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Sep. 17th, 2016
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redacuarela:
Batman might be the night, but I’m now the goddamn sunset. And have cooler wings. So suck it, Brucey.
All the thanks to Dina and April for hair magic and general marvelousness respectively
Look at my beautiful friend
redacuarela:
Batman might be the night, but I’m now the goddamn sunset. And have cooler wings. So suck it, Brucey.
All the thanks to Dina and April for hair magic and general marvelousness respectively
Look at my beautiful friend
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sapphicdalliances:
the world is incredible. there are girls in this world, and there are also dogs. you can put melted cheese on any type of potato. sometimes flowers grow even when nobody is there to water them. right now on this same planet where we live there are people who are in love with each other kissing each other on the nose. emotions and colours are both things that exist. everything is so great
sapphicdalliances:
the world is incredible. there are girls in this world, and there are also dogs. you can put melted cheese on any type of potato. sometimes flowers grow even when nobody is there to water them. right now on this same planet where we live there are people who are in love with each other kissing each other on the nose. emotions and colours are both things that exist. everything is so great
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anghraine:
Nobody is inferior for disliking a show, movie, or book.
Specific arguments or motivations might be—but you can’t assume others’ motivations and you certainly can’t understand moral character through purity of media tastes.
anghraine:
Nobody is inferior for disliking a show, movie, or book.
Specific arguments or motivations might be—but you can’t assume others’ motivations and you certainly can’t understand moral character through purity of media tastes.
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cleverlyplannedmeal:
becoming the type of radical who brushes off all small steps toward a better world as liberal nonsense is a really efficient and fun way to never have to actually do anything
cleverlyplannedmeal:
becoming the type of radical who brushes off all small steps toward a better world as liberal nonsense is a really efficient and fun way to never have to actually do anything
How to avoid conversations
Sep. 17th, 2016 07:11 amvia http://ift.tt/2cGJpw7:
they-stare-i-ship:
“Hey what are you reading?”
Me: *shows front cover*
“Oh What’s it about?”
Me:*shows back cover*
they-stare-i-ship:
“Hey what are you reading?”
Me: *shows front cover*
“Oh What’s it about?”
Me:*shows back cover*
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thebibliosphere:
lady-elinye:
silver-jet:
Fencing, Scottish style
@thebibliosphere
*snort*
thebibliosphere:
lady-elinye:
silver-jet:
Fencing, Scottish style
@thebibliosphere
*snort*
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thebibliosphere:
smoretime:
dianebluegreen:
taraljc:
involuntaryorange:
boredpanda:
How To Get Purrfect Body Using Your Cat
This is so relevant to my interests that I worry I may have dreamt it up.
I think I need to send this to all my friends.
results may vary…that is one chill cat!
@thebibliosphere @thestarfishdancer
I’ve reblogged this so many times but I don’t care.
thebibliosphere:
smoretime:
dianebluegreen:
taraljc:
involuntaryorange:
boredpanda:
How To Get Purrfect Body Using Your Cat
This is so relevant to my interests that I worry I may have dreamt it up.
I think I need to send this to all my friends.
results may vary…that is one chill cat!
@thebibliosphere @thestarfishdancer
I’ve reblogged this so many times but I don’t care.
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sigh-chobabble:
Not putting lesbians on tv is a huge mistake because lesbians will literally watch anything that has lesbians in it.
sigh-chobabble:
Not putting lesbians on tv is a huge mistake because lesbians will literally watch anything that has lesbians in it.
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Me, trying to open up to my friends: I feel sad
Them: aw :(
Me: okay I'm never doing that again
Me, trying to open up to my friends: I feel sad
Them: aw :(
Me: okay I'm never doing that again
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your-imminent-demise:
the-sleeping-witch:
jordanparrished:
So somebody on my Facebook posted this. And I’ve seen sooooo many memes like it. Images of a canvas with nothing but a slash cut into it, or a giant blurry square of color, or a black circle on a white canvas. There are always hundreds of comments about how anyone could do that and it isn’t really art, or stories of the time someone dropped a glove on the floor of a museum and people started discussing the meaning of the piece, assuming it was an abstract found-objects type of sculpture.
The painting on the left is a bay or lake or harbor with mountains in the background and some people going about their day in the foreground. It’s very pretty and it is skillfully painted. It’s a nice piece of art. It’s also just a landscape. I don’t recognize a signature style, the subject matter is far too common to narrow it down. I have no idea who painted that image.
The painting on the right I recognized immediately. When I was studying abstraction and non-representational art, I didn’t study this painter in depth, but I remember the day we learned about him and specifically about this series of paintings. His name was Ad Reinhart, and this is one painting from a series he called the ultimate paintings. (Not ultimate as in the best, but ultimate as in last.)
