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lorne lanning reading about adrenochrome in 2018 and going "whoa, thats exactly the plot of my hit video game, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, this Q poo poo is sick"
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Apr 10, 2021 13:39
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homeless snail posted:lorne lanning reading about adrenochrome in 2018 and going "whoa, thats exactly the plot of my hit video game, Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus, this Q poo poo is sick" Adrenochrome is significantly older than Abe's Exoddus. Stranger's Wrath though was capital A Art so hey, no matter what the crazy man did it.
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Apr 10, 2021 13:48
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yeah that's true, its an idea thats appeared in fiction for a long time, especially in the kind of work popular in the circles he would have run with, so he was definitely already familiar with it
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Apr 10, 2021 13:52
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Qanon is easy to latch onto specifically because the premise is so basic and common in fiction. Dracula is basically a Qanon story.
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Apr 10, 2021 13:55
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Abe's Oddysee biblical allegory mixed with environmentalism and anti-capitalism.
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Apr 10, 2021 13:56
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There's something wild about a series that consisted of four games - only two of which were particularly popular - subsisting on ports and remakes for the last 16 years and somehow still having some cultural relevance. That studio must be a total disaster to work for. Looking at their Wikipedia page there's at least eight games (as well as a movie and a host of other multimedia projects) that have been conceptualized and scrapped since the series was a thing.
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Apr 10, 2021 13:59
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homeless snail posted:depends on how into Q they are, conspiracy theories are well worn Weird Uncle territory. Q uncles are just the next stage of "9/11 was an inside job" uncles, unless theyre actively shooting up pizza places
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Apr 10, 2021 14:01
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it's kind of funny after 24 years they're only 2 games into the Oddworld quintology that Lorne Lanning keeps talking about
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Apr 10, 2021 14:04
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The United States posted:The difference is that "9/11 was an inside job" uncles didn't try to overthrow the government to install Bush or McCain as dictator after McCain lost to Obama in 2008. Probably not for a lack of desire though
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Apr 10, 2021 14:05
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stev posted:There's something wild about a series that consisted of four games - only two of which were particularly popular - subsisting on ports and remakes for the last 16 years and somehow still having some cultural relevance. The United States posted:The difference is that "9/11 was an inside job" uncles didn't try to overthrow the government to install Bush or McCain as dictator after McCain lost to Obama in 2008. pretty much every conspiracy theory is the same thing, a belief in a hidden truth that explains the nature of reality, usually involving people in power secretly exploiting others. and the core belief of qanon that the rich and powerful use their power to gently caress kids, is not a particularly controversial one, if it's not Q then it's jeffrey epstein (that one's true though). their brain is broken and they become fully alienated from society because Q is a ridiculously persuasive system of beliefs that fucks up their entire perception of reality, but most of them are harmless homeless snail fucked around with this message at 14:40 on Apr 10, 2021 |
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Apr 10, 2021 14:38
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I beat Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate again. Exclusively using Great Swords and not blocking once. The way the game is supposed to be played
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Apr 10, 2021 14:54
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homeless snail posted:pretty much every conspiracy theory is the same thing, a belief in a hidden truth that explains the nature of reality, usually involving people in power secretly exploiting others. and the core belief of qanon that the rich and powerful use their power to gently caress kids, is not a particularly controversial one, if it's not Q then it's jeffrey epstein (that one's true though). their brain is broken and they become fully alienated from society because Q is a ridiculously persuasive system of beliefs that fucks up their entire perception of reality, but most of them are harmless Conspiracy theories are inevitable when there is no other great narrative to society. The American Dream is dead, "bringing Democracy to the world" turned out to be a complete farce, American religion is mainly telling people that god wants them to have an in-ground pool. No one in authority is imaging a future for people to look forward to. Everyone is alone and lonely, adrift in a sea of meaningless consumption and precarity. So of course grand explanations that explain everything as a battle between good and evil have immense appeal.
