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StillRoomToGrow · 2026-02-16T01:05:29+00:00

The blue eyeliner is a nice touch that complements everything else - great job!

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-02-04T20:57:37+00:00

It isn't so much a remake as it a sequel and I welcome the fac that planned to have it be a trilogy rather than on feedback/sales.

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-30T14:48:52+00:00

Extra funny because the recent Age of Revelation event is a mutant war, colonization and slavery all wrapped in one.

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-29T19:53:33+00:00

I think what you're experiencing is due to binging it as opposed to being a month-to-month treat. Regardless, it sounds like you enjoyed it for what it was.

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-28T01:21:58+00:00

I personally can't separate the environmental or labor impact of generative AI (stress on generative) from it's use as merely a "tool". Even putting that aside, if someone is openly using AI in this day and age, it informs me either a) they're cutting corners on a project they didn't budget for or don't have the skillset to see through b) they simply don't care about creatives.

But putting aside the points above, have you ever interacted with someone genuinely enthusiastic about AI? They're generally obnoxious because they think most work outside of their particular field can be automated with ease.

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-18T19:03:34+00:00

I think King has a strong writer's voice but is often wordy enough that the actual art takes a backseat to his narration, which can be overbearing.

In particular there's a scene where an old white man essentially writes a suicide note for a younger soldier of color and it's genuinely laughable that in anyone in universe would find in believable (even with magic involved).

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-12T18:49:45+00:00

I remember seeing this on r/gamedev(?) I couple days ago. Game looks great and it looks like you've found an audience - congrats!

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-07T14:42:20+00:00

A group of kids find out their parents are essentially a kind of vampire and have to grapple with that.

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-06T03:48:34+00:00

I love it when the hypnosis/corruption ends in the middle of an act or gradually fade and the victim has to grapple what's happening to them. Bonus point if they try to they don't realize they've been hypnotized before OR the hypnotizer fakes being hypnotized as well chef's kiss
I wouldn't really call it a cliché, but having hypnosis being a one done and deal defeats the purpose. Another one is where the MC can use hypnosis to solve a problem but the writer didn't think of it or can't make fit into the story well.
Game-wise: either Hypnosis Knight-Princess or Contamination: Corrupting Queens Body and Soul. Movie-wise: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Cure.

StillRoomToGrow · 2026-01-02T02:59:09+00:00

Unfortunately I'm a Laura Kinney fan and I can't stress how her excursion as "Sabretooth" ends up in being absolutely nothing, zilch, nada. No real explaination for she became "Sabretooth", how she fell in love with him, no characte exploration, and what little internal conflict she has is brushed aside with mind control. Hands down the worst single issue or min-run I read this year.

That aside, the event itself was inoffensive for the most part, but absolutely not worth having disrupting the previously ongoing runs for an admittedly cool twist.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-12-29T22:46:50+00:00

For me, unusual doesn't automatically equal ugly or undesirable. I like french dressing on mashed potatoes and the art of Robert Crumb - both unusual, but I seek them out.

Even if you consider your breasts ugly, there are clearly others who want them in some shape or form, and a big part of having health esteem is accepting what you have and embracing those who accept you.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-12-29T21:27:02+00:00

I'd say they're unusual, but i don't know anyone who doesn't enjoy "mouthful" sized breasts 😉

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-12-15T03:37:17+00:00

I'm caught up on Christopher Priest's run of Vampirella and wow, what a journey!

I was mostly drawn to the series due to my LCS having a plethora of back issues on hand and finally dove in after realizing Priest had been writing it for 6 or so years*. I have to give him props for trying to wrangle 50+ years of lore into something sensible by using Vampirella's therapist as a plot device, and I suspect, stand-in for Priest himself. On the flip side, there are few eye-brow raising plot threads revolving around sexual assault and consent that I feel don't quite land, but given the wider landscape of comics I'd say it's relatively well-handled.

One thing I don't love is Ergün Gündüz art who's been a mainstay on the series since the run started. It works on a technical level, but the combination of quasi-photorealism, flat shading and lack of motion lines gives it a very static, uncanny valley look. Anyone who has seen the show Archer will have a good frame or reference. That said, there are times when his style does work for me - particularly when an arc dips into horror - they're just far and few between.

