MasterBlaster

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[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I'm very sorry to tell you, that this frame appears to be real, as fact checked by Ethan's catty anti-fandom.

This is owing to a few things, of course, but most recently there seems to be a skill issue with his posture correction devices.

Anyway, anyone else feel like getting up and doing some stretches?

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 27 points 2 days ago (15 children)

I just saw a clip of him for the first time in like a year, and bro look absolutely fucked already back then but this one I saw, holy shit. He did not look healthy in any way you can use that word.

My, whatever do you mean?

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 days ago (7 children)

You're imagining your own limitations that the game doesn't want to impose. That's the sort of roleplaying you can do in any game. I used to do it all the time when I had run a game dry, but it's a poor measure of how good a game is as an 'RPG.'

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

I think there was some rewrites between Season 1 and 2, and the NCR was pivoted to be more of a focus. Basically the only consistent complaint about season 1 was the bizarre treatment of the NCR, I don't think the writers expected people to care as much as they did, so they were dragged into season 2 as a mainstay.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 3 days ago (9 children)

To be entirely fair, you can do this kind of roleplaying in any video game. You don't have to be Gordon Freeman in Half-Life 2. You could be a civilian imposter that just looks like him.

Roleplaying in RPGs should intersect with the mechanics of the game, usually limiting you via stats and gameplay options. So, if your character is a vampire hunter, for example they should be more specialized in weapons that vampire hunters use. Your character's dedication to weaponry would mean they're less, idk, charismatic or whatever. That creates interesting gameplay scenarios, connects you to your character more and encourages you to replay the game to experience what you traded off in one playthrough.

Since Skyrim, Bethesda has started to lean into 'infinite leveling,' which means every character will eventually become the same ultra-competent bandit slayer. They also very rarely restrict content depending on your characters choices.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Have you previously posted on the topic of AI before? There's been a few write ups by some very intelligent comrades here that personally opened my eyes on AI. I seem to recall your name popping up in the debates but I can't find any of the write ups I found convincing.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

He is no communist and he loves taking fights with people.

He could have stopped, but he enjoys online drama a bit too much

My read was always that he was a little debate gremlin obsessed with arguments and being right, and if you're naturally obsessed with being right you end up arguing for the marxists. This was my personal pipeline too, to be fair.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 4 days ago

Sanctions aren't exactly a polite refusal to do business.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 4 days ago

FWIW none of the Russian government actually described the invasion as taking only three days, that was their deranged media doing their usual stuff. They definitely planned for like, 10-14 days though, so egg on their face.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago

the whole platform we're using was made by tankies after all

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 days ago

Couldn't find it where I listen to podcasts. Want my money back.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

They just hit you back with some self-deprecating cuck joke or worse they shrug their chud shoulders and say something about planned parenthood

 

uh bros? on amazon prime no less?? tankees stay winning

 
 
 

Developer ZA/UM says it’s actually for TikTok users.

“We intend to captivate the TikTok user with quick hits of compelling story, art, and audio, ultimately creating an all new, deeply engaging form of entertainment,” ZA/UM head Denis Havel said in a news release (via IGN).

let's gooooo I can't wait for the subway surfer in-app purchase DLC. no i'm not kidding, the store page marks it as having in-app purchases. something something capital subsuming something.

 

I love Telltale and Telltale-adjacent games. Those narrative games where you sit back and choose dialogue options and action choices instead of actively playing.

I think a lot of those types of games miss that you have to tell a really good story for any of that to work.

Star Trek: Resurgence looks pretty good, but did anyone here play it? Is it actually good? Or is it Star Trek-flavored slop?

 

I just finished the Jakarta Method and it left me genuinely dismayed. Not like, astounded with how horrible it all was (I knew it was going to be horrible), but more, it made me put the book down and sit with my feelings of dismay. A little bit nauseous, unsettled, feeling a loss of hope for a lot of ideals I hold.

What a horrible period of history, in a century absolutely full of horrible periods.

 
 

That's all. Played Civ since IV and the boardgame-like nature of it meant that I've gotten a lot of friends and family into it as a means to experience video games in general.

Civ VII looks really bad, even if I haven't played it myself. Systems upon systems that aren't properly explained, that somehow feel both cluttered and less in-depth than previous entries. Three truncated games making up the segments of one larger game is lame, too. A bad solution to the problem of people burning out in the later eras.

Most of all, though, is the business model of it all. Civ already leaned into 4X DLC conventions which meant getting the whole package was an expensive endeavor, but at least, for example, Civ VI had just two major expansion packs. Civ VII is already drowning into microtransaction leader purchases.

And then there's, just, the price. It's obscene. Denuvo is devastating to see as it creates a lot of barriers to giving the thing a try. I don't get excited for games any more, but Civ VII would have been one of them.

Anyone try it themselves? Anyone in love? Anyone feel like me?

 

Anyone watch the game awards? That one show where they play a bunch of trailers for new games in between awkward awards and musical performances?

watching it is a tradition of mine. brings me back to being a kid watching E3 and occasionally being happy.

i want balatro sweep and death stranding 2 trailer

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