Does it fix the game-breaking bug in which nobody wants to play the story of the sad, evil, tragic little monster that ultimately betrays everyone who trusts him in the name of a nebulous addiction?

Seems like they just deprioritized optimization entirely, deciding that the optimization process could take place post-release and counting on the power of PS5 and XBX and higher-end PCs to carry them through initial sales.

She can totally retire, that’s fair and right and along a sufficient timescale, inevitable.

So, harassment and misogyny win the long fight. That’s depressing, but hardly unexpected... the ranks of bullies are legion and ever-renewing.

Yes, that was the context of conversation. Three of Fujimoto’s former  assistants have gone on to produce spectacular work, clearly there’s something in the coffee.

Dandadan is probably one of the best-drawn new manga published in the past couple years. The detail and the action is bonkers good.

It’s literally a metaphor for being 12 and going through puberty.

Given the history of the continent and its diaspora, I’m guessing both. Massive inequalities of status is culturally thematic.

I 100% guarantee you that the scarring stuff exists.

Victorians were outwardly conservative but privately wild as hell. We have the letters, the books, in a few cases the films. The culture of “table legs are objectionable”, insofar as it actually existed, was entirely performative, a mutually-agreed-upon social self-delusion.

Spongebob is also a show that was partly born from Ren & Stimpy crew, and was notoriously edgier in the early seasons. I suspect we’re seeing the vanilla mild material in that Archive link.

Some studios are stricter about this stuff than others. It speaks to the culture of the directors, leads, crew and the house…

Man, none of those kids were ever gonna be okay, even if they survived. That was some traumatic action in any case.

But let’s be real: Augustus drowned in the chocolate tubes. Violet died of horrifying edema and organ failure. Verucca went into the incinerator or garbage compactor. Mike might have survived, but he’s…

I probably won’t ever do this, but I love that the Deck is built in such a way that you can.

I went through a process with them of trying to recalibrate the battery, but it seemed pretty clear that I got a bad one. Bear in mind, this wasn’t within the first few months, it was the first few days... it basically came out of the box unable to hold a charge. From what I read, this was not an uncommon problem with…

I’d be more shocked if I hadn’t met people who were excessively proud that they “only read one book” (no points for guessing which).

Not sure if I could be more disappointed, though...

Store says it’s Deck-Verified, good to go.

First one I bought had a bad battery (wouldn’t hold any sort of charge), but they were quick to replace it for free, and the replacement has been pretty great. I’m not even sure if batteries are a problem for them anymore, or if that were just a factor of the early runs (I got one of the first batches).

Given a USB-C…

Oh, thank goodness the water providers will be compensated.

The citizens can go fuck themselves.

Oh noes, I might have to get my news information from reputable sources and only use Facebook for staying in touch with my grandma, noooooo... -_-

Cry me a river while we play the world’s smallest violin.

I agree, and have always felt, that the montage sequence at the beginning was originally meant to be gameplay. A series of missions that slowly build up your rep, introduce you to the world and the characters, and most of all make you feel like Jackie means something. So many of the Fixer Gigs seem entirely separated…