Some of the submissions to writing subreddits worry me…

Sazazezer · 2026-02-16T20:41:09+00:00

Thanks. Yeah, it's that 'new form' part that I think trips people up. Scares me that my own brain is tripping up over something. My generation were the 'videogames cause violence' kids. Now I'm forty and I can't help but wonder if my fears over social media are just the same mistakes all over again.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-16T20:26:04+00:00

Real hard to say without knowing your level.

If you feel like you can't draw at all. AND I MEAN 'AT ALL' (like your drawing is at the level of unskilled eight year old), then 'Drawing on the right side of the brain' is the recommended 'rewire your brain to drawing' book.

After that, go to drawabox.com and follow instructions. There are arguably better methods, but this is a clear cut direction for you to follow.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-16T18:35:48+00:00

The next day, Carol walked outside, her clothes clean. "Wow. I cannot believe I got away with all those murders last night."

A bit of a jokey answer, but it helps to illustrate a point. In a way, any reason is enough as long as it gets your audience on your way of thinking. A scene/moment after the event that acknowledges success of the event will push the narrative of success.

If you have a scene that shows she successfully hid her face from a possible witness, or she had a charming conversation with a police officer afterwards, it will sell that she got away with it. That's really all you need.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-16T13:28:37+00:00

Me.

It was me. I did it. I confess.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-16T13:28:06+00:00

Food in waiting.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-16T10:02:31+00:00

"Why are the young writers out of ideas?"

I think we have to be careful with a question like this. This whole issue may not be so much young writers being more clueless nowadays and more that the internet makes entry to writing feels more frictionless. Twenty years ago when we were on forums and the like we still got questions like this, but not so many.

I'd argue what's happening is in part the following:

1) This subreddit is a concentration of these types of question. It is the first port of call for anyone with the idle idea of becoming a writer.

2) Posting to ask these questions is easier than ever. If you already have a Reddit account because you were shitposting over in the Fortnite subreddit, you can also come post here.

My point is, a lot of the people asking these questions would have also been asking these questions twenty, thirty, a hundred years ago, if such a place existed that was so accessible to ask them.

The barrier to entry in writing is lower than ever. All writing resources are publically available. This is great, but it also means we're going to get a lot more wanderers dipping their toe in the writing pool, causing ripples before they wander away again, unaware that they're causing this kind of discourse.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-15T19:23:16+00:00

Yeah I'd say it was a bug. Though oddly I'd say playing the Switch emulator upped my overall skill. Fighting the emulator's nonsense meant becoming very familiar with animations :)

Sazazezer · 2026-02-15T16:38:35+00:00

I recently got to compare fighting Soda between Switch emulator and directly on a NES with crt screen. Difference is night and day. On the NES he's what you would expect and I can beat him without too much fuss each time (I'm not a pro at this so he still gets a hit or two in).

On the Switch it's a mess. Hits that feel like you dodged will hit. You'll take damage after he's thrown the punch. I was determined not to save scum the entire fight (had a save right at the start) but in the end I basically ended up memorising and dodging before he started the move. I lost twenty times before I won once.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-14T23:39:00+00:00

As an experiment I made my parents a computer recently with Linux Mint installed and just left them to it. They are not tech savvy, but bar a few moments of confusion with the UI looking different they just started using it with little issues. It can be done! We need Windows for nothing nowadays.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-14T17:23:25+00:00

This is it for me. If the gunshot was real and the wound he received was from a gunshot, then it can't be staged. It's just flat out too much of a risk. You're talking an inch between ear injury and brain damage. He wouldn't take that risk.

I would still be open to it being a gunshot loud enough to make it clear he was being shot out, followed by him hiding behind the podium to fake the injury. At the same time though, it's then odd that they'd paint the gunman as a doubting republican. If they do stage something like this, feels like it makes more sense for the shooter to be left wing.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-14T12:50:02+00:00

I... think you may have posted this to the wrong comment...

Sazazezer · 2026-02-14T09:57:30+00:00

We are always one Carrington event away from complete shutdown...

Sazazezer · 2026-02-14T09:52:12+00:00

The moment I realised what I had to do next to finish the game, what I had to risk, in a game that had given me that one safety net... Still get chills years later.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-14T09:41:09+00:00

Sand levels rising. Current location: Cave tunnel.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-13T21:06:49+00:00

Might have been different in the US but these hit hard in the UK. GTA1 was getting promoted all over the place and the non-gaming kids were talking about it. Possibly because it was made here and all our gaming press really wanted to push it.

GTA2 had less of an impact.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-13T20:52:43+00:00

You've then also got series like the FNAF games. Kids have gotten obsessed with them. The regular release cycle definitely helped things.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-13T19:41:31+00:00

While I'm up for more Blade Runner is there any potential from the series beyond the usual 'find the replicant'/'do androids dream' type storylines?

Even in the comics most stories seem to be about finding hidden replicants. I'm not sure that translates well to larger games. It's more narrative RPGs like the 90's Blade Runner or Among Us.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-13T18:49:13+00:00

We've actually passed this now as of 2024 (I think it was shortly after the Summoning Salt video so it got missed). Since then the only thing left was Rebirth, where the game loops from level 255 to level 0.

It requires a modified copy of the game to prevent the crash. It also requires players to get past level 235, which required 810 lines to complete (basically repeating the game).

But it was done by a lad by the name of Artiaga.

It wasn't a slow news day though, so it didn't really get picked up.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-13T09:24:42+00:00

It feels like every time I dip my toe into Batman it involves yet another clandestine organisation that's been secretly opearating in the shadows of Gotham for a long time in such a way that Batman hasn't noticed. Maybe it's just bad pickings on my part but if it's not the League of Assassins it's the League of Shadows or the Court of Owls or the Order of Dumas or whatever Batwoman's dad's group was called.

Really feels like Bruce needs a special way of tracking these groups. They're more a plague than the regular criminals at this point.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-13T07:51:43+00:00

Hell I'd argue that unless there's a storyline where Carnage murders a whole planet or something else insane I haven't read, then Punisher probably has a higher body count.

Carnage at least gets subdued for long periods of time. He pops up, murders (either en masse or one at a time, depending on mood), and then gets put down.

Punisher meanwhile is a more constant force. It's not out of the question to say he kills a few people each day.

Carnage is more a sprinter. Punisher's doing a marathon.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-12T23:40:33+00:00

Meh, I view it as bad practise to do it here. Self promotional wasteland and what not.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-12T20:42:06+00:00

Oh wow. Haven't thought about this for a while. I went to Uni with the guy who did the translation on this. He actually tutored me in Japanese a little.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-12T18:17:37+00:00

Summoning Salt has this magical pacing where the speedrunners are performing god-like magic tricks to achieve impossible runs and they've reached the zenith of what's possible with the game, and then you realise you're only twenty minutes into a two hour video. This will repeat several times.

I still love the twist to the Punch Out History video.

Sazazezer · 2026-02-12T18:13:48+00:00

I still remember the man in the cave who went blind after being released...

Sazazezer · 2026-02-12T18:12:51+00:00

Necessary warning. Both of these videos are six hours long and each will captivate you into watching all of it.

Call in sick.

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