Itās god damn criminal how everyone pretends 7 and 10 are better than 12. Like the weakest part of 12 is vaan and even the writers knew it because every scene heās in has every party member look at him like āwhy is the child talking?ā
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Itās god damn criminal how everyone pretends 7 and 10 are better than 12. Like the weakest part of 12 is vaan and even the writers knew it because every scene heās in has every party member look at him like āwhy is the child talking?ā
I know a couple who met at a 100k user celebration in Ultima Online, around xmas '98 Their *kid* is (was) a well respected and well paid pornstar who retired this year at the age of 24. Shit's *wild*, yo. Gaming relationships aren't any different from those in meatspace~
don't forget religious bypassing, authoritarian parenting and culture, denial of community, fear of commonality, lack of sexual education...
xkcd.com/979/
Right wingers are all like āI just want sh*tty sliced white bread and full-fat beef milk and spam and asbestos and measles and poverty and then Iāll finally live in a world reminiscent of the yesteryear Iāve evoked in my imagination where everyone is white and hummus is illegal and I am kingā.
Which is all to say that a lot of the issue boils down to the money involved, and in the want/need to recoup that money, for commercial products, while mods fall on the creator-intention sliding scale instead. Patches are "canon" without often being commercial (in themselves), which shows contrast.
Patches often being free means that it removes some of the capitalistic side of the discussion, which means that you're usually not dealing with suits' involvement. So the "cheap cash in" isn't often a part of the equation, though the aforementioned Super Bounce patch/debacle is a counterpoint
both preservation and in historical context. I know speedrunning communities sometimes preserve patches, but they may also ban versions if application of them gets in the way (staying on a specific patch, or getting to a non-origin patch, may be practically impossible, for instance).
And there's developer intention in both sides, so the question of "who is it for" is kinda addressed here; sometimes it's suits, sometimes it's devs, sometimes it's the fans. But with patches, these eras and versions aren't as discrete as xpacks or remasters, which is a factor involved in -
Patches the remove fun bugs or balance patches that change your main character are both transformative, and it being a *change* is interesting as context for both of them. This is part of living games, especially. Some of these even extend to the cultural memory (Halo 2 Super Bounce).
There's been some discussion re: remakes/remasters, and I've not seen many people relate it to patches and xpacks and such, which I feel is another thread in the same vein, and I think I sorted out why they aren't included:
It's one of my favorite Lil' Brother Mode games, up there with Sonic 2 and Timespinner. An impressive icing on an already delicious cake.
Oh my gosh, getting in touch with the BBB WORKED. PayPal is restoring my account and I should have access to my money again. If you are in the US or deal with the US PayPal and your account is randomly, without warning, and without explanation closed down, file a complaint with the BBB!
Protecting them as an investment (either in terms of clout/glory, or in terms of retirement expectations...)
It took years to relearn that, and even now it gets him down from time to time, but it does get better. I don't have a real solution, but I can offer validation that it's likely more a find-your-tribe thing and that there's healing to be done between A and B that will suck
For him, he'll get so excited he'll lose the ability to be coherent, so I'll help him take breaths to be able to communicate. And I'm fine with thisāhonored even. Co-regulation is a huge mark of trust and appreciation to me! But he felt so much shame at needing it/wanting it, when we started out
Because, in part, you're bummed about not having friends and so don't have the ego needed to stand apart. It's bullshit, to say the least. And it's not linear healing once you find folk, either! My boyfriend still has bouts of hating himself for being so intense sometimes
I spent a long time feeling outcast, until I found/built my social circle. People like me; nerds, geeks, poly folk, writers, artists, advocates, and similar. So it may not be a you thing, so much as the fish-climbing-tress phenomena. And it is cyclical: it's hard to have friends without a start
Oh man, so much this. And it *is* rewarding, but man does some of that retreading hurt. Like yeah, I really *do* love knowing the original versions of Starflight and then how Starflight played into Mass Effect... but man, that was a garbage four days in itself.
I mean, that's kinda what FF7r was/is <__<
Don't forget the eager real-estate developers
It would be nice to be able to freely create every day without concern for marketability or where my next meal comes from. Having to *sell* my art is certainly a lot harder than its creation in itself.
foi-a "foh-yay" is a good approximation
Paypal ramps up NSFW censorship by beginning to go after not just adult creators but also customers. In a lot of ways, this is even more terrifying than the adult creator bans. With them, it's only me at risk, but how do I navigate a space where putting a game on Itch might put customers at risk?
I remember once applauding a pretzel's valiant attempt at one of these people...
They think that the national emergency is that they *can't* pass those things.
They don't care; they're immune, and they want that power over people.
I've gotten a *lot* of positive comments for leaving Trek reruns on during the night shift. The occasional "anti-woke" moron too, but its' whatever. The whole "Good to see it's not fox or the news" was shocking to me, so it stayed.
One group going "we need more power to do anything" and the other group going "we need people who will actually do something if we give them power, to actually rile folk"
I feel like part of the jump between the two is that the incumbent effect is greatly overestimated, and the dnc outright opposed a lot of primary attempts against sitting legislators. But where we're already winning are among the safest places for primaries for the coalition?
