The wholesome social democracy 😍

I've heard much better things about 4, I've never played it myself though

2b from Nier Automata gets the same treatment. She's depressed and borderline suicidal, yet she bonds so much with 9s and leaves such a massive mark on him. Yet she's probably better known for porn than for her character.

A2 gets similar treatment, and her character arc is way less subtle than 2b's. But men just see an attractive girl and everything else goes out the window.

I don't think I "got" Dark Souls until the second I beat Dark Soul 3 and realized I had gotten good. I spent months playing through it, getting stuck in multiple bosses for weeks at a time, quitting multiple times, but kept coming back just to see what the hype was. Then I beat the final boss in about 30 minutes and realized I immediately wanted to replay it.

There's a satisfaction to knowing that anything that goes wrong is your fault. You can learn and optimize and iterate on every attempt at a boss. It requires a level head and a want to to solve a problem, not just a drive to beat a game. It can't be brute forced. If you fail, its your fault, and if you succeed, it's also your fault, because you've learned and improved.

I've played a little of Elden Ring and it seems to be more accessible. If you can't beat a boss, you don't have to try and try again until you win. You can just fuck off and go to a different area, and return with far better gear at a higher level.

There actually is a Disco Elysium book, called Sacred and Terrible Air. I've never read it but it has a reputation for being a slog to read and much less digestible than the video game

Gta5 is slop so you're not missing out. It's depressing that GTA has the cultural capital that it does.

Im surprised you can't get into Minecraft though, it seems like a game you'd love. You can install texture packs to make the game look smoother or however you want. Shaders also add dynamic lighting and the difference between playing with and without shaders is colossal.

I'm playing Baldurs Gate 3 at the moment, I'm 40 hours in, and about half of the time I'm thinking "yeah this is cool but maybe not for me". It's an exhaustive RPG with so many different storylines and well written characters, which in concept I should love. But the dialogue just doesn't scratch an itch for me all the time, and sitting through dialogue can sometimes feel like a chore. It doesn't help that it's obviously based off of dnd, and I hate DND combat and find the lore to be uninspiring at times. The combat has been greatly improved in the transition to a video game, but it still feels repetitive but the second act. The lore varies in quality; the githyanki are fucking awesome, a soxiety of plane-hopping warriors that have a cultish worship for their queen and a lust for battle. Dwarves and elves, on the other hand, have been so diluted as to be meaningless. They live in human-style cities with human societies and human values. There is essentially no difference between a human, an elf and a dwarf.

That said, I do enjoy bg3 a lot of the time. Unironically one of my favorite things is the nudity. I love being able to play as a nudist and have it not matter at all. It doesn't affect my stats and the other characters don't comment on it. Nudity is just a fashion choice and I think that's awesome.

I've just watched Coyote vs ACME and I'm not joking when I say it's the best movie I've seen this year. It genuinely had me in tears for some reason.

Granted I didn't see Backrooms or Obsession, but the other movies I've seen this year have been like 8/10 at best. Like I'm not gonna rewatch Project Hail Mary or the Odyssey for a long time if ever, but the mood might strike me to rewatch Coyote.

REAL AS HELL actually. the entire point of a bag is to put it on my bag and forget about it

not really a clothing item but ive always hated the tags on the back of tshirts. theyre scratchy and they feel awful. this is why nudity is superior

What is the worst piece of clothing?

Fighting over straits is all the rage in 2026. The Bering Strait will be the hotpoint for open war between Russia and USA

A million Kirks really were born, but that didn't matter because Kirk was not important

I have a fine selection of peni, if you would care to peruse my wares