Rosemary @Rosemary@awoo.space

I wonder what they would be would be if Final Fantasy games had Dragon Quest style subtitles. By which I mean subtitles as used in titling, as distinct from subtitles used to display speech visually. Why do those two concepts have the same word, anyway?

The 3ds release of dragon quest vii has the entire game in 3d except for the battle transitions, which is a very jarring effect; every time you enter a battle, the 3d turns off for a few moments as the battle transition plays, and then it returns for the in-battle graphics.

I didn't notice this until now despite playing through most of the game because I generally play with the 3d turned off, and just now turned it on on a whim.

Huh. Apparently, outside of north america, "apple cider" refers to an alcoholic drink. What do they call the non-alcoholic kind in europe?

Freya Crescent really is one of the most attractive final fantasy characters.

@cozykaffe@snouts.online How _do_ you get all those wonderful pictures, anyway? You always seem to have a bunch of lovely photos of adorable creatures ready to show, and you rarely seem to repeat them. Do you take the pictures yourself?

Completed the demo of Dragon Quest XI. Definitely looking forward to the full release; shame I have to wait a month for it.

Today I learned: Apparently, automatic transmissions are hydraulic computers. Or at least the ones up until recently; recent ones have more and more electronic control.

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to prank archaeologists by finding some ancient burial site or something and adding anachronistic things to it? Like putting medieval cutlery in a site from the bronze age.

What exactly does "tactical" mean in the context of weapons, anyway? Like "tactical" pocketknives or axes, autc.

"The merging clinic: Two people walk in, one person walks out"

Would a viking appoint viscounts?

"I promise you, I'm telling the truth when I say that that was a complete lie"

I don't have any plans right now, but how exactly would one determine how much their vehicle is worth? We've wanted a hybrid or electric vehicle for a while now, and that certainly isn't going to happen if we don't figure out what exactly we need to get one.

Quite a few people don't seem to understand that IQ isn't really a measurement any more than any other test score is.

Hm. I tried to repair a crack in our laptop case with superglue last night, and managed to superglue shut the laptop. I got it open, but now there's a big blob of hardened superglue on it that we probably ought to get rid of. Anyone know how to do that? A solvent that dissolves polymerized cyanoacrylate but not whatever plastic this laptop is made of would be ideal.

It's strange playing a game from this time period. Much of the information I can find about some of the more obscure details about how it works is forum posts from 2002 or 2003.

Exactly how Canadian is canadian bacon, anyway?