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And now I've finished my first playthrough of Prey. Maybe I'll go back to it in the future, as there's a lot of options that exist outside the path I chose. Perhaps the most important thought I have to take away from this game is that the post credit scene is what the game is all about, and without it, you'd just have a pretty fun and creative immersive sim that gives me all the best vibes of System Shock 2 from my first time playing that many years ago. The finale, which I will not spoil here because the game will probably be on sale soon and I highly recommend checking it out for yourself, is what makes this game damn near a masterpiece.
So first, a few minor issues I do have with the game. Autosaving is a bit unreliable, and the biggest threat in battle on normal difficulty is not running out of resources over the course of exploration, but being one or two shot in a fight with little chance to respond. In an all Human power playthrough, you will find so dang many resources that creating what you want or need will be a piece of cake. Once you can manufacture Neuromods, Disruptor ammo, and Typhon Lures, you'll be able to pretty much kit yourself out however you want and be able to handle nearly any encounter with ease as long as you keep your cool. I don't know what Typhon powers change for the playthough except that you don't get much in the way of gun enhancements and you can't hack anything without human powers, along with turrets being hostile. I can't speak for how the unique powers change things, but I suspect they are pretty viable overall. A lot of creativity is encouraged in any playthrough, and the tools the game gives you are built for that. I also have to point out that on lower difficulties at least, the survival mechanics are pretty superfluous unless you struggle to find a schematic to make one of the injury healing items.
The thing that kinda bothered me the most in terms of a strange one-off decision was the Artemis Golden Pistol. It's the only unique weapon in the game, and it's a straight upgrade to the standard Pistol, which has some of the best DPS in the game if upgraded. Having some other unique weapons to find would have made hunting around the station and solving little environmental puzzles a more worthwhile endeavor, but by the mid to late game I kinda fell into looking around everywhere out of habit instead of need. Supplies were absurdly abundant and I was never in danger of running out as long as I varied my tactics a little bit.
As for what I liked, the exploration encouraged really looking everywhere and anywhere for items and bodies with possible audio logs. Additionally, giving the player the GLOO cannon as the first ranged weapon in the game was brilliant, as well as prodding you to use the wrench to break out of your room at the beginning. Each of these elements and areas showed you how you can interact with the environment in ways that would be useful for the entire game. Adding a tracking system to the security rooms helped with hunting for collectables on bodies, and space movement was very fun and exactly as disorienting as I felt it should be. Most of all, the story, worldbuilding, and themes are consistent and rather delightful. I won't go much further than that except to point out that your character's computer password is a reference to the Fermi Paradox, a scientific conundrum about why humankind has never met life or found evidence of life from another intelligent species in our galaxy. The Fermi Paradox has more or less lived rent-free in my head since I first learned about it many years ago.
Loved this game, might pick up Mooncrash during a sale, also Prey is part of a Humble Bundle right now for the next 17 days so maybe that would make this a good time to pick it up. X3
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Recursion, 2017
#mirrors#abstract#photographers on tumblr#original photography#black and white#black and white photography#my hands#reflections#recursion#infinity#iphone#iphone 5#bruce sharp#low resolution#but I like it anyway#personal favorites#2017
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My crack horror headcanon: The entity from Skinamarink and the one from Resolution and The Endless are a child and adult of the same fucked up species. Thier time loop MOs are very similar, as is thier petty sadism, near-complete invisibility, and controlling natures, The Endless is just able to affect a much larger area and do it to A LOT more people.
#crack headcanons#skinamarink#Resolution 2012#The Endless 2017#Resolution movie#The Endless movie#Everyone should go watch The Endless btw
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Name: The Mountain
Source: Resolution (2012), The Endless (2017)
Category: Stronghold
Alignment: The End, The Eye
Description: The Mountain is a stretch of land in the backwoods of California, marked by a series of stakes in the ground whose reality is under the influence of a mysterious entity. Within it’s boundaries, the world is trapped in an eternal cycle marked by the changing phases of it’s three moons. Anyone is welcome to enter and leave the boundaries during this time – so long as they leave before the end of the third full moon. If they fail to leave, or die upon the Mountain before that time, the person (or people) become trapped within a pocket of time – which can range from a few weeks to ten seconds long, in which they become unable to leave the newly created loop or are even able to see beyond the boundaries of it. It will observe those trapped on the Mountain constantly, and will often make scare appearances to make itself known – and to remind them that they are never given a moment to themselves, as it is always watching them. At the end of their loop, it will kill the people within and/or cause them to experience a gruesome death. Throughout the loop, the entity will torment them with recordings (film reels, video tapes, records, etc) of their violent deaths from it’s perspective, and the brutality amusing. Those within are aware of their situation, and will often end their own lives in order to avoid whatever fate the entity has in store for them (and out of spite). At the end of the Mountain’s cycle, on the night of the third full moon, the entity will fully manifest and destroy the Mountain and everything within, killing anything that remains within its space.
