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Every player of this game has gone through this period. I am returning again to my era of building 4x6 apartment houses on the smallest plot of land for 600 bucks, where absolutely the entire house and its inhabitants fit on one screen.

I would start posting my "creativity", but I don't have a program that would take screenshots in TS2 well(

Show me and the entire internet your adorable little houses where everything fits!

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This morning I saw some art that made me wonder if there is a so-called Mandela effect created by the fanfiction community.

Guys, what color is Obi-Wan Kenobi's hair?

And how justified is this Don Juan's leading position in all pairings in AO3?

Prequel trilogy: Ewan McGregor - variations from dark blond to brown. No romantic interest.

Tartakovsky's cartoons: Base color - "brown ocher". No romantic interest.

Filoni's cartoons: Base color - "almond". One story arc about platonic love with a tragic ending.

Books: Siri Tachi - "school love" is platonic. They talked like adults and decided to remain friends. Cerasi - he didn't even realize he was in love because no one told him. She died tragically. Lina Kobral - nah. The color… Idk… most likely a cold shade of blonde.

SW Fan Community: OH, THAT'S DEFINITELY A FIRE-REDHAIR INCUBUS, HUNGRY FOR THE WARMTH OF SOMEONE ELSE'S BODY EVERY SECOND OF ITS EXISTENCE!!!

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Holy s*it. They decided to exploit our beloved characters from the Tartakovsky and Filoni eras to infinity. We're taking bets, my dears:

these two will be partners in a noir-cyber-western detective thriller;

they will be rivals in the same genre;

they will be lovers in the same genre;

they will be all three of the above.

Although, who am I kidding, of course I will be keeping an eye on this project, hoping that they will show us who Latts Razzie is - a "barbie core" or still a "gyaru". I won't expect anything grandiose. After all, the fanfic on AO3, where Bo breaks Bane's mating cycle and the "sweet beloved grandfather" is sent in circles by all the members of the Bounty Hunters' Guild, will be impossible to beat.

I am freaking the fuck out right now!!!!!!!!

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Do you remember that TF2 pairing naming chart? And I made my own tier list about the distribution of "classes" in relationships.

I know this might provoke a hypertoxic community, but I have nowhere to put my sketches that I made for my beta. Yes, you may completely disagree with me. But have you seen the number of fanfics on my favorite pairing?!

N O T H I N G

For many years there were only 4 of them … One day I will try to write the sixth work on this list, may neural networks help me with this…

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I recently shared my headcanon for the Jedi vibe for me, which is 50% Gregorian monks and 50% Edo samurai. I'm currently doing some analysis for my drafts and need somewhere to store notes for my inspiration.

So, in short, this is what I think the Temple of the Capital Jedi Order sounds like, which is actually a fortress city on a high mountain surrounded by the futuristic eco-umenopolis:

In my opinion, this "band" from the 90s, who blew up stadiums of half-naked people in jeans that sat just above the knees, makes the perfect balance of purity and spirituality with action, making covers. I can almost see how some Jedi knight looks at the crowds of bustling city dwellers, touched and shocked by the absurdity of consumer society and social "theater", of which he has never been a part. For him, the social pressure and obligations that come with personal property seem much greater tests than the harsh "Shaolin" training of the Yanglings.

And the legendary soundtrack of Heroes of Might and Magic 5 continues and develops this idea. However, now it is no longer philosophical reflections in a cell, but a demonstration of the strength and firmness of one's convictions. I do not advise raiding this chapel, despite the legends about its wealth ("He who doubts our peacefulness will wash himself in his own blood"). Yes, the Temple has a bell tower and a whole choir that measure the time between a series of training and meditation on emptiness (usually this is a 5-hour sleep and the only meal of the day). This is canon … It just so happened that no one told Lucas about this.

