Two decades of “just learn to code bro”, will do that to a profession.

I think this is possibly also the problem for me. I compulsively explore, and the more a game has to explore the higher the chances I’ll get tired of it before I even finish it.

If Id rather watch a movie or a show I would watch a movie or a show. No, I just don’t like backtracking.

Or more specifically my playstyle forces me back track a lot since I tend to become a systemic explorer, trying to find every nook and cranny of a game due to fomo. I tend to prefer more railroaded experience these days, due to that but that’s not the same as wanting to be a spectator instead of a participant.

I love souls games, but other than Blasphemous and Dead Cells, I have struggled to stick with Metroidvanias a lot. I find that they are open in the worst way possible for me, because I can get lost and then spend time “progressing” only to find the way blocked and having to backtrack. These days I have low tolerance for wasting time, or more specifically to the feeling that I’m wasting time.

I haven’t played the first one for more than 10 minutes but bro there’s no way these games can be that good.

Ok but when did I ever say that they are equally bad or anything of the like? I said very specifically “the democrats are not any better in this respect”.

In this respect.

Once more: In this respect.

Reading comprehension.

Also partisanship of any kind is disgusting. Thats the real problem in American politics, the abhorrent tribalism fed by the two party system. No progress will happen while you continue to feed this system because both sides are not willing to solve the underlying root issues. Both just want to put bandaids on problems and continue to preserve their power. If the democrats know they will always have your vote no matter what, they have no reason to fix any issues. Which is why for the past few decades they have solved jack shit. So vote democrat but just like MAGA isn’t afraid to vote out their so called RINOs you should not be afraid to put a boot in the ass of democrats that only serve corporate interests.

I really resent the implication that democrats are any different in this respect.

I’m in for the story. The combat is ok I guess. I like turn based and I like souls games but this system feels somewhat unfair to me, it is almost inevitable for me not to take hits when fighting an enemy for the first time.

I’m enjoying it but it quite hasnt gripped me like people say. I was expecting more? I don’t know what Inwss expecting though the combat is enjoyable. I recon I’m about halfway through it.

Well the Xbox app that suspends Windows processes is a reaction to this threat. The threat not being Linux in general but SteamOS and Proton specifically. I don’t think anyone imagined it would be gaming that would usher in the era of Linux but it does seem that that will be the case.

Sir we do not make reasonable points in here, you’re supposed to hate AI irrationally and shut up.

Is it really unoriginal? If it is patentable then it is as original as one can get in an already very developed technological market. I’m not saying I want this out there, but that doesn’t mean that what they are doing is wholly unoriginal, especially if no one has done it before.

I mean they are a bunch of things but I wouldn’t call them talentless.

No. I wish that were the case though, then I wouldn’t have any reason to dislike them. But being that It isn’t the case, I’ll continue my campaign of hostility against gringos.

Bingo. Someone making 120k makes 5 times the median here. I know about 3 people of my age that own a house and 2 of them left for the US. The other one came from a well off family and was well connected. But the housing market is hot hot hot. And the supermarkets now do their promotions in English.

Maybe not in US cities. But I’m not talking about the US, I’m not even talking about cities. More like towns with heavily distorted markets thanks to expat parasites.

Third world problems but it’s true.

This is a good thing.

Fuck these kids getting overpaid remote jobs destroying the housing market of poor countries like mine.

There’s some more details here:

https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/media/french-streamer-frequently-humiliated-and-mistreated-on-air-dies-in-sleep-during-livestream-marathon/

https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/tiktok-star-jeanpormanove-dies-during-livestream-torture-challenge-10200847/lite/

I don’t know who, if anyone at all, should be considered guilty here.

Edit: Found a thread on X going deeper on it. I do think this was a torture and murder now that I’ve seen parts of the stream myself. They weren’t hitting him really hard, but the guy had heart issues and they really weren’t allowing him to sleep well. I can see while you’re in the middle of it it might look like it’s all fun and games but in retrospect the entire thing looks perverse as fuck.

I can’t understand people who believe international law has any legitimacy. If you are not willing to bomb another country to enforce the law, the law doesn’t exist.