On the one hand, it's really nice to call a person I like because I get to hear their delightful voice.
On the other hand, I don't know if it's just that cell phones are shittier about this but I swear to cripes that we step all over each other a lot of times and it's just nearly as fun as a conversation in person.
Texting isn't either, but it has different things that make it more convenient! I think I prefer it for chatting.
My problem with Far Cry is much the same as my problem with Monster Hunter
I don't want to kill rhinos, or the fantastical equivalent
The Far Cry games I've played (3 and part of 4) are definitely problematic in a lot of ways, and this is one of them. Killing exotic-ish animals for the sole purpose of upgrading your equipment is cringey, for sure.
I enjoy the other gameplay so much, though, that I have been overlooking these sorts of issues.
:eh:
How many humans have you shot/stabbed/driven over in you video game-playing career?
Humans > rhinos
I mean
I'd say killing humans who of their own volition are trying to kill you is less fucked up than you just going out and killing endangered animals who are just minding your business just so you could be killier
Baloney. Rhinos charge in FC4 as soon as you walk up close to them. Sew their hides into wallets and grind their horns into aphrodisiacs.
I don't like killing animals in games in general, even the aggressive ones. I mean, I'll do it but it's not enjoyable. If a game is entirely about that it probably won't be my thing.
One of the things that turned me off of GW2 was the fact that there were hostile mama bears who would attack you and they had adorable little bear cubs with them who would also aggro on you. That's not fun. It's like kick-a-puppy online.
Then there was Nagrand in WoW. God, the dying sounds of the many, many animals that the quests sent you after started to weigh on me after a while.
I'm sure if a video game sent me out to murder hobos or something I would probably just flat out turn the game off. But the human enemies are inevitably not innocent nor are they typically just minding their own business. And of course this is the reason I essentially never play evil characters in the various RPGs that give that option. Whenever I try I typically find my interest in the game rapidly decline (a noteworthy exception is the dark side Consular storyline in SWTOR, here the "evil" path primarily involves making decisions and killing people in a thoroughly pragmatic militaristic way which wouldn't even be considered evil in any other game, and the "good" path revolves around being a derpy jesus figure and redeeming people with your carebear stare powered by your own life force and other silliness).
Also I have the (controversial) opinion that the survival of an entire species outweighs the enrichment of some number of humans. I say "enrichment" rather than survival because typically when it comes to endangered species we aren't talking about human survival, we're talking about building a strip mall or making fake medicine for Chinese people and I frankly give zero fucks about those things and place negative value on them.
We are as one in this.
This is also a major complaint I had with Dragon Age Inquistion.
I spent SOOOOOOOO long killing dogs, wolves and bears. It was just utterly endless. More like: Dragon Age: Fuck the Animalsition.
Of the things I want in a video game, killing lots of dogs is quite low.
And the Inquisitor's battle barks were in full effect as you were bravely stabbing rams, or whatever.
Inquisitor hates rabbits like woah.
So gleeful whenever I accidentally nailed one.
For the Inquisition!
I know it's a video game and you can get hung up on those things if you allow yourself to, but man that was ridiculous. And a bit funny.
This latest Extra Credits series on the Social Learning Curve is both fascinating and depressing, as I realize that I as a player do none of the things they talk about and am forced to conclude I'm super-antisocial when gaming. For example, in the newest video, they explicitly state that their theoretical player has reached the point where "she's begun to spam party invites to other players around her level to get help when she hits a big challenge."
I could not even have conceived of doing this, it sounds incredibly rude to me. What kind of asshole spams party invites to strangers? They don't know you, why do they give a shit what you're having trouble with, stop being annoying to them.
However, then I pause, and think, wait; is this what you're supposed to do? Is it normal behavior? Is my attitude the anomaly, because generally I find these cats pretty spot-on in their analysis of game design.
Should also mention that the "rural" mindset which preaches pretty hard for the extirpation of all predators has proven repeatedly to be ecologically unsound and ultimately detrimental to humans.
So suck it, rural people. You're wrong about wolves, wrong about bears, wrong about coyotes, and wrong about foxes. You have a great track record of not knowing dick or squat about what actually happens when you eradicate species.
Eh. In modern times, post rabies vaccines, post-modern civilization, post-modern wildlife science, post-compensation funds for wolf attacks on your very livelihood, sure, but if you're unlucky, a predator will start eating you while you're still alive and screaming, so the calculus has radically changed over time.
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I will refer you to the video I posted.
What if you could hit a button and make hypothetical questions go away?
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damnit, Simon
what if you could hit a button and always win the race to the joke
How would you know if it was actually working?
Czar'd!
Does this button happen to be in a voting booth?
I would always press it so I could tell other people they are Czar'd.
It's too late. Czar'd is very wildfire.
It's not much of a question if the answer is an obvious automatic "yes" for everyone.
It isn't so much "wildfire" as you are a serial arsonist
But at least I wasn't a kid while the president's dog had my name.
On the other hand, I don't know if it's just that cell phones are shittier about this but I swear to cripes that we step all over each other a lot of times and it's just nearly as fun as a conversation in person.
Texting isn't either, but it has different things that make it more convenient! I think I prefer it for chatting.
Still... it's a really delightful voice.
Is your name actually Bo or is it Beau?
Or is it neither and I am confused once again
But I'm kind of wondering at this point if maybe this Minmei chick secretly just really wants the main character to die
Bo.
I mean, my legal name is something different, but I've been called Bo since I can remember.
For the Inquisition!
I know it's a video game and you can get hung up on those things if you allow yourself to, but man that was ridiculous. And a bit funny.
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The disease in this case is humanity?
It saved by outpost captures being one of the greatest things in modern video games.
Neither one lives while the other survives
This one is actually very easy.
There are a huge ungodly number of diseases and many of them are quite minor, already curable, treatable, or cures or treatments will be developed.
Compare to the likelihood of harm caused by any nuke exploding.
You'd have to be completely psychotic to press the button, or incredibly dumb.
This is such an Elendil post to agree to
God they're so much fun.
Like sometimes I'll be all stealthy and kill everyone without anybody ever knowing a thing.
And sometimes I'll sit on a cliff and snipe everybody and be all PULL THE ALARM CALL YOUR REINFORCEMENTS THEY WILL ALL DIE.
I could not even have conceived of doing this, it sounds incredibly rude to me. What kind of asshole spams party invites to strangers? They don't know you, why do they give a shit what you're having trouble with, stop being annoying to them.
However, then I pause, and think, wait; is this what you're supposed to do? Is it normal behavior? Is my attitude the anomaly, because generally I find these cats pretty spot-on in their analysis of game design.
Hrm.
Ruined both. bleh.
*sips wine in a strange place*
selecta!
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Eh. In modern times, post rabies vaccines, post-modern civilization, post-modern wildlife science, post-compensation funds for wolf attacks on your very livelihood, sure, but if you're unlucky, a predator will start eating you while you're still alive and screaming, so the calculus has radically changed over time.