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robayon

01-26-2022, 03:04 PM

Hi I like documentaries and I guess quasi-docs and docuseries, up to and including insane sweaty youtube six hour rants. Please suggest some. Pretty much any subject.

Here are some I have watched and reccomend

Bring Your Own Brigade
Ascension
Workingman's Death
Nanking
The Act of Killing
Tickled
The Writer With No Hands
HyperNormalisation
The Biggest Little Farm
Taming the Garden

Tunabros

01-26-2022, 03:09 PM

there are some good ww2 documentaries on netflix

i really enjoyed watching them

Skarne

01-26-2022, 03:10 PM

there are some good ww2 documentaries on netflix

i really enjoyed watching them

agreed theres one called Watch Einsatzgruppen: The Nazi Death Squads | Netflix

really good stuff but extremely sad

Reiwa

01-26-2022, 03:11 PM

Girls Gone Wild is a documentary.

Jibartik

01-26-2022, 03:12 PM

HyperNormalisation

this one is amazing i cant believe youre still a commie after this

Girls Gone Wild is a documentary.

lol!

unsunghero

01-26-2022, 03:12 PM

I found this one to be really interesting and entertaining, about how much society lies and why. I can think of some more I’ve seen later, at work atm

robayon

01-26-2022, 03:20 PM

HyperNormalisation

this one is amazing i cant believe youre still a commie after this

lol!I see myself as more on the "anarchy" side of anarcho-communism, if I have to choose I guess... I don't care much for getting tripped up over distinctions unless it's somehow immediately relevant

Anyways watch more Adam Curtis stuff, Bitter Lake and Can't Get You Out of My Head come to mind and I know there's a lot of good older ones if you ain't seen those yet

And yes, Girls Gone Wild is absolutely a documentary series

Jibartik

01-26-2022, 03:34 PM

He needs to make a new hypernormilization film with tiktok and social media and live streamers and influencers shit in mind.

is adam curtis dead?

robayon

01-26-2022, 03:46 PM

Nah he is alive, at least last I checked. Can't Get You Out of My Head came out last year via the BBC I think

This is not an endorsement of the BBC

Elizondo

01-26-2022, 03:52 PM

Battlefield Series

Battlefield: Vietnam is also very good

Mblake1981

01-26-2022, 04:45 PM

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unsunghero

01-26-2022, 05:02 PM

^

Oh shit, I remember that game Thief

robayon

01-26-2022, 05:04 PM

That game was good, so was System Shock! I didn't realize, or forgot, that they were both made by Looking Glass

Flame of Anor

01-26-2022, 05:07 PM

Most of Adam Curtis' stuff is pretty good. Check out Bitter Lake and Can't Get You Out Of My Head.

Patriam1066

01-26-2022, 05:22 PM

^

Oh shit, I remember that game Thief

Thief was a great game

F0rmsh1fter

01-26-2022, 05:36 PM

Watch some David Irving speeches

robayon

01-26-2022, 05:38 PM

Watch some David Irving speechesNo

F0rmsh1fter

01-26-2022, 05:43 PM

No

Scared of knowledge. Good goy

robayon

01-26-2022, 06:04 PM

Scared of knowledge. Good goyNah just allergic to bullshit

F0rmsh1fter

01-26-2022, 06:06 PM

Nah just allergic to bullshit

You’ve been conditioned

You don’t even know what the man has to say, you just label it bullshit because professor finklesteinbergman didn’t tell you to believe what David Irving has learned and verified

Horza

01-26-2022, 06:15 PM

You’ve been conditioned

You don’t even know what the man has to say, you just label it bullshit because professor finklesteinbergman didn’t tell you to believe what David Irving has learned and verified

I'm really starting to wonder whether this serial ban evader might actually be antisemitic.

Patriam1066

01-26-2022, 06:21 PM

Nah he’s just enlightened. That’s why no one of any means agrees with him and why he’s alone and posts here 24/7

Choosing hatred is a lonely path Forumshitter. Seek Christ and repent

robayon

01-26-2022, 06:24 PM

https://www.project1999.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=317&pictureid=1429

Mblake1981

01-26-2022, 07:16 PM

^

Oh shit, I remember that game Thief

Thief: The Dark Project (Thief 1)
Thief: The Metal Age (Thief 2)
Windows PC

Both are fully recommended.

