There used to be a fairly active linguistics community here, but the science-themed instance it was hosted on went dark over a month ago. Hopefully it comes back.

I can’t imagine there’s not a chess sub here, surely it’s big enough?

Music wise there are some communities, maybe [email protected] fits the bill for now?

Very nice soundtrack with a lot of great Elliott Smith songs, too.

Sounds like a fun but dangerous channel to explore! I wonder if he’s played Withering Rooms…

I’m not familiar with splattercat but I’ll keep an eye on him. Would be interesting to see a crunch-experienced veteran try to figure this game out, hah.

Navigating the sea on the overwold map is turn based, but combat is indeed real time.

Shortly after the Reddit API debacle three years ago and the ensuing little exodus of users from there to here some guy created an Advice Wanted post asking for dietary advice for a circumstance where he couldn’t poop for three days. He was using very vague language, he was refusing to specify exactly why he couldn’t poop, and he was refusing to specify exactly what he was doing for those three days. When pressed about it he said he would technically perhaps be able to poop if he really had to, but it would be much better for everyone involved if he didn’t and he would really like to avoid it.

Obviously replies kept flooding in, both befuddlement, genuine advice as well as rampant speculation about what kind of activity he was to be engaging in. It also took over the meme communities for a good while, and I think it was still the most upvoted post of all time here when he deleted it (and his account).

There are some remnants here: https://lemmy.world/post/637339

They definitely know how to smash, from the sound of it, so it would make sense.

Nintendo bought the rights to the films to halt their distribution.

Did we need another reason to hate Nintendo? Ah fuck it, throw it on the pile.

No-poop guy is a deep cut. It’s such a shame he deleted his account and the posts, truly deserved to remain the most upvoted post of all time.

Thank you for creating self-promotion content!

It seems like a good action romp, from what I’ve seen of it. I might pick it up on deep sale in a few years. A shame you’re getting so many bugs, though.

I’m looking forward to Galley House then, that sounds really good!

Message From Deep Space looks interesting (and I did notice the Overwhelmingly Positive reviews), but I am a bit hesitant it’s a bit too math heavy for me (not my forte or favourite). Might be a good recommendation for my brother in law, though! Thanks for the rec!

Great picks, I’m really excited about those two.

I haven’t gotten to Galley House yet, I’ll play it with family over Christmas I think. Was it good?

And if you are fiending for more deduction games you might want to check out Dupery that just released. I’ve heard some really glowing endorsements and seen some gameplay. Looks very good, although quite difficult once you get into it.

That’s such a good idea for an interactive exhibit for kids!

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Which ones caught your fancy?

I’m glad you enjoyed it! What games caught your fancy?

I’ve never drawn anything and I don’t think I have any interest in this game at all, but I absolutely love it and got emotional from the trailer regardless.

I get that completely. I used to devote most of my gaming time to Dota 2 once upon a time, so I understand. For me personally, I’m way happier having left that behind and experiencing lots of concrete and constantly new gaming experiences.

The only important thing I would say is monitoring the way it makes you feel, and the moment it’s not giving you happiness start re-evaluating. I know I kept playing Dota well past the point it was no longer making me happy, and that I do regret.

I’m glad you enjoyed the writeup, even though the games failed to entice you!

The user interface of Ablahshikar feels very intimidating.

Oh I don’t necessarily think it’s a good user interface. I’m not even convinced it’s a good game. It’s absolutely fascinating, though.

A modern game using those other styles for the retroness might (I believe) at first glance come across as just looking crappy.

That is what I feel about even those PS1-style graphics. Funny enough Derelikt is maybe the one I think looks best, and the old game it reminded most of visually is maybe Deus Ex.

I ended up making a full writeup, if you’re still interested: https://lemmy.world/post/53700553