#The Last Worker game

[alpha-beta-gamer]

The Last Worker is a darkly satirical Sci-Fi adventure about the last living worker in a massive Amazon-style warehouse that’s gone bad!

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#Gaming #indie games #The Last Worker #The Last Worker game #pc games #pc gaming #indie gaming #indie game #amazon #funny

[merlinmerlot]

I could play one of the most beautiful well crafted video games on the planet and it will never be as appealing to me as one that kind of sucks shit but has soooo much potential

#merlin.txt #just finished cyberpunk #i feel like they could have done sooo much more with the concepts they had #the game showed us a bit of everything in the world but i dont think they explored any one topic enough #and they pulled a ton of punches. the ending did not feel like this big 'grab your allies and fuck the corpos' thing it shouldve been #it was mostly just tying up johnnys loose end. one big loop. which i fuck with; but it wasnt rlly anticapitalist at all in that sense #i have a bunch of other thoughts on johnny but ill save it #but god. the beginning (act 1 and the first bits of act 2) where just soooo fucking good #and it rlly felt like it was going to gear up into this huge thing instead of just being one last hurrah for rogue and johnny #AUUUGHH theres just So Much Potential. goddamn #imo i think the major thing is that at some point it stopped being v's story. it was everyone elses #he has Very little agency. which is interesting but man this guy deserves better #when it comes down to it the game Is really shallow. whenever there is any sincerity in themes its very centrist #the fact is you dont rlly meet many characters in game who are Truly working to take down corps except for johnny and he doesnt rlly count #and if there Are its usually played for irony and laughs (looking at kerry) or theyre flat out kind of awful. #judys story is probably the best of the companions bc shes actively trying to help sex workers and its played very positively #i also think two of the main themes (letting go of the past; what it means to die) are Majorly helped by some incredible emotional beats #and w/o some just Really Really good scenes and good repetition of lines and motifs its very tropey. #ok i wasnt going to write a full thing. but let me be clear: i fucking loved this game. i would not be writing so much if i did not love it #the sun ending was Still soooo vindicating. v is still kicking and that's all that matters to me #(it helps that v is a Great protag like one of the Best voiced rpg protags next to hawke da2) #(which is kind of a funny comparison since i think both protags suffer from a lack of agency) #ok im done now

[wormdramafever]

Goodbye Volcano High nominated for Best Narrative by DEBUG Magazine's Indie Game Awards!!!

To be streamed on February 2nd!

#goodbye volcano high #game awards #debug magazine #indie games #american arcadia #the last worker #teleforum #this bed we made #videoverse #debug indie game awards #indie game awards #video game magazine #video games #gvh

[hpowellsmith]

we played Last Fleet and my poor political assistant character got kidnapped and beaten up, helped his grandboss make a speech to calm down the ship, cried on a delegate, guilt tripped his kidnapper, discovered his unwise workplace fling had been stabbed, did absolutely nothing to help while another PC did first aid on said fling, then passed out on his couch while his little sister made him watch TV and prevented him from sending work emails. 10/10 gaming experience

#ttrpg #last fleet #black armada games #he is but a squishy office worker #he is not equipped for anything except paperwork and meetings

[thetimetraveler24]

As a retail worker I’m actually relieved Black Friday sucks and is basically just another day of the week. But my inner child is screaming because I always wanted to go to the stores and watch the carnage unfold. Literally didn’t even want to buy anything I just wanted chaos. And now that I actually have a reason to be out at the stores on Black Friday the deals suck and there is no carnage.

#black friday #black friday deals #retail #retail workers #chaos #I was always a very strange child #I also like going to hockey games and chanting for fights so… #I JUST WANT TO SEE PEOPLE FIGHT FOR A POTS AND PANS SET #OR THE LAST BLOWUP XMAS DECORATION #I DONT CARE I WANT TO SEE VIOLENCE #anyway stay safe out there black friday shoppers #also know your worth and don’t camp out if they aren’t giving you good deals

[ratintank]

Balan, but what if he changed clothes like a fashion diva for every single chapter-

#pirate balan be like #pirating is bad but supporting big game companies that treat their workers like shit is worse! #balan wonderworld #BWW #i hope someone thought the same thing #plz tell me im not the only one who wants to see him in costumes that go along with the style of game chapters #plz tell me im not the only one who craves cowboy farmer balan- #i want to share my last braincell with someone

[bloodxhound]

「 Santa's list: 」 Ray, shouldn't you be working, instead of surfing the web during office hours... NAUGHTY LIST FOR YOU!