And this is how the interior decoration, interiors and gardens of the Temple sound, united by a single wabi-sabi style:

Draw closer to Kami and the Force with just the sound…

And without Mamoru Oshii this chart would be incomplete

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Our simulator multinational harem of psychopaths-killers is now priceless. official now

Bot farmers: terrorize players

Community: starts terrorizing Valve

Valve: takes a step towards the community in the hope that it will calm them down

Community: perceives Valve's movement as a sign of the right vector of force application and starts being impudent with the words "We haven't forgotten the long-awaited Heavy Update!"

Valve: "Okay, you know what, it's not in our interests to get involved in all this! Here's the original spaghetti code! Now it's the property of humanity, not our headache! Make your Heavy Update yourself!" ----------(You are here)----------

Community: finishing Classic Fortress

Community: "combing" spaghetti and "coconuts" in 20-year-old code

Community: making an even more long-awaited Sex Update

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Today marks the 25th anniversary of one thing that taught me several things:

extreme time management;

good taste in jazz music;

maintaining composure in emergency situations;

fire safety;

avoiding contact with wild animals;

that no matter how skilled you are, your career depends 50% on your soft skills and useful contacts;

farmers' work is hard and underestimated;

it is very important to raise your pet;

a person's mortality is always sudden, which gives life special value throughout its duration;

up to 80% of crimes remain unsolved, the police are not always competent

that is why taking care of you is your first priority;

that is why a good alarm system is the first thing on the way to arranging a house;

the second thing in life in terms of necessity is a bed with a good orthopedic mattress;

"old money" is the same people as everyone else, so don't envy them (they have problems too) and don't judge them as "arrogant moneybags, out of touch with everyday reality";

garden ornaments detonate like C-4 if you kick them;

opposites, contrary to the laws of physics, do not attract each other and cannot coexist under the same roof;

Bauhaus, mid-century modern and American classics are the pinnacle of aesthetic art;

life is a constant process of finding balance and squeezing in between sleep and work, self-development, socialization and time for self-care;

if you have read up to this point, then check the moisture of the soil of your indoor plants and whether your aquarium fish need your help

Would I buy a $20 buggy emulator of my nostalgia for a Steam icon when I have a stable version that doesn't crash when I open a browser? Well… you know the answer.

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It's amazing that YouTube algorithms decided to show me the massage therapist whose services I used during my last vacation.

When I saw her, two versions of the joke immediately appeared in my head:

1) She is a xeno-naturalist from T'Hasi, whose task is to analyze the pre-warp civilization of Sol 3 for suitability as intermediaries for her people, since the teachings of Surrak impose monstrous debuffs on diplomacy and social sciences; 2) She is a planted agent of Rihannsu, whose task was the initial reconnaissance of the planet of primitives, located literally on the doorstep of the Vulcans, for their further vassalization and creation of leverage and instability right near the capital of Surak's disciples… but she decided to live her best life and touch the unsophisticated creatures with impunity in exchange for their primitive analogue of an energy credit.

And now I'm thinking about something: In science fiction, if there are xenophiles (which is disappointingly rare, despite the number of works in this setting), they are always humans in relation to other races. In the case where aliens are looking for a romantic partner among humans, it is either a "Twi'lek case" (when the entire race is made up of human women covered in paint, or it is a civilization of pansexual hedonists with no rules of decency), or a functional relationship (like Garrus loves Shepard precisely because she is Shepard, and not an exotic, soft, warm-blooded babe). The only example of a xenophile among aliens in relation to humans that I can think of is Admiral ZEX from Star Control II. Do you know any other examples of alien guys who have a thing for humans?

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I don't understand if the fuss about Ciri on the internet was intentional or accidental. Because everyone is now discussing her face, and not how CIRI BECAME A WITCHER! Ciri is now a witcher, having passed the tests of herbs and training, despite the fact that the only person qualified to transform her in the Wolf School died in the third game! Moreover, throughout all the games it is narrated that the monsters in this world, where people have arrived, are becoming fewer and fewer and the witcher's craft is losing its meaning in itself, despite the appearance of professional human hunters. If this was an attempt to divert everyone's attention to her face, then I am impressed.

