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  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Seal wrote: »
    If someone told me that a band is financing a ufo project...
    Blink 182 would definitely be near the top of the list...
    Others who I could see doing it, a really high Pink Floyd and a really sober WIllie Nelson.

  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    if the water's nice go swimming

    don't wear socks and sandals

    if you can drink do so

    otherwise try and bury children

  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    HerrCron wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I just think the "You have an ethical duty to address the long hours in your RDR2 review" take is hilarious and the kind of Bro-Woke bullshit that people thinks sounds good but actually solves nothing and at the most gives a pass to journalistic outlets from doing real pieces on the problem of sweatshopping in video games.

    Drake No: Throw away lines about the issue in the review, maybe taking off some review points
    Drake Yes: Front page deep dive journalism into the issue of shitty overwork practices in game development, with examples from RDR2 and a shitton of other games.
    Interviews with past employees etc. Real -journalism-.

    ¿Por qué no los dos?

    I don't think overworked artists should have their games reviewed less than it is deserved because they were forced to work harder than they should have. But that's just me.
    The "if you don't buy from sweatshops, you are hurting the workers" argument?

  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    HerrCron wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I just think the "You have an ethical duty to address the long hours in your RDR2 review" take is hilarious and the kind of Bro-Woke bullshit that people thinks sounds good but actually solves nothing and at the most gives a pass to journalistic outlets from doing real pieces on the problem of sweatshopping in video games.

    Drake No: Throw away lines about the issue in the review, maybe taking off some review points
    Drake Yes: Front page deep dive journalism into the issue of shitty overwork practices in game development, with examples from RDR2 and a shitton of other games.
    Interviews with past employees etc. Real -journalism-.

    ¿Por qué no los dos?

    I don't think overworked artists should have their games reviewed less than it is deserved because they were forced to work harder than they should have. But that's just me.

    I think I'm fine with it

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  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    The one where you just bite down with your front teeth and the machine circles around your head is fine. The problem is when they have to insert stuff and manipulate near the back of your tongue and stuff. My reflex is v sensitive
    Last time I did that the x-ray machine kept bumping into me.

    I assume I have cancer now

  • porpporp Registered User regular
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.

  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.
    Also swim

  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    Couscous wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    HerrCron wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I just think the "You have an ethical duty to address the long hours in your RDR2 review" take is hilarious and the kind of Bro-Woke bullshit that people thinks sounds good but actually solves nothing and at the most gives a pass to journalistic outlets from doing real pieces on the problem of sweatshopping in video games.

    Drake No: Throw away lines about the issue in the review, maybe taking off some review points
    Drake Yes: Front page deep dive journalism into the issue of shitty overwork practices in game development, with examples from RDR2 and a shitton of other games.
    Interviews with past employees etc. Real -journalism-.

    ¿Por qué no los dos?

    I don't think overworked artists should have their games reviewed less than it is deserved because they were forced to work harder than they should have. But that's just me.
    The "if you don't buy from sweatshops, you are hurting the workers" argument?

    I did not know reviews were money

  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    You swim or you drink or you sunbathe

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  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    most of the point of a beach is to not do much on it i think

    unless you have three other muscly dudes with you and then you play beach volleyball while kenny loggins plays over top

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    i'm dating tay sway on the down low but she told me she was interested in a duet if you know what i mean

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    Largest pay check in my life today

    aaaaaaaaaaand it's gone

    and so is one of my credit cards :whistle:

  • porpporp Registered User regular
    wandering wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.
    Also swim

    By swim you mean just take a dip? I only like getting cool in the water and jumping back out to my drink.

  • RonTheDMRonTheDM Yes, yes Registered User regular
    edited October 2018
    I will await the Jimquisition on overworked game developers.

    Edit: Shit, a new one hit 2 hours ago shitting on AAA greed it might be in there.

    RonTheDM on
  • SniperGuySniperGuy SniperGuyGaming Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    SniperGuy wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Hearing that pete davidson and Arianna Grande broke up just was devastating this weekend. Truly we live in the darkest timeline.

    I wanted them to work out.

    Not me, Davidson is kind of a scummy person, though I know nothing of Grande maybe she's pretty vile too.

    Why is he scummy other than the pastor thing?

    During the whole relationship his comments about her were always kind of on the gross side, like hiding her birth control.

    Wasn't that a joke in an SNL sketch? I dunno calling him a scummy person for that seems a little extreme.

  • OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner. smang

  • CouscousCouscous Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    HerrCron wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I just think the "You have an ethical duty to address the long hours in your RDR2 review" take is hilarious and the kind of Bro-Woke bullshit that people thinks sounds good but actually solves nothing and at the most gives a pass to journalistic outlets from doing real pieces on the problem of sweatshopping in video games.

