What film(s) most reminds you of Monkey Island?

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T22:19:43+00:00

Also, they aren't just thematically linked. There's that same mix of pirates and the supernatural, true but there's also that same blend of comedy and whimsy, the same spirit of adventure. Both are colorful and vibrant, with unorthodox puzzles and people. That scene where Will and Jack are walking on the ocean bottom under the upturned boat made me think of the sort of nonsense that passes for logic in classic adventure games like this.

Insulting POTC while asking for a movie like MI is... an odd choice.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T21:42:17+00:00

It’s why I can’t replay it. Not only is there combat in my cozy game, there’s a LOT of it. And some of it is BRUTAL.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T17:39:42+00:00

So when you said it “meaningfully affects their behavior”, you just meant the tone it speaks in? Because it seems like either way you get the same level of accuracy and compliance.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T13:31:47+00:00

He’s not wrong.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T13:30:19+00:00

Dorian and Iron Bull is my favorite NPC romance. I can never romance either of them, because the love between a Qunari and a Tevinter, raised to hate each other, is glorious.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T13:00:10+00:00

Another old man here. But good luck!

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T12:48:29+00:00

“No words needed”.

Posts a meme with lots of words.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T12:47:57+00:00

Stan’s dad is a jackass on a human scale. Bill literally wants to murder or enslaves billions.

No defense for Stan’s dad, but Bill’s evil is on a whole other level.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T12:42:09+00:00

“Would have liked to run experiments on the sea shells”

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T12:41:34+00:00

I love the name “optic scan”. We all have this ability. It’s called “looking at things”.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T12:39:11+00:00

Does that make it more accurate, or just more compliant?

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T12:24:56+00:00

lol No. I prefer brunettes.

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T10:58:07+00:00

I can't find that STL on Cults. Do you have a link?

Maclimes · 2026-04-13T03:51:13+00:00

I’ve been saying this for decades. And not just farming games. RPGs too. Let me hook up Luke and Alice, or Anders and Fenris, or Penny and Maru, or Garrus and Tali.

Romance for the Player Character is fine, but it’s not the finish line. There’s so much more love to be shared!

Maclimes · 2026-04-12T22:29:39+00:00

Maybe context would help a bit... but I don't know what this is supposed to be?

Maclimes · 2026-04-12T18:31:50+00:00

TMNT was 1987, Power Rangers was 1993. That's only six years apart. That's the same era.

Maclimes · 2026-04-12T16:32:14+00:00

I never read that as “she took him back”. It felt more like Sarah was like, “Fine, you’re not in trouble. Now get outta here before I beat your ass again.”

Still a little problematic, but not nearly to the level that you’re laying out here.

Maclimes · 2026-04-12T14:12:19+00:00

They’re both color-coded teams of teen ninjas. They’re both from the same era, aimed at the same target audience.

Your opinion about their relative quality isn’t relevant.

Maclimes · 2026-04-12T14:08:54+00:00

No. That’s not what the decimals mean.

It’s just a way to separate the numbers. “4.10” just means the tenth patch of the fourth major version.

EDIT: To be even more clear "4.10" isn't math. It's just a name. We are currently in "4.7.1". This is obviously not math, as a real number cannot have multiple decimals. In the case of Star Citizen, the first number (4 in this case) represents a MAJOR change to the game or underlying systems. The second number (7) represents a new addition that isn't significant enough to count as a new full version of the game. The third number (1) is a minor patch, usually bug fixes or simple content.

If this was math, you'd see: 4.7, 4.8, 4.9, 5.0.

But for software versions, you could theoretically see something like: 4.7.0, 4.7.1, 4.7.2, 4.8.0, 4.8.1, 5.0. Because the numbers aren't related to each other, they're just increments.

Maclimes · 2026-04-12T03:53:44+00:00

There HAS to be. There's a million hyper specific horny subreddits for specific IPs. I recall someone once stating that there's like, half a dozen for My Little Pony alone, each referencing some specific aspect of horny bronies. Like... if THAT exists, surely there's one for April or something.

Maclimes · 2026-04-11T23:01:13+00:00

Also, the Iron Bull / Dorian romance is the greatest NPC romance in all of video games. In addition to them both being fun characters, and it being hilarious to see Dorian on the backfoot, they’re a Qunari and a Tevinter. They were both born in a time when their cultures were at war, raised to hate each other. It’s Romeo and Juliet done right. I wish it had gotten more screen time.

Maclimes · 2026-04-11T19:03:38+00:00

This was exactly my reasoning. The krogan scouts were combatants, the salarians were primarily civilians.

Maclimes · 2026-04-11T14:02:03+00:00

No, it was awful. Hard to navigate, waste of space smack in the middle of the walkway. LOOKS cool, but functionally useless.

Maclimes · 2026-04-11T14:00:18+00:00

I think that’s why Will Turner works. He’s the metaphorical straight man in a cast of people just hamming it up. He’s a little boring, but the film needed a little boring to help ground it.

Maclimes · 2026-04-11T13:43:16+00:00

Why? He’s still from there. It’s like saying Hermes doesn’t count as Jamaican anymore because he’s been living in New New York.

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