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oodlyenough · 2 years

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hmmm finished the first episode of new tales. i've been more or less unspoiled and have been avoiding any particular spoilers. here's a reaction post for posterity, lol

so far I feel like the game is a solid... B-. it's better than the worst promo clips, but it's not yet spectacular in any particular way. there are some funny jokes, and probably at least twice as many unfunny ones, lmao, but such is a borderlands game i suppose

i like anu a lot, even though i think her acting is probably the hammiest. it works better in-game than it does in isolated clips, IMO. also the inherent concept of her character is just likable, lol. ALSO... lesbian anu? she got teased for having a siren thing, phuong AND stapleface are both into her... hope there's more there lol

i also like phuong. i assume we see more of her later. i was disappointed we left her behind so quick.

i don't mind octavio and louie but they do kind of flip back and forth for me on the charmingly pathetic to just pathetic line. so tbd i guess.

similarly with fran I like some of her stuff and then they'll blindside you with classic gearbox borderlands uncomfortable sexual humour... is she octavio's surrogate mother figure or does she want to fuck him? PLEASE pick one of the two and not both. jesus. i want to say it's nice that they have a fat disabled bisexual woman but i find gearbox often rides the line with these kinds of characters where it can feel like the punchline IS "hahaha she's horny AND she's fat [or autistic or otherwise weird or whatever the case is]"

so far the choice mechanics are kind of oblique... i both do and don't like it. there's some times (like breaking sponsor bot) where i "make a choice" without realizing in the moment it's a choice, which i suppose is uh Realistic or whatever but (like with sponsor bot) can be kind of annoying

other stuff:

i was spoiled for the fact that sasha and fiona got a namedrop but sasha and rhysha got a much bigger presence in ep 1 than i expected. i sent the photo "on a vacation" and was gratified by rhys freaking out and by the fact that apparently i was right about fiona being the missing one in bl3?

aside from that rhys' writing is uh. not great. and i mean that fairly literally, in that there are actually bits I like, and then other bits that I do not like at all. but whatever lmao. i guess i'll assume he had a nervous breakdown because sasha dumped him.

the animation is not very good...i mean it's about on par with Telltale's, but so many years after Telltale that it seems kind of embarrassing. i don't thin animation makes or breaks a game and I don't expect naughty dog level animations from a bordylands game, but this game needs all the help it can get

the voice acting like all of gearbox's stuff is hit and miss

it's cool what they did with lor. i can't think of any other characters you see transition during their series. (I'm sure some must exist, but I'm not familiar with any.) i wonder if he's just a cameo in ep 1 or we'll see more of him later

ep 1 took me a few hours, so this game may take me longer to play than I anticipated. who knew. i'm not NOT enjoying myself, but I think borderlands no longer being my primary fandom is acting as a comfortable buffer

#new tales from the borderlands #bl spoilers #borderlands

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roman-cates · 8 months

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Roman looks like he just woke up. Bryce should have checked first. Ugh.

"Okay," he says out loud, "I'll see you in a bit." He takes his phone, laptop, and computer outside, and sits down at the fancy table. At one o'clock on the dot, his phone gives the special ring reserved for Boss.

"Hi Boss," he answers.

"I've poked around a bit myself the last few days," Boss says, straight to business as usual. "It seems like Rose didn't think you were enthusiastic enough at his little summit. He's been asking questions."

The sound Bryce makes isn't a growl. Not quite.

Boss chuckles. "Yeah. He's been careful, too. Hasn't spoken to anyone in my territory. Or any of my friendly neighbors. Been casting the net wide, back to your hometown."

"So, what, you think he's testing the information? Trying to zero in on me? Or do you think the sloppiness was a warning?"

Boss sighs. "Just because you were able to catch it, doesn't make it sloppy, Bryce. How'd he track you?"

Yeah, fine. "It looked like a two- or three- car tail. Reasonable. I should have caught it, though."

"Uh-huh." Her voice is flat. "And how many cameras did you have to check?"

"Only two. The tail wasn't awful, but he wasn't subtle about the delivery." Bryce pauses. "I didn't actually want to talk just to complain about Rose's people's incompetence, Boss. What am I authorized to do about it?"

Boss hums a moment in thought. "I don't want to tip our hand just yet. You'll get your payback, I promise, but if you're right about this whole thing -- and it's starting to seem like you are -- I want to remove Rose for good. I've spread it around that you've been working on a special case for me this week, by the way. Don't know who exactly will believe it, but should be interesting to see the reactions."

"You didn't let Mal send someone to --"

"No. You're still in charge of placing the cams. Told Mal I wanted your opinions from actually walking the places, and that it'd be a waste to send someone else if you were just going to follow up."

He lets out a sigh of relief. The fewer people who know what he's actually trying to capture, the better. "Thanks, Boss." They continue to speak about Rose for while, until Boss abruptly changes the subject.

"And what about that boy you got from Jord -- whatever their name was?"

Bryce freezes imperceptibly. "What about him?"

Boss snorts a little. "Sure, Bryce. 'What about…' Do you think I'm an idiot?"

"Never." The response is immediate. She's one of the few people he's ever worked closely with that really, truly, could outsmart him at anything she tried.

"Fine. I'm trusting you, here. I don't want this blowing up in my face. In any of the myriad of ways it could."

He swallows. "No, Boss."

"We'll talk more about this later."

"Yes, Boss."

"On another note, just FYI, I seem to be making headway on the Mallory front."

"Politically?"

"That's right. We'll have to play this carefully. And unless she does something truly egregious, I can't have her hurt."

