[Why does entertainment industry normalize the male head of household to be so stupid?]

Characters in comedies need to be as dumb as it gets to appeal to the lowest common denominator. At least that is the logic they use when they make these shows.

It's not just about husbands, it's every type of person. Like geeks being depicted as socially awkward to the point of dysfunctionality. And also every man being depicted as if their sole life purpose is to get the girl.

Even shows that start out well sooner or later reach the point of the lowest common denominator, when it stops being grounded in reality. That's usually when I stop watching them.

For example the Office US version was good while only Michael was this goofy character, and the rest were at least plausible people. But after a few seasons they slowly degraded everyone to imbeciles, that's when I stopped watching that show. And it's not even limited to comedy, some dramas suffer the same fate. They get so dumb after a point that it becomes painful to watch.

[Dishonored in 2021, a review]

14 hours ago, Empire said:

Comments, I mean do you get people that allow to make comments? 

Sorry, I still have no clue what are you going on about.  Who allows what?

[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]

I cancelled my uplay subscription, haven't actually purchased the game.

[Dishonored in 2021, a review]

2 hours ago, Empire said:

 Have you ever got bad reviews comments or what's has been the best. 

I'm not sure what you mean.

[Dishonored in 2021, a review]

12 hours ago, Reality vs Adventure said:

I've always wondered about those games. I played the beginning part of the first Dishonored and the gameplay just seemed awkward to me. I thought maybe eventually giving the second a chance, but it doesn't sound impressive. 

Not that impressive is about right. I liked it, just didn't love it.

[What is your favourite game to mod?]

BeamNG: The base game is alright, but the real fun is with the mods, some modders really did an awesome job putting maps or real world cars into the game.

XCOM2: This game is all about the mod, it's so fun to play with funny voiceovers for characters from movies or  tv shows or even other games. Also there are a lot of cosmetic mods that help styling your soldiers to your taste.

Transport Tycoon: This game is 26 years old, but there is still a very active community around it with lots of mods, and total overhauls.

[Dishonored in 2021, a review]

Done Dishonored 2 too.

[How do gamers deal with backpain?]

Back pain is not normal, you should change your chair or sitting position if you experience back pain.

[What is your favourite sport to watch?]

I used to watch a lot of football, mainly La Liga and premiere league in the mid 2000s, but my interest faded with time. I also used to watch Formula 1 until the new management changed the schedule to something that I find highly inconvenient. They also went full hypocrite with grid girls which made the decision to stop watching it all the more easier.

Now the only sports I occasionally watch is snooker, tennis, and cycling. But not religiously, if it's on when I'm in front of the TV I'll watch, but I don't schedule my life to any of them. 

[Do you think MK11 will add the MK Movie character skins?]

Don't know, don't care. They lost all my respect when they went full hypocrite about "armor".

[Why do we call the hardest enemies "bosses"]

Boss means higher in the hierarchy than regular cannon fodder enemies. It does not refer to their character being any kind of boss in the normal sense. But sometimes "boss" enemies can be actual bosses, other times they are just harder to defeat than regular enemies. Hence we also refer to some enemies as mini-bosses. The ones that are tougher than normal, but not the uber enemy of the game. So for example in Doom, the hell knight is a mini-boss. The cyberdemon is a boss.

[Do you ever import games from other countries?]

11 hours ago, Kane99 said:

Most digital codes should work worldwide unless otherwise noted. But, if you have a US code for example, it won't work in another country. 

I meant key sellers that sell retail games online ie. send you a picture of the key from the package.

11 hours ago, Kane99 said:

There are a lot of games that never released in the US and other countries. As well, there are other variations and releases sometimes of the same game. So collectors love going for import games too.

If I was living in a country where many games got censored then it would make sense. Like Australia or Germany.

[Elden Ring]

I'm not yet hyped up about this game. I'm looking from the sidelines. Interested what this turns out to be.

[A little late to the party]

You cannot be late to a party that never ends....

[Video games with fast beginnings]

Cyberpunk 2077. It certainly lacks any buildup, and 90% of establishing your character and their relations are done in a 20 second mashup video. They should've let you play the events of that 20 seconds in at least 2-3 hours of introductory gameplay. Instead of the extremely lame tutorial.

