Arise ye gamers from your slumbers

Arise ye prisoners of EA

For ethics in gaming journalism now thunders

And at last ends the age of politics in video games.


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  • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I'm going to end this AOC vs Dore / whatever it is now by posting something so stupid everyone gets mad at me.

    • Rojo27 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Honestly can't believe its blown up as much as it has, at least on twitterverse.

      • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Left twitter is insane rn. It is going nowhere. This proves the GrilPill theory correct in we need to log off and do stuff irl.

    • Abraxiel
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      4 years ago

      please, fall on the sword that we may move forward.

    • CyborgMarx [any, any]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, lets go back to posting about random reddit comments

  • Madcat [any]
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    4 years ago

    So me and my sister might have covid. She's been coughing for days and for the last two I've had a banging headache, sore throat, teeth pain, and just kinda general pain all over. My breathing is completely fine which has me optimistic but I don't know if that's just because it's early days.

    She went to get a test done because we know if she has it I probably definitely have it too. Hoping it's just usual illnesses lol. Not really feeling up to having brain damage lately.

    EDIT: I just heard someone else coughing. :unsure:

      • Madcat [any]
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        4 years ago

        I can still taste and smell thankfully. I'm hoping it's just a normal cold but it doesn't stop me from being paranoid.

        The mouth pain is weird too. I don't know where that's coming from.

    • fuckhaha [any,none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      If it is covid and you are not high-risk, be sensible and monitor yourself for worsening but don't panic. Your symptoms sound right. Corona is not a very deadly virus, unless you are up there in years, and as far as I can tell reports of lasting damage to people who do not have very uncommonly severe symptoms are exaggerated (there is an abundance of evidence for all sorts of lasting effects, but the numbers overall suggest that your individual risk for them is very minimal). It has killed so many because it is so very contagious, so by all means be overcautious about your quarantine, but if you convince yourself you are going to die you will put yourself through a lot more pain than you might otherwise, unnecessarily, which will hinder your recovery and make it difficult to assess your actual symptoms. It is a nasty bug, and a catching one, but keep your chin up. You'll be in my prayers, which are to satan

    • QuillQuote [they/them]
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      4 years ago

      also look out for itchy toes apparently. I had covid, but I had zero respiratory symptoms so don't assume you don't have it just cause you can breathe fine with no coughing

      • Madcat [any]
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        4 years ago

        how are you feeling these days if it isn't too personal to ask? the thing that worries me most about it is permanent damage.

        • QuillQuote [they/them]
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          4 years ago

          Well I and my 5 roommates all got it, 4 of us had rather minor symptoms and (seemingly) no lasting effects, 2 had moderate to severe symptoms but never to the point where anyone thought to go to the hospital, and one of them has had a cough since then

  • POKEMONGOTOTHEGULAG [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Man I'm reading about the current hospital situation in California... this is fucked. So many people on reddit claiming their loved ones can't even get a bed. I know you guys are sleeping, but stay safe Californians.

  • spinachupper [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    The virgin PS4 Spiderman: "Oh boy there's nothing more that I love than savagely beating drug dealers and helping the NYPD spy on people!"

    The Chad Raimi Spiderman: "You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!!!"

    • SickleRick [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Outer Worlds is cool, but it's like a movie set, in that, beyond the thin facade, there's nothing.

      • TheCaconym [any]
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        4 years ago

        Seriously. Perhaps the most forgettable game I ever played. I had fun while playing it, though.

  • acedia
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    5 days ago

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    • Rem [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      Yey congrats on new computer! A friend helped me put mine together because I'm illiterate with these things but it's exciting when it finally boots up.

      What kind of graphics card do you have, I'm told the more letters there are in the name the more powerful it is

      • grumbo [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        confirmed fact! the letters are also what comes out as the magic smoke when you mess up really badly

        • acedia
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          deleted by creator

      • acedia
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        deleted by creator

        • Rem [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          Yeah, R, X, and T are the most powerful graphics card letters so I think you're doing good 🤔

  • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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    4 years ago

    ever feel like you need to post something, even if you have nothing to say? some of my lowest quality posts come from such an urge

    • Abraxiel
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      4 years ago

      I don't mean to chastise you or anyone else by this, but I think that's literally what people mean when they say being online is an outlet for energy you'd otherwise translate into real action - political or personal.

      • Lil_Revolitionary [she/her,they/them]
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        4 years ago

        oh you're absolutely right. i wont pretend for a second that my posts make the world any better but sometimes its 1:30 am and the best i can do is make a shitpost in my podcast fansite

  • Cherufe [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Me showing chapochat to people

    "Here is where I get all those shitposts ive been sending you"

    "Theres a family of possums in here"

    "I call the big one Bitey"

  • 420clownpeen [they/them,any]
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    4 years ago

    Kinda nervous about a past firing coming up in a background check for an internship. When said company axed me, they told me that the policy was to simply state the dates I worked and not the reason for termination when asked, but I'm not sure if that holds true when it's the government asking.

    Edit: and by kinda nervous I mean I got into bed, ostensibly to sleep, about 2 hours ago

  • Koa_lala [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Fuck I hate gamers, game publishers and modrn games. They seriously updated call of duty modern warfare (2019) to be an ad for their new installment. It's literally everywhere. Ranks got reset, rewards you get are for the other game now instead of this one, they even renamed the game. I bought that shit for 60 bucks and after a year they just update it and decide that's enough for me. How the fuck is that legal? Why don't we really own games anymore? And if I complain online there are a thousand redditors who defend this anri consumerist shit with takes like "just buy the next game" and "well, they always did that", "you can't expext to play it forever"

    fuuuuuuuuuuck gaming as a service packaged and advertised as a full standalone game

    • tomullus [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Ok, but why would you spend 60 bucks, in the year 2019, on a call of duty game, the poster child of chud gaming and corporate AAA gaming greed. All the proud boys dress like they want to be cod characters and you're like 'gimme that shit'?

      Spend that money on indie games. Or play something less lame than call of duty if you need a competetive shooter: CS:GO, rainbow 6 siege or hunt showdown.

  • PouncySilverkitten [none/use name]
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    4 years ago

    Real proud of myself for successfully making cookies. I never really baked because for years I didn’t have an oven, but I’m getting more adventurous now!

  • buh [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    My parents are telling me not to get chicken nuggets from certain places because it’s made in China where the meat is sketchy

    Unlike A*merican made chicken nuggets which are 100% real meat and not sketchy at all :agony: