VerilyFemme
@VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- Comment on Vampire: the Masquerade - Bloodlines, why is it so hyped? 2 hours ago:
That Rik Schaeffer soundtrack is fucking irreplaceable. VTMB oozes atmosphere from its every crevice.
This game also has a stacked voice cast. Dee Bradley Baker, J. Grant Albrecht, Grey DeLisle, John DiMaggio, Steve Blum. If you grew up in the 2000s, you’re going to hear the voices of your childhood.
I think that what I adore about VTMB is how it’s designed to let you play the game with extreme variance depending on your build. I love New Vegas, but if you want to get into a place, you’re either talking your way in or shooting your way in. VTMB lets me complete objectives by finding ventilation systems to crawl through and hacking terminals to get the info I need rather than speaking to or fighting any person. This blend of RPG and imsim elements really scratches that itch for me.
Really, that’s just an indicator of how this game is designed to be Roleplaying-forward. If you play as an ugly bastard monster man, you better get ready for everyone to treat you as such. Luckily, the devs thought of that, so you can also complete most everything as if you were an ugly bastard monster man.
This all falls apart a bit in the end. The game is built upon the Source engine, so combat is really fun. With that being the case, I guess they didn’t have too many issues with making the final stretch of missions a LOT of combat. I don’t think the game falls apart there, per se, but I could definitely see someone not speccing for combat and then suffering the consequences late game.
But that said, the side quests in this game! Holy shit! Whether it’s becoming a bounty hunter, saving people with your vampire blood, or taking out vampire-hunting strippers, this game is memorable as fuck.
Play it. I had not played a game that felt similar to VTMB until the recent release of The Outer Worlds 2, which has that same RPG/imsim design to it. Gems like this are rare, and you’re doing yourself a disservice if you never take them off the shelf and play.
- Comment on fart 3 days ago:
Yeah, that’s the point. Their fart is about to be so powerful that the laws of aerodynamics take a backseat.
- Comment on Pow-- 3 days ago:
I suppose weakening Klan membership at the time of release would be more accurate, I’ll add it to the post
- Comment on Pow-- 3 days ago:
What’s really great about that comic is it’s a loose adaptation of a 1946 episode of the Adventures of Superman radio show called “Clan of the Fiery Cross,” wherein Superman also takes on the Klan.
Klan membership went down after the broadcast aired, partially because fathers couldn’t really explain to their kids why Superman wanted to fight the Klan.
It’s credited pretty heavily with weakening the Klan, and it’s on YouTube.
This is kinda unrelated, but you were mentioning some of the identity moments in the comic. I really appreciated how they did some similar commentary in the new movie as well and, since I had never seen those themes focused on in Superman, I did some research into the history of immigration commentary in Superman.
Anyway, that’s how I found out there’s an adaptation from the 1980s where the life pod carrying Superman actually just contains DNA which it then assembles into Superman, all so Superman can be an American-born citizen. The 80s were one of the decades of all time.
- Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs 4 days ago:
You don’t understand, I’m scouring the internet for obscure archives of videos on how to manually uninstall Windows 11 components with the command line because Linux is just too hard to learn!
- Comment on Who was your first childhood videogame crush? 5 days ago:
358/2 Days plot tore 11-year-old me apart lol.
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 1 week ago:
Okay. I didn’t mean it, I swear!
In all seriousness, þanks for the information.
- Comment on i enjoy using drugs and that will never change 1 week ago:
Aye -aye, captain
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 1 week ago:
Yeah, I’ve seen people write essays to Sxan. It’s wild how much they want to dictate others’ behavior.
- Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character? 1 week ago:
I love the whole thorn thing, but I do wish to see ð incorporated in its correct usage.
Like, “Þey’re” should be “Ðey’re.” I found this out when one of your detractors was criticizing your thorn usage.
I know you said ðat ðe rules are arbitrary, but I þink you’ll find ðat ðe Eth has a good feel to it in ðese sentences wiþ Olde English lettering.
Just my two cents. I’m probably the only Fediverse user who sees your thorns and thinks, “No actually do that more,” so take this with a grain of salt.
- Comment on i enjoy using drugs and that will never change 1 week ago:
Yeah, shrooms really made me want to only consume things that grow from the Earth.
Of course, here I am on estrogen but the psilocybin hasn’t smacked me in the face over that yet so I think I may be good.
- Comment on What is the world coming to? 😔 1 week ago:
Glad I could be part of it ;)
- Comment on What is the world coming to? 😔 1 week ago:
I’m sorry, did I come across as though I was poking fun? I am genuinely asking.
- Comment on What is the world coming to? 😔 1 week ago:
It’s just a lack of teaching these younguns how to act right. Common sense is out the window.