Jasmine and Rosemary in Sukeban kit would also be pretty neat
Pseudo-cosplay, maybe, but I'd love to see them in their favorite FFT job classes, since the remake is coming out soon. I'd *love* to see Jeramie as a bashful White Mage <__< Virgin Killer? Dress from Cleopatra (1963) is hella iconic Cody in a Red Panda Kigurumi also would tickle me
I have some muscular weakness and some bad joints. One of the COVID boosters had me faint on the way home and I was weak for 3-4 days where I stayed on bedrest, plus a week from a twisted ankle. Which is to say that I was just fucking fine, ultimately, and a bunch of these whiny bitches can choke
People who'd been lied to for most of their lives, mainly.
Locally, a lot of the people raging *are* red voters. Or ex-red-voters. Usually people who have been directly impacted and are livid *because* they trusted these people to be like them. But it's everyone. Tons and tons of people are showing up to tear these folks apart
Hey Firefox users.
It definitely would be better than my coworkers who go get high or go socialize with guests or who occasionally drink or who have their partners hanging out in our lobby or...
I think this is just a joke, but as a night desk agent I am welcome and encouraged to game, but was cautioned about the content involved. Moreover, I think *most* people should be gaming at work on their down time, which they should generally have a lot more of than they do.
But that's basically the projection of every authoritarian flavor, which tracks well enough
Fandom culture** But the original works too
Ignoring the safety issues and the positives of anonymity/profile specific identities, he's also massively ignorant of things like little space, anime, and random cultures. This dude is definitely someone who projects his likes as societal normatively š¤£šš¤£
Also applies to character sheets, DM screens, love notes, and dashboards. Though I prefer tea, of course
I had a dream they were remaking Dynamite Headdy
466 words today. I hate them. And they are a thing I've wanted to write for a long while now. And they make me rewrite stuff. But that's my writer's block solved. ONWARD!
This is my new Best example of wielding the system against itself. Shows the holes in the system on both ends, and should enrich the folks doing it, too
The last time a candidate ran on something even halfway leftist (Obama: public health care, raising taxes on the rich, better VA services/integration services, mental health expansion, R&D funding, etc.) they absolutely crushed the election. They seem to forget that that was why they won?
Just woke up, and my brain was like "silly Valerian: it's still a month until releaseā¦" I'm stoked for you to get time with a friend, though; good people and connection is definitely something to help stave off the bullshit outside
Love the comparison to RKA; that feels really right. Is this the one that had the really notable booklet with it, or some such?
You use yours for better things <3
Copilot has inspired *so many* people in my circle to make the jump. And then folks are learning some (basic) coding stuff because they're on Linux. Man... the appreciation people have picked up for my skills in the last year in fucking gloriousā¦
I think the insult is based on the rejection of ai, and an insult to those who use it as such; I don't think I've seen them divorced. I don't think it's intended to sway anyone on its own, but to vent, or an attempt to demoralize by reframing re: skill, or willingness to develop same.
One of the major points of government is literally popular control over the limitations of businesses running with its approval. So very much so
There's a lot of "how best to use it if it were somehow ethical" stuff, but that's academic here: this is coming from a place of recognizing its unethical in its current state and opposing its use from that understanding.
I follow a few disabled artists, including a blind artist. I have a tremor, myself. But the argument boils down to "it's horrible, and everyone should understand that, but you're using it and justifying it by saying you can't do better? 'Bad' art is more appreciable than slop; own your ability"
We're sticking with ya, and with each other. Lots of us are just trying to survive and stay sane. It's easier together, as best we can manage. We want you happy and healthy, yo!
My favorite comment was "I hope his grave has an excellent drainage system; I'd hate to inconvenience its keeper, in doing what I must."
I've thought about keeping the style and making it an in-universe piece, drawn by the dude having the dreams in a rush when he wakes, when it's actually converted. I do think I got the beats right. Which is the actual art to it, and people have been positive on that: adaptation and vision.
To wit: an "unskilled" artist can still make art out of ideas and experience, while an AI 'artist' is either insecure or not so social as to recruit help. I'm working on a book; dreams are done as graphic pages. I sent this to my crew. It was praised for effort/intent, as placeholder.
Eh; I think those are arguments on different semantic definitions. Graphical skill and artistic skill are unrelated: hyperbole and a half is excellent art despite looking like it does. The lack of artist in the ai art, comparing the two, is what's being mocked.
As someone who loves inverted pallets (and often used the GBC inverted pallet option)... It is just so hostile to your style :(
I've had two partners comment that Iāas a retro-gamer who grew up on Genesis/NES tastinessādefinitely bring something to the table that their "gamer" exes didn't, in that regard. They were CoDpieces, and seemed to live only to fill out that stereotype
Bullies flinch when you stand up to them. And *boy* would Chicago stand upā¦
Hey, just wanted to thank you for pointing me to Gulikit; the Elves 2 just came out and it's perfect: hall effect parallel sticks, no triggers, Saturn-style shell... Literally everything I was looking for. And it's $30, just to prove your point. Cheers, mate!
