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Weekly Ramblecast 152: Play Last War: Total Origins Now!
🕑 Added 2024-05-07 21:24:46 +0000 UTCWith Alex back on the clock, we interrogate the question of what happens to your brain after two weeks off, discover a shocking secret about Argentina, dissect Robert Heinlein's politics, ponder the perils of replacing your power supply, go deeper down the rabbit hole of dumping your own cartridges, and more.
CHAPTERS
(00:00:00) Start of show
(00:00:16) WHAT WAS WEEK TWO LIKE
(00:05:58) Time to introduce the kids to Johnny Rico
(00:10:02) Ask us anything about Heinlein's politics
(00:13:07) Helldivers is certainly back in the news
(00:16:05) Vinny's rooting around in the PC again
(00:19:33) Miiiiiight be time for a fresh Windows
(00:23:51) Brad got his hands on some serious cart-dumping hardware
(00:33:05) PlayStation memory cards tend to multiplay (plus surprise Ryan Davis appearance)
(00:41:44) Some strong opinions on Atomic Purple being expressed here
(00:43:16) Please be careful about replacing your power supply
(00:46:43) Microsoft Answers has much to... answer for
(00:49:31) OK bye!
Comments
Matt M.
It feels "wrong," but modern Windows is surprisingly good at dealing with hardware changes. You could literally drop your hard drive into a whole new hardware setup -- new mobo, processor, everything -- and be back up and running really quickly. You'd have to install new drivers and maybe transfer the license for a few apps that recognized the change, but it will work shockingly well. Then you can do a new image on your own time, when you get the time.
Michael Green
Two things: Heinlein's politics changed over time and he basically went from a socialist in the 30s to a libertarian later in life. Second, your son might find Joe Haldeman's The Forever War, Kameron Hurley's The Light Brigade, and John Scalzi's Old Man's War as books that offer interesting counters/commentary on Starship Troopers. They are also, fair warning, various levels of bleak and violent, though the Scalzi is of course much lighter than the others. Also I recall the sexual and gender politics of The Forever War being fascinating but deeply strange to a modern sensibility, so that's something to consider.
