gcheliotis

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[–] gcheliotis 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh wow veilguard got so much flak that it’s refreshing to hear someone so positive on it.

[–] gcheliotis 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Ah isn’t it fun? Liberals downvoting you for speaking out against arms sales. The world is itching for war and preparing for it unfortunately and many liberals are fully onboard.

[–] gcheliotis 5 points 15 hours ago

Are we still going to refer to them as Putin’s puppets, when the US has been angling for a while now to become the greatest exporter of alt-right ideology? Doesn’t this detract from the fact that the US isn’t exporting democracy anymore (if it ever did) and is instead exporting its degeneration into whatever Bannon/Trump/Musk/Thiel and others want it to become?

Maybe calling them Putin’s puppets helps discredit them on US soil, but the rest of us see the US go the way of Russia and China. And a bleak future in which most of us will only get to choose between different flavors of authoritarianism…

[–] gcheliotis 9 points 2 days ago

Yeah it’s weird because you can both see Russia as an exporter of hate, but the US is on it too. I guess before late everyone will be on it.

[–] gcheliotis 19 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (7 children)

I didn’t even know that was a thing :(

[–] gcheliotis 1 points 5 days ago

So I checked and could not find any review bombing. If there was one, it was tiny and not worth talking about.

[–] gcheliotis 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

They review-bombed BG3? For shame. Why?

[–] gcheliotis 1 points 6 days ago

I wasn’t aware, but basically this confirms my suspicion above regarding how this is playing out in the Chinese psyche so to speak.

[–] gcheliotis 21 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

While he comes off as a jerk, and possibly is one, I can understand the sentiment, having spent a few years of my life among ethnically Chinese people in Asia. There is this drive and aspiration to be recognized by leading brands in the West as equals, perhaps even betters. Due to a history of subservience and shame and a strong nationalistic current seeking to undo that.

This game is one of the most ambitious and accomplished to come out of China and they’re hungering for that kind of recognition. So it is likely that fans of the game feel it was ‘stolen’ from them and he seems to be responding to that sentiment. To us it looks petty, but to some of the game’s most ardent Chinese fans this may have been an appropriate response. Not sure how this was received in China though, just speculating.

[–] gcheliotis 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will sometimes stir fry mushrooms and add to any sandwich with cheese and ham for some extra juice and flavor. Or slice a boiled egg. Also cherry tomatoes. Or a slice of a larger tomato. Or grilled vegetables…. So many variations you can make. For a break from the yellow cheese and ham I will sometimes get some smoked salmon or whatever fish I can with some creamy cheese and lettuce. Avocado too goes well with… well… all of the above.

[–] gcheliotis 5 points 1 week ago

Ah and for a moment there I thought it would have been so cool if a developer were to publicly admit they fell asleep during gameplay…

 

I did it. I finally did it! It’s been over a year since I started this game. Over a year! As a grown ass man I don’t have the time or the motivation to play video games that often. But this one I just couldn’t put down for long. Not for the story, I thought the story was super contrived and couldn’t care less for its grand narrative. But the dialogue, the moment to moment voice acting, the companions, the freedom of choice, the mature themes, the gameplay… Nearly 300 hours of playtime later, I have finally finished my completionist dark urge playthrough. I have never spent so long on any video game ever! And after the credits rolled I still went online looking for more bg3-related content. I was missing shadowheart and the bittersweet mindflayer ending left me wanting more shadowbae, more sequels, more… everything really. Not a perfect game, I felt that in some ways they bit off more than they could chew and at times it showed. But omg, it did hold my interest longer than anything ever! I guess I wanted to tell someone. And nobody I know personally would care enough. So thank you for reading this :)

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