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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/
It is 1598, and a ship pilot gets stranded in Japan.
Meh, it’s old.
- Based on Shōgun – (1975 book), by James Clavell,
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Properly titled Shōgun
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201391/
home page (archived on archive.org)
Alien high school students struggle to keep their secret.
It’s okay.
- 1999-10-06 – 2002-05-14
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Based on the book series Roswell High (1998-2000 books), by Melinda Metz
Entertainment > Reading >
Collections of science fiction short stories, curated by.. people I don’t know and who have no authority in my mind. They came into being pre-internet and still cling to relevancy.
I was excited to find these, but their stories are hit-and-miss.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/
https://www.marvel.com/tv-shows/marvel-s-agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d/5
Agents with a formerly-secret worldwide law-enforcement organization work to safeguard the world from the lesser challenges now too-frequent for superheroes alone.
Good enough, although so far it’s one of these episodic shows which has a new problem every episode.
I watched three episodes and liked it, but I took a long break and watched a fourth and couldn’t figure anything out or get interested again. I can’t recommend this except for those who are heavily hooked on those first few episodes and who intend to properly binge-watch it all.
- S.H.I.E.L.D. – Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division
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Abandoned? The ABC URL does not work and it cannot be found there.
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
http://spaceengine.org/
A simulation of space which one can fly through.
Shit controls. Pass.
I might eventually add some notes.
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Roleplaying > Dungeons & Dragons >
Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition
https://dnd.wizards.com/
- Properly titled Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 5e
- Fifth edition
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I used roll20.net to play this.
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A website to help connect roleplayers and let them play over the internet.
Tries to be everything-in-one, and includes a tabletop engine that’s not too bad. Definitely needs improvements to everything everywhere, but it’s all good enough.
I started using it to play AD&D 5e
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Entertainment > Reading >
(on Wikipedia)
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/0452273331
A famous work of philosophy, especially because it’s told using a story.
A terrible work of storytelling that entirely shrouds any philosophy it may have. From the first sentence I rolled my eyes and couldn’t make it through the first half-page before setting it down in disgust. I still haven’t been more than a handful of pages in.. it’s just so god damned bad.
This’ll sit on my shelf, among its betters, probably for years before I get around to trying to read more of it. Just as books in ancient Greek need translating, I think this needs a real writer to re-tell the story.
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4209256/
https://web.archive.org/web/20200911092658/https://www.usanetwork.com/colony
The Earth is invaded by aliens, and although civilization is cordoned off and human-managed, pockets of resistance remain.
A largely-boring drama. I don’t know why I don’t like this.. there’s something about its tone that grates on me. I did watch ten episodes, but it never “clicked”.
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Set in Los Angeles United States
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Entertainment > Games >
(on Wikipedia)
was symphonygame.com
A top-down shooter game which uses music to generate levels.
Absolutely fantastic! HOWEVER progress is not auto-saved! Who the fuck makes a game where you can abandon everything you’ve played just by pressing a button too many times?!
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Abandoned; the website is gone.
