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- Comment on Pro-Life Texans Gather In Austin To Rally Against Abortion | News Radio 1200 WOAI | San Antonio's First News 3 days ago:
The idea of a community with the Gadsden flag celebrating an attempt to restrict right is as hilarious to me as ever
- Comment on Fucking pigeons 3 weeks ago:
Pigeons spend a long time in the nest, so if they survive long enough to leave, they’ll basically look like regular pigeons
At least, that’s what they want you to think
- Comment on Fucking pigeons 3 weeks ago:
Kinda, not really. In the wild, pigeons build their nests on cliffs, so they really only need just enough nest to keep the eggs from rolling off. That’s why they make dopey lil stick piles instead of proper bowl-shaped nests
- Comment on 'Green' Scottish Ferry Emits Far More CO2 Than Old Diesel Ship 4 weeks ago:
Yes, and a freight train consumes more fuel than a Ford F150. That’s a naive way of looking at efficiency
- Comment on Here's a hot take about Sekiro 4 weeks ago:
It seems to me that Sekiro is most enjoyed by people who didn’t like the rest of the Fromsoft lineup. I’m finding the combat less dull than Bloodborne’s, primarily because I’m taking an active role by parrying instead of dodging all the time. I find the parrying very rewarding, in the sense that it tickles that part of my brain that likes the shiny flash and the TING
is it just the fast paced combat and grappling hook that helps it?
That, the simplified leveling system, the lack of a stamina bar, the healing gourd having a ton of uses between rests, and the resurrection mechanic. There’s a lot of little things about this game that makes it easier than a typical Fromsoft game, without making it trivial. It’s the perfect level of challenging for me personally
- Comment on The Progressive Left's Glossary Of Terms, 2024 Edition 4 weeks ago:
I’m curious, are you a Christian?
- Comment on The Progressive Left's Glossary Of Terms, 2024 Edition 4 weeks ago:
by Tyler Durden
<1 line into this and I already know it’s gonna be a riot
- Comment on What games did you complete in 2024? 5 weeks ago:
Hi-Fi Rush | 9/10
The score went up an entire point when The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die started playing. I really hope this gets a sequel.
I’m so happy I didn’t know that song was in the game. I personally rate it 10/10, a perfect blend of gameplay, story, and soundtrack, with bonus points for managing to toe the line between goofy and sincere. That part at the end (“I am a rockstar”) had me bracing for someone to point out how cheesy it was, and no one does. I love a piece of media that doesn’t make fun of you for getting invested.
I realize I need to finish more games. The only four I beat this year were
Baldur’s Gate 3 | 8/10
I’m gonna be real, the replay value is not really there for me. My wizard and my co-player’s paladin are the big damn heroes, and I have trouble getting into another character. I’m not gonna get a better ending than the one I got with _______ and ____, and it feels weird being as into Karlach as I was, and then just pushing her aside and dating someone else
Outriders | 8/10
The world needs more games like this. I love that everyone recognizes that the Outrider is essentially a god. The Russian roulette scene alone brings this up from a 7, but the rather unsatisfying ending brings it down from a 9. I don’t love that they imply some big war between the altered humans, and then ditch that halfway through. The fact that Moloch is introduced as a BBEG and then you kill him in an optional endgame side mission is disappointing. The DLC though, that kicked ass… Right up until the rather unsatisfying end, again. It’s certainly much better than the main game, which isn’t really that bad to begin with. I just want to know what the Outrider learned in that ancient vault.
Atlas Fallen: Reign of Sand | 7/10
Don’t get me wrong when I say 7/10. It’s one of my favorite games I’ve ever played, and I want more games like it. It’s hard to explain why exactly I like it so much, but I think I can sum it up with: many other games are rather exhausting, either mentally, or emotionally. This game doesn’t expect a lot from the player, except for proficiency with the simple combat system. The story is simple—there’s an evil god, you find a magic gauntlet that can maybe kill that god, action ensues. I can count on one hand the number of characters that I feel like the game wanted me to remember or care about.
It’s a fun game, solid 30 hours to 100%, 7/10 absolutely recommend.
Hellblade 2: Senua’s Saga | 7/10
It wasn’t as good as the first game. Or maybe it’s that it wasn’t as better than the first game as it could have been. A large part of why the first game was so engaging to me was the loneliness. It was just me and the furies, and the puzzles we were solving. Senua’s Saga introduces a few primary characters, and villages full of people, which dampens the furies’ affect on me. The game was also much more confusing. In the first game, it’s entirely nebulous what was real and what was in Senua’s head. You can interpret it as a literal descent into the underworld to attempt to reclaim her lover’s soul, or an entirely figurative descent into her own psyche to overcome the grief of losing him, or somewhere in between. Ironically, this makes it easier for me to parse, because there’s no apparent contradictions. The sequel makes it explicitly clear that Senua is engaging, at least somewhat, in real life. This makes it more confusing, because
Hellblade 2 spoiler
the >!giants are also explicitly a result of people’s negative emotions. So are the giants really giant? Is everything literal? I need to read some analysis.!<
Let me know if the spoiler tags didn’t work in your client. I think combining the ::: and the >!!< should cover all bases
- Comment on Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week? 1 month ago:
Sadly no online multiplayer, but it is up to date alongside the PC version. There is an experimental LAN multiplayer option, but it’s apparently still very unstable
- Comment on Patient gamers, which games have you discovered/played this week? 1 month ago:
Started playing Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice this week. I may or may not have bought it because I got it mixed up with Ghost of Tsushima, so the fact that it’s essentially Bloodborne but in Japan caught me a bit off guard, but it’s not bad. There’s been three separate times now where I’ve gotten stuck on a boss, closed the game thinking “I hate soulslike games, this was a waste of money,” and then beat the boss on my first try the next day.