The day that my art history teacher showed us Ad Reinhart’s paintings, one guy in the class scoffed and made a comment that it was a scam, that Reinhart had slapped some black paint on the canvas and pretentious people who wanted to look smart gave him money for it. My teacher shut him down immediately. She told him that this is not a canvas that someone just painted black. It isn’t easy to tell from this photo, but there are groups of color, usually squares of very very very dark blue or red or green or brown. They are so dark that, if you saw them on their own, you would call each of them black. But when they are side by side their differences are apparent. Initially you stare at the piece thinking that THAT corner of the canvas is TRUE black. Then you begin to wonder if it is a deep green that only appears black because the area next to it is a deep, deep red. Or perhaps the “blue” is the true black and that red is actually brown. Or perhaps the blue is violet and the color next to it is the true black. The piece challenges the viewer’s perception. By the time you move on to the next painting, you’re left to wonder if maybe there have been other instances in which you believe something to be true but your perception is warped by some outside factor. And then you wonder if ANY of the colors were truly black. How can anything be cut and dry, black and white, when even black itself isn’t as absolute as you thought it was?
People need to understand that not all art is about portraying a realistic image, and that technical skills (like the ability to paint a scene that looks as though it may have been photographed) are not the only kind of artistic skills. Some art is meant to be pretty or look like something. Other art is meant to carry a message or an idea, to provoke thought.
Reinhart’s art is utterly genius.
“But anyone could have done that! It doesn’t take any special skill! I could have done that!”
Ok. Maybe you could have. But you didn’t.
Give abstract art some respect. It’s more important than you realize.
The advent and advancement of photography in the 40s and 50s did a lot for abstract art. It allowed artists to stray further and further from realism and find out why art truly is by exploring color and form without constraints to reality.
I’m so happy that someone finally put into words what I’ve been trying to say for years.
your-imminent-demise:
the-sleeping-witch:
jordanparrished:
So somebody on my Facebook posted this. And I’ve seen sooooo many memes like it. Images of a canvas with nothing but a slash cut into it, or a giant blurry square of color, or a black circle on a white canvas. There are always hundreds of comments about how anyone could do that and it isn’t really art, or stories of the time someone dropped a glove on the floor of a museum and people started discussing the meaning of the piece, assuming it was an abstract found-objects type of sculpture.
The painting on the left is a bay or lake or harbor with mountains in the background and some people going about their day in the foreground. It’s very pretty and it is skillfully painted. It’s a nice piece of art. It’s also just a landscape. I don’t recognize a signature style, the subject matter is far too common to narrow it down. I have no idea who painted that image.
The painting on the right I recognized immediately. When I was studying abstraction and non-representational art, I didn’t study this painter in depth, but I remember the day we learned about him and specifically about this series of paintings. His name was Ad Reinhart, and this is one painting from a series he called the ultimate paintings. (Not ultimate as in the best, but ultimate as in last.)
The day that my art history teacher showed us Ad Reinhart’s paintings, one guy in the class scoffed and made a comment that it was a scam, that Reinhart had slapped some black paint on the canvas and pretentious people who wanted to look smart gave him money for it. My teacher shut him down immediately. She told him that this is not a canvas that someone just painted black. It isn’t easy to tell from this photo, but there are groups of color, usually squares of very very very dark blue or red or green or brown. They are so dark that, if you saw them on their own, you would call each of them black. But when they are side by side their differences are apparent. Initially you stare at the piece thinking that THAT corner of the canvas is TRUE black. Then you begin to wonder if it is a deep green that only appears black because the area next to it is a deep, deep red. Or perhaps the “blue” is the true black and that red is actually brown. Or perhaps the blue is violet and the color next to it is the true black. The piece challenges the viewer’s perception. By the time you move on to the next painting, you’re left to wonder if maybe there have been other instances in which you believe something to be true but your perception is warped by some outside factor. And then you wonder if ANY of the colors were truly black. How can anything be cut and dry, black and white, when even black itself isn’t as absolute as you thought it was?
People need to understand that not all art is about portraying a realistic image, and that technical skills (like the ability to paint a scene that looks as though it may have been photographed) are not the only kind of artistic skills. Some art is meant to be pretty or look like something. Other art is meant to carry a message or an idea, to provoke thought.
Reinhart’s art is utterly genius.
“But anyone could have done that! It doesn’t take any special skill! I could have done that!”
Ok. Maybe you could have. But you didn’t.
Give abstract art some respect. It’s more important than you realize.
The advent and advancement of photography in the 40s and 50s did a lot for abstract art. It allowed artists to stray further and further from realism and find out why art truly is by exploring color and form without constraints to reality.
I’m so happy that someone finally put into words what I’ve been trying to say for years.
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memeufacturing:
nurse: doctor!!! This man needs an IV right away!!!!roman empire doctor: four??? Four of what????? He needs four of what??????????
memeufacturing:
nurse: doctor!!! This man needs an IV right away!!!!roman empire doctor: four??? Four of what????? He needs four of what??????????
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fairybulls:
i was trying to make one of those yknow dreamy soothing pics with reassuring words on them but then i made a mistake and started laughing for like a minute
fairybulls:
i was trying to make one of those yknow dreamy soothing pics with reassuring words on them but then i made a mistake and started laughing for like a minute
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stylekorea:
Bae Doo Na for Vogue Korea September 2016. Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
stylekorea:
Bae Doo Na for Vogue Korea September 2016. Photographed by Patrick Demarchelier
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star-anise:
ofools:
I would honestly prefer reading about the stupid paranormal romance where the weird non-human boyfriend can’t work out the DVD player over Brooding Manipulative and Controlling asshole trope
“Unless you know how to work a 15th-century printing press you can stop laughing and show me how to Twitter again.”
star-anise:
ofools:
I would honestly prefer reading about the stupid paranormal romance where the weird non-human boyfriend can’t work out the DVD player over Brooding Manipulative and Controlling asshole trope
“Unless you know how to work a 15th-century printing press you can stop laughing and show me how to Twitter again.”
