yakko
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- Comment on The Shoebody Bop | Drue Langlois 5 hours ago:
I think you’ve shoebody bopped the nail on the head.
- Comment on The Shoebody Bop | Drue Langlois 18 hours ago:
I have long felt certain there is a deeper meaning to shoebody bop that I couldn’t quite tease out. Anyone?
- Comment on Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Strait of Hormuz talks with Iran 1 day ago:
You’re fine lol, I kinda could tell something was off
- Comment on Co-op scraps policy allowing trans staff to use toilets they ‘feel safest’ 1 day ago:
Agreed
- Comment on Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Strait of Hormuz talks with Iran 1 day ago:
Man I’m from America originally, I’m talking shit from a genuine place right now. What kind of loser is proud of where they’re from anyway
- Comment on Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Strait of Hormuz talks with Iran 1 day ago:
That’s a weird way to say “over 65% of humanity” lol
- Comment on Co-op scraps policy allowing trans staff to use toilets they ‘feel safest’ 1 day ago:
I’m not saying it’s good news, it’s just more mixed than you’d expect. Just criticising the headline.
- Comment on Co-op scraps policy allowing trans staff to use toilets they ‘feel safest’ 1 day ago:
That’s a lot of nuance hidden by an upsetting headline.
- Comment on Always bring an Emma 2 days ago:
I know ownership is inherently a burden, but this is mad
- Comment on Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Strait of Hormuz talks with Iran 2 days ago:
Silver lining: What if he brought together the whole region by fighting everyone? Wouldn’t that be heartwarming, in a way?
- Comment on British Jews 2 days ago:
I’ll consider my flabbers so gasted at this insane twist; eat your heart out, M. Night Shyamalan.
- Comment on British Jews 2 days ago:
The Economist is spouting actual Nazi shit, what a bunch of losers.
- Comment on Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought 2 days ago:
Every necessity of life, including economic and educational necessities like transport and data, should be publicly owned and provided free or as cheaply as practicable. Anything else is a one-way ticket to absurdity.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 Joy-Cons Officially Have A Pay-To-Press Button 3 days ago:
I really don’t need Nintendo as much as they seem to think I do.
- Comment on Trump's "New Golden Age" 4 days ago:
Steele dossier economics 🫢
- Comment on 'Sanctuary: Shattered Sun' Demo & Kickstarter 4 days ago:
Haven’t spent much time on any RTS since… Gosh, I guess since C&C Generals. I tried to get into Total War: Warhammer but there’s just so much rigamarole with that one. I’ll definitely check out the demo, I’ve been waiting for a good reentry into this genre.
- Comment on I dare you to criticize the aliens for an extended period of time. 5 days ago:
What in the schizoid tendency are you talking about?
- Comment on [deleted] 6 days ago:
Agreed. If a man ever does need killing, be an adult about it.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Guys like this deserve a week in the care of David Parker Ray. I don’t want to see him smile like that ever again.
- Comment on More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6 1 week ago:
Okay, that’s worth knowing. It sounds ambitious, but for me a large game-as-simulation usually makes me think of Bethesda’s house style. Which is to say, treating everything as a toy rather than writing you into a story, in a way.
It’ll be interesting to see how GTA VI avoids the (what I see as) pitfalls of Bethesda’s way of thinking. Can a sufficiently advanced simulation take the place of a writing staff? Caveat - I know GTA VI will have some amount of a script in place, I just tend to notice that simulation style game design seems to prefer to create gameplay experiences dynamically through the environment, rather than through pre written story supported by gameplay elements. Games like this want your experience to be defined by interactivity, which necessarily deemphasizes the scripted aspects of a game.
It’s equally interesting to hear that there’s still a value proposition in creating your own proprietary game engine, rather than modifying the existing offerings. I’m a little against it as I’d prefer see more work done on open source like Godot, but I won’t dig in my heels about it because I know not every project is suitable for that sort of thing. It would be great if they could license out their engine to other developers at some point.
- Comment on More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6 1 week ago:
That makes sense from other things I’m hearing, yeah. Thanks!
- Comment on Paying the bills 1 week ago:
Nah ffs just do drugs, it’s politically more defensible
- Comment on More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6 1 week ago:
It does, I think! I’ve only played this series a little, and very distantly. Let me know if I’m close: So we’re talking about more than just satire but in a sense hyperbole, getting immersed in a setting with the vibes cranked up and slightly distorted. It’s a funhouse where all the mirrors are hilariously America-shaped, and the cartoon version of yourself it portrays becomes the satire.
Makes sense then that the more multiplayer experience of GTA V would have less time for the craft of that atmosphere, instead prioritising the delightfully crass verbs of GTA in the context of online gaming. Even a server dedicated to RP will tend to put a mirror up to the player, which probably detracts from the humour and vibe; self awareness takes you out of things, after all.
- Comment on More People Are Pre-ordering The $100 Edition Of GTA 6 1 week ago:
I wish I knew an intelligent hardcore fan of the series so they could articulate what they see in it. I doubt Noah Gervais is going to cover it anytime soon.
- Comment on This Did Not Age Well 1 week ago:
It was important for the plot that he foreshadow WWIII.
- Comment on Millions in Great Britain could face emergency power cuts at short notice 1 week ago:
What if instead we added more fossil fuels - AND - further centralised the power grid? Hah? Pretty smart, eh?
- Comment on Aliens: Fireteam Elite Is No Longer Playable On Switch 1 week ago:
The industry is too moneyed, my plan is to buy no big name titles until indies are leading the pack and there’s no money for lobbying. Then every government will be happy to pass customer protection stuff.
- Comment on This is what Democratic voters are saying. Will the party listen? 1 week ago:
Did they say that, or are you being a fuckhead?
- Comment on Challenge everything 1 week ago:
Proctology does what Nintendon’t
- Comment on 1 week ago:
Funny how the American one is better in principle, but worse in practise while the European one is worse in principle but (ehhh fine I guess but ugh) in practise