- is less "gamey" than a puzzle game by some metrics, but it's still worthwhile art

It's also deeply unserious, IMO, that people get tangled up in defining clear boundaries for what counts as a game or not. Even a very linear game like SOMA

This bit further down did me in - is a game only able to be evaluated by the components which cannot be replicated in other media?

Couldn't find the exact voice line but here's Ira complaining about the tyrannical villain of the game

The most memorable one is Ira, a nurse and teacher originally from Brooklyn who joined the game's resistance forces for humanitarian reasons. She's not a good shot but will warm up to it, and says "I have other plans" in a very thick brooklyn accent if you tell her to do something she doesn't like

One of my favourite examples of a game that does this: Jagged Alliance 2. You control a group of soldiers hired from around the world or recruited in-country to overthrow the country's ruler. Many playable characters will refuse orders to attack unarmed civilians.

read this in gman's voice

nah that's the grave of the secret boss from cave story

You ever see a post that puts you into a minutes-long stupor like being hit in the head with a frying pan? Goddamn dude seek help

The reactionary typically struggles to enjoy art because his ability to perceive and comprehend anything in life is diminished by ideology. They therefore pour all of their energies into making the world a worse place because they can't enjoy themselves in leisure time

I've really been itching for something that satisfies the power fantasy of Crysis, FEAR, Half-Payne or SMOD. Bullet time, action movie blood sprays and impactful player melee/movement abilities. Black Mesa Blue Shift was excellent but I wish Barney had superjumps with a shockwave on landing.

similar vibes but with a morrowind-ish twist: dread delusion

tbh I didn't realize there was a difference lol

wrote this dumbass joke before looking at the replies

explaining the white house to an american: imagine a burger restaurant

Kind of seems like you misread the post and now that you've realized that you were wrong you're just pretending that she was wrong about something vague enough to post a "read theory" meme.

I've been yearning for some good half-life times lately and have played some ok levels but I'm so out of touch with the HL mod/map community that I don't even know where anything lives anymore. Used to be an smod obsessive years back, feels like I'm missing some important site that ppl are using