Here on break
It was nice crawling different dungeons and then… “Fresh meat” That was the first time in the game where I started to frantically try to just… get the fuck out.
Thanks for the memories. I remember taking turns playing this with my sister and freaking out when we first saw the butcher. Like just being able to use the mouse and keyboard was a challenge it was so scary.
I basically only go there when DDG hasn’t indexed the Stack Exchange/Overflow Q&A I’m looking for.
Also decentralized SE/SO when?
Yeah I’ve seen this happen in real time. Maybe a little slower, but still inexorably.
keep…going
A flawed democracy is still better than no democracy
It’s not over yet, friend. There are still things worth fighting for, and still so, so much more we could lose. Don’t give up hope.
Even comparing it to most modern shooters, I almost never feel as hunted as I did by the human enemies in HL. A big part of that is definitely the level design, but also the enemies in HL are very mobile compared to most games where the action is all happening roughly 180 degrees in front of you.
Also the scripted sequences that were all in-engine were amazing at the time.
We were used to cool things happening in a pre-rendered cut scene before, but with HL1 everything happens from the player’s perspective in real-time while you’re in control of them. Even the opening where you put the crystal in the beam and actually cause shit to go haywire felt like an incredible moment of player agency in the world. Like oh man what did I doooo
EDIT: oh @massive_bereavement@kbin.social kind of beat me to this point haha
Some tempting options, right? I’m trying to stay strong and tell myself I don’t need any more plastic. 😣
It is dumb as hell yeah. Well, probably smart in a business sense, because it’s an excuse to collect more minute-by-minute user metrics for a seemingly innocent purpose (when really you know it’s just going to be gamed to crank up engagement, and trick people into spending money - ie marketing)
I think you can disable taskbar notifications. Nice wallpaper :)
UNacceptable
I’m fine with dynamic difficulty, if it’s something that the designers bake into the game, which is already done in many cases.
I mean technically, but it’s not like it’s trying to be subtle about it. From the page:
I believe that Facebook represents one of the gravest threats to democracies around the world […]
The point is to discourage instances from federating with threads.
Oh dang it’s pricey nevermind lol https://www.ornament-shop.com/2015-star-trek-the-needs-of-the-many-i1151630.html
It is fun looking at them all, though
link now
Love me some Steven Pinker. Should probably read one of his books. Does he do the reading of the audio books, does anyone know? He has lovely diction.
This is what I dislike about most historical dramas. They focus almost entirely on the pampered (thought no doubt dramatic) lives of the rich and privileged, and lettered, ignoring the great majority of humanity that 1) were engaged every day with the drama of survival, 2) did all of the labour that allowed for those frilly few to write their letters all day.
EDIT: I write from the comfort of my home office on break at my WFH job… >_>
Do you like cool lore? Detailed item descriptions? What about esoteric oddities that you interact with through text? How do you feel about choose-your-own-adventure books? Torment: Tides of Numenera might be the game for you.
Also highly, highly recommend Disco Elysium, but someone already suggested that. I think you would love it.