And to be honest, I am shocked at how quickly wok-hunting has slid into an even worse semblance of a caricature of itself. Reproaching a woman of 35-40 years old, living in the Middle Ages (where even witches do not have the magic of lifting, photoshop and full-makeup) and working in the form of hunting for folklore monsters and incessantly taking alcoholic tinctures, for her appearance is beyond all praise. Perhaps I will put this on the shelf next to the complaints about Silent Hill 2 Remaster in the form of "What did they do to Angela Orosco?! I go into the game to jerk off to the victim of double rape, and not to play the game!"

We all know that every woman is a seven-year-old anime child with a D or F cup. It's ironic that Andrzej Sapkowski himself described her as a masculinized, awkward teenager. You know, those descriptions by male writers who write that the heroine has an unearthly beauty, and then add something like: "even her cute black mustache suited her and the bald spot all the way to the top of her head didn't spoil her at all, and the purulent abscesses from acne gave her an aura of mystery."

In the meantime, I want to remind fans of fan service what we girls had to endure in the first two parts of the game and we were not outraged:

To be honest, Geralt himself always said that he has a scary face, but in the third part of the game, the screams of leprous toothless peasants in the back about the "freak" and "mutant" of this walking fanservice sound more like an ironic compliment.

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Guys, I seriously don't understand why we need another adaptation of the Snow White fairy tale when we've already had a perfect modernized version.

Isn't she magnificent in her rapture over absolute power?

"I can't give her to you, prince, because she is my Sun"

Rachel Zeglar: I’m gonna be the first Snow White who is not going to be a damsel in distress dreaming about true love and instead she’ll learn to become a fighter and a great leader for her kingdom! No one’s ever done an independent Snow White before!

Me:

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Сука Блядь! It's Alive!

They release a POV of a visiting capital doctor-tonatologist, who came to interview a local centenarian in a town on the banks of the Gorkhon in the middle of the steppe, and as a result he found himself a tribal half-bull-half-bear in the person of a boner of beef and human carcasses was woven into the complex intrigues of local elites, a crisis of supreme power, a deadly pandemic of unknown etiology, as well as the traditions and customs of the Trsky semi-nomad tribes.

Ladies and gentlemen, get your lemons, your nuts ready, hold on to your biological defenses with all your might, and prepare to suffer as only a reader of classical russian prose can.

Manai tal nutagt tavtai moril

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I'm leaving this post to tell Hanami "I told you so". While the "corpses" of the superhero and SW franchises are cooling, something has to fill the time of analog and digital cinemas. Therefore, the franchise will definitely be stretched out over more than 5 films and, most likely, there will be:

the "ash" tribe of Na'vi, who betrayed Eywa in favor of human industrialization, which is already an entire nation in terms of population and an empire/oligarchy/military junta in terms of political structure;

this tribe will initially be the third party in the conflict for the planet, but in the final battle with the invaders, all Na'vi will unite under a common banner. OR the ash Na'vi will initially be allies of earthlings, but their leaders will "come to their senses" and return their people to the "right" side;

Cameron will kill Sully to motivate his children, who are supposed to continue the plot of the franchise (most likely, Loak will become the new central character). OR he will kill Neytiri to give the protagonists motivation and a new romantic interest in Sally, who is from the ash tribe;

Cameron will kill/sever the connection between the creatures of Pandora and Eywa and life will try to adapt to its new state. OR Eywa will turn out to be a man-made system and its creators will come to the aid of their "sea monkeys" and smear the earthlings in a thin layer throughout space with their incredible technology;

The Colonel will become a new ally or sacrifice himself for the sake of peace and prosperity for all Na'vi (this was evident by the sudden and unprovoked softness and humanity at the end of the second film). Optionally, he will get a love interest from the ash tribe;

