TheFriar

@TheFriar@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GTA VI Might Inspire Other AAA Developers to Price Their Games at $100⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  The thing is, universal action like this, even on a fraction of the scale necessary to make a dent, just doesn’t work because people will always bow to capitalism. They’ll kick the dirt and grumble under their breath as they pull out their wallets.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 183 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I LOVE cyberpunk. I just finished my [actual number of times I’ve played redacted] play through and I’m stopping myself from starting another. I don’t know what it is about it, but it’s just exactly up my alley. The choices they have you make, they styles of play it let’s you choose, it’s just preem-tier gaming for me. The DLC adds such a massive cherry on top, because it’s so goddamn good it rivals the best the game has to offer.

  Enjoy, because it’s so fuckin fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Day 174 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I’ve been playing until I forget to post Screenshots⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So RDR2O is good? I love RDR2, and I’ve played the campaign to death. But I tried online and found it…meh. Maybe I didn’t invest in it and I was looking for a more cohesive story or maybe a helping hand in getting my toes wet, but it just felt like there was nothing novel or interesting to do. I’m sure playing with someone makes it a lot more fun. I was really looking for more of the campaign. That’s not what it is.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Call of Duty's massive development budgets revealed: $700 million for Black Ops Cold War⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, factoring in advertising costs and shit, especially with a huge advertising push, could make that total number rise dramatically. And when you actually have the government pumping you full of money, you find ways to spend it. When other games end up asking themselves if they can afford to ____ because the timeline is _____, this kind of production gets to say, “do it. Hire more people.” And it doesn’t have to involve crunch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Captain Disillusion: SNL VFX Mystery⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are people really serious about liking him? I mean, I get that there was a lot of tongue in cheek SNL unfunniness in there. But…I felt it was painfully unfunny to watch. S

  I’m saying this in the most genuine way possible, what is the appeal exactly? Is it the humor? The information? I was very surprised to see under that video is was on the trending list. I’d never heard of him. But everyone here seems to really like him as well.

  Just curious. No hate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well, I guess that settles it⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Our most sacred 21st century nobility. Guess we’ll have to cut their taxes to show our deference

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Performative Perp Walk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  …they’re upset everyone is cheering for this guy. Are they worried a CEO or 1% is going to shoot him? lol everyone else loves him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Performative Perp Walk⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  ….so? How many killers before him have written a manifesto? Are all these school shooters, attacking actual public schools, being charged with terrorism? They’re actually striking out at “the system.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Frostpunk creators cancel "Project 8" and lay off staff amid concerns that "narrative-driven, story-rich games" don't sell⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re the only games I enjoy. And I could’ve sworn I’ve seen people lamenting the loss of story-driven single player games in this era of GTA online all over the internet. These people are either looking at GTA online profitability and talking bullshit or they’re so goddamn deluded with their head so far up their own ass that they can’t tell their colon from their pancreas.

  On the topic, anyway: my favorite games are RDR2, Cyberpunk, and Alan Wake 2. I wasn’t always a gamer, but the graphics have gotten so good and the stories so involved (in these here specifically) that I became one later in life. But now I’ve played all three of those games to death. Do you have any recs for similar games I might enjoy? I was just looking around the PS store and felt like I was swimming through nonsense. I really wanted to play Stalker 2, but it’s not out for PS5 yet. The next game I’m eyeing is a silent Hill 2 remake. Not a big fantasy person, either. I like stories with their feet in the real world. Don’t mean to single you out to give me advice, but figured I’d ask in case you had something you really liked.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨To make smoking look stupid⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn those animals look cool af

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Which were the worst movies of 2024?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And_ jeeeezus_ was it about 90 min too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2077 - Update 2.2 is live!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Same here. My main wish for photo mode was more expressive body language choices, different, more naturalistic poses. Aiming option when a weapon is in hand. None of that was included unfortunately.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cyberpunk 2077 - Update 2.2 is live!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You can unbind the photo mode button. It’s in settings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Making peace with liking very few games?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m the same way. I just want to live in those stories until I’ve played them and replayed them so much that the feeling goes away. Currently: cyberpunk.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro 😭😭⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Calling into question the things he liked? lol I dunno I was more really just hijacking the first comment I saw sorry

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bro 😭😭⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Well wasn’t he dating Alanis Morisette when he was 30 and she was 17

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl | Review Thread⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Goddamnit I’ve been looking forward to this game and I thought it was coming out on PS5. One of the most significant bummers of the year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For me, Cyberpunk 2077 was uninteractive and has low replayablility value.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, see, I love the game. I’ve been replaying it, actually. I think the endings, yeah, they’re all pretty sad. Even the one ending where

  Tap for spoiler

  You actually get the cure, it’s a massive, massive bummer. Life moves on without V, and they are stuck. They try to go back to their life, and they realized it’s all gone when they got what they were trying for the whole time. Every ending but one is genuinely sad.

  And that’s super duper rare, it feels like. I truly appreciate that everything was a gut punch. I really like my V, and when I’ve replayed it I make them the same way (looks-wise, I have made different builds). The male voice actor was not for me. I think he sounded like a douchebag and I couldn’t root for my own character. And that first play through I was honestly a little disappointed with the game. But when I found “my” V, I was much more invested.

  I love the difficult choices they saddle you with. It was a big part of the game for me because they really made you feel like there were no right options, or two right options, and you weren’t just choosing black or white, you were choosing moral grayness or moral grayness. And you had to sit with those choices and, as OP pointed out, watch the consequences unfold for the—I feel, very well-written and acted—NPCs.

