#the button game

[silverskye13]

"So I'm about to say something really... Hmm... Weird," Joe said as he leaned against the building, arms crossed.

"Is that supposed to be news to me?" Cleo asked, rifling through her bag and pulling out two apples. She passed one to Joe, and he took it.

"If it were, I don't think we'd be friends."

"I figured."

"Anyway it's a little weirder than normal."

"I'll be the judge of that, I think."

Joe shrugged, took a bite of his apple and said, "So, one of the arguments against a benevolent God -- don't look at me like that I told you it was weird -- anyway, so, if God was so nice, would he have put a bomb in the Garden of Eden?"

Cleo blinked at Joe for a long moment.

"Sorry, I'll back up a little," Joe smiled apologetically. "How much do you know about human theology?"

"I've been human before Joe," Cleo glowered, pulling a knife from her pocket and cutting a small piece away from her apple. "That's just a really strong lead."

Joe shrugged. "Did you expect anything different?"

"No, it's just a little early for theology today."

"We can talk about something else, if you want."

A shout interrupted their conversation. Grian sprinted past, laughing maniacally and apologizing in the same breaths. Doc followed quickly after him, shouting curses and insults. Joe and Cleo both took contemplative bites of their apples and watched the two run.

"No, I want to see where this conversation is going," Cleo said finally, slicing another piece of her apple off.

"Okay, so, some people believe God is all-knowing, all-powerful, and also, all-benevolent," Joe continued, twisting his apple stem with every adjective. "But if He were all of those things, why would He make a bunch of curious humans, tell them they could touch everything except one specific big red button, and, knowing they would definitely press it, just sit back and watch?"

"I wasn't aware buttons and bombs existed at the same time as the Garden of Eden."

"One could argue the whole Soddom and Gammorah thing was bomb-like."

"That was definitely, definitely meteors, Joe."

"Also the bomb thing is an analogy, and you know it's an analogy."

"What are we analogy-ing?" Mumbo asked, flaring his elytra as he landed beside them.

Cleo pulled a third apple from her bag and passed it to him, "Pretty sure Joe is comparing you to God."

Mumbo took the apple, looking incredulous. He gave a laugh that was half nervous, half confused. "I-- well that's-- that's very flattering Joe. I didn't realize you thought so highly of me."

"You would think that," Cleo smirked, slicing off another piece of apple.

"What?"

"So the question stands," Joe continued as though neither of the interruptions took place. "If God is good, why did he put a big red button in the Garden of Eden?"

Mumbo opened his mouth, and then deciding he had no idea what this conversation was about, actually, he closed it again.

"Maybe God was feeling optimistic that day," Cleo offered. "Or maybe even gods need to screw around and find out sometimes. For instance, I know this apple is definitely going to rot in me later, but I'm also definitely still eating it."

"Fair point," Joe said, twisting off his apple stem and flicking it to the ground. "So maybe God can make mistakes, or He was curious, or there was something ineffable going on at the time. But if God did it twice," Joe gave Mumbo a sideways glance, "would that be screwed up or what?"

Mumbo opened his mouth again, closed it, opened it again.

"Mumbo a fly is going to buzz in there if you aren't careful," Cleo said.

"Okay, okay. I can see where -- okay. So, first off, I'm not God," Mumbo said, and then paused, because Scar was screaming and running past them now, followed shortly by Grian, who was followed shortly by Doc. Then he continued, "Also this isn't Eden."

"It's an analogy," Joe reminded him unhelpfully, smiling warmly.

"Also how was I supposed to know this would happen again?"

"That Grian would push a button, or that Grian would push a button specifically to mess with Doc?" Cleo asked innocently.

Mumbo opened and closed his mouth again eloquently.

"You've gotta admit, at this point it is starting to look intentional," Joe pointed out.

"What's starting to look intentional?" Jevin interrupted, landing amidst the group standing on the fringes of the shopping district. Cleo offered him another apple.

"A malevolent God," Joe answered.

"My button," Mumbo grumbled at the same time.

"The hubris of man," Cleo added, because it seemed relevant.

"I HAVE BEEN STANDING HERE FOR THIRTY-SIX HOURS GRIAN. THIRTY-SIX." Doc screamed, passing so close to the four onlookers in his chase, they could no longer talk over his yelling. "I WANT THAT CROWN IT BELONGS TO ME."

Grian slid across the grass, narrowly dodging Doc's thrown axe. He threw the gaudy purple crown he'd stolen to Scar, who sprinted off in another direction with it. Doc roared angrily, "I LET YOU TOO OFF EASY LAST TIME BUT NO MORE! I WILL RAIN TNT AND FIRE ON YOUR BASES! I WILL TEAR THEM APART BLOCK BY BLOCK I WILL--!"

"I'm sorry Doc!" Grian cackled, not sounding sorry at all, "It's just -- you're so fun to mess with!"

He and Scar spread their elytras and leaped into the sky, followed shortly by Doc, who was still shouting.

