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Path of Exile 2 - (2024 game) logo

Entertainment > Games >
Path of Exile - (2013 game) >

(on Wikipedia)
https://pathofexile2.com/

Path of Exile - (2013 game) reworked.

It's souls-like but with muddy graphics and no telegraphing for one-hit mechanics, so it's all luck. Not recommended.

  • aka POE2



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The Beyond - (2017 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5723416/
https://hazfilm.com/the-beyond

People are interviewed about a major new scientific discovery.

This documentary-style sure doesn't get to the point.



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Magellan - (2017 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5361488/
(Kickstarter project)

Artificial signals are detected in our solar system, and a single astronaut is sent to investigate.

A humble but successful movie; worth a watch.



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https://home.otoy.com/unification/

Shatner hallucinates about Spok.

A nothing of a short movie.

Re꞉Zero - (2015 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607616/

After being suddenly transported to another world, Subaru Natsuki and his new female partner are brutally murdered. However, Subaru awakens to a familiar scene, meeting the same girl again. The day begins to mysteriously repeat itself.

Good enough.

  • Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World
  • Original title: Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu



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Forgotten Experiment - (2023 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7106686/

When an energy source wielding time itself is first tested, it's inventors (and staff) become shrouded in a quantum fog.

Creative and brilliantly executed!

  • Trailer
  • Original title: Skvoz vremya



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Jonah - (2024 movie) image

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19773302/

Two low-budget filmmakers take on the story of a supposedly-abducted child who was returned a cripple.

It's quite good as a drama but ultimately unsatisfying as anything else. The final strides of it do not work.



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Ascention logo

Entertainment > Games >
World of Warcraft >

https://ascension.gg/

A heavily-modified World of Warcraft 3.3.5 which removes the concept of classes, allowing the player to pick-and-choose abilities to create their own unique character. Another server has a random selection-and-choice concept which is very fun.

Has various challenge modes and the ability to rework a character back to level one for a reward.

While lacking some bits and pieces of convenience, it's really quite good. Has some expensive pay-to-win. It's ultimately not good because it has bonus experience available to all the players so there's no actual authentic world, it's just a bunch of overpowered characters smashing through everything; fail. Or play it single-player if you'd like..



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