Thief 1 was more like EQ, more fantasy. Thief 2 focused more of thieving with less fantasy. Best used with headphones.

Thief: Deadly Shadows (Thief 3)
Windows, Xbox

Play this one if you really like Thief.

1st & 3rd person Thief. /shrug. A downgrade from the original classics, you can't even swim underwater. I judge all (Windows, Desktop PC) games by original Everquest, if you can't swim underwater you get downgraded. Visually more impressive than the original Thief games (from a certain point of view).

Thi4f (Thief 4 a.k.a Teef)
Windows, Xbox, PS4

Consolitus Thief. Visual cue system in replacement of sound. The weakest of the games overall but maybe the most visually impressive (from a certain point of view).
Note: The Vista/X360 standards were in effect and so was STEAM. There have been no mention of a new Thief game since #4 and probably never will be.

I think hardware shapes games. The original Thief games were released for Windows (no multiplatforms) and focused on sound as a core part of their design. During this time a few different companies were producing sound cards and experimenting with 3D audio, for example Creative and Aureal.

Sound was still used for Thief 3, that released for PC and Xbox. Televisions don't typically have people using headphones so the visual cues were switched to. IMO it's a much dumber experience. 3D audio placement was in EQ back in era, it was awareness when you had the spell book open.

F0rmsh1fter

01-26-2022, 07:32 PM

Nah he’s just enlightened. That’s why no one of any means agrees with him and why he’s alone and posts here 24/7

Choosing hatred is a lonely path Forumshitter. Seek Christ and repent

I’m not Jewish. Why would I worship a Jewish faith?

Mblake1981

01-26-2022, 08:01 PM

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Jibartik

01-26-2022, 08:06 PM

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is a good documentary about the near future.

Gravydoo II

01-26-2022, 11:43 PM

Soviet Storm1-18(series)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CerdjvePsg&list=PLwGzY25TNHPC_SsXFcIH-ba0nWuNbHOM6&ab_channel=StarMediaEN
History of english part 1-4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UqzBA1LNbE&ab_channel=LionelDufaye
Timeline (series)
https://www.youtube.com/c/TimelineChannel/videos
Secrets of war (series)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs9QzKWk2GrYSfSF3yuqVug
Spacerip
https://www.youtube.com/c/SpaceRip/videos

Thats like 500 hours of documentaries. Have at it.

Oh and documentarychannel.com

Jibartik

01-27-2022, 01:53 AM

This one's pretty good.

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Elizondo

01-27-2022, 02:30 AM

Another thread that Horza posts in and contributes absolutely nothing to the topic

Toxigen

01-27-2022, 05:54 AM

Last Breath on Netflix was really good.

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Also 14 Peaks was awesome.

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Mblake1981

01-27-2022, 08:21 AM

That game was good, so was System Shock! I didn't realize, or forgot, that they were both made by Looking Glass

Don't forget Ultima Underworld 1&2.

Some of the Looking Glass crew made the original Deus Ex, it was
Warren Spectors answer to Thief, he self admits that he sucked
playing stealth games so he made one that you have options in.
This would inspire game designs that have "elements" of all
genres but are not great at any of them. Exceptions are cool
but not when they become the standards.

Computer* Role Playing Game User Interfaces, CRPG

https://twitter.com/felipepepe/status/1292644096197054465

https://twitter.com/ghoulgoyle/status/1223422122669805568

https://twitter.com/dantics76/status/1459370860704374788

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Note: Distance matters. If you are sitting at a desk or 10 feet away sitting on a
couch in the living room. For the most part, the Vista/X360 push (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Games_for_Windows) by Microsoft would
eventually lead to the end of computer designs in favor of the living room, ultimately
this is to take over everything from the computer to the TV to the mobile device and
replace it with the Azure Cloud (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Azure).

Azure, announced at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in October 2008, went by the internal project codename
"Project Red Dog", and formally released in February 2010, as Windows Azure before being renamed to Microsoft Azure on March 25, 2014.

