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C'est qu'ils savent où ils vont, ceux qui partent d'Omelas.
Je me souviens plus, mais le bail c'est pas justement que Tara n'a PAS de démon et que c'est un mythe entretenu par les hommes de la famille pour contrôler les femmes ?
December 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Je me souviens plus, mais le bail c'est pas justement que Tara n'a PAS de démon et que c'est un mythe entretenu par les hommes de la famille pour contrôler les femmes ?
C'est à peu de choses près la définition de Macron, il a été élu deux fois.
December 15, 2025 at 2:26 AM
C'est à peu de choses près la définition de Macron, il a été élu deux fois.
All I wanted from the TGA was news from the game 😭
December 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
All I wanted from the TGA was news from the game 😭
Le froid de la chaise qui transperce sa chemise, j'arrive pas à savoir si c'est une étourderie ou une vanne très subtile sur son incapacité à enfiler des vêtements correctement sans serviteurs.
December 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Le froid de la chaise qui transperce sa chemise, j'arrive pas à savoir si c'est une étourderie ou une vanne très subtile sur son incapacité à enfiler des vêtements correctement sans serviteurs.
Le pire c'est que de mémoire, le "bon" Xander était pas spécialement moins détestable, ils ont juste séparé le techbro du rat d'égout.
December 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Le pire c'est que de mémoire, le "bon" Xander était pas spécialement moins détestable, ils ont juste séparé le techbro du rat d'égout.
Un peu de maquillage autour des yeux me choque pas, parce que ça reste un truc vieux comme le charadesign pour accentuer les traits, indépendamment du réalisme.
Mais le reste oui, c'est un design assez rétrograde et malheureusement dans l'ère du temps.
Mais le reste oui, c'est un design assez rétrograde et malheureusement dans l'ère du temps.
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Un peu de maquillage autour des yeux me choque pas, parce que ça reste un truc vieux comme le charadesign pour accentuer les traits, indépendamment du réalisme.
Mais le reste oui, c'est un design assez rétrograde et malheureusement dans l'ère du temps.
Mais le reste oui, c'est un design assez rétrograde et malheureusement dans l'ère du temps.
Adding to that, I find it hypocritical for a videogame, and a fairly long one at that, to harp on the reactionary idea that escapism = bad.
It's especially distasteful in context to imply that Maelle, a crippled young girl in 19th century France, would be happier in a toxic family that hates her.
It's especially distasteful in context to imply that Maelle, a crippled young girl in 19th century France, would be happier in a toxic family that hates her.
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Adding to that, I find it hypocritical for a videogame, and a fairly long one at that, to harp on the reactionary idea that escapism = bad.
It's especially distasteful in context to imply that Maelle, a crippled young girl in 19th century France, would be happier in a toxic family that hates her.
It's especially distasteful in context to imply that Maelle, a crippled young girl in 19th century France, would be happier in a toxic family that hates her.
There are two different discussions imho, and the two getting tangled results in a lot of misunderstandings (what the writers intended vs after-the-fact rationalisation).
I don't think anyone can say in good faith that the M ending is deliberately intended by the writers to be the good ending.
I don't think anyone can say in good faith that the M ending is deliberately intended by the writers to be the good ending.
December 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
There are two different discussions imho, and the two getting tangled results in a lot of misunderstandings (what the writers intended vs after-the-fact rationalisation).
I don't think anyone can say in good faith that the M ending is deliberately intended by the writers to be the good ending.
I don't think anyone can say in good faith that the M ending is deliberately intended by the writers to be the good ending.
What? No they're not, are you mixing up Outer Wilds and The Outer Worlds?
This is the running gag that keeps on giving.
This is the running gag that keeps on giving.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
What? No they're not, are you mixing up Outer Wilds and The Outer Worlds?
This is the running gag that keeps on giving.
This is the running gag that keeps on giving.
For games that came out this year: Blue Prince is something else and a dizzying descent down the rabbit hole.
