Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Paranormasight, Slay the Princess, uhhhhh. (I want to inject Pentiment here but it's not truly a VN.)
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Paranormasight, Slay the Princess, uhhhhh. (I want to inject Pentiment here but it's not truly a VN.)
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I missed it, what was the chat doing besides constant whining and slurs?
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Is the ending better than the Medium? Because I'm pretty sure that's what most people are going to look at heading into Cronos.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
IS THAT A BUNNY XAL?
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Blood Elves being lowercased in official Blizzard post makes me a bit frustrated. I feel like it wasn't checked over before posting.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I was a Sylvanas fanboy, loyalist on my main, and even I can say disappointingly, Blizzard fucked her up. That's not the same character.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
The World of Warcraft: Reign of Rexxar.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Sylvanas being butchered from BFA->SL will never not bother me. She went from being one of my favorite characters to "please let her die."
Groxi (@groxi.bsky.social) reposted
In the year of our lord 2025 I am not entertaining “SL was an over hated xpac” people I do not respect these shills. Take your conduit energy and fuck off into a sea of soul embers.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
It has multiple bangers, a couple "good" songs. And Shambhala was / is good enough of a "dubstep integration" because I put it in a mix and it popped off. Even Engage has decent songs, FE doesn't have bad music.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Twitter is so fucking toxic.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
You're not getting me on this one.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
FINALLY SOME GOOD SHIT. NOW CAN WE GET FATES AND THREE HOUSES.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
...what?
Anonymous (@youranoncentral.bsky.social) reposted
I’m not sure you can actually call another country weak if yours got taken over by a genocidal game show host. Threats to humanity are threats to humanity no matter their effectiveness.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
While I'm not going to dismiss the struggles that trans people have had, all of the trans people (friends, family, & acquaintances) I've had the experience knowing have all said or inferred their lives are much better being true to themselves. From my nibling to one of my squad mates.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Very pretty Shantae! Been enjoying Advance!
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
They didn't cancel Marathon so I'm thinking they might "reprioritize" to try to salvage it. They need SOMETHING to show for their live service direction, right? Helldivers II obviously can't handle that torch alone.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
It was at a State of Play as the star of the show, hyped by multiple big outlets, got mentioned by Geoff Keighley at one of his shows (think SGF?). The fuck you mean it wasn't hyped? It was the "Sony exclusive Final Fantasy" now that those games are jumping platform.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
They're the same people who don't realize Persona games (or ahem, Metaphor) are woke.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I love the cross in his username. It really drives it all home.
Knoebel (@knoebel.bsky.social) reposted
Yo! Summer is coming to an end and Good Games Fall Season (tm) is right infront of us. Including Silksong, Consume Me, Shuten Order, Cronos the new Dawn, Ratatan, Wander Stars and more! For September 2025 there are 97 notable game releases on 5 pages: [1/2]
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Bees are more important than an all consuming void creature.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope so, I really have enjoyed it even with its hiccups.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
That would be Lord of the Fallen
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Death Stranding 2.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew that this game was going to be overhyped and going to crash and burn. As soon as Sony stopped heavily promoting it, it confirmed my suspicion.
Congressman Greg Casar (@repcasar.bsky.social) reposted
After years of trying, Texas Republicans just passed a bathroom bill targeting trans Texans. They’re obsessed with attacking people’s dignity instead of solving real problems. We stand with all our LGBT neighbors and reject this right wing shamelessness.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
There's never been truer words in the gaming space
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Is this an uncommon thought? I thought it was very apparent that Sylvanas pegged him on the regular.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
What I mean from that argument is just like Odyssey, BOTW, TOTK - there's enough that makes it hard to want to replay it? Like I have no problem playing collectathons (I've completed the full Nat Pokedex in every generation & play MMOs) - but I feel like it'll be like those. One 100% & I'm done.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I made the comparison that it suffers too much from Odyssey. I like it, it is definitely a game that anyone with a Switch 2 should play & if you're a Nintendo fan, but I've found myself having a hard time being [hooked]? 1/*
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Ysera had more content in Shadowlands than Krexus, lmao.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
This is going to trigger a certain crowd.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
So your house has two bathrooms? Because if not, like most houses, guess what? You have an unisex bathroom! Also grow the fuck up. Trans people exist, they have for centuries.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds believable, tbh
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
...what's this about stealing agency away from the /Alliance/?
