I can’t speak for others but I’ve come to see the Less Wrong / hardline rationalist crowd as having had some interesting ideas despite the Sam Bankman Fried of it all. Rationalwiki can be rather snarky, but can be a good resource.
Royalty 🇬🇧
I’m only an hour in, but I’m getting masterpiece vibes
You moustache someone more knowledgeable
As someone who was being stalked for a while, would have been really fucking nice if Voice had sorted this out a few years ago
This meme clearly came from the good timeline. That would imply they’ve got a version of me without a moustache. Terrible look. I’ll volunteer for the interdimensional incursion mission.
Anyway…Have y’all tried Animal Well?
It’s really that bad
There’s an argument to be made for both Repulsor and Favourable Beginnings.
Obedience module not detected, contractual obligations terminated
There’s no great way to handle people whose only goal is to drag you down or lessen you. Just block and move on to better things.
Spelljammer maybe?
Really I just miss games that are intensely and deeply “written”…Like Arcanum, Morrowind, or Disco Elysium. I want a game that is actually several books encased in game software. BG3 is close, but I want something even denser. I’ll be so gratified if Larian is on the same page.
I haven’t been able to play it entirely blind, which is a flaw, but it has led me to view this gameplay more as a form of authorship. You save scum and you try again because that’s not the story you’re trying to tell. I don’t save scum games that are less storylike, because the game is traditionally the gameplay. With tabletop RPGs, the story is the game. This is an interesting middle ground.
More Arcanum would be very welcome.
This cat looks hard to hit (defensive illusion magic doesn’t work on me but I like cats)
Good. Let this one marinate. The modding community has barely begun to show what’s possible with this game. Over time, all this will only feed the appetite for similar quality, and hopefully make a dent in industry trends.
I was content to damn them with faint praise and save everyone the hassle. EY is a reasonably good writer who repackaged a lot of good ideas (Kahneman et al) and came up with a lot of less impressive original ideas (all the parts you’ve highlighted, many more). His most enjoyable work was fiction.