In that you aren't simply pirating the stuff because Adobe's cracked to hell and back? Makes you an outlier I'd bet, but it's not weird.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

For example, I didn't fall in love with Titanfall 2's environmental art design---it felt a bit generic to me, like it was meant to be the backdrop for a shooter, as opposed to the Sevastopol in A:I or the station in SOMA that felt like existing locations.

Ditto BioShock: Infinite. The world felt like it was built around the premise of being an arena shooter, not the other way around.

BioShock 1 & 2 are exactly what I'm talking about though.

Even Borderlands 2 has great world-building: the corporate history that can be inferred from the level design, the weapons & the NPCs makes it one of the richer games I've played.

Would love to hear others' thoughts on your favorite FPS environments!

OG experts

And all the poor bastards with that wireless Apple mouse that charges via USB on the goddamn bottom of the device so it can't be used while it's plugged in. 🤦‍♂️

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I switched from Mac to PC a couple years ago, and learning to use the Windows key for those slightly-obscure special character shortcuts (e.g. em-dash, accents) took some angry rewiring of muscle memory.

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Fool---the scroll wheel is a scalpel; the scrollbar is a broadsword. Use the right tool for the job.

There was a recurring gag on Parks And Rec about Pawnee internet users needing Altavista so they could use it to navigate to Google. That joke felt very real.

D'oh, my Lemmy Explorer count is three lower than my sh.itjust.works count. 😔

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago

I keep saying that it's like losing a shitty Library of Alexandria.

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

This was great to read, and reminds me of the joke that the stock market is just astrology for dudes.

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[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We're conditioned to invest, both financially and emotionally, not only in what a game is right now, but what it will be in a year. We cling to roadmaps like lifeboats and wield Reddit threads as weapons of sentiment for or against the developers we've hitched our wagons to. It's a fuzzy parasocial relationship that only gets less healthy the more money is wrapped up in it. I'm sick of games that glare at me with dollar signs in their eyes from the moment I press play.

This review heated up fast

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I know he probably just travels everywhere with like three suits ready to go, but I dig that it looks like he's just caught several fish here.

Oh god, the loss of Sync was legitimately the straw that broke reddit's back for me. I would instantly pay Laurence for this

[-] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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