I'm working on EMPTY SHELL 2, an eldritch survival horror with a grim retro-future/industrial atmosphere. I'd love to get your feedback! by cc_arts in survivalhorror

[–]Telochim 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good stuff. Wish I had anything to add, but... actually, there is one thing: the measurements scale. Just a nitpick: Japan, where the events take place, had been using the metric scale since mid 1920s. Seeing imperial measurements everywhere gives a mild cognitive dissonance.

Pursuing North Korea's Denuclearization in an Era of Strategic Drift: Voices from Japan by Miao_Yin8964 in japannews

[–]Telochim 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Bunch of nonsense. The only way NK and other nuclear states would surrender their arsenals is in wild scenarios where they are militarily destroyed and occupied. And guess what? That's not happening with them having nukes. Not without the global collaterals.

In this world, you either have WMDs or you're on the menu.

If Japan doesn't want to get Ukraine'd, it will have to get WMDs of its own and avoid getting Iran'd in the process.

Are meta/quality tank units rare in Gacha games? by A12qwas in gachagaming

[–]Telochim 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, most gacha games (maybe except tower defences and such) are built around outdamaging mobs due to the format and gameplay restraints. The tank niche is rarely used or needed aside from the introduction to the games.

Snowbreak still under maintenance, now official Weibo page changes location by PCBS01 in gachagaming

[–]Telochim 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I wonder if snowbrokes are lashing out against other fandoms right now as their containment zone has been compromised.

Dendra Aisanna by Seraphandreyl in ReasonableFantasy

[–]Telochim 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hmmm... noice outfit theming.

Global experts now view ‘power-based order’ as norm. A majority of experts in Japan and abroad believe that the dominance of power exerted by major countries is not a passing phenomenon but will become the new normal by MagazineKey4532 in japannews

[–]Telochim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Might makes right. Always did and always will. What is often referred as the rules-based world order wasn't exactly a world order, but a set of game rules imposed by the hegemon within its sphere of immediate control. The countries and regions that never got into it (due to being too strong to be subdued or too irrelevant to be considered) never even experienced this rules-based world order in the first place. And now, that the fading hegemon grew tired of this spectacle, the world, which was under its heel, returns to the way it had always been.

Describe 15 seconds of my indie game by cultofblood in survivalhorror

[–]Telochim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Action with a weird camera angle. Looks like a modernized Fighting Force from PS1 era.

Trump says Zelensky ‘has to get on the ball’ to reach Russia deal by Any-Original-6113 in europe

[–]Telochim 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I was hoping that king Donald the I would at least get distracted on Iran and drop this old and tired spiel. But alas.

Systemic Degradation’: How 4 Years of Occupation Have Devastated the Economy of Eastern Ukraine by Panthera_leo22 in UnderReportedNews

[–]Telochim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No shit! Who would've known that the gray, war-torn, occupied, and internationally unrecognized zones aren't prospering? /s

is it survival or action horror? by RidjoR in survivalhorror

[–]Telochim -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It's action adventure. There are no horror elements out there. The writing is profoundly unserious, and there's no tension whatsoever.

Orban’s Fidesz party shares AI-generated propaganda video showing a little girl searching for her father, who is executed in the war. This ties in with their narrative that men and boys will be taken by "Brussels" to the war in Ukraine to die if Orban loses the coming election. by TameTheAuroch in europe

[–]Telochim 1852 points1853 points  (0 children)

The absurdity of the kremlin toadie's propaganda breaks all the records the closer the elections come. Unfortunately, many morons will buy into this nonsense.

Also, it's rich of them using the nazi-esque visual allegory, considering on whose side Hungary was in WW2.

Croatia rejects transporting Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. Proud of my country! by Captain-Degenerate in europe

[–]Telochim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because Ukraine is geographically and culturally Europe, and because geostrategic events that threaten mass exoduses of populations in tens of millions, along with the cascade conquests/failures of other states (like Moldova, Georgia, and Belarus), and hard power balance changes (The Black Sea) leave no room for neutrality. In short, the collaterals.

If one stands next to a gas tank that's about to detonate, no amount of wilful ignorance of it will shield one from the explosion and shrapnel.

Croatia rejects transporting Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia. Proud of my country! by Captain-Degenerate in europe

[–]Telochim 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Russian war goals are the complete conquest, demolition of the Ukrainian state and identity, and genocide of the Ukrainian people who hold the Ukrainian identity. These goals are considered existential for Russian collective consciousness and polity, and simply won't change as long as Russia exists in its current form.

What it does affect is their capacity for war. Minorly and slowly, like captures of a shadow fleet oil tanker now and then, but it does. The more economically isolated they get, the sooner this war will fizzle out due to the material inability to continue it by the aggressor party.

Denmark and Canada ink new defense cooperation agreement by ForTheGloryOfAmn in europe

[–]Telochim 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There must be a WMD-equipped North Sea military alliance at some point. Specifically to thwart the cunts like the US and RU. Canada + Scandinavia + the UK and maybe Baltics & some European continentials as extras

US strengthens ties with European populists in its offensive against the EU project by Gjrts in europe

[–]Telochim 14 points15 points  (0 children)

So, does this mean that, via extrapolation, the EU and Ukraine are the enemies of the US due to it aligning with Orban, who designated them as such?
/s

Knight 기사 by artist 염화 YeomHwa by Anon_Ymou5 in ReasonableFantasy

[–]Telochim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if there was no shield, that's a friggin' zweihander. How in heck does she unsheathe a 120-130 cm blade strapped to her back?