If you're into some reading, Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are absolutely lovely. They are about community and human connection under capitalism, with a distinct queer slant.
If you're into some reading, Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are absolutely lovely. They are about community and human connection under capitalism, with a distinct queer slant.
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
For games that came out this year: Blue Prince is something else and a dizzying descent down the rabbit hole.
If you're into some reading, Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are absolutely lovely. They are about community and human connection under capitalism, with a distinct queer slant.
If you're into some reading, Citizen Sleeper 1 and 2 are absolutely lovely. They are about community and human connection under capitalism, with a distinct queer slant.
And then there are two building-sized cans of worms. The vile ableist undertones of the final dialogues, and the depiction of otherness as ethereal, distant and ultimately not worth bothering about.
I find the "It's okay because they're not real" arguments really fucking creepy in 2025.
I find the "It's okay because they're not real" arguments really fucking creepy in 2025.
December 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And then there are two building-sized cans of worms. The vile ableist undertones of the final dialogues, and the depiction of otherness as ethereal, distant and ultimately not worth bothering about.
I find the "It's okay because they're not real" arguments really fucking creepy in 2025.
I find the "It's okay because they're not real" arguments really fucking creepy in 2025.
Except the game very clearly tells you which choice is right and which one is wrong, by trying to hammer its point on grief very bluntly.
There is no profound meta-commentary to the endings, they're just poorly written because the writers had to circle back to the moral of the story somehow.
There is no profound meta-commentary to the endings, they're just poorly written because the writers had to circle back to the moral of the story somehow.
December 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Except the game very clearly tells you which choice is right and which one is wrong, by trying to hammer its point on grief very bluntly.
There is no profound meta-commentary to the endings, they're just poorly written because the writers had to circle back to the moral of the story somehow.
There is no profound meta-commentary to the endings, they're just poorly written because the writers had to circle back to the moral of the story somehow.
And neither addresses the elephant in the room: those people are utterly despicable demiurges with no regard for sentient life.
And as evidenced by a specific line, they have absolutely no intention of learning from their mistakes and plan to do it all over again.
Am I supposed to care for them?
And as evidenced by a specific line, they have absolutely no intention of learning from their mistakes and plan to do it all over again.
Am I supposed to care for them?
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
And neither addresses the elephant in the room: those people are utterly despicable demiurges with no regard for sentient life.
And as evidenced by a specific line, they have absolutely no intention of learning from their mistakes and plan to do it all over again.
Am I supposed to care for them?
And as evidenced by a specific line, they have absolutely no intention of learning from their mistakes and plan to do it all over again.
Am I supposed to care for them?
Exactly my feelings. The V ending sweeps some truly awful things under the rug, while the M ending tries very hard to paint things in a bleaker light than it is.
Both endings could have been bittersweet, but instead they're clearly forced to fit into "good" and "bad".
Both endings could have been bittersweet, but instead they're clearly forced to fit into "good" and "bad".
December 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Exactly my feelings. The V ending sweeps some truly awful things under the rug, while the M ending tries very hard to paint things in a bleaker light than it is.
Both endings could have been bittersweet, but instead they're clearly forced to fit into "good" and "bad".
Both endings could have been bittersweet, but instead they're clearly forced to fit into "good" and "bad".
As a French, I feel personally targeted given what's just happened.
December 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
As a French, I feel personally targeted given what's just happened.
Tous les films de Nolan après Interstellar.
Eh gros sayer je me suis farcie Memento, la trilogie Batman, , Le Prestige, Interstellar, Inception, que des pitchs incroyables mais gâchés, surtout les deux derniers que je déteste viscéralement.
A un moment donné j'en ai marre de me forcer.
Eh gros sayer je me suis farcie Memento, la trilogie Batman, , Le Prestige, Interstellar, Inception, que des pitchs incroyables mais gâchés, surtout les deux derniers que je déteste viscéralement.
A un moment donné j'en ai marre de me forcer.
