#a fumble in the dark

[tube-tarling]

y'all know those shitty old romance novel covers

[alisface]

I needed something to streamline telling weirdos to leave, I made this. It is very good

[radinagames2020]

The Darkside Detective

Rating: 5/5. The writing and characters in this game, plus the fun content, get it top marks from me, even though the puzzles aren't that challenging.

This is a review of both The Darkside Detective and its sequel, A Fumble in the Dark. Both are episodic point-and-click detective games where you play Detective McQueen and his hapless partner, Officer Dooley. They work in the Darkside Department, solving (with your help) mysteries based in the occult and monstrous. Both games consist of 6 "main" stories and 3 "bonus" stories although they are all very similar, and I think the bonus ones were just originally DLC - no other difference that I could tell.

Right from the beginning, the setting is a fun one - who doesn't love ghosts, spirits, and monsters? The Darkside itself is a place you can visit, starting right from the first case. The case stories themselves are clever and inventive, and often delightfully reference previous cases and bring back old characters. The dialogue is funny in a quippy way, which may not be everyone's cup of tea, but was completely perfect for me. There's also a fair amount of fourth-wall breaking humor, which I enjoy.

I also loved the characters. Recurring characters such as Raxa are fun and I enjoyed watching their relationships grow over the 18 stories. And McQueen and Dooley's relationship is the heart and soul of the game. They are childhood friends, and their affection and tolerance for each other's (mostly Dooley's) quirks is super endearing. Without spoiling anything, their relationship goes through a HUGE test in the middle of the series. The resolution and impact of that are really fun to play through. I will also mention that, while the writers disavow this, it does not take much of a mental stretch to see their relationship as a bit... more than friends, which I enjoyed. :)

Overall, a really fun series of little puzzle escapades with funny and endearing characters. The puzzles themselves were overall fairly easy, although we did get stuck a couple times, but that didn't bother me because I was busy enjoying the story. So I definitely recommend this to fans of detective games, spooky stuff, and goofy himbos. :)

[osamudaisies]

ango core

insp/credit:

[post-it-notes7]

I don't know if putting fate in the hands of Dark is a good idea. He doesn't strike me as the... reliable type, to put it lightly.

you're right!!!!

[tarnussy]

Silver & blue

[ghost-bxrd]

(Don't know if this was asked already but)

What are the Titan's first reaction to Dick calling to them in owl hoots?

And what's their reaction to Batman answering Dick the same way?

At first he wouldn’t make any birds sounds around them at all, opting to wear contacts and talk as little as possible.

The first time they witness the bird sounds would probably be in response to Robin hijacking the comms after Dick didn’t check in with him at the alotted time, suddenly Nightwing is just standing off to the side, hooting and chirping softly in the the comms.

The titans are definitely confused because??? They thought Nightwing was human???? But apparently the name means something after all so whatever. If they can have an alien on the team then a bird-man-whatever is nothing. And Dick, upon seeing that they really don’t care at all, starts making bird sounds more frequently around them. And the Titans likewise learn to interpret some of the sounds (“look!” Is a sharp hoot, “stop!” a chittering hiss, and “nice-move-but-I’m-going-to-show-you-where-it-really-hurts-now” is an amused little chirrup).

The real surprise is Batman and Robin responding to Nightwing with the same sort of bird sounds and it takes them a good moment to realize that—- yep, “tall-dark-and-scary” just hooted at him like an owl. And now, apparently he’s not mocking him because Nightwing appears very happy about it and Robin also makes those weird little cheeps and trills that genuinely don’t sound like they should be coming from a human throat at all and—-

Yep, now Nightwing is??? Cuddling Robin???? Is that a thing?????? And making the softest bird noises yet?????? (One of the Titans definitely tries approaching them but the dead stare Dick gives them makes them backtrack very quickly. The message is clear: no approaching Robin.)