#submission#category: stronghold#the end#the eye#the endless#resolution 2012#the endless 2017#submitter: danidoesathing
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Just a quick look back at 2023
#art summary#2023#new years#happy new year#art#digital art#my art#artists on tumblr#oc#in 2017 I made 161 drawings and in 2018 it was 99 and in 2019 it was 108#but after that it just drastically declined like straight up down to 30 drawings each year#and I think now in 2023 I hit an alltime low#let's see what 2024 brings#should I make it a new years resolution to hit atleast 50 drawings this time?
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What are your plans for the NEW YEAR?
OH!! Easy!! Make more new and innovative inventions!!
#fenton crackshell cabrera#ducktales fenton#ducktales#ducktales 2017#ducktales 17#ducktales reboot#fenton cabrera#ask#asks open#send me asks#send asks#new year#new years resolution
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#My resolution was to take more photos this year#had to throw it back to 2015-2017 Christian aesthetic
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Headunit with Carplay for FIAT 500X | 2014-2019
Headunit with Carplay for FIAT 500X | 2014-2019
#Head Unit#CarPlay#FIAT 500X#2014 Model#2015 Model#2016 Model#2017 Model#2018 Model#2019 Model#9-Inch Display#Touchscreen Receiver#Qualcomm Processor#Multimedia System#Bluetooth Connectivity#4G LTE#Android 11#Audio DSP#High-Resolution Display#Vehicle Upgrade#Easy Installation#Modern Technology.
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Thirty-one days of my favorite horror movies in no particular order. Late again, but it kind of works out in the end because I get to smack these two together in a single post.
Day Ten - Resolution (2012)
Day Eleven - The Endless (2017)
Cosmic horror holds this lovely little warm corner in my heart, and these reside there with other books and movies and whatnot. Honorable mention to the rest of these directors' works below the cut, too, since they're all worth seeing at least once, imho.
Spring (2014)
Synchronic (2019)
Something in the Dirt (2022)
#31 days of horror#31 days of yeeting into the void#horror#cosmic horror#resolution#resolution 2012#the endless#the endless 2017#spring#spring 2014#synchronic#synchronic 2019#something in the dirt#something in the dirt 2022#benson and moorhead#i need them to make another movie#hwtv horror
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The big 10-inch touchscreen display of the Kayhan Audio Car Stereo with SatNav for Toyota Aurion (2012–2017) allows your dashboard a modern and stylish alter. For fast media streaming, hands-free calling, and app integration, it has Bluetooth, USB, and Wi-Fi connectivity in addition to GPS navigation with real-time traffic updates. With its elegant functionality and easy interface, the high-resolution screen elevates your driving experience. Website:
https://kayhanaudio.com.au/product/satnav-for-toyota-aurion-2012-2017/
#Toyota Aurion SatNav#10-inch Car Stereo#GPS Navigation System#Bluetooth Car Stereo#Touchscreen Car Stereo#Toyota Aurion Audio Upgrade#Real-Time Traffic Updates#Wi-Fi Car Stereo#Car Multimedia System#Toyota Navigation System#USB Connectivity#Hands-Free Calling#High-Resolution Screen#In-Dash GPS#Car Entertainment System#Android Auto#Apple CarPlay#Toyota Aurion Accessories#Kayhan Audio#2012-2017 Aurion SatNav#V6 Car Stereo
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Well, after the unfortunate failure to find enjoyment in Daggerfall, I got a bit lucky with the random number generator and got a few immersive sim games to pick from. This poll will be up for a week and I'll play something of my choosing in the meantime.
#backlog resolution#bioshock#bioshock 2#deus ex#deus ex game#prey 2017#pc games#video games#now to figure out what I want to play between now and next week
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Harris has been a staunch supporter of Israel for years. In 2017 she addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s (AIPAC) annual conference and reminded attendees that the first resolution she co-sponsored as a senator was aimed at combating “anti-Israel bias” at the United Nations. “Let me be clear about what I believe. I stand with Israel because of our shared values, which are so fundamental to the founding of both our nations,” she told the crowd. In 2018 she gave an off-the-record speech to the organization, but eventually released her comments. In that speech she claimed that she raised money for the Jewish National Fund as a Girl Scout. “Having grown up in the Bay area, I fondly remember those Jewish National Fund boxes that we would use to collect donations to plant trees for Israel,” she told the audience. “Years later, when I visited Israel for the first time, I saw the fruits of that effort and the Israeli ingenuity that has truly made a desert bloom.”
For those unfamiliar with the Jewish National Fund (JNF), they're a Zionist organization that has been instrumental in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.
See Stop the JNF for more information on their history, the way they operate, and their decades-long campaign of greenwashing (i.e. destroying native plants, crops, and agriculture under the banner of 'making the desert bloom').