Jevin, Cleo and Joe all turned to look at Mumbo, who rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly.

"Okay so... Maybe it's possible, yes, I could have foreseen this happening," Mumbo said begrudgingly. "But I mean, it's not all that bad, is it?"

"We do have a lot of fun fighting wars," Jevin agreed, shoving his entire apple into his face. It hovered blue-tinted in his opaque slime for a moment before rapidly dissolving.

"You would, Jevin," Cleo smiled.

"Sleep with one eye open, Cleo," Jevin replied conversationally.

"Some of our best mini games came out of the Mycelium War," Joe observed, taking one more bite out of his apple.

Mumbo looked down at his apple contemplatively.

"So the question still stands," Cleo said, after a long pause had passed between them, "is Mumbo evil for inflicting The Button Game on us the first time, or the second time?"

Joe shrugged, "I think like all religion, the answer is subjective. Doc would argue yes. Grian would argue no."

"That wasn't a yes-or-no question," Jevin said.

"I would argue I'm still not God, so this is a terrible analogy, actually!" Mumbo shouted defensively, and then took a bite of his apple, closing the subject.

#the barking writer #hermitcraft #joe hills #zombiecleo #ijevin #mumbo jumbo #docm77 #grian #goodtimeswithscar #the button game #theology #kiiiiiind of #anyway this popped into my head this morning like a fever dream lol

[remadra]

I'm going to do the 4 hours of the button pushing game in the Stanley Parable. come on over

#the stanley parable #4 hours #streaming #the button game

[galoogamelady]

Joetastic made a Beat Saber pack of Tom Cardy songs, check it out!

#Beat Saber #Tom Cardy #I love the pinchie thingies on the Red Flags map #I don't have Beat Saber but I want it... I love rythm games #OC #Buttons #Val #Red Flags #Joetastic

[yonpote]

phil just clocking out of a dan rant is everything to me

#dan and phil #myclips #dan and phil games #will you press the button

[the-kipsabian]

saw a take so fucking rancid on twitter i almost deleted the entire app from my phone jesus fucking christ

first of all ao3 is an archive site. this is like going to the library and saying "oh i dont like this" on every piece of media you find that you dislike and thinking they should be stamped with some sort of a marker just cause you didnt like it

you can always click back and leave. fic writers owe you nothing to explain themselves and their creations. if they have mistagged or miscategorized fics, then i understand, however there are report tools for that instead of yelling at the artist tbh

im not saying free works arent necessarily above criticism. but this is just. fucking wild. its common courtesy to just enjoy stuff (or fucking leave if you dont, the back button is free) and if the artist specifically asks for critiques, then give one - constructive that is, shitting all over someones work is not proper criticism, mind you

i just find it fucking wild people are treating art and archive sites as social media these days like this and everything needs to be policed and ~catered to the algorithm~ like. no. ao3 doesnt have an algorithm. you should be able to fucking tell what you like and what you dont like and steer away from that kind of content and let people fucking be with their art. they dont owe you anything (except trigger warnings i'd argue, but i know some people disagree with that as well for some reason), and imagine how much more energy you'd have if you only engaged with things you liked and spent time looking at instead of going to places where you dont enjoy yourself. let alone spending time telling other people you dont enjoy what they enjoy. what a fucking life

#like what the fuck #where is the common courtesy of fandoms these days im just fucking asking. its ridiculous #the back button is free. shutting your fucking mouth is free. constructive criticism when people ask for it is nice but only then #these are fucking basic level fandom engagement things #am i old or are people just this fucking awful now that these guidelines dont exist anymore #im just. ough #sorry i had to get this out. idk as someone who has never left unsolicited advice for anyone and never gotten it back it just #it fucking grinds me that people are like this now. like fucking wow #ive been here for almost two decades soon and i still know how to behave. yall better fucking learn #im gonna go back to video game sorry i really needed to yell for a hot fucking second #if you choose to reblog this dont fucking clown on it okay. god #night is an absolute mess on main

[amygdalae]

Biggest piece of sekiro advice I have is that there's a training guy who will lovingly walk you through each and every combat mechanic and ability. Do not neglect him. Use his body

#genuinely though im rusty but still doing way better than prev playthroughs cuz i took the time to train w him #it really helps remember the buttons too. to keep from controller fumbling in a panic #which can mean life or death in a game as fast paced as sekiro #sekiro

[vizreef]

Love Hultén at it again, this time with a Mother-32, TR-08 and Microcosm combo (Sweden, 2023)

#love hulten #drop dead gorgeous #button game on point as always

[lemonlurkrr]

I like it when the snakes say things

#mgs #metal gear solid #mgs3 #mgs4 #eva: its called the slay button actually. #they're all so talkative #kind of refreshing as a fan of another multi-game franchise featuring a silent protagonist #i wanted to get more horror and dread in hal's face but it wasn't working so he's just perturbed now #lemondoodlrr

[horizon-forbidden-memes]

Boops will survive the Faro Plague. Boops will survive the purging of APOLLO. Boops are eternal and Sylens cannot escape being booped.