       "I just took a little break, the fuck."

#【♞】 tag game. #and by little break he means #he's been procrastinating on his paperwork for the last few hrs #bullying his co-workers.. avoiding his superiors.. revisiting the crime scene.. 'repairing' (kicking) the vending machine.. smh

[baynton-nation]

Mathew Baynton in every ‘Yonderland’ cold open | Series 2

#mathew baynton #mat baynton #yonderland #admiral anous #voltari #up the workers #nanny la roo #game of crones #the last fahl #careful what you wish for #every cold open #six idiots #the six idiots #themthere #them there #baynton-nation

[olessan]

I love the fact that I can work as hard as I can manage with a broken tooth and a dying tooth (one on each side, I've been chewing on the cavity for a year) and I still cannot save even $10 towards getting dental treatment (2 impacted wisdom teeth, + tooth broken off under the gum, + bad cavity) because I barely make enough to cover my food and board and the insane energy bill

#I'm just ranting don't mind me it's fine I am continuing to exist as usual I may delete this later bc it's a bit of a bummer to read #I prefer to keep my blogging to fun or otherwise nonserious content because it's supposed to be for decompression no real world drama here #I got into a 3 hour body language study and earned $50 so I spent that as fun money on a couple games during the Steam sale just to #take a break from the constant cycle of getting paid and then immediately saying goodbye to all but about 15 cents #(well it was 1 game Slime Rancher 2 and then 2 expansion packs one for Planet Zoo and another for Cities Skylines long play hours mileage) #I've tried to budget to buy small things like a fan or a toothbrush maybe (mine is 8yrs old and doesn't charge sometimes) but NOPE #let alone stashing away over $2000 for the amount of treatment I need given tooth extractions are $200-$500 each #I use about $50 of groceries a week ($30 USD) sometimes up to $80 if I need to buy some extra toiletries or bonuses like ham/falafel/bread #our last quarterly power bill was $1900 FOR NO REASON even for a winter one #olessan oration #the work I have is HIT/mturk type work which pays amazingly well and I am so grateful because I can't work in a traditional environment due #my inability to sleep/wake on anyone else's schedule and need for engaging work but it also means each worker is basically a contract worke #picking their own hours which is VERY HARD to stick to for me since I may also have ADHD-i but that diagnosis also costs like $2000 in Aus #so I'm doing my best fucking lmao #I have a set minimum hours I want to keep up to and move to full time but I am so exhausted by the constant background noise of #the tooth problems that I burn out very quickly #like the tooth ache isn't that bad #the tooth is actively dying but the pain isn't unbearable it just shits me off at all times #it's bearable most of the time and doesn't affect my sleep unless the temp is cold or something #it's been bad this week tho so I've gone through almost all my ibuprofen managing it #the tooth that broke off broke off earlier in the year and the gum has mostly healed over and the dead root is concealed inside my gums now #that stopped being painful in mid 2021 but when it died it was pretty bad it did stop me sleeping for a couple weeks #Christmas 2021 involved me contemplating ripping the tooth out myself lmao #the nerve eventually died seemingly without an abscess #unless I DID have an abscess but that seems extremely unlikely because abscesses are SEVERE AND HORRIBLE AND LIFE THREATENING #sometimes I can feel the tooth ligament wiggling on its own or I like flex it by accident it's so weird bc the tooth is gone so #the ligament is still holding onto the root but with way less weight #anyway I am eating my mac n cheese n veg with the side that has the missing tooth because the cavity tooth has a big bruise along the gumli #gumline which may be from overzealous brushing (I fill the tooth will temporarily filling putty and it needs to be cleaned well when the #putty falls out)

[meownotgood]

I just got hired at the best job ever I'm literally so excited baaaAAAAAAAHHhhhh

I rant a lot in the tags I'm sorry

#I came in for an interview today and the boss just immediately put me on the schedule for tomorrow #I enjoyed my one week of unemployment lol #it's a comic book store and they sell all kinds of stuff like comics manga pokemon cards #I met all the workers and they're super nice #I'm working with this one guy all day tomorrow and he was asking me questions about games and anime and such #I'm gonna work there full time WAAAAhh #and then they're like #gonna set up a booth at an anime convention next weekend #THEY'RE PAYING ME TO GO TO AN ANIME CONVENTION #AND SELL STUFF THERE #I'M GETTING PAID TO GO TO AN ANIME CONVENTION #OHHHHH GOOODDSDSSHHH #AND GUESS WHAT WE'RE DOING TOMORROW #tomorrow they're setting up lego displays #I'm gonna get paid. to build legos. #and hang out and talk about anime #I'm gonna scream I need to go scream into my pillow maybe #I was so sad when I lost my last job because I really loved it but I'm so excited for this one you don't even know #so happy so happyyyy #I noticed when I went behind the counter.... they have a list of manga they want to purchase to sell in the store #chainsaw man was on there.... #I wonder if I can talk to my coworkers about chainsaw man...... #then it will truly be the best job ever. #aaaahhh..