Governor JB Pritzker (@govpritzker.illinois.gov) reposted
70 years ago today, Emmett Till was lynched by white supremacists. Here in Illinois, we promise to never hide from our history — no matter how painful the chapter. We honor his memory and his brave mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, by continuing the fight for civil rights and justice.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
When you dance to 2-step / ukg, that's two-step dance. 🤝🫡
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, he did a lot of it, I think it's still on the Internet.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it comes with nuance. That was how a lot of people roleplayed their characters falling under Garrosh. I remember the Kor'kron trials and people actually being honorable with their characters facing their dues. Anyone who thinks you're being a sympathizer are blind to the whole picture.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Fuck yes. Keep going, Blizzard.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I truly wonder how a lot of WoW devs were feeling after so many people criticized the anniversary patch, lol.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Wasn't there a rumor going around that on the loading screen for TWW, it was supposed to be Magni? I feel like there was just a lot of rewriting and swapping out throughout & with the main story beats being locked it, Thrall got tossed aside.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Still not the word that they asked, coward.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
No, I went and voted for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris (all begrudgingly because they're shitty people) to keep that dipshit from getting into office. I protested, I am going to protest again next Monday in fact. You're the one here advocating for the elimination of trans people.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
No, you're a Nazi sympathizer.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah, cause he and the rest of the Israeli government are committing a genocide funded by the US.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Mario Golf Toadstool Tour. Ezpz.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
They already are, I keep seeing a commenter who is using a screenshot of an AI generated chat synopsis that says that the shooter was a trans woman.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Make it painful!
TTBNGAMING (@ttbngaming.bsky.social) reposted
I know i have like zero reach here but if you can share this I'd appreciate it youtu.be/oqjrVneBFyM
alyssa mercante (@alyssamerc.bsky.social) reposted
Hey video game industry: we are not going to sit back and watch another small group of WOC/POC get ceaselessly bullied. We’re not going to let them lose even a single bag. Fight for them. Tell your bosses to. Tell Xbox to. Tell Gamescom to.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
They didn't get to actually live. Their adoptive father deserves to rot in prison.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Biggest one for me is Demonschool, been waiting since the initial announcement. Alas, I can wait a little bit longer.
shaun (@shaunvids.bsky.social) reposted
israel is a colonial state carrying out a genocide and anyone supporting it is the moral equivalent of a nazi in 1940
alyssa mercante (@alyssamerc.bsky.social) reposted
This was a *huge* one for me. I got a chance to sit down with Alec Dawson and Aaron Keller to talk about Overwatch 2's "indecisive" past, its PvP-focused present, and its hopeful future. New at @aftermath.site, go check it out! aftermath.site/overwatch-2-...
NYCLU (@nyclu.org) reposted
We'll say it again: Bathroom bans hurt our families and communities.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social)
Gotta wait another few months. Unfortunate but not unexpected.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
We're so fucking dead. Like, we're already seeing measles rising, antivax losers causing issues. We're fucking dead.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
if it was Lor'themar, I would.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Your methodology obviously has the same outcome 🫡
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
I asked around via various reddit / forum posts and it was like "don't be racist." And as a cis pasty white man, I took that to heart when writing people of color, trans (& all LGBTIA+) people, women.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Literally this. I took a lot of time to learn to type it properly, but then, again, I'm a writer and want accents to fit properly in my own stories.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
This would give people a heart attack 10 years ago.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Either they forgot about Vereesa entirely OR they're planning something with the Windrunner sisters (& their respective "Force".)
