True, but with a reduced tree there wouldn't be that option - it'd just be moving the "best" build from icy veins to blizzard hq, and then removing the chance to tweak significantly or iterate based on your play style and friend group.

This, plus also - premade builds are only *theoretically* the best. My tweaked hpala build isn't "as good" but I do better and more consistent hps because it plays to my strengths (and flaws where im old and usually tired)... the variety of talents lets me customise.

Despite being a programmer, Ive got to ask how would you approach this graphically? Modern stylistic design ala horizon zero dawn? Cavepainting illustrated imagery? Spoken narrative with a text interface like heavens vault? So many different options with a prehistory time period...

What they should be asking is "given this is current affairs that literally everyone is talking about and it is reasonable given your job that you should be briefed on this, is it you or your staff that have left you so unaware, and what action are you taking to fix this" as a followup every time.

She won't, because reading between the lines I suspect she "encouraged" brianna to make some "real" friends off the computer and now has a tonne of guilt over it. Attacking the phones is an easy way to avoid reflecting on the fact that real world != safe.

And as always, there's a suitably relevant Pratchett quote: "A thinking tyrant, it seemed to Vetinari, had a much harder job than a ruler raised to power by some idiot vote-yourself-rich system like democracy. At least he could tell the people he was their fault."

I cannot stress enough how interested I am. Inkle is literally the only studio now that I always trust enough to buy games on launch from; i promise not to write an article, though no promises I won't use the opportunity to try and wrangle a talk on narrative games for my students XD

Paging @sailorrooscout.bsky.social - looks like more medical good news is on the cards potentially?

But did you ever think that maybe its eating swan that makes them royal? Like royal jelly in insects but with a big angry bird? How would the uk cope with a massive influx of new royals from swan-based lunches? It's bad enough our royals are German, some of the new ones might speak French! /Sarcasm

Idk, Saul of Tarsus showed up well after Jesus died, fanfic'd scriptural interpretation to his own ends, had weird sex negative views... I can see the comparison tbqh.

Her name is notably not in the signatures on the "dont sign up" email that just got sent out... internal schism?

Sarcastically, no, one piece of software really does come free if you order a giant tree dude... I mean, free with ents, really?!? It's not even artistically complicated as an image, you could have made it in excel ffs!

Kinda insulting to vogons tbqh. Some of them actually had the soul of an artist and wrote poetry. Horrible, traumatising poetry, but poetry nonetheless. That's far too much emotion for a tin of spam holding a briefcase which seems to be the standard member of the PLP.

Worst part of that is when you've got it plugged into speakers. Like, I know this volume is bad on headphones, that is why it's jacked into my car audio but your output is shite so I need 300x volume to hear anything this way dammit!

Not only is the bejeweled-clone part of it really rather good, the not-bejeweled-clone part is *very* self aware for the time period and sasses the player rather frequently. Honestly, if I were to put together a museum exhibit of adult games it'd deserve a space on those grounds alone.

Every time I see her name I read it as supertankie and get confused about why she's not a hardcore Stalinist. I mean, I personally prefer Trotsky's ideas over Stalin's so I'd still disagree with her on a lot of things, but at least it'd be proper leftist infighting y'kno? :P

Are we talking use or looks here? Because if it's looks I've always had a soft spot for the derpy engine setup on the he162. If it's usefulness, then my voters on (as other people have said) the Russian craft used by the night witches.

Oh no! Feel free to forget i said anything in that case lol :)

I mean, a better warning would be that there isnt a sequel yet cos its too easy to get super invested in the characters. Speaking of, any plans for more novels?