December 11, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Tous les films de Nolan après Interstellar.
Eh gros sayer je me suis farcie Memento, la trilogie Batman, , Le Prestige, Interstellar, Inception, que des pitchs incroyables mais gâchés, surtout les deux derniers que je déteste viscéralement.
A un moment donné j'en ai marre de me forcer.
Eh gros sayer je me suis farcie Memento, la trilogie Batman, , Le Prestige, Interstellar, Inception, que des pitchs incroyables mais gâchés, surtout les deux derniers que je déteste viscéralement.
A un moment donné j'en ai marre de me forcer.
It requires something very, very close to it.
We have elderly people wishing to die so as to not be a burden to their children, both financially and psychologically.
I can't help but blame capitalism for instilling that idea in the first place, assigning values to human lives.
We have elderly people wishing to die so as to not be a burden to their children, both financially and psychologically.
I can't help but blame capitalism for instilling that idea in the first place, assigning values to human lives.
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It requires something very, very close to it.
We have elderly people wishing to die so as to not be a burden to their children, both financially and psychologically.
I can't help but blame capitalism for instilling that idea in the first place, assigning values to human lives.
We have elderly people wishing to die so as to not be a burden to their children, both financially and psychologically.
I can't help but blame capitalism for instilling that idea in the first place, assigning values to human lives.
But that's the entire point. She needs a specific procedure, it's the "simple" case.
What do you do about homeless people who want to die on MAID (true story) because of a lack of social nets?
The reality is that there is no railguard good enough except the end of capitalism. Good luck with that.
What do you do about homeless people who want to die on MAID (true story) because of a lack of social nets?
The reality is that there is no railguard good enough except the end of capitalism. Good luck with that.
December 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
But that's the entire point. She needs a specific procedure, it's the "simple" case.
What do you do about homeless people who want to die on MAID (true story) because of a lack of social nets?
The reality is that there is no railguard good enough except the end of capitalism. Good luck with that.
What do you do about homeless people who want to die on MAID (true story) because of a lack of social nets?
The reality is that there is no railguard good enough except the end of capitalism. Good luck with that.
I'm probably way too generous, but I chose to read her demeanour as extreme detachment because of how harrowing that part of her job is.
But yeah, if anything, she's a reminder that medecine under capitalism is fucked up if it requires you to dissociate to that degree to in order to perform care.
But yeah, if anything, she's a reminder that medecine under capitalism is fucked up if it requires you to dissociate to that degree to in order to perform care.
December 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I'm probably way too generous, but I chose to read her demeanour as extreme detachment because of how harrowing that part of her job is.
But yeah, if anything, she's a reminder that medecine under capitalism is fucked up if it requires you to dissociate to that degree to in order to perform care.
But yeah, if anything, she's a reminder that medecine under capitalism is fucked up if it requires you to dissociate to that degree to in order to perform care.
This idea that it's okay if there are safeguards has been debunked over and over. Simply because there can be no real safeguard under capitalism.
Last I checked, we haven't yet overthrown it.
Last I checked, we haven't yet overthrown it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
This idea that it's okay if there are safeguards has been debunked over and over. Simply because there can be no real safeguard under capitalism.
Last I checked, we haven't yet overthrown it.
Last I checked, we haven't yet overthrown it.
I was about to mention that doctor. Unadulterated, mediocre, self-rationalizing evil. The entire sequence chilled me to the bone.
And that shot on the recliner... *shivers*
And that shot on the recliner... *shivers*
December 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I was about to mention that doctor. Unadulterated, mediocre, self-rationalizing evil. The entire sequence chilled me to the bone.
And that shot on the recliner... *shivers*
And that shot on the recliner... *shivers*
"Le service public est à gauche", affirme un énième chroniqueur très très de droite sur le service public.
December 9, 2025 at 9:25 PM
"Le service public est à gauche", affirme un énième chroniqueur très très de droite sur le service public.