Kiri (and Quaritch) will plant a new Tree of Souls and everything will work out for them because Kiri is definitely an "avatar" of Eywa, conceived like Jesus and has extraordinary abilities. It is quite possible that the tree seed is her body;

most likely, it is Kiri who will give Spider the opportunity to breathe the atmosphere of Pandora, since she is the chosen one of Eyva;

the united tribes of all Pandora master the technology and technology of earthlings, left by mining corporation, which makes a colossal leap in their technological development and gives rise to new conflicts among the Na'vi. Optionally, there is an invasion of Earth.

the third tribe, according to the logic of elemental affiliation, will most likely be "heavenly" / "windy" / "airy". Optionally, they can be allies of the "fire" tribe, or enslaved sometime in the past and assimilated into the culture of "ash".

there will be many comics and books on this universe. But I would like (although I do not hope) that at least a drop of boring logic can appear in this growing madness. And:

Earthlings arrive with a space fleet and troops to Pandora to stop the actions of a mega-corporation, which on Earth is being broken up (like Microsoft) into a bunch of different companies without the right to close cooperation. People judge all the guilty and involved in court, demonstrating the process to Pandora. Humanity is obliged to restore and compensate everything that is reaped in the current conflict. And then Earth appeals in a plea to leave the infrastructure and places previously occupied to create a transit point for humanity escaping from its planet in exchange for technology and resources.

I wrote what I expect based on my experience of Hollywood predictability. I hope I'm wrong. Only time will tell.

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November 7th

I'm Commander Yaba-Ube and this is my favorite anniversary of the Mass Effect trilogy.

I should go… and fuck my entire alien galaxy-saving team.

This time the ending color will be blue.

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Please, let's talk about the uncomfortable topic of inZOI (part 2)

Okay, okay, what could be so specific about a game in the era of globalization and "South Korean soft power" so strong that even your grandmother knows all the members of BTS and what kimchi is?My answer: prioritization in the user experience.

nZOI provides an incredible amount of content:

items (clothes/hairstyles/furniture/decor and so on);

animations and poses;

types of interaction with objects and other people;

a huge open city-world;

deep mechanics of work and relationships.

But… what should I do with all this? What goal should I set for myself in the passage of life together with my zoe? How will I find it, how will my zoe tell me? How will I achieve it? Will achieving it be the end? What sub-goals will I complete along the way? And what will achieving this challenge give me?

Don't you think that in Sims 4, lifelong dreams (life goals) have degraded to the level of tutorials? Like, the dream of becoming a Sulanite: task 1 - sleep on a lounge chair… Maybe help the island? Complete a chain of quests to restore traditions? Become related to the locals so that they let the Sim into their community? Live your whole life on the islands and know that this place is your home? And 90% of all goals are written like this, and 10% are farming hours/money/actions.

The buffoonery and flat humor of The Sims 4 destroyed the life in her. "My wife, the love of my life, with whom I spent my whole life, died? No big deal, because I have such an inspiring kitchen, fragrant parquet and a bidet."

But inZOI there is not even such a "nanocruise". "Here is a huge world filled with content, here is your beautiful and kind alter ego - you are free to do with them whatever you want!". But what should I do? What is the difficulty and challenge? Where should I go? How do I know what my Zoey wants to do and will he be happy with my choice for him? Just like in real life - there is no answer.

inZOI is a collection of generative AI, signature animations of the PUBG engine, wonderful presets, mind-blowing graphics for:

for builders of houses from your dreams;

for "directors" and "photographers" creating entire stories;

for "dynasties" in whose tree a fan of Turkish TV series can get confused.

This is an ideal picture to insert it into your social networks. But how to play this beautiful world as a game?

I hope I'm wrong and inZOI will show the highest level of interaction with the player, reacting to his actions and decisions, throwing up feasible tasks and reminding the player that everything has its consequences. I miss the way Sims 3 would periodically let me know that it wasn't dead, throwing absurdities into the measured lives of my characters, and the city's population would gradually change generations, social and family status, and place of residence.

I like to have hope, even if it ends in disappointment)

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Please, let's talk about the uncomfortable topic of inZOI (part 1)

Unreal Engine 5 is amazing. Presets are perfect. Sound can be inserted into RCTA affirmations. But! I understood why inZOI is not a competitor to the monopolistic The Sims series and is a specific niche. This is a life simulator from Asia exclusively for the Asian region.

