Politics aside, he looks like he wants to do experiments on anthropomorphic bandicoots.

For context John Stewart left the show back in 2015 (or 10 years ago) and only recently started hosting again.

I appreciate you adding your review!

Seems like you and I had similar opinions. I don’t have the dlc, but ended up reading up on it. It seems like they were good additions to the game, but I didn’t feel strongly enough to go back and get them.

If you liked the fishing theme with some plot, Dave the Diver has some parallels. I think the gameplay loop is a bit better, but it goes more for goofy/zany rather than Lovecraftian.

I thought the tariffs were supposed to make manufacturing in the US more appealing, which devaluing the dollar also achieves.

I didn’t even know it had a mobile release (it’s slow paced enough I could see that working okay)!

I was actually able to finish it over the weekend and overall I think I’d give it a 6-7/10:

• Gameplay: Solid. The mechanics are fun, but don’t really evolve beyond the first couple hours of gameplay
• Graphics: Great. The open sea is both inviting and omnionous, while the characters and fish all have a nice flair to them
• Story: Okay. The story being revealed in messages and encounters is fun, but the stakes never really seem to change, and I think if the world got pulled more into your descent it would make it more impactful.

Thanks for adding this, most people don’t understand that flat taxes hurt poor people more.

Also, essentials for survival really shouldnt be taxed at all in my opinion.

As with most AI/LLMs it’s about how much error you can tolerate.

Translating basic info, sure the user can infer any slight mess ups. Translating jokes, idoms, tone, cultural differences, etc. is hard assuming you even got the original text right.

50-50 is pretty good odds when a majority of the cases are absolute garbage.

Yeah, I was upset they didnt continue John Carter, it was just a fun zany scifi movie. I think it was the advertising that killed it, but if they had stuck with it I think it could have done well.

Yeah, especially since they are revoking visas and going after naturalized citizens. It’s like they ran out of people to attack on day one.

Pretty sure it’s AI given the placement of objects and characters looking in random directions.

Its a shame cause it could be a decent comic if the creator took more time to either fix it up or fix the layout.

I don’t think Battle Royale is a horror. It always felt more like an action/thriller to me.

I mean, the biggest offense is how they’re sitting, it looks sooo uncomfortable. They should be slouched in a chair or lying down in the bed.

As someone else put it on this post, it’s a bit of a “thirst trap”.

If that’s your kind of game, Unfinished Swan is another thats more plot based, but still has some fun puzzles. Doesn’t get mentioned as frequently so usually one people haven’t seen/played before.

It’s like the media goes out of its way to botch headlines and stories.

Oh god, I forgot about that plot point. Yeah, hopefully they sort that out quickly. That writing in anime is too cringy for me.

Antichamber is another that feels similar. Although Antichamber doesn’t really have a plot.

The other side of the coin is that government workers are actually cheaper than contractors. So smaller government workforce means we pay more for the same government services, and we loose a large employer with more strict standards for employment.

A loose-loose for the general public!

Yeah, I finished the game wishing it would be a higher recommendation, but it just falls short on a lot of things. I don’t mind the price I paid for it, but it’s a hard sell even at $29.99 (summer sale price).

The top things to me were setting, animation (feels like clay/stop motion in a cool way), and setting. But the fighting is only okay (never really evolves beyond button smashing and dodging), the story doesn’t really build on itself, and the platforming is generic and linear.

It also doesn’t help this is an Xbox studios game, since it seems like a bit more time/money would have gone far for this game.

I’m ashamed to admit I watched this due to how ridiculous it sounded. In the end it was actually one of the better isekai I watched. In the first season they really never drift from the core concept that the main character is a vending machine and can only do vending machine related things.

It did feel like it should have reached a natural conclusion in season 1, but I could see a second season being okay if it’s used to wrap up the story (don’t know enough about the original to know how long it is).