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blackcoffeedreamer:
I don’t even care what he said I hope she never has to work with him again.
blackcoffeedreamer:
I don’t even care what he said I hope she never has to work with him again.
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earlpostsaboutwhatever replied to your post “I’m just tired. Not physically, but of life.”
I, too, have once again donned the leaden cloak of depression. Mine will pass and I know yours will too. I’m here if you wanna chat.
Hugs to you <3 I hope we both feel better before too long.
earlpostsaboutwhatever replied to your post “I’m just tired. Not physically, but of life.”
I, too, have once again donned the leaden cloak of depression. Mine will pass and I know yours will too. I’m here if you wanna chat.
Hugs to you <3 I hope we both feel better before too long.
rane-ab replied to your post “I’m just
Sep. 17th, 2016 05:11 pmvia http://ift.tt/2cHPybh:
rane-ab replied to your post “I’m just tired. Not physically, but of life.”
*gentle hugs*
Thank you <3 hugs right back at you.
rane-ab replied to your post “I’m just tired. Not physically, but of life.”
*gentle hugs*
Thank you <3 hugs right back at you.
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the-mikasa-ackerman:
How can there be so much beauty and so much pain in one screenshot.
the-mikasa-ackerman:
How can there be so much beauty and so much pain in one screenshot.
Russian Tsars as @dril tweets
Sep. 17th, 2016 05:17 pmvia http://ift.tt/2cOkMBa:
damaramegido:
mousselineserieuse:
Ivan IV: hwow many favs are worth the equivalent of a human life… id say about 70
Alexei: ive never heard of this “europe” but it sounds like a big bunch of shit to me
Peter I: if you have a problem with my mouth, i’ll be swinging a sledgehammer in circles outdoors for the rest of my life, so come try to do crap to me.
Ivan VI: im actualy, probably, the most superbly relatable and normal person in this jail cell as of right NOw
Elizabeth: i had my jeans bronzed as an infant. and they still fit mother fucker
Peter III: damn it to piss. my wife replaced all of my anti-wife reading materials with Pro-Wife bullshit
Catherine II: listen son, if someone calls you a horses ass, you look him in the eye and tell him “horses asses are actually incredibly strong, and clean”
Paul I: aggressively joyless oaf hhere. painfully obnoxious respect demander checkign in. extremely dim witted frowning man looking for pals
Alexander I: startling how im the only person on this site with an actual human soul. you would think the other guys on here have one, but no
Nicholas I: who the fuck is scraeming “LOG OFF” at my house. show yourself, coward. i will never log off
Alexander II: unloading an entire belt of ammo at me with a minigun or some such device will now get you “Blocked”
Alexander III: “ah boo hoo hoo i want to post Foul comments to content leaders” Fat Chance, Dimwit. I will annihilate you under bulwark of the Law and God.
Nicholas II: i attribute the complete failure of my brand to the actions of detractors, oor my “trolls”, as it were, as well as my own constant fuckups
@kishona
damaramegido:
mousselineserieuse:
Ivan IV: hwow many favs are worth the equivalent of a human life… id say about 70
Alexei: ive never heard of this “europe” but it sounds like a big bunch of shit to me
Peter I: if you have a problem with my mouth, i’ll be swinging a sledgehammer in circles outdoors for the rest of my life, so come try to do crap to me.
Ivan VI: im actualy, probably, the most superbly relatable and normal person in this jail cell as of right NOw
Elizabeth: i had my jeans bronzed as an infant. and they still fit mother fucker
Peter III: damn it to piss. my wife replaced all of my anti-wife reading materials with Pro-Wife bullshit
Catherine II: listen son, if someone calls you a horses ass, you look him in the eye and tell him “horses asses are actually incredibly strong, and clean”
Paul I: aggressively joyless oaf hhere. painfully obnoxious respect demander checkign in. extremely dim witted frowning man looking for pals
Alexander I: startling how im the only person on this site with an actual human soul. you would think the other guys on here have one, but no
Nicholas I: who the fuck is scraeming “LOG OFF” at my house. show yourself, coward. i will never log off
Alexander II: unloading an entire belt of ammo at me with a minigun or some such device will now get you “Blocked”
Alexander III: “ah boo hoo hoo i want to post Foul comments to content leaders” Fat Chance, Dimwit. I will annihilate you under bulwark of the Law and God.