He'll have to tread carefully, here. "Boss, I--"

"No." Her voice is solid iron. "I am working with what I have, and I am not letting my feelings affect me, but I can't go against…Everyone, essentially."

"Yeah. Yeah, okay." He might sounds a little defeated. "Have you brought up other candidates?"

"I'm working on it." And now she sounds tired, frustrated, and older than her age. "This damn hide-bound-- I'm working on it. Any suggestions, oh consultant mine?"

He leans back in thought. "I've been pretty laser focused on Mal." Like you hired me to be. "I'll think on it. Anyone in particular you want me to keep an eye on? Age parameters?"

She gives him some names, none of which he's thrilled about. They chat a few more minutes, and she tells him she'll try to give him another call later this week. Day and time TBD.

He heads back inside.

"Okay. I'll see you in a bit."

Roman gives a tiny nod, relieved. Maybe there hadn't been a second part to the question. He watches Bryce leave, a little anxious that he's leaving, but... well... what can be done? Nothing. Roman can't do anything about it.

When Bryce leaves, Roman starts to absent-mindedly massage his left hand again. He closes his eyes... thinks about falling asleep again. Except...

Something doesn't feel right. There's an... almost tingling sensation in the fingers of Roman's left hand. It's like the other night... The feeling isn't in his fingers, he realizes. It's... where his fingers should be.

Once he realizes that, the feeling gets more intense. It... almost hurts. Roman can't quite decide if it does or not.

Roman tries a few things to see if they will relieve the sensation. Massaging his hand doesn't seem to help— it's not as if he can massage the affected area, either. He tries stretching out his hand, then tries squeezing it into a fist. None of it does anything. And the feeling is starting to actually hurt now.

There comes a point where the pain in Roman's missing fingers is almost the worst pain he's in right now. He clutches his hands to his chest, rocking a little bit and just trying to focus on breathing. Tears prick at his eyes. He's quickly becoming unaware of anything else and he doesn't hear the door open as Bryce comes back inside.

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twicecursedmonk · 1 year

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Getting My Bearings

I’ve freed myself from work for long enough to actually write something. My aim right now is to define the scope of what I will be blogging about. I’m in the middle of transforming my online identity fully away from season 4*, which includes diversifying the platforms I’m active on. For reference to anyone interested in my online career, the plan is this

Twitter/Mastodon will be for shitposts, passing thoughts, and other ultra-short form content

Neocities will be more of a gallery experience of writings and other works that I believe are best representative of my overall creative vision.

Tumblr will be for medium length content that is temporally relevant. Descriptions and analysis of the things I am doing/making/consuming.

A painting I saw on Twitter, posted there without credit

More on tumblr: I don't plan on using this site often beyond using it to catalogue my thoughts. At this time I don't have any aims on community building here, and my blog will mostly function as a sort of behind the scenes view of the process of creating other projects that interest me more.

What other projects you ask? Here's a list!

How To Win Disco Elysium by becoming the baddest hustler to ever live (YouTube)

Untitled Video on the Pale and Innocentic system (YouTube)

The Unscrupulous Netizen's Guide to Modern Computing (Neocities)

Untitled Home Alone Rip Off Game (Platform TBD)

Untitled Naruto Rip Off Game (Platform TBD)

Music? (Soundcloud?)

For now, my goals are more based on creating a process I can stick to than any particular output, however I feel better with the projects I've selected for season 5 than previous seasons. In the past I have not been very good at getting things done. The problem I have identified is that it's very hard for me to try to do things. The solution I'm testing is doing without trying.

Notably, Twitch is not a platform I have any major plans for at this time. Twitch for me right now fits in the category of too time consuming without any real benefit. I may stream incidentally if I am already doing something that would work well as a stream, or if I have a specific idea, but it's not something I will be putting major amounts of effort in. I do need lots of Disco Elysium footage at this time, and I plan on streaming while I collect that, but beyond that I have no specific plans for the platform at this time.

Monetization/calls to action? None at this time. I may set up a Patreon at some point, however it doesn't seem important at this time. For now, just know that you can get in touch with me best on Discord. I made a new server recently too!

Feel free to join, you will need approval to get into the server, just let me know where you came from and I'll let you in. That's all for now

--End

*For reference

Season 1: Middle School. I was active on an unmoderated forum for a children’s book series that a bunch of 4chan/SA posters had colonized. Everyone hated me (deservedly). Later on, I switched from the book forum to the official SSOHPKC forums, which I believe also no longer exist. I’m very glad for that. Not many people, including myself, have record of season 1. Defined by the disgusting ignorance of youth

Season 2: High school - college. I was mostly active on Facebook and reddit. Sadly this cringe still exists. I have no plans on removing it however. Search for it if you'd like, my only request is that you let me know if you find it, and not ruin the search for others. Towards the end of season 2 I withdrew from most public forums. Defined by a paralyzing fear of rejection.

Season 3: Commie Zoombini. This is where I believe most people who may read this first became aware of me. Season 3 is when I became active on Twitch, Twitter, and Discord. I started streaming after watching Hasan for a while and thinking "yeah I could do this". Defined by a smug sense of supieriority

Season 4: Cursed Monk (Maine). I honestly have very little memory of this. Gave up on everything. Defined by the burden of expectation

Season 5: Cursed Monk (Texas). Last season sucked, but the name was good so I'm keeping it. Season 5 is the present. Defined by the unknown.

#disco elysium #twitter #mastodon #neocities #youtube #twitch #gamedev #discord

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