Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT strips 4311-4315 (20-25 July 2020)
hedgie:
--- Quote from: RevEddie on 23 Jul 2020, 19:49 ---And Hanners is sounding like her mum again...
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“Release the virus.”
Unfortunately, when she did, it entered our world.
Gus_Smedstad:
--- Quote from: Tova on 22 Jul 2020, 23:23 ---Truthy is probably a bad choice of word, but people who think it was not all that bad do exist. On the other hand, people who say "worst game ever" are generally using that phrase because the rest of the Internet does, not because they have played the game themselves. Which, let's face it, is a thing that happens.
To be honest, I'm probably going to regard "worst game ever" as hyperbolic regardless of what game you are describing.
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Oh, definitely. "Worst game ever" is pretty hard to quantify, and I wasn't thinking of E.T. in those terms. I was merely thinking "really memorably bad."
I'm having a bit of trouble with the idea that some people think it's not that bad, from what I've seen. I'm not sure I want to have a conversation with someone who thinks that way, either. I've had enough frustrating discussions about games in the past, like the guy who felt Civilization was a terrible game because living in mud huts and never advancing to agriculture wasn't a viable strategy. Some opinions are just too... alien.
Gus_Smedstad:
OK, now Jeph has spelled out the ethical dilemma. Which doesn't really fit the language used in the prior comic, but I get it now. It's not something that crossed my mind because, well, I don't think in terms of using gifts as leverage.
I'm not sure it's automatically a problem anyway. To take a personal example, I got married shortly after college, and I paid off her student loans. There was no "sex for money" dynamic going on, we were married, and I considered her financial issues to be my financial issues. A few years later she had an affair and we got divorced, but there was no expectation that she'd repay me.
Sven and May aren't married, or even in a relationship. It's not even clear that they're really friends. They don't really hang out aside from banging. Still, contributing to a pool of money, along with a lot of other people, shouldn't make things weird. It's pretty clearly on the "things friends do for friends" side of the line. If he outright bought May a new body, or contributing an excessive amount, that might be awkward. But only because Sven thought of it at all, and because May's pretty suspicious of everyone.
There are positive aspects of letting her know, too. May would benefit from knowing that a lot of people cared enough to contribute, and the more names on that list the better. They don't need to have dollar amounts attached to the names.
BenRG:
Hannelore? You're trying to protect Sven's privacy. You're not trying to launder the mass illegal sale of weapons, technology or conflict diamonds!
You know, her expressions in panels 1 and 2 indicates that Hannelore ships Svey. She really, really ships it. Possibly more than the two principals in that relationship. This could easily lead to trouble because I always shudder a little at the thought of Hannelore, with her resources, her intelligence and what she learned from her parents about problem-solving, genuinely attempting to help.
This is the second time recently that Hannelore has let her inner Beatrice out to play. It's almost reflexive to her to behave like a Corporate Dark God. She's indicated interest in the Robot Support Group and one wonders just what a force of nature her skills and Roko's drive might be!
I do hope that, one day, Sven tells May all about his mixed feelings. May's response might surprise them both!
Mr_Rose:
--- Quote from: Gus_Smedstad on 23 Jul 2020, 22:27 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 22 Jul 2020, 23:23 ---Truthy is probably a bad choice of word, but people who think it was not all that bad do exist. On the other hand, people who say "worst game ever" are generally using that phrase because the rest of the Internet does, not because they have played the game themselves. Which, let's face it, is a thing that happens.
To be honest, I'm probably going to regard "worst game ever" as hyperbolic regardless of what game you are describing.
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Oh, definitely. "Worst game ever" is pretty hard to quantify, and I wasn't thinking of E.T. in those terms. I was merely thinking "really memorably bad."
I'm having a bit of trouble with the idea that some people think it's not that bad, from what I've seen. I'm not sure I want to have a conversation with someone who thinks that way, either. I've had enough frustrating discussions about games in the past, like the guy who felt Civilization was a terrible game because living in mud huts and never advancing to agriculture wasn't a viable strategy. Some opinions are just too... alien.
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Isn’t ET qualified to be objectively bad because the thing was so badly written it’s nearly impossible to actually progress, never mind complete? Like there’s a bug that is incredibly easy to trigger that locks it up completely requiring a restart, and no save states?
In terms of terrible gameplay though, I personally reckon it’s ‘beaten’ to worst place by Superman 64 but ymmv.
As for Civ, I think your friend just wasn’t trying hard enough; someone just beat Civ VI without any cities at all, never mind huts…
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