Nicholas II: i attribute the complete failure of my brand to the actions of detractors, oor my “trolls”, as it were, as well as my own constant fuckups
@kishona
Humans Are Weird
Sep. 17th, 2016 05:31 pmvia http://ift.tt/2cxwjXv:
radioactivepeasant:
arafaelkestra:
arcticfoxbear:
So there has been a bit of “what if humans were the weird ones?” going around tumblr at the moment and Earth Day got me thinking. Earth is a wonky place, the axis tilts, the orbit wobbles, and the ground spews molten rock for goodness sakes. What if what makes humans weird is just our capacity to survive? What if all the other life bearing planets are these mild, Mediterranean climates with no seasons, no tectonic plates, and no intense weather?
What if several species (including humans) land on a world and the humans are all “SCORE! Earth like world! Let’s get exploring before we get out competed!” And the planet starts offing the other aliens right and left, electric storms, hypothermia, tornadoes and the humans are just … there… counting seconds between flashes, having snowball fights, and just surviving.
To paraphrase one of my favorite bits of a ‘humans are awesome’ fiction megapost: “you don’t know you’re from a Death World until you leave it.” For a ton of reasons, I really like the idea of Earth being Space Australia.
Earth being Space Australia Words cannot express how much I love these posts
radioactivepeasant:
arafaelkestra:
arcticfoxbear:
So there has been a bit of “what if humans were the weird ones?” going around tumblr at the moment and Earth Day got me thinking. Earth is a wonky place, the axis tilts, the orbit wobbles, and the ground spews molten rock for goodness sakes. What if what makes humans weird is just our capacity to survive? What if all the other life bearing planets are these mild, Mediterranean climates with no seasons, no tectonic plates, and no intense weather?
What if several species (including humans) land on a world and the humans are all “SCORE! Earth like world! Let’s get exploring before we get out competed!” And the planet starts offing the other aliens right and left, electric storms, hypothermia, tornadoes and the humans are just … there… counting seconds between flashes, having snowball fights, and just surviving.
To paraphrase one of my favorite bits of a ‘humans are awesome’ fiction megapost: “you don’t know you’re from a Death World until you leave it.” For a ton of reasons, I really like the idea of Earth being Space Australia.
Earth being Space Australia Words cannot express how much I love these posts
hwasa-thighs: 160910 | KBO league ‘KIA vs
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hwasa-thighs:
160910 | KBO league ‘KIA vs KT’ game © MARRONCAKE [do not edit]
hwasa-thighs:
160910 | KBO league ‘KIA vs KT’ game © MARRONCAKE [do not edit]
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grimelords:
guy whose job it is to think about the apocalypse: *shrugging and doing the 50/50 hand gesture*
grimelords:
guy whose job it is to think about the apocalypse: *shrugging and doing the 50/50 hand gesture*
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therealkingzo:
punlich:
Don’t forget that in the past you had fucked up views and had soaked up oppressive ideology, including self directed and that you’ve said things or possibly even did things based on those views.
Don’t forget that it’s a constant lifelong process to defeat that in yourself and that you aren’t done yet, any more than anyone else.
Don’t lose sight of your issues, past or present or future because you think you’ve become ideologically pure. Avoid the trap of self righteousness and hypocrisy
Please don’t lose perspective. It’s important.
Progression, and Patience
therealkingzo:
punlich:
Don’t forget that in the past you had fucked up views and had soaked up oppressive ideology, including self directed and that you’ve said things or possibly even did things based on those views.
Don’t forget that it’s a constant lifelong process to defeat that in yourself and that you aren’t done yet, any more than anyone else.
Don’t lose sight of your issues, past or present or future because you think you’ve become ideologically pure. Avoid the trap of self righteousness and hypocrisy
Please don’t lose perspective. It’s important.
Progression, and Patience
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onlyblackgirl:
sideniggaparalegal:
accras:
The Rock playing with his baby girl Jasmine [X]
This is so pure
he’s too good for us
onlyblackgirl:
sideniggaparalegal:
accras:
The Rock playing with his baby girl Jasmine [X]
This is so pure
he’s too good for us
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diversegaminglists:
jazzcatte:
ikaricrossinglines:
cultural-temmieist:
adhdcerise:
how to get me interested in a game:
I tried putting it in Staem search, and half of the games were Bioware (Jade Empire, Knight of the Old Republic 2, Dragon Age Origins and every single Mass Effect)
Rest included Life is Strange, Dreamfall Chapters, Walking Dead 2/Michonne and Tales from Borderlands, Shadowrun Returns: Hong Kong, and some games I have never heard of, so let’s see what they are?
Gray Matter:
After a tragic accident, neurobiologist Dr. David Styles has become a recluse, rarely leaving his home, the Dread Hill House. One day, Samantha Everett, a street magician, appears at Dr. Style’s doorstep just as he is seeking a new assistant. (point’n’click adventure) Also, it’s on 66% sale when I’m writing this.
It’s designed and written by Jane Jensen, who adventure game buffs might know from Gabriel Knight games. So that one is definitely intereting.
Cognition:
FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold – but Erica’s work has only just begun. (point’n’click adventure)
Oxenfree:
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong. (narrative-driven adventure game)
„The Lion’s Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps. (point’n’click adventure)
And that’s where I’d end, but holy fuck, look at this AESTHETIC!
