I love how for the first time since I started this job I have a 2 day span off in the middle of the week timed perfectly to let me jump right in, but the bastards had to set it for the evening. Guess I’ll just play Rimworld and pick it up on my next weekend off.

Oh hey it’s that company that protected abusers for years.

I have very little hope for this actually being any good. Studios are made of people that make games and the people that were around to make the previous titles really aren’t around any more. The spotlight of Inquisition for me was the excellent weaving of previous world building into the current plot in a way that felt organic and exciting. Now after going through the nightmare of Anthem and then clearly some development hell with this game I have to wonder how many people ended up sticking around and how that will reflect on the final product.

The stories I’ve read on how Arkane lost a lot of talent often line up with how Bioware has gone. Making a game in a genre the team wasn’t interested in with an overall goal to just make more money jumping in on a live service which led to major staff departures means that even should they try again, the studio isn’t made of the same people anymore and that expecting another great game is shaky at best and should be approached with at least some realism.

I want it to be good because I’ve enjoyed the series but it’s been 9 years since the last game and the people that made that game good did it despite everything. When they put out cinematic trailers and in-engine screenshots not even 6 months before the announced release, I’m left wondering why they can’t show actual stuff from the game. They should be done with the most major systems by now, environments should be made. I’ve seen this song and dance one too many times in the games industry and until I see people actually playing it I’ll temper my expectations.

I hate those N95s, the straps are uncovered and they tangle and rip your hair out, and you’ll be swapping masks frequently these days since you’re gonna go from COVID+ to COVID- and back and forth. The ones at my current workplace are better except for the fact that they press hard on the bridge of your nose and gradually breaking the skin down. And before anyone says, yes I’ve been fit tested, it’s the most comfortable one they offer at my workplace, the circular ones are even worse.

I think Subnautica really did that loop really well. Starting out you needed to grab fish to stay alive, a bit of an investment but not super tedious, exploring gave you some farming options, more exploration let you recharge batteries, and you kinda kept going and going. It’s the game that made me enjoy the genre under very specific circumstances. It gave you the feeling of needing to survive while also not tugging at your coat asking you to eat another dozen potatoes or something.

I agree with early access, I got burned a fair few times getting in on hype and the pitch when I was younger. If I’m hearing good stuff I might pirate early access stuff to see if it’s really for me, but I have a hard rule of passing on early access. Shit like Towns and Godus made sure I’ll never really trust early access despite the success stories. (Hell even Stonehearth was a disappointment despite it actually getting a 1.0)

Add in a full playthrough of Umineko no Naku Koro ni, took me like 150+ hours but it did have change the way I look at the world and how I interpret stories in a rather significant way.

Saw part of this blowup yesterday and was debating if it was weird video essayist bait or something just terrible.

It wasn’t marked by Shinigami eyes so I was honestly confused because it popped up on the account I use to watch minecraft LPs and skit comedy stuff. Clicked on it, looked at the comments and got my answer pretty fast and then just made sure to do some marking so that maybe someone else in the future doesn’t have to wade into such a shithole.

Surprised nobody mentioned Terraria, especially old Terraria before they added a bunch of QoL improvements to crafting where you’d have to find which small chest holds your iron bars mixed with the million and one pieces of loot you refuse to let go of.

I remember back when I lived in the dorms for college and some of the horrific shit I saw and smelled is ungodly. I went to one of those “gamer” colleges and I had a pair of friends that I hated going into their room because it stank of feet, cum, and BO and it only got worse over the year. Then when I moved room the toilet was black with filth and I ended up spending >3 hours scrubbing it until me and my new roommate were comfortable even going near it, he was stuck cleaning other parts of the room in trade for me doing the toilet. I have no issue living cluttered and not living in an immaculate space, but I mean, have standards.

There’s a strangely large subgenre of sex games involving Hitler. They include the sequel to Sex with Hitler: Sex with Hitler 2. Then there’s also Hitler: BDSM bunker, Furry Hitler, Furry Hitler 2, Sex With Hitler 2069, Sex with Hitler 3D, Sex with Hitler WW2, and Hitler Loves Anime.

Earlier this year we had COVID rip through our unit, half of our residents got it. Since it’s a dementia unit it’s nigh impossible to quarantine people because they either will come walking out and get aggressive if you try to keep them inside, or they’ll find a way to fall. While most made it through the quarantine period, it still took its toll, we had 6 die within a few days of each other a bit after we were fully cleared on the unit, they just weren’t able to make back out on the other side. To that end, there are a fair few people that now have chronic coughs and we had RSV hit a few weeks later. The ones that died were already pretty precarious but as of now we have a new group that’s a bit more precarious and keeps getting sick.

I recently finished Pacific Drive, it was pretty fun, but I feel like it could’ve probably been a bit shorter and the grind a bit less overall to make the mid game transition to the end game more.

I picked up Sifu and that’s been fun. Kinda hits that Sekiro itch.

I know Rimworld is getting another expansion pack though I usually have to play on a few month delay if I want my 300+ mod list to remain current. Though I will say it just sorta feels like they’re just doing an official version of the rather popular Lovecraftian mods that are out there already.

Then I’ve been playing minecraft here and there after watching 15+ hours of a dude build amazing things with Create and almost makes me feel like I could do that until I remember dude spends hundreds of hours on it and I don’t have that kind of time anymore.

I look forward to whatever they do next and while a neat little Director’s Cut would be nice like they did for Divinity Original Sin, whatever lets them keep making great games is all I really care about.

Who is your favorite Peggle character?

Bjorn, but the nightmare quiz loving version DougDoug made.

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Usually it’s a bit more of a “hmm” but this was just silly easy

This is the only gameplay I ever saw. (Cw: death)

One of my first experiences ever with my Host family in Japan was the mother pulling me aside to point out the Chinese tourists and saying like they were lepers. Legit didn’t understand what the problem was or why I should care.

*We still do 10 day isolation in healthcare. I feel like that’s all that needs to be said.