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Cyberpunk natural historian, and several other things too.
(Think saproxylic insects and marine biology and weird aridland flora; I'm not John Muir.)
(Think saproxylic insects and marine biology and weird aridland flora; I'm not John Muir.)
Also: the atrocityland strangers.
October 22, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Also: the atrocityland strangers.
I love the bloodballoons in No Man's Sky soooooo much.
October 22, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I love the bloodballoons in No Man's Sky soooooo much.
Not even very high in crustaceans really.
October 17, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Not even very high in crustaceans really.
What would piecewise SDF do tho? I don't speak coder.
October 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
What would piecewise SDF do tho? I don't speak coder.
I do wish to note that there are no strongly crablike insects (or if they exist they are so esoteric that even esoteric-insect people are largely unaware of them).
October 16, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I do wish to note that there are no strongly crablike insects (or if they exist they are so esoteric that even esoteric-insect people are largely unaware of them).
Also I was too shy to talk about scorpion joints the last time you asked about it but I suspect scorpions hold their legs at those weird awkward angles when standing up as an evolutionary compromise allowing them to fold their legs comfortably flat when they lie under rocks, i.e.
October 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Also I was too shy to talk about scorpion joints the last time you asked about it but I suspect scorpions hold their legs at those weird awkward angles when standing up as an evolutionary compromise allowing them to fold their legs comfortably flat when they lie under rocks, i.e.
(I feel like they'd convergently invent velcro.)
October 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
(I feel like they'd convergently invent velcro.)
Although even with humanstyle sitting I suspect the chairs might have velcro or adhesive holding the chair bottom to the ground. It feels right for organisms having hooklike legs to have their chairs have a secure grip on the floor too for subconscious sociocultural reasons.
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Although even with humanstyle sitting I suspect the chairs might have velcro or adhesive holding the chair bottom to the ground. It feels right for organisms having hooklike legs to have their chairs have a secure grip on the floor too for subconscious sociocultural reasons.
However, I get the impression the bipedal bug people exist in part to simulate human shape to put humans at ease not just out-of-universe but in-universe too (for diplomacy etc.), and I see no problem with them sitting humanstyle.
October 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
However, I get the impression the bipedal bug people exist in part to simulate human shape to put humans at ease not just out-of-universe but in-universe too (for diplomacy etc.), and I see no problem with them sitting humanstyle.
Now, the basal nonbiped phenotype would of course do it back facing the sky and all that, but I noticed the downward-facing spiracles on your bipeds so perhaps for them U-shaped chairs back facing the ground, to simultaneously give a nod to human and basal-nonbiped cultural norms.
October 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Now, the basal nonbiped phenotype would of course do it back facing the sky and all that, but I noticed the downward-facing spiracles on your bipeds so perhaps for them U-shaped chairs back facing the ground, to simultaneously give a nod to human and basal-nonbiped cultural norms.
Like, like, ground-dwelling arthropods tend to just rest standing up, but in a less erect posture, so I would imagine beds-as-chairs would be a pre-established norm in their society before the emergence of bipeds.
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Like, like, ground-dwelling arthropods tend to just rest standing up, but in a less erect posture, so I would imagine beds-as-chairs would be a pre-established norm in their society before the emergence of bipeds.
Assuming they are "transhumanist" phenotypes stemming from a non-bipedal taxon/culture, I would say beds that serve a chairlike social role make some sense (maybe with handrails/footrails for the limbs to latch onto, one does not generally see real bugs sleeping with limbs unattached to objects).
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Assuming they are "transhumanist" phenotypes stemming from a non-bipedal taxon/culture, I would say beds that serve a chairlike social role make some sense (maybe with handrails/footrails for the limbs to latch onto, one does not generally see real bugs sleeping with limbs unattached to objects).
See also: Daimonympha (and the other rotating termite protists), Avena leg-wheels, or if those aren't conventional enough wheels for you then Nannosquilla, which acts as a true wheel when it somersaults.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:35 PM
See also: Daimonympha (and the other rotating termite protists), Avena leg-wheels, or if those aren't conventional enough wheels for you then Nannosquilla, which acts as a true wheel when it somersaults.
Although I would not endorse it as an excuse to go wild making wheeled aliens everywhere.
October 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Although I would not endorse it as an excuse to go wild making wheeled aliens everywhere.
Oh yeahhhhhhhh featureless backdrops have haunted my daydreams since I've known what a video game was.
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Oh yeahhhhhhhh featureless backdrops have haunted my daydreams since I've known what a video game was.
Yes wheels. Idionectes.
October 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Yes wheels. Idionectes.
(Nothing with that premise has ever lived up to my hopes, unfortunately. They never seem to have enough richly complex dynamics to fill my lonely and cold and blackened heart.)
October 16, 2025 at 8:13 AM
(Nothing with that premise has ever lived up to my hopes, unfortunately. They never seem to have enough richly complex dynamics to fill my lonely and cold and blackened heart.)
I've always wanted to explore one of those colorful abstract geometric-surrealist landscapes people keep making into phone wallpapers.
October 16, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I've always wanted to explore one of those colorful abstract geometric-surrealist landscapes people keep making into phone wallpapers.
Still unconvinced the narrative will be good (I certainly don't like what I've read about the plot in review blurbs), but I'm not going to argue today.
October 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Still unconvinced the narrative will be good (I certainly don't like what I've read about the plot in review blurbs), but I'm not going to argue today.
Yeah despite my scathing remarks it does seem interesting in some ways.
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Yeah despite my scathing remarks it does seem interesting in some ways.
And I usually prioritize narrative quality in games, so.
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
And I usually prioritize narrative quality in games, so.
Does Ultros count?*
*Well, three-eyed biped alienmanthing is far from "aesthetically immaculate" but its drawing/coloring style is more or less flawless, if not its worldbuilding/organism design choices. In any case I refuse to play it, I find that poor worldbuilding is red flag 4 bad narratives.
*Well, three-eyed biped alienmanthing is far from "aesthetically immaculate" but its drawing/coloring style is more or less flawless, if not its worldbuilding/organism design choices. In any case I refuse to play it, I find that poor worldbuilding is red flag 4 bad narratives.
October 14, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Does Ultros count?*
*Well, three-eyed biped alienmanthing is far from "aesthetically immaculate" but its drawing/coloring style is more or less flawless, if not its worldbuilding/organism design choices. In any case I refuse to play it, I find that poor worldbuilding is red flag 4 bad narratives.
*Well, three-eyed biped alienmanthing is far from "aesthetically immaculate" but its drawing/coloring style is more or less flawless, if not its worldbuilding/organism design choices. In any case I refuse to play it, I find that poor worldbuilding is red flag 4 bad narratives.
Not all Androids if my impressions are correct; it seems to depend on the exact phone.
October 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Not all Androids if my impressions are correct; it seems to depend on the exact phone.
I have noticed Android doing the "background sleeping" thing if I leave apps in the background long enough; with web browsers it refreshes pages and loses input data.
October 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I have noticed Android doing the "background sleeping" thing if I leave apps in the background long enough; with web browsers it refreshes pages and loses input data.
Anyways, point is that the modern trend of embracing imperfection/ambiguity (a reaction against the rigid conformism of earlier eras, I presume) is certainly commendable but society sure has a tendency to oscillate between unhealthy extreme opposite stances and I think it's headed towards another.
October 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Anyways, point is that the modern trend of embracing imperfection/ambiguity (a reaction against the rigid conformism of earlier eras, I presume) is certainly commendable but society sure has a tendency to oscillate between unhealthy extreme opposite stances and I think it's headed towards another.