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Q-Up - Gametrodon Q-Up is a satire of live service, tech companies, startups, and quantum computing. I really like it, but I wish I loved it.

This weeks writeup is on Q-Up, an incremental coin flipper.
It's a game I really like, but also wish I loved.

An image of a book version of the Movie Elf, but the elf on the cover looks nothing like Will Ferrell, and everything like red haired man who has been bludgeoned with a frying pan.

I have to wonder if they just couldn’t get the rights to Will Ferrell, or if something else happened here.

"No, I can't let you in, this is only for those who know the secret name of the fourth lord and have a green badge, you need to go around front"

Depends on if you want friends or not. My mind immediately went to Leyline of Anticipation + Extra Turn Spells style effects.

Does the milkshake have 10 charges, with each use expanding 1d4 charges, regaining 1d6 charges at dawn?

Every windows update pushes me closer to finally learning how to use Linux.

I think I might have the worst art workflow the world has ever seen.

"Instead of doing the job, what if I shoved it into AI and tried to make you think that was a good thing?"

Naming Cards: "Yes, Collaborative Corn is a great name! Fun alliteration, on theme, just perfect"
Drawing Cards: "How on gods green earth do I make corn look collaborative? What does that even look like?"

Also quickly noting that at least where I'm at, money has been requested over food. It lets the food bank buy what they need, buy in bulk at lower prices, and means they don't have to spend time sorting goods by expiration date.

Obviously this could be different in other places, but worth asking.

Why yes, I do like Q-Up.

Q-Up looks like it's gonna be incredibly weird, and I am here for it.

I think most a lot of folks already knew this was the case for crowdfunding campaign goals, that they're pretty much just there you can write "Funded 12,000%" after your first 20 bucks, but I can't think of having seen a written admission of this before.

This is the first time I've seen a crowdfunding campaign actively admit that the "goals" on the campaign are not actually accurate to what is needed to produce to the product. Interesting to see.

Tactical Breach Wizards is fantastic. If you like grid based tactics games, its absolutely worth checking out.

Magic the Gathering Creature Types are fun and intuitive.

$70 to be hit with all of this just feels rough

"Local man found dead crushed under hundreds of plastic figurines. Experts say the collection could fetch as much as $40"

Y'know, I actually kinda like this. As far as Shrine commanders go, it seems much less aggravating then Go-Shintai since it can't reanimate, and it's real value is probably in bouncing it? So mostly G/U/B shrines perhaps?

It's interesting. It's polished. It's just also not really all that fun after the first few runs, and ends up feeling incredibly grindy instead.

Ball X Pit - Gametrodon I found Ball X Pit to be a compelling experience, but not one that really "Sparked Joy". It's a weird zone to occupy.

I've spent like 25 hours on Ball X Pit, and I'm prepared to say that it is truly a game I have spent 25 hours playing.

gametrodon.com/ball-x-pit/

Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.

Title of article quoting Jeff Bezos - “I don’t see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now”

Hell of a way to find out I’m a corpse.

I really want a Switch 2, I just don't know if I want it more then 500 dollars in cash.

This feels like something you'd say to a Microsoft Marketing team to try to get them to have a stroke.

Looking for highly motivated self starters to join a multidisciplinary team tackling complex challenges in together in today’s challenging financial conditions!

(we will be robbing banks)

“There is no war in Ba Sing Se”

Find a No Kings protest Saturday and go!

Don't worry that you've never been to a protest before. Don't worry about being dressed wrong or looking out of place. Don't worry that you don't agree about everything -- or even about much -- with lots of people at the protest.

/1

I mean, that would be my answer as well. But in my limited experience, when people start engaging with extreme coping mechanisms, it’s usually because something is already in an unhealthy state, and they’re trying to find a way to compensate and manage those problems.