Crudely comparing input lag on my set-up in various versions of Super Street Fighter II Turbo:
PS3 - HD Remix - 5 frames of delay
PC - Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection - 4 frames
PC - Capcom Arcade Stadium - ~4.25 frames
PC - MAME 0.119 (30th Anniv ROM) - 7 frames
PS2 - Capcom Classics Collection Vol.2 - 6 frames
PS1 - Street Fighter Collection - 3 frames
Tests: https://youtu.be/vr-g2rONCRg
So it would be the PS1 version for me! Except it looks like I can get ONE frame of delay w/ the DC version in Flycast. So...goodbye $$ = oo
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Ryu Number: Alice (i.e. of Wonderland)
Okay, I know what you're thinking. K.C., are you really churning out a post on Alice's Ryu Number? Sora is in Smash, for goodness' sake. That's Kingdom Hearts, which gets you the Disney version split-lickety.
Yeah, that's true. And it would be perfectly reasonable to shut the book on the matter right there and shout, "Problem solved!" But here's a question: Are Alice of Wonderland and Alice Liddell the same person?
That's a rhetorical question, by the way. If a century of Alicologists aren't going to come to an agreement, an opinion off the end of a tumblr post is unlikely to set off a scholarly paradigm shift. For what it's worth, Lewis Carroll himself seemed to consider Liddell and the literary Alice as separate individuals—the latter as more of an idealization than any real person*—but he's got some investment in the matter, so he's not exactly a reliable source.
(This is a joke. Don't at me.)
*Woolf, J. (2010). The Mystery of Lewis Carroll. St. Martin's Press.
... But we're not here for literary analysis, of course. We're here for the Ryu Numbers. So what's Alice Liddell's?
The most obvious route, of course, would be through American McGee's American McGee's Alice and Alice: Madness Returns video games. The lore of the second game straight out gives Alice the surname Liddell...
... and the opening cutscene of the first game features a photograph in Alice's bedroom of someone who might be Lewis Carroll (which is a bit weird, but whatever), as well as an Alice storybook (meaning Alice exists one narrative layer higher than the literary Alice).
...That said, if American McGee did mean for the game Alice Liddell to be the Alice Liddell, that's something it looks like he walked back in game two (or at least went in with plausible deniability about). Game Alice seems to have had just the one sibling, an older sister named Elizabeth, and her father's name was Arthur—the real Alice, on the other hand, had nine siblings in all (jeez), with her only older sister named Lorina and her father named Henry.
(Also all the Wonderland elements explicitly take place in Alice's head, which means technically we shouldn't be counting Wonderland characters any more than we'd count characters that show up in dreams or hallucinations, but I'll pretend not to notice if you pretend not to notice, alright? Call it the Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. precedent.)
To get to something plausibly Liddeller, I'ma jump back to the Apple II/Commodore 64 era.
Wait, the Laurence Yep? Aunno, maybe! I wrote to him once, because I wanted to know if the Charles Edward Stuart that appears in this game is actually Charles Edward Stuart, or just the White King believing himself to be Charles Edward Stuart, both of which seemed likely enough to me given the setting.
I never got an answer back, probably because I couldn't find any contact info for Laurence Yep and ended up writing to the most recent publisher of his works I could find instead. What I'm saying is that I doubt Mr. Yep ever laid eyes on my letter before it was slam-dunked into the nearest wastebin (Mr. Yep if you are reading this please DM me).
Anyway, shortly before Alice falls into the rabbit hole, gets swept up in the usual Wonderland annoyances, then finally makes her way up and out the same rabbit hole (i.e. no "it was all a dream," it's happening for realsies), Alice runs into a dude on a boat. It's Lewis Carroll, and you know he's Lewis Carroll because he says he's Lewis Carroll.
Add that that he's a teller of stories to this Alice, and and it serves as good implication as any that the player character is the historical Alice Liddell.
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Music lovers, rejoice! The Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 and 2.5 ReMIX Original Soundtrack albums have been spotted on Apple Music and Spotify, and are expected to become available tonight at midnight!
The albums are not yet searchable or playable, but find the direct links in our story on the Database!
