u/Umikaloo

I think the idea is to kill the other patron, not the patron he's fighting for.

I don't think it does, you may have to get creative.

The communist assasin who shoots rolls of coins from an arm-shotgun in Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex comes to mind.

"You don't get me like my BD waifu does."

Who can draw a bird the fastest.

Worth noting that most people in Night City have never seen a bird, so it would be an entertaining contest to say the least.

Someone made a version of the original Lego Racers that works in-browser, with online multiplayer, so it aint all bad.

What is the Mordor of Minnesota?

I love explaining saints to people who don't know much about catholicism. "So like, imagine if you wanted god to help with something, but you're too embarassed to bring your small problems to him directly, so instead you pray to one of his interns."

"Also the intern got the job by being executed in an ironic way. Yeah, the saint of archers was killed by archers."

Yeah, it's annoying as hell when you go "I experience this problem as a defining factor of my day-to-day life. It has caused me untold trauma, and I don't think I will every be able to overcome it."

and someone responds with "I also experience that sometimes, you aren't special."

Like bro, I'm not trying to be special, I'm trying to explain my problems to you so we can connect as human beings.

Everybody act cool, I think this person might be a games journalist.

I brought this up a while ago on a reddit thread about fantasy liches. I pointed out that Johnny Silverhand is one of the few examples of someone becoming a lich against their will.

People think the inclusion of a trans character is evidence of a plot to influence people into becoming trans, or, gasp, accepting trans people as regular members of society.

The former is simply a conspiracy theory that assumes there is far more intentionality at play than there probably is.

The latter is based off of circular logic that assumes being trans is inherently harmful. It isn't unlike the logic used during the lavender scare in the US, where gay people were persecuted, ostensibly to protect against blackmail that is only a security risk in a society where gay people are being persecuted.

It seems likely to me that either of these arguments are just flimsy pretenses to justify hating people, because self-righteous cruelty feels good, and people want to be able to justify their cruel behaviour somehow.

I'm reminded somewhat of a sneeze of all things, where your muscles are able to act much more vigorously than normal for a brief period of time, but there is an immediate ache from the exertion.

You should consider which elements of the design are actually functional. I only see two meshing gears in this picture, the rest are doing nothing.

What do you want your machine to do?

I can't get over the number of players I saw expressing annoyance at how easily the hoon slides.

Lmao, I saw that happen in real time. It was removed as I was reading it.

It astounds me how Claire being trans is treated by some players as some grand conspiracy, and not, say, a writer including a trans person because they felt like it, or perhaps, are trans themselves.

Lmao, I saw that happen in real time. It was removed as I was reading it.

Transgenderism

When is Transgender gonna publish their manifesto? I can't make heads or tails of their economic policy.

"I can't believe you used your dessert gun when we're still having entrées, were you raised by pigs? This is a fined dining establishment!"

I see, they went waaay over my head, thanks.

Not a lore expert, but IIRC, word of god says that chrome that corrects disphoria doesn't contribute to cyberpsychosis nearly as much because of the mental health benefits.

I straight up had no idea. Where do they communicate that he's trans?

This one is kinda random, but Minecraft Dungeons has a great loot mechanic for a casual, juniorised version of Diablo. Weapon stats are simple, and there is no skill-tree. Instead, player capabilities are determined by what they wear and use in their handful of item slots.

Fallout 4 has this same problem to an insane degree. Not only are rifles the most abundant category, the way damage is calculated makes them more efficient and more powerful than any other category.

A Netgunner SMG build is pretty fun, but most of the SMGs are functionally the same (Saratoga, Guillotine, and Shigure have identical animations with only small stat tweaks.).

I love the look of the Guillotine and Warden though so there's that. Combining a Warden with the Hackatomi mod is pretty great too, because it fires four projectiles per shot.