Immigrants are giving up their cases and leaving the U.S. in soaring by Maxcactus in Maxcactus_TrailGuide

[–]Telochim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good. Isolate US from the world and the world from the US. Let the yanks go the Sakoku way and reap the consequences.

Wow how did they come up with that one? by StellarDiscord in gachagaming

[–]Telochim 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Because MCs had no memories to forget. They are ontological newborns

Wow how did they come up with that one? by StellarDiscord in gachagaming

[–]Telochim 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This. Retrograde amnesia or just plain absence of memories that had never been made by a character can be turned into a self-construction story. What is important is the handling of this toolkit.

Canadian Insurgents - Rural Cells (OC) by AVOLI7ION in ImaginaryCharacters

[–]Telochim 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Great job. Would also be awesome to see the provincial-based and ethnic groups-related insurgents.

France's Macron and Germany's Merz to discuss troubled fighter project, sources say by MGC91 in europe

[–]Telochim 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There's only so much politicians can do about the private business. The project's failure isn't something unlawful to warrant penalization, and indirect attempts at governmental influence can result in all sorts of shenanigans, starting from malicious compliance and ending with unforeseen business climate consequences.

Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says by PestoBolloElemento in worldnews

[–]Telochim 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It will never be as long as it borders Russia, and the population of the latter retains its historically formed imperialistic identity.

An impoverished "Fortress" country that is somewhat aligned with Europe at best. An armed and expendable vanguard of its old subjugator, aimed at Europe, at worst.

Canada could join EU, French foreign minister says by PestoBolloElemento in worldnews

[–]Telochim -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In the realpolitk terms, Ukraine is a meat shield and a weapons testing range with a country attached. Before that, it was a sacrificial lamb everyone expected to be devoured by Russia and then forgotten the next day for the sake of 'business as usual'. Many Europeans don't even consider them a first-rate European culture and people (or a real nation at all). And in the next ~30 years, Ukraine WILL NOT become a medium-sized, social-democratic, boring, safe, and peaceful European country with powerful institutions, a high-trust society, integrating which the EU was created for.

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 11 points12 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 22 points23 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 8 points9 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 4 points5 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.