#Area Majority

[tabletopbellhop]

New #Boardgame #Unboxing

Ahau: Rulers of Yucatán from Grand Gamers Guild

Check out what you get in this Mayan themed, heavy board game.

[whovian223]

Top 50 Games Played of All Time - 2024 Edition (#20-11)

Top 50 Games Played of All Time - 2024 Edition (#20-11) @GaleForceNine @kayentagames @fanfactories @StrongholdGames @GamesSylex @stonemaiergames @elizhargrave

How our tastes change over time is always kind of interesting to look at. As a kid, I loved Brussels Sprouts! Now, I really really hate them. Ok, I’m kidding…nobody sane likes Brussels Sprouts. But you get my point! Things you like as a kid, or didn’t like as a kid, you may now feel the opposite. Hell, that can change from year to year! Which is definitely the case in our boardgame likes…

[slavhew]

DO YA THINGKU

for a twitter trend of redrawing miku as album covers!! i wanted to do one of my favorite single from gorillaz. Cover-accurate ver + closeups:

this was definitely the biggest thing ive drawn this year!! and a good chunk of it on stream. thank you everyone who tuned in!! it was loads more fun to make in company :]

[remma-demma]

Thinking about people not liking what happened at the end of dawntrail like… hmm.

Did you not remember the stuff with the Yok Huy. Nobody is gone if you remember them. The phrase that’s been with us for nearly the entire game, “For those we have lost….” Emet Selch entrusting us not only with the legacy of humanity in general but specifically with the memories of the Ancients and Elpis.

Just because people are gone doesn’t mean they aren’t still with us.

But the people of Neo-Alexandria are kept from that. They can’t remember anyone they’ve lost because their memories were stolen and locked away in an eternal purgatory, unable to move on or be reincarnated. The quest where you go to the graves in Heritage Found was a big moment where I was like. Huh. This fucking sucks actually.

The endless are just computer simulations, and they exist because Sphene can’t bear to let them go. Can’t even let her living citizens mourn or carry on legacies.

And that’s not even mentioning the fact that she needs the souls of innocent *living* people to power this all.

I think it’s a really good metaphor for the digital age, becoming disconnected from our irl communities, uploading your entire life on social media. Profiles of loved ones who have passed on. AI chat bots providing temporary comfort but no real human connection. All of that technology requiring enough energy to slowly but surely contribute to the destruction of our planet.

It all seems pretty clear to me as an allegory but like, I guess some people just didn’t make that connection? Or maybe they just don’t think about all the AI stuff in the same way I do.

[daeyumi]

*guardian theme music intensifies* 🔴⭕️📍

[Linktober 2022 Day 13: Secret]

[iero]

Because me and some coworkers had a conversation about this…

[sandersstudies]

I made this post before, but it was before Tumblr had polls, so I’ll ask again.

[revvethasmythh]

I’ve already seen someone say that the wildmother “emotionally manipulated and distracted orym into not asking any questions” and I’m like…. What? How? What’s with people in this fandom accusing every other character of manipulating other characters? Do you think it was manipulation?

I'm honestly not terribly surprised to see takes like that appear--and, to be entirely fair, I think it's possible there was some manipulation there inasmuch as there was during the Changebringer's commune with FCG. They need these mortals' help; it's not surprising to think they'd appeal to them in a specific way to acquire that help.

That said, some of the takes I've seen really truly rely on a bad faith analysis of Melora's intentions there. I think it's worth noting that she has been courting Orym/has taken an interest in Orym since at least episode 42! Her interest in him is neither recent nor surprising and she, without any strings, has provided boons to him throughout the campaign. I think Orym himself is wary of the possibility of being manipulated, hence some of his hesitation after coming out of the vision, and his statement that he's willing to stand with Wildmother as a "partner" more than a follower. This is a man who doesn't really trust the gods, but could nonetheless benefit from an alliance with one.

And, the thing is, you could point to almost any act of kindness and invent a way that it could be manipulation. That's what a lot of those takes sound like to me. Why did Melora only speak to Orym and not any of the other Hells who are more critical of the gods? Because she's been courting Orym for 62 episodes now. Why did she pull away when he questioned her about Aeor? She was opening up a new path for him to walk down in the vision. Why did she show him a cosmic horror that almost broke him? He asked to see it. Why did she comfort him after that? She didn't actually mean to hurt him and was apologizing. Why did she show him Will? Because Will's soul is actually in her domain and letting Orym see him again is, like, nice. Sure, you can assess a lot of those things as manipulative if you want to--but that's a choice you have to make about assessing something in good or bad faith, just like in anything else. And Orym appears to be taking it on good faith at present, which is probably the best foot to put forward, even if you are not entirely sure of someone's full intentions. "Assess in good faith until proven otherwise" is where I'm sitting on this, particularly given the history of past positive relationships Melora has fostered with other characters in the campaigns.

[onpie]

Noodles and Tea’s work inspired me fr

[kermit-coded]

southern california miku!

[childrenofcain-if]

A lot of people are going to get whiplash when they meet these ROs in-story because they'll be nothing like the ones in the asks and scenarios you've written.

Those version of the ROs are at the stage where they've known the MC and either grown to have feelings for them (M, V and D) or have finally accepted their feelings (C(?) and W).

But the versions we're going to meet in-story are complete strangers.

I'm prepared for that, but I can see it effecting a lot of your other potential readers. It'll be interesting to see if any one has any specific RO in mind they want to pursue first but decide going with someone else because reality smashed their expectations, lol.

oh god, i really hope they’re not expecting that 😭 the ROs don’t even get introduced till chapter 2 so it’s going to disappoint a lot of people if they’re expecting it to go exactly like the scenarios from the get go. but then again, i think my readers have read enough IFs to know how storylines work.

also the demo releases in around 2½ hours so i’m super pumped for that, let’s go!

[whovian223]

New to Me - August 2023

New to Me #boardgames - August 2023 @Capstone_Games @PlayRenegade @SpaceCowboys1

August was all set to be a banner “new to me” games month. Hell, I was going to a convention! That’s always a great place for new to me games. Sadly, it was not to be, with only three new to me games played. Getting sick and missing a Sunday game day didn’t help in that respect. The good news for the Cult of the New to Me was that two of the three games were from 2018 or older! This got me…

[autumngracy]

Bruh due to the smoke from the wildfires up in Ontario and Quebec, the Tri-State Area deadass looks like a Mad Max movie rn

There's been an 800% increase from the "safe" air quality number in less than 48 hours, resulting in the worst air quality in NYC in 50+ years.

NYC literally ranks worst on air pollution / air quality rn of any major city in the world.

[the-knife-consumer]

Can you people be fucking normal over her. Please💔

[squidgirlautism]

uncomfortable feeling to be in the period of knowing things are getting worse and it’s still not too late to run, but also knowing there’s literally nowhere to run

[junkirat]

guy at the bar said i "looked bilingual". what did he mean by this.