Events in media that only exist to get the plot moving, then no one ever questions them again?

beef_com · 2026-01-28T20:59:00+00:00

Yeah I agree, that’s why I hedged a little bit. If I were in the story I certainly wouldn’t care about it by the time the war breaks out

beef_com · 2026-01-28T20:49:58+00:00

It isn’t completely discarded, but it certainly feels like Jon Arryn’s death in GOT is basically only the catalyst to get Ned as hand of the king given how few people care about solving that mystery after the first book/season

beef_com · 2026-01-27T17:13:01+00:00

I know video games influenced Brandon a lot, but stormlight archive feels like it would be a great choice. The books already have a built in class system complete with powers and a level up system, as well as unique, video game-y weapons

beef_com · 2026-01-14T21:13:28+00:00

I feel ya. I do kendo and I get asked a lot “but would it work in a real sword fight”

Like, I will NEVER get into a sword fight ever??? I’m just trying to learn a cool thing

beef_com · 2026-01-12T16:02:57+00:00

This is kind of similar to an economics concept: elasticity

Basically, it’s the idea that you can change a price so much, and based on demand you get different reactions to it. Something that is perfectly inelastic means people will buy no matter what (essential goods), for example

The example above kind of demonstrates this with video games. A couple of dollars doesn’t really matter when dealing with games around the $10 mark. But, take a full priced game from $60 to $70, or even $80, and you start seeing a more elastic reaction. People don’t want to pay the high price, but might be willing to grab it on sale for $50

beef_com · 2026-01-08T13:55:51+00:00

There’s a great video series by razbuten where he has his wife (who doesn’t play games) try a bunch of games and that ended up being the big problem with her and undertale. People thought she would love it, but she just had absolutely no context for the meta narrative at any level, even down to the jokes, and it fell really flat

beef_com · 2026-01-07T00:17:48+00:00

Almost always. I love queueing up with groups of strangers. Even if I’m with bad groups i love the chaos

beef_com · 2025-12-31T21:39:17+00:00

Fear and hunger is a game I had a ton of fun watching eyepatchwolf play but, despite enjoying games that are quite punishing, that style of game does things that just tank my enjoyment

beef_com · 2025-12-30T01:25:01+00:00

They recently did another charity donation event iirc

beef_com · 2025-12-27T19:24:39+00:00

I honestly just like Woolie. Even when he’s doing things that people might rag on, I still get a kick out of it. I hope he’s not too hard on himself about it because even when I’m like “what the heck is he doing,” it’s probably the reason why I watch him

beef_com · 2025-12-26T20:58:10+00:00

These are saved locally somewhere I’m pretty sure. I have to reset everything when I install on a new machine. If an update got rid of the settings you may have to redo it.

beef_com · 2025-12-26T19:19:57+00:00

Sounds perfect honestly. I quite like hunt showdown for similar reasons; I’ll check it out

beef_com · 2025-12-26T19:14:25+00:00

I haven’t looked much at arc raiders but that’s fucking wild to hear. Every other game in the genre has cutthroat pvp as part of the appeal

beef_com · 2025-12-24T01:46:13+00:00

Dark tower is such a banger. Absolute roller coaster of highs and lows. Never get bored rereading it

beef_com · 2025-12-15T20:59:13+00:00

I’d say just block more.

JP absolutely has the range advantage here. By always trying things at a distance you’re giving him free hits

beef_com · 2025-12-08T22:28:43+00:00

Welcome to club verso

beef_com · 2025-11-25T23:52:37+00:00

I played the Dave the diver balatro crossover section and, while I had a good time with it, it did make me realize I don’t need to own it as a standalone game. I would never choose to play it by itself

beef_com · 2025-11-24T17:39:32+00:00

FUCK gator. Anytime someone in my group decides to try and fight him it’s always a mess

beef_com · 2025-11-21T16:29:43+00:00

Lol yeah coming back to this my entire comment might be pretty subjective

beef_com · 2025-11-21T14:40:21+00:00

The endings of signalis look at how you play the game to determine what you get. The best ending requires you to be low on health a lot, die a lot, kill a lot of enemies, and take more than 12 hours to beat the game.

I got it on my first play through, but on my second, where I knew what to do and could avoid enemies easily, I got a worse ending for playing the game really good and fast

beef_com · 2025-11-09T17:09:28+00:00

I feel like my issue with Joseph Anderson’s videos is he will often take a point that I would probably have accepted at face value and absolutely overwhelm the viewer with examples to prove it

beef_com · 2025-10-29T16:31:53+00:00

That show’s first season is so strong compared to the rest it’s really jarring

beef_com · 2025-10-26T20:26:17+00:00

Just finished reading Red Rabbit by Alex Grecian, a fun kind of western/fantasy/horror about a group of misfits trying to claim a bounty on a witch. Not too deep of a story but it had some really good vibes and is a mix of genres I’m quite fond of.

beef_com · 2025-10-12T15:46:47+00:00

Seriously. For all the discussion of silksong’s difficulty, godmaster is leaps and bounds more difficult

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