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Apr 10, 2021 15:01
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Im nearing the end of rise's mp content. I think they hosed up the balance for 4 players+ dogs cause i just feel bad for these monsters me and 3 japanese guys are just stomping into a 5 minute long stun so they cant do anything as soon as we find them
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Apr 10, 2021 15:04
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homeless snail posted:but most of them are harmless harmless in a non physical way maybe
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Apr 10, 2021 15:06
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My dad is big into conspiracy theories and he's the worst person I know lol he's a lot quieter about all that stuff now that trump is gone at least (the election was stolen from him ofc)
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Apr 10, 2021 15:08
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Real hurthling! posted:Im nearing the end of rise's mp content. I think they hosed up the balance for 4 players+ dogs cause i just feel bad for these monsters me and 3 japanese guys are just stomping into a 5 minute long stun so they cant do anything as soon as we find them I don't hate it but these ichinose games are starting to feel like romhacks
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Apr 10, 2021 15:11
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Just finished Bayonetta. A real fun game overall, but would have been great if they cut out some of the more frustrating parts and polished up some encounters here and there. The camera was also a bit awkard, especially in the final boss fight were it was really hard to see where attacks were coming from. I'll probably play Bayonetta 2 if I ever see it for cheap on the Switch, and hopefully 3 will be released at some point in our lifetimes.
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Apr 10, 2021 15:19
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homeless snail posted:I've never thought of monhan as a Hard Game, but rise is definitely the easiest one yet imo at the moment. buddy power is off the charts, wirebugs and silkbinds are crazy powerful, pokemon battles stunlock monsters for a long rear end time, I think they even massively reduced status resistances across the board because I am constantly procing when I bring a sleep or paralysis weapon Yeah
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Apr 10, 2021 15:23
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Which game should I start next, Oddworld Munch's Odyssey or Robotics;Notes
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Apr 10, 2021 15:27
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Rarity posted:Probably not for a lack of desire though homeless snail posted:9/11 truthers I'll grant you are not a particularly violent group, but on the whole Qanons aren't either if you take the incomprehensibly large number of people that share Q memes on facebook vs the thankfully tiny minority that have been driven to violence. sub out the trutherism for idk christian dominionism or anti-semitism or antivax, those are all conspiratorial viewpoints that have lead to actual violence but my aunt that hates jews is unlikely to shoot up a synagogue Well, it's become anti-establishment now, but only because their messiah is out of power and they believe he has a plan to violently return to power. It's also the difference between your aunt "hating jews" and believing that "jews are kidnapping and murdering children and something needs to be done about it right now" because every news source she listens to tells her so and getting in touch with like-minded people who want to do something about it, which ends up with burning a synagogue. homeless snail posted:pretty much every conspiracy theory is the same thing, a belief in a hidden truth that explains the nature of reality, usually involving people in power secretly exploiting others. and the core belief of qanon that the rich and powerful use their power to gently caress kids, is not a particularly controversial one, if it's not Q then it's jeffrey epstein (that one's true though). their brain is broken and they become fully alienated from society because Q is a ridiculously persuasive system of beliefs that fucks up their entire perception of reality, but most of them are harmless Gripweed posted:Conspiracy theories are inevitable when there is no other great narrative to society. The American Dream is dead, "bringing Democracy to the world" turned out to be a complete farce, American religion is mainly telling people that god wants them to have an in-ground pool. No one in authority is imaging a future for people to look forward to. Everyone is alone and lonely, adrift in a sea of meaningless consumption and precarity. Assepoester fucked around with this message at 15:40 on Apr 10, 2021 |
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Apr 10, 2021 15:35
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Gripweed posted:Conspiracy theories are inevitable when there is no other great narrative to society. The American Dream is dead, "bringing Democracy to the world" turned out to be a complete farce, American religion is mainly telling people that god wants them to have an in-ground pool. No one in authority is imaging a future for people to look forward to. Everyone is alone and lonely, adrift in a sea of meaningless consumption and precarity. I would recommend reading The New Hate by Arthur Goldwag, as it goes into exquisite detail about how, at the very birth of America and the founding of the American Dream, the country was absolutely riven with various Freemason, Papist, and Jewish conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are not a modernist innovation; they're a consequence of the human tendency to seek direct casual agents behind seemingly random events. It's been with us since the very first animists.
