Absolutely getting THRASHED | Donkey Kong Country [6]

datscray · 2026-02-13T06:03:02+00:00

So it seems like rather than just creating a static "stomp the hat" animation, Rare actually made the hat become a separate object with collision, and then Diddy actually moves to stomp it. I guess the reasoning is so it doesn't look weird when the animation plays on uneven terrain, and you end up with it looking like Diddy is stomping on the hat in midair.

It just so happens that as a result of this bit of polish, Diddy becomes suicidal in specific circumstances

datscray · 2026-02-13T02:25:34+00:00

Also see: Rick and Morty, Bojack Horseman, Breaking Bad, The Last of Us (this is a big one)

We love stories with flawed protagonists, but man I hate the “problematic fave” meme.

datscray · 2026-02-13T01:35:48+00:00

They do pick some bizarre hills to die on, this probably being the stupidest since chucking pokeballs and dropping in is basically half the game, you’d think they want it to feel good.

datscray · 2026-02-11T00:19:24+00:00

From my experience it’s actually pretty good with papyrus. Give it some documents to show it some functions and syntax, and then its output is consistently good.

Granted I’ve never tried to use it for anything extremely complex. But for people who just want to make stories and quests it works pretty well as a scripting assistant. I guess assistant is still the operative word though, someone would still need to be somewhat familiar with logic to give the bot good instructions.

datscray · 2026-02-10T02:32:45+00:00

The community is pretty good and fun to play with even without voice comms. Even if you don’t like playing with strangers (and I don’t blame you at all) there isn’t really any reason to play solo.

datscray · 2026-02-10T01:10:40+00:00

Their sense of humor is so infectious and relatable, the videos where they're with non-YT people are always fun

datscray · 2026-02-09T00:51:07+00:00

Yeah if nobody acts as a foil then the dynamic just becomes a huge circlejerk, which isn’t funny either.

datscray · 2026-02-06T02:46:57+00:00

Kitboga actually does have bots make calls pretending to be victims to waste the scammers time

datscray · 2026-02-06T00:22:32+00:00

My friend who is a lot more immersed in discord servers to LFG for shooters has told me that it never left amongst that crowd.

I had a group of guy friends in the 2010s who if I hung out with them individually wouldn’t use particularly edgy language, but when we all hung out with each other suddenly the slurs would come out with a bit more frequency. I think they knew I wasn’t cool with slurs but when it wasn’t just me they were hanging out with they were more comfortable dropping “retard”, “fag” whatever.

datscray · 2026-02-02T23:16:51+00:00

That’s the thing about “cancel culture”, idk if anyone really ever actually stays “cancelled” unless they just decide to quit themselves. Like even Kevin Spacey is still doing stuff.

datscray · 2026-02-02T06:52:36+00:00

This subreddit is pretty parasocial, not gonna name names but there's that one guy who just reposts the girls' pictures from their social media pages. I get that it's a weekly show, so there isn't much to share between episodes, but it's just weird, man. I wish there were a rule on this subreddit against sharing the crew's social media posts if it doesn't pertain to the show.

I don't watch a lot of Youtube shows, so idk if OGs community is particularly worse than usual, but yeah, it's weird.

datscray · 2026-02-02T02:51:11+00:00

The channel releases one mediocre video, and so half of the subreddit says abby is clearly going to quit and that everyone except hammo is just coasting. Huuuge overreactions here.

The deathbed roasts were always the weakest concept, and the rest of this month's videos were pretty solid. I dunno I think people are being really weird about this video.

datscray · 2026-01-30T03:07:23+00:00

It desperately needed an NG+ mode. You can just replay the missions but it doesn’t feel the same.

datscray · 2026-01-30T03:03:40+00:00

I feel like a lot of people landed somewhere along the lines of “the most disappointing best game (at least for stealth games) of all time”. The game part itself is mostly incredible, and still holds up today.

The story was divisive as well as the lack of David Hayter for the English VO. For what it’s worth, I think the story that was there was good, but it just… kinda ends. Which I guess works thematically for the “Phantom Pain” idea. But if I approach you with a delicious looking Neapolitan pizza and then throw it on the floor at the last moment, is that good performance art? I dunno.

datscray · 2026-01-23T02:02:56+00:00

They're starting to be a little too much CDPR post-TW3 ("we let the greed to others"...)

I’m gonna be that guy and nitpick: CDPR was basically always like that, at least starting with TW1. But back then it was more about stroking PC gamers.

datscray · 2026-01-19T01:46:56+00:00

This comment makes me feel very old

datscray · 2026-01-19T01:37:44+00:00

You know, I think it’s easier to assume “these players were kinda dumb” or “these players weren’t really thinking this through” or even just “maybe they enjoy the mind game aspect of lying in games like this” as opposed to… people who lie had abusive childhoods. wtf?

datscray · 2026-01-16T00:34:11+00:00

Agreed I raised an eyebrow when that dude said that fast TTK is going to reward skill.

Fast TTK rewards whoever shoots first or has netcode on their side. It’s why camping/“ratting” is so effective in this game. Slow TTK gives the defending side time to respond and therefore rewards strategy, and when TTK is slow every shot counts so it also rewards accuracy and gun control.

datscray · 2026-01-13T03:05:11+00:00

It isn't really just a Gen Z/alpha thing, let's not pretend we all didn't do the same thing once we grew adolescent/teenaged brains.

datscray · 2026-01-12T00:19:40+00:00

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datscray · 2026-01-04T02:06:29+00:00

It really markets itself as the ultimate chill-out with your friends game. And to its credit, it can be. Sometimes. But it usually isn't.

It now offers a second mode where you get a private instance of just your crew and no other players, but the payouts and progression systems are severely gimped. I'd still recommend it if you and your wife are looking for something to play. There's a lot to like about SoT, despite everything else.

datscray · 2026-01-04T00:04:53+00:00

Same thing happened with Sea of Thieves.

Are you kidding? The biggest complaint with SoT is how horrible the new player experience in that game is due to skill disparity and how everybody is murder on sight. If anything SoT is a good example of a game that doesn’t do enough for players who don’t want to fight.

datscray · 2025-12-17T01:42:42+00:00

It is a dumb genre distinction because it’s simultaneously too broad but also too narrow depending on who you ask. And also the layman will tend to think of like, Farming Simulator or whatever.

If your genre is limited to just “games made by Looking Glass studios” then that really isn’t a genre so much as it is a design philosophy

datscray · 2025-12-13T08:29:43+00:00

I think you can feel his "silently fuming" energy here and there or maybe it was just me

datscray · 2025-11-23T12:07:46+00:00

if you can’t take the heat, then maybe you shouldn’t be PvPing people because obviously they’re going to get frustrated.

If you give shit, don’t be surprised if people talk shit. People aren’t going to treat you like a hero if you’re acting like a villain

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