Dr. Chou-En Doom, MA (failed)

The Tex Murphy games were particularly bad on this score, but I think the first time I really became aware of it as a phenomenon was playing 1991's Free D.C!, a claymation adventure game in which not one single dialogue option relates to the corresponding dialogue in ANY WAY.

Bioware were the people who came along and said 'If you're not going to tell the player exactly what they're going to say, the dialogue options should at least TRY to give some idea of the actual lines.' Before that, you might just as well have been clicking randomly half the time.

Nowadays when people talk about dialogue options not matching the tone of the actual dialogue they tend to blame Bioware, but the thing is, before Bioware, it was worse. *Much* worse.

"He would not do that fucking"

It was fascinating watching 'Data centers cause Havana Syndrome' being instantly treated as fact by the same people who insist Havana Syndrome isn't real

Selling baby. Never wore shoes.

I should call her.

The casual game space is almost nothing but games for moms. The average casual Hidden Object narrative game protagonist is a mom, or at least a woman of that age range. The problem is folks like this don't consider those Real Games anymore than the average Gamergater does

Frogs change sex even in natural settings Frogs can change their sex even in pristine, pollution free settings. Past research suggested that male-to-female sex changes happening in frogs in suburban ponds may be caused by increased levels of ...

Sign saying "'Frogs change sex even in natural settings' - The Wildlife Society"

Perhaps you were dictating.

A little design with a wolf that say TRANS WOLF and has hearts snd sparkles and the moon and a bone

I love this animal. The woof

i love people with cluster b personality disorders because i’m boring as fuck. please drag me into some dumb bullshit so i can occasionally see what its like to be alive.

Tomorrow, Madam, I shall be flurfulblurgele-
[stumbles into manhole]

i prefer socialists who credit the art team

Millionaires charging $45 for a comic book while pretending they're opposed to capitalism, as profiled by people who charge $15 for a magazine while pretending they're opposed to capitalism

What's your interest in The Ophiuchi Hotline? *Googles plot* Oh, right, that makes sense

Heard joke once: Man goes to doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, "No, she went of her own accord." Might have heard it wrong.

There's a clutch of geriatric millennials on here who worked for Gawker and are incapable of understanding that they spent their twenties in service of a very bad project that had extremely negative outcomes.

I see that with the Super Mario Galaxy movie, Nintendo has apparently once again betrayed their true core fanbase, bitter aging nerds who loathe them and everything they do

Everybody wants politics in their science fiction until you start asking what the director of Godzilla was up to during World War II

You're telling me that's an actual human being and not a really good Spitting Image puppet?

TRAINWRECKORDS: "Kilroy Was Here" by Styx YouTube video by Todd in the Shadows

"'Modren man'? Is that just a typo you never fixed?"

Sorry but if I'm being absolutely real here I do not trust a crowd of Internet People who are tumbling over themselves to say "I'm happy with there being clear political messaging in my SFF" to still feel the same way if they, for instance, read something written by someone 5% to their right.

Nobody has played ALL the good video games.

If you think there are "no good games" you're either not looking hard enough or are really boring.

"Physical attributes: Supreme athlete, concert pianist, Concord pilot, mountain climber, diplomat, space captain and genius. IQ 498."

90% of the worlds supposed Deep Intractable Historical Reasons for conflict ultimately boil down to one batch of arseholes arguing with another batch of arseholes over who burnt down who's village first 14 centuries ago and they need to all shut the fuck up

I know it really shouldn't matter, but my god what a supremely punchable face