    Drake No: Throw away lines about the issue in the review, maybe taking off some review points
    Drake Yes: Front page deep dive journalism into the issue of shitty overwork practices in game development, with examples from RDR2 and a shitton of other games.
    Interviews with past employees etc. Real -journalism-.

    ¿Por qué no los dos?

    I don't think overworked artists should have their games reviewed less than it is deserved because they were forced to work harder than they should have. But that's just me.
    The "if you don't buy from sweatshops, you are hurting the workers" argument?

    I did not know reviews were money

    They are certainly worth money to the companies who work to get favorable reviews.

  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    the point of the beach, to me, is to look at it for an hour or two max, enjoy it, then wonder why I personally thought a week of this was a good idea.

    The idea of just..sitting on a beach with my own thoughts ranks up there with the biggest fears

  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    porp wrote: »
    wandering wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.
    Also swim

    By swim you mean just take a dip? I only like getting cool in the water and jumping back out to my drink.

    Bar in the pool is best vacation

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  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    I will await the Jimquisition on overworked game developers.

    he's mentioned it a few times in passing but I'm not sure if he has a whole episode on it, except to lay into specific companies

  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    porp wrote: »
    wandering wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.
    Also swim

    By swim you mean just take a dip? I only like getting cool in the water and jumping back out to my drink.

    gross

    Mazzyx go beat up the ocean or go body surfing

  • wanderingwandering Russia state-affiliated media Registered User regular
    Also - and this is important - tell any able bodied party members who refuse to get in the water that you might as well go to a theme park without going on any rides, i mean seriously.

    but don't say that out loud, just say it with your face

  • OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    Couscous wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    HerrCron wrote: »
    Ludious wrote: »
    I just think the "You have an ethical duty to address the long hours in your RDR2 review" take is hilarious and the kind of Bro-Woke bullshit that people thinks sounds good but actually solves nothing and at the most gives a pass to journalistic outlets from doing real pieces on the problem of sweatshopping in video games.

    Drake No: Throw away lines about the issue in the review, maybe taking off some review points
    Drake Yes: Front page deep dive journalism into the issue of shitty overwork practices in game development, with examples from RDR2 and a shitton of other games.
    Interviews with past employees etc. Real -journalism-.

    ¿Por qué no los dos?

    I don't think overworked artists should have their games reviewed less than it is deserved because they were forced to work harder than they should have. But that's just me.
    The "if you don't buy from sweatshops, you are hurting the workers" argument?

    I did not know reviews were money

    Reviews do often influence pay in games. A Metacritic score may be tied to compensation for instance.

  • PowerpuppiesPowerpuppies drinking coffee in the mountain cabinRegistered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    the point of the beach, to me, is to look at it for an hour or two max, enjoy it, then wonder why I personally thought a week of this was a good idea.

    The idea of just..sitting on a beach with my own thoughts ranks up there with the biggest fears

    D:

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  • AuralynxAuralynx Darkness is a perspective Watching the ego workRegistered User regular
    tyrannus wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    if the water's nice go swimming

    don't wear socks and sandals

    if you can drink do so

    otherwise try and bury children

    Depending on the extent of the beach, they can be good places to hike around for dramatic views if there's nearby cliffsides and things included.

  • porpporp Registered User regular
    Chanus wrote: »
    most of the point of a beach is to not do much on it i think

    unless you have three other muscly dudes with you and then you play beach volleyball while kenny loggins plays over top


    Or you have 3 kids. All who want to do different things. So you end up making sandcastles, pulling the third out of the water so she doesn’t go to deep, and throw snacks at the other one because someone is always hungry.

  • Kid PresentableKid Presentable Registered User regular
    Ludious wrote: »
    I don't know how I feel about this trend people are trying to push to include/factor in the 100 hour work weeks put into RDR2.

    Like yes this is late stage capitalism and bad but write a separate article about it, make it a front page issue, but taking points off the art because people were forced to work too hard is not the answer you think it is.

    I see what you're saying, but I think we all agree that it's good that it's being talked about and I don't know, would as many people would hear the conversation if it was relegated to its own article?