Continuing, the Mondoweiss article goes:
“The vast majority of people understand the importance of the State of Israel,” she added later. “Both in terms of its history and its present in terms of being a source of inspiration on so many issues, which I hope we will talk about, and also what it means in terms of the values of the United States and those values that are shared values with Israel, and the importance of fighting to make sure that we protect and respect a friend, one of the best friends we could possibly have.” While running for President in 2019, Harris was praised by the lobbying group Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) for running to the right of Obama on the Iran deal. On the campaign trail Harris told Kat Wellman, a voter affiliated with DMFI, that she would reenter the agreement but “strengthen it” by “extending the sunset provisions, including ballistic missile testing, and also increasing oversight.” “I was very impressed with her. I thought she gave an excellent speech, she gave a very detailed, responsive answer to my question,” Wellman told a local paper after the exchange. “I’m pro-Israel, so I was I was very concerned and all about making sure we limit nuclear missiles in any country that could possibly destroy us all. I thought her answer was very good.” Harris has condemned the BDS movement and claimed that is “based on the mistaken assumption that Israel is solely to blame for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” However, she voted against an anti-BDS bill in 2019 citing First Amendment concerns.
For the full article, which includes Kamala's response to Israel post Al-Aqsa Flood, see Mondoweiss (July 22, 2024)
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i'm trying to make an old DVD work on my PC using VLC media player and OMG. the technology nostalgia is hitting hard. and it's *weird.* i grew up installing everything from CDs (floppy disks were phasing out when i was learning to computer) and obviously there was no concept of an alternative at the time. the "cloud" wasn't a thing. and here i am fumbling my way back out of that cloud, leaning away from my PC tower as it loudly whirs at me... and this all transpires because i got a DVD player for free from a thrift store liquidation sale a few months back and. uhhh. forgot to look for a remote
#tried using phone as remote#phone doesn't have the required hardware bc it's too new (although some brands apparently still have IR blasters in their current models)#(just not mine)#dvd player is from somewhere in the 2015-2017 range and has both an analogue jack and an hdmi port#which is why i could use it at all#i don't have a tv but i have an hdmi monitor#so i was about to put the dvd away after this experimentation and went wait#pc has a dvd reader#i haven't actually played this dvd in years let's actually give it a go#the resolution is terrible#however!#i got to hear the thx sound
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Healthy & Happy New Year Resolution Ideas
#newyear#resolution#resolutionideas#resolutions#resolutions2017#newyearnewme#newyear2017#2017#newyearresolution#health#healthylifestyle#healthyliving#healthysolution#healthyfood#healthychoices#healthychoice#healthy#aajkaakhbar#aajkasamachar#esanchar
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another year is ending and I want you to know that it is okay if you:
have not healed from the things that happened/did not happen from six months ago. just because the year is ending it does not mean your grief is too.
don't have any "fun" NYE plans to ring in the new year. this life is yours to live across days and months and years, and you can celebrate days other than the ones heavily marketed and shoved down your throat to shroud you in severe FOMO.
have no resolutions or goals for the new year laid out in elaborate lists or shared on social media or with your friends. you are braving through this life trying to do your best every day and hold the fort and so of course you know, deep down you know what is needed from you for you going forward and of course you are going to work in that direction. good luck love.
have not become a "better" version of yourself by any of the tangible or conventional measures. that kind of bettering is mostly to serve others, not yourself.
are not happy with yourself/your life as it is now. you're a work-in-progress, remember? and if you're progressing in a direction you do not like, then it's time to change the blueprints and the strategy.
take time off social media around this time to protect your mental health and whatever little joy you have managed to keep.
don't want to spend too much time reflecting on how this past year went and doing various forms of 2023-wrapped. again, it's your life. you can also revisit this year in memories and pictures and feelings whenever you'd like. it's not like you don't still visit 2012, 2017, and 2022, right?
feel disconnected from your friends, family, lover. I know this is "ideally" a time to be celebrated with your loved ones. but life is not ideal, is it? it's just life. and if right now you are not feeling the love, the joy, or just don't have the headspace or social energy to engage , that's alright.
are finding comfort in simpler things like a TV show from the 90s or that book you first read at sixteen or that slice of strawberry cake or a random post like this you come across.
don't feel hopeful, encouraged, or excited for the new year. given everything that's happened in the last couple of years, on the macro and micro level, it's only natural for you to feel weary as well as wary. when the good things happen, when the healing happens, when things begin working in your favour over time, you will automatically feel all those things. it's okay if until then you choose to be neutral.
#notes to everyone#goodbye 2023#writerscreed#poeticstories#twc poetry#inkstay#hello 2024#nye#new year#new year eve#nye 2024#year end#notes to self#self care#self compassion#mental health#mental wellness#words to live by#dark academia#desiblr#poetryportal#writers on tumblr#poets on tumblr#december 2023#words of affirmation#words of wisdom#it's okay#it's ok to not be ok#spilled ink#creatingnikki
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California's State Assembly voted in favor of House Resolution 57 on Wednesday, establishing that August will be recognized as Transgender History Month starting in 2024 — and making it the first state to honor trans history with such a designation.
The legislation cites California’s long-ranging significance in trans history, starting with Spanish colonizers’ “suppression of gender variance” among indigenous people, which the resolution says was “a foundational event of the history of the state.” It also cites the Stonewall precursor Compton’s Cafeteria Riot, Lou Sullivan’s trailblazing activism on behalf of trans men, and the establishment of the Transgender District in San Francisco in 2017, among many other events.
#i know its California specific but I'll be doing my part to see that this catches on online at the very least#transgender#transgender history month#trans history month#trans#genderqueer#news
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