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Cowcaster posted:of course not, it's kirby It's not 
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motherfucker didn't even dot the eyes or add a great big smile, failed 2 outta 3 steps
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Apr 2, 2019 15:36
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Seeing how squishable Kirby is, he is definitely boneless
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Apr 2, 2019 16:14
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Jay Rust posted:Seeing how squishable Kirby is, he is definitely boneless His bones are also squishy.
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Apr 2, 2019 16:15
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Kirby is a magical creature and defies the laws of physics. What we know about bodies doesn't apply to Kirby.
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Apr 2, 2019 16:16
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I know he has a mouth; I kiss him on it frequently.
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Apr 2, 2019 16:18
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Kirby is a mollusc, he has a rigid beak somewhere and everything else is infinitely deformable
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Apr 2, 2019 16:18
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kirby is my friend
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Apr 2, 2019 16:27
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bushisms.txt posted:Magic is just science until you know how it works. Don't be fooled everyone, it may look like Kirby, but the crown is a dead giveaway. That is clearly Prince Fluff from Kirby's Epic Yarn.
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Apr 2, 2019 16:32
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PantsBandit posted:I know he has a mouth; I kiss him on it frequently. ew you've kissed everyone kirby has ever kissed
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Apr 2, 2019 16:58
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Kirby has a way bigger heart than that
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Apr 2, 2019 17:11
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https://kotaku.com/how-biowares-anthem-went-wrong-1833731964quote:Many say they or their co-workers had to take “stress leave”—a doctor-mandated period of weeks or even months worth of vacation for their mental health. One former BioWare developer told me they would frequently find a private room in the office, shut the door, and just cry. “People were so angry and sad all the time,” they said. Said another: “Depression and anxiety are an epidemic within Bioware.”
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Apr 2, 2019 17:17
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Electric Phantasm posted:Don't be fooled everyone, it may look like Kirby, but the crown is a dead giveaway. That is clearly Prince Fluff from Kirby's Epic Yarn. Actually it's Kirbette
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Apr 2, 2019 17:21
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I was just reading this and now I'm hanging out mad at work
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Apr 2, 2019 17:22
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I have yet to have a job that didn't drive me to tears with stress at one point. Depression and anxiety are epidemic within modern capitalism, my dudes.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:23
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I have yet to have a job that didn't drive me to tears with stress at one point. Depression and anxiety are epidemic within modern capitalism, my dudes. There are plenty of non-toxic workplaces where depression and anxiety are the exception, not the norm.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:25
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I have yet to have a job that didn't drive me to tears with stress at one point. Depression and anxiety are epidemic within modern capitalism, my dudes. Oh, alright, carry on everyone.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:26
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:I have yet to have a job that didn't drive me to tears with stress at one point. Depression and anxiety are epidemic within modern capitalism, my dudes. The only time that's happened to me out of college was when I worked with the most liberal goody two-shoes nonprofit because not even capitalists enjoy grinding young idealists into dust more than their own.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:26
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Isn't this most big name developers with big name publishers? Also Andrast posted:There are plenty of non-toxic workplaces where depression and anxiety are the exception, not the norm.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:29
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you people should try being dead inside, makes it easy peasy not to cry
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Apr 2, 2019 17:29
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quote:One former BioWare developer said that they and some of their co-workers would bring up these concerns to directors, only to be ignored. “You’d come to management saying, ‘Look, we’re seeing the same problems on Inquisition and Andromeda, where design wasn’t figuring things out. It’s getting really late in the project and the core of the game isn’t defined.’ Basically saying, ‘Hey, the same mistakes are happening again, did you guys see this the last time? Can you stop this?’” said the developer. “They’d be quite dismissive about it.”