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did you play both the ds and port versions of twewy? and if so, what was it like adjusting to the mechanics outside of their intended game system? if you haven't, what versions are you familiar with and what do you think of the overall combat controlling two fighters at once?
yes ive played both!!! DS twewy is my life my soul and i played the switch port (not solo remix though). final remix's gameplay is pretty disappointing to me, i think the dual screen combat is really integral to twewy's identity in how it marries the gameplay to its themes of teamwork + cooperation and making neku's partners functionally the same as just another pin command in solo/final remix really takes away from it in that regard. but even that aside, i just think ds twewy is more fun. its very challenging to get used to but much more rewarding imo, and when you get a handle on controlling two screens at once the battles feel much more thrilling and exciting. that being said though i know its an acquired taste, and I've known people who quit DS twewy bc they just couldn't jive with the battle system, which is unfortunate. So im glad solo/final remix exists as an easier and more accessible alternative to gameplay even if i don't really like it.
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Ai että tuntuu hyvältä kun pääsee tekemään ruumiinavausta just sille replalle, mikä on kummitellut mun päässä viimeiset reilut kymmenen vuotta (älkää kysykö kuinka monta kertaa mä jouduin aikoinaan kattomaan tän cutscenen, oikeesti Riku haista paska >:( ).
Ansemhan tosiaan on mies, joka tutkii (tai ainakin jossain vaiheessa tutki) pimeyttä, mutta tittelinä se on vähän kökkö. Enkkuversiossahan tää mulkero on Ansem, Seeker of Darkness, mikä on suht kirjaimellinen käännös alkuperäiselle japanilaiselle nimelle 闇の探求者 アンセム/Yami no Tankyūsha Ansemu, eli kirjaimellinen suomennos olisi tyyliin "Ansem, Pimeyden etsijä". Sitä en tiedä, mistä tuo pimeyden tutkiminen on tullut, ainakin Weblion mukaan tankyūsha nimenomaan tarkoittaa tyyppiä, joka etsii jotain, yleensä jotain abstraktia kuten onnea tai elämän tarkoitusta.
Kieltämättä Ansem, Pimeyden etsijä kuulostaa sekin vähän hassulta suomeksi, mutta mielestäni sekin on parempi kuin "mies, joka tutkii pimeyttä", mikä kuulostaa enemmänkin kuvaukselta kuin varsinaiselta lisänimeltä. Lisäksi Pimeyden etsijä on myös sinällään kuvaavampi, että sehän on just sitä, mitä Ansem tekee: KH1:ssähän se etsii syvintä pimeyttä, eli Kingdom Heartsia (mikä ei tosin loppujen lopuksi ollut pimeä saatika edes oikea Kingdom Hearts), ja lopuissakin peleissä sillä on jopa KH:n mittapuulla melkoinen pakkomielle pimeyteen. Pimeyden tutkiminen taas taitaa kuvata enemmänkin sitä, mitä se puuhasi ollessaan vielä sen oikean Ansemin apupoikana, eli se ei välttämättä ole paras kuvaus tälle "KH1:n final boss" Ansemille.
Ehkä Pimeyden etsijälle voisi jonkun näpsäkämmän suomennoksen voisi keksiä, jos oikein alkaisi miettimään. Pimeyden metsästäjä? Emt. Mä en jaksa.
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Here's the list of the Pop Stars I used:
-Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Hilary Duff, Rita Ora, Ava Max
-Britney Spears, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, Madonna
-Taylor Swift, Anne-Marie, Little Mix, Normani, Katy Perry, Ashley Tisdale
-Vanessa Hudgens, Blackpink, Billie Eilish, Chloe, Bebe Rexha, Rina Sawayama, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Lopez, Sabrina Carpenter, Kesha
-Sofia Carson, Dove Cameron, Mabel, Ari Lennox, Charli XCX, Gwen Stefani
-Shakira, Dua Lipa, Zara Larsson, Janet Jackson, The Pussycat Dolls
-Ellie Goulding, Hailee Steinfeld, Kylie Minogue, Brandy, Mariah Carey, Doja Cat
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Song: You Only Love Me/Diamonds & Dancefloor
Artist: Rita Ora
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