#immersive simulation

[hardcore-gaming-101]

Home Safety Hotline

Have you heard of analogue horror? For those unaware, all three of you by this point, it’s a style of horror that purposefully uses the look of VHS tapes and old technology to make a strong, haunting atmosphere. It’s been a huge thing online for a few years now, helped by the popularity of works like Local58 and Gemini Home Entertainment. It was only a matter of time before this style would wind up in games, and we have a game here directly inspired by those two series (as revealed in the art book you can unlock after finishing the game). Heck, there’s even a handful of youtube style analogue horror videos you can unlock in the game itself, where the Gemini Home Entertainment influence shines through incredibly strong.

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[fridge-reviews]

Deathloop

Developer: Arkane Studios Publisher: Bethesda Softworks Steam Deck Compatibility?: Verified Rrp: £49.99 (Humble, Steam and Epic) Released: 14th September 2021 Available on: Humble, Steam and Epic Played Using: Mouse and Keyboard and Steam Deck Approximate game length: 20+ Hours

With a gasp you wake up on the beach again. What was it this time? A sniper, gotta stay in cover next time. With a gasp you wake up on the beach again. What was it this time? Machete, got me from behind while I was shooting her friends. With a gasp you wake up on the beach again. What was it this time? Damn, cooked the grenade too long. With a gasp you wake up on the beach again. And again. And again. And again. Eventually, you’ll get it right. With each loop a clue and another step closer.

Deathloop is a FPS from the developers of the Dishonored series Arkane Studios (yes, they also made Redfall but that’s a whole saga unto itself). The game is set on the small Isle of Blackreef, where a strange group of people have somehow set up a time loop that resets itself at the end of each day. For most people, when the day loops they forget everything that happened. You play as Colt a man who for some reason retains his memories between the loops and has decided he’s had enough, it’s time the loop was destroyed.

The problem is, destroying the loop is not as simple as smashing a machine, you have to kill a specific group of people who call themselves Visionaries. Complicating this is the fact that they all have to die within the same loop, which is harder than it sounds because they’re all scattered around the isle. A second problem is Julianna, a skilled assassin who also retains her memories from loop to loop and wants to protect the loop.

In order to kill those Visionaries you’re going to need the one thing that can never be taken from you. Information. With each loop you learn something new, maybe even several things, such as where people are going to be and when. Perhaps that will allow you to lay out a trap, or at least find a time when they are at their most vulnerable. Of course, even if you fail and only kill one Visionary in a loop that’s still no bad thing. The Visionaries carry special items called ‘slabs’ which grant you an ability such as being able to go invisible or teleport short distances. The more of these abilities you can gain the easier the whole affair will be.

Of course, the Visionaries aren’t the only ones on this isle with something worth taking. You see the various enemies on the isle all carry weapons and sometimes items called ‘trinkets’. All trinkets fall into one of two types; personal or weapon. Weapon trinkets can be applied to a weapon and will have a passive effect such as increasing the damage or reducing recoil.  Personal trinkets work similarly to weapon trinkets but instead will give a passive benefit to your character or in some cases grant an ability such as double jump. Both weapons and trinkets come in one of four rarities, crude (black), sleek (blue), exemplar (purple) and unique (orange). In the case of weapons the higher the level of rarity the more weapon trinkets can be applied to it, and with trinkets the higher its level the more potent it is.

A loop lasts from morning til night, then you wake up on the beach again and all your equipment is reset and all enemies respawn (yes, even the Visionaries). The game splits the ever looping day into four parts; morning, noon, afternoon and evening. Each of the districts have different opportunities that arise at different times of day, meaning that you will likely spend multiple loops exploring a single district to work out how to do your perfect final run. There are only two ways to progress time which is either travelling between the districts or choosing to wait in the district select screen. Yes, this does mean that you could spend twelve hours exploring a district and when you leave it will still be ‘morning’.

As you might have noticed I mentioned that once a loop restarts everything is reset, so you might wonder what the point in gathering weapons and items would be since they all get reset back to zero at the start of each loop. There is an answer and the answer is ‘Residuum’. Residuum is a resource that can be spent to allow you to carry specific weapons, trinkets and slabs between loops. You can find residuum while exploring the districts but your main source will be through sacrificing weapons and trinkets you don’t need. Of course, you don’t have this power right away, nope. You need to find and complete a specific quest to gain it. I recommend prioritising that quest over anything else in the game, because without it the game is near impossible to beat.

