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AceFuzzLord, do gaming w Weekly “What are you playing” Thread || Week of May 4th

Just got a legit copy of Dungeon Clawler and installed it on my deck and it’s definitely harder than the old version on my laptop. Also, I save scummed the heck out of Dokopon Kingdom on Dolphin over the weekend, until the point the CPU turned evil and finally caught up to me and caused my first death.

I have also been enjoying Sonic Lost Worlds on 3DS (first playthrough), while also having tried a couple levels on PC and I don’t know whether it’s my PC or what, but it’s pretty much the only game I could recommend the console version over the PC version despite absolutely HATING the special stages because of how trash the motion controls and movements are in my opinion.

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argh_another_username, do gaming w Can you *believe* how those Nords stereotype us?

I think that’s the joke.

They’re marginalized by society, they need to resort to illegal stuff to survive. In the end, that’s a vicious cycle that affects many of us, too.

Goretantath,

I don’t think raping is required to live…

Skua,

To be fair he may not actually be a rapist. He calls himself "defiler of daughters", but he's doing so in a theatrically rogueish list of reasons people would want to kill him, so it could just as well be consensual but the parents are furious about it.

However even if that is the case, he actually is also a self-described murderer and thief who implies that he runs a dangerous gang of some sort and regularly has people trying to kill him

Dasus, (edited )
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He calls himself “defiler of daughters”

If that’s all the rape stuff is based on, then it’s very much the opposite of a rapist. Just like you said, a rogue. A romantic one at that.

It’s an age old trope. Stealing the lord’s gold and gems and giving his daughter one while you’re at it, consentually, ofc.

Basically, like a reference to the Zorro stereotype.

Or a somewhat loose but direct reference to the Mask of Zorro, which wouldn’t have been too old of a movie at that point. The time difference between Oblivion’s release and the releases of Mask of Zorro was 8 years.

The Mask of Zorro 4K UHD - Zorro vs Elena Duel | High-Def Digest

So when Oblivion developers would’ve been working on it a few years earlier, it would have only been 5-6 years old.

Avengers Endgame came out six years ago.

Also Vasha is actually wearing a literal.

Skua,

That's the only reference, yeah. The character is only present for one scene in one quest, and the only mention of his sexual exploits is that line. I certainly always interpreted him as a womaniser rather than a rapist

It's funny that you mention Zorro — the voice actor that does this character's lines (and also other male khajiit) has done parts to fill in for Antonio Banderas before

Dasus,
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Oblivion Khajiit always remind me of Antonio Banderas, and while I didn’t explore the world as thoroughly in Oblivion as I did in Morrowind and Skyrim, I may have encountered Vasha when playing.

Also btw “Vash” is a sort of pirate archaeologist from TNG. Unrelated morr and than Zorro, I’m sure, but still.

has done parts to fill in for Antonio Banderas before

Like… a voice-double? Elaborate pls, I’m interested.

Skua,

He's one of the three captives you can choose to kill at the start of the Dark Brotherhood questline

Elaborate pls,

The voice actor is André Sogliuzzo, who voiced Banderas' Puss in Boots from Shrek in various appearances outside of the main films and also voiced the actual character of Antonio Banderas in an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch

Dasus,
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The voice actor is André Sogliuzzo, who voiced Banderas’ Puss in Boots from Shrek in various appearances outside of the main films and also voiced the actual character of Antonio Banderas in an episode of Celebrity Deathmatch

Ah, yes, so I got it more or less right, a “voice-double”. Thank you for confirming.

He’s one of the three captives you can choose to kill at the start of the Dark Brotherhood questline

Yeah but man it’s been 20 years, and whilst Morrowind I played pretty religiously and then later Skyrim again, during Oblivion’s release and heydey, I was a fuckboi, so I didn’t pay as much attention. Also more than a decade of weed on me and just now an ambien.

