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Gwendolyn

@Gwendolyn@eldritch.cafe

Video game playing, gay sandwich eating, heavy metal punk🤘

No alt text = no boost.

She/her.

Some kind of glass-half-full nihilistic witch

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Gwendolyn, to gaming
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The whole Mass Effect Trilogy Legendary Edition thingamabob is on a stupid sale right now. So, if you wanted that, and can stomach the DRM. $5.99USD will get you everything. I think I'll be doing a replay... with the copy I just torrented after buying it, because fuck DRM.

https://store.steampowered.com/agecheck/app/1328670/

#Gaming #VideoGames

Gwendolyn, to gaming
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Hrm.
I've avoided Nier: Automata because of the fanbase/fanart, but I just got curious and actually looked up a short video and... it kind of looks like what I wish Bayonetta 3 had been.

Anyone have any experience with it? How open is this? Hub based? JRPG styled? Level based with larger stages?

Gwendolyn,
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@NaClKnight It probably sounds weird coming from someone who's a fan of Bayonetta, but fanservice-y shit just turns me off.

Knowing nothing about the game all I saw was a blindfolded girl in upskirt shot after upskirt shot.

To be clear, I wasn't seeking it out, so it was just whatever kind of crap crossed my timeline. Horny art and guys defending why her attire was necessary. Kinda put me off.

Gwendolyn,
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@mdstevens0612 Hrm. That gives me pause. Well... Just a little. I'm a mechanics first kind of gamer. Story can enhance things, but isn't super necessary.

I kinda love Bayonetta's story and goofy cutscenes.

I'm a weird person :P
Love me some camp.

Gwendolyn,
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@NaClKnight Yeah. Bayonetta's "sexiness" exists within the game world. She owns it. It feels more like the character's choice than a Jessica Rabbit's "I'm just drawn this way".

Yeah. I agree. To each their own. It just served as a poor introduction to the character and story to me.

To contrast, my first exposure to Bayonetta was starting a bike with her middle finger and the Afterburner theme playing, and discussions about dodge offset. I was like... Oh! These fans love cheese and mechanics! I'm home!

I think I'll give it a shot.

Gwendolyn,
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@NaClKnight @spinning_bird

Not sure if that was just for them, or if I was being queried as well, but I'll answer. Personally, I don't think that distinction would matter. I'd still be annoyed. To me, it's about intent and who wants me to see it.

In those shots, it's like a third party (the dev) is pointing up her skirt, elbowing you and goin' 😏

Whether it was more obvious or not, I'd still find it annoying.

I think the problem is the 4th wall. Sexuality is fine, but it should make sense in the absence of the 4th wall.

Gwendolyn,
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@spinning_bird @NaClKnight I'm glad you brought up the bit about identifying with the character.

I've been questioning myself about why I feel this way and was trying to process why despite being into gals, I wasn't a fan of fanservice. Like, sure I like what I see, but not like this, and I think you nailed it. I can't help but put myself in her place and i guess there's like a feeling of second hand violation.

Gwendolyn, to random
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Y'know. I hate venting online. Like... I don't want to be fishing for sympathy, and I don't want people to just go "Oh, it's that Negative Nelly over there. Remember when she used to talk about games? I think I'm gonna unfollow"

I just need a space that I can vent, that I feel like I can just be secure in going off for like a day with all of the shit that's bothering me. I don't need pats on the back, or "there there"s. I just need a place that there's at least the chance of people hearing me, without also being a place where people want to hear other things.

I dunno. Maybe I've been burned too many times by people who loved what I've said, until I had a bad day, and then because THEY can't even take a moment of discomfort, label me as some kind of negative whiny complainer.

Like... fuck! I have emotions. We all have emotions. Why is there this weird discomfort/taboo about experiencing negative emotions in public?

No wonder people feel so fucking alone.

(I'm all over in this toot. Obviously not collected, and my point it scattered. Take from it what you will, or whatever. Thanks for witnessing the fact that I shouted something into the void.)

Gwendolyn, to random
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My fish died over the weekend and so far I have ugly cried 3 times.

I've been taught that my behaviour is silly and I should feel ridiculous. To that I say, no, fuck that. A life isn't any less precious just because it's small.

I miss my counter buddy.

Gwendolyn, to random
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Was pre-screening Cardcaptor Sakura for the youngest child unit (for appropriateness or whatever responsible parent reason) and half way through the third episode...

Ok. I'm pretty sure the brother is gay, and his friend is a bit more than a friend, and Sakura's friend totally has a thing for her.

My gaydar is blaring like mad.

(stamp sound)
Approved!

Gwendolyn, to fallout
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Today's adventure in a nutshell:

In 2 hours I made my character then shot some rats.

Gwendolyn,
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@Bit_form Yeah. I played it once before in like 2007 (never finished it) and don't remember anything, so it's basically blind.

Gwendolyn, to random
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I haven't touched Fallout (1) since about 2007 when I played it on an old 486 laptop, and I never finished it.

I think I'm going to revisit it... and record it... and beat it... yeah. That sounds like fun.

greene, to outerwilds
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Hey #OuterWilds people, what is the difference between the normal game and the Archaeologist Edition? Both are on sale for #NintendoSwitch right now and I can’t decide which to buy. #Gaming

Gwendolyn,
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@greene Don't have it (yet), but I noticed that additional DLC is advertised on the base game, but not on the listing for the Archaeologist Edition, so I'm assuming it's the game with its DLC included.

