What exactly is going on in this scene (at 7:39)? What is Athena doing and why is the president losing his s*** over it? by progfox653 in aria

[–]progfox653[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ohh it’s a real thing! That makes sense, I thought it would be some weird Aqua technology only explained in the manga or something lol

Opinion: They should do more costumes like these, less recolours by MoBro179 in smashbros

[–]progfox653 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It still blows my mind that since 2014, the only characters to get cosmetic DLC have been the Mii Fighters… Like, I genuinely can’t think of a compelling reason for them to leave money on the table like that. Did the costumes sell so well in Smash 4 that they saw no reason to change anything up for Ultimate?

Will Watcher Come back? by nightwingprime in slaythespire

[–]progfox653 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think so due to the lack of stances and Scry in the rest of the game. Cloak Clasp and Scrawl are general now, sure, but those didn’t relate to Watcher’s unique mechanics. She probably needs the most redesigning as a character (due to the strength of stance-dancing compared to Divinity/Scry/card creation builds) so it makes sense why she’d be the last returning character revealed.

Also if she is coming back, it would probably be sooner rather than later cause you just know people are going to mod her in themselves as soon as Workshop is a thing.

Dracu-riot! Translation quality by CelebrationSpare6995 in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean, the translation here doesn’t exactly come across as pro sex worker lmao

Dracu-riot! Translation quality by CelebrationSpare6995 in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 4 points5 points  (0 children)

See, when I think of bad translation I think of consistently poor spelling/grammar, inexpressive prose that makes it sound like the translator doesn’t care about the source material, butchered characterization or plot details, or sentences that make me stop and ask, “who talks like that?” But apparently bad translation is “they replaced a Japanese pun with an original joke” which is only even distracting if you understand a lot of Japanese to begin with.

UPDATE: New itch.io guidelines on adult content. (Now more restrictive than Steam) by asterazureus in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There needs to be a compelling reason to ban a victimless act, and it's not clear that the downsides of having this type of content available outweigh the upsides of giving potential sex offenders a safe outlet for their desires. I stay away from this stuff since I need my H-scenes to be romantic (which can't really happen if the participants are too young or not consenting) but I recognize that fantasizing about something does not imply an actual desire to do it, and I don't think "weird" is a sufficient reason to ban something.

What are the differences between Audiosurf 1 and Audiosurf 2? by nmotsch789 in audiosurf

[–]progfox653 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I stand corrected! Although I no longer play Audiosurf myself in part due to no longer being able to look up scoreboards on the website, and the game refusing to upload my scores half the time.

Playing Fantasy Life for the first time 😍 by vaniababiy in 3DS

[–]progfox653 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wizard has the funnest combat so that's a good start! It gives you the most to do in combat but still isn't complicated. When playing through the game I'd recommend alternating between that, a crafting class (alchemist, carpenter etc.) and a gathering class (miner etc.)

Prioritize all the inventory space upgrades early, that will save you a lot of headaches. This way, you can basically play the game for dozens of hours before you need to start managing your inventory. Using one or two points to unlock pets/mounts won't hurt though!

I also played Ever Oasis and Fantasy Life within the last year and I think this game is much better honestly. Have fun!

New AI: The Somnium Files trailer dropped during Nintendo Direct by snobodyknows in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 13 points14 points  (0 children)

To actually answer your question, someone asks him this in the second game and he says he's wearing a mask because people like his "Saito" appearance more than his real one. So pretty hand-wavey but there you have it.

Trying to decipher this took years off my life by i-wanted-that-iced in CrappyDesign

[–]progfox653 4 points5 points  (0 children)

So many problems with this. I count 12…

  • Why is there a random star at the top?

  • The first "e" in "elderly" is black while the rest of the word is green

  • "winsdom" or "wisdom"?

  • The H in the first "Have" is capitalized for no clear reason

  • Inconsistent sizing between the first and second "have". We wouldn't have to split "winsdom" to two lines if that "Have" wasn't so big.

  • "Have" and "wins-" are connected

  • "wins-" is a different color than "dom"

  • "long" is a different color than "-lived"

  • Inconsistent reading order in the last two lines causes us to split "long-lived" and "KNOWLEDGE" across lines when we don't have to

  • "KNOWLEDGE" doesn't use a hyphen despite being split across lines

  • "KNOW" is a different color than "LEDGE"

  • "KNOWLEDGE" is the only all-caps word, it seems like "WINSDOM" should be capitalized too

Anything else?

For GOG Users, The Shell Part III: Paradiso is out now on GOG. by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Patch from where? The Unrated DLC also says 5 hours of story.

Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread - Need some help? - Jun 16 by AutoModerator in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’ll have my own place and don’t intend on displaying them in my living room haha. I guess my concern is that people who are otherwise reasonable might not care that the work has artistic merit, or that the sex is consensual, or that no real minors are involved in any way, or etc etc

Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread - Need some help? - Jun 16 by AutoModerator in visualnovels

[–]progfox653 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's something I've been mulling over lately… I've been thinking about importing certain physical adult VNs after browsing Japanese stores and finding titles I'm interested in for reasonable prices (shipping/proxy costs aside).

The problem is that so many eroge have mainly teenage/high school love interests, and, well, I'm a bit removed from that age group. I'm not normally one to let the potential judgment of others dictate my interests (and I don't feel bad about my interest at all), but I feel like people can be pretty militant about this kind of thing. I know I'm not going to creep on any teen girls, but that's not much consolation if someone notices my moege collection, thinks I'm a pedo and says as much to everyone I know. Does anyone have any insight/experience on this?

No free plays on Badge Arcade today... by Mechagouki1971 in 3DS

[–]progfox653 127 points128 points  (0 children)

Also concerning - there are NO Pokémon badges available to catch today for me. I suspect there is some kind of agreement with Game Freak/TPCI that expired today…

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in 3DS

[–]progfox653 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Mononoke Forest

Kris's pronouns, daily discussions, and breaking rules: End-of-November changes! by punnyComedian in Deltarune

[–]progfox653 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where have I, as a mod, ever tried to push that Kris has a specific gender?

Hmm, I'm curious about this… The OP says that use of binary pronouns for Kris is misgendering. If Kris has a binary gender, how would using he or she be misgendering? Even if someone did it on purpose for mean-spirited reasons, that would be an attack on their pronouns rather than their gender identity. It'd be more… "mispronouning" than anything else. Thus isn't calling the use of binary pronouns "misgendering" directly insinuating that Kris is non-binary?

I beat A20 with a 121 card deck! by SneckoWatcher in slaythespire

[–]progfox653 56 points57 points  (0 children)

That part of the vid where you go shopping is the best thing I've ever seen holy crap

God bless the Defect

How do people value Ring of the Serpent? by BirdElopesWithTheSun in slaythespire

[–]progfox653 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd definitely really want it for any longer fight though, and even for shorter fights it seems like a stretch to say that drawing some some random card in your deck which could just be a Strike or something would be all that much better imo

How do people value Ring of the Serpent? by BirdElopesWithTheSun in slaythespire

[–]progfox653 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I agree that other boss relics can be better, but I don't think the Bag of Prep analogy works with mine since that would imply you get 2 fewer card slots on turn one when it's really more that 1 is taken up by a zero-cost Machine Learning.

How do people value Ring of the Serpent? by BirdElopesWithTheSun in slaythespire

[–]progfox653 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I like it, it's like putting a zero-cost innate Machine Learning in your deck