Maybe it’s there, but I’m in not willing to say whether I’m imagining or remembering. The wiki states he’s wearing a mask as well though? Reference? Tbf it’s an executioner’s mask. Do they all wear them though? Also he’s the only one who doesn’t yell when the others die, perhaps implying a sort of rogues attitude of vigilante justice served?

Idk man. Just writing things on Lemmy while waiting for the ambien to kick in to be able to go to bed. I’m not debating anything, just making conversation.

Skua,

Oh, I didn't mean to come across as argumentative, I just offered a description in case it jogged a memory. It's entirely possible you never did meet him. Though if it helps at all, he's wearing an execution hood rather than an executioner's hood — as in, he's the one getting executed. You are correct that all three are wearing them and Vasha doesn't give much of a shit about the whole situation, all things considered

Dasus,
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You didn’t — at all.

I was just clarifying I hope was neither.

execution hood rather than an executioner’s hood — as in, he’s the one getting executed

Oh yes I read that. I’m just unaware whether I did the quest. Can’t recall. Did the other prisoners have holds? Because if not, and he’s the only masked guy, and a womaniser, I’d say he might as well be Zorro.

Skua,

Ahh okay, no worries!

Both of the other two are wearing identical hoods, yes. The other person in the room is Astrid, the Dark Brotherhood assassin telling you to kill one of them. Vasha is definitely by far the Zorro-iest one present though

renegadespork,

100%. The OP is literally how people justify racism IRL.

Glitterbomb,

It’s an extra special touch with half of them labeled drug dealer when skooma is part of their religion. It’s prohibition targeting a religious and racial minority.

renegadespork,

That aspect was lost on me. Nice catch.

ICastFist,
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Semi related: in the USA, marijuana came with Mexican immigrants, so a lot of the criminalization stems from racism and xenophobia. The same applies to Brazil, since it was typical to find natives and blacks smoking it.

SCmSTR,

Yooo weed came from Mexico? La FIESTA! 🪇 🌮 🎈 🇲🇽🫔🎁🎉🎵🎺

qarbone,

If I remember moon sugar is part of the religion but people took that and refined it into the narcotic skooma. UESP says the Dunmer were the ones who refined skooma originally and that moonsugar is more potent for non-khajiit. So drug dealers from other lands take something they aren’t physically adapted to consume, refine it, sell it, and malign khajiit as drug addicts for using it natively.

Like a teetotaler fainting at the fumes of a beer and calling you an alcoholic.

Kusimulkku,

“It’s the marginalization that made me rape” lol

argh_another_username,

Yes, we should always trust the labels our oppressors put on us. They’re surely being honest. lol

Kusimulkku,

Rapist is such a racist label for casual forced sex anyway

PLS_HELP, do gaming w Can you *believe* how those Nords stereotype us?

The dude who made this doesn’t understand institutional racism

Voyajer,
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Or they do and it’s dark humor

Dasus,
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Or they don’t, and clearly have the causality mixed up.

en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schrödinger's_douchebag

Voyajer,
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At least we know how it was posted here

SCmSTR,

Doubt

galanthus,

Everyone is racist in the Elder Scrolls.

I have roleplayed a different flavour of racist in the last three games, and I am hardly unique in that sense. Every race is defined by their racism or the racism they face.

Adderbox76, do gaming w Can you *believe* how those Nords stereotype us?

Hey! Not all Khajit!

krinks73, do games w What is your favorite indie game?

I really liked What Remains of Edith Finch.

It was more of an experience and really struck some emotional chords, leaving me write emotional at the end.

Really beautiful and melancholy experience.

ShinkanTrain, do gaming w Can you *believe* how those Nords stereotype us?

J’Zargo is my homie though.

AngryCommieKender,

Did you give J’Zargo the hiccups‽‽‽

tatterdemalion, do games w What is your favorite indie game?
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Swapper

Not my actual favorite, but it’s very high on my list, and I didn’t see it posted yet.

damdy, do games w What is your favorite indie game?