While exploring the island you’ll get ‘invaded’ (to use Dark Souls terminology) by Julianna, or rather, a player controlling her. This player will lock down your tunnels for escape and hunt you relentlessly. If you do manage to kill them then you can get some residuim, a weapon, trinkets and sometimes a slab (or slab upgrade). You can’t avoid being invaded by changing the setting to single player or friends only because the game will instead invade you with an AI controlled version.

Verticality is the word that comes to mind when I think of this games level design. The developers clearly wanted to give the players as many options on how to approach a scenario. Do you go in guns blazing? Maybe sneaking through the vents or over the rooftops? Perhaps a mix of the two. The fact that the districts change depending on what time of day you enter them is great too, some windows are now closed, others open, perhaps a passage has appeared that wasn’t there before. So many options.

I love this game, it really scratches an itch that Dishonored left behind. One of the many things I love about it is that it’s really just one big puzzle. Admittedly, a very violent puzzle but still a puzzle.

If this appeals to you perhaps try;

The Dishonored Series The Sexy Brutal Thief 2: The Metal Age

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[slabmaxxing]

i wonder if wemmbu having his armor durability and potion duration mod installed can be interpreted as him being more combat ready than the other unstablers. hes used to combat he knows war and violence better than he does peace. always aware of the state of his armor and the time left on his potion effects so that he can repair or restock at a moments notice. idk

[superchat]

quote of the day that i rlly liked when watching an anyaustin vid was "games are impressionist pieces of art"

[mynameisemma]

Gonna add my two cents on the cursed Amen discourse: "he's not a bad person because he's a fictional character" is ridiculous. Characters act and make decisions within a moral compass set in a story. And readers' moral compass might not always align with the one set in the story or the characters' actions — there's a reason why there's a disclaimer telling that the author doesn't support the characters' certain actions and stances but is simply telling a story when you start reading Psi.

Amen is a bad person because he poses an existential threat to Evthys, the main character of the story, and her colleagues (and before you pull the "but it's his job" argument, the story shows and tells us that ordinary shesmu's services actually help people that's why they turn to shesmu in the first place), because in the beginning of season 2 Amen is specifically presented as cruel and cold blooded through the torture and execution episodes (and "but he's said to dislike tortures because they're boring to him!" doesn't work here — people who dislike tortures don't have favourite torturing tools), because even alleged feelings for Eva aren't enough for him to be more human with her (except for the episode that simply requires basic human decency — the aftermath of Isman's death) or question his stance and beliefs about shesmu.

No one judges you for your choice of fave and route in a silly datesim game. Liking a problematic LI doesn't mean you're a bad person. After all, SCN very premise implies the witch hunter x witch dynamic with Enemies to Lovers trope (the question is how well Amen's route exploits this dynamic and trope and oh boy)

Yes, characters aren't real people, they're imitations of people, and what matters is how compelling and persuasive these imitations are

[pedroam-bang]

Ready Player One (2018)

[fuckfuckgoback]

paracosm dashboard simulator

Inspired by @maddgical-boy :D

🌃 justice385627 Follow

Repeat offender caught west of main. Subject has short brown hair, brown eyes, and was known for pickpocketing. Confiscated goods are pending return.

🤺 bcbd-group Follow

caught west of main

thats our area you fucking leeches what the hell

🫐 orions-belt Follow

We actually ran into them in the mid city, and chased them all the way over. 😅

🌃 justice385627

And we wouldn't have had to if any of you could do your jobs.

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🕶️ monsterfucker378 Follow

something about that slime guy from last week... c'mon police just let me visit i could fix him

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🌃 justice385627 Follow

In reference to the reblog below this: Let him figure it out on his own.

🪨 scumoftheearth Follow

girl he's been posting pics of baggy Ts with khaki shorts please let me intervene

🌃 justice385627

K told me to reply "It's a canon event" and you know I'm not a girl?

#confusion aside it hurts me as well but he has to start somewhere

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🫐 orions-belt Follow

does anyone have any fashion advice

🫐 orions-belt

like, how it works?

🫐 orions-belt

where do people buy clothes...?

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powers-kill-deactivated20360709

This attack on our city cannot go ignored. The public should not fear humanoid monsters or people creating electricity to destroy and steal from our community stores. It is revolting.

Possessing powers at all makes these individuals inherently dangerous, but we should not ever see them used to their extreme like this. Action must be taken.

🕷️ gayspiderlover Follow

oh to be able to summon lightning and take down capitalism with my spidergirl girlfriend

powers-kill-deactivated20360709

These people are causing real chaos and destruction. You are sick for joking about this.

