DOOM fully rendered in CSS. Every surface is a <div> that has a background image, with a clipping path with 3D transforms applied. Of course CSS does not have a movable camera, so we rotate and translate the scene around the user.
Another day, another instance of spam calling me "Dr. Wesołowski", because I was a minor contributor to a scientific paper once.
I think Eve Online is/was an extreme case where you're literally nobody and other players will PvP the shit out of you for scraps, but if you play long enough and try hard enough, then you get to be the one doing the PvP to helpless noobs, running galaxy-spanning empires etc.
Early Call of Duties did the same thing. Back then it felt refreshing compared to other shooters (and action games in general), which tend toward the quasi-messianic vibes.
This site needs a break. Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative.
1. @vittmaddy.bsky.social's endless video game lore
2. @littlekato.bsky.social's charismatic character art
3. @crimsontentacles.bsky.social's talent for things that are spooky and wholesome at the same time
If I were to extrapolate from the last 200 years of history, in 10 or 20 years there will be a war that Poland will lose, after which all of these idiots will happily go lick the tsar's boots, while the leftwingers will just keep dying in revolts, as always.
I can't even begin to describe how frustrating this is, because as a leftwinger I'd much rather spend money on public housing, public healthcare, public transport, and public education, all of which this government, let alone the far-right opposition, doesn't care about.
The president of my country, who is in opposition to the government, is sabotaging the Polish army when everybody knows we now really need the army to be at its best.
I would say I hope the government has the guts to name this for what it is, namely treason, except I know they don't.
Challenge accepted, try me, said the guy with a complicated relationship with baked goods that may or may not border on addiction.
Falkor the Luck Dragon from "Never Ending Story". He's very well-behaved and would leave if asked politely (might get stuck, though). Now you might say he's a fictional character, to which I'll say he's specifically a fictional character from a book that's a known portal between fiction and reality.
FWIW, the EU isn't going to do it. The least bad thing about crazy bloodthirsty righwingers in European countries is when push comes to shove they'll aim their nukes at each other.
I think what people are yearning for is computer NPCs you can talk to the same way you talk to NPCs in a table-top RPG. The GM, i.e. a human, is role-playing those, so regardless of what you say they will respond *and* stay in character (within reason, which is also enforced by the GM).
They were called "Electronic Arts", "Activision"[1] and "Sierra On-Line"[2]. Today's underdogs are tomorrow's oppressors, either because they oppress others, or because others feel oppressed by them.
[1] founded in 1979
[2] founded in 1979 but changed name to Sierra On-Line in 1982
The sudden urge to commission a body horror picture of an otherwise perfectly typical young adult human lady with her knees bending in the wrong direction.
A small adult lean cat is sitting on the floor with her tongue sticking out as if she just ate something disgusting. There are tiny pieces of rubber lying on the floor around her.
This is Kropka. Kropka has recently decided the best food in the world is the rubber/plastic my doormat is made of. She tried to eat it. Kropka is still better at foresight than the current US government. 2/10 will have to pay her vet bills.
(she'll be fine, she spat most of it out)
There's nothing I could say that would make this easier, but I want you to know you're doing great, and pushing through despite the anxiety is a victory in its own right.
Why can't more social interactions involve 1 on 1 / small group chats while slowly sipping low-voltage drinks on a soft sofa in a cosy bar is what I've been asking for decades now.
We'll see in 2060. Here's hoping I'm going to live that long. xD
Oh, BTW, my 2nd worst memory was the officer at the airport whom I could barely understand because I hadn't slept for 36 hours (couldn't fall asleep on the plane) and who got really suspicious and started asking rude questions like "where did you learn English".
(answer: in school, you moron)
I feel it's a mistake all generations are doomed to repeat. By the same token, what people think the 80s looked like (neon MTV / Blade Runner aesthetic) is nothing like what they actually looked like (yellow plastic, wood panelling, and thick cigarette smoke everywhere).
It also implies a vague promise of spinoffs: sinh and cosh. But those are for hardcore fans of the franchise, as not many people have even heard about them.
My worst memory is how I tried to prepare for GDC and read some advice, and a lot of people said keep conversations short, other people need to talk to a lot of people like you; and then I went, brought up the courage to start a conversation and then lost track of time and had to be interrupted.
I used to feel a lot of FOMO about GDC, but it got cured by two things:
- actually attending GDC and realizing it's not the place to be for someone who struggles with making good first impressions
- the whole current climate; no way I'm showing my Facebook history to any US cop (or pseudo-cop) ever
We live in the dumbest timeline, part 2137: in a video I just saw on YouTube the speaker used the phrase "serial killer" (in a discussion about movie tropes), but the subtitles said "cereal ender". At some point people just accepted you have to use coalangs now, and it's so depressing.
The Epstein files reek of Slaanesh. That whole thing where they keep starting one war after another has Khorne written all over it. And do I even need to spell out RFK jr. / Nurgle for you?
Random realisation: if WH40k characters lived on present-day Earth, they would eagerly join authoritarian regimes of all kinds (I think WW1 would seem like the "golden age" for them), but at the same time they would definitely see Trump et al. as some kind of a Chaos cult.
Tragically, I can't seem to find a quick source on chłodnik (the Wikipedia redirects to borscht, which is incorrect). It's basically a kind of sour soup that's served below room temperature (though not frozen, since that would be impractical).
That's Noita for you. Definitely one of those games where the journey is more important than the destination. I never got past level six. No regrets.
I was honestly expecting something much more depressing. And it's not like the game is whitewashing the setting, e.g. most characters are some combination of cruel, racist, bigoted and corrupt. They did a good job at presenting it as a systemic issue, and not as a case of "everybody sucks".
The biggest surprise is in the end I got a fairly happy ending! The second biggest surprise is the game works well despite being very "episodic" in that almost all locations are (topologically) small, and missions are short. Bonus points for foreshadowing the sequel graciously.
