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Feel embarrassed that I didn't put together that the punks Xaria and Monty in Look Outside were a reference to Xzar and Montaron from Baldur's Gate until reading TV Tropes after finishing the game.

Man, I should play Baldur's Gate 1 and keep Xzar and Montaron with me. Cause I usually don't keep them around that long, I want to grab Khalid and Jaheria. Also I like Imoen as a Thief or Gorion's Ward last time I played. But could be fun.

There's probably a really good case study in comparing common criticism of Dragon Age 2 & The Veilguard. 2 had people hate Jennifer Hepler, call her fat, ugly etc and men complained about Anders hitting on them. But said misogyny and homophobia were rarely seen as the core of why games were "bad"

Wonderful part of Look Outside has been checking social media and seeing people who've looked outside and transformed into monsters bullying those who haven't. Turning into a horrible monster because you want to know what all the horrible monsters were talking about is how a few of us would go out.

Just imagine I went to the effort of making a VGMV of Bioware games set to Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) I say this because I predict in the coming days I basically will see this somewhere then feel sad.

I feel bad catching this after calling Dawnwalker the wrong name for like a month, but the opening credits for Penguin Colony calls the story "A Shadow Out of Time" instead of "The Shadow Out of Time" And I immediately went "That's wrong." Store page is correct though.

There's so much fascinating gender around GTA VI without the game even being out yet. Like I'm sure the amount of having to disclaim "Don't worry, you don't have to do all this mushy romance stuff" is dealing with men who'd declare in so many words "Going on dates with a woman? That's so gay."

Might shock you that genderfluid person also has thoughts on gender and embodiment in games. But what's weird is how much "I can't play a girl" feels like a recent phenomenon. Everybody was playing Tomb Raider on PS1. And I doubt they felt it reflected on their masculinity to embody a woman there.

Wearing my "I paused my video game; specifically Cultic (2022) by Jasozz Games a Boomer Shooter that is in the style of Blood with a lot of influence from Resident Evil 4, it's really good I've been liking it, to be here" to the work event this evening.

Civil War II might be the stupidest Marvel crossover event because it has characters take two absurd positions of "Because the future can be changed all predictions should be ignored" and "Arrest people for future crimes." Like future predictions are new or there aren't less drastic interventions.

(I have no ill will towards the guy, he made a game I think sucks, whatever) A lead at The Chinese Room framed Bloodlines 2 as "Oh we can't make Bloodlines, but we *could* make Dishonored" and ignore what Bloodlines 2 is actually like for a second, is a fucking insane statement. What do you mean?

Coen explaining to someone in Dawnwalker that he's bisexual. Like come on dude, he's a vampire, keep up.

Dawnwalker's timer has been good generally, but it is really beneficial to the "disrupt enemy activities, kill the lieutenants, eventually take on the big boss" setup because it encourages not doing everything Without it people would do every small activity, resent it and would seem less believable

Fucked the witch milf in Dawnwalker. Forget my family, game's won.

Obviously a lot of things factor in to players not using consumables in games and there's all kinds of consumables. But I do think bad at percentages can play a part. Thinking there's no point taking +10% accuracy potion for a boss when you have 80% accuracy, because 80% is a "sure thing" afterall.

Practicing social distancing rules around mortals so we can talk while making it clear I don't intend to bite into them and drain them like the delicious blood filled ribena cartons they are.