scops
I remember when the Cyber Truck was revealed, including the whole window cracking thing there was a dip in Tesla stock, I was on Reddit the next day saying, yeah, it’s ugly as sin, but if I was the investing type, it would be a smart time to invest, because Tesla stock would bounce right back and the fanboys would drool over it.
I was right, but after all that’s happened since then, I wouldn’t be brave enough to try to call whether things will trend back upward this time.
I had a copy of Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet that would cut out and loop back in the middle of the song. I listened to it so much I could sing along without missing a beat. Then whenever I heard the right version, it always felt weird when the song flowed through normally.
I was a player in a campaign where two of the other players just full-on sprinted past every sign post the (Pathfinder) GM threw up saying, “This character is here to give quests. He is much higher level than you. Don’t attack him. He will slaughter you.”
They pulled out their weapons and made to attack the guy and my CN character was like, “You have fun with that. I don’t want to die today.” The quest giver and our other party member tried to talk them out of it for a couple rounds AFTER they started attacking (and doing no damage, naturally). The NPC then started using non-lethal spells to try to defuse the situation. A couple rounds of that and the GM finally gave up went hostile. Two or three AoE attacks later and both characters were gone.
They rolled new characters, but I didn’t last much longer in that campaign.
From what I’ve heard in reviews, it sounds like the decision to make Tiny Tina a main character drove a lot of the market shift. It sounds like they made her more vulnerable and innocent to contrast with the tired, jaded Lilith instead of the demented bomber that fits into the tone of the game
I think he’s really good at evoking feeling through visual storytelling, and finding gameplay that mostly kinda reinforces those themes.
The underlying themes in his work often don’t hold up to fridge logic, but it’s still an engaging and memorable experience while you’re playing. Death Stranding was one of my favorite games I played last year (hashtag patientgamer…).
Pickle
I have an ex with the same name as one of my sisters. You do that once, and it gets confusing and awkward. Twice? People start coming to really odd conclusions.