Quetzalcutlass @ Quetzalcutlass @lemmy.world

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Reminds me of a certain emulation site that was hit by Nintendo's lawyers and removed the download links for all of their games.

Except that's all they did. The files are still there, the game pages are still up, all that's missing is the big shiny download button. A simple userscript can add them back and let you download the "removed" games.

I'm getting flashbacks to Kangaxx in Baldur's Gate 2. What do you mean I'm not supposed to fight the optional hidden boss right after completing the tutorial? I don't care if four out of the six members of my party can't even scratch him, I'm assembling and fighting that demilich the first second I can!

It's a self-inflicted hell that I put myself through every. Single. Time. Just like fighting the ancient red dragon Firkraag when he's introduced instead of coming back much later as intended.

Isn't that the same thing the studios they acquired said? And we all know how that inevitably turned out.

It's all in how he communicates, not what. He's an old-school con man, a confidence trickster. That whole style relies on the fact that people are really bad at judging character, and someone who lies with a straight face and never shows an iota of guilt will be believed to be innocent and truthful no matter what evidence is presented against them.

Combine that with a heavy dose of sunk cost fallacy and an increasingly uneducated and desperate electorate, and it's easy to see why many follow him despite his near complete lack of articulateness.

Terry Goodkind is a terrible author and even worse human being, but his "First Rule" was pretty accurate. To wit: "people will believe anything if they want it to be true, or if they're afraid of it being true."

There's a reason a lot of propaganda is either saying how great things are under a group (even when they clearly aren't), or fear-mongering about their opponents.

Pour one out for their dearly departed lovechild, roflmao.

Here's hoping your exam went well!

The first Dragon Age added relationship gifts as a DLC at some point. It was literally meant to bribe characters you'd screwed up with back into your good graces - a single gift gave as much affection as several correct in-story dialog choices. Kind of disturbing in retrospect.

Probably because it's much easier to find Disney princess costumes than medieval ones, plus (in the US at least) nobility of any type is almost exclusively associated with the medieval period outside of occasionally remembering that the British monarchy exists.

But he is a content old man these days.

Does that mean the Dark Side path is canon?

Killzone. Teenage me bought into the "Halo-killer" hype and spent $50 on it (money that had taken me months to gather), only to get a mediocre shooter with a forgettable story, boring characters, and gameplay reminiscent of budget titles from the previous gen. The only good part was the enemy art design, and it turns out that was lifted straight from a famous anime.

How does Ascended compare to Evolved? I know most of the community is sticking to the pre-Aquatica branch of the latter due to the surprise Aquatica update breaking everything (including mod compatibility, years after most modders left the game). Is there any reason to play the newer one besides shinier graphics?

"This is taking forever. Can you do charades instead?"

He's like if Edison and Henry Ford had a baby and it only inherited the worst parts of both.

He's a reverse vampire (makes others drink his blood), so it stands to reason that crosses make him more powerful.

Looks more like The Eight Delights plus "none of the above".

Viconia (and to a lesser extent Jaheira) is the reason I always go for the snarky, jaded and cynical character whenever it's an option. She's the "I can fix her" meme except you actually can and it's amazing.

Find the cup, but are unable to trust it because you're unsure if it's the fresh one.