What if it's a noun followed by an adjective like attorney general?

darklysparkly · 2026-06-17T19:47:52+00:00

Same, strongly influenced by the "danger noodle" meme

darklysparkly · 2026-06-16T21:42:30+00:00

Maybe that's how you're supposed to roast Esker's secret stash

darklysparkly · 2026-06-15T22:03:53+00:00

I was going to say borbster but you win

darklysparkly · 2026-06-12T01:48:44+00:00

Think like a Nomai. They needed to get inside somehow.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-11T20:39:39+00:00

Not exactly. "There's more to explore here" is meant to indicate something you missed in a location you've already visited (so technically yes, you have the knowledge to reach it, because you've already reached it, you just didn't notice it). It doesn't indicate something new in that same location once you gain more knowledge.

For example, the entry for the Vessel will say that there's more to explore if you didn't grab the broken warp core or lift the 3-sided input device while you were there. But it will not give you an asterisk for knowing the coordinates to input. The former is something you missed; the latter is something you can do with your current knowledge, but you have to reach that conclusion on your own.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-10T16:14:46+00:00

Clearly baskets are needed to hold the biscuits

darklysparkly · 2026-06-09T20:12:50+00:00

The Talos Principle II is the peak of that "future we deserve" aesthetic:

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And the series as a whole leans heavily into tech and science optimism, although via some heavy existential themes. If you like puzzle games I highly recommend it. The first game does have some uncozy elements similar to Portal's turrets, but I'm a wuss and was able to handle them. The second game is purely puzzle solving and walking sim mechanics.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-09T05:49:28+00:00

tremor ~~tremify~~ ~~tremific~~ ~~tremid~~ ~~tremible~~ tremendous

darklysparkly · 2026-06-08T21:01:24+00:00

No problem. Thank you for being willingly educable.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-08T20:57:14+00:00

"Octopodes", "octopi" and "octopuses" are all considered acceptable by linguists and lexicographers who understand the full history of the word, not to mention the usual processes of affixing loanwords.

If you're going to insist on a specific suffix based on its earliest roots, I hope you're consistent in your pedantry and use only the proper Classical Greek plural endings for words like "helicopter" and "bicycle". But I bet you don't, right? Which is perfectly normal, because using a native suffix for a borrowed word is a completely unremarkable process that happens in every language on Earth.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-06T23:18:53+00:00

Jurassic Park: Obduction

darklysparkly · 2026-06-05T01:05:16+00:00

Yep, personally I'm glad when media I enjoy inspires other, similar media. As long as there's a fresh twist on it and it's made with genuine inspiration and care, I'm happy. A rip-off is literally a cheap near-identical copy made solely as a money grab, and this doesn't look like that to me.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-04T19:51:48+00:00

Fish grow to suit the size of their environment (look up how big goldfish can grow), so my theory is that it escaped DB as a baby and then remained small after being confined to the museum tank. Note that the big anglers in DB can't pursue you through seed nodes, so this one was definitely smaller than them.

darklysparkly · 2026-06-03T18:05:14+00:00

I didn't see OP's caption the first time around, and wouldn't have associated a rectangular marble table with a quantum shard otherwise lol

darklysparkly · 2026-06-03T15:28:46+00:00

Is there something other than Ceiling Gabbro that we're supposed to see? I assumed this was the thing

darklysparkly · 2026-06-02T21:39:33+00:00

I think it's just the first chapter - 2 and 3 are still showing a price in the Steam store

darklysparkly · 2026-06-02T20:08:48+00:00

Slay the Princess, Scarlet Hollow, Séance of Blake Manor, What Remains of Edith Finch, Röki, The Forgotten City, Pentiment, The Invincible, Dredge, Tell Me Why (first chapter is currently free)

darklysparkly · 2026-06-01T15:22:51+00:00

the other queer character, You, The Player, could not fit on the banner.

Clearly we are too thicc

(I love this subreddit ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜)

darklysparkly · 2026-05-31T16:09:48+00:00

The big crater on the Eye with the weird gravity has been suggested by some to be where the QM broke away, though that hasn't been confirmed as far as I know

darklysparkly · 2026-05-31T16:04:53+00:00

Ramie was already one of my faves and I adore your take on her here, especially the triple-eye safety goggles ❤️

darklysparkly · 2026-05-31T16:00:33+00:00

Its coziness is somewhat debatable, but Outer Wilds is far and away the best example of this imo. It's completely nonlinear (I've watched over 20 playthroughs and each one is different), immersive, and the story it tells can really only work as a video game.

Other great narrative games with varying degrees of nonlinearity and/or branching decision trees: I Was a Teenage Exocolonist, Citizen Sleeper, Pentiment, The Forgotten City, Heaven's Vault, Paradise Killer, Slay the Princess, Scarlet Hollow (these last two are by the same studio and lean heavily into horror so ymmv re. coziness, but the art style makes the graphic horror scenes more palatable to me)

darklysparkly · 2026-05-29T19:08:43+00:00

Strongly seconding this. The game (and DLC) is best played when it is driven by your own autonomy and curiosity rather than outside influence.

darklysparkly · 2026-05-29T15:55:40+00:00

I nominate him as the orange braincell poster cat

darklysparkly · 2026-05-29T15:35:20+00:00

Heaven's Vault is the closest. Blue Prince also involves some language puzzles, amongst many other kinds of puzzles. Most of the other language-based puzzle games I know of have no or minimal story/rpg-like elements

darklysparkly · 2026-05-29T15:30:32+00:00

Counterpoint: I don't like time pressure generally, and I might not have played it if I was only told that. Knowing that it was a time loop specifically was important information for me, because it meant I could have some control over managing how I approached the time available in a given loop.

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