SEPIA TONED PIXEL-ART! (that’s instant wishlist for me). Or it would be…
Except first episode seems to be free. Damn. Well, I’m already glad I decided to make this post, I know what I’m playing tonight.
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
Cinders is a witty young woman living with an overbearing stepmother and her two daughters, as if she was reenacting a certain well-known fairytale. But unlike its protagonist, Cinders is not afraid of taking fate into her own hands. Even if it means breaking the rules… (visual novel)
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals. (RPG! yay, finally!)
That one’s… interesting.
Full descritption transcribed here.
Set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India, Unrest is an adventure RPG focused on story and choices. Play as five ordinary people who are struggling to get by in the famine-stricken city-state of Bhimra.
Brave poverty, disease, treason, political and social upheaval. Face unique burdens and gripping dilemmas as you struggle to survive in each chapter…but choices made to help one character may well make life harder for another.
In Unrest, there are no heroes of legend, there is no mystical quest, and fate has not chosen you.
You’re on your own.
Key FeaturesDiverse Characters: Play as a peasant girl faced with an arranged marriage, a priest troubled by his radical temple, a slum dweller with a dangerous past, an ambassador from a militant nation, and a mercenary captain far out of his depth - all as part of the same narrative.Reactive Storyline: Hard decisions made in one chapter have consequences in the next. A choice made as one character may well determine the fate of another.No Right Answers: There are no fail states in Unrest - if a character dies or fails in their objectives, that becomes part of the narrative. You can play in Iron Man mode to ensure there are no second chances, or save/load if you wish (not that we recommend it).Complex Conversations: Unrest’s dialogues are organic, branching exchanges designed to offer an unparalleled level of control and involvement to the player. You’ll always know exactly what you’re saying and how you’re saying it, and you’ll be able to see how much the person likes, fears, or respects you as a result.Violence is Rarely the Answer: Combat in Unrest is rare and always avoidable. When faced with the possibility of death, it’s up to you to decide how much you’re willing to risk.Lush Art & Music: Unrest’s hand-drawn sprites and environments call to mind a living canvas, while the classical Indian soundtrack perfectly echoes the narrative’s emotional core.Mod Support: Create and share your own worlds and adventures.
Well, that’s a wishlist, for sure.
Solstice is a dystopian mystery thriller about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
A magnificent city in the middle of a frozen wasteland, cut off from the world by raging blizzards. Inhabited only by a small group of misfits, who either can’t or don’t want to leave for the dead winter season. When the local madman goes missing, an ambitious doctor on a contract and a mysterious young woman, who arrived with the last dog sled caravan, start questioning the true nature of the city’s splendor… (visual novel)
Knee Deep: When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters. (narrative-driven adventure game)
Clandestine is a 2-player or singleplayer stealth/hacking game set in 1996. Asymmetrical co-op allows one player to take the role of the spy while a friend provides overwatch and assistance as the hacker, and unravel a post-Cold War espionage conspiracy. (action/stealth/hacking? what the hell? That’s pretty darn cool! though story-rich and choices matter weren’t in the top tags, they were in extended list of popular tags)
Always Sometimes Monsters - Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Out of money and out of luck you find yourself heart broken and on the verge of collapse. Your landlord’s taken the key back, you can’t finish your manuscript, and your beloved is marrying someone else. With no choice but to handle whatever life throws at you, you set out on the open road on a mission to win back the love of your life. The story from there is up to you. Can your life be salvaged, or are we always sometimes monsters?
(RPG)
Seduce Me the Otome -
A romantic comedy visual novel centered around a girl named Mika Anderson, who gets entangled in the affairs of incubi. (visual novel. Obviously. Also, ew, hetero. It’s free though, so do as you wish.)
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges. (first person puzzle platformer. So, Portal clone, except apparently nonlinear.)
Starlight Vega - Play as Aria and romance the two sultry demon girls, Lyria and Scherza, or your best friend Melody in this yuri (girl x girl) visual novel where your choices will ultimately decide the fate of this spellbound girl. (visual novel, also Steam gave warning that it might be inappropriate for kids.)
Hell. Yes.
the town of light -
12 March 1938. Renée, 16 years old, is ripped out of her world, locked up and deprived of everything. Her only fault was that she didn’t know what her place in the world was. “A danger to herself and others and a cause of public scandal” wrote the police headquarters. The only horror you will find in this game is the truth: a blow to the solar plexus, much more intense than any supernatural presence. (psychological horror, exploration-driven adventure game, also apparently not for kids;) trigger warnings for mental illness/institutionalization just judging by the screenshots; since it’s an edgy psychological horror about forced institutionalization starring a teenage girl, I can bet there’s probably also some edgy shit with misogyny/sexual assault, I can fucking bet.
Did it find it in this search just because devs attested there is NOTHING supernatural in it? (steam doesn’t support crossreferencing tags, so you just paste all relevant tags in the search box and hope for the best). Huh. Anyway, moving on.
And that’s all I found in this particular search! Honestly, I’m glad I did this, because some fo these games definitely look interesting.
Personally I’d also recommend Blackwell series, which while is not amazingly big on meaningful choices (I mean, there are SOME choices that affect the story), said games fit the OP description pretty well, being a series about a writer finding out about family curse, that forces her to be a medium destined to help lost souls find peace in the afterlife.
