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@JokingDev

Software developer. Socialist. He/his. Twitter header by @EnaBuns I make videos about videogames. https://t.co/lS3Dv3xEpP…

Katılım Ekim 2014
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@SynthPotato Botw. 'Defeat Ganon. Have fun'. Crimson desert has you going through tons of blandly written dialogue while slowly walking next to an npc over and over again. I like the game, the exploration is fun. But it's obvious how it's story fails much more than botw.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@SynthPotato Is that a genuine question? I like crimson desert, but the answer is obvious. Botw is a sandbox and as such has very little story so you focus on the exploration and gameplay. Crimson Desert is a sandbox, but also has tons of story with boring writing.
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Synth Potato🥔
Synth Potato🥔@SynthPotato·
I’ll always find it strange how bad writing is seen as a massive issue for Crimson Desert but Breath of the Wild and TOTK both get away with having the most basic, generic writing and boring storytelling. Why do some games get a pass for focusing on gameplay & others don’t?
GermanStrands@GermanStrands

Pearl Abyss CEO addresses ‘disappointment’ in Crimson Desert’s story: “I partially empathize with the disappointment users feel regarding the story. I believe it would have been better if we could have handled it better…The development team tried to fill in the gaps in the remaining time, but ultimately, we focused on strengthening the gameplay, which is what we do best." forbes.com/sites/paultass…

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Joe Wilson@JoeWilsonEQ1·
I am begging people to understand that ideation is the last thing you want to outsource to the AI slop machine. GenAI does not produce original ideas; real, living artists do. Hire concept artists for your preproduction work.
Eurogamer@eurogamer

"Everything in the final version will definitely 100% be human made" - But Owlcat says gen-AI is being used during The Expanse: Osiris Reborn development eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-ai-…

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This is why I drink@Thisiswhyidrin1·
@JokingDev @tippity But for some weird reason it is imperative to go right to SEX in general. Surely it can't be an effort to shame those wanting to have this conversation as generally SEX-NEGATIVE PRUDES who want to BAN WOMEN FROM ENJOYING SEX, and thus kill the conversation, no way, nope!
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@Thisiswhyidrin1 @tippity Noone has to enjoy anything. If you don't want to do blowjobs or anal, then don't. Noones forcing you. Loudly proclaiming in a public forum that these acts are inherently evil is the part that people take issue with.
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This is why I drink
This is why I drink@Thisiswhyidrin1·
@tippity So, if a man doesn't want to be penetrated anally, does that mean he doesn't enjoy sex?
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@tigerangelfish @tippity 'Sex is evil, blowjobs are rape, anal is abuse!' 'Wow that's pretty puritan' 'You're forcing me into sex acts against my will right now'
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🎂@tigerangelfish·
@tippity saying some parts of sex can be harmful / degrading isnt equal to saying women cant or doesn’t enjoy sex. What’s wrong with you people’s line of thinking? 😭 youre going to “puritan!” people into accepting sex acts they arent ready or educated for then blame them if they get hurt
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@torinthestorm @jothwip That would be something with a bit more nuance, which you typically don't get in these types of modern, sanitized fantasy worlds is my point.
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Torinthestorm@torinthestorm·
@JokingDev @jothwip Are you sure they’re evil all the time? Maybe they’re just forced into it by actions of a corrupt grand chancellor over taxing the common folk after the evil overlords invasion.
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Joth@jothwip·
A fantasy setting will have gay people and people of colour all living conflict free while at the same time completely uncritically have "wild barbarians(🤨)" and fantasy eugenics that go completely unchallenged
🌿💚Basil➡️HaloFest💚🌿@itsbasilbasil

There's a lot of modern fantasy that is obsessed with sanding down any emotional/sociopolitical tension by making everyone unproblematic and fluent in therapy-speak in ways that make zero sense for the setting or characters, while allowing the quirky fun violence to go unexamined

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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip You just conveniently ignore the 'are able to keep up vast swathes of land without problem' part hm.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@interesting_aIl Hammers for one. Plus plate is heavy and humans get tired. So exhaust them and then go can opening.
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Interesting AF
Interesting AF@interesting_aIl·
So how tf did anyone win
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip You literally just described farming as 'backbreaking labor' a couple tweets ago. I don't think you're arguing with any honest intent anymore.
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David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip >but in many modern fantasy settings the farmers are all just happy and healthy Wheres the contradiction? Or do you think "farming is hard" necessitates "farmers are miserable"? Do you think that goes for other physically demanding jobs?
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip There's plenty that don't. Yeah it's still a physical job, because that's just what it is, but in many modern fantasy settings the farmers are all just happy and healthy and able to keep with with vast swathes of land with seemingly no problem.
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David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip >on him will also have a couple other guys next to him that will kill you That makes it risky, not hard. >If the setting acknowledges farming is hard Name one that doesent? Farming, like being a lumberjack or whatever, is typically understood to be a physical labour.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip You are describing an economic decision. Almost like crime comes about as a series of economic and social circumstances. We could call it something like socioeconomic circumstances.
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David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip This is literally the same calculation every single criminal irl does, it is easier to sell drugs for money than earn that money through honest means. And as such they decide the risks are worth it.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip Anyone who has months worth of labor on him will also have a couple other guys next to him that will kill you. Also if the setting acknowledges that farming is back breaking labor that takes months of effort then that isn't the sort of sanitized setting we are talking about.
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David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip Quick maths: Whats faster and less effort, stabbing someone and taking whats in their pockets or several moths of back breaking farm labor?
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip Lmao. Are you seriously arguing that putting your life on the line in deadly combat encounters every day is EASIER than doing a honest job. Lol. Lmao.
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David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip Gainful livelyhoods of honest labor are much harder and more time consuming than simply robbing and killing people. This is also true in real life. Bandits make the decision that the risks of punishment or death are worth the short term benefits, as they do in real life.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip We are talking about fantasy settings in general, not videogames specifically. But yes, it's also annoying if the narrative in games pretends like the problems we can see in gameplay are just not there.
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David Gakamsky
David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip Its why you have these lost ruins and giant dungeons and whatever else, because the border of civilization is much much smaller than it was "in real life". Because if it wasnt there wouldnt be a game.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip Yes that is my point. What you are describing is a socioeconomic reason for banditry, which fantasy kingdoms generally lack despite being absolutely crawling with bandits to an absurd degree.
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David Gakamsky
David Gakamsky@gakamsky·
@JokingDev @jothwip Banditry happened because you had groups of soldiers left without a war to fight in for money. But the real middle ages is not "generic fantast kingdom". The generic fantasy game setting has - by necessity - less ability for the state to enforce order. Thats why and how heroes-
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip In a super prosperous fantasy kingdom it makes no sense thar people would risk their freedom and lives as bandits when opportunities for a gainfull likelihood are presented as plentiful by the setting.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip A prosperous kingdom means also one where the wealthy can afford to hire guards for travel. Banditry in the real middle ages happened because subsistence farming is miserable and your likelihood is easily destroyed by bad luck.
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Aran📯@JokingDev·
@gakamsky @jothwip It is a matter of socioeconomic. In a realm that's supposedly wealthy and prosperous and ruled by a Mr nice king, it doesn't make sense that thousands are rather choosing to shit in the woods so they can kill some folks.
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