It seems like they took into account the fact that you can’t summon friends when they tuned the difficulty. It’s not easy by a longshot, but it’s not as impossible as other Fromsoft games.
The posture gauge is my favorite game mechanic. Having both defense and offense move the fight along makes it so much less of a slog than other soulslikes. Normally I just dart around the battlefield getting one light attack in every 30 seconds, but this game has me standing right next to the boss, actively rewarding me for memorizing telegraphs and attack patterns. It’s super satisfying.
- Comment on BACK IT UP 2 months ago:
Plus, a bunch of conservatives will see the raw milk part and die from listeria. It’s a win-win!
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 2 months ago:
I guess I should have said we don’t make friends with them. I could have also drawn attention to the awful living conditions, but getting all Dominion-y wouldn’t have the pizzazzy oomph that I was going for
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 2 months ago:
It definitely only got popular because of the hype re: “Pokemon with guns,” but it’s legitimately better than the game it actually copied, which is Ark. You know what’s cool about Palworld? Me and my coplayer were able to stop playing without losing everything we’ve built
Anyone who thinks Palworld is actually a Pokemon ripoff either hasn’t played Palworld or hasn’t played Pokemon
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 2 months ago:
I don’t need to come up with any revolutionary ideas, the open source folks are already creating without patenting their creations
Here’s a revolutionary idea: universal basic income. No need to prevent other people from monetizing your idea if you don’t need to monetize your idea in the first place
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 2 months ago:
Citation sorely needed
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 2 months ago:
Over the years, I’ve tried three different times to fix the backlights on three different TVs. At this point, I understand that I failed backlight is a failed TV
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 2 months ago:
Not to jump to the defense of the cheapest Chinese manufacturer, but my parents’ TCL TV has survived for like 6 years
- Comment on Is it possible to install my own OS on a "smart" TV? Is that a thing? 2 months ago:
Day 1,826 of telling people they can buy a smart TV and just not connect it to the internet
- Comment on I just WON'T 2 months ago:
For 6 bucks? I can goon with a spoon for free lmao
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 2 months ago:
legally not Pokemon
You mean Shin Megami Tensei? Or Digimon? Or Monster Rancher? Or Cassette Beasts? Or Temtem? Or Kingdom Hearts DDD? Or Ark? Or Yo-kai Watch? Or Telefang?
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 2 months ago:
A shitty solution for a shitty situation is not a good solution
- Comment on Palworld Developer Reveals The Pokémon Patents Nintendo Claims It's Violating 2 months ago:
The butchering thing always bugged me. Where tf do you think your chicken nuggies come from? The only difference is that we don’t let real animals have friends before we kill em
- Comment on As a word of caution for those buying physical used games on Bluray, check the disc for holes. 2 months ago:
Oh damn, I just checked and found a massive hole on every physical copy I own…
- Comment on Pretty sound reasoning here. 2 months ago:
I mean we can simply let the kids handle the .22s, and adults like myself can stop the .45s and shotguns
- Comment on Pretty sound reasoning here. 2 months ago:
Yeah unfortunately the only flaw in this plan is that they’re simply aren’t enough fingers for all the guns
- Comment on How true is it? 2 months ago:
My prescription is just strong enough that the cheapest available option from the cheapest Chinese manufacturer is like $100
- Comment on Stop whining. Do it yourself. 2 months ago:
Very Lain adjacent! Yoshitoshi Abe did the character design for Serial Experiments Lain before making Haibane Renmei. There are many Lain fans in the Haibane community
- Comment on Stop whining. Do it yourself. 2 months ago:
Can’t wait for 0 people to join my Haibane Renmei community that I don’t have the experience or patience to mod, nor the understanding of the source material to justify creating it in the first place
- Comment on bitey 2 months ago:
Hell yeah, that’s what sets humans and non-humans apart: if part of our pack can’t survive on their own, we take on the burden of surviving for them. No other animal can survive a broken femur like humans can, and it’s not because we have some incredible healing factor. Whenever I’m on the verge of feeling despair, I think about that 15,000 year old broken femur
- Comment on bitey 2 months ago:
Plus of course capable of coming up with ways to cheat
That’s the biggest one! People like to talk about how a naked human with no tools is weak, and like yeah, but that’s like saying your average house cat could kill a gorilla if you simply removed its muscles