for you, it must be like watching everything on screen set to 'dog mode'

good post good post. now to take a big sip of diet sprite and check your last played date on sf6....

A comic. Emma is wearing a hospital gown in a nondescript white space. A voice says, “you’re so pretty.” She responds with irritation, “me? you must not have noticed my many flaws i'm actually large and awkward and lumpy and sweaty and i-” She is cut off mid-sentence by a corrective electric shock. “no,” says the voice. “i like your comics,” the voice says. Emma, who is still recovering from the shock, says without thinking, “you are so full of—“ before catching herself and amending to, “nnnice words,” but she can’t stop herself from adding, “but i genuinely can’t see my work as anything but trash and it makes me thínk less of you for liking—” She is cut off again by a shock. “no,” says the voice. The voice says, “you’re a good mom.” “Tha—“ says Emma, starting to contradict, before gritting her teeth and saying, “—ank you. That’s kind of you to say.” She holds her forced smile but flinches, anticipating another shock. Instead, the voice says, “you’re good at your job.” Emma, frustrated, yells, “what???” She quickly tries to add “a sweet thing to say,” but is cut off again by another shock.

a quick comic about deflection

just expanding the family today

A gamer and his spreadsheet categorizing his entire gaming history. HEADLINE: Exhaustive Spreadsheet of Gamer’s Entire Play History Compiled for Whatever Crisis Demands That.

One gamer has finally completed the arduous process of creating a full spreadsheet with every game he’s ever played, preparing for the inevitable day that’s necessary.
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I merged the two most inspirational artpieces in internet history

hearing this in the soul Calibur announcer voice

a medieval illustration of the virgin mary punching a horned, claw-footed, bestial devil

virgin mary punching the devil, england, 13th century

Fist me

Monsters from the original Dungeons and Dragons Book 2 - Monsters and Treasures, and what they get at the gas station.

i find the old school grid-based first person dungeon crawlers to be cozy - the way the environments press in on you, the games are constrained, and blobs of monster menace you from a respectful distance, are relaxing. not dissimilar from a weighted blanket.

Note to the reader: Luna is sitting up straight in her Serious Gamer posture, so a serious attempt is being made here.

How to use your imagination When your party stays at the Inn overnight, what do they eat? If you ever catch yourself wondering that then you know you’ve formed an attachment to your characters. With Etrian Odyssey’s characters, you only give them a name and a portrait, so no matter how you think of the character it’s technically just your imagination. But even in that case, without your imagination, the character is nothing. For example, a landsknecht who uses an axe might eat his meat with his bare hands and no utensils, but one who wields a sword might prefer a knife and fork at dinner. You might think differently, but... if you can imagine small details like that, you might find that you enjoy this kind of RPG even more. The essense is an RPG is using numbers to make calculated decisions, but if you invest those “numbers” with your own feelings, you can spice up the game little. Think about this: In your party of five, three characters are dead. Two of them are alive, but they only have a couple of HP left and no TP. They’re certain to die in their next turn, giving you a game over. Number-wise, those characters are useless, but how do you imagine they feel about that? What kind of people are those 2 characters who are about to die? Try to imagine things like that in the brief time before your game ends. Are they a landsknecht and a ronin, who’ll die facing the enemy and laughing? Is it a protector, ordering the weak medic to run with his last breath? The game over screen looks the same every time, but in your imagination, it could play out very differently. The game itself isn’t that big of a thing; what you imagine for yourself is much more fun. We hope that the player uses this game as a tool, to create dramatic and fun situations in your own minds. —Kazuya Niinou

Been thinking about the use of imagination in video games lately, or how I feel there are few and increasingly fewer games that ask the player to use their imagination to engage with them.

This post Kazuya Niinou wrote to accompany Etrian Odyssey often comes to mind so I decided to remake it.

Frame #18409 from 50s E01-03 moontrip

Roger Ebert:

The "is it about my cube?" scene from the simpsons but I changed it so Mr Burns is Pinhead and Homer is flayed. Hooked chains hang around the office.

ACAB includes anyone who tries to tell you there's a right way to lay on the bed

a real poster never logs off. sig semper cryrannis

Window of a barbershop in Arles, France with an image of Goku from Dragonball Z in an apron and holding a barbershop pole and scissors.

Van Gogh spent a lot of time in Arles, France. There's a restaurant that used to be a hotel where Van Gogh stayed and in a letter he wrote that the food was bad and they overcharged him for wine. Directly next door, sharing a wall, is this Dragonball-themed barbershop.

i'm coming over you better not be a skeleton waiter who throws a food tray, misses, then dives to the ground and explodes instantly

women who scold u for being tired after work be like: