captainlezbian

@captainlezbian@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cities Skylines 2, Kerbal Space 2, Planet Coaster 2, Frostpunk 2... What Went Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I don’t want a sequel for sequel’s sake. If you don’t have an artistic or consumer perspective vision on why a sequel is needed or wanted you should be focusing on something that can be justified like that.

  Story and exploration games have this built in. Why do players want a sequel? To have more story, to explore more, to return to this world once they’ve tired of the previous game. Rpgs are expensive, slow, and risky, but you basically never have to justify your next game.

  The games mentioned here struggle there. KSP does what it does well. Any sequel comes with huge questions of why people would want another space program simulator, and it’s clear that corporate just assumed that people would buy it because they loved the first one.

  And that’s not to say games that don’t feel like a sequel is warranted can’t benefit from one. Roguelikes are about as anti sequel as city builders and there are two roguelike sequels I love. Rogue legacy 2 was the devs reimagining the concept of the first game and making a higher budget (especially in gameplay) game that doesn’t just feel like a cash grab. And Hades 2 is similar in many ways, but different enough to feel warranted and clearly made uncynically. It clearly exists because the leads felt there was more to do with the premise that didn’t belong in the first game.

  And there’s the thing, I think that ksp probably did have a sequel in it. Something like a space colony sim where you’re a space station having to build and manage ships and colonies, or something else may have been warranted or good. But it would’ve come from a creative lead wanting to do it rather than what clearly happened of a corporation purchasing the game and deciding that since they owned it they had to make a sequel to use the ip

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What would this list look like for your generation?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I for one support the educational system refusing to address Oio. Every year people are subjected to delicious and sinful delicacies like Da*ton style pizza, Cincin*ati chili, and *uckeyes. Remember, only you can forget about oio

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Getting mixed signals from Reddit. Furthermore I shall henceforth be on Lemmy full time.⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think it’s something like i7t12 ie /c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt but it could be just something that looks like that

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon studies Buddhism⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A lot, they also framed Luigi

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Not him or transmasc, but as a trans woman, gender doesn’t influence how bad someone is, but it does influence how they are bad. Transphobia (directed at trans women) from cis men often looks like disgust and direct violence as well as oversexualization. There’s also an element of seeing themselves as knights in shining armor to cis women. From cis women it’s more likely to look like ostracization, backstabbing, and calling for men’s protection.

  If you noticed that that’s how cis men and women tend to treat cis women they hate, congratulations, you’ve figured out why one common refrain from trans women is that transmisogyny is a form of misogyny.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. As a teenager I hated the concept. Partly because I’d been bullied for failing to perform masculinity as a child, partly because I was not happy with the whole boy thing, but also because all the shit so many cis men say.

  But when I transitioned I saw it. And I saw trans men starting to receive the privilege I was losing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Transitioning in STEM⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I like to frame socialization as a lifelong process. People raised female often describe these experiences at formative years. And I’ve seen many trans men struggle to find their voices as adults.

  But as a trans woman I and many I’ve spoken to had multiple socializations. Effeminate male: more or less bullied into gender conformity, including things like being mocked for passivity; gender conforming male: taken seriously and encouraged to speak up more; and adult female: treated like you’re bad for speaking up and routinely discounted and underestimated.

  Oh and there’s the secret fourth socialization: trans woman: basically it’s female but when you assert yourself you’re accused of male socialization.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨3 Adams Case Prosecutors Resign Rather Than Express Regret to Justice Dept. | They had been placed on administrative leave after refusing to abandon the corruption case against Mayor Eric Adams.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  They can’t eat it, but they can live with it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has his way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Well yeah, there is a cultural assumption that the more dominant or masculine partner initiate, but feminine and submissive people can resist that and when we do so we find ourselves with better odds and with better communication. It also means we’re more likely to scare off the people who are uncomfortable with us expressing our wants and needs.

  I have particular experience with this as a submissive lesbian. Dominant women are often awkward about their dominance because they’re going against society’s expectations. And especially when it comes to hitting on women many fear being perceived as predatory. By merely being the one to initiate I’m able to break that barrier and display enthusiastic consent.

  Ultimately I think it’s something that should be more common and that role/gender shouldn’t be a factor in who initiates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has his way⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I disagree actually. I’m a sub and historically the Dommes who’ve been good for me hsve been ones who appreciated that I set boundaries right away and am clear and up front about my desires. It took a huge load off my Domme to know that she wasnt the one to ask for it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liz Truss to launch her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok 49 days is impressive for a lettuce. It’s also impressively bad for a prime minister.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Liz Truss to launch her own ‘uncensorable’ social media platform⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lettuce see how that goes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨i can’t tell if this is edginess or mental illness? i hope she’s doing okay⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  She has serious issues and you can’t save her. She can hurt you pretty badly on accident if you try

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Straight people, do you know what the Grindr notification sound is?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude, lesbians don’t either. Ya cool. Though i imagine some straight women in poly relationships with bi men may recognize it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur’s Gate 3’s biggest mod team now has hundreds of devs working on its huge custom campaign in an impressively professional production⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t either. But if they’re joining an intramural league, I oppose it. Because its a league defined by amateurism in which nobody’s really seeking to profit.