  • override367override367 ALL minions Registered User regular
    every beach should be replaced with a featureless concrete wall as far as im concerned

  • OnTheLastCastleOnTheLastCastle let's keep it haimish for the peripatetic Registered User regular
    I just want a homoerotic romp on the beach where a muscle man does teach me how to be a better boxer or we get sweaty playing volleyball

    If we smooch, we smooch

  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    every beach should be replaced with a featureless concrete wall as far as im concerned

    i mean if global warming has its way

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • Donkey KongDonkey Kong Putting Nintendo out of business with AI nips Registered User regular
    Organichu wrote: »
    The one where you just bite down with your front teeth and the machine circles around your head is fine. The problem is when they have to insert stuff and manipulate near the back of your tongue and stuff. My reflex is v sensitive

    also the shit they have you bite down on

    where's the UX engineer

    this thing is made of razors, why the fuck is it all sharp edges when you know it's going in my mouth you idiots

    My dentist has a new fancy one that hooks to a laptop and it looks like it was made this year. The bitey in-mouth part is still a torture device. IDGI

    Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
  • ElendilElendil Registered User regular
    dragging on a game for shitty working conditions would mean dragging on witcher 3 and cyperpunk 2077

    do you want gaming journalists to implode

  • porpporp Registered User regular
    tyrannus wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    wandering wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.
    Also swim

    By swim you mean just take a dip? I only like getting cool in the water and jumping back out to my drink.

    gross

    Mazzyx go beat up the ocean or go body surfing

    Pass. Save your extreme beach sports for Costa Rica

  • zepherinzepherin Russian warship, go fuck yourself Registered User regular
    Kamiro wrote: »
    zepherin wrote: »
    Organichu wrote: »
    Man this gag reflex is fucking annoying. I feel like such a little baby when it takes five times as long as it should for X-rays
    ...generally they don't put the camera that far into your mouth?

    ...is this a sex thing?

    It's the damned film insert thingie they put in your mouth. Ugh, the worst. If it doesn't trigger a gag reflex, it is put in a position so that when you bite down it hurts the top/bottom of your mouth
    That's odd.
    My dentist just puts a plastic t, but it isn't that big and doesn't have film, and it just lines up the x ray and keeps it from xraying behind it, and it's all beep, looks at the screen and sees if the image is clear, I get to look too, then does the other side.

    My dentist also likes new shit so his xray is pretty modern.

  • wazillawazilla Having a late dinner Registered User regular
    wazilla wrote: »
    Logging back in to do work after reasonable lunch break SO PRODUCTIVE

    Nevermind co-worker has not uploaded the files I need.

    *glances furtively at ps4*

    Psn:wazukki
  • LudiousLudious I just wanted a sandwich A temporally dislocated QuiznosRegistered User regular
    the idea of vacations for not doing anything

    like literally not doing anything but relaxing and lounging are as alien to me as outerspace

    who likes themselves enough to be trapped in their head for days

    bright colors, movement, new things, food, but..just..sitting on a beach

    christ

    just summon an actual demon in front of me while you're at it (tbf I'd prolly like that more)

  • RedTideRedTide Registered User regular
    porp wrote: »
    Chanus wrote: »
    most of the point of a beach is to not do much on it i think

    unless you have three other muscly dudes with you and then you play beach volleyball while kenny loggins plays over top


    Or you have 3 kids. All who want to do different things. So you end up making sandcastles, pulling the third out of the water so she doesn’t go to deep, and throw snacks at the other one because someone is always hungry.

    Hmm this sounds like it would be easier if two people were orchestrating the whole production.

    RedTide#1907 on Battle.net
    Come Overwatch with meeeee
  • ChanusChanus Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster Apocalypse The Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
    Organichu wrote: »
    The one where you just bite down with your front teeth and the machine circles around your head is fine. The problem is when they have to insert stuff and manipulate near the back of your tongue and stuff. My reflex is v sensitive

    also the shit they have you bite down on

    where's the UX engineer

    this thing is made of razors, why the fuck is it all sharp edges when you know it's going in my mouth you idiots

    My dentist has a new fancy one that hooks to a laptop and it looks like it was made this year. The bitey in-mouth part is still a torture device. IDGI

    stevemartindentist.mp4

    Allegedly a voice of reason.
  • BeNarwhalBeNarwhal The Work Left Unfinished Registered User regular
    Largest pay check in my life today

    aaaaaaaaaaand it's gone

    and so is one of my credit cards :whistle:

    Well done dude! Sorry to hear all the money's been spent :wink: But that must be a load off your mind!

  • tyrannustyrannus i am not fat Registered User regular
    porp wrote: »
    tyrannus wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    wandering wrote: »
    porp wrote: »
    Mazzyx wrote: »
    So ya'll gonna help me as I am not a beach person. What do you do on the beach? I am going to read a bit. But like, I know this is dumb, have not really been to one in almost two decades for vacation.

    Drink a fruity delicious drink. Take a nap. Listen to a podcast. And then repeat until dinner.
    Also swim

    By swim you mean just take a dip? I only like getting cool in the water and jumping back out to my drink.

    gross

    Mazzyx go beat up the ocean or go body surfing

    Pass. Save your extreme beach sports for Costa Rica

    those aren't extreme

    those are fun

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