doomcanoe

joined 8 months ago
[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

I think there’s a broader spectrum of jealousy than just “none at all” and “I’ll fight anyone who looks at my partner.” A little jealousy is normal, even in healthy relationships. We’re all human, after all.

Giving anon the benefit of the doubt, I’d guess they were hoping for just a healthy dose of jealousy. You know, as a treat.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Nah, I agree with you. While it definitely has a “teen romance drama” vibe, anon’s list just boils down to “I want to be loved” (and who doesn’t?). Sure, it might not be realistic, and it could be unhealthy if those are the expectations they hold for a real partner 24/7. But as a daydream? We’ve all had those dramatic, impractical fantasies. Entire media franchises are built on this kind of wish fulfillment, and plenty of people who enjoy them still have perfectly healthy relationships.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I get you. Because I as a citizen of the world hold you personally accountable for Trump. Afterall, you as a human let your country let America do this. You should be ashamed.

Your country yielded power to America, spending years allowing America to police the world, and dictate international trade. You can say you didn't want this, but you did want it, and you got it.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago

You are under the assumption the scientists listened to the bean counters. I on the otherhand think it's more likely that any (mad) scientist who could make dinofrogs via genetic manipulation would intentionally splice the ability to self-transition into their creation.

"Demand I make my dinofrogs infertile will you!? I'll show you... I'll show all of you!!!"

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 57 points 4 days ago

Your boos mean nothing, I've seen what makes you cheer.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Wait, I thought you were only able to tag out or were forced to swap on death. Did me and my brother spend all that time taking turns when it was actually true co-op!? (Tbf, I was always Donkey, so this is more of a "him problem", but still!)

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I was actually thinking places like Humble, or often times I just go straight to the publisher or Dev, since they keep 100% of their profit that way and often offer a discount.

I have never used G2A, nor any site that redistributes keys in that manner.

But in the month it took you to respond, I already read up on this, and honestly you exaggerated your claims to the extent that I'm not really interested in asking your opinion anymore anyway. Your hate boner kinda showed through.

So I guess... uh... thanks for following up anyway and have a good one!

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Just a weeb shoehorning that shit in. At least shoehorn in the superior stereotypical shonen (dbz)

Lol, okay buddy baka

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago

I'm sure there are folks who fall under that umbrella. But I was more responding in the context of this specific comment thread.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Per the article you posted (interesting read BTW!)

With digital hoarding, however, the act of saving the file becomes an uncontrollable urge.

“It means that they’ve lost the choice — they feel they have to save it. If they do not, they may feel uncomfortable and, more often than not, anxious that they may need to have access to the information and it’s not going to be there,” he says.

I'm not sure "picking up some games you might want to play when they are on an extremely good sale" qualifies as Digital Hoarding, per the definition.

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What else would you need it for?

[–] doomcanoe@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think they get a bad wrap due to how frequently they are used as a crutch to scale up content quantity without quality. Which isn't an unfair opinion to have given the fact that this is the case more often than not.

But at the end of the day ProcGen is a design tool like any other that, when in the hands of a passionate team using it with intent and creativity, can be an effective way to bring elements of surprise/randomness/chaos and/or remove tedious work from development to allow for more time to handcraft content where it can best be utilized.

Some games that show off how it can be an effective tool (not all specifically ProcGen Dungeons), Dwarf Fortress, Noita, Caves of Qud, Minecraft, Elite Dangerous, Deep Rock Galactic, a lot of 4x games (Civ, HoMM3, etc), also a lot of indie rougelike/lites (Rougle Legacy, Splunky, FTL, etc)

The important part, imho, is that the developers are investing the time to make it "good". Either by treating it like a core design mechanic with it's own unique/engaging qualities, or by treating it like a "quick rough draft" and going back to curate and hand craft quality content on top of it.

 

Turns out my Emotional support Windows installation was just a crutch. But lo and behold, through the power of FOSS I am set free!

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