It’s still not a convincing one though. If it wasn’t this weapon used, it would have been another, regardless of where the perp first saw it. I’m not a fan of Activision, but this isn’t on them.

Oh, I’m not disagreeing at all. Even with all the evidence that video games aren’t the problem, it’s a convenient scapegoat to point a finger at while ignoring those who actually need to be held accountable.

Every time I think we’ve moved passed this as an argument, it pops back up. They’ll blame anything but those they should be holding accountable.

People have always blamed video games for violence, even all the way back to Columbine. This isn’t a new argument.

I did the same thing. It may have been because there weren’t as many dlcs and expansions, but it just felt really dull. Plus it didn’t have the completely open world like 3 did. Sitting through all those loading screens every time you wanted to go somewhere was a pain.

Sims 3, with all its faults, is the golden age. Long live the mods.

Me over here still messing around in Sims 3

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This is why I like GamePass. There’s a bunch of games on there that I probably wouldn’t play otherwise. And yeah, they’re not all great, but I’ve found some that I really enjoy.

As far as art style goes, I’m not sure to be honest. Based on the artist’s YouTube page of their drawing process, it seems akin to making something in Paint.
In general, I guess you could call it slice of life? iirc the “floor” is supposed to be on a spaceship, just showing the day to day activities.

It’s a pretty simple concept with a lot of references, but Floor796 is fun to browse around when I’m bored. There’s a few interactive bits too, if you can find them.

Every time I visit, I know where less and less places are, because they keep closing older places and opening new ones. It really doesn’t feel like my hometown anymore. Last time I wanted to visit the music shop where I would practice piano and have recitals, only to drive by to see that it had been closed for a couple years.

The IP reason is such a stupid argument in my opinion, because most of the time the company either ends up doing fuck all with it, or teases with a possible return only to say “lol jk nevermind”.

Chips. I love chips, I like trying different flavors, but these days, justifying 5-7 dollars a bag for times other than parties and get togethers is getting harder and harder to do.

Back when I was on call, I had the bridge number set to this tune from Amnesia: A Machine For Pigs. It fit the mood I was in when answering, especially when it was 3 in the morning.

I really like Adam Savage as well. The tour he did of Grant Imahara’s shop was very touching.

It seems like kind of an obvious answer, but Mister Rogers. I grew up watching him on PBS, and he was always so kind and gentle, and he always has good lessons and reminders to be had. I still watch his show whenever I’m feeling down and don’t want to get out of bed. For me, they’re motivating to get up and do something.

This game gets a lot of (rather justified) flak, but I’ll be honest, the first time I played this, it scared the bejeesus out of me. So much so that whenever I would play other games and the lights would start to flicker, my first thought would be “Fuck, the manpigs are coming.”

I don’t think I’ve ever been scared by a creepypasta, but there are some really neat ones out there.
The Smiling Man is one of my favorites.
Ted the Caver is a classic.
I have a soft spot for Slenderman. I think this is one of the reasons I’m enjoying the game Ghostwire: Tokyo so much right now; one of the common enemies throughout the game looks like Slenderman.
There’s list of some sorts out there called “Serene Knowledge” that I read through every once in a while that has some dark surrealism woven throughout. None of them are full on stories, but definitely have the potential to be. Funnily enough, almost every time I have the urge to scroll through it again, I have to re-search for it because every site that I’ve saved with it has gone down for one reason or another.

Whitechapel’s album Our Endless War. Currently on “The Saw Is The Law”. Also the a/c unit running lol.

I have various lists here and there, like one for everything I have on Steam, one for Epic, one for GOG, another for games I’m playing through GamePass.
Don’t even get me started with the physical binders I have dedicated to achievement hunting, maps, and notes. So, I get it.