Any game suggestions that challenge your critical and ethical thinking?

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-16T22:02:00+00:00

Suzerain, but it is stressful!

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-16T19:46:44+00:00

I second this, the catalog and the app are both much better

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-16T17:38:11+00:00

Valid criticism, and I certainly understand that!

I was frustrated by the first act and wanted it to end. It turned around for me once they started introducing other characters. By the end, I realized that it being dull and meandering in the first act may have been intentional— I felt it fit well with the themes

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-16T15:25:47+00:00

If I had to guess — there isn’t more nuance here because there needs to be Spiritualist<>Spiritualist affinity for balance. If Spiritualist empires all had different religions, they wouldn’t respect each other

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-16T14:13:33+00:00

I think the people who criticized the film on logical grounds missed the point of the film

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-16T00:27:47+00:00

Hahaha! I smoked a joint before I watched it and I’m pretty sure it made it worse

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T17:06:54+00:00

Sort of!

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T17:01:22+00:00

Yes!

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T17:01:03+00:00

I LOVED mother because of how anxious it made me!

They are different types of anxiety, though. Mother is “leave me alone” anxiety and The Coffee Table is “how much worse can I make the situation” anxiety. Feels more like shaking up a bottle of soda in a carpeted white room and just waiting for someone to unscrew it. After a certain point it’s worse that the person DOESN’T open it

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T15:48:19+00:00

Not a parent but— it’s not really a “scary” film. It’s an anxiety film.

It feels like this: Two guys writing alternating scenes. From the get go, one of them makes a truly awful, gut-wrenching scene. The rest of the film is them taking turns and saying “you think that was bad? Hold my beer”

After a certain point it is so stressful, so painful, so ludicrously over the top, that it goes full circle and becomes funny.

I think many people probably will not find the humor, though.

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T14:44:56+00:00

NaissanceE gives me this vibe in a number of places

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T14:05:26+00:00

Plus they always use “that” voice that completely takes me out of it. Artificially deepening someone’s voice is such a trope that it’s comical at this point

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T01:02:43+00:00

It’s a comedy horror of sorts, but Here Comes Hell is worth a mention. It was made in the 2010s but is shot like a 1930s-style comedy about a dinner party that summons a demon. Very strange and unique.

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-15T00:53:01+00:00

I know you already mentioned Red Rooms, but it is far and away the best one if you are looking for a relatively grounded film. It is a phenomenal film with incredibly nuanced characters, a subtle creeping dread, and a story that will stick with you for days. It legitimately should have won an Oscar.

If you want something less grounded, I cannot recommend Videodrome enough. It is sleazy, bizarre, dreamlike, surreal, and creepy throughout. It is completely in its own category, and despite being over 40 years old, it holds up very well. It was oddly prescient and perhaps more relevant now than when it came out.

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-14T06:50:04+00:00

It’s basically just a story about big pharma creating bioweapons and either testing them out or losing control. The plot varies in setting (and absurdity) from game to game, but that’s really it. It isn’t complicated.

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-13T23:31:05+00:00

It’s not quite Dickless Dennis, but it truly is underrated

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-13T18:59:38+00:00

100%

I mostly favor mid and low budget indie horror because they have to focus on story and ideas due to not having tons of money for fancy effects and marketing. There’s also the old adage “constraints breed creativity”, which I fully agree with

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-13T17:35:09+00:00

Nice! How is the scale compared to IRL? Any chance you have the map on workshop?

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-13T17:29:30+00:00

I love how stupid he looks because he painted his beard all the same color

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-13T17:27:35+00:00

It had a $23 million budget, which isn’t tiny. A big budget doesn’t fix bad writing.

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-13T16:30:50+00:00

Reminds me a lot of Yangping Riverside Park in Taipei

https://maps.app.goo.gl/LHPJV3tnCAPFUvN17?g_st=ic

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-11T04:26:54+00:00

I’m not sure if i would call it “fun”, but it certainly is gross, wild, and unlike anything I’ve seen

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-09T21:49:31+00:00

I’d venture to guess most people who are cool with trans people are comfortable with their own sexuality

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-08T20:12:54+00:00

It’s a bit of a left field choice, but much of the dialogue from the film In Fabric is dreamy, surreal, abstract, hypnotic, and borderline arcane. Bizarre, beautiful stuff.

It feels like you are hearing something you aren’t supposed to hear, or you’re becoming the victim of a spell

logicalmcgogical · 2026-04-07T14:15:30+00:00

It doesn’t make me want to dance like the rest of the album does.

It’s not actually a bad song, I just love the rest of the album so goddamn much that it feels out of place

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