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Aielman15

@ Aielman15 @lemmy.world

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  • Over 47% of Stop Killing Games Signatures Have Already Been Verified

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  • I signed this petition. I've also signed other petitions over the years, I regularly donate to WWF and do other activities that I deem worthy of my time and money.

    Caring about games preservation doesn't mean that I only care about games preservation.

    Also, why is it that games preservation is a first world problem, but "stop putting ads everywhere" isn't? Where do you draw the line?

  • More than 1,200 games journalists have left the media in the last two years | VGC

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  • Journalism at large is dangerously close to dying. People favour free click- and rage-bait headlines on Facebook over quality journalism. The latter can't compete because quality costs money, while cheap quality articles oversaturate the market. AI only exacerbated the issue.

  • Where are both? Both are not good

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  • Dreamworks just produces mediocre slop with the occasional banger, the Shrek effect got nothing to do with it. They also gave us Kung Fu Panda, How to Train your Dragon, and The Last Wish over the years, which are all great. I'm also a fan of Wild Robot, although I think the third act doesn't really flow as nicely as the previous ones.

    I've seen it said that Japanese Animation is so popular because they treated it as an art form and took it seriously for both children's and adult media, and it's definitely another window into what the world would be like if the industry in the US stayed on that course from the early 00s

    Most of the anime production of the last two decades is generic shonen slop, the fact that it became popular has nothing to do with taking it seriously and it's not a metric of quality. There's some good stuff in there amid the bad, but that's the same for western animation.

  • Greater sac-winged bat by Yeray Seminario

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  • Is it angry or hungry?

  • They'll save us all

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  • Funnily enough, I don't think even True Resurrection would save you in that case.

    The spell resurrects anyone except people who have died of old age, and dying by negative hit points would count as old age IMO. Even if you go ahead and cast it, the spell doesn't alter your HP in any way, so you'd be resurrected with negative HP and die anyway.

  • Do you feel Crash Team Racing was better than Mario Kart?

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  • I suppose it depends heavily on nostalgia.

    I have no attachment to Nintendo brands nor Mario Kart in particular. My sister bought a Mario Kart Wii game a few years back and I didn't care much for it. Having grown up with CTR on PS1, and Spyro and Crash as platformers, I immensely enjoyed the remake.

    I like how the kart handles, and the turbo mechanic is a lot of fun and has a lot of depth. But I suppose that MK fans have other things they enjoy from their franchise.

  • Did you really think it would be that easy

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  • To be fair, I'm not american, and the first thing I thought was "has there been another attempt at Trump's life?" lol

  • Did you really think it would be that easy

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  • Did you really think it would be that easy

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  • I tried that. The paladin Divine Smite'd me :(

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  • Those are not dragons, those are kobo-

    Oh, username checks out.

  • Otterween

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  • He looks so proud lol

  • Hacking group Crimson Collective claims to have breached Nintendo

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  • Nintendo can't catch a breath, huh. This is what, the third big data breach in the last five or so years?

  • Space battle games for casual player?

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  • I've never played them myself, but I've seen some mods that completely overhaul the game.

    That being said, I would recommend playing the vanilla experience first, with an HD mod if you'd like.

  • Space battle games for casual player?

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  • Classic

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  • Haha yeah, that's definitely the right way to go, but the problem is not wrong expectations. He already DM'd a campaign for me a few years back and I knew what I was getting into. It's just not his style. I crave for gritty old-school dungeon crawling, while he loves narrative-heavy games where dialogue takes priority and backstories tie heavily with in-game events.

    It's not all bad though, we still have fun, and my group takes turns at DMing - we all get to play what we like eventually, and offers variety in the long run. I would not play tabletop with any other group.

  • Classic

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  • In my current campaign, I've tried thrice to die. The DM always pulls some bullshit and lets me survive :(

  • Exciting bat news!!!

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  • How did such a cute boi stay hidden for so long?

  • Bat Fact: Some bats woo females with "perfume"

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  • Please don't try this at home.

  • Because of some comments I got under my last post…

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  • I think that the best thing about tabletop games is that you are not bound by someone else's rules and can decide on the spot what works and what doesn't. It makes for more interesting plays that just adhere to the words written on the page.

    A few years ago, me and my party were stuck in the sewers with giant invisible spiders stalking us. When they attacked us, the Paladin threw some water around so that the water hitting the invisible bodies would make them visible. There's no specific rule for that, but it made for a cool moment.

    At the same time, even if Firebolt explicitly states that it sets objects on fire and Investiture of Flame doesn't, if the Sorcerer wants to burn stuff with it, I'll allow it.

    From experience, the only way to somewhat balance martials and casters is to either give the martials broken stuff, or play homebrew classes that actually care about giving them interesting features to play with.Allowing the players to interact with the environment using their tools (as long as they don't specifically infringe on established rules) doesn't change the power dynamics between casters and non-casters. Sure, it technically increases the utility of casters a bit more, but chances are that they have countless tools for the job anyway. The martials are still eating dirt miles behind them.