Getting Blackwell Bundle during some seasonal sale is a great way to start (note, Blackwell Bundle doesn’t include last game, Blackwell Epiphany, so take note of that.)
Playing order: Blackwell Legacy; then Blackwell Convergence or Blackwell Unbound, in any order (Convergence is supposedly supposed to come second, but I played it third and I can’t say it felt particularly weird), then Deception and Epiphany.
reblogging for future reference
i havent played all of these but seduce me is actually really good and has three gay routes and one route where you become a demon queen of hell, so, overall, i recommend.there are a bunch of boy routes but i didnt play those, they seem gross tbh
Several I’ve played and several I haven’t gotten round to yet.
ETA: Town of light needs a sexual assault and a torture disclaimer though.
diversegaminglists:
jazzcatte:
ikaricrossinglines:
cultural-temmieist:
adhdcerise:
how to get me interested in a game:
I tried putting it in Staem search, and half of the games were Bioware (Jade Empire, Knight of the Old Republic 2, Dragon Age Origins and every single Mass Effect)
Rest included Life is Strange, Dreamfall Chapters, Walking Dead 2/Michonne and Tales from Borderlands, Shadowrun Returns: Hong Kong, and some games I have never heard of, so let’s see what they are?
Gray Matter:
After a tragic accident, neurobiologist Dr. David Styles has become a recluse, rarely leaving his home, the Dread Hill House. One day, Samantha Everett, a street magician, appears at Dr. Style’s doorstep just as he is seeking a new assistant. (point’n’click adventure) Also, it’s on 66% sale when I’m writing this.
It’s designed and written by Jane Jensen, who adventure game buffs might know from Gabriel Knight games. So that one is definitely intereting.
Cognition:
FBI agent Erica Reed has an uncanny talent: she can see the past and piece together how a crime unfolded. But not even this sixth sense could save her younger brother, Scott, from a brutal serial killer. Three years later, the investigation into Scott’s murder has gone cold – but Erica’s work has only just begun. (point’n’click adventure)
Oxenfree:
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong. (narrative-driven adventure game)
„The Lion’s Song: Episode 1 – Silence" draws the player into the life of a talented young composer, Wilma, preparing for her breakthrough concert, the defining moment of her career. Searching for inspiration she escapes from the pressure for success to the solitude of the Austrian Alps. (point’n’click adventure)
And that’s where I’d end, but holy fuck, look at this AESTHETIC!
SEPIA TONED PIXEL-ART! (that’s instant wishlist for me). Or it would be…
Except first episode seems to be free. Damn. Well, I’m already glad I decided to make this post, I know what I’m playing tonight.
Cinders is a mature take on a classic fairytale with a heavy emphasis on player choices and role playing.
Cinders is a witty young woman living with an overbearing stepmother and her two daughters, as if she was reenacting a certain well-known fairytale. But unlike its protagonist, Cinders is not afraid of taking fate into her own hands. Even if it means breaking the rules… (visual novel)
Unrest is a role playing adventure game set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India that adapts to death, failure, and the choices you make. Play as ordinary people in a struggle for safety, freedom, and a chance at peace. Use conversation, manipulation (and rarely, violence) to achieve your goals. (RPG! yay, finally!)
That one’s… interesting.
Full descritption transcribed here.
Set in a fantasy interpretation of ancient India, Unrest is an adventure RPG focused on story and choices. Play as five ordinary people who are struggling to get by in the famine-stricken city-state of Bhimra.
Brave poverty, disease, treason, political and social upheaval. Face unique burdens and gripping dilemmas as you struggle to survive in each chapter…but choices made to help one character may well make life harder for another.
In Unrest, there are no heroes of legend, there is no mystical quest, and fate has not chosen you.
You’re on your own.
Key FeaturesDiverse Characters: Play as a peasant girl faced with an arranged marriage, a priest troubled by his radical temple, a slum dweller with a dangerous past, an ambassador from a militant nation, and a mercenary captain far out of his depth - all as part of the same narrative.Reactive Storyline: Hard decisions made in one chapter have consequences in the next. A choice made as one character may well determine the fate of another.No Right Answers: There are no fail states in Unrest - if a character dies or fails in their objectives, that becomes part of the narrative. You can play in Iron Man mode to ensure there are no second chances, or save/load if you wish (not that we recommend it).Complex Conversations: Unrest’s dialogues are organic, branching exchanges designed to offer an unparalleled level of control and involvement to the player. You’ll always know exactly what you’re saying and how you’re saying it, and you’ll be able to see how much the person likes, fears, or respects you as a result.Violence is Rarely the Answer: Combat in Unrest is rare and always avoidable. When faced with the possibility of death, it’s up to you to decide how much you’re willing to risk.Lush Art & Music: Unrest’s hand-drawn sprites and environments call to mind a living canvas, while the classical Indian soundtrack perfectly echoes the narrative’s emotional core.Mod Support: Create and share your own worlds and adventures.
Well, that’s a wishlist, for sure.
Solstice is a dystopian mystery thriller about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.