Now I will explain based on historical information to understand how parallel the "worlds" in which we live are:

"Wheat civilizations" - the work of one clan is enough to process a field of wheat. At the same time, the culture grows for a long time, and in more northern latitudes from the "fertile crescent" it grows only in the warm season. "Rice civilizations" - for its cultivation, rice requires a complex irrigation system that can be created and regulated only by a large number of workers. However, this grain produces more calories on the same area of ​​cultivation and can be harvested 2 to 3 times a year. "Maize civilizations" - wiped off the face of the Earth by the conquistadors.

Skipping millennia of development, we get two different ways of thinking of man:

European, where all actions are taken from the point of view of human well-being (this is everything that comes to mind when you hear the word "America": active citizenship, inviolability of personal property, presumption of innocence, social benefits for the weak, and so on, up to bringing all this to the point of absurdity);

Asian, where all actions are taken from the point of view of the well-being of the majority of people (this is what you can see in anime: fear of causing inconvenience to other people, concern for one's public image, values ​​of belonging to an insider circle, priority of traditions over innovation, etc.).

Thus, there are (or rather, were such before the era of "perks" of Sims 3) two games with their own views on the human personality. Sim - a creature with internal motivation and subjectivity in relation to other creatures of its kind, as well as the player himself. Example: you can make a dirty Sim clean his house, but this will not change his character and he will have his own opinion on this process, and it is also very unlikely that he will decide to do it of his own free will.

Zoe - a creature with characteristics that manifest when interacting with relatives and their community. That is: the "Character" card is not a personality profile, but is responsible for the type of relationship that Zoe will strive for, and this is more like a life goal. Zoe does not have an established character - she is clay in the hands of the player.

This does not mean that the monopolist is good, and the debutant is bad. These are two (European and Asian) approaches to simulating a person. And none of them are worse, contrary to human nature to always compare two things from "approximately the same category" like color (guys, I actually saw a scandal on the Internet, where they found out which color is better: purple or green).

Belonging to both of these worlds, I make an assumption that: inZOI will be met with great interest, which, however, will quickly fade away in the countries of "wheat civilizations". The new game will be loved in its native segment, taking away a colossal audience from EA due to the fact that it will "speak" with its user in the same language. The Sims franchise will continue its degradation towards the free-to-play segment and mobile farming, until only the name remains from the game series. Perhaps Electronics will want to grab a couple more hundred million, porting Sims 1 and Sims 2 to smartphones, but nothing more.

Some things in this world just don't fit with other things.

Why am I so sure that this will push the Western player away from the new game? The thing is that this is one of two good reasons that creates this trend. The second reason will complete this process. I will explain now…

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Yup

Not only is it alive, but now it will soon become an adult. Nine years of development - I think it will survive until the "alpha" generation, and then it will be time for a Heavy's update.

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I'm writing down an idea to write a fic one day.

Knock on the respawn machine breakdown, which leads the list of "top parade of the most terrible breakdowns" of mercenaries (with a huge gap from "endless duplicate of Scouts", "chimerization of the entire team into 3 people according to class tasks", "swapping bodies" and, of course, "swapping classes") - "Loss of the Y-chromosome".

The team tries not to kill the Engineer and the Medic while they fix the dump of their team's machine, "enjoying" the emotional swings and gender expectations of the south of the country in the 70s. Each of the classes goes through their own identity crisis (and menopause) in despair and an attempt not to go completely crazy in the body of a living nightmare of a conservative (well, except for the bostonboy, who became a hybrid of Jean Seberg and Twiggy, as well as the Spy, who became a five-foot Audrey Hepburn). Almost everyone starts to have hysterics from despair.

Meanwhile, Spy, five minutes after the incident: *looks at everyone else*

He was ready. He had been preparing his whole life for this to happen! HE WAS BORN READY FOR THIS TURN OF FATE!