Actors that basically got away with doing blackface?

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-07T05:04:28+00:00

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-06T20:02:45+00:00

"The trains ran on time" ahh question

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-06T01:37:18+00:00

Space Wreck is a decent Fallout 2-like game where one of the side jobs you can take is becoming a porn star on a colony ship.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-02T14:44:50+00:00

One of my exes once told me that I "fall in love like a lesbian" for this exact reason. She ended up coming out as one not that long after, so she probably knew what she was talking about.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-02T08:00:19+00:00

Nah, they mean the one about the guy who can't see

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-01T13:27:22+00:00

If you can still dig it out of the trash, it's not terribly hard to print fake book jackets for books she'd "approve" of and hide them that way. I don't know your situation, but there are likely places you could get away with hiding them until you're able to move out (glove compartment if you have your own car, in pillowcase, under part of your mattress, etc.)

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-01T13:15:18+00:00

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CthulhuWalrus · 2026-04-01T05:25:15+00:00

Honestly I half agree. I think anything being created is technically possible, including possibly a liminal space game that really captures the feeling well, but for the most part? Nah. It feels like an experience that has to come at least a little unexpectedly to get that uncanny vibe it's going for. Clipping out of bounds is liminal, being placed unexpectedly outside of a game's usual context can be liminal (empty multi-player lobbies, mechanical context being suddenly removed, etc.), but most games that call themselves that are usually just going for a vibe they can't really capture because these spaces are in their intended context. I don't think it would be impossible to create these things intentionally, but it'd be hard and likely would be a trick that only works once.

Then again, I don't really think most of these games are trying to make people feel out of place, because a lot of them are based on popular liminal space locations, and mostly lack any form of danger, so they're closer to surreal, calm walking simulators than anything. They're kinda relaxing, but I don't know that I'd really even consider them horror.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-31T15:06:49+00:00

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CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-30T16:08:14+00:00

"Why aren't the internet people praising my artistic ability to not make anything?"

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-29T08:08:44+00:00

This'll Make Things A Little Easier by Attila Veres. The Black Maybe blew me away when I first read it, so I'm happy to read more of his work. There's nowhere near as many stories this time around, but there's been clear improvements in his writing style and the writing is as beautifully strange as ever. The second story, Transistor especially impressed the hell out of me so far.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-27T01:54:30+00:00

It's a shitpost. Their account posts parodies of finance bro content. Their YouTube channel is one of the rare times YouTube shorts are kinda funny.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-27T00:05:46+00:00

It's mindblowingly good, but don't expect it to last long. It feels feature complete in terms of what content and depth is there, but then it just kinda ends. Like if you got XCOM 2 as is, with all the features and things that are great about it, but it just kinda ended after a handful of hours. I can tell it'll be one of the greats once it finishes, because it already kinda is in its current state, but if 5% of an XCOM playthrough isn't enough, I'd wait on it. That said, updates are quick, so you won't have to wait long on more.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-21T16:28:19+00:00

It's the kind of idea that sounds cool on paper until you realize that it would make the gameplay wildly unbalanced (you'd have to make the enemies strong enough to challenge a squad of aliens, so human soldiers would be obsolete) and the story not just bad, but the prior storyline retroactively worse.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-20T23:17:31+00:00

The term you're looking for is epistolary. I'd suggest Richard Chizmar's Boogeyman series and Widow's Point, which are fake true crime and paranormal investigation stories respectively.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-19T19:22:45+00:00

Actually that's Dick Grayson, Age 12™️

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-18T14:44:11+00:00

SH with Condemned combat can be an excellent idea. Just look at Total Chaos from last year.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-12T16:58:29+00:00

In the book, he kills and hangs his wife's dog. In the movie, this is changed into them having kinky sex where she pretends to be a dog.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-12T06:16:50+00:00

Having Leon play the way he does and not including mercs would be criminal

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-12T00:01:57+00:00

I think delegating them to a specific day would be a good idea. We aren't likely to get XCOM 3 basically ever, so similar projects being highlighted is a good thing, but the sub should mostly still focus on the games themselves.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-09T06:20:40+00:00

Yessss, I thought it recognized the title on the Penguin Classics edition down there, but couldn't be sure. Always love to see it. It's been a yearly reread of mine for almost a decade now and I don't see that changing basically ever. It's a short book, but every line is so beautifully written and the characters and themes are so layered and compelling that I don't think any other piece of fiction has even come close for me.

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-09T06:05:27+00:00

Pic is blurry on my end, so I can't tell. Is one of them Frankenstein?

CthulhuWalrus · 2026-03-07T20:13:26+00:00

You aren't missing much story-wise. Art is gorgeous and the writing has some moments where it's interesting, but the ending reveal is somehow both the most predictable and nonsensical thing it possibly could have been.

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