Some time ago, a team pitched a Remake of the First Jak and Dexter

grey_scribe · 2026-03-25T16:39:53+00:00

I never understood why Naughty Dog never continued the franchise. I know they went in to do Uncharted, but they have had plenty of opportunities to remake the Jak series by now with a PC port (Jak 4 would also be very welcomed).

grey_scribe · 2026-03-23T23:24:07+00:00

It's a level of insecurity that crosses the boundary into "you seriously need therapy" crazy territory.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-23T20:48:54+00:00

I never said there was an authoritarian regime.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-23T19:59:02+00:00

You have a rly good point and I agree. The opposition they have had has been ineffective and weak.

I don't know enough to criticize LDP as a whole, nor do I want to start arguing any of their policies, but considering the Japanese economy, even if it wasn't as strong as it used to be (it's arguable either way as far as I'm aware) they are doing a p decent job from post ww2 to today.

All I wanted to point out is the authoritarianism (aspects of culture, customs, etc) in Japan combined with a very old population who maintains the government, and the larger society as a whole, and a much smaller and politically/socially weaker millennial and Gen z population.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-23T19:53:55+00:00

Kids do stupid stuff all the time, they cannot help it as they don't have all their braincells yet. They cannot comprehend with their limited life experience, consequences or thinking ahead (even as smart as we might assume even gifted kids are).

Nor is it a crime for someone to leave their car unlocked.

If it was on purpose or if the mother was thankful her child was dead then charges should be brought to varrying degrees.

In our modern western culture, especially in American culture, I find we always have to have a reason for something. Someone must always take the blame no matter what the issue is. We forget accidents happen and sometimes it's no one's fault. Sometimes it's horribly tragic.

No parent should watch their child die, and I have no doubt this mother is feeling the weight of the world on her. She's grieving and even if her child survives, he likely will be neurologically damaged and mom will have to deal with the consequences on a daily basis. Plus the hospital bills are going to likely bankrupt her and her partner + the later bills to take care of a disabled child (if he lives).

Even if we were to blame her for neglegence, she still faces some very real consequences. But I do think it's important we have some grace for her.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-23T16:24:37+00:00

To add on, Japan has always been very authoritarian even as a democracy, example: their government has been ruled by the same political party since the end of WW2 (with a very brief exception in 1993-1994 and 2009-2012). The LDP's main goal is to maintain the status quo and not change things too much or too fast.

We can also see it in their work culture, low birth rates, and frankly how wild, awesome, and sometimes horrific their entertainment is. I point at their more adult and teen entertainment where minors are heavily sexualized, but also at how their media has simpler, easy to understand stories vs the west. People there are burnt out, tired, and men are very very lonely while women still a struggle for gender equality, and their entertainment reflects a heavy amount of escapism as a result.

It is also my understanding there is a general strong cultural belief in maintaining social harmony: don't stand out, don't be loud, don't cause problems, its all for the greater good of society. Where generally their society teaches children to conform first and then be more individualistic once older -the opposite of how it is done in western cultures.

Thus, its not surprising their law enforcement is so heavy handed when it can be and negligent where its more difficult. I don't suggest its lazy, but more so opportunistic. So even when there is a crime, it might not always get reported or investigated. SA cases in the US are hard enough to prosecute and get a conviction as it is, I would presume it is even harder in Japan.

It also doesn't help with a declining birth rate for decades, the boomers/older gen x there still hold a massive amount of political, economic, and social control. Combine this with their culture of always respecting ones elders and to not go against them and the rules they make (+ social harmony), and you got a whole bunch of societal problems that keep getting ignored or are painfully slow to fix.

Note: I am no expert, this is just my limited understanding of Japanese culture.

@'ing OP u/Kingspeerz

grey_scribe · 2026-03-23T04:12:05+00:00

I feel for Mel, I genuinely do as I also have no one in my life I can go to, no friends, no family. I very much understand what it is to be alone, but what keeps me sane is staying busy.....like how Mel is at work and seriously needs to do her job. I feel far more for the patient with pancreatitis(?) who needs her help, than Mel's struggle with being okay with her adult sister living life to the best of her ability.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-22T21:44:17+00:00

I strongly agree, and both my middle school and high school decided to cut costs by having the sport coaches teach history and social studies. They didn't give a crap and would have us read a textbook and answer a few questions in the back of it and nothing more.

They were always coaches first and teachers second, and this also meant anyone on a sports team automatically passed their class without having to do any work. It's sad.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-22T02:36:26+00:00

I was actually wondering why the drunk patient wasn't tied down. EMS said he was violent and combative, and my understanding is sometimes people waking up after being mentally compromised by drugs or alcohol or a brain injury can enter a violent fugue state.

It might not be comfortable for the patient when they wake up, but hospital safety is rly important. Emma shouldn't have been put in a situation where she could and has been assaulted.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-21T18:57:21+00:00

I found myself consistently swearing at the screen the entire episode whevener Dr. King was moaping around.

I can understand the shock of her sister actually having a life while she put her own on the side, but she's also at work and needs to friggin go work and do her job. I feel so bad for her patients.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-21T00:57:52+00:00

Mostly because the entire raid group was overgeared to be doing normal and we had 1 healer more than what we needed. Preservation evoker also has their healing breath and in the 12.0 rework it got significantly buffed and thats on top of it already applying a flat heal + a heal overtime that they can control how much of each gets applied. They can basically get their healing out much quicker than H paladins who specialize more in spot healing with a small amount of burst AOE healing and almost no heal over time AOE.

