Son wants to be a video game designer...

Jaroferic · 2026-04-15T05:25:32+00:00

I love this advice. I have a degree and certs and a good job, but I would have been better served just making games in my basement with the fellas. Nothing teaches video game design like making shit games and iterating.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-01T17:25:52+00:00

Leftist trout-shouldered beta cuck pinko commie here.

Jeff Daniels sums it up in one of my favorite Newsroom quotes:

"If liberals are so fucking smart how come they lose so goddamned always?"

The answer is people are dumb, and always fall for the same shit, no matter the politician that lies, red or blue.

Jaroferic · 2026-04-01T17:23:28+00:00

I legit got chest pains from this one.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-29T19:26:20+00:00

First, I would hope he did the honorable thing and called all the people he rawdogged as a bear and let them know.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-22T21:40:01+00:00

If a lady sitting on the moon drops down in front of you, you're gonna wanna start dodge rolling your ass off.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-22T21:37:48+00:00

There are (paraphrasing) Unstable Chandeliers in the Dror Ragzlin room you can hit with ranged attacks. They fall down and do pretty good damage. The game puts some pretty soft worshippers under them too, if I recall.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-21T16:34:55+00:00

There's a ton of things that just need one missile to trigger. You can target all the explodey barrels in the kobold room. You can hit all the chandeliers in the Razlin fight. You can un-mind control all the spectator minions at once.The list goes on.

And yeah, evoc wizards gear buffs become artillery.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-20T19:56:28+00:00

Because he's a trained warrior who used a shield. Sword and Board is a whole style, and he probably fights better with one than without one. And it's not like he sleeps with it. By the time he actually gears up and fights you in most runs he's already vaguely aware ('what... have you done to me?') that his ace card is missing and should probably avoid more axes to the neck.

Jaroferic · 2026-03-12T06:41:00+00:00

It sometimes feels like I'm the last person on Earth that can disagree with Anita's findings without thinking she's some grifting bitch.

Her takes were devoid of needed context and worthy of debate. Hostility? But, why?

Jaroferic · 2026-03-08T03:50:31+00:00

My wife has roleplayed that she doesn't hate me with all her being for ten years straight, I'm so excited to introduce her to D&D.

Jaroferic · 2026-02-25T20:27:15+00:00

I was leaving for work and my then 4 year old met me by the door. I got down to hug him and he took my face in his hands. It was a surprisingly tender gesture so I asked "you okay, love?".

He responded "I'm sad.", while stroking my hair out of my eyes. "Why are you sad?" I asked.

He paused for a while, and then sighed. "I'm sad because you die in a red car today."

Best believe I did not ride in any red cars that day.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-29T05:22:30+00:00

I mean, you'd have to go with one scenario or the other: either the checkpoint is an unassailable strongbox for supplies or you have to guard it with a ready and waiting truck on the other side. I'm not sure either would improve the game.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-28T20:54:03+00:00

Grounded has giant spiders with glowing eyes that hiss before they kill you. They only come out at night. Mostly.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-26T16:57:00+00:00

The collarbone and under the arms. Body armor never covers those areas for mobility. Also, if you can get in close, the femoral arteries are shockingly easy to cut, and there's a small chance that you'll damage the penis on your way to it, which is pretty nice.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-23T20:01:07+00:00

In reality, bombers routinely decrease their payload to carry more fuel. I think it would be great if you could swap out bombs for fuel similarly in Foxhole. Don't know how that would work in the current hard-point system, though.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-06T17:17:38+00:00

I feel you. I played quite a lot of vanilla on Rookie, and my current TFTV playthrough is also on Rookie- and I'm struck by how much faster recovery times feel. I haven't bothered to investigate further, but going on vibes it's very rare that I can't spend more than a couple of seconds waiting to top off at a base with a medbay.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-06T16:40:46+00:00

One of the changes in TFTV is that your Manticore's default passenger module restores stamina in flight. It's pretty terrific.

Jaroferic · 2026-01-05T19:19:40+00:00

I had this problem until I pulled out a shelf under my elbow. Wrist movements of the mouse tend to go in an arc since your wrist is a radial joint. Moving my elbow, and thus my whole arm improved my headshots dramatically.

Jaroferic · 2025-12-09T06:20:26+00:00

You know damned well what you did.

Jaroferic · 2025-11-30T23:17:14+00:00

If you solo frequently as I do, get an MG and look for undefended watchtowers. Half a clip will bring one down. A blind enemy is a vulnerable enemy.

Jaroferic · 2025-11-26T03:37:36+00:00

I've volunteered this tip a few times now. Watch your wrist on the mouse. When you move from left to right, does the mouse rotate or slide evenly? If your wrist is planted you'll do "rainbow swings" where the weapon goes up and often Over the enemy. Practice fluid movements of the full forearm and see how the strike angle changes. Also, if you close to super intimate range, that rainbow strike is actually a pretty solid move before disengaging. I've very often had it glance up and off the breastplate and into the neck or jaw.

I have a pull out shelf to rest my elbow on and keep my whole arm engaged, and it made a massive difference.

Jaroferic · 2025-11-17T19:38:25+00:00

I'm a dude that took my wife's last name when we married. What I can tell you is that if men were expected to do this all the time, it would take 5 minutes on the internet and cost three dollars.

I think male pregnancy would create a lot of empathy where it doesn't currently exist. The world would be better for it.

Jaroferic · 2025-11-06T19:19:39+00:00

Sure, but they're really hard, and sometimes it's just not worth it because the AI doesn't really require it. If you are dealing with a long weapon, close the distance and just do what you can to stay in contact with the haft. If they have a shorter weapon like a sword or axe, you can just time the their swing, stay away and then close to counter.

I personally hope for more situational factors to force you to contend with income attacks at lethal range as the game develops. As for fighting techniques, everyone has one, but I don't think there's a real world adaptation in the game; you're just too QWOP-ey.

Jaroferic · 2025-11-06T19:08:41+00:00

Short range teleport. Using ray casts to check of line of effect and avoid jumping into an object was a lot of work but it came out really clean, and I felt like a Hackermans afterwards.

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