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Finished FGO Ordeal Call 2 - Felt somewhat listless despite some interesting moments.
Moving on to OC 3- the sequel to a previous year's summer event which is going to have me beat up a bunch of Moon Cancer nonsense

Lain with that SHIT on swag goin crazy "They shoulda never given me Internet access"

Hopefully this will lead to them closing down coal mines

Sometimes when you get a manga recommendation you can feel a very particular spider sense go off.
Then you look at the title on MangaUpdates to check your hunch and oop, yep, the author is a Real One who has also released an 18+ doujin spinoff of the series

a poster with a blue background and an isometric pattern of green hexes with a blue and red decoration. the text reads CALLING ALL HISTORICAL GAMERS: Playful Time Machines is an NWO-funded research project investigating what historical video gameplay means to players. We are looking for survey respondents aged 18 and up who play grand strategy, action/ adventure, and shooter games about the past! Fill in our survey at edu.nl/7w3yn!

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

ICYMI earlier today: hot and fresh podcast!

Getting towards the end of Ordeal Call 2 and urghhh fuck off Cagliostro you suckkkkkkkkk

The Strongest!

Excited to see the 21st century version of La Maraude!

GDC informa survey of the industry with the question "From your perspective, what is responsible for the rise in layoffs in the game industry?" and the answer "The economy is heading south so people are battening down the hatches. Money continues to flow upwards and consolidate in fewer hands, leaving the rest to fight for crumbs and fold. The promise of cheap labor - whether it's AI or offshoring - combines with the pressures of our capitalist system on infinite growth and competing for ever larger slices of the pie to keep costs down. The business chases profit to the point where our industry seeks out the lowest cost methods to produce the most revenue, sacrificing quality in favor quantity and a sweatshop approach to development. Funding sources have dried up, with fewer investors or publishers willing to fund a game through completion and instead pulling out partway, leaving teams abandoned with incomplete games and no money to finish them. What funding exists requires significant investment on the side of the creators in the first place - money that, again, is not available except for very few - or is dedicated toward the AI bubble, incentivizing companies to go all-in on a technology that requires them to destroy our own labor market."

man I dunno this is just off the top of my head, probably missed some things

(in the most naive voice you can imagine) But all those adverts make it seem so simple!

(laser eyes) no-one should be allowed to be a landlord

Delicious caffeine soup

Yea, i understand that- it feels better to play historical at least once before going full minmax gamer mode

More than one streamer I have watched has called Catholicism a "bottom tier religion" and encouraged switching from it for better buffs if possible.
The Basque suggestion is a new one to me!

Strictly, my first interaction was watching the sequel movie while I was in Japan- it was inoffensive, good even!

@5camp.bsky.social have you had a chance to play EU5? I have to admit (through gritted teeth as I cannot afford it right now) that from watching streams it looks Very Good

Published last night: our latest episode!
We take a look at Search and Destroy, the sci-fi Dororo adaptation published by @mangasplaining.bsky.social, and Kaina of the Great Snow Sea from @kodansha.us!
Available from all good Podcast services and screentone.club

To summarise: being correct and standing by it is a winning platform

Wes Streeting praising Mamdani win

Cannot be overstated that the liberal political and media establishment in the UK has spent the past ten users scorching the earth on the left while insisting that the very very best you'll ever get in elected politics is a Starmer/Cuomo type

Eat shit Cuomo, you lost twice in the same election now crawl away and never show yourself again

A perfect video to post today

Thankfully I have retained control over the remote that sets the heat level! It does mean that any attempt to move her from the throw is treated as a hideous warcrime punishable by feline murder

As Bluesky's general functionality continues to improve, there are times you may find it difficult to search for the content you need. So as a public service announcement here's the video clip you are trying to find to post when discussing the death of Dick Cheney today apnews.com/article/dick...

Tabby cat curled in a croissant shape on a blue throw

Getting a heated throw has been great for Ruby

Haha thats a great way to keep them out of reach

"Hentai"
> Volumes of Urusawa's Monster
Lmao

Given some of the corny reveals the game has pulled I half expect "FINAL" to be an acronym akin to "Fuck It, Not Actually Last".
On the other hand if they try and pull a LLSIF 2 move then lol, lmao.

Oh for sure, if anything the constant slapping of "FINAL" on to things is making me curious as well.
They are setting up a huge "Shit or get off the pot" breakpoint with all this and if they *don't* end the game they better have something damn good up their sleeve to justify

At least it will end after finishing up the storyline / before being forced to, I guess?