terra nil is a fun little thing. It's nice to indulge the fantasy that we can easily restore wastelands to lushness if we manage them just right, have the right magic eco-machines in the right spots to be efficient. Makes me a little sad to reflect on the reality but video games are a good place to practice escapism.
So that challenge run in Qud where I started an armless dragonfly. (Spoilers for the end of the currently existing questline.)
So it turns out since insects have chitin as opposed to skin, they can't get tattoos, so I can't actually go to Brightsheol. Still, I made it to Reseph's tomb so I think that counts.
So that challenge run in Qud where I started an armless dragonfly. (Spoilers for the end of the currently existing questline.)
So it turns out since insects have chitin as opposed to skin, they can't get tattoos, so I can't actually go to Brightsheol. Still, I made it to Reseph's tomb so I think that counts.
would it possible to tattoo your face, sever it, become dragonfly, then wear the tattooed face? Would that do anything? Or are there mutations that let you grow limbs with skin? I've never quite gotten around to the tattoo part so I don't know if it depends on the limb or skin is just universal
I'm nearing the end of Roadwarden I think and dang this is a really impressively crafted Choose Your Own Adventure book!
I had fun with the SORCERY! collection a while back, but it also felt really disjointed and seemed to really enjoy purposefully fucking with you. Roadwarden is a lot simpler, but it has consistent writing and good quandaries. And it's pretty to look at and has an interesting setting and good music!
So that challenge run in Qud where I started an armless dragonfly. (Spoilers for the end of the currently existing questline.)
So it turns out since insects have chitin as opposed to skin, they can't get tattoos, so I can't actually go to Brightsheol. Still, I made it to Reseph's tomb so I think that counts.
would it possible to tattoo your face, sever it, become dragonfly, then wear the tattooed face? Would that do anything? Or are there mutations that let you grow limbs with skin? I've never quite gotten around to the tattoo part so I don't know if it depends on the limb or skin is just universal
I always click Qud spoilers even though I've never played the game because MAN that's some fun shit to read
So that challenge run in Qud where I started an armless dragonfly. (Spoilers for the end of the currently existing questline.)
So it turns out since insects have chitin as opposed to skin, they can't get tattoos, so I can't actually go to Brightsheol. Still, I made it to Reseph's tomb so I think that counts.
would it possible to tattoo your face, sever it, become dragonfly, then wear the tattooed face? Would that do anything? Or are there mutations that let you grow limbs with skin? I've never quite gotten around to the tattoo part so I don't know if it depends on the limb or skin is just universal
Uh, in order of your questions
1. Yes.
2. No, don't think that'd do anything.
3. Maybe? It's a moot point either way. There's no very little content, and absolutely gameplay challenges in the mainquest past the point I got to, and I'm not gonna continue playing for dozens of hours it'd take leveling up to finally get one of the three mutations that might let me proceed.
I've really enjoyed the RE4Make thus far, I love its feeling of persistent forward momentum, its feeling that every advantage is hard-won and can be lost in a moment if you get reckless, it's good shit.
But it's also, like, really stressful?
Anyway I grabbed Harvestella in the Steam sale and it's a warm blanket of an unchallenging, brain-off Rune Factory Like. Some damn fine crop-watering in that game, I tell you what. Real satisfying rhythm on keeping those crops hydrated, big big fan. The writing is... There. Feels like there might be something interesting going on under the surface regarding gender politics, but "subtlety" and "nuance" don't really seem to be the game's strong points, so I'm probably reading too much into it. The combat's easy enough to be more of an additional stamina meter than an actual challenge, which is exactly what I want out of a Rune Factory.
But yeah good watering can, satisfying pace, pretty environments, I'm digging it.
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So that challenge run in Qud where I started an armless dragonfly. (Spoilers for the end of the currently existing questline.)
So it turns out since insects have chitin as opposed to skin, they can't get tattoos, so I can't actually go to Brightsheol. Still, I made it to Reseph's tomb so I think that counts.
would it possible to tattoo your face, sever it, become dragonfly, then wear the tattooed face? Would that do anything? Or are there mutations that let you grow limbs with skin? I've never quite gotten around to the tattoo part so I don't know if it depends on the limb or skin is just universal
I always click Qud spoilers even though I've never played the game because MAN that's some fun shit to read
I kinda don’t want to play it because at this point it would kill the mystique of these posts.
Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
I was at a thing and I was talking to a normal person, and I accidentally mentioned that I play video games. And they asked, "What kind of games do you like?" And because the person I was talking to was normal, I just said something like, "Oh, I dunno, a little of everything. You excited for Succession to come back?"
