Normally I err on the side of 'art' being separated from actual pictures/recordings of abuse. It falls under the "I don't like what you have to say, but I will defend your right to say it" idea.

Photorealistic images of CP? I think that crosses the line, and needs to be treated as if it was actual CP as it essentially enables real CP to proliferate.

facepalm

Well, we have a horror movie intro right in the article.

Mi first realized that the experiment had been successful when he saw the silkworm’s eyes turning red under the microscope.

technically any MMO (or other RPG) that lets you build a female character, but I would say FFXIV as there are a lot of interesting female secondary protags.

Hmm, by that standard, Pathfinder: Kingmaker and Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous both qualify, though opinions on the NPC companions vary.

Nier: Automata

Immortals: Fenyx Rising

A couple of the Star Ocean games let you choose between a Male or Female protag.

Been there, done that, and fuck no.

But I also have no problems with leaving my phone on Do Not Disturb and reading a book. I am happy to ignore the world. I don't let connectedness rule me. I use it.

Usually. I also have ADHD, so sometimes I just need my stimulation

I'm rather hoping third-party apps like Jerboa will be able to allow multiple logins at once and have the ability to merge the feeds into one presentation.

I've grabbed the same login name on multiple lemmy servers plus kbin, so my identity is really easy to keep track of at least.

Heh, I feel a little qualified to provide some thoughts here. I have ADHD, and technically just barely kind of qualify as 'pro' (three whole Patreon patrons!), but I do have over 200k words published with almost 900 followers, so there is that. And this is what has worked for me, it won't work for everyone.

1. Figure out if you are a planner or panster. If the task of creating an outline means that you will probably never get around to writing, then you are best off being a panster.

2. If you are a panster, you probably want character-driven stories. Sure, you can have conflict and antagonists, but your characters are going to be acting and doing interesting things based on their personalities and desires. Plot happens to help drive character development, so don't try and make the plot anything too complicated, it's just a tool of your real story.

3. Write the story you want to tell. Create a few characters that you like in a setting/scenario that you find interesting. These should be people you want to get to know, and a situation at least moderately interesting to see how they cope with. High-stakes drama is not required (and may not be desirable).

4. Let yourself daydream about the story when doing the things that make your mind wander anyway, such as washing dishes or other chores. And if you daydream to go to sleep, do it then too. Keeps ideas churning about future developments.

5. Figure out how much (or how little) extra stimulation you need. This may vary. I often but not always enjoy having a music selection playing (Heavy on the Final Fantasy OSTs), and I have a civ game running that I can take breaks with for a turn of play and then back to writing (it's not hard to set up a modded game where it takes an hour to process a turn once you have enough cities)

6. Have more than one story to tell in the same world. This way every bit of world-building you do for any story helps all of them, and you can switch to writing a different story when your brain fizzes out on the primary story.

I'll add more thoughts later as they come to me.

This is a side-quests sort of game, only you have to go and find the side-quest dungeons.

Don't worry about the main story progression, go exploring, clear other dungeons. Can't clear this one? then go find a different one.

You can get better gauntlets, stronger boomerangs and bows, bigger and different bombs, etc., and that is just off the top of my head.

I kind of skipped Fark entirely, but other than that, yeah that was my route here.

Oh hell no. I never liked facebook much to begin with, and started despising it several years ago. I want nothing to do with anything involving Meta.

Maybe a weekly thread for self-promos? That way those of us who have some form of self/web publish elsewhere going can promote our stories, but also avoid filling the forum with them.

Some of them have a sliver of an excuse, as from my childhood until I was at least in my late 20s, gaming was the realm of kids and geeks with no social life (according to populate opinion). And some people have trouble changing their understanding of the world after a certain point in their lives.

They probably also have a lot of other issues as that kind of mindset can affect a lot of other things, but that is the way some people are.

Agreed. I love Discord for having a hub for friends groups or gaming groups or whatever, it's nice to have everything in one place, but when you want a discoverable forum, discord is not the place. It's a communications hub, not social media.