🕷️ gayspiderlover

😚🏳️‍🌈🕷️

mwah

#happy six year anniversary to this post #and the attack ig #i hope theyre still together

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💁‍♀️ gender-fucked-nbee Follow

"his pronouns are she/her!" - E probably

🌃 justice385627 Follow

What? I am well aware tack uses she/her pronouns.

🫐 orions-belt Follow

It's a joke, it's based off a different meme, I think they're just saying you'd say something like that.

🌃 justice385627

This site is a waste of time.

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🥼 ethical-lesbian-crimes Follow

been experimenting with making small bombs recently and i put one in my bag and almost brought it home on accident. if my little sister had found that....

john-deactivated20420312

what is it with these fake self proclaimed "vigilante crime fighters" nowadays trying to be so cool? we know you don't make bombs, quit stroking your ego

🥼 ethical-lesbian-crimes

hey.

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coquette-n-cute-deactivated20411230

if you have any of the slots on your ci ring set to anything fancy unfollow me immediately. its frankly quite rude to switch into that in front of your friends who can't afford something so expensive

tumblruser-deactivated20420214

a ci ring is $6000??????

iiiiidiots-deactivated20420123

LMAO imagine complaining about not affording a suit yet owning the rich person identity stealer 2000

#everyone here died 💀 #anyway its super easy to make knockoffs

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💕 fangirl-hours Follow

whoes that new guy with the blue hair? I think hes been running around with the team down by the bottom of the hills? vigilante fans help me out here!

🫐 orions-belt Follow

thats me actually! I am newer around here but I'm with E's group. my hair might stand out a little too much lol

💕 fangirl-hours

OMG. uh hiiiiiiiii. youre very cool I love when you do stuff with uhh gravity. wanna hang out sometime?

🫐 orions-belt

uh, E doesn't really want us meeting up with anyone outside the group in our secret identities. so probably not.

💕 fangirl-hours

oh well can we still dm?

💕 fangirl-hours

hello?

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🪨 scumoftheearth Follow

definitely left

💁‍♀️ gender-fucked-nbee

poll canceled everyone my partner is here 🥰

🌑 night-fight Follow

doesn't your blog say you're aroace?

🪨 scumoftheearth

yeah and it also says that im in a qpr with them so whats your fucking problem

#do people on this site not read?

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📌 tack---- Follow

#gaming

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[sylwanin-was-right]

Imagine flying in FoP with Wii remote tilt mechanics. Omg the mf DREAM

[spicedaviarymc]

Is anyone going to write a fic where someone gets groped by the ghost during a GIGS Phasmo game or am I going to have to do it.

[dvnzook]

This place is not a place of honor... no highly esteemed deed is commemorated here... nothing valued is here.

What is here was dangerous and repulsive to us. This message is a warning about danger.

This place is best shunned and left uninhabited.

These words comes from a 1993 report from Sandia National Laboratories aimed at Long-term nuclear waste warning messages that are non-linguistically in nature.

How do you convey these words without language?

The Sandia report explored designs for physical markers which conveyed the concepts of dangerous emanations, shapes that evoke bodily harm, and the concept of "shunned land" that appears destroyed or poisoned.

The two renders are screen grabs from an interactive art piece I'm working on. I plan on submitting it to the Springfield Art Association's Wicked exhibit. The other two images are the original sketches by Mike Brill.

I know I'll be able to make a controller work. I'm hoping to get a VR version done so people can be fully immersed in this space. We will see though.

[packhowlnow]

I made a video!! [HD]

Improvements with different ideas to come so stay tuned - follow @Packhowlnow :)

[divine-knight-hand]

My Paracosm's Tumblr Dashboard Simulator!!! ❤️‍🔥

Except none of you know my paras, nor am I going to give any context for these. *womp womp*

But, I basically saw this post and decided “Hey, lemme do that!” and then I did that.

Also, a good portion of my paras are primparas, but my fictparas will be glaringly obvious, so, yeah. If you know them, you know them. 🤷‍♀️

I spent way too long on this, lmao... Welp, enjoy! 😌

TW: some humor involving brief mentions of suicide, death, and doxxing

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

Remind me again why our boss is asking us to make these social media accounts? Isn’t our whole thing, I dunno, subtlety?

