Okay, so I know the reason the physics in Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom have so many weird exceptions and edge cases is because the games’ designers are concerned foremost with puzzle-crafting, and only secondarily with producing a coherent world model, and nearly every bit of weirdness can be explained by the fact that some puzzle mechanic required the games’ physics to work that way. There’s simply no deeper unifying logic to be found, and trying to find it is a good way to give yourself a headache.
One of those pieces of weirdness lies in the relative weights of various objects, particularly in relation to Link, the player character. Some objects are incongruously heavy or light for their size because the puzzles in which they appear require them to be, and Link himself is weirdly lightweight, presumably because that was the easiest way to cause him to experience the exaggerated knockback that many puzzles require without making the forces involved ridiculously strong.
Most objects and characters which recur among the two games are at least consistent in this respect. However, it has been empirically determined that in Breath of the Wild, Link weighs the same as 8.5 apples, whereas in Tears of the Kingdom he weighs the same as 10 apples, and now I can’t stop myself from wondering what fucking puzzle mechanic required Link to be exactly 1.5 apples heavier.
I’m more interested in the team meetings that likely resulted from this, considering Nintendo’s fastidious approach to polish. I can imagine one camp bringing in chart after chart defending those extra 1.5 apples, and another more or less going “No, this is New Zelda canon, it cannot and should not be changed. Link is 8.5 apples heavy and any change to this base equation will run the risk of endangering the entire product line.”
Link isn’t heavier. As humans repopulate Hyrule, they’re harvesting more apples earlier. Mean apple weight has gone down 15%.
Link gained weight from all that Sheikah tech he ate in between the games, which explains where it all went.
Anyway I saw a TERF blog say “there are hardly any gay men on Tumblr, probably because men don’t use the internet except to talk about video games and spread misogyny” djshdjdjdjddn
What do you think of Marvel seemingly putting Punisher on ice (either temporarily or for a long enough time)?
Asked by Anonymous
Let’s be honest with the readers: the death of Frank Castle is a temporary thing - hence why the Punisher ends up in Weirdworld after his death.
But to be honest, I think it’s a good thing.
I’ve never been a fan of the character, I think the only time he ever worked was an antagonist to the actual heroes like Spider-Man or Daredevil (on the Netflix show), and even before the Punisher was adopted by cops and the alt-right I thought that Ennis’ work showed that the Punisher’s fan-base was driven by dangerously misogynistic, homophobic, and racist views.
Now, largely out of political cowardice, Marvel has compromised their trademark (through a failure to enforce) and their intellectual property (which is now rather toxic).
While I’m not always a fan of his work, I thought that Jason Aaron’s recent run showing the essential bankruptness of Frank Castle the man and the Punisher by having him take over the Hand and be confronted by his resurrected wife was a good ending to the Punisher’s story.
Spent this week on making a bunch of faux oldschool anime screencaps. Had a blast making these, I’m especially happy with the background in the third one. I’ll probably keep making these, so look forward to more of these in the future!
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