  I really love the game. It and RDR2 are my favorites. I was never a gamer growing up. In my thirties I started playing games, but I am a huge story person—books, movies, tv shows—and I think the stories and the characters made it. So when I found games that let me really get a sense of these characters, even if there is a lot of dialogue, it’s like I’m playing a really long movie. That’s ideal for me. I could see how some people who game heavily wouldn’t like it though. But I fuckin love that game and its spiritual twin (IMO), RDR2. Both maybe “limited” for true gamers, but for some filthy cazh like me, fuckin excellent and highly enjoyable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It was rigged?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well I think it’s pretty fair to say a lot of people were tuning in to see him get his ass beat. He’s made a career out of being a piece of shit that people want to see get knocked out. So he wins by us all hating him because if we’re hating him we’re paying attention to him.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon questions our energy sector⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The second half if most important. It doesn’t produce enough electricity. Renewables are getting cheaper and cheaper and are taking up the mantle to take over majority of power production in some nations. But it is harder to monetize and can be democratized and made pretty easily. It’s like weed. It can be taken away from bigger producers and therefore there is significant push back/lobbying against it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RIP⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hope every time you go to drink water it’s surprisingly a up of orange juice and every time you go to drink Orange juice you have gum in your mouth.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Git good, son⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno man, most women in my experience have all really appreciated (and as much said out loud) that there was communication.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Urge residents not to taste it’ but WHY NOT??? WHAT ARE THEY HIDING??⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah I’m good

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨somebody has to do it!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  See, sometimes the best scientist needs to ask the simplest questions no one thought to ask.

  Here is your Nobel Prize

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I feel this way about cinnamon.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t tell if you’re joking.

  If you’re not, do you mean like baking chocolate, ultra dark chocolate? Or like dark Ghirardelli chocolate chips

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Withdrawal is going to make people go mad⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot of fruit/veg is grown in places they can get away with slave wages and then shipped here because that’s how little labor costs. Less than our already super low paid fruit/veg pickers that are primarily the people who escaped the countries and situations that put them in those even lower slave wage places.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hah please do!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Serious statement: I don't understand the argument that not voting for Harris was the morally correct thing to do, because of Gaza. Why does anyone believe this?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Think of voting this way:

  Signing your name to a candidate/psrty and what they’ve done/signaled they will do.

  A lot of people can’t stomach a candidate who has been courting the neocons and softening their previous mildly progressive stances from the last time dems had a primary and the progressives were showing up in numbers. Everyone got in line and the debates were about M4A, erasing federally held student debt, raising the minimum wage, etc. Sanders single handedly dragged the party to the center (technically more “left” than they were) in 2016/2020 and the dems responded by po’mouthing like they cared about those issues, but then circled the wagons and kicked those voters to the curb.

  The party has shown over and over again that they don’t give a shit about working class people, those of us that want real change. They want to maintain the status quo. Which is progressively more hostile capitalism.

  Signing your name to that constant move rightward is unthinkable for some. And understandably so.

  And that’s before we even discuss the ongoing genocide in Gaza funded and armed by the US. While this administrations representatives in the UN and in any official capacity constantly run defense for the genocide.

  Plenty of people could not fathom putting their name on that tragedy.

  None of this means that republicans aren’t fuckin neofascist shits. But…how many times have the voters left of the dems been told to eat shit and vote blue because the other guy is worse? WHILE CONSTANTLY COURTING THE RIGHTWING VOTERS WHO MAY HAVE FINALLY GOTTEN SICK OF IT?! Kamala literally said she would be different from Biden by having a Republican in her cabinet. WHAT.

  With everything going on, this party said, “yeah, fuck all that. Let’s see if we can grab anyone to the right of us.”

  I got sidetracked, but this is the thing. It’s not binary, because geopolitics isn’t binary. The worlds issues aren’t binary. But a binary choice is all we’re given to make.

  Just…what. And neither of those two choices was actually going to solve the problems. One was maintaining the problems while one was the problems plus more problems. That’s not an attractive choice.

  We all get that trump is much worse. But everyone else needs to understand how sickening that shitty choice was for anyone with a conscience about what’s going on in Gaza, what’s going on with their neighbors. Signing on for more of the same was completely unthinkable for some. That has to be understandable if we are ever going to change things.

  We’ve been on the road we’re being forced down now as long as I’ve been around. And the road just keeps going forward. The dems’ proposal is “maintain the course.” The republicans’ was “mash the gas.”

  Some people couldn’t stomach going any further down this road. That’s not making a choice to mash the gas. Because the world is not binary.

  But you and everyone else posing similar questions is saying “how could you vote for mashing the gas by not wanting to continue down this road?? :(“

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How is it that "protecting basic democracy and the rule of law, and not crowning a criminal dictator" wasn't even on the chart?!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because, like I said, it suddenly became “the most important issue” and she was courting the “centrist swing voter” that doesn’t exist anymore. And we all saw, republicans voted almost exactly the same way they did in 2020, but a bunch of dems stayed home. She sold out anyone left of Bush Jr. and then surprise pikachu’d when no one fuckin voted for her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Haters will say it’s fake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just pointing out that you said they did Bernie dirty in 2016 and then said in 2020 Biden knew he could beat Bernie on name rec alone. I was just clarifying what I think was the bigger betrayal.