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Not sure where all the shanty love on HN has come from, but I'm loving it. Obligated to share my favorite, a youtube classic of sorts by this point: https://youtu.be/49FWp7WLYKw
Shanty love came from a TikTok viral video: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-delig...
What shall we do with a wayward pointer What shall we do with a wayward pointer What shall we do with a wayward pointer Early in the morning?
I loved the darker 'dishonored' version
Two great action stealth games came out in 2012 that share many similarities (or perhaps, their Thief legacy): Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja. The latter is by far the best gameplay wise; Dishonored has unsurpassed world-building. Sometimes I idly think of just modding Dishonored's setting and visual design into Mark of the Ninja.
By the way, they are both now available DRM-free.
I loved the darker 'dishonored' version
Drunken Whaler . Here it is as used in a trailer for the game: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rUtX8pFl6Wc Two great action stealth games came out in 2012 that share many similarities (or perhaps, their Thief legacy): Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja. The latter is by far the best gameplay wise; Dishonored has unsurpassed world-building. Sometimes I idly think of just modding Dishonored's setting and visual design into M…
Source?
Not sure where all the shanty love on HN has come from, but I'm loving it. Obligated to share my favorite, a youtube classic of sorts by this point: https://youtu.be/49FWp7WLYKw
Which always leaves me wondering how common this would have been in the 1800s. Back in the days when listening to music at home meant playing it, was your average group of scalawags always going to have a few people who sang in the church choir as kids and knew things like oblique harmony?
We upvote of course... love the shanties.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Drunken Whaler . Here it is as used in a trailer for the game: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rUtX8pFl6Wc Two great action stealth games came out in 2012 that share many similarities (or perhaps, their Thief legacy): Dishonored and Mark of the Ninja. The latter is by far the best gameplay wise; Dishonored has unsurpassed world-building. Sometimes I idly think of just modding Dishonored's setting and visual design into M…
> By the way, they are both now available DRM-free. Source?
Here's an official statement, if you like, regarding Dishonored: https://twitter.com/gogcom/status/1229435857213575173
Mark of the Ninja: https://twitter.com/klei/status/1009866739172007936
Not sure where all the shanty love on HN has come from, but I'm loving it. Obligated to share my favorite, a youtube classic of sorts by this point: https://youtu.be/49FWp7WLYKw
Every time I see that clip I feel obliged to point out the green shirt guy who shows up around 1:50 on the far left singing the harmony. He's essential to the richness of the sound of the chorus. Which always leaves me wondering how common this would have been in the 1800s. Back in the days when listening to music at home meant playing it, was your average group of scalawags always going to have a few people who sang…