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So Ian Levine is having a meltdown because he did some episode recreations using AI and put them on the internet and now they are leaking out of his Facebook group and implementing new rules to watch his AI butchery of BBC content.

I hope somebody doesn't post the YouTube links....

It was a "smart" landmine that would check what stepped on it to then trigger, my point was that there are already landmines in existence with various triggers, it's not just step on and boom, in this case it would be to check for certain responses that someone on a battlefield would have, heightened adrenaline, anxiety, stress that kind of thing, and it's been proven before that the Doctor is able to regulate their bodily functions.

I will agree the "fail safe" was a bit dumb and something you'd expect from a Chibnall episode (that guy loves adding forced time frames to his episodes).

3 hours ago, Daniel Bryan said:

I thought it was dumb as hell. 

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The whole thing relies on you accepting the concept of a landmine that will explode if there's any slight change (and first off all, the Doctor's clearly wavering around and shifting his weight the whole time, but okay), then it brings in that it can detect changes in adrenaline and the like -- but that's a cheat, because it only happens when it suits the plot, and not, for example, when the Doctor is being shot. Then finally, as an added diabolus ex machina, it turns out that after a certain amount of time, it will explode anyway... so what would be the point of trying to detect a living being? Just a high concept that wasn't thought through and was ignored whenever it was inconvenient. I'm not asking for hard sci-fi, but when you want emotional investment, you can't just change the story's rules whenever it suits you.

And the rest of it was just schmaltz.

1 hour ago, Benji said:

Nah mate, he's the Fourteenth.

You just need to find the right episode

100% Orange Juice is free to keep on Steam till May 22nd.

Endless Legend is free to keep on Steam till May 23rd.

Machinika: Museum is free to keep on Steam till May 27th.

Don't think it was explained, although I haven't checked out the "Unleashed" episode, it might be hiding in that, ruddy RTD going full MCU hiding storyline details in the behind the scenes extra show.

3 hours ago, DFF said:

I thought that actual twist was that - 

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the Maestro's son was in the background of the dancing, clearly still there and a potential threat in the future?

Not sure how meta RTD is going but...

20 minutes ago, Your Mom said:

Decided to try and jump back in. Watched a video to catch me up and then decided to watch the Christmas special with the New Doctor. I really enjoy him and Ruby so I think this could be fun. Can someone explain the split into two thing from a few episodes back though. I didn't watch it so I was a little confused. They call new guy the 15th Doctor but the 14th is still alive too right? So is this guy like a totally new character? The fact that they are calling this Season 1 makes me think he is his own thing but does he also have all his old memories too? It feels convoluted as hell but maybe that's because I skipped all the Tennat specials?

Also am I right that I can only watch this on Disney + now?

Bi-generation (that's what it's called) is meant to be a myth, and it seems to only happen due in relation to the Toymaker, who is meant to be a god like being in the universe, it's also been implied that when it happened it also happened across the Doctor's timeline, which some how now allows the Doctor to exist beyond their regeneration, sort of justifying the Curator as being the 4th Doctor.

And the season 1 thing is just because it's the start on Disney and they think people are going to see season 14 and think "do I have to watch the previous 13 seasons", so putting it as season 1 is to not scare them off, plus it's being pushed as a soft reboot of the franchise.

And Disney+ or the BBC iPlayer, which ever is easier for you to assedd.

I agree, Spray n' Pray can be very OP, even more OP if you get that legendary on a minigun.

On 01/05/2024 at 14:08, Gazz said:

He's spent 200 years min/maxing his crit build. Duh.

I just thought he took Bloody Mess.

After 10+ years 7 Days to Die is coming out of early access.

IGN has an interview with Todd Howard and Jonathan Nolan regarding the fallout of the Fallout series. (EXPECT SPOILERS)

4 hours ago, Lint said:

The microchip was created, but not long before the bombs dropped.  The Pipboy isn't using vacuum tubes after all.

But yea, a basic premise of Fallout is "What if after WWII, the world didn't focus on micro technology but went all in on atomic technology".  Its why you'll see "gas" stations listing "Coolant" prices instead of gas.  Its why most of the cars look like the Ford Nucleon. 

