Gargleblaster

joined 2 years ago
[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Screw the lawyers, Donald. Commit another crime.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That game...had brutal hit boxes. You could blow people's legs off. I played a lotta pvp but not that mode.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

A druidic forest spirit.

Maybe he's a demi-god whose back story we don't know enough about.

Gandalf seems pretty human to start with, but then we find out that he's a superhuman/demigod. That whole circle of wizards seems superhuman.

What was Sauron?

I think CS Lewis and Lewis Carroll had a better approach of just being like "Look, anything we want can show up as part of the story."

Tolkien had to create all of these taxonomies, bloodlines, and typing, which is why we're talking about this.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

That sounds nice, but Shell has been broadcasting all matter of pro-environmental messaging for decades while continuing to fuck the planet up.

If I had to guess, this is a variation on a theme. As long as planes need fossil fuels to fly, they're bad new. Fixing one part is a distraction.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Sounds like a horrible fucking idea.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 44 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Baldur’s Gate 3 is certainly the latest and most prominent example, but Elden Ring, both Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom. The Witcher 3. The Last of Us Part 1 and 2. No cash shops, substantive DLC, if there is any.

And what do all those games have in common?

They're solo games.

It's PvP and MMOs where you can purchase an advantage, show off your bling, or purchase expansions to get a head start on the competition. That is where the microtransaction infestation occurs.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

No pronouns!

Pronoun make Gargleblaster angry!

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

Business directories

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

People who die while driving are almost all die by accident.

People who get shot are far more likely to be killed intentionally.

[–] Gargleblaster@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago

That's probably true.

But you have to spend at least a little time with someone to judge their behavior.

The problem is that people are pre-judged based on their race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs or lack thereof, nation of origin, first language, and a boatload of other things purely based on these factors without any personal contact or observation of their behavior.

Hence the word prejudice.

Likewise, people take the misbehavior of one or a small group and and apply it to everyone with the same characteristic.

Hence prejudice and stereotyping.

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