A magnificent city in the middle of a frozen wasteland, cut off from the world by raging blizzards. Inhabited only by a small group of misfits, who either can’t or don’t want to leave for the dead winter season. When the local madman goes missing, an ambitious doctor on a contract and a mysterious young woman, who arrived with the last dog sled caravan, start questioning the true nature of the city’s splendor… (visual novel)
Knee Deep: When a washed-up actor hangs himself on location, a spotlight is cast on the backwater Florida town of Cypress Knee. Your screen becomes a stage on which you investigate this mysterious death as three distinct characters. (narrative-driven adventure game)
Clandestine is a 2-player or singleplayer stealth/hacking game set in 1996. Asymmetrical co-op allows one player to take the role of the spy while a friend provides overwatch and assistance as the hacker, and unravel a post-Cold War espionage conspiracy. (action/stealth/hacking? what the hell? That’s pretty darn cool! though story-rich and choices matter weren’t in the top tags, they were in extended list of popular tags)
Always Sometimes Monsters - Set out on a cross-country journey to win back the love of your life and endure the hardship of making story-defining choices that affect your life and the lives of those around you.
Out of money and out of luck you find yourself heart broken and on the verge of collapse. Your landlord’s taken the key back, you can’t finish your manuscript, and your beloved is marrying someone else. With no choice but to handle whatever life throws at you, you set out on the open road on a mission to win back the love of your life. The story from there is up to you. Can your life be salvaged, or are we always sometimes monsters?
(RPG)
Seduce Me the Otome -
A romantic comedy visual novel centered around a girl named Mika Anderson, who gets entangled in the affairs of incubi. (visual novel. Obviously. Also, ew, hetero. It’s free though, so do as you wish.)
Magnetic: Cage Closed is a first person puzzle game where the player manipulates magnetic forces to accomplish their goals. The mechanics are focused around a single tool: The Magnet Gun which allows you to create electromagnetic fields with either positive or negative charges. (first person puzzle platformer. So, Portal clone, except apparently nonlinear.)
Starlight Vega - Play as Aria and romance the two sultry demon girls, Lyria and Scherza, or your best friend Melody in this yuri (girl x girl) visual novel where your choices will ultimately decide the fate of this spellbound girl. (visual novel, also Steam gave warning that it might be inappropriate for kids.)
Hell. Yes.
the town of light -
12 March 1938. Renée, 16 years old, is ripped out of her world, locked up and deprived of everything. Her only fault was that she didn’t know what her place in the world was. “A danger to herself and others and a cause of public scandal” wrote the police headquarters. The only horror you will find in this game is the truth: a blow to the solar plexus, much more intense than any supernatural presence. (psychological horror, exploration-driven adventure game, also apparently not for kids;) trigger warnings for mental illness/institutionalization just judging by the screenshots; since it’s an edgy psychological horror about forced institutionalization starring a teenage girl, I can bet there’s probably also some edgy shit with misogyny/sexual assault, I can fucking bet.
Did it find it in this search just because devs attested there is NOTHING supernatural in it? (steam doesn’t support crossreferencing tags, so you just paste all relevant tags in the search box and hope for the best). Huh. Anyway, moving on.
And that’s all I found in this particular search! Honestly, I’m glad I did this, because some fo these games definitely look interesting.
Personally I’d also recommend Blackwell series, which while is not amazingly big on meaningful choices (I mean, there are SOME choices that affect the story), said games fit the OP description pretty well, being a series about a writer finding out about family curse, that forces her to be a medium destined to help lost souls find peace in the afterlife.
Getting Blackwell Bundle during some seasonal sale is a great way to start (note, Blackwell Bundle doesn’t include last game, Blackwell Epiphany, so take note of that.)
Playing order: Blackwell Legacy; then Blackwell Convergence or Blackwell Unbound, in any order (Convergence is supposedly supposed to come second, but I played it third and I can’t say it felt particularly weird), then Deception and Epiphany.
reblogging for future reference
i havent played all of these but seduce me is actually really good and has three gay routes and one route where you become a demon queen of hell, so, overall, i recommend.there are a bunch of boy routes but i didnt play those, they seem gross tbh
Several I’ve played and several I haven’t gotten round to yet.
ETA: Town of light needs a sexual assault and a torture disclaimer though.
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spacecaptainoftheforest:
concept: a retelling of hamlet with the frame story that it’s a tabletop rpg being played by a bunch of overzealous college kids and an increasingly frazzled dm trying to keep them all from rushing headlong into situations and dying immediately. horatio is the dm’s vaguely self-insert npc character. thanks
“AND THEN HE GETS KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES”
“um…dude…you can’t just–”
“PIRATES”
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are played by the same player, who keeps forgetting that he’s running two separate characters.
“The ghost awaits a response”
“Horatio, you went to college, you talk to it.”
—–
“You find the skull of the old court jester.”
“I’m going to talk to it until someone stops me.”
“Horatio, you went to college, you stop him.”
—–
“I stab the curtain!”
“Polonius, roll for fortitude.”
——
“I search for a nunnery in the moat”
*sigh* “Seaweed wraps around your leg. Roll for dexterity escape”
—–
“We all drink to Hamlet’s victory.”