[Do you ever import games from other countries?]

Well, with digital, you never really know the origin country of what you buy.

As for physical games I can't say that I have. The only reason for that would be to buy games not released here, but I don't think that ever happened.

[Games you loved, but ended up hating as an adult]

I don't make a habit of revisiting childhood games as an adult. Times change and most of what was interesting to 12 year old me, no longer is.

When I did  revisit some games, the most common experience was that what seemed extremely hard and complex back then usually seems like child's play as an adult. It doesn't mean that I now hate those games, though.

I think what is more interesting is what games you can play with the same enthusiasm as an adult as you did as a kid.

[Dishonored in 2021, a review]

I just finished Dishonored for the first time.

Here's my review of it.

 

[Being able to visit locations in games, if it was real.]

Most games I play aren't exactly set in great holiday locations. So there aren't that many I'd want to visit.

Ever since playing Test Drive Unlimited, I wanted to visit Oahu, but I fear it would not live up to my expectations.

A fictional place that I would love to visit is Auroa from Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Of course without the murderous mercenaries and drones.

[Which Conspiracy Theory Do You Find Most Entertaining?]

BTW, my favorite game, DEusEx is actually built on the idea of what if all major conspiracy theoires are true. In that game, there is a weaponized virus not much different than covid, area 51 / aliens, the illuminaty, new world order, the only reason it doesn't have 911 is because it came out in 2000 (but in the game the WTC is actually destroyed)

[Which Conspiracy Theory Do You Find Most Entertaining?]

As a joke my favorite is flat earthers, which you missed.

the one I'd entertain the idea of and don't think completely unfathomable is the illuminati, I'm not saying it is true just that it's not so easily dismissable.

The rest don't even have entertainment value they are so outrageously stupid. And to think that history channel, and a bunch of others entertain these idiots on prime tv hunting ghosts and the yeti or bigfoot boils my blood.

[Your first memory going to a video game store/store with games]

I didn't go to video game stores. First because they didn't exist before the iron curtain fell, and after that they were so expensive that only the 0.001% could afford them. If I remember correctly a game's regular retail price was equivalent to 2 weeks of the average salary of a full time job. I didn't start to go to video game stores until the mid 2000s.

The first retail game I ever had was a budget re-release of Cyberia:

 

I convinced my parents to buy it for me, this was probably around 1995. And it cost about $15, which was still not an insignificant amount even though we were a relatively wealthy upper middle class family at the time. For comparison our entire shopping could be done from around $40, and usually we bought 3-4 cases of beer and tons of sustainable food.

 

I never liked the idea of renting games, even back then didn't want to rush through them, I wanted to enjoy them at my own pace. Some stores offered renting in the 1990s, but they stopped once cd-writers became more common and people could just copy the games after renting.

instead of retail game stores, I was raised in a culture of piracy. For us that was the norm. There used to be a lot of black market dealers, who would operate in the open in flea markets, some even out of their homes. I don't know how they obtained western games but they had them and we got the games from them for a price we could afford. They asked about $1 for a floppy, no matter how many games were on it. This was around 1989-1994.

[Did you notice that cheat codes aren't a thing anymore?]

55 minutes ago, Patrik said:

well, cheat codes were a thing in singleplayer games, i don't think that any company would put microtransactions on an offline game, because trainers exist for a reason

Every recent ubisoft games has them. That's why  they fight trainers with tooth and nail. And some trainers ask for money now too. It's a hell of a time to be a gamer, scalpers, trainer makers, and publishers all want to use you as a coin cow.

[Exploring: compelling or tedious?]

It depends on the game, and whether you can find interesting things when you explore. In many games it's just not worth the time and effort to go out of your way when all you can find is a random powerups that you can find everywhere anyway. I need unique hidden lore elements, or unique equipment for making it worth my while.

[Did you notice that cheat codes aren't a thing anymore?]

Oh, they are a thing, they are just called "time savers" now, and you pay for them with real money.

So why put cheat codes in your game when you can make players pay for cheats like xp boosters and progression boosters, and gear? Basically IDKFA is now a microtransaction. And it's disgusting.