But thinking on it, man, I would have a hard time answering that question genuinely. "I like games about the grim inevitability of death, and I like games with a satisfying watering can. I like rhythm games when I don't want to think very much, I like asymetric tactical strategy games when I do want to think very much. I like narratives about found communities and/or the evils of capitalism. I like games with good graphics, or the right kinds of bad ones, or interesting graphics, or no graphics at all. I like having enough information to spend twenty minutes making a single decision, I like having to move so fast that I take in information retroactively. I like games that are fun, I like games that are not fun. I like games that are good, except for the ones I like that are not good, and sometimes I like those the most. You excited for Succession to come back?"
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Oh man, yeah, that speaks to me
I've had that question come up occasionally, and I genuinely have no answer
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I could answer it the same way, but people asking that kind of question don't actually want you to be truly honest. They're just tangentially interested in a summary to see what that says about you so they can get to know you better, and to show polite interest.
So I answer that question.
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I was at a thing and I was talking to a normal person, and I accidentally mentioned that I play video games. And they asked, "What kind of games do you like?" And because the person I was talking to was normal, I just said something like, "Oh, I dunno, a little of everything. You excited for Succession to come back?"
But thinking on it, man, I would have a hard time answering that question genuinely. "I like games about the grim inevitability of death, and I like games with a satisfying watering can. I like rhythm games when I don't want to think very much, I like asymetric tactical strategy games when I do want to think very much. I like narratives about found communities and/or the evils of capitalism. I like games with good graphics, or the right kinds of bad ones, or interesting graphics, or no graphics at all. I like having enough information to spend twenty minutes making a single decision, I like having to move so fast that I take in information retroactively. I like games that are fun, I like games that are not fun. I like games that are good, except for the ones I like that are not good, and sometimes I like those the most. You excited for Succession to come back?"
I feel like I can almost answer this, because generally I like shooters of some kind, I love Halo Infinite and the Gears of War games, but then I played Citizen Sleeper and loved everything about that game and I've always been a fan of the Rollercoaster Tycoon games and certain building games for the other niche interests I have. But despite the shooters being the games I spend the most time on it's the smaller games that fill those niche interests which would be the ones I would define what I like in games the most, except Titanfall 2 which is the best shooter and just a great game.
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I like these games where you mostly just spend your time fast forwarding and rewinding old movies or found footage or police interrogation films until you know you’re satisfied, and yeah, I’ve heard of Fortnite.
Everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty
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Usually I tell people that recently I've been playing Subnautica. Both because it's probably true at any given time, and because it's very easy to explain why it's an interesting activity without having to explain too many details. You don't have to have long-haul Pac-Man fever to immediately grasp the appeal of bootstrapping your way off an ocean world filled with fish monsters.
I was at a thing and I was talking to a normal person, and I accidentally mentioned that I play video games. And they asked, "What kind of games do you like?" And because the person I was talking to was normal, I just said something like, "Oh, I dunno, a little of everything. You excited for Succession to come back?"
But thinking on it, man, I would have a hard time answering that question genuinely. "I like games about the grim inevitability of death, and I like games with a satisfying watering can. I like rhythm games when I don't want to think very much, I like asymetric tactical strategy games when I do want to think very much. I like narratives about found communities and/or the evils of capitalism. I like games with good graphics, or the right kinds of bad ones, or interesting graphics, or no graphics at all. I like having enough information to spend twenty minutes making a single decision, I like having to move so fast that I take in information retroactively. I like games that are fun, I like games that are not fun. I like games that are good, except for the ones I like that are not good, and sometimes I like those the most. You excited for Succession to come back?"
actually have you ever tried pitching pathologic 2 to a normal person
I sometimes wonder if someone with no expectations for the medium would have a better time with it than someone who was only familiar with polished, AAA titles
The Uncharted collection came out a few months ago:
and was quite well reviewed as well, also ported by Iron Galaxy
not sure what changed between the two games, I believe they run on very similar tech, but who knows what other complications could be happening behind the scenes
I'm away from our footage right now but I asked about the PC port of TLOUPI while at Naughty Dog and unless I'm totally wrong they said it was the first time they were doing it themselves. I specifically asked about Iron Galaxy and (I believe) they said they weren't working on it
I mostly play shooters with my friends, party games with a buinch of folks, MMOs, and random single-player action and RPG games.
Also ARPG loot games but I probably wouldn't try to explain what those are
I mean, I don't think "What kinda games are you into?" is any different from the same question about movies, or music, or whatever. Even if someone isn't a big ol' video game dork, like most of us on here are, they're probably a big ol' something dork. They might give you a weird look when you talk about playing a video game where the landscape is also a sick body, and the physical decay is also a metaphor for the moral decay which is also a metaphor for the physical decay, etc etc, but then they'll wax rhapsodic about a particular guitar riff on a particular album from 1993, or talk about how life-altering a forward pass during such-and-such game by Joe Footballman was. In 2023, everyone's a dork.
