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A left case against ultra-violence in video games (or at least MK fatalities)?
  • The only attempt I can think of is Spec Ops: The Line, but I don't think it's had a particularly impactful role in the long term.

    Inspired by Heart of Darkness, it sets you in the shoes of John McSuperCool Operator, on a CIA spec-ops mission to investigate a rogue US battalion in Dubai.

    As you progress, you basically get deeper and deeper into the shit because John thinks it's his personal duty to be a hero and stop the commander of the rogue battalion, only for him to progressively kill more and more people that didn't need to die, culminating in wiping out an entire group of civilian refugees with white phosphorous and being confronted with the reality that he's a fucking monster.

    There's a lot of arguments about whether the game ends up being a valid critique of the COD formula or not, but it definitely looks like it was at least 'trying' something.

  • Everyone keeps talking about outdoor cats but what about, outdoor DOGS?!?!?
  • That is a Jack Russel Terrier, the greatest dog to ever dog. ~12 lbs of pure energy that can be sated only with digging and 'the chase.'

    To keep that little bundle of chaos indoors full time is to invite destruction itself into your home.

    A mixed indoor-outdoor setup is ideal, but if any dog is going to thrive in an outdoor environment (fenced with shelter, water, food, and some additional protection under the fence to discourage tunneling out), it would be that beautiful creature right there.

  • Are latin@/latinx actually favored by the communities they intend to protect?
  • Latine gang rise up.

    X or @ feel like corporate branding.

    Latine feels more like a natural progression of how the language is already structured.

    That being said, I'd estimate a good chunk of the hispanic/latin-american population over 30 aren't even aware that people were trying to make X/@ a thing except for memes about how they hate X/@.

  • Check-In Thread: How Are You Doing, Comrade?
  • I have a sewing machine now and I'm very eager to start sewing everything. Pants too long? hem that shit. Pant seat feels a bit off? Alterations. Shirts too large? not anymore.

    I'm sure I'm about to mess up a bit, but it'll be fine. I'm just happy I get to learn a new useful skill to add to my skills cabinet.

  • Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up'
  • Daily reminder that we all see this pop up on our feed too and you're going to have a higher quantity of people from other federated instances commenting by virtue of their being more of them active. No one is getting pings telling them it's time to go to X thread and post Y take, that's just a main character mindset people get into when they want to think they're the underdog and the 'other side' isn't playing fair.

  • Hey, we should all really stop using racist slang to refer to customozation
  • Huh, I was under the impression it was an acronym for Racing Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement or something along the lines of that. Parts that make the car look like a racecar but don't actually help it perform any different.

    It could totally be a backronym that was generated after it's initial use though.

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