AlexisLuna

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[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of people have been calling them that for a while though. In my memory Bush admin was called fascistic by leftists, I'm sure vietnam war was similar and so on, so I disagree about it being long over due.

I think a bigger point should be that a majority of people for a long time didn't even know what fascism is beyond "bad ~~people~~ germans that hated jews". I think after Charlottesville it got a bit better, but still not good enough. And because of that just calling them fascist will not work on people who don't already agree with us.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago
[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was interested in pf2 for about a year now, but only got into it after the ogl thing. Now I honestly am baffled how 5e maneged to be so popular when 4e, pf1, and pf2 are all so much better than it as tttrpgs, and that only sticking to fantasy.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Well if we're talking about something more than just more options in a selector, then it can be as complicated as dev wants it to be. A separate 3d model or some adjustments to an existing one if you select a trans option in character creator would not be that hard. But it's still time and effort of programmers and modellers and we know how much studios like to overwork and underpay them. I guess my point wasn't that it's too hard, but rather that it's too hard to be deemed important by the money people.

Personally I think there can be actually artistic value in this. Character customisation can be a way to worldbuild before the game even started. BG3 is fantasy, so maybe there is magic or rituals used by trans people to get the bodies they want. Maybe the rituals leave a mark, so a trans fem would have scars from that ritual. What if some trans people got there by making deals with fey so a trans masc might have a chest they traded from a fey prince.

Or imagine if cyberpunk2077 was actually good and had done something with this. Transhumanism is a big thing in cyberpunk genre, and there is already borgware in the ttrpg, why not make nsfw borgware? If I can replace all my limbs with katanas I can make THAT katana cybernetic too.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

I originally thought it was about deeper levels of customization that more realistiaclly portrayed trans bodies, which would be imo complicated. But you are absolutely right that just another variant of already existing selection would be reletively trivial.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

So, I haven't played BG3, but considering that it's a fantasy setting, I am surprised that it seems to be same as irl for trans stuff. Compared to the pathfinder universe which had since the 1st edition magical hrt potions and salves which work way better than irl as well as straight up insta-transition magic items in 2e, DnD seems kinda boring.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 26 points 2 years ago (6 children)

If I understand you correctly, what you're suggesting would require programming in an entire system for trans bodies, a bunch more 3d models to make and to integrate into that system, as well as many small changes all over the rest of the game to make it all work.

Don't get me wrong, I think that would be amazing and I too would like to see it, I don't think it's gonna be worth the investment for AAA games made for profit. Hell, I haven't seen a system like that in explicitly adult games, and games like that would actually use that system.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I'd say that doesn't just apply to social media users, but rather to people in general.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 312 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 22 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Japan was already seeking surrender even before the first bomb. They were ready for almost unconditional surrender, with their only condition being immunity for the emperor. The USA wanted full unconditional surrender and also to keep USSR from the negotiations, so they dropped the bomb. Then they dropped the second bomb, even though Japan tried to surrender again after the first one. I would say this counts as a lie when people say Hiroshima and Nagasaki were in any way necessary to bomb. The war was won at that point.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think creation of nukes is a more complicated topic, but both their detonations were only done to force Japan to surrender 1)unconditionally and 2)to USA. IIRC even US command admitted it.

[–] AlexisLuna@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

That looks very interesting! Thank you!

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by AlexisLuna@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
 

Recently I wanted to play a magical combat game and Hogwarts legacy seemed to be mostly what I was looking for so I ethically acquired a copy. Unfortunately even with DRM removed it runs very poorly on my laptop.

Looking through steam games tagged magic, I didn't manage to find something similar. Most of the games I saw were either top-down/side-scroll (I'm looking for FPS/TPS) or had magic systems simpler than in Skyrim (I want magical combat to be the main focus).

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Edit: Specs Ryzen5 3550H (2019) 8gb RAM Radeon RX 560x 4gb VRAM

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