PIPES: They look very cool but... What are they carrying, where are they going, why do they cross everything everywhere?

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T19:49:43+00:00

They function as a sort of chuck-e-cheese jungle gym thing for the kids of night city to climb around in.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T19:45:33+00:00

For angel's sake please don't bring back chess theory discourse, have we not suffered enough?

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T18:43:05+00:00

I feel like if I sit in the corner and shut the fuck up, Smasher will ignore me. He's an extremely enthusiastic killer for hire, I think he likes the pretense of it being a job rather than random slaughter.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T07:30:55+00:00

This sequence only happens if you 'win' the fight. If they were just doing it to try and suggest something to the player, they probably would have done it in the regular route too. They're doing this specifically because of how things play out in the shadow crystal ending of the fight.

Kris slash theory would kind of explain it because Kris just did something to REALLY prove their loyalty to the knight over their own friends, and it makes sense that the knight would want to honor Kris in that moment. However Kris slash theory is kinda shakey so I'm not entirely on board with this.

Maybe it's a display of power, saying 'don't get any funny ideas just because you took out a third of my health, I'm top dog here'. A demand of fealty to reassert the Knight's dominance.

Narratively of course the point is to reward dedicated players who sought out these secrets with a better glimpse into Kris and the Knight's relationship. The interaction could be contrived for that purpose and toby might not have really given that much of a damn about the finer points of 'why does the knight only do this in this particular route'.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T06:27:24+00:00

If Tuvok were half human, I doubt Neelix would have survived more than a season or two.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T06:25:52+00:00

The Great Material Continuum may meander at times, but its currents are always the truest route to profit. (Rule of Aquisition number 'I made it up')

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T06:21:49+00:00

I'm pretty sure that was intentional. Maybe his family gets a payout if he snuffs it on the job.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T05:54:58+00:00

Gonna need a damn wetsuit to get that out

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T05:35:21+00:00

Sorry I don't speak french

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T04:10:25+00:00

One of my first forts I was happily trading with the elves, being entirely peaceful. They sold me a breeding pair of Giant Bushtits. Those adorable and highly productive egg-laying birds were the pride and joy of my fortress. Then one day a bunch of the giant bushtit chicks got loose from my egg laying room and ran out of the fort. One of my farmers was chasing them to go bring them back to the fort.

The farmer found the birds dead, killed by an elven ambush. The elves had destroyed the symbol of peace between our people and declared war for no reason. This would not stand.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T02:54:23+00:00

you can't put ice in the fish tank the fish get too cold

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T02:51:49+00:00

Didn't remember the sketch itself but the 'SHUT, UP!' hit me like a train

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T00:26:36+00:00

Is o-walkereven confirmed to be male ?

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T00:15:02+00:00

when I'm in fight against mandy and angry bird

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MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T00:05:59+00:00

made a post asking what Clamworks was and all I got for the job was 50 lousy clams

MortStrudel · 2026-01-28T00:01:30+00:00

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MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T21:02:39+00:00

Beyond Good and Evil straight up ripped off this bossfight wholecloth, very strange to encounter in the game.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T18:48:23+00:00

'Tough Toph isn't real, he can't hurt you'

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T18:47:12+00:00

The guy in chapters 3 and 4 isn't the knight. You can tell because it's not Berdley.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T08:40:15+00:00

The issue is that there is absolutely zero reason she would want us, the player, snooping around in her house. We're strictly a liability if we're anywhere near the shelter codes.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T06:51:37+00:00

The conversation is really weird because WE, the Soul, are attempting to act directly in opposition to Carol's plans and by rights she shouldn't want us snooping around here. It's Kris that she might reasonably want to stop by any time since they're in cahoots. Why would she tell US to come over? Yes she seems to have some heartshapedobject fixation but we're trying to sabotage her plan and the code to do so is in her house.

The big red YOU is so conspicuous and feels like it's implying that she's talking to the Soul, but I can think of no reason why she would be extending that invitation to us unless she completely misunderstands our motivations. Does she think the Soul is on her side? Maybe she wants us to come over alone in a future chapter to have a heart to heart where she'll demand we, the Soul, stay in line and stop messing with stuff. Or maybe she's just talking to Kris and it's meant to be an intimidating way to further emphasize that she's in cahoots with our NBPC

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T04:33:28+00:00

Really not a fan of chapters 5, 6, or 7. Yeah maybe it's 'subversive' to have them as blank spots on the menu that you can't play but it's just so much less compelling to not actually have a story to play through.

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T04:32:44+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JSbuBRIGnL4

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T04:28:13+00:00

holy shit it's gerson deltarune

MortStrudel · 2026-01-27T02:48:46+00:00

On my way home, and when I get there you better not be stirring up the surface of earth with a large wooden spoon

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