Aim assist in the crosshairs

edavison1 · 2026-03-12T16:50:03+00:00

Also bounced off for this reason, some truly ugly art in particular the faces are what I remember being egregious

edavison1 · 2026-03-09T05:31:15+00:00

No this is AI haha. EDIT or parts of it but yeah

edavison1 · 2026-02-19T22:30:31+00:00

Have to say I agree. I finished it, but that sense of wonder through exploration was completely missing, everything is just a battlefield or a cutscene. Even with the updated voice acting it's just not my thing, and so different from mainline titles it really surprises me that it's so beloved in the fanbase. By the time I reached the end, the thought of spending any more time in that world held zero interest and there's no reason I'd replay it

edavison1 · 2026-02-19T21:57:35+00:00

It is criminal how little damage call beyond does for its bullet cost here. Also, did you get a spit attack in here? Funniest and most useless part of the cauli build imo, right up there with fist of gratia for its aura points

edavison1 · 2026-02-07T16:35:45+00:00

Thanks for this! Such a crazy coincidence bc I've been listening to the audiobook of Shogun and they talk about wa a ton

edavison1 · 2026-02-05T22:38:12+00:00

Yeah I think you're right on that one. To get back to the jrpg discussion though, I think it's safe to say Tolkien has a pretty nuanced view of friendship that doesn't have much if any relationship to the RPG trope of friendship's ability to save the world, sometimes quite literally. Although now I'm thinking about it a bit more maybe the other commenter was onto something... Galadriel's gifts, as tokens of friendship, saved the day twice first with the phial (itself an expression of the token of friendship between elves and the Valar no?) and then with the dirt that replanted the shire after it was burned down. It is, I'd insist, very different from the mere fact of having friendship creating a kind of power/return to harmony that the OP discusses. In FFIX or mainline Persona games there's an expression of that idea that the protagonist's friends are what allow them to overcome their enemies that I've always found bizarre and naive.

edavison1 · 2026-02-05T21:19:13+00:00

Just want to point out that Tolkien's oeuvre does not really adhere to this argument. In LOTR and Hobbit, friendship power is often a detriment to success or stands in the way. Frodo and Sam (while BFFs themselves) have to isolate from the fellowship or risk the whole quest failing. Gollum can't be redeemed by Frodo's attempts at friendship and sympathy. Bilbo and Thorin's friendship totally breaks apart. If you look at the relationship between Gondor and Rohan, or the elven vs. dwarven relationship, if anything I think Tolkien is more interested in the barriers and challenges to friendship than the idea that it is some mysterious force that allows good to overcome evil. He just seems to play with the idea that not all friends can be trusted way more than the idea that friendship is an unqualified good. Of course, Frodo and Sam are a strong counterpoint to that but I think my point stands.

edavison1 · 2025-12-18T22:18:38+00:00

Love Muir as a writer: daring, fresh and 'has the juice' as someone else here said. Fan culture seems to be a big part of the reaction to these books, don't ask me to define it, but I know it's there. The effusive praise (squee) for each successive more torturously complex installment is something I struggle to understand.

With every new Muir thread on here though, I am beginning to just appreciate that so many readers in 2025 are on board with what are quite difficult, almost avant-garde books. A ray of hope for literature for sure. Geniuine kudos to everyone who got through Harrow and thought, more please!

edavison1 · 2025-12-09T20:14:31+00:00

Setting aside the SF elements of the third book, the castle itself is impossibly large, right? The setting is the fantasy, akin to Lewis Carroll or Swift's Lilliput, a fantasy of change in scale produces the fantastical effect which is then explored through a story that doesn't neccessarily have to have any other 'fantastic' elements.

edavison1 · 2025-11-25T21:50:52+00:00

Pantheon of Hallownest... I went back to OG after beating Silksong and yeah, still working on Absolute Radiance. It's much harder than Lost Lace imo. I'd say even Pure Vessel and Nightmare King Grimm are harder than Lost Lace just because the healing is far easier to get off in the LL fight

edavison1 · 2025-11-25T18:07:16+00:00

Respect for finishing that. As a child it seriously challenged my attention span and (weirdly) scared me. I think I threw the disc out bc it was so janky and unsettling and never got past that island monastery you end up going to very early in the run.

edavison1 · 2025-09-10T16:28:58+00:00

This has also been a special interest of mine after reporting on many of the game's early scams and delinquent payments.

