleaner and more sustainable solutions. Despite the nascent stage of these technologies and the numerous challenges they posed, Shin occasionally shared snippets using his future knowledge disguised as suggestions with researchers. While the information wasn't a instantly completed the research, it acted as a catalyst, sparking new ideas and accelerating progress. This "future nudge," as Shin called it, proved invaluable to the scientists, even if it wasn't a complete roadmap.
Video Games · NewComer714
Hybrid cars are annoying, because they cost almost twice as much in maintenance and repairs in comparison to pure combustion or pure electric cars, and that’s in addition to the initial higher price. Thats because they have both combustion and electric systems and had to stuff them in the same space, so getting to either system to do work on it is usually harder because you have less room to work with/more stuff to move, take out, or work around. So it’s usually better to get an all electric or all combustion car/truck/motorcycle just from the perspective of maintenance and repair as well as a lower starting price range
Unlike many in the industry still clinging to traditional combustion engines, Shin pivoted his subsidiary and research company towards the burgeoning field of hybrid and electric vehicles. KiShin labs hummed with research on battery technology, motor efficiency, and sustainable charging solutions. This foresight placed them ahead of the curve, poised to capitalize on the coming shift in consumer preferences.
Video Games · NewComer714
She sounds like the “Q collective” from “Star Trek” (as he has said that he actually does that exact stuff when talking about bonding/teaching his future child during an episode of “Star Trek: voyager”) (the Q collective is a group of big g, God-like beings that tend to stay in a higher dimension most of the time and mess with stuff on a cosmic scale for their own amusement, their is however one specific one that has taken an interest in humanity and is a re-occurring character through various Star Trek series.) (the actor that plays “Q” is the guy dancing in a sombrero with a trumpet in his hand which he casually brought into existence along with the mariachi band in the middle of a space ship)
Harley's eyes were lit up wickedly with the possibilities. I could practically see her mind working, fantasizing about herself as a Star God tier cultivator. She was exactly the kind of person to throw galaxies around for a laugh.
Anime & Comics · Daddy
Like the fact not every game should be forced online connectivity, or have a pvp/online multiplayer option and they should bring back the co-op campaigns, and “couch co-op”. Heck, they should bring back campaigns in general as the number of game without any sort of story and forced online multiplayer is rising (I’m looking at you black ops IV) sometimes it seems like all the games are trying to be like PUBG, Fortnite(please don’t allow this cancer to spread to the alternate timeline), or Apex legends
One day, as the landscape of gaming evolved, console enthusiasts might find themselves reminiscing about these simpler times. They'd recall the shared laughter echoing in the living room, the thrill of a close-fought victory celebrated together.
Video Games · NewComer714
That’s because in the months/years leading up to the year 2000 many companies had to spend ludicrous amounts of money and time to prepare updates for basically everything so the code wouldn’t stop working after the year hit 2000, (if I remember the code was only designed to got to year 999 in 1999 so 2000 would read as 000 and that would cause problems for somethings that are sensitive to timing, such as shipping manifests, online orders, timelogs, calendars, streetlights, automated gates(like at parks and stuff), and security systems (like electronic lock with keypads), etc.) so Y2K was real, but was prevented by the companies preparing ahead of time and releasing updates to compensate for the problem…
As February 2000 dawned, the world had dodged the much-feared Y2K bug, leaving behind a sense of relief and cautious optimism. In this timeline, the video games industry presented a different picture compared to Shin's previous life. While KiShin maintained its dominance, competitors Tora and Suzuki managed to carve out their niches, supported by a loyal fanbase.
Video Games · NewComer714
Then we voted for multiple democrats who thought taking away the nuclear deterrents we have would be a good idea (or more likely they just wanted to “pocket” the budget that was being used to research/build/maintain the nukes)
The current USA possessed a far more powerful and sophisticated conventional military compared to China. Despite both countries being major nuclear powers, the USA had a larger nuclear arsenal at that time.
Video Games · NewComer714
China can’t actually compete with the US in any real military capacity because their country is currently falling apart at the seems due to their communist leader destroying their middle class, rampant corruption in all sections of the economy, military, and government. As well as the after-effects of things like the “one child policy” which not only destroyed their birth rate but also screwed the population gender ratio as their culture emphasizes having male children to take care of you when you get older, so the majority of times if they wouldn’t abort a girl, they would try to either give it up for adoption or abandon them, so now as their current workforce is beginning to become to old to work, and they don’t even have enough women to stabilize their population without some measures that would have the USA, UN, and NATO all, for once agree on something and that being that China needs to be curb-stomped for the “drastic” measures they’d need to take in order to stabilize their population (by that I mean they’d need to almost lock all the women up to “focus on having “families”” (force them to produce more “citizens/workers” for the communist party) (this is very much something they would do as in some of the areas they’ve occupied in recent history have had laws introduced the prevent the local populations women from marrying local men, and also “encourage” them to marry Chinese citizens, specifically Nepal if I remember correctly))
Moreover, many informed and educated individuals who played the PC video game "Fallout" didn't feel much about the intro story of the Great War in the game, where China could actually rival the USA; after all, "the game is just a game."
