Paul R
@lbcyber.bsky.social
Web developer and educator. Queer skeleton. they/them. Slowly migrating to bsky.
Thinks you're cool and likes you.
Thinks you're cool and likes you.
"Democracy dies in darkness" I continue muttering to myself in a flat, emotionless, chant-like rhythm as I calmly fire a gun at every determinable light source in the room.
One last bullet is left in the chamber after the final light source is destroyed.
One last bullet is left in the chamber after the final light source is destroyed.
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Democracy dies in darkness" I continue muttering to myself in a flat, emotionless, chant-like rhythm as I calmly fire a gun at every determinable light source in the room.
One last bullet is left in the chamber after the final light source is destroyed.
One last bullet is left in the chamber after the final light source is destroyed.
People always forget the ring. It's a core component.
December 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
People always forget the ring. It's a core component.
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roses are red, violets are funky,
December 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
roses are red, violets are funky,
? DID YOU KNOW ?
Simon was a glazier
Simon was a glazier
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
? DID YOU KNOW ?
Simon was a glazier
Simon was a glazier
Everyone can continue reporting it. I just did. I encourage others to.
But I'm also adding the point I made to Steam that in Canada where I live, this not only classifies as hate speech (targeted speech against a protected class), it is illegal for a retailer to publish/promote said hate speech.
But I'm also adding the point I made to Steam that in Canada where I live, this not only classifies as hate speech (targeted speech against a protected class), it is illegal for a retailer to publish/promote said hate speech.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Everyone can continue reporting it. I just did. I encourage others to.
But I'm also adding the point I made to Steam that in Canada where I live, this not only classifies as hate speech (targeted speech against a protected class), it is illegal for a retailer to publish/promote said hate speech.
But I'm also adding the point I made to Steam that in Canada where I live, this not only classifies as hate speech (targeted speech against a protected class), it is illegal for a retailer to publish/promote said hate speech.
"He's so much hotter than Lebron James, grandson. Oh, and the piss! He's a virtuoso of drinking piss. You will never drink piss as good as him."
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 PM
"He's so much hotter than Lebron James, grandson. Oh, and the piss! He's a virtuoso of drinking piss. You will never drink piss as good as him."
You can look at it this way:
Sugar charges (and can overcharge) batteries.
Caffeine turns off battery-saver mode.
Either can contribute to hyperactivity. Both will guarantee it.
Sugar charges (and can overcharge) batteries.
Caffeine turns off battery-saver mode.
Either can contribute to hyperactivity. Both will guarantee it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 PM
You can look at it this way:
Sugar charges (and can overcharge) batteries.
Caffeine turns off battery-saver mode.
Either can contribute to hyperactivity. Both will guarantee it.
Sugar charges (and can overcharge) batteries.
Caffeine turns off battery-saver mode.
Either can contribute to hyperactivity. Both will guarantee it.
Slop all the way down
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Slop all the way down
AAAAA Thirty years. Thirty *years* I've waited for this.
December 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
AAAAA Thirty years. Thirty *years* I've waited for this.
This is the most believable thing she's ever said
December 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
This is the most believable thing she's ever said
I'm still mulling over my mixed thoughts on it, ultimately.
It's good, just not great.
Best I can say: It's indisputably the best game that took 14 years to develop.
It's good, just not great.
Best I can say: It's indisputably the best game that took 14 years to develop.
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I'm still mulling over my mixed thoughts on it, ultimately.
It's good, just not great.
Best I can say: It's indisputably the best game that took 14 years to develop.
It's good, just not great.
Best I can say: It's indisputably the best game that took 14 years to develop.
