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I started Hypnospace Outlaw

...and I've noticed a few small things that are super interesting, mostly with the idea of tutorialization.

I didn't plan to do a writeup on this, so I don't have any of my own gameplay's screenshots. I remember most of the gist, so I can probably write a few sentences on this topic that really stuck with me. I would've gone back for more screens but I'm feeling very lazy and I might repost this with editing/photos in the future lol

So Hypnospace Outlaw is basically a pre-2K "internet janitor simulator" except that you don't do it for free. You're like a free contractor/PMC janitor, where you get comissions to hunt down certain infringement of internet/Hypnospace law.

The first case is to find instances where the copyright for a 1968 of a cartoon character named Gumshoe Gooper is being infringed upon. I found this case to be a phenomenal tutorial for both the game mechanics and the philosophical(?) questions the game wants to ask.

Gumshoe Gooper (Hypnospace Outlaw)

At first upon getting this case, I was still grappling with the game mechanics, exploring the Windows 98-ass interface with the skill of an old man in a nursing home. At the time I entirely forgot about the search function, so I just explored by going through various web portals and webrings, a la Geocities.

I found a lot of interesting sites that I don't really have the time (nor screenshots) to talk about and do justice with, but there's a lot of awesome things to find in Hypnospace if you're willing to just take time and look around. I do want to possibly talk about that later if there's interest.

After just stumbling around the internet and remembering how hard it is to find stuff through web portals, I remembered the search function existed thanks to one of the sites I ended up on having tags that open up the search window. So I searched for "gooper"

You find 3 sites from that search, two from AbbyWrites58 and another from another woman who's name I can't recall right now. The first site is a typical late 90s personal site you might find, for a first-grade teacher. It contains mentions of memorials to dead lost ones, a Hypnospace Heaven or something, and is part of a "Spirituality" web ring, but otherwise not much to note. The first link however, is a link to "Drawings of Gumshoe Gooper by my first graders"

Webrings on Abby's World (Hypnospace Outlaw)

On the link, its filled with pencil/crayon sketches of Gumshoe Gooper by a bunch of children, but also 2 gifs that seem like legitimate copyright infringement. I still felt apprehensive about reporting this page to the Hypnospace Enforcers, because it felt like a teacher just wanting to share the work of her students and I was hoping to find other violations to fit my quota. Regardless, even if I were to fill out my quota there were only 2 very clear examples of copyright infringement on the page.

So, I went back and checked out the other site by AbbyWrites58, and this one was... a political support website for a local politician? Who was seemingly a politician that had different views than, I, the player did? And she was using a GIF of Gumshoe Gooper saying that he supported her? I didn't have much hesitation just hitting her with the copyright violation on this page.

The third page was just another site but with an official Gumshoe Gooper strip posted on it. As you can tell the rest of this essay is lazily thrown together and just a retelling of events, but I do not remember the exact details of the page. I just remember still feeling apprehensive about reporting stuff on the page with children's art, so I think I reported that strip.

I still hadn't reached my quota of 3 violations reported, so I begrudgingly made my way back to the initial site I had landed on in my search. I decided to report one of the GIFs, and didn't feel too bad about it since while she did teach first graders I did find her political views somewhat, off-putting. I was going to make my way back to the case page to finalize it, but I got a notification on the not!Clippy software, telling me that if I find more violations I could get a bonus on closing the case?

A child's drawing of Gumshoe Gooper (Hypnospace Outlaw)

So, I decide to report the other GIF on the page as well, and look at that: more money. And then I have a dark urge to test something out. What about this first grader's art? What if I file it for copyright infringement, what would happen? Would the kid get in trouble? Will the teacher get the blame? Did the teacher even deserve any blame? Well, I hit the report. It works. So I go through the page, filing every crude drawing of Gumshoe Gooper by children as a violation of copyright law.

I get a lot of money, and I don't feel too bad after learning more about AbbyWrites58. Besides, the other members of her webring were openly fascists! That sort of association makes you liable to uh, getting in serious trouble over copyright infringement of a 1968 cartoon character right? It's just my job! I needed to hit the quota! And what if I flag her account to the authorities, her account with her location and other personal information tied to it?! What is the worst that could happen, and maybe I would feel a bit more bad about it if her political views weren't so, wrong?

This sort of self-justification I found myself doing just felt fascinating. It was some of the most engaged I felt with a game's narrative in so long, and it's only been made more fascinating by later cases like even the one just following this with ZANE_ROCKS_14. If you liked this post, maybe I'll actually try to edit this one down properly and actually take screenshots too. Regardless, if you got this far thanks for reading!

Edit: I can see how this makes me look like kind of a dumbass but I guess what's more accurate is "what her political views were being signalled as" is more accurate for some of the stuff I say above lol, but I'm too lazy to edit the post more than this

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I haven't been up to too much as of late so I haven't really been on here too much, so apologies on that. I recently did get through Armored Core 6, did everything except S-ranks, and I'm feeling pretty mixed on the game. Otherwise I've just been chilling. Once I get up to more I might come here to post stuff again.

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:3

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Jordy "Pee" Peterson

This guy is like a fucking Pathologic character irl

claims wife has visions of the future

goes on rants about "chaos dragons" for no discenrable reason

hates minorities

obsessed with heirachy in societies and taking on the role of a leader in that

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With all this recent talk about like depictions of sexuality in games and whatnot due to BG3, it gets me thinking about what sorts of depictions of sexuality I personally find interesting, what the discourse is actually saying, and whether or not those opinions have any merit.

I probably won't go over this through a post, since I honestly don't care about too many of the takes I've thought about (say: the current direction of the discourse being like, the "worth" of fanservice in something like Nekopara vs. BG3's H-scenes)

I think it's just good to think about this sort of thing in general on your own terms, since a lot of people tackle this sort of topic through what's honestly just what some would call pure ideology. Like it kinda sucks to see people try to legitimize it through comparisons to prestige media or dismiss it due to weird Protestant ideas or whatever, when I just find it to be a cool mode of expression.

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Twilight Syndrome Tansaku-Hen clear!

Had a lot of fun with this, looking forward to running through the Kyuumei-hen stuff soon. I honestly see why these games have a cult following, it's just some of the most fun stuff I've seen in the Kaidan format, almost similar to Scooby-Doo or something lol

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The Greatest Game of All Time

HENTAI PRISON

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Source

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mmmm, delicious agua straight from the lead-in garden hose

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making a new post, disconnected from the anon hate b/c that's just depressing! hiii im drowning in debt!

Hiiii! I'm literally drowning in credit card debt! I'm a disabled Black person, and I'm not able to hold a traditional job. I have a bit of credit card/medical debt I need help with, and I wonder if anyone could lend a hand?

don't tag as dona/tions!

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I wonder if Xenogears was inspired by AWGX at all lmao, it's giving me serious vibes from that. This guy is 100% just going to be the Witz of this game I think. Also, I'm really enjoying it so far lol. The combat is super simple but it's just fun to mash through stuff.

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this is the future that silly goofy people want

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The 1st gen melee mechanics experience pt. 2

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The 1st gen melee mechanics experience

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Okay so Victorian erotica is literally the most heinous, morally bankrupt, horrific shit I've ever read - but I've read a fair bit, partly from historical interest but also because a while back I helped a friend with a university project she was doing about censorship and pornography in 19th century England.

Anyway I need to share with you all the most hilarious line that has ever been written, circa 1887: