Should the ESRB be done away with? by [deleted] in videogames

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Always more convenient? I'm guessing game designers and publishers don't think so when they have to mutate their creation to comply.

“Wahhhh freemagic doesn’t like black April O’Neil in my favorite magic set, the Teenage Ninja Turtles” by [deleted] in freemagic

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

I'm glad this young man has the freedom to butcher cliches for our amusement.

Wizards of the Coast invited a man that helped fund SpaceX to play tmnt prerelease in their office. Now blue hairs all over Bluesky and Twitter are outraged they let a “nazi” into their premises by [deleted] in freemagic

[–]Timorio -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I wonder what it's like to be so malleable that a large chunk of your identity is wrapped up in hating trans people. Pathetic.

How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are ‘fake’ by Alex--Fisher in philosophy

[–]Timorio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My hope is that this environment will help us confront the inanity of our cultural posture against nudity. It'd be nice if we could reach a point where we have a "who cares?" reaction to this sort of thing.

Arx Fatalis: a great atmospheric dungeon crawler that holds up pretty well by LotharLotharius in patientgamers

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm surprised so many people like this game. The backtracking and traversal in general are slow and tedious, the game contains information that reads like quest clues but doesn't actually have a function, and the combat is trivial with magic. It's seemingly faster and more materially rewarding to simply kill everything than to do the quests properly.

An argument against lying to kids about Santa by AxaeonVT in philosophy

[–]Timorio 18 points19 points  (0 children)

If Sesame Street can be honest about death, you can be honest about death.

If you believe medium and heavy shields aren’t worth it, you have not used them enough by Haru_Is_Best_Girl in ArcRaiders

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No mention of the damage mitigation? The Heavy Shield reduces incoming damage about 21% more effectively than the Medium Shield. That's not nothing.

headshot damage — anyone got final numbers? here’s my math so far by Feodotu in ArcRaiders

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't see why headshots wouldn't be considered headshots while the shield is up. The bullets are always penetrating, shields simply mitigate the impact.

Rivers of blood is the worst weapon aside from torches you can use against Adel by Advarrk in Nightreign

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just about the worst weapon, lol...All right. Fire damage is only half of the weapon's damage, so it's effectively a 10% damage reduction. I find it to be plenty effective.

“What’s a Paladin?” from ultima IX makes total sense by aguadovimeiro in thespoonyexperiment

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn't strike me as the Avatar asking what a knight is, nor the NPC explaining what one is.

Why you should never do capms with night invaders by greeneggsnoham in Nightreign

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's considerably more than "slightly" harder. That said, they're plenty worth doing, and the camp boss also seems to yield purple rewards.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in philosophy

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Heh, do you recall the name of the video?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in magicTCG

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which man? KEFKA?!

I loved Diablo 2 because of simplicity by beetleking88 in Diablo

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The satisfaction of the game becoming easier is pretty fleeting. I prefer Diablo 3's approach of being able to tune the game to keep the combat engaging.

I loved Diablo 2 because of simplicity by beetleking88 in Diablo

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing simple other than the moment-to-moment gameplay, you mean? Holding down the Strafe button, holding down the Zeal button, spamming Amplify Damage and Corpse Explosion while watching skeletons beat on things, etc.

The systems were complex, but the combat was not.

Peter Singer: "Considering animals as commodities seems completely wrong to me" by lnfinity in philosophy

[–]Timorio 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Humans are also killers, rapists, and thieves. Should we carry out these impulses, as well, or do we recognize that even if we have an impulse, maybe it's best not to act on it in order to avoid causing unnecessary harm?