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

Well, with a user like that, I don’t think you’re doing very good at that, anyways… 😬

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

Let’s not hash out the technical stuff 😅

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❤️ a-random-fan Follow

Anyone else ever think about how not-ember-blade and sweetest-otaku were born to contradict each other? Like, how do sisters with conflicting powers learn to not only co-exist, but thrive while working together? Especially when everyone expects them to tear each other apart? Truly, it’s wonderful to see…

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

Dude, what the fuck? We’ve been past that. Find a new philosophy, Socrates- 💀

#and to everyone who still thinks me and my sister are gonna duke it out #stfu

(947 notes)

🐺 alpha-machine Follow

So, not-ember-blade… What’s the status on that date? 😏

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

My sister had to physically restrain me from typing “kys” before lecturing me on the importance of a “respectful no”.

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

Well, it almost worked… 😅

#also please rethink the wording of your tags #I’m not even going to repost them #they’re really vulgar…

(236 notes)

💍 iron-wife Follow

mischief-incarnate, you didn’t happen to put itching powder in alpha-machine’s closet after his latest post, did you???

🐍 mischief-incarnate Follow

Do I look like I’m only capable of mere party tricks to you? Of course not! That foul mutt has magic to thank for any discomfort he may be experiencing. Magic woven into each and every thread, in fact~

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

Every day, I fall more and more in love with you 😩

#marriage when?

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🪞 mirror-mirror Follow

Crippling anxiety? I barely know her! (Lying)

💄 hopeless-hottie Follow

What does this mean?

💄 hopeless-hottie Follow

Hello?

💄 hopeless-hottie Follow

HELLO?!

#can someone go check if she’s okay? #I’m starting to get concerned…

(174 notes)

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

Can y’all stop asking me if arachni-kid is my son? It’s not even true, and his aunt is starting to ask questions…

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

One time, I saw you make him a Hot Pocket, kiss him on the forehead, and wish him luck on a test he was studying for.

🕷️ arachni-kid Follow

A test I passed, by the way! I forgot to tell you. 😅

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

Awwwww! I knew you could do it, kiddo! I’m so proud of you! 🥹

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💄 hopelessness-hottie Follow

Look, not-ember-blade! It’s you!

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

I’m… pi?

🔦 endangered-observer Follow

Maybe she’s saying you are what you eat? 😅

🐍 mischief-incarnate Follow

I’ve not once seen her consume this mathematical notation…

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

You summoned all three of them and they still didn’t get it 😭

🪞 mirror-mirror Follow

That’s because they all share one brain cell 🤣

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🧹 friendly-maiden Follow

As much as I enjoy serving the new queen and princess, can I have not-ember-blade and sweet-otaku back? Please?

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

Awww! We miss you, too! 🥺

#Please come visit sometime #okay?

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🪞 mirror-mirror Follow

Everyone talking about possibly making a poll to decide who the best sister is between not-ember-blade and sweetest-otaku clearly wasn’t here for the violent discourse that one poll between mischief-incarnate and thunderous-hero, and it shows… 👀

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

Didn’t mischief-incarnate dox someone for telling people to vote against him?

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

No, no… That was me… 😶

#but can you blame me? #the bitch had it coming #spreading that harmful propaganda

(2,347 notes)

🍳 wary-chef Follow

Just saw someone cooking without measuring their ingredients. They should lose their cooking priviliges.

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

You rn:

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

I was gonna tell you to stop bullying my boyfriend, but- 😭

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⚡ thunderous-hero Follow

What are these "fan cams" that people keep talking about?

💧 sweetest-otaku Follow

Oh! You mean, those edits of us? I wonder how everyone got all that footage of us...

#It's actually a little creepy #How do they do it?

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🔦 endangered-observer Follow

Who... Who sent me this song?

🔥 not-ember-blade Follow

I know I shouldn't laugh, but... HA!!!

#the whole polycule having daddy issues goes crazy

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[blackbirds-on-the-marsh]

Wish so many of the mods for S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Anomaly didn’t make everything photorealistic. I’d love to play some of them, but I’m quite attached to the old, clunky graphics.

[snugglyporos]

// friend: hey here's a video claiming that Dishonored is an 'immersive sim' and is deep and well thought out, you're going to hate it

me: yeah I definitely hate it

[infoanalysishub]

Virtual Reality (VR): Definition, History, Applications & Future

Learn everything about Virtual Reality (VR) – from its definition, historical development, and technology to applications, benefits, limitations, and future trends. Virtual Reality (VR) Virtual Reality (VR) is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. It immerses users in a computer-generated environment, often incorporating auditory, visual, and…