I'll grant you that articulating why you like a particular niche thing is a completely separate matter from liking a particular niche thing. You don't necessarily get good at discussing a thing just 'cause you like a thing (although it helps). And articulating it to someone who isn't immersed in the medium is different from articulating it to someone who's familiar with it.
This is why you gotta practice whenever you get a chance, just talk everyone's ear off about video games whenever you get an opening. This will surely make you popular at parties.
I was at a thing and I was talking to a normal person, and I accidentally mentioned that I play video games. And they asked, "What kind of games do you like?" And because the person I was talking to was normal, I just said something like, "Oh, I dunno, a little of everything. You excited for Succession to come back?"
But thinking on it, man, I would have a hard time answering that question genuinely. "I like games about the grim inevitability of death, and I like games with a satisfying watering can. I like rhythm games when I don't want to think very much, I like asymetric tactical strategy games when I do want to think very much. I like narratives about found communities and/or the evils of capitalism. I like games with good graphics, or the right kinds of bad ones, or interesting graphics, or no graphics at all. I like having enough information to spend twenty minutes making a single decision, I like having to move so fast that I take in information retroactively. I like games that are fun, I like games that are not fun. I like games that are good, except for the ones I like that are not good, and sometimes I like those the most. You excited for Succession to come back?"
actually have you ever tried pitching pathologic 2 to a normal person
I sometimes wonder if someone with no expectations for the medium would have a better time with it than someone who was only familiar with polished, AAA titles
I've never pitched anybody normal on playing it, but I've actually talked about it kind of a lot
My colleagues on various jobs, we tend to talk about stories a lot, in the abstract. So when we're talking about movies/shows, "how much I liked something" is sometimes taking a backseat to, "Here's this interesting structural thing it did" or "Here's this character beat that hits like a Mack truck." Even when we're not talking directly about work/craft, we're always kinda talking about work/craft.
And within that framework, people will often bring up interesting stories they found in other mediums. A cool bit of history from a museum they went to, a piece of interactive theater that played with narrative in interesting ways, a concert that had an unlikely bit of context making it fascinating. We all love stories, we all love talking about the places we've found 'em.
Pathologic 2 is one of my big examples of, "Here's what's going on in a section of video games I know you've never even heard of, here's why it's cool, here's all the ways the story works." People are always intrigued and/or baffled by the idea of it, it always sparks a lot of cool talk. I've had some really great conversations about it with people who will never in a million years play it.
So far my biggest gripe about re4 (near the end of the castle)
the verdugo doesnt dodge your bullets!! Thats the whope friggin reason you have to use liquid nitrogen on it in the original, because it's too fast to shoot otherwise!
All my gripes are whiny nitpicky shit like that, the game itself is great
So far my biggest gripe about re4 (near the end of the castle)
the verdugo doesnt dodge your bullets!! Thats the whope friggin reason you have to use liquid nitrogen on it in the original, because it's too fast to shoot otherwise!
All my gripes are whiny nitpicky shit like that, the game itself is great
But... it does?
It's body seems armored this time around and it will totally duck down to the floor or side dodge if you aim at its head. Not hyper consistently but enough that it's clearly meant to be a fast guy you have to slow down
This year's D&D Direct unveiled the new immersive virtual tabletop experience, D&D Digital Play Experience, presented by Wizards of the Coast.
With stunning visuals and diverse creation tools, the D&D Digital Play experience will give players and Dungeon Masters a new way to fully sink into their campaign. Perfect for connecting DM’s and players online or in real life.
This first look has Gina Darling, Ify Nwadiwe, and Principal Game Designer Kale Stutzman, showcasing their first impressions and insights into the game.
I wonder if there's going to be a tileset builder for this...
This looks very dope and I am still not sure I want to give Wizards of the Coast money.
"There's a lot of ways to play D&D online and not all of them are hitting the big three things that we think are important."
Yeah, paying them a license fee, paying them a royalty fee and paying them just for the sake of it.
[edit] Also, boy, sure is interesting that he brings up VTTs not being as fun and authentic as they could be, right after they considered legally disallowing VTTs from being as fun and authentic as they could be.
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So it turns out since insects have chitin as opposed to skin, they can't get tattoos, so I can't actually go to Brightsheol. Still, I made it to Reseph's tomb so I think that counts.
I had fun with the SORCERY! collection a while back, but it also felt really disjointed and seemed to really enjoy purposefully fucking with you. Roadwarden is a lot simpler, but it has consistent writing and good quandaries. And it's pretty to look at and has an interesting setting and good music!
I always click Qud spoilers even though I've never played the game because MAN that's some fun shit to read
1. Yes.
2. No, don't think that'd do anything.
3. Maybe? It's a moot point either way. There's no very little content, and absolutely gameplay challenges in the mainquest past the point I got to, and I'm not gonna continue playing for dozens of hours it'd take leveling up to finally get one of the three mutations that might let me proceed.