(After a little searching)
I came across a page here that seems to confirm that.
https://www.ggrecon.com/guides/outer-wilds-archaeologist-edition/

Gwendolyn, to random
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Hey! Just because someone you really like says something, doesn't mean you should just accept it as truth out of hand.

I've seen several cases recently of generally really smart and reasonable people echoing blatant lies, either just because they didn't like the targets or the claims were just really bad and they don't want to be seen as "supporting" the bad thing being claimed.

Question, question, question! Hell, I question my own thoughts as I'm saying them. You should too.

cheapshark, to bapcsalescanada
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🕹 Dreamscaper
💲 $5.03 (93% Off)
🛒 Steam
🔗 https://cheapshark.com/s/41d915c7

Gwendolyn,
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@cheapshark I enjoyed Dreamscaper. It's not amazing, but it's charming and definitely worth a few bucks if you like roguelikes.

Gwendolyn, to random
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Hrm. All of my "guy" hoodies have shallow hoods where the front of my head always kinda pokes out a bit. My "gal" hoodies always have deep hoods that I can escape deep into and pretend I'm Death.

Is this "a thing" or just a weird quirk of my wardrobe?

Gwendolyn,
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@un_blaze Interesting. Ugh. What's the point of having a hood that barely even covers your head? It's like the women's pockets of menswear

lwflouisa, to random
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On places like Twitter I still have people that doubt I'm as technical as I am, simply because I'm a trans woman.

Gwendolyn,
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@lwflouisa Sounds like you're surrounded by cishets or some kind of out of touch group. Being technical is basically a trans woman stereotype at this point.

Gwendolyn, to fallout
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Okay... episode 2 of was much better at getting me interested. Yeah. I'll watch this.

Susan_Larson_TN, to transgender
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entry to for .

reportedly told the the 's justified the , but Drake found no relevant when she checked.

https://www.newsweek.com/transgender-teen-prom-dress-alabama-lgbtq-1888839

Gwendolyn,
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@Susan_Larson_TN
😢

Also,
"A mom of a male student at the school"

sigh That's so deliberate. Fucking people...

Gwendolyn, to random
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Decades of watching Pokemon...
Sitting down watching some with the kids...
James is talking...
I get a sudden realization...

NO STRAIGHT GUY TALKS LIKE THAT!

Like, I mean I picked up on the other signs, but for some reason the voice just never dawned on me.

Gwendolyn, to gaming
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This fucking planet...

https://www.ign.com/articles/japanese-police-arrest-36-year-old-man-on-suspicion-of-tampering-with-pokemon-violet-save-data

Gwendolyn, to fallout
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First thoughts on Fallout. (Keeping things vague to avoid spoiling things)

I... don't love it? Like... it's done well, but I just don't feel invested. I don't know if it's the pace, or if the tone just conflicts with what I'm in the mood for right now, but I don't feel like I got enough of a hook for me to care. Naturally, being me, I was excited to follow Lucy's story... but her motivation just feels... I dunno. It's not working for me.

I'm much more interested in the other two characters' stories as of right now.

I know they had a lot of groundwork to do. You can't assume everyone's played the games, so you have to establish the setting and the premise for people, and you don't want to have the whole first episode be nothing but the Vault, so you've got to cram a whole lot into a short period of time to get people going.

The only thing that was kinda glaring to me was that those slow motion sequences in the first conflict do not do the show any favours. Like... the slow-mo with the classic music is great for this weird dissonant vibe, but it also reveals the strings in a bunch of the action scenes. Like, you can tell someone's aiming to miss someone with a [weapon], or someone swings, and then you can track their eyes looking where their target is supposed to fall and them stepping out of the way to let the other actor fall on their mark.

I'm going to give it another episode, and hopefully it'll have a better hook by then, or maybe I'll be in a mood that's more receptive to what it's offering. It mostly just made me want to play Fallout instead of watching it.

#Fallout

Gwendolyn, to random
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Ok. With Korra in Fortnite, and re-opening wounds from the first time I tried to watch that show (how dramatic!), I think I'm gonna try and rewatch that show again... try to enjoy it.... (and probably fail)... and torture you all with my thoughts on a decade old show.

Gwendolyn,
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Korra S02E11

I dunno. I just feel like Bolin's complete betrayal of Mako is so... WTF? Maybe I got the wrong impression from him in the first season, but it seems wrong for him. He visits Mako in jail and is all like "Sucks that you're guilty of crime. Here, have a poster of me"

Varrick is great. Hate the guy, but that's because he's a great villain character.

I love how they lean into the cheesiness of old movies with the propaganda film. Fun to watch.

The back half of this episode was fun to watch. Bolin's fight being sync'd up with the "mover" in the background was a cool touch.

Apparently Korra's memory is messed up and now she doesn't remember her fight with Mako. I have a feeling that's going to be very "convenient" for some other convoluted story point later.

I liked this one. It wasn't fantastic, but definitely watchable. I think the railroading was minimal, so things felt a bit more natural.

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