He can deep-throat my dad’s days-dead dog’s decaying dong.

There’s a real sunk cost fallacy going on when you’ve been on Reddit for, say, ten years - until you realise that karma, reputation, and awards and stuff are just bollocks.

I’ve just finished Prey - absolutely loved it btw. Next I’m thinking maybe Dishonored, maybe Control, maybe Wolfenstein 2. Haven’t decided yet. I’ve also not finished cyberpunk, I pick it up every now and then.

“And now the athletes are at the starting line for the hundred meter ketamine stagger. . . They’re waiting for the starters’ gun. . . Some of them have got confused and wandered off. . .”

Shit, I play in easy mode. And I sometimes look up hints online. But yeah, I only play single player stuff so I don’t feel like I’m cheating anyone.

Because he’s a wanker.

TBF those do sound cool as fuck!

I reckon any street artist understands that their work is temporary. It probably got more publicity by being removed. Streisand effect at work again.

Yeah, and I’ve been on some actions that have kicked off, back in the day, fighting the lines of riot police. It was fun but achieved fuck all. Yeah we need many more people involved in aggressive protests. I don’t know if that will help either, but at least we need to mobilise a broader section of the population.

Fuck me that guy looks just like me.

I never met him myself, but I know a few people who have done way back. Site crew in Bristol mostly. Rip useless Paul who had one of his rats on the side of his trailer.

Our current government is the labour party, the one of the big two that is supposed to be more left leaning. They haven’t been left leaning in twenty years, they crept to centrist and now the creep to the right continues. They’re not dissimilar from the democrats in America. Internationally, there seems to be a general move towards the right and we are certainly following it. Demonstrations and activism don’t seem to help. Shit is fucked, basically.

They certainly patented it.

Ah gotcha, cheers. I guess I’m old fashioned but I kinda just like a shotgun mostly when gaming.

But yeah I’m thinking maybe I should give it another try, I did really like the style.

Yep I’m right there with you. Artists of all types should be entitled to the proceeds of their work. Also, if I were creative and something I’d created was plagiarised, I’d be unhappy about that too. Just because a big company abuses a system doesn’t mean it shouldn’t protect individuals.

I tried 3 just to see what all the interest was about, but couldn’t get into it. There were loads of guns and none of them seemed great or much different from each other. Was I supposed to collect them and sell them? I wanted to like it cos I enjoy the art style, maybe I should give it another go sometime.

No art, no poetry, no video games. . .

IMO creators should have better protections - the current laws don’t seem to stop AI gobbling up their work. But at the same time this Nintendo thing is obviously bullshit. I’m surprised the court * allowed it. Probably a decision made by a very old Christian man who doesn’t understand what games are and can’t use a smartphone.

* Oops decision was made by patent office who really should know better

They don’t seem to be protecting creators from getting their work subsumed by AI, so they’re clearly not fit for purpose. But I do think there needs to be some protection for artists and creators, it’s just that either the present laws are shit or the courts can be bought.

Maybe we need more women working in game design. I don’t know the figures, but I’m guessing they are underrepresented. We probably need more diversity in games generally. It feels like this should be obvious to studios too - the more diverse your team, the more likely your game is to appeal to a diverse audience = a larger pool of customers.

I recently started gaming again after a twenty year gap. Back in the day I used to go for high difficulty and complete everything. Now, I’m playing on easy difficulty setting. Partly cos I’m in my 50s, reactions are slower and my hands are a bit fucked up. Partly because I want to enjoy the story and the experience - if I get stuck on a fight and keep dying I get frustrated eventually and angry with myself for not being as good as I want to be. That feeling is not what I’m gaming for, so yeah, easy setting.

I haven’t played hollow knight because I’m told it’s frustrating and difficult, and, while the aesthetic really appeals to me I don’t wanna be frustrated. But I’m so happy for all the people who have been waiting for this and are enjoying it, sometimes we do get nice things!

Thanks! So I’m thinking to play amnesia next but you’ve just added to my wishlist.

I’ve been recommended alien isolation but never alien v predator. You think it’s worth a look then? Sounds like you get just what I meant about jump scares, I’ll check it out.

Yeah I’ve been playing prey and enjoying it. I’m really crap at games that need coordination tho, playing it on easy mode and feeling cautiously confident rather than bullet proof.

I’ve just looked up a plague tale, thanks for the suggestion, looks just what I’m after.

I struggle with retro aesthetic. I grew up with 8 bit graphics and got no desire to return to those days now that computers so much better! But I’m not closed to anything.

And yeah I entirely agree with you about horror. I don’t want something that just scares me, I wanna be appalled.

Thanks!