  When we talk NCAA or Olympics then I think that as people are starting to profit off of it the athletes should profit. Though I ask why we’re endorsing the everyone profit model rather than the “college sports teams should more resemble high school ones and we create a minor league instead” model.

  Lets go to a form of labor I’ve done: open mic nights. Comedians should be able to make money off their craft, but open mic nights shouldn’t pay because that creates conditions that ruin the point. It’s a space where anyone can go up, try their hand, and with minimal judgment perform. You being good is a nice surprise to the audience, unlike when you’re being paid where they have reason to expect it. It’s a different environment, one more focused on the human desire to create and perform and share it and on the development of skills to a level that they can be sold.

  That’s what amateurism is about. It’s about keeping it low key, keeping the expectations reasonable, and keeping the vibe of “people are selling their stuff here” out. It’s the same reason that as a former nudes poster who has dated nudes sellers I’ve wanted to keep those communities separated.

  So yeah, it kills the vibes and for us supporters of amateurism we know we’re losing out on highly skilled people’s contributions to our communities when we say we’d rather them not engage in commercial works in those realms. Thats OK.

  And I’d like to add that I do purchase art from former amateurs when they move into professional realms. Tamsyn Muir is my favorite author and her writing drips of her fanfic history. But her fanfic is for her and under a name idk if shes even released, and I wouldn’t buy it if she were to sell it wholecloth, because that kills the vibes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur’s Gate 3’s biggest mod team now has hundreds of devs working on its huge custom campaign in an impressively professional production⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Being paid to compete in professional sports vs being paid to compete in intramural sports. It’s the same industry is it not?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur’s Gate 3’s biggest mod team now has hundreds of devs working on its huge custom campaign in an impressively professional production⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Labor is labor, and copyleft is great. Hell copyright has massive issues. But also if youre going to participate in amateur labor where it would be illegal to profit, something wonderful and fulfilling for many people, then you don’t get mad when you don’t get paid. If you decide you’d like to make it something you get compensated for you can file the serial numbers off as has become a common practice for fanfic writers who achieve a certain level of popularity.

  But also, the exchange of money changes the nature of labor. Labor done out of love and a desire to create and act and give to one’s community is deeply human and quite satisfying and it’s why amateur communities develop culture of amateurism. And it’s why many people who don’t want to do these things for a living choose to do them for a hobby

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ex-PlayStation exec argues 'only the dog can hear' differences between consoles and gaming PCs: 'They're all quite similar'⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Temple only runs family friendly games. And the entire doom series, which has been deemed sufficiently holy

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baldur’s Gate 3’s biggest mod team now has hundreds of devs working on its huge custom campaign in an impressively professional production⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Defending amateurism in amateur fields is reasonable. Especially when amateurism is a legal defense of the practice such as modding. Professional mods without official license are copyright violations.

  This is similar to fanfic communities. The amateurism of the field gives it part of its charm and community, and it also makes it easier for people to come in, develop these skills, and move into creating and selling original works if they’d like to move in that direction.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Make gravity your bitch⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  No you’re both drawn to the local center of gravity which is on a direct line between both bodies’ centers of mass and is proportionally closer to the object of higher mass.

  That’s not really relevant in collided objects per se, but it means you and the earth both pull each other equally to a point that happens to be located ever so slightly away from the center of the earth. Well you would if there weren’t a ton of other gravitational influences including the non uniform shape and density of the earth that make you basically rounding error in terms of gravitational force. But you do impact it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a statistic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Unfortunately yes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a statistic⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The number of people who openly admit to coworkers that they have couch guns scares me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s why they speak like that. That’s one of their more blatant, but the goal is always to have plausible deniability. And as an added perk when they use some of their less well known dogwhistles they get to call antifascists crazy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨IT'S NOT A COINCIDENCE⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  What nazis say to refer to Saul down the street who works as an electrician. Well all Jewish people really, but they aren’t excluding the tradesfolk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Standard tRump supporter⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s also the idea that they’ve earned their government money. I once dealt with someone like that. Her ptsd disability money was earned unlike everyone else who didn’t suffer for it in her eyes. Higher taxes meant her victims (she was emotionally abusive af) couldn’t spend as much on her and higher government spending meant that the government couldn’t spend as much on her.

  These people don’t think that their money will go away.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ain't your buddy, pal!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I love that Ohio is purple in all of these

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs to spend less time on 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s also an element of if you keep acting a certain way it starts to infect how you think as seen above. Some of those people essentially trained themselves to be massive racists

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon needs to spend less time on 4chan⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They’re thinking of private pool vibes of people relaxing quietly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You say that but I was a student protestor a decade ago and it wasn’t this bad. And regardless just because our government is violating the law and our nation’s fundamental ideology (liberty and democracy) and has been for some time doesn’t mean we shouldn’t call them out on it

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should visitors to a country (tourist / visa-holders / people staying temporarily) have the right to criticize the government? When should an immigrant have the right to criticize the government?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  That depends on if we consider Thomas Paine a founding father or a criminal speaker.

  Free speech means you can speak freely