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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 5h

It is literally the same skull from the “Are we the baddies?” meme

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 10h

There were so, so many other different types of movies being released over the past twenty years. The vast, overwhelming majority weren’t even Marvel. If all you were eating was burgers, it’s your own fault for not looking at the rest of the menu.

Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 12h

It really is great that the tyranny of Marvel movies is over. What a long madness.

Some fun stuff, even some *good* stuff, to be fair. But god, was not healthy for the cinema/tv menu to be "burgers burgers or burgers" for a whole damn generation.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 17h

It is very hard for a visual novel to get my attention and hold it, but Slay The Princess is good! I might spend the next little bit unlocking paths.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 20h

Hey how come you tucked tail and ran when you were trying this nonsense elsewhere and I asked you what you actually do other than whine on social media?

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Here are multiple anti-ICE signs surrounding a Democrat, none of which are saying language hinting at defunding or shifting priorities. Please go outside at least one single time before you die. Maybe even talk to a real person in the real world instead of talking into this echo chamber.

Pritzker surrounded by anti-ICE protest signs.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Again, you lack the courage to be the revolutionary you think is necessary. Why is this? Why do you complain about the system but are too cowardly to be the force of change the world needs?

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, so you’re lying about talking to people offline. And we both know you lack the stones to do the things you think will actually enact change. Are you of use to *anybody?*

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

You are either lying about living outside of the U.S., or you are lying about talking to people in the real world. Or you’re lying about both. The latter of the two is definitely true.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

lol so which country do you live in outside of the U.S. where gun control is a pressing issue?

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Again, the protest wasn’t 7 million Democrats. You are very obviously trying to argue about something completely unrelated, and you know this. Again, maybe go to a protest instead of whine and mewl on social media. You’ll meet real people and get some vitamin D from the sunshine.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

You shouldn’t let your baby watch Terrifier.

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Weird, I swear I saw a bunch of Americans at the protest instead of 7 million Democrats.

Again, actually go to a protest and talk to people. Nobody wants ICE. You would know this if you attended a protest and talked to people. Maybe you should attend protest and talk to the people there.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe next time you actually attend an event and talk to people. Just a thought. It was planned for months, you had more than enough time to request the day off.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

-Drakengard is intentionally designed to be boring and repetitive in order to make a point with its story.
-Takeshi’s Challenge was intentionally made to be bullsh-t because Beat Takeshi didn’t like video games.
-The Nier series is extremely experimental while the gameplay is sorta bland and basic.

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

-Hideo Kojima makes extremely unique games with pretentious nonsense narratives.
-Sayonara Wild Hearts is a fantastic music video with simplistic gameplay.
-Doki Doki Literature Club is a visual novel that toys with the idea of an interactive medium.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

This is such a complicated question. There are tons of games with almost no story to speak of but the game mechanics are perfect. There’s games with good stories where the gameplay is little more than exploring a room and clicking on things.

Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 21d

(honest question) what are the “good” video games? artistically i mean, not in a “i enjoyed this escapist slop” kind of way

James @gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social · 21d

Well. It's not Red Dead Redemption 2, but it's like one of three video games I'd genuinely consider good.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Sucking at something is the first step towards being sorta-good at something.

Jenny @ precon stressin @slowedmountains.bsky.social · 1d

Nothin else for it

Two panel comic of a person with glasses looking down at an open book. First panel reads: I think I might be bad at this.

In the second panel they are scribbling in the book with a pencil. Text reads: I’m gonna do it anyway

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

With all the negativity in this world, I figure I’d buy and read something bright and colorful, Like @idwpublishing.com’s “Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees” by @patrickhorvath.bsky.social and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.

A copy of Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou’s “Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees.”

The cover depicts an overhead shot of a cutesy, Richard Scarry-esque anthropomorphic bear walking through the woods. The bear has a shovel in one hand, and the other is dragging a large sack, the bottom of which is soaked through with blood and is leaving a wet, red trail behind it.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Lol oh really.

C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

As far as I’m concerned, they can call me whatever they want because I’m the one at the protests and voting and they won’t even leave their room.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Way too many people on the left are just as paranoid and prone to QAnon-level conspiracy theories as the right, but the left as a whole ain’t ready for that conversation.

This isn’t saying the left is bad —overall they are the more altruistic option. But that don’t mean they are immune to crazy.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a bunch of people who are intimately familiar with video games and little else.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

The number of antisocial, misanthropic weirdos on here who clearly have anxiety attacks when DoorDash knocks at their door but also think they can lead a people’s uprising is mind boggling.

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

Had a lovely time at @plazaatlanta.bsky.social for their @vinsyn.bsky.social Spooktacular film fest. We tapped out after only three movies because we’re old and 2am is very late for us, but those sorts of events are what makes being an Atlanta cinephile fun!

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C.W. Lawrence @cwlawrence.bsky.social · 2d

I understand the big reason we won’t ever get a get new Darkstalkers is because fighting games are very niche and complex, and Capcom doesn’t want to be its own competition when Street Fighter 6 makes plenty of cash, but what’s keeping them from making, like, Morrigan a guest character in SF6?