directors commentary

Eh. The only director’s commentary I’ve ever seen is napoleon dynamite, and that was solely because I learned that they cut one of the characters out. There were originally two Hispanic kids. I see no reason to remove the magic from one of my favorite movies

Spooky, and trying very hard to be, to middling success. Less Rosemarys baby, more Halloween.

Inadvertent YouTube channel recommendations weren’t on the docket, by definition, but my infinite backlog grows all the same

Fair deal, but I’m all out of bisque. Thai red curry alright?

There are more great soups than good horror movies. I’ve already seen most of them, and it’s spooky month!

I’d love to

Package deal. There is always a lighthouse horror movie. There is always a man hot soup. There is always a city payment for services rendered

Both, in my case. But up to you. Your soup of choice at a temperature only a few degrees removed from 100 c

Six trillion dollars

We could split it into two questions, but I originally imagined a bowl on a table. Which is more precarious than it seems, let me tell you

A vandal. A visibly hand-made empty egg carton, a baseball bat, a ski mask, and a candy sack. Felt pretty proud of myself with that one.

Santa should publish previous years’ nice and naughty lists for historical reference

Considering the unrelenting data snatching capacity of the desktop app, there are only 3 plausible reasons Facebook, a company so maliciously money hungry that it might just prove the absence of god, would choose to deprecate it

1: something is fundamentally wrong with the app and they feel they are liable for greater damages than their potential profits

2: they’ve improved their data collection on browsers to the point that both methods are equally profitable

3: they don’t believe they need the money. (This one sincerely terrifies me)

Huh, so he’s attempting to create a caste of conspicuously president-aligned workers. That seems like an interesting and not-at-all dangerous idea

The Elden ring approach would have worked out better. Start in the middle of the action, “sink or swim, bitch”, and then things slow down. Give me a taste of the game before I die of old age!

Considering that violence against npcs who have unskippable text or are veritably annoying is documented everywhere and seemingly laughed at by everyone

I honestly avoid gaming communities like the plague, so I appreciate you delving into places where I will not tread.

Creating two tutorials and an option to skip the tutorial is a foolproof solution. Give the absolute basics to players, don’t tell them they can sprint while they can only just walk. Three sentences or less. Preferably less- show, don’t tell. Dump the succinctly phrased advanced information in menus, if you can’t figure out how to organically offer it. Maybe let players unlock the information, a la Tunic.

I realize this is a big ask for older games, but I’m constantly baffled that modern games can’t manage it. It feels like the result of feature creep

Depends on the style of game. If it’s simple or well established, I’d prefer to figure it out on my own. You steal my time and enjoyment by stating the obvious. Make them optional. Anything else, the shorter the better. Leave the details in menus.

If the tutorial is just playing the game, I’m fine with it. If the tutorial is 261% lore relevant, I’m fine with it. If the tutorial is entertaining, I’m fine with it. (Portal/lisa/undertale) If one more old man micromanages my battle against a goddamn training dummy, I’m sending unkind emails.

What an excellent opening line!