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Steam Lovecraftian Days 2024 sale (store.steampowered.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] StitchIsABitch 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Soo, anyone got any game recommendations? Lemmy already has so few comments and social interaction (the only reason I visit sites like these) so why dilute it even further by focusing on pointless stuff? I swear every time I see a good post and am excited to see what people have to say about it it's 90 percent pointless arguing in the comments.

Although I suppose I just contributed to it as well, so carry on I guess.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Highly recommend Inscryption. It's a fantasy-mystery-horror deck builder that turns into a surreal, recursive, experience. It's a masterpiece.

[–] PoorYorick 2 points 7 months ago

I can not agree more on Inscryption it is a phenomenal game. Additionally, I have thoroughly enjoyed everything that Daniel Mullins games have released thus far. They all have that same dark tone that really resonates with me, despite all being wildly different kinds of game.

[+] littlebluespark -48 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (10 children)

Lovecraft was a racist, homophobic, sexist fuck.

Tone deaf much, Valve?

Yesss, downvote facts. Good job, children.

Edit: keep it up, kiddos. Your whingy clamor is typical, but still somewhat entertaining.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 months ago (2 children)

How is that relevant to the worlds and creatures he created or the works inspired by his work?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I always find folks that can’t separate the art from the artist to be missing out. every human is pretty shitty in some way but that doesn’t detract from the great art they create.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Well, it certainly can. But I think the concern here is completely misplaced since we're not even talking about Lovecraft's work, but works based on the ideas he created. So the only association is a genre, so that's a pretty weak criticism...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Having read some of his works, it sometimes is scarring to read how he pictures arabic or black peope.

He definitely let his personal racism seep into his stories.
So I think the argument can be made, that one shouldn't just consume his works without critically reflecting on the author.

There is one story set in Egypt that I remember, where the open racism kept on breaking my immersion repeatedly.

But I agree that calling Valve tone deaf for highlighting lovecraftian games misses the spot.
Lovecraftian art is inspired by the tone and the mystery of Lovecrafts works and not of his racism.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 months ago

Lovecraftian art is inspired by the tone and the mystery of Lovecrafts works and not by his racism.

But that aside I didn't downvote you for your first sentence.
I personally wouldn't even have downvoted you for your second sentence, even though I strongly disagree with it.

I downvoted you for your edit, which ironically is totally tone deaf.
Noone downvoted the fact, that you called the dude some stuff. You got downvoted for attacking Valve over an innocent sale of supernatural mystery games.

[–] PotatoPotato 8 points 7 months ago

No one cares

[–] TheCannonball 8 points 7 months ago

I love Harry Potter despite the fact that it's creator is a bigoted narcissist.

I love the Beatles' music despite the fact that John Lennon was a horrible person who beat his family.

Learn the phrase "death of the author" my dude.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Go back to Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

If you ever do anything important, 100 years from now people might judge you as you are now.

But they won't, you'll be forgotten.

[–] Pilferjinx 4 points 7 months ago

I wish all the things I enjoy didn't come from flawed people. But, sadly humans are trash and to idolize a person ignoring that fact leads to eventual disappointment.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Who gives a shit?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

So was your great grandpa.