Flamekebab @ Flamekebab @piefed.social

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I'm still waiting on the killer titles for the current generation of consoles. I'm frankly amazed that games have become so difficult to make, given how the graphical improvements aren't leaps. Build a stylish lighting system, make sure your textures and geometry aren't too ropey, and then make something creative.

I know it's not that simple, obviously, but I was playing through a fifteen year old FPS yesterday and the difference between now and then is just not that big. It's not nothing but the Gameboy philosophy of doing more with less would go a long way.

But... but... the line has to go up! Don't you understand? It's not going up! Panic!

This is something I find weird about how farming works in the UK. The notion that it should be profitable is nuts to me. Food is so ridiculously important - surely we should be putting money in to get food out. The food is the profit!

I wish I could have phrased it that well.

I agree that the original is tighter, but I love the free-form adventure of 2.

Did you ever play it modded? The Restoration Project, Updated has two amazing addons that add more talking heads and more voice acting and they're both of phenomenal, basically seamless quality. It's really like putting on a fresh coat of paint on the old thing.

Played it? I voiced a talking dog in it!

Well if the order wasn't enforced... yes?

These psychos aren't stopped by words.

How much could we save by simply scrapping the bureacratic overhead of administering this stuff? The amount of money spent to avoid the odd dodgy claim is false economy.

Fallout 2 is probably one of my favourite games of all time. Absolutely amazing game, if a bit sprawly. I've played through it many times and expect I will do again.

Red Alert 2 - the pinnacle of the isometric RTS genre. Bordering on too silly but without tipping into absolute farce. Mechanically very strong, the art is lovely, and even has nostalgia for me.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Massive game but a run can be completed relatively quickly. I always disable the music because I don't like games that try to scare and intimidate me. I'm pretty good at the game so it tends to be pretty relaxing for me, if a bit fugue-state-y.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2: the apex of the Battlefield multiplayer games for me. The others have plenty going for them, but BFBC2 was the best compromise between destructibility, player counts, etc. for my tastes. Sniping took significant skill and one couldn't go prone - it meant that open areas didn't feel like a death sentence (looking at you, later BF games!).

Assassin's Creed: Origins/Odyssey two open world games with beautiful maps and locations to explore. I think I preferred the setting of Origins but the story of Odyssey. A bit of escapist fantasy, I suppose. I loved the Ezio trilogy too, mind you.

I'm contracted for 37.5 hours per week, which is pretty normal for the UK.

Corporate-owned media can get fucked. Adapting vocabulary to the whims of their feckless advertisers is complicity.

That sounds like you've only experienced a peaches culture. It can be tough.

I've known about it for too long to say, I'm afraid!

Any time I see people hawking their religions on the streets I'm grossed out. If you're such big believers in your noddy religions, go do some actual good rather than turning it into a bloody pyramid scheme. Free bibles courses? No one needs that!

I'm sure they'd have something to say about you pulling out of your boyfriend!

An important bit of information that's missing here is what kind of culture are you in/from on the coconuts/peaches scale?

(Coconuts - hard to get to know initially but very warm once that hurdle is overcome. Peaches - warm to everyone but very difficult to get truly close to. Finland vs. USA, for example)

As long as you're enjoying your gaming time, you're doing it right!

Optimising the fun out of it is an own-goal.

It's not been a good time, has it? "Austerity" wasn't an economic policy, it was a justification for needless cruelty (as opposed to policies that leverage short term pain for long term positives).

Useless be-suited twats.

That only holds true if the price doesn't vary over time.

Preach!

I have similar questions when YouTubers say the old "don't forget to ring that bell" and the like. What on Earth would I need notifications for? It's on-demand video! The whole point is that it waits for me!