the “Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism” meme but as an actual civilization.

We have that. It’s called The United Federation of Planets.

I’d argue it’s less sexism and more following a cliche. It’s a way more pervasive pattern than you likely expect. It’s so common that TV Tropes has an entire page for it, or the general dynamic, at least. Sure, the cliche is sexist, but it’s also one of those things that people will unconsciously default to even when they know it’s a thing.

The black guy is Yasuke, a historical figure who fought as a samurai for Oda Nobunaga. While it’s pretty stereotypical, it’s also accurate to have Yasuke as the combat character if they’re splitting combat and stealth. I mean, it’s also pretty stereotypical to have a woman as the stealth character, which they’ve basically already done twice. Elise in Unity, while non-playable, was decidedly less combat focused and more stealthy and diplomatic while Arno fought. In Syndicate, Elise was the stealth character and Jacob was the combat character.

In short, it’s probably less that he’s black and more that the formula has the man be the combat character and the woman be the stealth character.

They did that in the first game, actually. The apple and other artifacts were always tech left behind by an extinct “first civilization,” later named the Isu. Part of the series’ problem is that the actually interesting ideological conflict between the Assassins and the Templars was put on hold to explore increasingly elaborate Isu junk after Desmond was killed off.

The AC games haven’t been about covert assassination since Syndicate. They’re much more focused on open combat now, and playing a samurai fits that better. Yeah, it’s pretty stupid that a game series about assassins isn’t really about assassination anymore, but that’s where they’re at.

I wouldn’t put Face the Music on the same level as Excellent Adventure, but I liked it as much as Bogus Journey. Alex Winter got back into the role of Bill so easily it was almost concerning.

GNR is definitely one where I like the singing sometimes and hate it others. Strongly depends on the song.

In case anyone doesn’t know, he tried to murder his (now ex) wife. As in, towel stuffed down her throat, his hands around her neck, and screaming, “I’ll kill you,” when the cops got there. And someone dropped the charges, for some fucking reason.

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I actually didn’t mind Dial of Destiny. I don’t like it as much as Raiders or Last Crusade, but I’d rate it higher than Temple of Doom and far higher than Crystal Skull.

They had better call it Team Fortress 2 Episode 1.

Have you seen the newest Indiana Jones movie? There’s a scene where some people mistake a an airplane for a dragon.

No problem. I was pretty disappointed when I learned all the sci-fi writers were getting it wrong. Though, to be fair, it really should be called something else.

The limit is c because you have to use cables, radio, or other traditional methods to send the key. The data in the entangled pair would also have to be set at the time the two devices are constructed, so that’s not super useful. It might be useful for single use authentication, but that’s about it.

Don’t think of entanglement as being like one object in two spots. Think of it like identical twins. One twin getting a hair cut does nothing to the other twin’s hair. Similarly, altering a property of one entangled particle does nothing to the other and actually means they are no longer entangled or identical.

Quantum entanglement communications also have fundamental problems that will likely render them effectively unusable. You need a key to decrypt anything you send, and the key has to travel no faster than c. It’s impossible to tell the data from the noise without the key. Attempting to read the data or to change the data being sent also collapses the effect, which can only be fixed by bringing the two systems together. In short, you can only send a single packet of data and you can’t use it without a key transmitted using traditional methods.

And you have to open the inventory menu to equip and unequip the iron boots constantly.

I actually like having lights on the keyboard. Mostly because I can find rarely used keys in the dark.

“I know it’s not your nude, but it’s a nude and that’s what you were looking for, right?”

I tried explaining to a nice elderly woman that the person texting her asking to buy Steam cards wasn’t actually Jason Momoa, but she couldn’t be convinced. Fortunately, the manager at that store forbid anyone from selling her any gift cards of any kind.