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   Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 23:16:26 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

   The swarmers attack in the original #Homeworld was, for 12-year-old me, a moment of awakening. The "I am so scared and this is so cool" feeling remains one of my defining experiences of interacting with media.

   https://youtu.be/lO8r8PSCdNI

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 23:23:52 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     Same sort of feeling with the Turanic Raiders attack: https://youtu.be/dTKakINXjl8

     You see these beautiful, terrifying ships sweeping in toward you, the music swells, they're getting closer, and the *game will not give you control* until the last second. It was breathaking.

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 23:24:41 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     I'm pleased that I was able to write Paul Ruskay once, probably 15 years ago, and tell him what an impact his music had on me.

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Friday, 24-May-2024 23:30:56 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     OK, I'm done talking to Homeworld, return to your doomscrolling.

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 00:51:52 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     • Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀

     @nlovsund Cataclysm! I didn't appreciate at the time how absolutely wild it was that Naughty Dog turned a 3D RTS into a zombie apocalypse game.

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     Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀 (nlovsund@mastodon.acc.sunet.se)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 00:51:55 JST Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀

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     @derek I can relate! The voice is the Gardens of Kadesh is something I'll never forget. Did you play Homewprld Cataclysm? That storyline was positively spooky :blobcat_clothghost:

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 04:20:12 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     • Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀

     @nlovsund Also, wildly enough, they gave the mothership/crew a character arc? The ship starts out as a mining vessel and ends up as a warship.

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     Derek Caelin is writing a book (derek@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 04:29:47 JST Derek Caelin is writing a book

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     • Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀

     @nlovsund not so far. Very main-line HW characters, lot's of talking about S'Jet

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     Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀 (nlovsund@mastodon.acc.sunet.se)'s status on Saturday, 25-May-2024 04:29:48 JST Nathan Lövsund 🐒 🚀

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     @derek Yea that was a fun mechanic. Is Kiith Somtaaw referenced in H3?