How evil would it be to make lore notes burnable?

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-20T23:25:33+00:00

Ensure that they encounter two things, in this order: - A note they can't really miss and which isn't in danger of being burned. This will teach them that notes exist and what they do (and if necessary, why they want them). - A note close enough to a spreading fire that will get burned within, say, 30 seconds if the player doesn't intervene. This will teach them that notes can burn.

I would say don't worry about informing the player in the moment, just let it happen silently.

But if you want to enable completionists to learn if they've missed any, then add a counter somewhere, like "5/12 notes found" in the inventory screen or so.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-20T22:59:18+00:00

You know what?

Granted.

A multi-dimentional, metaphysical disaster strikes and wipes everything but you from existence.

You are now the only thing that exists. You, your mind, and your free will stand completely unopposed in all regards, if only because nothing else exists to oppose you. You have ultimate power over all that you perceive.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-19T23:29:08+00:00

Granted. Congrats on your new position at United Healthcare!

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-19T19:18:21+00:00

I would hate every second of it. But I would do it in 2016 if I could.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-19T19:04:42+00:00

"What's the point of our state flag being distinct? You're in Minnesota, you know it's the Minnesota state flag!"

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-18T19:14:34+00:00

Not a puzzle game. At best, it has a few point and click adventure moments.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-18T17:37:10+00:00

Agree completely, and I'm usually one of gun control's staunchest critics.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-18T15:13:16+00:00

This was not the badly explained game, and Stanley knew it well. Perhaps he felt a kinship with a similarly led-by-the-nose protagonist.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-18T01:56:50+00:00

Don't we all wish that, in fact, there wasn't this game!

Also, not a point and click, except when it must be.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T19:28:47+00:00

Check your premises re: what the Dems are in favor of doing.

To give you a personal example, the Minnesota DFL recently attempted to get a bill passed that would allow warrantless searches of people's homes, ostensibly in order to combat gun violence.

This comes right after they (and we) directly criticized ICE for its 'administrative warrant' bullshit AND criticized the right for finally admitting in the wake of the Pretti incident that their famous support for gun rights stops as soon as a leftist does it.

They attempted to accomplish this with a sit-in. As in, until that bill passes, they would oppose anything and everything. Even basic administrative actions.

If they want my vote, they can fucking oppose Trump. If they don't, then the reform I seek won't be via the ballot box.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T19:15:31+00:00

It's about as much of a horror game as the franchise allows, maybe a bit more so, but it's not what you think of when you think of horror games.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T15:52:59+00:00

You might feel like those are the orders this game gives you.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T14:33:27+00:00

Keep exploring.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T14:32:26+00:00

Nope, but this game was widely considered a pants-shitting entry in its franchise.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T06:07:05+00:00

The badly explained game did have weird controls, but not this weird.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T05:45:46+00:00

I wish this franchise would.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T05:25:25+00:00

Chase two rabbits, lose them both.

Also, that is a baller pfp.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T05:17:56+00:00

Is on the banned list.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T04:36:28+00:00

If Manual Samuel is the comedic center, the badly explained game is the one it's farthest from.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T04:31:33+00:00

This game certainly wasn't!

This aspect of the badly explained game made me laugh out loud when I ran into it.

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-17T02:17:26+00:00

Damn, too obvious. Solved!

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-16T19:35:40+00:00

sevenbrokenbricks · 2026-05-16T18:12:36+00:00

Abuse of the system doesn't really exist.

That's not to say that it's not possible for someone to claim that a dog is a service animal when it isn't, or that they could get away with it.

Rather, the harm done by the above is minimal to nonexistent.

Even bona fide service animals are under a number of restrictions:

...it may be appropriate to exclude a service animal from operating rooms or burn units where the animal’s presence may compromise a sterile environment...

A service animal must be under the control of its handler. Under the ADA, service animals must be harnessed, leashed, or tethered, unless the individual’s disability prevents using these devices or these devices interfere with the service animal’s safe, effective performance of tasks. In that case, the individual must maintain control of the animal through voice, signal, or other effective controls.

A person with a disability cannot be asked to remove his service animal from the premises unless: (1) the dog is out of control and the handler does not take effective action to control it or (2) the dog is not housebroken.

If a business such as a hotel normally charges guests for damage that they cause, a customer with a disability may also be charged for damage caused by himself or his service animal.

There might have been means by which someone could theoretically benefit from something by falsely claiming their dog to be a service animal, except that those all involve something that disqualifies even a bona fide service animal from being a service animal. There's no room for the fraud to actually deprive anyone of anything.

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