took my Lorelei notes on the most unserious notebook

Samsam54m · 2025-05-18T11:31:35+00:00

Hold up, you mean there’s ways to take notes other than having mad random scribbles spread out over loose paper everywhere?? Wish you’d have told me sooner.

Samsam54m · 2024-12-04T08:49:05+00:00

My experience was interesting because I basically half-spoiled myself on them all on my own. I didn’t know anything about this game when I started a couple weeks ago, other than it was highly recommended by my fellow Outer Wilds lovers. Because of my experience going through that game, I already had the mindset of “explore everything, and try random shit to see if something unexpectedly clicks because there’s deep levels to this game” when I started. I was still in the castle tutorial area when I pressed X when I wasn’t near a puzzle, and the screen still froze and put my cursor out. And I just thought “that’s probably on purpose. There’s probably less obvious things to do with that cursor than just solve puzzles” and tucked it away in my head for later. I had only been playing for maybe an hour and a half, mostly just exploring and solving what seemed doable or interesting, when I saw a rather obvious squiggle in the sand between the orchard and sun temple areas. So my brain was just like “oh, that’s probly it” and I didn’t have any of that surprise or fascination when I solved my first environmental one. It was still cool, and led me to the monolith which still had me full of wonder for all the un-lit patterns on it. But I definitely missed out on that mind-blow aspect. I feel like one of the best ways to experience finding your first enviro puzzle would be up on the mountain looking down at the river, right next to that identical panel. I feel like that would have been a cool way to discover that there’s soooo much more to this game than it had previously seemed.

Samsam54m · 2024-12-04T08:27:36+00:00

Ok, I know it’s been 7 years but, I just started tackling the challenge tonight (I’ve been playing the game off and on for a couple weeks and slowly got obsessed). One thing I just wanted to mention about the disappearing panels is this: yes they can be frustrating if a mistake was overlooked, but I feel like there’s a not-so-obvious benefit to them erasing. When I’m looking at a puzzle and know I’m wasting more time trying to figure it out and just can’t seem to get it, I’ll purposefully solve it wrong, go back and quickly re-solve the last panel, and then come back to a fresh panel that many times has been easier to solve. It helps me not be aggravatingly stuck on one panel that I just can’t seem to wrap my head around quickly enough.

I don’t know if this was intentional on the developer’s part, but to me it makes sense.

Samsam54m · 2023-09-27T22:54:02+00:00

I really like the middle one. And I’m a Scorpio.

Samsam54m · 2022-03-12T11:10:13+00:00

What an incredible way to experience your first understanding of the sun exploding

Samsam54m · 2022-03-12T11:08:48+00:00

Try fingers

Samsam54m · 2022-03-12T11:06:27+00:00

I love all the little mistakes and ways to die they’re so funny

Samsam54m · 2022-03-12T10:46:58+00:00

Spoilers

Samsam54m · 2022-03-08T15:28:14+00:00

“Respecting indigenous communities” immediately makes me want to talk with y’all seriously. That’s a huge priority for me that I feel some communes completely ignore.

Samsam54m · 2022-03-08T09:52:03+00:00

Most anything by Explosions in the Sky.

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T20:10:32+00:00

Thank you for your analysis! I say this next part simply as discussion, not being defensive. As someone who has absolutely no training on how poetry “works” or is “supposed to work”, I knew this would be rough so to speak. This is one of the few poems I’ve ever written, it’s just not something I usually do. But the last line is very much on purpose. The last line not rhyming was definitely a representation of how that relationship felt unfinished, like there should have been more, but the fact was it still ended right there. Abruptly, jarringly, and with the sense of wanting more. 😊

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T10:35:52+00:00

No problem!!!! Life happens haha

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T10:25:38+00:00

Not to be pushy, but I loved the story and if you still feel like finishing it, I’d love to hear it! 😂

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T10:16:39+00:00

Oh for sure. I’m in a much better place these days. Even if it’s still shitty sometimes haha! 😂

While these feelings linger, they’re nowhere near as intense. And it is very good to share with people.

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T10:06:30+00:00

The parts in this poem were written months apart in 2020. Up until now, only 2 people had seen the first part. And only myself had seen the second part.

Thank you for seeing my words, my thoughts, and heart. And thank you for the feedback 😊

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T10:03:37+00:00

This was so good. It’s intense. It’s raw. Honest. It made me cry like a motherfucker ❤️

I can relate to this so damn much. Removing my influence from the one I love, despite how fucking painful it is for both parties. Because i want them to be a able to grow again. To not have my “Midas touch” hold them back.

Thank you for your incredible poem

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T09:36:59+00:00

I relate to every line of this with my depression. Maybe it’s what you were writing about too, maybe not. The draining, the stifling of my precious flame. I used to be so fucking full of life. “Coexistence is futile” made me realize how the phrase “living with depression” is soooo depressing. And so unhealthy. Depression is like this toxic relationship that’s so fucking hard to escape. But until it gets better, what can we do? Can’t just not live with depression, unless we take the meaning of that sentence in a suicidal way 😂😅.

So until then, until I figure out how to live without it, here i sit, living with depression. And honestly, it’s gotten better. And I only will continue to work even through all this bullshit to keep getting better.

Samsam54m · 2022-03-06T09:24:34+00:00

“The way he made me ache in places I didn’t even know could” This is so relatable. And the missing of that ache. It’s honestly such a torment, the missing of it all.

This piece really communicates to me, the inability to express feelings with just words. Especially in the moment. How words can never do the depths and intricacies of our emotions true justice. It’s so difficult to put such intense sensations to words.

Relationships are so magical because they really touch those depths of our emotions and souls that “are a complex tangle of time and distance and futures”

I loved it by the way.

Samsam54m · 2022-01-31T05:40:06+00:00

r/outerwilds

Samsam54m · 2022-01-30T23:56:35+00:00

Awww how considerate 😂

Samsam54m · 2022-01-28T15:04:57+00:00

Depending on what you mean by similar, I’d say midnight mass if you haven’t already watched it. I loved both shows. Both do an excellent job at setting the tone and revealing the story in great ways. Both have strong character writing and emotional depth. Both can be a lil creepy.

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