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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh, I do think that romance is logical. After all its purpose is to ensure the survival of the genes. It’s just that the romance algorithms and the hardware they’re running on have been hotfixed for millions of years so there are insane amounts of technical debt, that make the algorithm hard to figure out.

  And in romance movies there is always a pursuer and a pursued party. And, as audience, we can clearly identify the correct behavior for the pursuer. But, if you identify with the pursued party, then these romance movies will feel like it’s all chance, because the pursued often has very little agency.

  A scoring system just formalizes this behaviour. And in video games, you as a main character have all the in-game agency. A romance, that would move the agency to an NPC will feel like the “OMG it’s you, the grand champion” guy from Oblivion, or like a courier desperately trying to talk to you no matter where you are.

  And I generally don’t have an issue with local LLMs in video games, but I really don’t think there is a way to make them work. Dialog trees are a really good way to give a player some control, while not overwhelming them with choice. They might work best for allowing characters to acknowledge things you have done outside their own little storylines.

  And, sure, I can type in my question. But this will be clunky and imo break the flow of the game. And I really don’t want to sit infront of a computer and be talking out loud to some NPCs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Video game romances need to evolve beyond lore dumps⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  This is a really weird way to argue a weird point. I think, the main issue is, most games are closer to boardgames than movies and the author places them too close to movies.

  And you can build boardgames for romance, sure. But, unless the romance is part of the core game loop, it’s something that breaks the flow of the game. So it gets abstracted away, or the romance is expressed in terms of the core game mechanics. Which, in video games often are reaching the next scene, dialog trees or gaining stat points.

  And, even if you think they’re closer to movies, then most video games are closest to action movies. And here the word romance isn’t used. It’s just renamed love interest and is often just the price for saving the world, but the core ‘mechanics’ are the same.

  And most romances will start as fun flings full of hope, not with the nitty-gritty logistics. The logistics will come later, sure. But most Video-Games are set romantically in a few weeks of summer camp, so there is no need to figure out logistics, yet.

  Open-World games, that have a character that travels around and meets people as part of their daily lives, sure.

  But this argument would apply to games like the Elder Scrolls series. Not Cyberpunk 2077 in which the main character is dying and has only weeks left to live.

  But, I do concede that most romances do fall flat once you’ve reached the top. You had your sex-scene and you may have your kisses, your hugs, the new greetings in dialogue, and the characters return to being cardboard in the background.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨My morning routine in 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Depends:

  Are we talking multiple fucks, or one continuous, long one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drink some water. NOW!!!⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They know where you are at all times. They know this because they know where you aren’t.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Internet is for..⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  🎶Du hast den schönsten Arsch der Welt🎶

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A challenge she is willing to accept⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Why is she trying to strangle someone in a romance novel?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨There are ultimately only so many damn angles, okay!?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe something like this? Image

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Try it. It works⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hate it when I get an ad break during my team meetings

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨You finally woke up!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are in the House of Elrond, but we do not grant you the rank of master

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Share them all!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Only if you have at least one non-selfie meme on your phone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨generation⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No way, my best friend also overdosed on feet :(

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What are your top games to emulate on a long trip?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
  • Golden Sun
  • Golden Sun: Dark Dawn
  • Advance Wars
  • Patapon (This has a PC port on steam)
  • Yu-Gi-Oh GX Tag Force
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘Stop Killing Games’: Demands for game ownership must also include workers’ rights⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No :)
  I agree, that workers’ rights are an important topic, but adding more scope, won’t do either goal any good.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any other trauma victims?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why were you married to your mom?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ready for dinner⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Chess pizza

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Doesn't look like anything to me.*⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  These violent delights have violent ends

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or maybe just play a laugh track right after they finished?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Neutronium would like a word.⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  just try your best, try everything you can

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ENHANCE⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And what is 0° Fahren?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cleanliness is more important⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Right. But that doesn’t work with the analog stick