Video Games · NewComer714
So you remember “fable” right? The rpg from the Xbox 360 days? Well they had another series that sadly wasn’t as well known were you get to play as “the bad guy”, not necessarily the antagonist of the fable games, more a general BBEG of any sort of generic fantasy setting, with a massive castle, buffoonish minions and a mistress or two; called “overlord” that also had a sequel and several “branch” games such as “overlord: dark legend”(Wii exclusive), “overlord: minions” (Nintendo ds), and “overlord: the fellowship of evil” (a half-finished party/arcade style that lost most of the fun stuff from the original, that I bought a copy of anyways in hopes it would allow them to make more of the series games)
"Have you heard about the latest Tora game, Gloomy? You get to play as an antagonist. Pretty interesting, right?"
Video Games · NewComer714
This world is yet to discover the genuine joy and challenges of playing video games, including the true pain of experiencing losing streaks.
Video Games · NewComer714
I have a uncle who’s both high functioning and “on the spectrum” (think of a guy whose resúme includes working in engineering on a nuclear submarine, and as a stock portfolio manager) who initially did okay in monopoly then got obsessed and finally got so good that anytime he’s around we try to avoid playing, now that he’s older (sounds like I’m talking about a child heh.) he has learned to be more chill about it, so we’d be willing to play it with him again.
'Hey... Don't tell me Lee Han is addicted to this game now?' Shin couldn't help but ponder as he observed Lee Han's serious and engrossed demeanor in the gameplay.
Video Games · NewComer714
When he gets to the Dsi he should keep the gba cartridge slot, because they really don’t need a internal web browser, so getting rid of the original feature for something that almost no-one really used seems like a waste.(it’s true the reason we lost the cartridge slot on the bottom was due to the included web browser on the dsi and the components needed to make it work)
"This is the incomplete GBA, Mr. Suzuki... It's not yet the finished product, lacking the expected long battery life and featuring a lower screen resolution than our target. Occasionally, the buttons become unresponsive after a week of use..." explained the researcher, presenting the incomplete GBA to Shin.
Video Games · NewComer714
The Illuminati and the eye at the top of a pyramid one the dollar bill similar origins, but unfortunately they aren’t directly connected as the Illuminati was a group of aristocrats in the late 1700s if I remember correctly, and the dollar bill was made by the founding fathers of the USA at about the same time, but with very-very different ideals and goals. Both of which were influenced by a much older “secret society”, the Freemasons with both “eyes” in their symbology referring to the “all-seeing eye of God” but with notably different implications as for the Illuminati it’s more of a “big brother is always watching” vs Freemasonry’s and the Founding Father’s “God sees all and looks out for all of us”(for Freemasonry it’s more of an open secret, as they don’t exactly hide and the “rituals” are more so about teaching the values required for being a good man and the whole “sworn to secrecy” thing is to teach them how to be trustworthy, and the reason for requiring a referral is to teach the value of knowing the character of your friends, currently they have many “branch?” Groups like the “Shriners”, the “Prince hall”, the “knights of Columbus”, the “Eastern star”, and the “Demolay” who all do large amounts of charity work and fundraising. (Especially the “Shriners” as they fund and run “St.Judes” children hospitals, and their massive cancer research programs))
"I hope the Americans don't come up with any ridiculous ideas about the hand sign I used..." Shin chuckled, shaking his head.
Video Games · NewComer714
Yay! We’ll be getting “spore”, it’s still a shame they never did a remaster of that game, or finish some of the sections like the “plant” evolution route, or the “aquatic” stage that was originally supposed to go after the “cellular” stage, but before the “land” stage.
"KiShin is interested in bringing our company, Electronic Arts, under their umbrella?"
Video Games · NewComer714
Now we just need to introduce the two of them to “tiny Tina” and the collection of “dangerously unstable fun-sized embodiments of chaos” will be complete, the world may not survive such a friend group and the Justice League will probably have to start pulling more “all-nighters” than usual but I believe it will be worth it.
The two pint-sized embodiments of chaos put their arms around each other and made their way to the bar, cackling the entire way. As if their interaction hadn't started with any hostility at all. It was actually impressive how well they fit together. They'd managed to maintain the same energy as they shouted a crash course in friendship in each other's faces.
Gotham's Dead End Bar
Anime & Comics · Daddy