Deep Dive Devin

That's interesting. It's kind of funny how much people freak out over newer graphics technology when I'm pretty sure we STILL have trouble just with transparency stuff, especially water effects. I remember seeing a Nier Automata screenshot where the ripple effect that's SUPPOSED to be on things beneath the surface just rendered on top of anything overlapping it, no matter where it is. There are a lot of little details graphics could be working with to make their worlds more alive and seamless, but they still just seem to be focused on bumping up the numbers of things, like the later really boring parts of Dragon Ball.

Recently I played through the first 2 acts of Hiveswap. I bought all of the Homestuck games at the same time, and I was surprised at how cohesive an experience it's been so far, what with WhatPumpkin having to replace most of their staff like twice before the first part and then again between the first and second. If the third and fourth parts are about the same in terms of content, the full product would be the meatiest adventure game I've ever finished, and the puzzles have remained mostly intuitive without feeling as railroaded as a lot of adventure games can. Giving unique text for rubbing every object on every other interactable thing in the game (and unique achievements for certain obscure combinations) probably encourages futzing around such that that would be easier anyway, though. Can't say I was a huge fan of the tealblood trial, though. They lay out all these clues and little bits of characterization and a timeline, trying to get you to line up a whole bunch of suspects and evidence, but it felt seemingly random which statements I had to press witnesses on or which evidence I needed to present or even who should have been called to the stand. I just kind of spammed Tyzias's hint button until it worked. Like, what am I supposed to do with the Warrior cats girl? Should I call Lanque up when he doesn't seem to give a shit about anything? How fucked am I early-on if I call the wrong person? It's weird. I've never played an Ace Attorney game, but this isn't convincing me That said, I think the fact that the game *literally doesn't even tell you who did it* if you send an innocent troll to clown hell is hilarious.

I dunno, I don't think he'd be very lucid after waking up from suspension. He'd probably be more confused or terrified than anything. Nah. He's badass enough not to be terrified at any of this shit. That or he'd be mumbling something about fermions.

"Rise and shine, mister freeman, rise and shine" "No want goskool,fivemoerminuss" "The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world" "Bitch, if I'm there, it's ALWAYS the right place" "Wake up and, smell the ashes" "Oh, whose house did I drunkenly burn down last night then? Probably my own, after all it doesn't look like I'm in prison. *looks around train, seeing citizens all wearing the same clothes* actually, it kinda does."