Microsoft should spin out its Windows and Office franchises (https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/microsoft-should-sell-office-and-windows-to-boost-cloud-former-exec.html) to boost its growing cloud-computing business, former executive Ben Slivka told CNBC in an interview.
“The right thing probably is to bet the future on the cloud,” said Slivka, onetime general manager of Microsoft’s consumer and commerce group.

edit:
I think hardware shapes games. The original Thief games were released for Windows (no multiplatforms) and focused on sound as a core part of their design.
During this time a few different companies were producing sound cards and experimenting with 3D audio, for example Creative and Aureal.

Sound was still used for Thief 3, that released for PC and Xbox. Televisions don't typically have people using headphones so the visual cues were switched to.
IMO it's a much dumber experience. 3D audio placement was in EQ back in era, it was awareness when you had the spell book open.

Mblake1981

01-27-2022, 09:10 AM

Xerox Star

https://twitter.com/BCstrat/status/725650019030827008
https://twitter.com/MicrochipMakes/status/725316839320870912
https://twitter.com/morrick/status/722847430425845761
https://twitter.com/xraytext/status/708142008871874561

https://i.imgur.com/89dSsyB.jpeg

starkind

01-27-2022, 09:32 AM

Knowledge

01-27-2022, 09:33 AM

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Mblake1981

01-27-2022, 09:50 AM

daggerfall > UU

Morrowind was probably the best game ever made and it still needed community hacks and patches to get it into a playable state.

The gaming industry has been kinda a scam for ages. I don't see it changing anytime soon.

You either are a simp or u make ur own games/mods and we are moving into a new age were the word 'goblin' and 'fire resist' is so copywrited that unless you licensce wow from M$ u are a cuck.

https://sites.google.com/site/damicat/whyoblivionsucks

https://sites.google.com/site/damicat/whyoblivionsuckspart2

https://i.imgur.com/HnFLAY0.jpg

I picked up Oblivion when I switched to a widescreen 1080p Westinghouse (https://hardforum.com/threads/got-my-westinghouse-lvm-37w3-37-1080p-display-today.1088497/page-103#post-1031089967) back in 2007.
I mark widescreen as a decline in computer gaming.

This is kind of neat though. (https://twitter.com/benjedwards/status/979000438132527104)

Topgunben

01-27-2022, 10:22 AM

Bigfoot was interesting. It’s on Hulu.

Thief 1 and 2 were groundbreaking. Thief 3 was mediocre

Thief 4 is a travashumochery of the originals.

Ken burns civil war series ranks high up there, but it’s long.

Horza should be banned like imperious kitten was.

Jibartik

01-27-2022, 12:40 PM

Mblake should do a documentary on good old video games.

Toxigen

01-27-2022, 12:46 PM

I watched the Ken Burns WW2, was good but long.

Gonna be firing up Ken Burns Vietnam here soon.

F0rmsh1fter

01-27-2022, 01:56 PM

daggerfall > UU

Morrowind was probably the best game ever made.

My n’wah

Reiwa

01-27-2022, 01:59 PM

My n’wah

predator

F0rmsh1fter

01-27-2022, 02:17 PM

predator

Speak quickly, outlander, or go away

Skarne

01-27-2022, 02:34 PM

YOU LIKE TO DANCE CLOSE TO THE FIRE DON'T YE!?

robayon

01-27-2022, 03:22 PM

I watched the Ken Burns WW2, was good but long.

Gonna be firing up Ken Burns Vietnam here soon.I do like most Ken Burns stuff, but sometimes given the level of detail he goes into about stuff in general the things he omits seems a bit telling.

Good watchin' though.

Jibartik

01-27-2022, 03:26 PM

This is a thought exorsize because everyone seems to remember how great ken burns was.

Describe the decade where you first heard about his documentaries. Like, what was life like then in america? Just a few sentences to describe pop culture, and what life seemed like for you.

Then describe the last 6 years and the next 4, and what you think life is like for americans and what it will be like.

Im just curious what the two periods look like side by side.

Jibartik

01-27-2022, 03:29 PM

Heres me I started watching like 2005-8:

We were tired of the middle east, bush was gone and obama was president now. Things seem like they're looking up. Mostly we talk about the tech boom and these new awesome internet 2.0 thing that is happening. Hope and change!

