I’m wondering if I should give Diablo 4 a shot? Thing is, last time I played Diablo, it was Diablo 2 on a Mac. I’m still a Mac user, so like Whoopi Goldberg I was sad that the game didn’t release on Mac OS, but I do have an Xbox. I just want to know if the D4 console experience is as satisfying as the old D2 keyboard/mouse experience was all those years ago?
There were a number of red flags that palpi was a trader. Such has his Sith voice when Anakin executed Dooku. Additionally the random order of a few million clones from a Jedi that had died many years ago. If I were on the counsel I would be raising the alarm that somthing sus is going on. Fallen for more than a few scams and something smells very wrong here. There was many other signs but if the Jedi were not so damn arrogant when could they have found out?
Trying to think of games that involve humans and aliens not in open war, but cohabiting and interacting. Maybe (or ideally) they're in tension, but they're at least talking. This is to say, XCOM is *NOT* what I want. Off the top of my head, Mass Effect fits the bill, Star Control does too, and conditionally games like Stellaris and Master of Orion kinda do. But I'd like more games about humans and aliens interacting in non-combat contexts.
I watched the Odyssey and although I agreed with everything Emily Wilson wrote in her scathing review, it doesn’t change the fact that the movie made Greek mythology aesthetically appealing again. I’ve already been enjoying Hades 1 & 2 and I loved Stray Gods. I don’t have a PS so GoW isn’t an option for me. Any other games that can keep scratching the Greek myth itch?
This is a very specific request. I'm having a group of people be introduced to the mechanic of character creators (especially where you have multiple species as an option), and I don't want them to spend an exorbitant amount of money on it, and I want it compatible on as many devices as possible. Honestly, the game itself doesn't have to be especially amazing; mostly I'm looking for a good character creator with lots of species choices and stats!
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Some background, I have been a professional artist/digital artist for over 15 years, and have been working on this since 2022. I got the idea many years ago after watching the film "Samsara", and decided to combine my love for Fallout with my own spiritual journey with Buddhism. The story follows a PLA Soldier that turns to Buddhism after the war to cope with the end of the world, and their journey through post-war Asia.
I stopped working on this full time ever since AI took over most of the digital art world, and was very discouraged to continue it. So here's everything that's left of the project.
I’ve tried to get into NMS like four times over the past several years but it never really clicked for me. Maybe I just didn’t find the right gameplay loop, or the specific mechanic that addicted me. I really want to like NMS; it seems like such a good fit for me on paper! So tell me: when did the game start clicking for you? What got you addicted?
I know this is an extremely esoteric reference but has anyone else read the Terra Ignota novels by Ada Palmer? Spoiler alert for those books:
In the fourth Terra Ignota novel, Achilles, who has magically come into existence in the 23rd century, wields a terrifying flying mech that rains rockets down upon his enemies. He thus becomes the most terrifying superweapon in the world (this sounds ludicrous from a distance but trust me, the books are actually quite beautifully written). Just saying: Greek hero in a flying mech suit raining rockets?!
If there truly is a conspiracy afoot, it is Max the Glow Train.
Who the hell is Max the Glow Train? What actor plays him, or the other toys, for that matter? What is up with that soulless face and soulless voice? That horrifying uncanny valley motion?
Max is made by "Coilbook." So WHAT THE HELL IS COILBOOK? There seems to be absolutely no information on Coilbook. Any information I try to discern ends up pretty much as a dead end. There is never any actual content to describe this supposed "educational multimedia company." Who runs it? Where is it based? Who performs for it? Who directed it? There is absolutely no transparency. But apparently "Coilbook" has been around since at least 2013, so these aren't AI, I guess?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?! It's driving me insane. Are they putting subliminal messages in these videos? Are they using slave laborers in their animation studios?! And WHY DOES MY KID LIKE IT?! One look at Max's vacant eyes and I want to scream.
I don’t usually teach summer, and the weather where I’m teaching is super hot. I commute via walk/train and despite having been in this job for almost a decade, I’m still not clear on what’s good to wear to class as a prof in these conditions. (I’m a relatively conventional cis man when it comes to how I dress btw).
For example: Birkenstocks? Yay or nay? Dare I wear SHORTS? Tragically my aesthetic is too hetero-normie to pull off a dress or something like that.
A rare (relatively) non-political question from me: if anyone else here uses meal kits, which service do you prefer? Definitely getting the impression that only some successfully satisfy Asian American palates haha… (That doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s got to serve Asian recipes, to be clear!)
I played Citizen Sleeper 1 several years ago, and was having a decent time, but then BG3 came out and I ended up getting pulled away and never finished.
Now, I see that Citizen Sleeper 2 is on sale. I hear it’s great. Should I be patient and finish part 1 first (maybe start over, since I’ve lost track of everything)? Or is it worth just skipping ahead to 2?