- Comment on What is the world coming to? 😔 1 week ago:
- Comment on DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 1 week ago:
I replayed BO2 earlier this year because it takes place in 2025. I was shocked at how close its world is to ours.
If you had told me in like 2013 that, between the Black Ops series and the Modern Warfare series, Black Ops would have the more realistic plot points, I would have called you crazy.
- Comment on Why was Newgrounds like this in the 2000s? 1 week ago:
Flash, and by extension Newgrounds, let young people create their own art and publish it en masse.
I don’t know about you, but from my experience a lot of young adults find a lot of humor/intrigue in adding adult themes to media primarily for children. You see this in all the “cursed video game” creepypastas, too. Similarly, I know we all know the song about fucking shooting that bastard Barney dead where he stands.
Children’s media is intentionally sanitized, and teenagers are intentionally rebellious. They’re going to think it’s hilarious if Dora the Explorer says, “Fuck.”
My main problem I have is with the people who never let that trend die. I saw people making edgy content like that well into the 2010s. The only one I really cared for from that era was Sonic for Hire.
- Comment on can't remember when.... 1 week ago:
Maybe in German. It comes across as so odd in English.
If we are what we eat, then I am vegetables. If we eat what we are, then I am a cannibal.
- Comment on Question about N64 and region locking. 2 weeks ago:
IIRC cartridge shape is the only thing that stops you from playing US games in a JP N64.
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on DirecTV screensavers will show AI-generated ads with your face in 2026 2 weeks ago:
Salazar: We’re all going to hell, man.
- Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990? 3 weeks ago:
I’ve gotta be talking to Bill Rizer’s alt account right now.
You’re making me want to break out Contra and get as practiced as you.
- Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990? 3 weeks ago:
Absolutely. Contra may be the easiest on this list. But Contra with just 3 lives…
- Comment on Great games you would recommend from before 1990? 3 weeks ago:
Punch-Out!! is one of the greatest games ever. It’s a boxing game that relies heavily on reflex and rhythm, and it plays so smoothly you’ll be surprised it’s an NES game.
Mega Man 2 is a classic. Most people claim this or Mega Man 3 (1990) as their favorite. Just some great action platforming, if you like to jump and shoot.
Speaking of jumping and shooting, Contra is another insanely fluid game. I really think its gameplay holds up well compared to even SNES-era games, and its vibrant, high-contrast colors are seared into my brain.
Most great NES games are some type of platformer, honestly. Castlevania is no exception. With a gothic horror aesthetic and a killer soundtrack
I would also recommend the original Super Mario Bros., if you really haven’t played it. It’s pretty good for an early outing.
Oh and, as a rule, NES games are hard. Arcades made you pay quarters for lives, and since games were $50+ they wanted you to get your money’s worth in restarts. You would do well
- Comment on I'm so ready. 3 weeks ago:
Uhm, a little late to the party, Apple.
- Comment on Uncle has had a rough day, but he still loves you kids. [OC] 3 weeks ago:
Fuck I love Robocop
- Comment on When did Cash for Chritianity become a thing? When even Jesus the son of god wouldn't stand for it in a church? If they preach why don't they practice from the bible? 3 weeks ago:
Crazy how the only thing to cause the son of God to fly into a violent rage was unfettered capitalism
- Comment on Sorry, guys, it's just not happening 3 weeks ago:
1 year HRT
- Comment on kurzgesagt – AI Slop Is Killing Our Channel 3 weeks ago:
- Comment on A lot of media depict the United States as being invaded by fascists from the outside. Nobody thought fascism will come from within until now. 3 weeks ago:
People were calling George Dubya a Nazi. Reagan’s entire economic plan was “make the rich richer becauze they’ll give poor people money.”
The fact of the matter is, most Americans have been propagandized into thinking communism is the greatest threat they face. Fascism isn’t even on their radar. That’s why they get more upset about people calling others fascists than they do fascists - they don’t have any concept of the legitimate threat, and quite a few think that authoritative power is the only thing that can fix society.
I told my mom in 2021 that I thought the next major threat the US will face is from right wing groups, because I was seeing a sharp rise in alt-right ideology and meme pages on Instagram. She just looked at me like I was crazy and said, “Really?”
It also took me way too long to wake up. I didn’t start calling it fascism until last year, and I certainly didn’t see the warning signs in the first Trump term - I just thought he was an asshole.
But it’s been going on for a while. Since Reagan at least. “Give your people bread and circuses, and they will never revolt.” Except now we have ultrabread delivered to your home and megacircuses in every living room. 70s-90s America, especially, were kind of a paradise for the middle class. Even in the 80s, when people were upset at having to work corporate jobs, consumer products were being cranked out nonstop and affordable to boot. We’ve just had it too good for too long, and we didn’t notice the structure of it all eroding until the floor fell out from under us.