[spuddlespud]

Heads Up 7 Up

Thanks @aohendo @late-to-the-fandom @ahordeofwasps and @writingpotato07 for the tags, not had a very writing type week so its taken me a while to get round to it, I'm gonna do 2 (both from A Worker's Guide to Demonology) since I've been tagged so many times

A furious banging rouses me from my healing slumber. Harsh words crack against my skull. "Time to get up for work!" "Again?!?" I've already done it once, surely that's more than enough soul crushing for this week.

After yet another pain-driven day in the world of work, I've decided that I don't like being human. I might have a different perspective if I'd been trapped anywhere other than in fucking England. What a miserable little country.

I'm tagging this lot and open tag for anyone else who fancies it:

@lady-grace-pens @writingamongther0ses @primroseprime2019 @azriel-alexander-holmes @winterandwords @inkspellangel @eccaiia @talesofsorrowandofruin @littlepatchofhell

#spud writes #a worker's guide to demonology #I just realised i did it as last line and not heads up 7 up #oops lol #tag games

[kadkadduwa]

let me be frank. i bring up people treating lacroix like a baby while sexualizing nines and ignoring some the integral parts of his character A LOT. maybe it's kind of annoying, but i think about it a lot because this (strange) behavior mirrors the way people treat white vs. ethnic characters in other media too. and by strange i mean dehumanizing.

#we don't even know nines' canon race because it's actually not relevant or important to the course of the game #and neither is the race of any other character that isn't a kuei-jin #but i know people don't see him as this tall dark(haired) and mysterious and handsome SPANISH Haciendero who can pronounce Ibiza right #they think he's exotic because his last name's Rodriguez #thats how i think most white players perceive him anyways #to me he could be mexican he could be filipino he could come from any of the former spanish colonies #but either way TO ME people see him as this Other. he's not a prissy and refined Anglo-European kindred like Isaac or LaCroix or Strauss #so he's not treated the way they... particularly lacroix... is treated #and speaking on that. the way white and colored characters are portrayed Varies but there's a specific pattern to it in the game #ethnic chicks are strippers. man-eaters. and whiny bitches (kiki...) and the secondary antagonist of the game #white chicks are innocent bystanders (unless they're sex workers or homeless) and the upper echelon of kindred society (i.e. Therese) #DO YOU READ ME #the same applies to white dudes vs. ethnic dudes #ethnic dudes are criminals who you can kill with 0 repercussions or die anyways... or aging Asian men... #white dudes get major roles in the story. they're leaders. they're club goers. they're suited dudes walking down the street.

[bluefuecoco]

tumblr users waiting for the next animal crossing: oh guys, they’re probably working on the next game after 7 years, it’s fine, we’ll get it eventually :)

twitter users 1 year after acnh finishes releasing: umm so when’s the next animal crossing game?

#some of yall never lived through the drought after acnl and it shows #i'm fully blaming the pokemon company #for forcing their workers to push out like 2 games a year #i know this is an exaggeration because we were all chomping at the bit for the next animal crossing game #but it is egregious to me that there are people asking when the next animal crossing is #when new horizons only got its full release last year #babe if ur bored of acnh i have bad news for if you want to rush the next release <3

[sherlock-is-ace]

List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who liked or reblogged something from you 💖

Thank you! This is so sweet 🥺 Well first things first, YOU make me happy! :') but you're not a thing, you're a lovely human friend, so I won't include you on my list. Just know it's true <3

The weather getting colder right now

Rewatching Ripley (this time with my fam)

When clients know what they want and they communicate it to me (really appreciating it right now because it is not happening). But generally, being able to work and get paid is reason enough to be haappy lol

This is a sad one, cause it means we're poor lol but I found a greengrocers with really cheap prices 👀 The things are coming later today, so I'm not sure of the quality? cause it was like reaaally cheap, but I hope it's all good🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

Being ace. Lately I've been watching too many dramas about cheating and love and sex and I'm exhausted. Thank fucking God I'm ace and I don't have to deal with all that... It feels like aliens talking lol