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
It makes me even more confused on why there's literally no hints that Vereesa will be apart of the expansion now. Windrunner Spire is a dungeon, they were real fast at saying Sylvanas will be connected somehow, & we know it's about Quel'Thalas. 1/2
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
This is exactly why I have mixed feelings. I was telling my friend while doing heroics earlier, I want the Sylvanas that made me want to become a diehard Forsaken back, not the BFA/SL abomination that is. And I know that won't be, the damage is done.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Liadrin* I saw someone add an n to her name and it threw me for a loop.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Where did he say that. He didn't say that. Vol'jin isn't coming in and solving all the Amani's problems. The idea is to finally give Vol'jin the respect he is earned in the story which can finally be brought back into the limelight thanks to there being [good troll connection] in the Amani.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
See, that's how we know it won't happen. You're gonna get Lor'themar and Liandrin for the first patch and then Alleria and Xal'atoes for the rest.
Rahul Kohli (@rahulkohli13.bsky.social) reposted
Is it my imagination or has it become trendy amongst insecure straights to do the whole “no homo” nonsense again? Maybe it never left? Dunno. But all I’m seeing is this “pause”, “that’s gay” type shtick & it’s fucking lame. Couple that with more public ableism and racism, we are going backwards.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
And on top of that, it only adds on to an expansion where our "representation" was gone for the main story arc and then where the hell did he go? Thrall hasn't been in like ANY of the actual TWW content, lmao.
Khono Chronos ⏳ Ban'orak (@khonochronos.bsky.social) reposted
A lot of the Alliancedom thinks that Undermined was a Horde Patch. Despite the fact that: - Goblins in the zone were stated to be all Neutral - Alliance (Shaw) got a cameo, Horde didn't - Bilgewater barely had a role The most the Horde got was Gazlowe being the big face of it.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Your comment reads as sarcastic and your demeanor doesn't promote a stable conversation. Shoo now, Scarlet.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social)
Are Alliance diehards okay? Genuinely, what about BFA or Anduin being in the War Within are Horde themed?
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Did you? How are those Horde themes? Anduin is literally the leader of the Alliance.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
wat.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Lmfao, Battle for Azeroth? How the hell was that expansion considered a "Horde" one? Or even better, HOW IS THE WAR WITHIN A HORDE EXPANSION?
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh probably, PA is still $7.25 because the state court keeps rejecting the wage increase (along with recreational weed).
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Not surprising, the Dunkin near me (outskirts of Pittsburgh) are always hiring, and they're always paying like $16 for a supervisor lol.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Bait detected.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
They have a whole ass new tree, and neither does the Horde? The Forsaken got the top part of Undercity back & it's not even a capital.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
Game on.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
It feels like Outland 2 (3?), lol.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Only when the lore somehow connects to them. (never.)
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
The handling of these interviews are ROUGH. Misinformation, having to reclarify, things not being properly posted / crossposted to the right places. This is a disappointment.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social)
Reposting this because I am now on Patreon! I will be doing the same thing as before but not directly supporting [it] anymore. I wanted to do Neon White as the first as it is special to me. I hope that the videos embed properly, let me know. Check it out. www.tinyurl.com/verteneonwhite #neonwhite
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
It's far less taboo but it still is a sus area. Like, no matter the outcome (unless you stick to being a homie with Ryuji) there's a questionable decision being made. And, yeah, that's cause he's a loser who only thinks women being for sex.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
He's a fucking lunatic.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Man, I really hate how they handle Persona & relationships.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
And tidesage.*
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Forsaken should be every class but demon hunters & evokers. Druid, blighted beasts. Shamans, elements & spirit binding. Paladins, obviously.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
Eversong Lynx for Feral. (Formerly Ghostlands) Bear for Guardian(?). Phoenix for Balance. Eversong Treant for Resto. Dragonhawk for Flight. Mana Wyrm for Aquatic.
Vertegras (@vertegras.bsky.social) reply parent
You're the one who set yourself up for this, lmao. You worded it poorly & are trying to shift the goalpost. RE balances the horror & action, it can have full horror in it without taking away from those moments. Even 7 and Village had spots of that. Just don't go too far into 5 & 6 territory.