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Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by mrits »

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #6

Many years ago I played one of her works, Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate and enjoyed it very much. It was a masterful blend of RPG, dungeon crawl, and puzzles and had a memorable soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5kg35dNso Having a bard in your party let you choose a soundtrack and their songs brought magical effects. For example, the Rhyme of Duotime let your party attack more frequently in combat: https:/…

She was originally chosen to do a remaster of the series. This was eventually reassigned to another publisher.

If you purchase Bards Tale 4 you get the remastered 1,2, and 3 for free.

I have played BT 1 every year or so since the late 80s.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by slfnflctd »

senectus1 wrote: post #22
thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #6

Many years ago I played one of her works, Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate and enjoyed it very much. It was a masterful blend of RPG, dungeon crawl, and puzzles and had a memorable soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5kg35dNso Having a bard in your party let you choose a soundtrack and their songs brought magical effects. For example, the Rhyme of Duotime let your party attack more frequently in combat: https:/…

ahh i have fond memories of this game... and the silly anti piracy attempts (decoder ring) they shipped it with.

In middle school, a friend and I 'cracked' that decoder ring by copying all the info by hand on to paper so we could both play the game from one store bought copy because we were poor. I don't think we ever finished the game, but it's still one of my happiest early gaming memories.

They remastered all three of the first Bard's Tale games a few years ago and released them on Steam with many quality of life improvements-- I bought the set without a second thought even though I know I will probably never take the time to play it all the way through. I've spent a few dozen hours on it so far, though.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by slfnflctd »

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #6

Many years ago I played one of her works, Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate and enjoyed it very much. It was a masterful blend of RPG, dungeon crawl, and puzzles and had a memorable soundtrack. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru5kg35dNso Having a bard in your party let you choose a soundtrack and their songs brought magical effects. For example, the Rhyme of Duotime let your party attack more frequently in combat: https:/…

The first trilogy (including BT3) was also remastered about 7 years ago and released on Steam, it's like $15 and has many quality of life improvements.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by alecco »

devnull3 wrote: post #138

Meta: I think such black strip moments should be pinned at top of the hacker news while it lasts.

Please no. It would be impossible to decide the cutoff for who deserves it. Loud communities would bring drama when their favourite person doesn't get pinned. A black strip might be fine, though.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by LexiMax »

CrazyStat wrote: post #114
pm90 wrote: post #106

Im inclined to blame the US healthcare system. It looks like a gofundme was setup to pay for her cancer treatment. A sensible system a) wouldn’t need patients to pay for treatment and b) might have caught it earlier through regular screening

Do you have any evidence that the cancer is a type that would have been caught by a screening regime currently in place in other countries which is not in place in the US? Without such evidence your post reads more like propagandizing a death for political purposes than an honest argument.

> Do you have any evidence that the cancer is a type that would have been caught by a screening regime currently in place in other countries which is not in place in the US?

Do you have any evidence that it wasn't?

I honestly don't know if earlier detection was possible, or would have helped her out or not. What I can tell you is that given the state of health care in this country, you can bet that my default assumption would be "yes" until proven otherwise.

Starting with the assumption of "no" gives our system more slack than it deserves.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by delichon »

LexiMax wrote: post #146
CrazyStat wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you have any evidence that the cancer is a type that would have been caught by a screening regime currently in place in other countries which is not in place in the US? Without such evidence your post reads more like propagandizing a death for political purposes than an honest argument.

> Do you have any evidence that the cancer is a type that would have been caught by a screening regime currently in place in other countries which is not in place in the US? Do you have any evidence that it wasn't? I honestly don't know if earlier detection was possible, or would have helped her out or not. What I can tell you is that given the state of health care in this country, you can bet that my default assumpt…

> you can bet that my default assumption would be "yes" and "yes" until proven otherwise.

That's a recipe for healthcare inflation. There are endless unproven tests and treatments.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by lynndotpy »

CrazyStat wrote: post #114
pm90 wrote: post #106

Im inclined to blame the US healthcare system. It looks like a gofundme was setup to pay for her cancer treatment. A sensible system a) wouldn’t need patients to pay for treatment and b) might have caught it earlier through regular screening

Do you have any evidence that the cancer is a type that would have been caught by a screening regime currently in place in other countries which is not in place in the US? Without such evidence your post reads more like propagandizing a death for political purposes than an honest argument.

Even if inappropriate, this reads like a normal expression of grief to me.

It's normal to be upset about the circumstances under which someone died, and to be angry if you believe it was avoidable. Under the five stages model, this would be bargaining and anger.

Re: Rebecca Heineman has died

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Post by philipallstar »

disgruntledphd2 wrote: post #75
rsynnott wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This… is a think that people believe, but it’s not as simple as that. Most basic research is universities, all over the place. Many drugs are developed in Europe. A lot of medical machinery is developed and made in Europe (Siemens, Philips and Roche are huge in this space). Like most things, med tech is fairly globalised.

> This… is a think that people believe, but it’s not as simple as that. This is a thing people believe because pharmaceutical companies keep repeating it. And to be fair, they're not entirely wrong in that getting a drug/treatment from the lab to the pharmacy is incredibly expensive because most drugs don't work and clinical trials are super expensive. It does seem to me that a better system would be to split out the…

> It does seem to me that a better system would be to split out the research/development and manufacturing of pharmaceuticals into the lab development (scientists), the clinical trials (should be government funded) and the manufacturing (this could easily be done via contract).

The market is there to risk money in the world of imperfect information trying to predict what would be good to pursue. That is one of the hardest parts of the process, but it's not even made your list.

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