#sorry but i'm gonna keep ranting about the last point in the tags cause i went to sleep last night without ranting and it's all brewing lol #but between the show where the main character KNOWINGLY starts dating a sex worker/escort and then starts the whole ''but i'm jealous now #you can't even sit close to the person PAYING for your service. you're mine blah blah blah'' #and the other show where there was emotional cheating for YEARS but it was only called out when it turned to sex..? #like THAT'S what makes it bad? just the sex?! i don't get it... i will never get it lol #ANYWAYS... sorry kdjfhgkdfg thank you for the tag amb <3 #ask game #taste-thewaste #ask #angel talks #personal

[parapsychologicalvulpes]

normally my work shifts start like, early/mid afternoon

SO TELL ME WHY my shift tomorrow is from fucking 8am??? Like I go home early but why. Is there a fucking football game. At noon on Christmas Day

Idc abt it being a holiday tbh since I get the overtime pay but I DO care that it's like. Way earlier than literally any other shift I've had bc I don't have a "normal" sleep schedule, bc I usually sleep during the day.

#half my shift is just like #waiting until i hear the national anthem and im like oh ig the game started but i hate football lmfao #so i never know like where we are in the game afterwards #but then the last hour of my shift is just getting everyone out which is my favorite part bc i barely have to talk to them #just push the button to the parking lot if its fans or to the tunnel for workers

[chronicbitchsyndrome]

so: masking: good, unequivocally. please mask and please educate others on why they should mask to make the world safer for immune compromised people to participate in.

however: masking is not my policy focus and it shouldn't be yours, either. masking is a very good mitigation against droplet-born illnesses and a slightly less effective (but still very good) mitigation against airborne illnesses, but its place in the pyramid of mitigation demands is pretty low, for several reasons:

it's an individual mitigation, not a systemic one. the best mitigations to make public life more accessible affect everyone without distributing the majority of the effort among individuals (who may not be able to comply, may not have access to education on how to comply, or may be actively malicious).

it's a post-hoc mitigation, or to put it another way, it's a band-aid over the underlying problem. even if it was possible to enforce, universal masking still wouldn't address the underlying problem that it is dangerous for sick people and immune compromised people to be in the same public locations to begin with. this is a solvable problem! we have created the societal conditions for this problem!

here are my policy focuses:

upgraded air filtration and ventilation systems for all public buildings. appropriate ventilation should be just as bog-standard as appropriately clean running water. an indoor venue without a ventilation system capable of performing 5 complete air changes per hour should be like encountering a public restroom without any sinks or hand sanitizer stations whatsoever.

enforced paid sick leave for all employees until 3-5 days without symptoms. the vast majority of respiratory and food-borne illnesses circulate through industry sectors where employees come into work while experiencing symptoms. a taco bell worker should never be making food while experiencing strep throat symptoms, even without a strep diagnosis.

enforced virtual schooling options for sick students. the other vast majority of respiratory and food-borne illnesses circulate through schools. the proximity of so many kids and teenagers together indoors (with little to no proper ventilation and high levels of physical activity) means that if even one person comes to school sick, hundreds will be infected in the following few days. those students will most likely infect their parents as well. allowing students to complete all readings and coursework through sites like blackboard or compass while sick will cut down massively on disease transmission.

accessible testing for everyone. not just for COVID; if there's a test for any contagious illness capable of being performed outside of lab conditions, there should be a regulated option for performing that test at home (similar to COVID rapid tests). if a test can only be performed under lab conditions, there should be a government-subsidized program to provide free of charge testing to anyone who needs it, through urgent cares and pharmacies.

the last thing to note is that these things stack; upgraded ventilation systems in all public buildings mean that students and employees get sick less often to begin with, making it less burdensome for students and employees to be absent due to sickness, and making it more likely that sick individuals will choose to stay home themselves (since it's not so costly for them).

masking is great! keep masking! please use masking as a rhetorical "this is what we can do as individuals to make public life safer while we're pushing for drastic policy changes," and don't get complacent in either direction--don't assume that masking is all you need to do or an acceptable forever-solution, and equally, don't fall prey to thinking that pushing for policy change "makes up" for not masking in public. it's not a game with scores and sides; masking is a material thing you can do to help the individual people you interact with one by one, and policy changes are what's going to make the entirety of public life safer for all immune compromised people.

#dyspunktional #cripple punk #actually disabled #cripplepunk #a lot of these are major concessions for me personally as i'm an anarchist and loathe to support further concentrations of state power #but if you're gonna be operating within the structure of the system. here you go. handing you a cheat sheet for what you should demand.