((Jason meanwhile jabs Dick in the ribs hard and pointedly makes his way over to the Titans to cheerfully say hello and let them know that if anything happens to Nightwing on their watch, he’s going to become their worst nightmare. The Titans are reluctantly impressed but also very much aware that Nightwing is still giving them that eerily blank stare that promises a world of pain if anybody even thinks about harming a hair on Robin’s head. Like they ever would. Batman’s wrath alone wouldn’t be worth it, but now they’re starting to see that Nightwing might be even scarier than him.

Wally eventually takes one for the team and introduces himself to Jason, offering to share some silly stories about Nightwing from their last mission and eat ice cream.The speedster is the first Titan to get his individual bird call.))

The Titans obviously aren’t going to question Batman hooting at Nightwing (no way, they value their skeletal integrity thank you very much) but that day, many wild rumors and speculations about Batman are born, some them gaining enough attention that JLA hear of them.

None of them want to ask, but the running bet is either that the Batfamily are all metas with bird characteristics (“It explains how they can stomach swinging through the city like that Roy! They’re meant to have wings, but now they have to compensate!”), or that they’re secretly some kind of eldritch entities that embody all the weirdness of Gotham City (“No Donna, think about it, it makes sense! Remember all those random owl statues and carvings around the city? They’re literally an embodiment of that cursed place!”)

[keicordelle]

It's kind of impressive how good Astarion is at primping when he can't see his own reflection. Like, he's vain, sure -- he has to be, to lure people back to Cazador. A pretty face is much more likely to draw people in, especially with his particular skill set. But...

All those years hunting for Cazador. Dolling himself up just to trap some poor fool in a tavern or a seedy back alley. His appearance always perfectly put together and beautiful.

Did the other spawn help get ready? There certainly seemed to be no love lost between them, especially for Astarion, but... Did they act as each others' mirrors, helping to style hair and apply make up? Did they help each other, in as much as they could, at least where it came to drawing in victims? Each consigned to the same fate, did they offer each other that smallest kindness of a brush run through hair?

Or did Astarion learn alone in the dark, to slick back his hair and hide his bruises? Is that why he's so put together at the start of the game, when you ought to be at your worst, injured and lost in the wreckage of your life? Practice?

[noise-misato-boy-destroyer]

Souls fans explaining to me why i'd like elden ring even if I hate dark souls because it's not a dark fantasy hack and slash rpg where you die a lot and have to constantly look things up online and its totally different and

[transpierced]

reading the saw iv screenplay suddenly explains this reaction perfectly. hoffman's POV huh? that's what he's thinking about when he first sees strahm? his eyes and his physique and his perfect suit?

[tube-tarling]

Missed these two

[mastercrownmonday]

(bad handwriting jumpscare sorry)

[why-the-heck-not]

17.09.23, sunday

gave myself the entire day off bc I feel like if I didn’t, it would’ve turned into another half-assed 2h of work that somehow takes the whole day. Needed a reset sort of a day to be able to deal with a new week.

things done today:

cleaned my apartment

went to a thrift store (didn’t find anything but I was so close to buying one of those ’’singing fish’’ wall plaque things (like the one they had in one What We Do In The Shadows episode) but I need to stop ironically buying cheesy things bc at some point I’m just buying cheesy things, u know)

went to try on the pants I’ve been thinking abt buying, so now I know my size if they ever are on sale online lol

a long-ish walk ft. the grocery store

read a little

[choiraugur]

I’m going through ds3, would you mayhap do a lil Irina and Karla? I just!! Think they’re neat!!

karla is one of my favourites from ds3!! i love you beautiful cringefail girl

[post-it-notes7]

I'd say it was a two-steps-forward-two-steps back effort made in communication between Dark and Mirror Falspar... so, not a net loss overall!

let Mir Falspar get a nap in after this and you might even get to call it a win

[xxplastic-cubexx]

Can we talk about how fcked up Charles can be sometimes? Can we talk about how Charles can sometimes be actually scary as a person? Like he can legit be nefarious sometimes, but those moments are not as talked about as Erik's warcrimes (aside from the holocaust visions from TAS)

girlfriend i promise we're all very aware about how wack charles xavier can be and i assure you his nefarious moments are talked plenty from what i run into. like outside of this inbox most times you breathe charles' name to someone they'll be prepared to start swinging