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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is it like being drunk? How much control do you have?⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Twice in my youth I’ve blacked out. I remember the start of the evening, and I remember waking up with no clue how I got to where I was. In between, there’s nothing. I couldn’t tell you whether I was still in control or not, because I simply don’t remember. Neither do my friends: I just disappeared.

  Other times, when I was “normally” drunk, it’s definitely like others here have said: fewer inhibitions but there’s still a core that can make decisions. But when I blacked out? No idea. I might’ve stolen the Mona Lisa and replaced it with my own copy for all I know.

  I just wish I remembered where I put the real one.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valid point⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I love how millennial has become the new code for old. Gen X has been skipped again. As always.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well you see, uh...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Later that week on the playground: and my dad said your mom eats so many hamburgers that she causes orbital motion around her.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well you see, uh...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  No I meant why is he a dog and not a hound like in other Germanic languages?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Happy Birthday guys, gals, and other pals!⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll have you know some of us got our gold long before the nazis came to power.

  We had colonies to exploit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I interpret it more as preserving those big box games from the past, not releasing new boxes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh yeah that’s it, I messed up the name!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Bound by Blood is an old, rather difficult, action RPG with an interesting premise: you’re transforming into a demon and the player’s actions determine how much you change.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  5? In a closet behind me I have a physical disk containing 4 full games, including their scanned manuals, on one CD. That’s right, a CD, not a DVD.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I'm doing my part⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t remember the last time I used either of those. Real glasses and cups exist, and don’t require straws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dutch gamers file €220 million claim against Valve, operator of game platform Steam⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Stichting Consumenten Competition Claims

  “Stichting Consumenten … “ shit what’s the Dutch word for claims? Ah fuck it, let’s just switch to English in the middle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Title⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Good luck liquidating 500kg of gold without someone taking a decent cut.

  If that decent cut is 95%, you’d get only 5%. Sounds bad. 5% of 72.6 million is … 3.63 million.

  Yeah, I’ll still take it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What’s your favorite video game that most people didn’t like ??⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Mass Effect Andromeda. It’s a lot better than people give it credit for. Sure it has its issues, but no more than the original trilogy which is so revered. And the game is gorgeous, definitely the best looking ME to date - even with the trilogy legendary edition. The story was good too, it could’ve been the start of a great new trilogy. It doesn’t have Shepard, but female Ryker was a lot of fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Baldur's Gate 2 remake is apparently in development, with the original co-lead designer returning⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you so much for the spoiler tag. Although I grew up with Infinity Engine games (and its predecessors in the gold box series), I never actually finished BG2 and am playing through it for the first time now.

  Even 25 year old stores still have people discovering them for the first time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can't wait.⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Jim should shim the jamb.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A Witcher Expansion? In 2026?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Single player, open world, fantasy, RPG games⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Origins is more cRPG than action.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨😉 😉⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve seen the exorcist. I know.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hrmmm 🤔⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  However the amount of photo shops has dramatically decreased in that same time period.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨English has too many words for animals⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait wait wait. Have we been lied to? Are Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello, and Leonardo tortoises?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apparently they are actually for birds???⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s a couple of pigeons that made a nest in my backyard two years ago. It’s located right next to a wall that’s frequented by cats. It’s also right next to the back door, so every time we go out the birds leave the nest in a panic, leaving the chicks behind. That is, if there would be any chicks - the nest has such big holes that the eggs just fall out onto the ground.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do you need a launcher? (asking older gamers actually)⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You don’t. When Valve first started with Steam, everybody hated it. I myself held out for a long time, not wanting a useless program hogging resources.

  But gradually it became clear that Steam was actually just a game store. Except having to go to a store and rifle through boxes, you could do it from your PC. Yes it launched the games, but that was just like having a single folder with all game shortcuts. Its main purpose was discovering and buying new games.

  Other vendors saw its success and wanted a piece of the cake. I think they mistakenly thought the launcher was an important part of Steam’s success, when it was in fact the large catalogue and good discoverability. They use exclusivity to lure customers, but can’t possibly compete with Valve.

  Now we are at a point where the landscape is divided again. The majority of games is on Steam, but enough have their own place that the “single folder with shortcuts” became relevant again. That’s where the likes of Heroic and Playnite come in. These are no longer stores to buy games, but are simply a convenient way to quickly start the game you want, regardless of its source.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Typical monopoly people⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That looks unironically great. Relatively easy to read and as far as I could tell, internally consistent. Two things current English spelling lacks.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨megashark literature⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What are you doing step pizza delivery man?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don't mind me, just enjoying a perfect Wednesday evening⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Your keyboard has more colours than your monitor :-D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Settings you believe ANY game should have? (This is me advocating for a restart/reboot button on ALL games)⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While we’re griping, and speaking of Console-Itis, does every PC game now need to have an unskippable message telling me that this game has auto save and urging me **not to turn off my PC** when the icon is being displayed? Really? Nobody’s going to do that. Tell me your game is a shitty console port without telling me your game is a shitty console port.

  This one, along with “press any button to start”, annoy me so much. There is absolutely no reason to have to press a button before even entering the main menu. If you need it to determine the type of input device, that can be the first press on the menu.

  Treat PC games as PC games, even if you make them cross platform.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Radon⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I make babies.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Guild Wars Reforged Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  GW1 and GW2 are very different games. Don’t expect an MMO if you try GW1. You only see other people in cities, the world itself is made up of instanced zones. Only your party is there, and there’s a well-defined mission in each zone. Think of each zone as like a dungeon in an MMO.

  That said, it is a great game. I prefer it to GW2, but I would guess that MMO players could be disappointed if they don’t go in with the right expectations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Uh oh: Ubisoft postpones its quarterly financial report at the last minute and halts stock trading⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Either way, he recommended that everyone “freak the fuck out for the next few days and speculate as much as possible until they announce something,”

  Advice after my own heart. Freaking out and speculating are always the best move.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you beat post-work floppiness?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The point here, IMO, is to make moving - some kind of exercise - part of your daily routine. Unless you have a physical job, try to find some way to stay physical. Bike to work (I know this is often not practical), or go for a walk at lunchtime, or start always using the stairs in the office , or …

  It sounds contradictory, but staying physically active really does give you more energy.