John Pollock

John Pollock

@siliconwolf.bsky.social

Gamer, video, board, and ttrpgs. Artist and cosplay. I have designs on Redbubble.

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Really sad to see Walter Koenig passed way. I saw him at a few cons, including the first scifi con I ever went to. He went above and beyond for fans, and it meant a lot to a young scifi nerd.

I like the new mod support for #Cyberpunk2077, in principle. It seems a little flaky, like I picked a mod, seems to work, then says disabled on my platform which is PC, then it seems back when I load a save. Plus there are few mods. Way more on Nexus, like the really good stuff.

With new update doing a new play through of #Cyberpunk2077. So anyone else do the "What's your vector, Victor?" sketch from Airplane whenever you see Vik?

Watching #DisclosureDay. Wow is it stupid, painfully so in places. But what sent me into hysterics is, they had a blood pressure cuff over a sweater. Like a full on knitted wool sweater. It just so perfectly sums up the sheer ludicrousness of this movie.

I...I think this broke my brain. The stupidity has caused me to lose my grip on the 7x table, and all I knew about Utah. It's like anti-knowledge. #DisclosureDay

#VisionQuest EEEEEEEEE! They are playing The Greatest American Hero theme. Knowing and singing that song is one of the things that first attracted my wife to me, in the way way back times.

#VisionQuest I don't care if it is a virtual space. If you are going to be painting with a messy hand and may drip on the floor, PUT DOWN A DROP CLOTH. I thought Ultron was evil before, but this is an entirely new low of depravity. MONSTER!

#Taskmaster. Well those masks are very disturbing. They show up a moment in the opening credits, but that does nothing to prepare one for the full task reality of it.

I really should play my video games, but I really want to read my book instead. ...this is such a bizarre thing to say...I am a bit gobsmacked. The world has gone topsy turvey.

So the algorithm (#AllHailTheAlgorithm) went to a show called #Extinct, and a d20 has "reconstituted" 3 people "in the prime of their lives". For them this is 20s. For me the "prime of my life" is like 2 or 3 maybe, cause it's downhill from then on.

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#VisionQuest Ultron's 50-50 split of visiting museums or burning humanity to ash is rather topical as this is basically what the AI companies are saying AI may do.

So the algorithm (#AllHailTheAlgorithm) went to a show called #Extinct, and a d20 has "reconstituted" 3 people "in the prime of their lives". For them this is 20s. For me the "prime of my life" is like 2 or 3 maybe, cause it's downhill from then on.

Watching #VisionQuest. I have loaded taquitos for the event. The opening death sequence kinda gave me some #Cyberpunk2077 vibes. (this is a good thing for anyone wondering)

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So...wait, the pop-ups with the AI names and basic functions...is that actually happening in the VR space and Vision is seeing it and the AIs are experiencing the pause or is that TV meta graphics for the streaming audience? 🤔 This is too many layers, it's like watching an onion!!! #VisionQuest

OH OH, I want Vibranium Foil! For those really important left overs! And I bet it would block the mind reading and control beams of the gov'mint and the Greys. #VisionQuest

Watching #VisionQuest. I have loaded taquitos for the event. The opening death sequence kinda gave me some #Cyberpunk2077 vibes. (this is a good thing for anyone wondering)

Seeing Vision in human form reminds me of the line from #Shehulk that she needed to change back to Jennifer because as She-Hulk she was very expensive when on screen. #VisionQuest

I got the #TwilightImperium RPG Embers of the Imperium as one of our GM expressed interest in running it. Damn is it a tiny font through the book. Seriously so small there is barely enough ink to actually form letters. I get compressing the text means less paper and less cost, but seriously.

On plus side it has a PDF code and I can zoom in so it's more comfortably readable. But I feel the book is worthless as a reference book and I should have just got the PDF as it would be cheaper and probably what I will use way more then physical copy.

#Lanterns Shocked, shocked I am. You have no idea how shocked I am. No really, this is my shocked face. #Yawn And why is this obvious "twist" here and not two eps ago?

Ok, watching ep 8 of #Lanterns. It has a lot of heavy lifting to overcome the garbage last two episodes. Seriously 5 great eps then it was a dumpster. I won't say dumpster fire, but will this ep lift it all up or light the fire? We shall see.

Watching #Taskmaster s22 e4, and the prize task is bringing in the "juiciest" thing. Richard Ayoade brings in a book and says "squeeze this book, and you will get wet". As a heavy #romantasy reader, in future I will be using this description for books I read with heavy spice and hot sex.

So playing through #Cyberpunk2077 again. I am.on the rescue the cops Bill and Charlie. Now perhaps it would be too cute, but I think it was a real miss of an opportunity to name them Bill and Ted. This mission does have some of the best dialog, just hilarious.

#StuartFailsToSaveTheUniverse OK, I am in the middle, so maybe it comes up, but I really REALLY cannot believe no one mentions an aluminum foil hat. (Side not, it's actually tin foil but the Illuminati bought out and wiped out tin and changed foil to aluminum cause aluminum foil doesn't work)