Today every day someone, me or someone on the news, brings up civil war or the apocolaypse. I feel like world travel is far less safe not just because of the turbulance out there and covid but because death to america is something I hear grocery shopping in america now. Everyone seems on edge.

Mblake1981

01-27-2022, 04:33 PM

Mblake1981

01-27-2022, 05:14 PM

Thief was a great game

Thief: Gold is a direct followup to The Dark Project. Some things are changed around you might not notice at first.

https://thief.fandom.com/wiki/Thief_Gold

There is also the demo cd in PC Gamer Magazine.
*Good times, the Unreal Tournament demo disk was another good one.

https://twitter.com/Dominuz/status/1183749786463363072

https://i.imgur.com/AxUXluC.jpeg

Topgunben

01-27-2022, 11:28 PM

Jib, I think people just enjoy informative documentaries. I don’t think has much to do with the current president tbh.

Topgunben

01-27-2022, 11:29 PM

https://i.imgur.com/tmNCVWs.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/WUFR97R.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/7bzJl2Y.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/pGfRYmm.png

Is that an undead hammerite? I don’t remember seeing them in game.

Mblake1981

01-28-2022, 06:11 AM

Is that an undead hammerite? I don’t remember seeing them in game.

"Flames surround you, flames, nothing but flames, flames burning your flesh (https://thief.fandom.com/wiki/Haunt)..."

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starkind

01-28-2022, 08:29 AM

"Flames surround you, flames, nothing but flames, flames burning your flesh (https://thief.fandom.com/wiki/Haunt)..."

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The pinnacle of stealth game play.

Mblake1981

01-28-2022, 11:16 AM

through the looking glass forums

https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149562&p

Gaxx

01-28-2022, 11:46 AM

The Alpinist (on Netflix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRpVyzagXLQ

Mblake1981

01-30-2022, 10:15 AM

Televisions don't typically have people using headphones so the visual cues were switched to. IMO it's a much dumber experience. 3D audio placement was in EQ back in era, it was awareness when you had the spell book open.

https://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3416340&postcount=30

One thing I really hated in classic was that stupid book staring feature. That book staring idea was so retarded, even Verant never brought it back for a reason once removed... stare at the book like an idiot.

*16:9 widescreens assure this will not happen.

Maybe the new 3:2 aspect ratio computer monitors (https://youtu.be/DPttbRBOgdA?t=211) will be able to bring back the computer aesthetic. A 4K square(ish).

https://i.imgur.com/7xkWBMM.png

https://i.imgur.com/6JMH34r.png

*Note: This is not an endorsement for a brand, only looking at the aspect ratio.

Still prefer the height of 5:4 (https://www.project1999.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3400976&postcount=2) and 4:3.

Gravydoo II

01-30-2022, 11:10 AM

Oh that documentary about john britten. (britton?) anyways, thats a good one. Dude builds a motorcycles, casts his own block for the engine, all the fucking parts. Enters it into a race vs factory teams in 1000cc.

Gustoo

02-03-2022, 03:41 PM

robayon

02-15-2022, 08:38 PM

Louis Theroux's Forbidden America episode 1 is pretty interesting. I had heard of Baked Alaska and Nick Fuentes, but never seen them talk. Fuentes especially is pretty repulsive, but he's young. It's pretty sad to see. It was pretty nice to see this Beardson Beardly guy just instantly fall apart, though.

It makes me wonder if Louis has watched any of Andrew Callaghan's work, since there's some parallels in terms of the characters they are engaging.

Gustoo

02-16-2022, 11:15 PM

Book staring in EQ was a fundamental balancing feature. Melees were worse in every way except they didn’t have to stare at books. It adds to their more situationally aware nature that they don’t have to have a book open to get mana back faster.

Removing it removed significant class balance. You should be blind to the outside world besides your text box while you’re medding. Sorry.

Toxigen

02-18-2022, 08:52 PM

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robayon

03-23-2022, 04:24 PM

Anyone been watching Bad Vegan? I'm only two episodes in but holy shit what an industrial grade moron

Maybe it'll take a twist and I will have to eat those words but for now I am in awe of this Sarma's incredible brain

starkind

03-23-2022, 05:22 PM

Apollo 13 and the right stuff.

Toxigen

03-23-2022, 07:04 PM