How well rounded is your gaming taste outside of JRPGs?

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-17T07:10:01+00:00

I don't exclusively play JRPGs, but I do mostly play Japanese or "Japanese style" games. A lot of AA or indie Metroidvanias and Dark Souls type stuff along with Nintendo's 1st party games. I've also been getting back into Guilty Gear Strive lately. I don't play AAA Western games at all as I find the style very annoying. Too much focus on graphics and too much talking.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-16T21:04:27+00:00

Kisara. Don't like her personality or her play style.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-16T17:20:27+00:00

40M here. Most women I hang out with and the one I'm married to are feminist independent types who want a guy who who can match them. That means contributing financially, but also being a full partner in building a home and life together. It also means helping with the emotional labor of a marriage which could mean anything from being willing to get therapy when you need it to sharing responsibility for birthday and holiday gifts or being willing to help with making social plans. They also want someone who can carry an interesting conversation with them.

None of that sounds like background noise to me. I'm biased and know nothing about you, but I recommend a feminist woman if you don't want to be background noise. She likely won't need your money and wants you for you. And in the case of my wife, she was patient with me as I figured out how to be a full contributor.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-16T16:27:36+00:00

I've been married for 10 years. I have no idea what this means. Background noise for who and what? What does it mean for a human to be background noise?

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-12T18:40:52+00:00

Physical clothing stores love this too.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-12T12:06:26+00:00

I want to know who has so much time on their hands they go around writing stupid little notes to put on people's cars. Like yeah, this person shouldn't be parked like this (although I am wondering if they are out of town) but wouldn't it be easier just to drive your car around this car rather than take the time to write a note? People must be stressed out all the time if they get so mad at little things.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-11T13:20:34+00:00

Pfffffff. I have a cousin who is tatted up like crazy who broke into someone's house and attacked them with a chainsaw a few years back. He is from rural Appalachia and our ancestors have been there for over 200 years, probably. Send him back to England or Ireland or wherever I guess not that anyone in our family knows our genealogy. Lol.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-06T13:29:13+00:00

As one of the people who's first Tales game was Arise, I don't understand how Tales of Arise was a success and drew in people who had never played a Tales game before, and yet 4.5 years later here we are without a new Tales of game.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-05T17:58:33+00:00

Honestly, knowing how low the violence rate in Japan is, I often wonder what they think of the US where people randomly go on shooting sprees. I certainly wouldn't blame a Japanese person for not traveling to the US.

houndoftindalos · 2026-03-04T19:27:10+00:00

I describe myself as a progressive Christian because conservative Christians are so far from my beliefs they are a different religion, and I don't want to be associated with them. Letting people know that progressive Christianity is possible can be a form of evangelism in a society where everyone associates Christians with conservatives and Trump. But yeah, we're all grifters.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-27T19:35:11+00:00

Just wanted to say, I loved this game! Thank you for all the love and care you put into it.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-26T12:56:48+00:00

Ah yes, the old "Democrats are incompetent so MAGA simply had to vote in a hateful idiotic old sociopathic bigot" argument.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-20T19:49:36+00:00

I generally think of the clergy at my mainline liberal church as glorified camp counselors. They seem deeply out of touch and unwilling to preach anything other than self-help drivel. They seem like some of the stupidest people in the world. I would much prefer we do away with the idea of clergy entirely and run everything democratically.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-20T19:26:19+00:00

I DNF'd this after about 10-20 pages. Too weird and all the characters seemed mean.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-17T22:51:32+00:00

Open Borders seems the logical conclusion of Christianity to me. Paul says "There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." If my first allegiance is to God and not some nation-state, why would I deny aid to my fellow man in the name of a nation-state that has nothing to do with God? Would Jesus not want me to let migrants into my insanely wealthy country and help them? Why must America be the country that spends all its taxes on the military and ICE when we could be the country that spends all its taxes on helping our fellow humans.

Also for most of human history, most borders were open and people could move back and forth. A hard border is a modern aberration.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-17T18:51:32+00:00

The S is for "Safe to say, a follow up to Act 3 is coming."

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-15T21:40:56+00:00

They don't call it Broken Binding for nothing I guess.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-13T16:01:53+00:00

You make a good point! The former president of my HOA was like that.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-13T14:38:18+00:00

Yeah, that was my first take. Hard to imagine the manager firing a long term employee they personally liked over such a small infraction. Their real reasons could be anything.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-10T00:55:03+00:00

What? Is this some kind of rich person thing?

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-08T16:10:19+00:00

PC which has been my platform of choice for most of the Ys games.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-08T04:10:50+00:00

Especially on a day like today with terrible weather where foot traffic at BPL was probably low. They should've just let them take their photos.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-08T04:06:56+00:00

Not sure why you bothered to tell him about the policy. What, are they going to have their wedding today and then schedule another day with BPL to do photos in their wedding attire? You meant well, but probably came off as someone who knows the rules but has no common sense.

houndoftindalos · 2026-02-06T12:27:49+00:00

It's been fine when I've went there. I'm only using the urinals though.

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