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Apr 2, 2019 17:32
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Samuringa posted:Oh, alright, carry on everyone. That wasn't my point, these issues that are present in every level of socioeconomic existence, from highly paid professional jobs to people sweeping the floors at McDonalds. It's a systemic problem that we all have to deal with and unfortunately the solutions tend to be left up to individuals to find help. I've finally started seeing a therapist to manage my own anxiety issues and this is after years of thinking I should go and having a family tragedy give me the kick in the rear end I needed. Lots of people don't even reach this step, they just burn out professionally or worse. It shouldn't be that way, companies should give a poo poo about the mental well-being of their employees and should prioritize that over profits and timetables.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:34
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Electric Phantasm posted:Don't be fooled everyone, it may look like Kirby, but the crown is a dead giveaway. That is clearly Prince Fluff from Kirby's Epic Yarn. It's also a round Kirby, which is non-canon. Kirby is actually a cube.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:38
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There's a lot I could be sad about but I am deeply grateful that I have some boring higher ed job with lots of downtime so that I can post at work instead of cursing my fleeting existence like in past workplaces. Now if I only could play video games too, that would be living the dream.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:44
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exquisite tea posted:There's a lot I could be sad about but I am deeply grateful that I have some boring higher ed job with lots of downtime so that I can post at work instead of cursing my fleeting existence like in past workplaces. Now if I only could play video games too, that would be living the dream. Find a way to work from home.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:45
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exquisite tea posted:There's a lot I could be sad about but I am deeply grateful that I have some boring higher ed job with lots of downtime so that I can post at work instead of cursing my fleeting existence like in past workplaces. Now if I only could play video games too, that would be living the dream. I don't have that much downtime but post at work anyway.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:46
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This is a really good article.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:47
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Cowcaster posted:that is so kafkaesque I'm not in the video game biz, but at a previous job, after two years on a project, in a meeting where management were basically all admitting they'd thrown an obscene bunch of money into a mismanaged project that was going nowhere because the specs were overhauled every two weeks, the solution they found was to add the exact same sum to the budget once again and change nothing else, and then to profusely pat themselves on the back. Five years later, that project still hasn't been released and no one is really questioning why although they think it may be a problem with the middleware they're using.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:49
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ONE YEAR LATER posted:That wasn't my point, these issues that are present in every level of socioeconomic existence, from highly paid professional jobs to people sweeping the floors at McDonalds. It's a systemic problem that we all have to deal with and unfortunately the solutions tend to be left up to individuals to find help. I've finally started seeing a therapist to manage my own anxiety issues and this is after years of thinking I should go and having a family tragedy give me the kick in the rear end I needed. Lots of people don't even reach this step, they just burn out professionally or worse. It shouldn't be that way, companies should give a poo poo about the mental well-being of their employees and should prioritize that over profits and timetables. I've been thinking recently that part of the problem beyond capitalism being terrible is that for a lot of people work is the only real source of external validation they have (family doesn't count because it's expected they'll provide it, assuming a good relationship with them, and some don't even have that). When work is poorly managed and directed such that targets are continually missed and goals can't be met, that validation goes away. I think it's especially a problem for men because of how much work is a part of at least US cultural male identity, though that's not to say things are golden for women either. Of course this could all be nonsense thinking, I'm not a psychologist or sociologist.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:57
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it's also that so many people make only enough to go paycheck-to-paycheck which means that loss of employment is a catastrophic event which is always hanging over their heads instead of a bump in the road
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Apr 2, 2019 17:57
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That's typical video game development, especially from AAA developers. It just happens this one was mediocre.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:58
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chumbler posted:I've been thinking recently that part of the problem beyond capitalism being terrible is that for a lot of people work is the only real source of external validation they have (family doesn't count because it's expected they'll provide it, assuming a good relationship with them, and some don't even have that). When work is poorly managed and directed such that targets are continually missed and goals can't be met, that validation goes away. I think it's especially a problem for men because of how much work is a part of at least US cultural male identity, though that's not to say things are golden for women either. TFW you commission 50 million sexbots to satisfy the needs of isolated men and all they wanna do is fix stuff for them around the house.
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Apr 2, 2019 17:59
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exquisite tea posted:TFW you commission 50 million sexbots to satisfy the needs of isolated men and all they wanna do is fix stuff for them around the house. Don't even have to go that far. Make a robot that tells them they're strong when they carry in all the grocery bags in one trip.
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Apr 2, 2019 18:07
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chumbler posted:Don't even have to go that far. Make a robot that tells them they're strong when they carry in all the grocery bags in one trip. looks like we got a two tripper over here bettin' this guy needs to shower like every single day as well lmao
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Apr 2, 2019 18:15
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chumbler posted:Don't even have to go that far. Make a robot that tells them they're strong when they carry in all the grocery bags in one trip. In our postmodern non-binary world, mortally refusing a second trip to the car to get groceries is masculinity’s most defining trait.
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Apr 2, 2019 18:24
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exquisite tea posted:In our postmodern non-binary world, mortally refusing a second trip to the car to get groceries is masculinity’s most defining trait. Real men don't carry anything and eat in the car
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Apr 2, 2019 18:25
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I'd be depressed too if my last two games were Andromeda and Anthem.
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Apr 2, 2019 18:27
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chumbler posted:I've been thinking recently that part of the problem beyond capitalism being terrible is that for a lot of people work is the only real source of external validation they have (family doesn't count because it's expected they'll provide it, assuming a good relationship with them, and some don't even have that). When work is poorly managed and directed such that targets are continually missed and goals can't be met, that validation goes away. I think it's especially a problem for men because of how much work is a part of at least US cultural male identity, though that's not to say things are golden for women either. It isn't nonsense. I think you're right and unfortunately for me I've seen real world consequences of this happening.
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Apr 2, 2019 18:28
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Anthem article is kind of nuts when you consider 1) this is a postmortem for a game that came out like just TWO months ago and 2) by all accounts it still made a shitload of money even with the critical lashing it got from critics and userbase alike. Reminds of Watchdogs which is a game loving no one remembers and shouldn't remember but was one of Ubisoft's bestselling titles ever. Gamers are loving stupid.
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Beyond would have been such a terrible name.
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