[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot To be fair, that bit about software virus compatibility with the alien ship was one of the points the movie was critiqued on for ages, more so because there was a scene that sort of addressed that (clumsily, but still) but it was cut out.

Those games are not that hard, really, they are made for school kids. The biggest challenge would probably be the graphics, given how old they are, by modern standards, they may look cringy.

Why would aliens need to cause storms? Unless to terraform the planet, but if so, they would need to do it consistently on a global scale.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch



I know the games are not that hard. I just don't have the stamina and patience to play them. The graphics will definitely annoy me. 😂

Maybe intense storms are created as a cloaking mechanism for the Aliens and their Mother Ships to stay hidden and they use lighting to beam down to earth to collect samples or even probe an individual here and there. 😂

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Fair enough. Then, if educational games are off the table, your options are limited maybe you can, I dunno, read a book or something?

Nah, probing is so 60s. Here is a (slightly) moe probable theory: our world is a simulation, and whatever happens is being done by administrators who control it to see how we may react to such weather. Perhaps the "real" world is suffering from weather instability and they are running probability models on us.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch Audio books are more appealing to me than actual books. I'm listening to Hawksmoor: A Novla of Vampire and Fairie.

The Architects are in search of a new design, a new era. The Matrix seems to be real and in the hands of the corrupt. People are puppets on a string and the weather is used as a weapon to control us. 😂

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Audiobooks never worked for me, I am more of a visual/reader learner, not an audio one. I start to tune them out rather easily and can't hold attention on audio text for long. Reading or visual format is better for me. Probably the reason why I could never get into podcasts 😅

Nah, I do not think it is as sinister or serious as all that. The way things look our world seems more like a botched end-year project of some failing undergrad.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch I also like to read but my eyes do give me a lot of problems. I am a migraine sufferer and reading sometimes has an onset.

I'm overthinking the whole thing again 😂. My imagination is running away with me.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot Maybe experiment with font, background colour and text size? I used to be like that, I spent a bit of time figuring out the combo that worked for me, but now I am rather comfortable. I read from the screen mostly these days, though. Actual books, well, that can be trickier.

Indeed, the simplest solution is often the right one 😉

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch I mostly read books before bedtime and tried books with bigger fonts and text sizes. My eyes tend to cross or blur after a few paragraphs no matter what I do. On a screen, it doesn't affect me as much. I got so used to listening to audiobooks that I think there is no turning back. I find it more relaxing.

[DoctorEldritch]

@DracoTarot To each his own. Though relaxing is exactly the problem for me when it comes to audiobooks, they are so relaxing I fall asleep 😅

I mean, I can listen to stories fine, especially when driving (like on a bus or in a train), but if I listen to something requiring more cognitive effort like something scientific or educational, it does not work.

[DracoTarot]

@DoctorEldritch One reason I listen to them. Makes me fall asleep faster and stops me from thinking about all kinds of nonsense. Music comes after the audiobook while I slowly drift away to Never Never Land.

When driving I only listen to music. Storytime is for bedtime.