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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 5h

It packs "polish" in the game play department but it nails the espionage genre and also it's extremely fun to go through the game with no kills and still see the massive injury bill you rack up.

jslaker.bsky.social @jslaker.bsky.social · 5h

It's an absolute mess of a game, but Alpha Protocol is still one of the most ambitious games I've ever seen in terms of choice and impact.

You'll hit major story beats no matter what, but even seemingly little things like the order you choose to do missions impact what characters live and die.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5h

great game

jslaker.bsky.social @jslaker.bsky.social · 5h

It's an absolute mess of a game, but Alpha Protocol is still one of the most ambitious games I've ever seen in terms of choice and impact.

You'll hit major story beats no matter what, but even seemingly little things like the order you choose to do missions impact what characters live and die.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 7h

NO MERCY FOR THE BLACK DOG

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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · 7h

If the question of whether to, ahem, "resign from existence" has EVER crossed your mind, go talk to a psychiatrist. No mercy for suicidal ideation.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 7h

This is very cute but also yeah this is pretty much how we define depression if this is you talk to somebody

AzulCrescent @azulcrescent.bsky.social · Jul 11

Exhausting

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 7h

Ah, coders

𝚂𝙿𝙾𝚁𝙺𝙱𝙾𝙾𝚃 @sporkboot.bsky.social · 8h

what if you're a big fan of Soylent because eating is just too much of a bother

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 8h

My heart is going to explode

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 9h

At some point we're all just posting here.

K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 9h

Whats the point in complaining to me about the complaints of others?

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River_Tam @rivertam.bsky.social · 10h

Reminder that this is the test

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 9h

none of those words are in the bible

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

"The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content."

The forum here is a music recording, in particular a rap “diss track,” with accompanying video and album art. Diss tracks are much more akin to forums like YouTube and X, which “encourag[e] a freewheeling, anything-goes writing style,” than journalistic reporting. Sandals Resorts, 86 A.D.3d at 43 (quotation marks omitted). The average listener is not under the impression that a diss track is the product of a thoughtful or disinterested investigation, conveying to the public factchecked verifiable content.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 9h

NEW: Federal judge dismisses Drake's defamation case against Kendrick Lamar storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The issue in this case is whether "Not Like Us" can reasonably be understood to convey as a factual matter that Drake is a pedophile or that he has engaged in sexual relations with minors. In light of the overall context in which the statements in the Recording were made, the Court holds that it cannot.

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ai liker @avengingfemme.bsky.social · 12h

ChatGPT bowdlerizes itself like a twitter user

The quoted post from William B. F*ckley riffs on that:

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 9h

Slavic languages are an extended bit, cont'd

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 12h

I think Russian schools still teach cursive but Russian handwriting is crazybonkers.

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K. Chen @tznkai.bsky.social · 9h

"glorious"

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