And that's not to its detriment, per se, but it's hard not to notice, and it makes the whole project... interesting as a collage of the last couple of decades of cinematography
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
And that's not to its detriment, per se, but it's hard not to notice, and it makes the whole project... interesting as a collage of the last couple of decades of cinematography
ROUTINE has been on and off in development for 14 years & it shows. The game is interesting in how it kind of slideshows design trends through that range of years
It's very clear (via the screenshots) its visual aesthetic took inspiration from Control, & others from Alien: Isolation or Annihilation
It's very clear (via the screenshots) its visual aesthetic took inspiration from Control, & others from Alien: Isolation or Annihilation
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
ROUTINE has been on and off in development for 14 years & it shows. The game is interesting in how it kind of slideshows design trends through that range of years
It's very clear (via the screenshots) its visual aesthetic took inspiration from Control, & others from Alien: Isolation or Annihilation
It's very clear (via the screenshots) its visual aesthetic took inspiration from Control, & others from Alien: Isolation or Annihilation
It's a very good example of how a lazy ending can sabotage the entire experience. I've never rolled my eyes so hard. It hurt.
But the game's merits are there; especially in its environmental and sound design. The presentation can be stellar, which leads me back to a previous point.
But the game's merits are there; especially in its environmental and sound design. The presentation can be stellar, which leads me back to a previous point.
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's a very good example of how a lazy ending can sabotage the entire experience. I've never rolled my eyes so hard. It hurt.
But the game's merits are there; especially in its environmental and sound design. The presentation can be stellar, which leads me back to a previous point.
But the game's merits are there; especially in its environmental and sound design. The presentation can be stellar, which leads me back to a previous point.
But the story really doesn't carry its weight. It flops around & follows a predictable path all the way to its ending with, frankly, hack-level composition
In a closing cutscene, characters recreate the pose of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam & I immediately wanted either me or the game to die
In a closing cutscene, characters recreate the pose of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam & I immediately wanted either me or the game to die
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
But the story really doesn't carry its weight. It flops around & follows a predictable path all the way to its ending with, frankly, hack-level composition
In a closing cutscene, characters recreate the pose of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam & I immediately wanted either me or the game to die
In a closing cutscene, characters recreate the pose of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam & I immediately wanted either me or the game to die
The plot & narrative are both for the most part passable. I like its approach to the amnesiac protagonist trope. The lapses in memory aren't only from before you picked up the controller; pieces are deliberately missing throughout your experience
Your narrator is utterly unreliable, and I like that
Your narrator is utterly unreliable, and I like that
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
The plot & narrative are both for the most part passable. I like its approach to the amnesiac protagonist trope. The lapses in memory aren't only from before you picked up the controller; pieces are deliberately missing throughout your experience
Your narrator is utterly unreliable, and I like that
Your narrator is utterly unreliable, and I like that
It isn't bad, not by any stretch, but in the end it felt... kind of bland. What would've been new in 2012 became already-done and overdone by 2025.
It has some good ideas it never actually follows through with, both in gameplay and (especially) in writing.
And oof, that writing...
It has some good ideas it never actually follows through with, both in gameplay and (especially) in writing.
And oof, that writing...
December 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It isn't bad, not by any stretch, but in the end it felt... kind of bland. What would've been new in 2012 became already-done and overdone by 2025.
It has some good ideas it never actually follows through with, both in gameplay and (especially) in writing.
And oof, that writing...
It has some good ideas it never actually follows through with, both in gameplay and (especially) in writing.
And oof, that writing...
Intent isn't lazy. I reserve respectful language for those who I feel deserve it.
Fuck Dawkins
And stop wasting time prescribing etiquette and semantics to people on the internet. You're being the most tedious kind of person
Fuck Dawkins
And stop wasting time prescribing etiquette and semantics to people on the internet. You're being the most tedious kind of person
December 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Intent isn't lazy. I reserve respectful language for those who I feel deserve it.
Fuck Dawkins
And stop wasting time prescribing etiquette and semantics to people on the internet. You're being the most tedious kind of person
Fuck Dawkins
And stop wasting time prescribing etiquette and semantics to people on the internet. You're being the most tedious kind of person
And the criticism wasn't petty; it was on Dawkins lagging behind modern science and popularizing inaccurate or false perspectives on evolutionary science, especially when it came to his embracing of often-racist evolutionary psychiatry crank ideas.
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And the criticism wasn't petty; it was on Dawkins lagging behind modern science and popularizing inaccurate or false perspectives on evolutionary science, especially when it came to his embracing of often-racist evolutionary psychiatry crank ideas.