“Everyone roll for fortitude.”
*groans amid the sound of rolling dice*
—–
“Sorry I’m late, everyone. Can my Prince of Finland character just show up?”
“Everyone’s already dead.”
“For fuck’s sake, guys!”
I’m
“The Prince of Norway shows up, just like I’ve been insinuating since you started this campaign. He has an army with him that you would have been able to beat if you had taken this seriously at all, so I’m just going to have Horatio give a speech. I think I deserve that much.” *starts playing music on their laptop*
she5los:
obsessiforge:
theactorsjourney:
runecestershire:
exeunt-pursued-by-a-bear:
spacecaptainoftheforest:
concept: a retelling of hamlet with the frame story that it’s a tabletop rpg being played by a bunch of overzealous college kids and an increasingly frazzled dm trying to keep them all from rushing headlong into situations and dying immediately. horatio is the dm’s vaguely self-insert npc character. thanks
“AND THEN HE GETS KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES”
“um…dude…you can’t just–”
“PIRATES”
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are played by the same player, who keeps forgetting that he’s running two separate characters.
“The ghost awaits a response”
“Horatio, you went to college, you talk to it.”
—–
“You find the skull of the old court jester.”
“I’m going to talk to it until someone stops me.”
“Horatio, you went to college, you stop him.”
—–
“I stab the curtain!”
“Polonius, roll for fortitude.”
——
“I search for a nunnery in the moat”
*sigh* “Seaweed wraps around your leg. Roll for dexterity escape”
—–
“We all drink to Hamlet’s victory.”
“Everyone roll for fortitude.”
*groans amid the sound of rolling dice*
—–
“Sorry I’m late, everyone. Can my Prince of Finland character just show up?”
“Everyone’s already dead.”
“For fuck’s sake, guys!”
I’m
“The Prince of Norway shows up, just like I’ve been insinuating since you started this campaign. He has an army with him that you would have been able to beat if you had taken this seriously at all, so I’m just going to have Horatio give a speech. I think I deserve that much.” *starts playing music on their laptop*
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Protip from my little brother:
Are you playing a horror game?
Is it too spooky for you?
Imagine that you, the protagonist, are Steve Irwin.
Now look that eldritch horror in the face, and declare with conviction, “I’m gonna wrassle it.”
emeraldembers:
Protip from my little brother:
Are you playing a horror game?
Is it too spooky for you?
Imagine that you, the protagonist, are Steve Irwin.
Now look that eldritch horror in the face, and declare with conviction, “I’m gonna wrassle it.”
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VOTE AND THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR PLZ DON’T VOTE THIRD PARTY AND RISK A TRUMP PRESIDENCY
-Kyoung
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VOTE AND THIS IS A SUPER IMPORTANT ELECTION YEAR PLZ DON’T VOTE THIRD PARTY AND RISK A TRUMP PRESIDENCY
-Kyoung
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pansiparknson:
fleamontpotter:
The boy has never had anything nice and the second he gets his hands on some money he tries to buy a fucking solid gold cauldron like started from the bottom now we here I love him so much
Honestly Hagrid saved Harry from so much embarrassment. Can you imagine him turning up to his first potions lesson with a fucking solid gold cauldron??? Like Snape already hated Harry think about what he would have said if Harry just plonked that on his desk
I think he would have said fuck it to his promise to dumbledore and murdered Harry on the spot
AGAIN WITH THE SOLID GOLD POSSESSIONS HARRY. I’m surprised he never replaced his glasses with solid gold ones the boy clearly has a taste for the finer things in life. Or when he had his bones removed by Lockhart in second year, he probably had to stop himself from asking Pomfrey to just fill his arm up with gold instead of bones.
NO WONDER HE CAN SEE THE FUCKIN SNITCH SO WELL HE’S ON THE HUNT FOR GOLD
fleamontpotter:
fleamontpotter:
fleamontpotter:
pansiparknson:
fleamontpotter:
The boy has never had anything nice and the second he gets his hands on some money he tries to buy a fucking solid gold cauldron like started from the bottom now we here I love him so much
Honestly Hagrid saved Harry from so much embarrassment. Can you imagine him turning up to his first potions lesson with a fucking solid gold cauldron??? Like Snape already hated Harry think about what he would have said if Harry just plonked that on his desk
I think he would have said fuck it to his promise to dumbledore and murdered Harry on the spot
AGAIN WITH THE SOLID GOLD POSSESSIONS HARRY. I’m surprised he never replaced his glasses with solid gold ones the boy clearly has a taste for the finer things in life. Or when he had his bones removed by Lockhart in second year, he probably had to stop himself from asking Pomfrey to just fill his arm up with gold instead of bones.
NO WONDER HE CAN SEE THE FUCKIN SNITCH SO WELL HE’S ON THE HUNT FOR GOLD
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dailytwdcast:
Lauren Cohan and Steven Yeun photographed by Williams + Hirakawa for Los Angeles Magazine 2014
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Lauren Cohan and Steven Yeun photographed by Williams + Hirakawa for Los Angeles Magazine 2014