Even if they’re not terrible, it’s such a big pile that the idea of sorting through it for the bits I want (and there are bits I want) is annoying. I’d honestly rather just donate directly and skip the bundle because the cognitive load of that much stuff just… oy.

But Oxenfree was terrible and I hated it so much. Mostly the characters. I’m sure they developed as the game went on, but they started so annoying that I couldn’t take the thought of playing more.

> For example, if you’re sending a multi-sentence message, the periods are neutral, because they are being used to separate the sentences.

Surprised to not see Buried on the list, which features Ryan Reynolds in a coffin. That’s in, that’s the movie. He was buried alive.

I just get very frustrated by lazy comedies that try and get by on little more than a premise and likeable actors who can basically improv. That cast and that premise could have been much better.

> and directed by the guy who did “This Is the End?”

At the risk of this sounding like “git gud”: the RNG plays a relatively small role compared to positioning and cover destruction. Any time I’ve gotten fucked by the RNG, it’s because I was taking a risk I shouldn’t have taken. I mean, yes, it sucks when you see 90% to hit and miss. But knowing that you had a chance to…

I understand how the control scheme works from playing earlier games, but I’m a little disappointed there’s no controller support. I’m a couch gamer, and I really do want to play this, but now you want me to go get a _mouse_? I left my mouse at work when everything shut down due to corona virus.

> One of the devs in the video explains that everyone was too nervous to touch the code, otherwise, something might break

I think there’s a missing class that sorta falls between some of the classes on your list: the industrial space motif. Alien and Aliens provide the best example of those: the tech isn’t mirroring real tech, but it’s clearly built to give us a sense of an intimately used future, made to feel “real” and “lived in”.

Wait, it’s not? Admittedly, I didn’t pay that much attention to Fo76, but I thought that was the whole point! I remember the whole, “there are no NPCs, because the players will be the NPCs!” and then the “we’re adding NPCs” so I foolishly assumed that it was more MMO-y.

It’s almost like trying to build an MMO on top of a single-player engine is a terrible idea.

So, you haven’t listened to any of his breakout standup that launched his career? Look, it was the 90s, but when it comes to comedy, Sanders has a long history of both punching down, and going for the laziest hacky joke. I don’t think he’s some sort of KKK hood wearing scumbag, but sometimes he’s bad and not good, and…

I mean, I recognize that it’s flamebait, but it is an honest assessment. I got bored. There was absolutely nothing to hook me into the game and keep me playing besides more boring bossfights and barely average gameplay.

I recognize its importance as a historical object. It’s much like Half Life 2, in that it’s not nearly as interesting or as good as its reputation, and the story is barely more than a shallow puddle in terms of depth- but it stands out on a few key strengths of design and by simply putting in the motions of telling a…

I mean, the abilities were uninteresting, the core mystery never hooked me, and the boss fights were just exercises in tedium.

It is, in fact, a rad job, despite my mild complaints from time to time. Our company builds installations which mostly have a digital component to them. So, for example, we built a piece called “the Redwood Trail”. It’s a series of arches with LEDs around the lip and motion sensors so it can track and change color as…

That could easily be an improvement. I only played the first game in the series, but it was really bad. Oh, the art direction was great, but it was dull dull dull as a game.

It’s been awhile since I’ve played RL, but when I was into the game, I never understood all the cosmetics. I more or less kept my car stock, only ever tweaking the paint finish, and never using anything I considered “gaudy”. I also never got higher than Gold. Related?

I don’t think Valve is run that poorly