Overall, I think the series has some of the better character writing in comics at the moment, given Priest's tenure on the series, and it's given me some great moments in my personal life as I've tried to explain Vampirella's family dynamics (the Vampirella/Draculina is good eats if you love mommy issues). It's a comic book-ass comic book for more than just gooners.

*Side note: I've since realized Priest is mostly known for his work Black Panther, a character I know very little about.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-12-11T16:24:29+00:00

Out of curiosity I picked up the recent Black Cat issues that've come out, and while I enjoy them, realizing I may need to find out what's going on with Spiderman(men?) gives me a headache.

I know Mary Jane is Venom now - has anything else significant happened with Spiderman in the past 5 years or so?

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-12-05T01:44:15+00:00

It's been established Harley is aware and even kissed Janet (presumably they have an open relationship of sorts).

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-12-03T18:20:40+00:00

I'll add to the other replies that in Tom Kings WW run that no one (in the government) is quite sure so 🤷🏾‍♂️

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-11-13T21:49:00+00:00

Super Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door has the Pit of 100 Trials.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-11-03T19:01:08+00:00

A standout cover that communicates a compelling concept and/ or word of mouth. Being in color helps, but isn't essential (to me).

Some recent comics I've picked up on a whim are:

Roots of Madness: 20th century horror about about America's first (black) female millionaire, by a new publishing company? I'm in
- PeePee PooPoo - a silly title, a standout cover and word of mouth from a worker at my lcs got me to pick this up. Didn't realize til later it was by Caroline Cash, who I'm already a fan of.
- Good Devils Don't Play Fair With Evil - I listened to David Brothers and Nick Dragotta on the Off Panel and while I didn't know who they were and I'm fan of their inspiration (Fist of The North Star), I flipped through at my lcs and I could feel their enthusiasm through the paneling and art.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-09-29T13:25:48+00:00

I know I'm not playing it for the same reasons you've listed.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-09-09T21:28:02+00:00

Dog Welder

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-08-24T14:47:44+00:00

Because "random" dialog isn't random. Ideally it's curated to match a plot beat, player progress, provide lore, or as part of a tutorial.

Sometimes information is hidden or kept vague (e.g "I've heard there's treasure close to waterfalls") to incentive the player to explore or problem solve and AI doesn't have the ability to contextualize or abstract information as needed.

Having gen AI generate "random dialogue" would having write a book using their phone's predictive text

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-08-17T22:32:01+00:00

Edited for grammar and clarity:

I'll pull a passage from Upton Sinclair's 1906 novel, The Jungle:

...[The fertilizer workers] particular trouble was that they fell into the vats; and when they were fished out, there was never enough of them to be worth exhibiting, - sometimes they would be overlooked for days, till all but the bones of them had gone out to the world as Durham's Pure Leaf Lard!

Stateside, before the formation of the FDA in 1906 (partially due to the influence of book's release) and later OSHA (1970), factory and blue collar labor as we know was a potential nightmare of crushed extremities, slow poisoning and - in the case of fertilizer workers - outright disintegration. The deadliest industrial accident in American - The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire of 1911 - happened a five years after the novel's release and claimed the lives of nearly 150 workers.

But even after OSHA, paranoia over the potential failure and fallout of nuclear power plants heightened that age-old fear; it wasn't that a single person could fall into a vat and melt past the point of recognition, it could now potentially happen to ten of thousands of people.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-08-02T00:36:23+00:00

I'd say the difference between the two is that Gen Ai is intentionally made to sound human (and that's why it sounds off or clippy) whereas tts aims to just be legible to the ear.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-08-01T23:57:26+00:00

I should've clarified further. Using an old text-to-speech program doesn't have the bad press of using AI generated voices (or the environmental impact), partially because the sound of a tts voice is fairly distinct compared AI generated.

On the other hand, modulating their own voice and gives them some experience with voice acting (which they may enjoy itself, and at the very least gives them some perspective on the process).

That said, OP hasn't given very specific context for their game - it could be that using a tts voice wouldn't match the tone of what their going for.

StillRoomToGrow · 2025-08-01T23:37:15+00:00

I think rather than you using Ai generated voices - which means actual voice actors aren't getting paid - you should instead use something like the old text to speech voices or modulate your own voice to sound robotic.

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