#horizon forbidden west #horizon zero dawn #hfw #hzd #aloy #sylens #horizon meme #meme #boop #boop button #april fool's day #tumblr #guerrilla games #lol #funny #shitpost #mine #playstation #aloy despite the nora

[paiislley]

Here he is!! The world’s littlest guy!! 💛

#artists on tumblr #pokemon #pkmnart #joltik #fanart #pokemon fanart #pokemon nintendo #nintendo #game freak #video games #video game art #he will be available at my next con as both a sticker and small button!! #my art #digital art #digital drawing #fan art #clip studio paint #paiislley art #also I googled who canonically the smallest Pokémon was and Google told me Joltik #what a lad

[thisaccountisagainstmywill]

Every time I see someone admit they haven't finished Baldur's Gate yet, I think about the one 50~ yr old dude in my main co-op group who hasn't finished the game. Not because he got overwhelmed or got distracted or something else came up with life. But because the man B-lined straight for Moonrise towers, ignored all of Reithwin and Shar's Temple. Then interrupted the introductory scene with Ketheric by attacking him straight in the throneroom. When he followed Ketheric to the top of the tower and found out it was impossible to kill him, he went "Huh. This is a hard fight. Well this is probably the final boss, I'm pretty much done with the game then."

Then just fucking quit.

Hasn't picked up his solo campaign since.

#same man has kicked me to my death in Conan Exiles because he refuses to change his push-to-talk button or his kick button #It is enlightening to see how some people play games lol #bg3 #baldurs gate 3

[twisting-in-wonderland]

Bye bye Sebek, :]

(he didn’t stand a chance, poor guy :[  )

#twisted wonderland #twst #sebek zigvolt #ace trappola #deuce spade #jack howl #epel felmier #art #ram's art #i am fully aware i am late to actually . noticing the poll- #i wanted to finish this earlier but i was tired :[ #anyways i'm just glad i got this done whilst sebek's birthday is still being celebrated in the game - it's comedic timing #'happy birthday! bye! :]]]]] ' #oh yea i did vote ace btw - the second i made the poll i immediately smashed that button :] #i have a 'bully ace' instinct embedded in my soul what can i say- #also shout out to this being my first time drawing all these characters except for jack- ... which. #now that i think about it i dont think i posted that whole drawing thing.. huh- #welp too late now :']

[transannabeth]

Are the buttons in ghost trick really ghost and trick /gen

i would never lie to you about the ghost and trick buttons. you ghost or you trick you trick or you ghost

#not pjo #answered #anonymous #anon #thanks from the argo! #ghost trick #this is from the first like 30 minutes of the game and i think this scene may be in the trailer so it’s not a spoiler #hilariously it doesn’t look like the trailer shows the buttons but it DOES say you ghost and you trick #becuase that’s the game. you ghost. and you trick. #you ghost trick #for people who’ve played yes i cropped off the sides of the screen I didn’t know if THAT could be considered a spoiler #I’m being safe because every person should play ghost trick (I say as I post ghost trick spoilers all the time) #100

[waterwindow]

Because he ran out into the sightline I was able to regen enough to bomb the sniper and cap the point. This ultimately lead to us winning the game but I still wish I had tried to say something. Sorry little guy...

#i know its just a game but he ran to me with so much trust in his eyes #i had my finger on the ingame voice button and everything but I didnt push it #i wanted the sniper to shoot him ;_; #im going to hell... #in game #i drew this

[vellichorom]

now, people are free to think whatever they like, i won't tell them that they're wrong, but i'm not sure i entirely agree with the idea that 432 is responsible for the skip button ending happening the way that it did,

rather... i think, quite literally, that they had no hand in it.

#uwu art #The Stanley Parable #The Stanley Parable Ultra Deluxe #TSP Skip Button #Skip Button Ending #TSP Settings Person #TSP Timekeeper #TSP Employee 432 #TSP 432 #NOW that i posted them now I can Post About Them #featuring something that was supposed to be a warmup & turned into something else #i honestly think the skip button ending was a result of the narrator's self-consciousness & just Terrible circumstances & some hypothetical #* third party interference #but that third party is not 432 nor anyBODY really present in the game #but the game itself #but i definitely am onboard with thinking 432 saw what was going on & did nothing to help #not in a ' fuck you narrator suffer ' type way just ' that's his bed he can lie in it i just work here ' type neutral way #never quite caring or realizing just how DEVESTATING

[crunchycrystals]

according to sam reich dropout nearly doubled its subscribers this year so

reblog for sample size and all that

#crunchyposts #dropout #let me stick a bunch of tags in here quickly bc im curious #game changer #dimension 20 #make some noise #dirty laundry #adventuring party #no results or other button just bc i wanna see stuff from dropout subscribers #if you unsub and resub just vote for the first time #100 #150 #200 #300