cerebralhawks

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Being that I'm the husband who has drunkenly tried the dancing games, I would say my wife is finding the Rockband exhibit. So we don't really go to arcades. We do sometimes stumble into the game room at conventions. And someone always has a modded Xbox 360 and Rockband 3 set up with all the anime songs on it. And you can generally just step up and play. When a lot of people want to play, there's a queue and a system for doing it, but most times we go, you kinda just glance toward the person singing or drumming or whatever you want to do, and they pass off to you when they're done with that song, or ask if it's cool if they do one more, maybe that's their pick they waited for or something. Anyway, I suck at arcade games, so I'm grabbing the Rockband mic. No one wants to sing in public, especially if it's in Japanese and we don't know it. The lyrics are described in romaji (e.g. "arigatou gozaimasu" for ありがとうございました which is to say "thank you very much" and is pronounced something like "ah-dee-gah-tow go-z-eye-moss"). As someone who can pronounce maybe 10-20% of romaji correctly and can kinda wing the rest... it's fun. Plus we turn the mics down and the vocal track up, so if you mess up, you don't ruin the song for the onlookers (you can do the opposite and only hear the vocalist, for example).

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What resistance? It seems to me that there is not one big organised resistance that is taking members.

Find a local event and network but be careful about it. The US had that "no kings" thing early in the summer (or before?). That was just a bunch of people against tyranny. No real organisation to it. So you'd go to something like that and just talk to people.

It helps if you have an anonymous way to chat. Something like Signal or Matrix or one of the others. Even Telegram would be better than using something public or corporate-backed, like SMS for the former or WhatsApp for the latter. But be careful with Telegram, read up on it, it's not a solid recommendation but it's better than nothing. Fortunately there are alternatives. Even if the other person isn't tech savvy — you probably are by being on Lemmy. So, show them the way.

Occasionally contact them through anonymous chat, just see how they're doing, and discuss future plans.

Also, aside from demonstrations, places where like minded people meet. For the authoritarians and conservatives, that's church, the local BBQ spot, and other, more obvious groups. I feel like they feel they can operate more openly since the US president is one of them. Used to be, these guys wore masks and were hidden, joining them wasn't about finding them, they'd find you, that kind of thing. Nowadays it's all out in the open. But I think liberals and progressives have meeting places, too. In response to church, for example, you should know that The Satanic Temple is not about devil worship, they're about resisting Christian imperialism. They're the ones fighting churches trying to get the Ten Commandments posted in every classroom. I'm religiously neutral, so they do not interest me, but they're certainly an option. For the anti-theist/"hard atheist," they're a good option.

As a guy who wears glasses, heightened vision would be awesome.

Super hearing would be great, too. I'd love to be able to hear all the nuances of music and be able to hear it without turning it up.

Okay, I definitely agree with you on the player being the only romance option for NPCs... for the most part. Looking at it, I do see plenty of existing romances in Skyrim, Fallout 4, and Cyberpunk 2077 — the examples I gave — and I think they're mostly straight. In Cyberpunk, Judy Alvarez, an established lesbian character who will only romance you if you're female, has a female ex who is a main character. You meet her before you meet Judy. She's the one who gets you the heist gig, sort of. The one who hires Dex, who hires you and Jackie. It may not be obvious at first, but if you follow Judy's story, even as a male character, it will be obvious. And Fallout 4 had a romance with two robots, but that's mainly played for laughs and most people will never see it. (You have to go to the school in Diamond City and speak with the female robot, who will ask you about love. Give the most heartfelt answer and, the next night, you will see her wed a male robot outside the all-faith chapel, if you're there for it — you could be elsewhere and you will miss it.) But that's a robot relationship, and it's hetero.

I do want to say one or two of them had a couple gay/lesbian romances.

Going a bit off-topic, Animal Crossing — largely considered a kids' game — actually has a bunch of stuff just beneath the surface that most people will overlook. Flick, the bug collector, is considered by many fans to be FTM trans. He identifies as male but appears to be AFAB. There's a peacock who identifies as female — peacocks are specifically the male of the peafowl species. Peahens are the females, and they don't have the big feathery thing. So that's a female character who was AMAB. Plenty of other characters rock the trans flag as well. Kids would never notice this, and being a Japanese game, they have to be very careful as that country is super conservative. (There's actually a pretty deep rabbit hole on that game's lore. Some characters hint toward the game being a game, breaking the fourth wall. There are also hints the game takes place in a post-apocalyptic world and you're the last human.)

I'm with you though, in that I would like to see more same-sex relationships and LGBTQ+ representation in my games.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Good point. I think the Luncheon Plate Meal is the one with the sandwich? That does appear to have cold cuts.

But sushi, roasted fish, and clam chowder are seafood and are considered by some vegans/vegetarians to be okay for whatever reason. I'm not one or the other — I eat meat, and possibly more than most. I'm good with veggies, but I pretty much main protein and avoid carbs and sugar. It's a struggle. Anyway, what I meant was that they don't typically have food made from the kinds of animals that would be your villagers. Oddly there are octopus villagers, so seafood becomes somewhat unethical if you have any.

Also, glad to see some fellow AC fans on Lemmy. Just need to find a good community.

Can it see us or can we only see it? Is it any different from storage shed rental places having cardboard cutouts of the same security guard every few units? Do people even consider this a deterrent?

Might be niche, but I was reading the manga for The Promised Neverland and said they should get Erica Mendez for the voice of Emma based on her performance as Konno Yuuki from Sword Art Online II. Lo and behold they cast her!

Also when Fallout 3 or maybe New Vegas was the newest Fallout, I said they should add a settlement system. I said after the main story the existing settlements should face ongoing assault from raiders, ghouls, and other enemies and you should be able to shore up the walls, add turrets, hire more guards, and outfit them with better weapons and armor. A lot of people said that would be too complicated. Then Fallout 4 came out and they did just that.

I had just gotten banned from Reddit for saying people who hurt kids should face stiffer penalties legally. (They said I was threatening violence.) So freedom of speech was importance when choosing an instance.

The one I chose — I think you can see it by my name? — is a little anarchic, but seems to be a good fit? Still working that out. I don’t really feel I need more freedom of speech online than the average person, but it’s nice to have just the same.

About a 5. It’s close to 50/50. I don’t like talking to people who steal energy. Maybe you know what I mean. I have no problem striking up a conversation with a stranger and maintaining it if it’s interesting. I sometimes have a problem dipping out when it stops bringing me joy.

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So outside of visual novels, are there good queer games where you get hit on first? I’m in if the story is good and the gameplay is engaging. I am straight but not narrow, and games are fictional.

By making the player make the first move, they empower the player to choose.

Can’t get into them for the most part. Two exceptions: Strategic Conquest for the Macintosh in the 80s (long since abandoned) and Warcraft 2. Both fun without being too complicated.

Wondering if any modern strategy fans remember Strategic Conquest. Game didn’t get nearly enough love.

The Sims business model.

Except it was "we know you wouldn't spend $400 on a game so here's a $50 game and we'll release the rest in pieces over the next year."

That was also like 25 years ago.

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