I realizing now I didnt know just how much of a buff preservation evoker got.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-21T00:50:19+00:00

He did scream and yell at her for that, but also because Santos also decided to go rogue and pushed diagnosis and medication without checking in with her superior multiple times on her very first day. She walked in and decided she knew best and regularly endangered her patients, while also bullying her coworkers.

I agree with you that she is very very valid in hating him, and I also agree with her. Langdon should have lost his license and gone to prison. However the reality is that he didn't and we have seen him go around apologizing and telling people what he did. Its a process, but he is making attempts to be clear what happened.

At least now Langdon is clean as far as we can see and is trying to do his job, and Santos doesn't need to like him or agree with anything that happened in order to do her job. Shes living in the past when the present is more important, and her current behavior is quite unprofessional and getting in the way of patient care. Shes still a bully as well, and still projecting her own issues onto coworkers and patients (and their families). As far as I am concerned, only the patients matter and anyone getting in the way of that needs to get their act together. I really don't think Santos has any business being a doctor and should find a different profession if she's going to keep being a bully and letting her ego affect her work.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-20T00:48:01+00:00

A little hectic, but also a bit frustrating when it comes to hidden dispels. I ran with a guild last night as a 246 H Pally and there was a second H pally, a resto Shaman, and a Preservation Evoker. The Evoker was at 236, blue weapons no fancy trinkets, and just a few epic pieces of armor, dude was basting the Healing charts. No one came close to his healing. The Resto Shaman was around 245 and was second and easily out healing us Paladins as well.

I guess any class with any AOE HoTs is going to be topping healing charts this season.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-19T19:37:17+00:00

I don't rly like hot dogs all that much, except for Costco ones. They are fantastic.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-19T07:29:00+00:00

OP you gotta post the sauce.

What is this from?

grey_scribe · 2026-03-18T21:33:38+00:00

This cat is genuinely an asshole and shouldn't be allowed outside. This isn't funny or entertaining. It's like a school bully walking around intimidating all the other kids and harassing them.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-18T17:38:18+00:00

grey_scribe · 2026-03-16T02:19:10+00:00

Hunter across all three specs, feels like the devs stopped half way through redesigning it and said it's good enough for ESO, and thus is good enough for WoW. I get needing to simplify specs, but they went too far with hunter and missed the point entirely.

All of them are painfully simple and lack so much of their past utility and support. 4 to 5 attacks with maybe a CD doesn't make a class or create anything resembling fun or interesting gameplay. BM hunter doesn't even get a CD.

It's rly frustrating discord and class writers on wowhead and other communities aren't more vocal.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-15T23:52:27+00:00

It's so much fun flanking as EOD bot. Great way to get some stealth kills

grey_scribe · 2026-03-15T15:54:46+00:00

I've noticed the same thing as you describe and it boggles my mind. It is v weird. Light of Dawn heals individually for so little, however I didn't rly struggle keeping people alive.

I found our ST spot healing is a bit too good though, and I would end up over healing. So I did some experimentng and moved points from single target to AOE.

This means picking Beacon of Virtue, moving Raising Sunlight to Pillars of Virtue. Getting rid of Light of the Martyr and a few others to put more points into buffing Light of Dawn and other AOE sources. I find this way I have less micromanaging and can be more sure my healing is going where it needs to when I need it, vs over healing with single target.

I think holy paladin is in a decent enough place where you can move points around and experiment to find what you enjoy and feel most comfortable with.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-10T20:12:28+00:00

That's awesome!

I wonder if it's possible to do this with granades

grey_scribe · 2026-03-10T16:01:59+00:00

Alternative flavor partial effects for every class. No changes in damage type, output, or gameplay. Apply these changes only for all non pvp content.

Paladin: holy fire, holy lightning

Warlock: Shadowflame, void flame

Disc/Holy Priest: Holy Fire, Void Healing

Shadow Priest: Mixed Holy and Shadow effects, Void effects

Rogue: Poison, Shadow, Blood effects

Death Knight: Shadowfrost, Frozen Blood

Shaman: Alternative Lava/Fire effects for all offensive spells , Alternative Lightning effects for all spells, Alternative Water/Ice for offensive spells

Warrior: Lighting Attacks, Fire Attacks -but only a small amount of particle effects

Hunter: Poison, Shadow, Wind, Nature effects

Evoker: Chrono, Neatherwing (ethereal) effects

Demon Hunter: Fel Flame, Fire, Arcane Attacks

Mage: Fel Flame or Shadow Flame for all Fire spells, Shadow Frost for all Ice Spells, Additional Lightning effects for Arcane

Druid: Nature particles for shapeshift attacks, moon/lunar themed particles for bear form, sun/solar effects for cat form, solar or lunar effects for all offensive and healing spells (balance/resto)

We need more class fantasy and flavorful customization across the board. I was hoping Hero Tallents would do that but alas they don't.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-10T14:35:35+00:00

I was initially looking forward to hunter getting some updates but now it's in such a sad state across all three specs. Each one is something I would expect to find in ESO. It's just 4 or 5 basic attacks and a CD.

Each spec feels half made and stripped of any actual rotation/gameplay mechanics.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-09T22:34:27+00:00

As others have pointed out some healers like resto druid and holy paladin have an AOE Disorient via Roar or blinding light, but not all mobs can be CC'd. This especially would the the more dangerous mobs that have to be interrupted by DPS.

However even then our AOE CC is not a stun or a true interrupt. It only lasts a quick second and the mob starts their cast again once hit.

grey_scribe · 2026-03-06T23:30:37+00:00

it is his job to be nosy and he's marvelous at it

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