Especially considering a lot of the creative talent behind Valve's acclaimed single player catalog are no longer at the company. Valve is a different company now and so their games will be different too.
funny you say that, I'm drawing from some past cult-adjacent experiences when I think about the subject. there's definitely lots of overlap and I think a lot of the social motives are one and the same.
It happens in many different contexts and often I feel there's a logic to it. Lots of people who are marginalized in one way are privileged in another. Maintaining access to that privilege can also mean an expectation to maintain your own marginalization. If someone feels they end up better on the whole by doing so, and isn't deeply connected to others without that privilege, and doesn't feel safe navigating life without that privilege, it gets pretty easy to justify on a personal level.
Detective Costeau hasn't figured it out yet, you haven't even met him yet, he's still sleeping off his last bender. Kim, on the other hand, already had your pronouns in his notes alongside a comprehensive psych eval
Sure, but broadly reducing red meat consumption is a pretty good idea for a lot of reasons. I think you're acknowledging this re: factory beef farms, but I think it's important to call out and also to note that a like 80% plant-based diet can be nutritionally complete, not ridiculously expensive, and more sustainable.
Sorry, just now seeing this! Essentially there's two different routes (up or down) you can take, with two different sets of regions, bosses, and story beats for each. The "down" path is entirely complete, and there's two regions of the "up" path complete. So the entirety of the story isn't there yet, but what's there is very polished and there's at least one major story arc complete. There are a couple characters that don't have art yet and so they're placeholders visually, but they're fully voiced and the placeholders aren't too out of place. They've published a more detailed roadmap that seems pretty reasonable for them to deliver. Overall it seems like 70% done and I don't think what's there is even going to change too much by the 1.0 release.
As someone who's skeptical of a lot of EA models, this is in my mind the right way to do it. I've played for 30 hours so far and haven't finished the "down" path yet and I feel there's still going to be a decent bit of content left after I do. Imo it was well worth $30 in its current state!
Hmm... usually I prefer push-in 😇
Gotta say I'm glad we can be and date any genders we like these days with much milder pushback (on average) than used to be the case. Really does help zoomers be a lot healthier imo, even if we've got other issues in the internet age.
yeah I heard this album, it's ok but personally I just think CD Laser Lens Cleaner has elevated the genre further
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/cd-laser-lens-cleaner/cd-laser-lens-cleaner/
young men have been told that white men are the worst thing to be.
Ok, but try not being a man and see if people think that's any better...
good news, the vast majority of the game is out in early access and it's really great so far!
But yeah I feel the same. Some time has passed in-universe since the first game so all the old cast have changed in their own ways. Chaos has evolved too but is still the same in spirit and I like how their change in presentation reflects that!
answer: :::Low - Days Like These:::
I lost my chance to stop years ago