Just looking though some of my higher playtime games, here’s a few I haven’t seen mentioned: (I think they’re all indie or small studio)

Gunfire Reborn - Roguelike fps with infinite replay.

Troubleshooter Abandoned Children - XCOM style battle system with a really really fun way to customize how your character fight. Story is pretty lame though (I ended up skipping it) and it’s pretty grindy.

Thronefall - Pretty challenging base defence.

The last spell - Turn based base defence with lots of different ways to build your characters.

Ratropolis - Roguelike real-time card strategy base defence. Pretty good, although not well balanced at highest difficulties.

SinAdjetivos, (edited ) do games w What is your favorite indie game?

Some I really appreciate that I’m not seeing on this list:

I’m currently enjoying Blue Prince which is a fairly new rogue-like puzzle/mystery game it’s hard to explain without spoiling but it’s worth looking up.

Portals of Phereon is one of my absolute favorites. It’s a fairly deep tactical RPG thing with loads of replayability. It’s kind of like a Pokemon x FF Tactics but with monstergirls and it’s also currently free while it’s in development. Be aware it’s extremely NSFW and horny, which I suspect is the main reason it’s not as popular as some of the others listed (IE rimworld, stardew valley, etc.) however the horny is such a key point to it’s original gameplay and world-building that it wouldn’t be the same without it.

Thea: the awakening is a decent tactical RPG. I love it for it’s original battle mini game, crafting system and world-building. It unfortunately has some balance issues and jankiness that prevents it from being an all time favorite, but it’s definitely one I would encourage at least trying.

Thought of a few others:

  • Reus (2nd one’s alright, first one’s excellent)
  • Library of Runia
  • Book of Hours
  • Kenshi (saw it listed one other time, but it deserves a lot more love)
Katana314,

I was getting into Blue Prince, then I think I got a little annoyed with a puzzle involving a time lock, that claimed you could set it to open at a future date/time and it would stay for one hour. Fun, inventive way to get people to plan ahead.

But no, then I wasted several out of game days planning only to find that it’s referring to in-game time; something that has not plainly existed through any of the other mechanics thus far. I’ll likely get back to it, just think they could’ve chosen the orientation of “big picture” puzzles like that a bit better.

SinAdjetivos,

Oh I agree, but that one didn’t seem to bad to me due to the clocks depicting an in-game time that were everywhere. The ones that I almost rage quit on were:

possible spoilers- The stupid gallery puzzles with the nonsensical images that you have to creatively interpret to get the initial clues to parse together in insane ways to get the correct answer - the culture of nuance

umbraroze, do games w What is your favorite indie game?
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Can’t really add much to all of the great games already mentioned. But I’ll add one, because it was one of the best games I played in recent memory. Chants of Sennaar. Where to even start? Point-and-click adventure/puzzle game that is all about language puzzles. With great visuals and music. Really dig the eurocomics inspired style. I don’t know why, but this game really touched me - maybe it’s because the game is about uniting people in an age of discord.

gonzo-rand19, do games w Survey for curiosity: How many readers are in a library network that holds video games?

Me! They have a decent collection of Switch games and my wife will try out the games she's seen reviews of at the library to see if she wants to add them to her wishlist.

Our library network is rather large so there's often an available copy of whatever we're looking for (unless it's new).

Nefara, do games w What is your favorite indie game?

Banished, you can’t get more Indie than just one guy’s passion project.

I don’t know what it is about that game but it really struck a chord with me and I’ve come back to it over and over. It’s my favorite game to play when I’m sick and can’t do anything. It’s relaxing and peaceful and cozy while also being complex and ruthlessly challenging at the same time, so it’s like spinning plates. Seems easy when you get the hang of it but it can all come crashing down if you make a bad enough mistake. It’s spawned some copy cats, and I’ve tried them, but the original just gets me somehow.

orochi02, do games w What is your favorite indie game?

Minecraft (the old one)

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