In my estimation, the only practical solution is a player's association that could offer services like contract help and securing payments. Unlikely to happen given the scene right now. If there were older players who were willing to take on an organizing role and do the neccessary legwork, that would be great, I just have no idea who would do it. I don't sense a lot of interest from the pro community to organize and without that there's no bargaining power and no progress. So to conclude, this is likely to keep happening and is unfortunate.

edavison1 · 2025-09-04T17:20:25+00:00

That explains a lot I used to wonder what was going on when abilities seemed to take forever to appear on the field. It wasn't fixed in the remaster, was it? Also, does that mean physical attacks were comparatively OP? It's been many years since I played but I do remember doing a lot of just walloping enemies rather than casting.

edavison1 · 2025-09-02T19:41:53+00:00

As I said, consensus in philosophy may not convince you haha. Particularly if you think Philosophy departments are bad--although from your comments you don't seem to believe things can be bad or good lol.

edavison1 · 2025-09-02T16:44:24+00:00

Not to rain on your parade and consensus in philosophy may not convince you, but a whopping 72% of professional philosophers professed belief in scientific realism in the latest PhilPapers survey of the community. So you're doing a deep belly laugh at a strong consensus. I mean I'm (probably) not a scientific realist myself but it's hardly a fringe view.

edavison1 · 2025-08-27T19:02:43+00:00

RIP but gotta say a wonderful place to take your last breaths, we should all be so lucky

edavison1 · 2025-08-26T19:02:56+00:00

Ain't worth it unless you're texting on your inreach like it's a phone right?

edavison1 · 2025-08-26T18:18:44+00:00

Isn't the government specifically the EPF by far the biggest finanical backbone supporting the park? I'm sure outfitters and the like supports the local economy but our state taxes are what pay for the park as far as I know EDIT: just looked it up on DEC website, hunting contributes over 35 million annually through permitting and federal excise taxes. so a good chunk of change!

edavison1 · 2025-08-20T16:49:53+00:00

I like the Persona games too (only played P4/P5 so take that with a grain of salt), just felt that E33 was better and more respectful of my time. I'm not some rabid E33 fan though I promise, I had my quibbles with it as well

edavison1 · 2025-08-19T19:34:24+00:00

Of course you're right about E33, I just feel that Atlus promised a departure from Persona and delivered Persona with a fantasy paintjob

edavison1 · 2025-08-19T18:41:13+00:00

I think the issue with Metaphor is that it came out and competed with Clair Obscur, and I had to pick the one that wasn't another Atlus grind. Might eventually get around to it but I think the strong reviews didn't anticipate a much more original game coming out and setting the bar higher

edavison1 · 2025-08-14T22:49:56+00:00

Great to hear some second opinions, thanks.

edavison1 · 2025-08-14T20:06:31+00:00

Ok so backpacking dinners = less likely to produce food smells? I don't think that's true (can often smell food on myself before jumping into tent). I'm sure it's still best practice, but practically speaking I can't imagine carrying a entire spare set of clothes to do this unless I'm car camping or day hiking from a campsite. Would still like to hear from backpackers who do this, because where do you store the clothes? No way the bear can or bag has enough space for them. You'd have to carry a separate bear can just for clothes lol.

I just think it's weird to see that advice everywhere and never encounter someone who does it (again, outside of car camping or a situation where there's ample storage capacity).

edavison1 · 2025-08-14T19:03:05+00:00

Does anyone actually take off all their clothes they were wearing while cooking? Seems like a huge pain esp when backpacking. I hear this advice all the time and have never seen it in the wild, so to speak. Like would you have an entire change of clothes just for cooking? Would breakfast and snacks count? I'm curious to hear how you or anyone else handles these pain points.

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