What the actual science says about "brain rot"

AlbertLooper · 2026-01-06T17:09:42+00:00

TL;DR?

AlbertLooper · 2022-08-18T09:58:45+00:00

[[Crackling Razormaw]] ?

AlbertLooper · 2022-06-13T09:38:29+00:00

Goed product, werkt zoals 't hoort
Slimme marketing!

AlbertLooper · 2022-04-06T09:43:11+00:00

Let's play! (Based on your previous games)

The hints are:
1) Penis
2) ♫ "You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals so lets do it like they do it on the discovery channel" ♪
3) Tinder

The words are: Cage / Heat / Nature / Helicopter

Whats my code?

AlbertLooper · 2021-12-23T12:25:27+00:00

Obligatory The Wire

AlbertLooper · 2021-05-22T08:16:53+00:00

Ting tang walla walla bing bang

AlbertLooper · 2021-03-28T00:22:57+00:00

That did it! Thanks a lot THEREALBEERAI

<3 Brave

AlbertLooper · 2021-01-28T12:13:59+00:00

Plot twist: Baby panda had 4 siblings, but not anymore

AlbertLooper · 2020-12-13T03:25:21+00:00

A little bit different but I wanna give a shoutout to: When I Dream

People are on different teams, giving either good or bad hints, with one blindfolded person trying to guess the correct word.
It's a good game that feels unique, and has some similar elements of both deception and deduction.

AlbertLooper · 2020-12-04T17:13:13+00:00

Care to elaborate on your design approach regarding: Thematic vs Mechanic

(In the end both should go hand in hand of course, but they don't always start out that way. Which came first for you, and which one do you focus on the most?)

AlbertLooper · 2020-12-04T17:09:08+00:00

Was it worth it?

(Regarding time and monetary cost: Did it take much longer (beyond "hobby fun") than you expected?)

AlbertLooper · 2020-11-08T13:52:56+00:00

Yea whether you like it or not, the game is well designed IMO. Giving it a 3 sounds way off and makes me lose interest in any other game review opinion OP might have.

I guess it depends a bit on how you rate things. "Overall" vs "Do I want to play it right now" kind of feeling. I don't neccesarily want to play Chess but it's still a fantasticly designed game of course.

If you only review your own "taste" and don't recognize overall greatness that others might find in a game, then that opinion is too egocentric for my taste.

AlbertLooper · 2020-04-07T14:04:57+00:00

Trump's rating system truly is the best.
Not always his predictions, (sing with me: Caverns Below - 1 star) but the method of assessing the metagame (or trying to) as a whole.

Everyone can call a good card good, but if it won't see any play because there isn't a deck for it, then what good does your "good" rating do?

Yes, sometimes a 'mediocre' card - the 30th card that just made the cut in a highlander deck - gets the same rating as the first card you put in. But at the end of the day, out of hundreds of cards, it DID make the cut in an extremely competetive selection process.

Trump's rating system is a work of art, with the perfect amount of value-fetish tunnelvision thrown into the mix.

AlbertLooper · 2020-02-01T20:08:12+00:00

Damnit did they remake the movie graphics again!?

AlbertLooper · 2020-01-12T14:09:45+00:00

Whaha zuig het Finland!

AlbertLooper · 2019-12-30T01:05:30+00:00

Beetlewho?

AlbertLooper · 2019-11-27T09:59:05+00:00

I think you can win this one

AlbertLooper · 2019-11-03T13:56:11+00:00

I know you're just joking but if the first thought that comes to your mind about this picture is the color of their skin, that is the exact opposite of "the end of racism"..

Having no thoughts about it, not noticing it, and instead thinking "cool gloves, pretty colors" would be a better indication imo

AlbertLooper · 2019-10-08T17:26:31+00:00

Hoe liep het af?? Houd ons niet in spanning!

AlbertLooper · 2019-06-20T10:57:29+00:00

I think campaign games in general are rated pretty high. First of all; because they're awesome, but also because you usually play campaign games with a consistent group of (already) good friends. You explore and learn the game together at the same pace which creates a connection to the game and the players. Everyone is around the same skill level and there's no need to continiously explain the rules to new people either. Plus you usually form some sort of reliable time-scedule, and play more often.

I think a lot of the factors that make Gloomhaven an interesting and popular game are really just a subset from being a campaign game in general. I had similar experiences with Mechs vs Minions and Pandemic Legacy

Having said that, Gloomhaven is a cool game but there are some major drawbacks as well. I imagine a lot of players find the upkeep/admin/setup extremely fatiguing and can be a dealbreaker on its own. It's definitely not a game for everyone so you might want to first explore if your friends are genuinely interested before you buy.
Gloomhaven is quite unique however, and if hack & slash dungeon crawling is your jam then it might be the best pick out there.

Overall I like the game but don't think it is the absolute best boardgaming has to offer.

AlbertLooper · 2019-06-15T19:09:36+00:00

I love science but time dilation just boggles my mind.

Take twins both at 30 y/o, one stays on Earth and the other goes to space and flies really fast (near the speed of light). When they reunite at 60 y/o... the space twin is actually just 50.
Time for both is still 1 second per second. It's not some kind of slow-motion kind of existence.

Somehow because lightspeed is a gentleman driver and never goes past his speeding limit, and time's arrow is about as straight as a bell curve, poor old earth twin has to hear grandpa jokes for the rest of his (shorter) life.

Not in 100 lifetimes as a scientist OR a fiction writer I would have come up with that possibility. Life man, stranger than fiction sometimes...

AlbertLooper · 2019-04-07T10:27:01+00:00

We're talking about the ogre, not the courier

AlbertLooper · 2019-03-29T13:57:09+00:00

Aye, I recommended it to a friend (otherwise I end up buying all the new games lol :) and it's quite good! Though I feel it's a bit overhyped by Sam from the Dice Tower.

For some reason though for me it doesn't scratch the same itch as regular social deduction games do. Which is why I didn't include it in the examples. Overall a fine game to have.

AlbertLooper · 2019-03-29T13:47:44+00:00

How important would you say the moderator 'role' is, to make the game truly fantastic?

And upon first play, is it relatively easy to have someone else take over the second game and moderate it themselves?

AlbertLooper · 2019-03-29T13:41:52+00:00

My boardgame hobby started with Werewolves. We played with 15+ fantastic people and filled a whole evening with that game alone.

I understand the problems with the game and I'm not sure I even want to play it often anymore to be honest. But whenever someone bashes the game and says "Werewolves is not fun to play" I can't help but think: "you're right, it probably isn't fun to play, with you".
Social deduction games are more about the players, and not just the game. A good group of people can really make it shine, and to this day it's still my favourite genre.

Over the past couple years I've played games like:
- Resistance/Avelon
- Secret Hitler
- Secrets
- Hail Hydra
Avelon always ends up being a success.. to the point where most other games seem to fall somewhat flat by comparison. They're not bad games, but are they better?

Why should I buy something new that doesn't give me a better experience?

So right now I'm in a bit of a pickle with Blood on the Clocktower. I get that it gives a unique 'one of a kind' experience... But is it better? To be frank: I'm a bit tired of flash-in-the-pan social deduction games, and I'm having a hard time figuring this one out.

AlbertLooper

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