It’s a really interesting time period, and it’s such a shame that the game turned out to be an utter garbage.

The indie sector is also keeping it mostly lean. No other game has made me cry like Signalis did, and it’s less than a gig.

It’s been proven time and time again, if it’s possible for fascists to ignore the satirical aspects of the media that criticises them, they’ll happily do so. They’ll appropriate the satire that makes them look scary, violent or insane. The only surefire way to avoid that is to make them look stupid and ridiculous.

Well, insects are arthropods. I think they’re fascinating creatures, and they are far from mindless biorobots, but… Yeah, it’d be a lot better than industrial farming of mammals and birds.

Not disagreeing, actually. I’d rather eat arthropods than mammals for a lot of reasons.

You’re pretty much spot on.

Eating bugs: ewwww.

Eating wet bugs: finally, some good fucking food.

Don’t be sorry, comrade! It’s an interesting perspective, and I agree with you. We don’t usually think of languages that way (well, at least I don’t), but it’s a valid and valuable approach.

I wouldn’t call Ukrainian a dialect of Russian. They are somewhat mutually intelligible, the degree of this heavily depends on the regional variation of Ukrainian, the further west you go, the less it is. I think there’s enough differences for it to be its own language.

It’s quite beautiful, actually, and it’s a shame that the sound of it makes me want to vomit nowadays.

I don’t know what’s going on, but I’m glad to hear a comrade feels better!

Good lord, just give up already. How many more people have to die?

I’m currently obsessing over Signalis again. It’s so good… But so heartbreaking. I just can’t stop hurting myself with it emotionally.

Well, Ukraine isn’t really Europe, it’s only “practically European”, as we all remember.

Well, he’s nobody outside of that, that’s the issue. He’s just a doomer with bad China takes.

Bringing Syomin on was also a mistake, imo.

I grew up with Strugatsky bros’ books and I love them deeply. Though I don’t really consider Stalker to be the same IP, it’s “inspired by” at best.

The books are here to stay, thankfully, and so are the older games. The dipshit devs won’t take them away. And the new one is a write-off.

STALKER is right wing and is made in Ukraine

I don’t think so, tbh. It was made back in the day, when Ukraine wasn’t full fash, and the memory of USSR dissolution was still kinda fresh. It perfectly captures the spirit of post-Soviet states: life is a bleak ruin of something once bright, and we all struggle against it and each other in search of non-existent wish granter. I’m not sure, of course, if devs intended it to read like this, but it does, especially for those of us who actually live in post-Soviet states. It’s a deeply melancholic series.

The new one will 100% be full fash, however.

did two years in Ukraine

Fuck this bastard. Sincerely hope he’ll get to shit in a bag for the rest of his life.

Honestly? None. The war continues to ravage my county, I’m sinking deeper and deeper into depression. I don’t think I can go on for much longer. I see no future for myself, nothing excites me anymore, every day is a chore and I go to bed hoping I won’t have to wake up.