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Also, as a side, representation of children in work like this is absolutely a concern, namely passive sexualisation, and I am very pleased to note that Pragmata, so far, has none of that shit. Diana is written and presented exclusively as a child in all forms; visual, animation, interaction, etc.

Diana will do some cliche "curious AI robot shit" and Hugh will be initially "waah!" and then immediately just embrace the curiosity wholesale, earnestly answer her questions, and be fully supportive of Diana's interests.

I swear some of the dialogue in Pragmatta is deliberately written to bait the player into expecting a gruff, melodramatic Sad Dad line from Hugh, only every single time is instead a warming, kitschy Good Dad delivery. Hugh not "trusting robots" isn't even cynical. He is kind and empathic regardless.

It's harder to be selective with strains in a country where it's illegal, so I don't doubt more open environments allow for better selectivity. But weed these days is such a different experience to when I was in my early 20s, like 15+ years ago.

Weed culture is just IPA culture. Which is to say I thoroughly enjoy the recreational use of both, but they're also both painfully obnoxious and stupid in their endless pursuit of stronger and stronger strains/brews just for the sake of it.

Getting my facelift and BBL.

Bluesky discover algorithm is as bad as Twitter's, in my opinion. Just an utterly awful jumble of shit always, every time including topics/themes/content/things I have repeatedly said I'm not interested in seeing.

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Likewise; remake the BF1 maps, make them a modern lost-to-time twist for all I care, but remake them. BF1 had some really fucking solid maps. And yeah, map voting too.

RE: Pragmatta, I am once again begging PC gamers to understand that path tracing is quite literally the most cutting edge, future rendering tech currently implemented in an extremely limited number of games, and will come at an enormous performance cost no matter how expensive your GPU.

I havent watched the last season yet because I was burned out by both Butcher and Hughie x Annie storylines recycling themselves.

Battlefield 6 upcoming content looks good. It's all marketing bullshit but at least there's bigger, more open maps on the horizon. Also neato to see them revisit two of the messiest maps in the game. Shame no acknowledgement of Manhattan's rooftop camping. The map is unplayable.

"Snake. We're not tools of the government, or anyone else. Fighting was the only thing... the only thing I was good at. But... at least I always fought for what I believed in."

Alan Wake II, a game exclusive to Epic and not on Steam, is getting a crossover event with Phasmophobia, a game exclusive to Steam and not on Epic.

I really want to give it another chance. I installed it last weekend and immediately noticed how fucking AWFUL the HDR looked. Super ugly desaturated and washed out. Is the Special K solution any good? I couldnt find a RenoDX solution.

I dont really have life plans other than crunch this job for the next 14 months, put away as much cash as I can, turn 40, have a mental breakdown and exit society to live in the sticks.

dead wife flashback core

Wake up. New unhinged Kojima photo shoot pics just dropped.

Born too late to explore the Earth. Born too early to explore the cosmos. Born at just the right time to be irreversibly damaged by video games and then watch the very thing kill itself.

I know im being mean but if the internet is good for one thing, it's emotionally reactive, over generalised, mean spirited hot takes.

I havent played Baldur's Gate 3 and every clip I see of the dialogue is the most insufferable horny dnd nerd quippy bullshit. Like geared towards people who think role playing is erotic fan fiction of Critical Role and memes.

Anybody remember this classic aussie kids show Spellbinder?

I fell off Exodus pretty quickly, it just didn't land to me, and Last Light remains my favourite in the Metro series. But I'm still excited to see what the team is cooking up for Metro 2039. Good series. Particularly the art, audio, and tech. Exodus was like the first big ray traced game?

Almost EXACTLY what triggered my rant. Crucial email, needed to upload the contents and attached document. Received it Thursday or Friday last week. I KNEW key words in the email, including who it was from, and Outlook's assisted search would not find it. Had to go manual.