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Apr 10, 2021 15:41
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Vermain posted:I would recommend reading The New Hate by Arthur Goldwag, as it goes into exquisite detail about how, at the very birth of America and the founding of the American Dream, the country was absolutely riven with various Freemason, Papist, and Jewish conspiracy theories. Conspiracy theories are not a modernist innovation; they're a consequence of the human tendency to seek direct casual agents behind seemingly random events. It's been with us since the very first animists. yeah but that Freemason stuff was true edit: and considering what we now know that the Catholic Church literally essentially has been running a worldwide organized secret pedophilia network, maybe we shouldn't be mocking the people in the 1800s who bought into all those nunnery expose novels and such. "Americans have been conspiratorial forever, why in the early 1800s they even believed that the Catholic Church was covering up systemic sexual abuse!" Gripweed fucked around with this message at 15:50 on Apr 10, 2021 |
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Apr 10, 2021 15:43
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FirstAidKite posted:Abe's Oddysee biblical allegory mixed with environmentalism and anti-capitalism. Also, soylent green
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Apr 10, 2021 15:45
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Gripweed posted:Which game should I start next, Oddworld Munch's Odyssey or Robotics;Notes Robotics;Notes
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Apr 10, 2021 16:26
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Gripweed posted:Which game should I start next, Oddworld Munch's Odyssey or Robotics;Notes X4
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Apr 10, 2021 16:44
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The Black Stones posted:Robotics;Notes OK Youre too late
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Apr 10, 2021 16:52
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once again thinking about the person in these threads who thought Mai's win quote was "me boingy" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WULO-M2wOYs
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Apr 10, 2021 17:11
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drat is it actually “me bouncy”?
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Apr 10, 2021 17:20
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Finally was able to save again. 40 minutes of gameplay over two days, good pace Also thanks Sojiro, your curry is excellent btw
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Apr 10, 2021 17:27
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Curry is good. Making lamb curry now.
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Apr 10, 2021 18:20
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Didn't expect to wake up to someone in this thread defending qanon but here we are.
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Apr 10, 2021 18:35
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homeless snail posted:depends on how into Q they are, conspiracy theories are well worn Weird Uncle territory. Q uncles are just the next stage of "9/11 was an inside job" uncles, unless theyre actively shooting up pizza places Late to this but after the whole Epstein thing I have trouble blaming anyone for getting into Qanon. Just like 9/11 uncles, ironically, where it's like yeah your facts are all wrong and insane but we both ended up at the same conclusion
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Apr 10, 2021 18:40
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shut up about Qanon
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Apr 10, 2021 18:42
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Ometeotl posted:Didn't expect to wake up to someone in this thread defending qanon but here we are.
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Apr 10, 2021 18:42
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im never going to play 13 sentinels or qanon no matter how much this thread talks about them
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Apr 10, 2021 18:46
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yeah that's right I'm into Q... IQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLDpodoEJU
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Apr 10, 2021 18:49
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I will play 13 Sentinels once I buy a PS4. Anyone want to give me a PS4?
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Apr 10, 2021 18:50
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homeless snail posted:yeah that's right I'm into Q... IQ It's one of those puzzle games with such a clear and clever concept that could have easily become a thing but just didn't for some reason. It could've been the next Picross or Pushmo. I assume I'm not alone in playing the hell out of the demo and never buying it though.
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Apr 10, 2021 18:55
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Ciaphas posted:sorta thinking of picking up Ys 8 again, petered out shortly after the first... raid defense? I forget what those were called Oh, strangely enough I just started Ys 8 last night and like, just completed the first raid battle So far it's really fun and exactly what I've been looking for. I feel like I've been burning out playing a whole bunch of VNs and RPGs, and a fast flashy action game is just what I need for a change of pace.
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Apr 10, 2021 19:06
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I absolutely loved the parts of YS 8 that were the actual island survival parts. Eventually it turns into much more of a typical JRPG and you stop having to collect water from the river and that's about when I lost interest
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Apr 10, 2021 19:08
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