I've been doing some reading and I stand corrected, and in fact they seem to be created around the same time as they were in our universe, they just were not focused on, the key difference being where our timeline focused on the microchip, the Fallout universe went all in on developing nuclear fusion.

Without going into a deep lore dive, the 50s aesthetic stems from the fact the microchip was never created, so everything has that 50s/60s nuclear world of the future look, so rather than styles evoling it just goes all in to recreate that world of the future.

8 hours ago, Bobfoc said:

It turns out that those fears are correct. Fallout London has been delayed indefinitely so that the team can work out how to make it work with the new update.

That makes sence, why drop it only for it to highly likely break a few days later, makes more sence to wait, make sure it works and then drop it, don't want a fiasco like TEW2020's launch.

Didn't take long for people to find lore continuity errors.

Completly forgot I was going to do this, I'll give this a final warning, take what you want because this will be gone by the end of the month.

I was able to binge the series since some people decided to stream it on Twitch and caught a good 80-90% of it.

It does a great job of representing the feel of both the world and the games, there is enough there that you don't need to have any knowlage of the games, and if you know the games you'll get the references, I do like how they were able to translate the morality and moral choices you get in the games into the show and still keep the grey "is this the "right" thing to do" feeling. I also like how they are able to tell the pre-war story through the ghoul's past.

I just hope a second season is on the books, while not confirmed, it has been leaked that Fallout is on a list that has been granted qualified expenditures by California Film Commission to film there.

So it looks like Fallout 4 is finally getting it's next gen updates on April 25th.

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Fallout 4 upgrades are coming to next-gen consoles

Bethesda Game Studios is releasing a free Fallout 4 update for download on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5.

This free update includes native applications for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, Performance mode and Quality mode settings, as well as stability improvements and fixes. Experience up to 60 FPS and increased resolutions!

Fallout 4 players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One will also receive a free update with stability improvements, login and quest fixes .

Updates for PC players

We are also releasing a free Fallout 4 update for PC players! Experience Fallout 4 on your next-generation PC with widescreen and ultra-widescreen support, as well as fixes to Creation Kit and a variety of quest updates.

Players with PC versions of Fallout 4 on Steam, Microsoft Store and GOG will receive stability, mods and bug fixes. For Japanese and Chinese language players on PC, Bethesda.net login issues have been resolved, fixing access to mods.

Alongside this exciting update, Fallout 4 will be available to purchase on the Epic Games Store.

Fallout 4 will also be Steam Deck verified.

Even more content!

There's even more content in the Fallout 4 updates, including the following free Creation Club items!

Enclave Remnants
Enclave Remnants brings the Pre-War cabal, The Enclave, into the Fallout 4 storyline. In this new quest, “Echoes of the Past,” can you stop The Enclave from spreading their dangerous ideology and gaining a foothold in the Commonwealth?

Along with workshop items and the Enclave Colonel uniform, we are including the following previously released Creation Club content:

• Enclave Weapon Skins
• Enclave Armor Skins
• Tesla Cannon
• Hellfire Power Armor
• X-02 Power Armor
• Heavy Incinerator

Makeshift Weapon Pack
Ever thought a piggy bank would make a great weapon in a pinch? This weapon pack includes a variety of unconventional objects that have been transformed into deadly weapons, such as: a baseball launcher, a nail gun and a piggy bank.

Halloween Workshop
Leftover from an ill-fated Halloween party, thrown by the New England Technocrat Society, these 38 new Halloween decorations include witches, cauldrons, ghouls and more! Decorate for Halloween or make your settlements spooky all year round!

Annoyingly this drops days after Fallout London, so that'll be a fun period of a mod dropping, the game updating and breaking the mod and the rush to fix the mod.

35 minutes ago, apsham said:

That was the 21st Anniversary edition which is the one up for download now, yeah.

I believe so, admittedly I haven't downloaded/played it myself since the original, but from what I understand it's all built on the original game, guess it's a good thing not to lose the source code to your popular freeware game, even if it takes you 17 years to work on it again.

I found Promotion Wars first and I do recall the forums went down taking the game and the mods with it and I reluctantly moved over here for EWR, I think they brought it back a couple times with a couple of free forums.

I think it got rebooted during the lockdowns and they just updated the original game rather than build a new game, still all free.

Anyone else member Promotion Wars?

Well they're back (been back a while) and have been updating the original game.