But it's also, like, really stressful?
Anyway I grabbed Harvestella in the Steam sale and it's a warm blanket of an unchallenging, brain-off Rune Factory Like. Some damn fine crop-watering in that game, I tell you what. Real satisfying rhythm on keeping those crops hydrated, big big fan. The writing is... There. Feels like there might be something interesting going on under the surface regarding gender politics, but "subtlety" and "nuance" don't really seem to be the game's strong points, so I'm probably reading too much into it. The combat's easy enough to be more of an additional stamina meter than an actual challenge, which is exactly what I want out of a Rune Factory.
But yeah good watering can, satisfying pace, pretty environments, I'm digging it.
I kinda don’t want to play it because at this point it would kill the mystique of these posts.
But thinking on it, man, I would have a hard time answering that question genuinely. "I like games about the grim inevitability of death, and I like games with a satisfying watering can. I like rhythm games when I don't want to think very much, I like asymetric tactical strategy games when I do want to think very much. I like narratives about found communities and/or the evils of capitalism. I like games with good graphics, or the right kinds of bad ones, or interesting graphics, or no graphics at all. I like having enough information to spend twenty minutes making a single decision, I like having to move so fast that I take in information retroactively. I like games that are fun, I like games that are not fun. I like games that are good, except for the ones I like that are not good, and sometimes I like those the most. You excited for Succession to come back?"
I've had that question come up occasionally, and I genuinely have no answer
So I answer that question.
Always gotta do some real quick calculus on how much of a weirdo this person can accommodate for.
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I feel like I can almost answer this, because generally I like shooters of some kind, I love Halo Infinite and the Gears of War games, but then I played Citizen Sleeper and loved everything about that game and I've always been a fan of the Rollercoaster Tycoon games and certain building games for the other niche interests I have. But despite the shooters being the games I spend the most time on it's the smaller games that fill those niche interests which would be the ones I would define what I like in games the most, except Titanfall 2 which is the best shooter and just a great game.
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and then they asked what it was about, and i knew my moment had come
The universal gameplay mechanics. Puttin’ on hats and petting dogs.
Because "it's like the sims during the zombie apocalypse" generally gets the point across pretty simply.
actually have you ever tried pitching pathologic 2 to a normal person
I sometimes wonder if someone with no expectations for the medium would have a better time with it than someone who was only familiar with polished, AAA titles
I mean I feel like it's right there in the title?
Sounds like it was an internal project.
Also ARPG loot games but I probably wouldn't try to explain what those are
I don't give a shit, I just let my freak flag fly.
...Why yes, I'm nearly 40 and single, why do you ask?
I'll grant you that articulating why you like a particular niche thing is a completely separate matter from liking a particular niche thing. You don't necessarily get good at discussing a thing just 'cause you like a thing (although it helps). And articulating it to someone who isn't immersed in the medium is different from articulating it to someone who's familiar with it.
This is why you gotta practice whenever you get a chance, just talk everyone's ear off about video games whenever you get an opening. This will surely make you popular at parties.
Yeah, I work with doctors too
I've never pitched anybody normal on playing it, but I've actually talked about it kind of a lot
My colleagues on various jobs, we tend to talk about stories a lot, in the abstract. So when we're talking about movies/shows, "how much I liked something" is sometimes taking a backseat to, "Here's this interesting structural thing it did" or "Here's this character beat that hits like a Mack truck." Even when we're not talking directly about work/craft, we're always kinda talking about work/craft.
And within that framework, people will often bring up interesting stories they found in other mediums. A cool bit of history from a museum they went to, a piece of interactive theater that played with narrative in interesting ways, a concert that had an unlikely bit of context making it fascinating. We all love stories, we all love talking about the places we've found 'em.
Pathologic 2 is one of my big examples of, "Here's what's going on in a section of video games I know you've never even heard of, here's why it's cool, here's all the ways the story works." People are always intrigued and/or baffled by the idea of it, it always sparks a lot of cool talk. I've had some really great conversations about it with people who will never in a million years play it.
god it's good, I can't believe this is a mod! that's free!
they even managed to find artists the emulate the original style pretty spot on
I never tried DD2 because I didn't vibe with the gameplay changes but this? I could go for more of this
now do another paid fan expansion in an arctic zone. and another in a jungle! more fan expansions, FOREVER
All my gripes are whiny nitpicky shit like that, the game itself is great
http://www.audioentropy.com/
But... it does?
This looks very dope and I am still not sure I want to give Wizards of the Coast money.
Yeah, paying them a license fee, paying them a royalty fee and paying them just for the sake of it.
[edit] Also, boy, sure is interesting that he brings up VTTs not being as fun and authentic as they could be, right after they considered legally disallowing VTTs from being as fun and authentic as they could be.
[edit2] "It's got spells, it's got effects..."
Hmmmmmmm...