It's like this huge tragedy just happened and way too many innocent people died, and it's taken about 48 hours for the politicians to spin themselves up into a performative vortex of nothing, where they all just get angrier at eachother and the media pretends their screeching is important to anybody

Is there anybody who isn't a politician or political journalist who seriously gives any remote shit about "Albo's personal responsibility" or who "Jillian Segal"? It feels like they're just performing for each other?

Oh the opposition decided to weaponise this tragedy to throw mud on their rival instead of like? Idk? Not doing that? The government has pledged to crack down on protests and freedom of speech oh yes mate I'm sure that'll work wonders as always

You get that crunch time at the final moments, and you know that time is coming. But you don't have a number over your head ticking down, which makes you feel like you've got time to explore. It's brilliantly done and I'm sad it wasn't talked about

Every act obfuscates it's time limit until the final 7 days, and I noticed the final 7 days always started approaching timed well alongside the progression of the main quest, it felt like the timer changes behind the scenes with your story progression so you will always feel that pressure at the end

ALSO complete change of topic but it's really sad he didn't talk about The Alters, a game that came out THIS YEAR with time limits as its central mechanic, implemented in a unique and really intelligent way that adds friction and stakes when it needs to, and takes the pressure off when it doesn't.

A timer would be a fun gameplay gimmick and I get it from that perspective. But it would undercut the entire point of the story, of V existing in their life in spite of the world, ignoring the "timer", not as part of a content checklist before the seconds hit 0.

V's story is about forging connections and something to live for in spite of their incurable condition. There's a reason the biggest quest lines in the game are friendships and romances, and that most of them offshoot from the main plot.

Cyberpunk 2077 is about terminal illness - there's a couple articles out there about this, but terminally ill people don't all drop everything immediately to chase down a miracle cure for every remaining moment of their life, watching a literal clock count down the seconds.

Not trying to bash shadows too much cos it does a lot of other things really well BUT god I wish it's streets were as detailed as Mirage

Being chill to do freaky shit with your friends and it not be wierd is a blessing

Rule out jd vance as suspect