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This is the case for so many games and for so many people. There's a reason that "matchmaking"āinstead of requiring people to actually be a part of communitiesāgave rise to such heinous fuckbags as to taint the term "gamer".
Internet/Comcast specifically would likely be the easiest target, at a guess
That's exactly why webcams were invented, after all: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_...
Get it, babydoll!
My girlfriend is out of town for a week, gone to visit a couple of her partners for her birthday week. Boyfriend and I are excited to work on our personal projects and enjoy time together each morning! And I started journaling!
Sounds more like Clock blocking to me! (I'm so sorry)
I just feel like people don't like putting Zelda in the same category as Quest for Glory* *Where it obviously belongs
Mechanically, it's a modified jRPG that spawned a sub-genre of monster-capture/collection. So yeah: definitely RPG, even if it can be described more granularly than that.
Which is to say that I have no idea how to fix this, since I was taught these things in school and by my parents and I'm not sure how remedial education would even handle that, even before trying to convince folks to take that up anyway
As a writer, it's a lot easier to do, but even then there are folks who just *do not get it*. And worse, they get upset about not getting it, and blame everyone else for their failings.
"Trust your Audience" is a thing that's really hard for creation-by-census works designed to appeal to mass markets... And man, people just *do not* have media literacy because of it, which in turn means they'd struggle with those movies. The whole "The Boys" thing shows that in spades...
Not just that but: painting a positive image of himself, getting people involved in politics more generally, making himself relatable, getting people involved with each other and their communityā¦ I mean, Mamdani is very obviously sincere, but even cynical fucks should see how functional that is
This is where the "participation trophy parents" kinda comes in; the parents failed, and the kid failed but the parent wants credit for making their kid do the thing and "supporting" them in it the way their parents didn't. If not trophy, they get angry at the kid, because it's a reflection of them
But this means that failures are often compounded, and that missed opportunities are often forced as requirement (think Sports Dads who make their kid do sports).
So, when they grow up with parental approval, they attribute it as success, and want to pass that 'success' on to their children, so they carefully emulate the things that shaped them, correcting only the places where their own rebellion made them more approved of.
This is actually has a reason! Authoritarian raising tactics center the Parent (and Approved Authoritiesā¢) as the only source of 'correct' knowledge and ideas, by elevating the parent as superior to the child, and instilling a strict hierarchy of superiority/subservience.
I'm now suddenly curious if different languages, being culturally rooted in different views of sex, might make conversations about sex easier to have for certain bilingual folk. That's a really neat concept I have zero ability to research -_- My response is "By informing yourself, first?"
Ace/Aro** But yeah, fuck that guy; his profile has some other bigoted shit, too
Perfect parallel. Cuban is such a fuckin' weirdo... like, that's such a fucking non-sequitur. Does he not get that there's a huge lack of causality for his bizarre ass theory? Does he think that would actually function? Or is he just doing the "What would you do for a Klonā¦ midterm election?"
My favorite example, though, is the original King's Field, which looks like donkey shit but still has some excellent environmental storytelling and atmospheric moments.
Graphical fidelity and art direction are completely disconnected as concepts. Wind Waker was my personal turning point in being completely unable to ignore that.
Us Genderfluids absolutely feel this too!
In all these cases, the "world" we have is our playground, and we just introduce new folks into it to keep it new. Building the playground isn't a thing everyone does (or can do), so it looks different for everyone. But very few people can keep making "one thing" forever
There's also Jeph Jacques, who talks about how he's turned tact a few times because he finds something that strikes him; his comic was originally about indie music and relationships and then he really liked the robots so he focused on that because it was more fun!
As a long-form DM, I have a world I've been playing in since i was 6, DMing for my parents when I started. But it has tons of things that I've added on and added in as I got older and got more media and references and mechanics under my belt.
Listening to Toriyama talk about his 'side' projects letting him breathe life into Dragon Ball with new perspectives might be a thing; his work on Dragon Quest (And Chrono Trigger especially) gave him a lot of places where he wasn't the center, and he found it enriching (if taxing as ever).
He does have a *ton* of resources keeping him alive and shuffling about. Some of the best care on the planet, and extremely well funded...
They *did* get fooled in the first place, but I'm hopeful. I'll take hope anyday...
That said: Yeah, if you're hitting up someone privately get the whole bit of it out at once. You have no idea their answering/check cycle (I know some artists only check twice a day!)
This used to be an interesting conversation based on medium of conversation! IMs were designed for the former, but texts and emails and PMs were the latter. There's no instant-response mediums anymore, really, unless you're already chatting in a room (or know someone, butā¦)
additional disdain? Jimminy...
Skeet of the Day š„ #PotatosSkeetOfTheDay
That's why it's my line, specifically. Like, if someone doesn't agree with that for at least *some* reason (anti-corp, anti-corruption, anti-monopoly, or hell, even punitive measures for harm!) we probably aren't going to agree on the rest of the plan.
This was halfway my thought: Given that this is Swordscomic we're talking about, this sounds a *lot* like "Conversations within Elsydeon"-style stuff. And I adore that on both levels.
