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Not Wolverine posted:Ironically, the ratings seem to be a bit meaningless sometimes. Skyrim and CP2077 have the same rating, but I would argue that Skyrim is far more acceptable for a kid. Skyrim is rated mature due to it having booze in the game and occasional blood. Blood and gore don't really bother me a lot in video games even for my son since it's fantasy creatures and the combat is not continuous. For what it's worth, I played Doom when I was younger than he was and the imp corpses turning inside out didn't traumatize me. I don't disagree with you here at all. There's maybe a small handful of Skyrim quests that hint at adult activities but even then they do it in a very wink wink nudge nudge sorta way that isn't likely to set off any but the most sensitive parents. I'd expect most older teenagers to routinely tell dirtier jokes than Skyrim has. CP2077 has one side quest where you help (or don't) a guy with a faulty cyberdick, another where you literally crucify a guy, prostitutes ready to service you, and sex scenes built into the main plot. Even the full ESRB descriptions on the games makes them sound somewhat similar. Honestly I'm kinda surprised CP2077 didn't get an AO rating - the sex scenes are certainly a lot more involved and integral than the hidden Hot Coffee bullshit that temporarily gave GTA San Andreas an AO rating.
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I'm replaying GTA V for at least the 3rd time (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC now) and it's such a well done game in just about all regards. I never go online, so that's probably why I keep that opinion.
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Ether Frenzy posted:I'm replaying GTA V for at least the 3rd time (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PC now) and it's such a well done game in just about all regards. I never go online, so that's probably why I keep that opinion. GTAO is way better now than ever before, especially since you can do basically everything in a private lobby either by yourself or with friends instead of in a public lobby where someone's going to use a mod menu to turn you into an orange, or just use their flying jetbike to repeatedly murder you. Come play with goons!
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Oh nice! I remember trying it on the 360 with my regular gaming crew when it was new and we definitely spent 75% of the time waiting for lobbies to load in. I assume that's better now.
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Ether Frenzy posted:Oh nice! I remember trying it on the 360 with my regular gaming crew when it was new and we definitely spent 75% of the time waiting for lobbies to load in. I assume that's better now. The game has been out 10 years with 200 gigs of patches and 2 new console generations worth of increased processing power. Waiting in the clouds is down to a solid 71%.
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't disagree with you here at all. There's maybe a small handful of Skyrim quests that hint at adult activities but even then they do it in a very wink wink nudge nudge sorta way that isn't likely to set off any but the most sensitive parents. I'd expect most older teenagers to routinely tell dirtier jokes than Skyrim has. There’s an entire fallout faction that routinely crucifies people. Cyberpunk never made me clutch my pearls.
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Not Wolverine posted:I like that CP2077 is sorta like GTA but newer, but the sexual content is too much. Admittedly, I haven't played enough to realize there was so much sexual content in the game but as soon as my son got into a city and went to an in game nudie bar I quickly put a stop to him playing. I don't think the idea of having nude bars in a game offends me since adult stores are a thing that exists in real life, but when every other building is a nude bar it's a little too much. That said, the character creation genitals disappoints me simply because it's an option that was only added for shock value. Furthermore, why can I have two dozen sliders to change every single aspect of my characters face but for genitals the only options are a normal dick, large dick, or blank spot? I guess in the future evolution weeded out small dicks and vaginas. Sorry about your small dick but it’s not CP2077s fault and maybe don’t let your toddler play 17+ rated video games.
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In the Napoleonic Era, small dicks were preferable due to making it harder to get shot in the dick by the wildly inaccurate breechloader weaponry used at the time, in the near-future of Cyberpunk 2077 small dick evolution became unnecessary due to the advanced scopes and enhanced vision developed, which can easily allow anyone to hit even the smallest dick. Thank you elon musk
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Darchangel posted:It *is* a dystopian game based on current exploitative trends in capitalism... Yeah, and the stylistic choices totally benefit the the game. It's edgy because that's what advertises best to people in that setting and is in line with the themes of the genre. I mean for gently caress's sake, you're running around with an anti-corporate terrorist making snarky comments about how big he was into loving groupies, getting drunk, and doing blow in between wanting to bomb skyscrapers. It's not something that's for kids. I do like the trend that this and Baldur's Gate 3 have been following in leaning towards more inclusive character creation though. If you're gonna let people hang schmeat in character creation, not tying it to body type and voice is the way. Let people see themselves in the game, it's not like it's any more development effort to do.
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No age rating can really tell you who a piece of media is appropriate for, since context is key. Kids can watch certain R rated movies and play certain M rated games, but there's others that are wildly inappropriate for kids with the same, or lower ratings. I'd even argue that games like FIFA shouldn't be played by children because of their horribly predatory design, even though their content is about as safe for families as it gets Annecdotally, I used to get a bunch of porn through Starcraft's BattleNet as a kid, so I really wonder what happens on Minecraft and Roblox servers when people aren't looking
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The whole dichotomy that people have with it’s totally ok for kids to see graphic murders but god forbid kids seeing tits or a dong really weirds me out sometimes.
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Man I had a weird fuckin' night, Was going out to eat with my fiance, made it about three blocks up the road, I notice that a house has a lot of fire coming out of it, there's no emergency vehicles yet, so I pull over, tell my fiance to call 911, and run up to see if I can help. There's a man and woman, guy is screaming about "where's my mom?" And woman is screaming about how she's fine (FD reported no one in the house, later), then the woman gets in her car and loving BOOKS IT, I go up to the guy, try to ask where he thinks his mom is etc, but he's too panicked to do anything but scream "Mom!" Over and over again. I take a look into the two rooms that aren't engulfed in flame through the window, then poo poo starts exploding inside, within maybe a minute the entire house is engulfed in flame, the electric service is on fire and throwing sparks, and random junk and trash in the yard is burning 10' from the house. I talk briefly with the other random dude that showed up (my former coworker, from a job 50 miles away, what a weird coincidence). Then the fire trucks pull up, I tell one of them that there may be someone in the house, then run to get yelling guy to give them more details, but he has completely disappeared. Since the pros were there, I left. Now I just got a call from the Sheriff wanting to get some details from me.... E: check your smoke detector batteries, I knew conceptually how fast house fires spread, but watching it in person really makes it sink in. Elviscat fucked around with this message at 10:07 on Dec 30, 2023 |
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Elviscat just want to thank you for saving your own life by not going in there on a search and rescue mission.
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Jesus christ, glad you're OK man.Galler posted:One of my cats started waking me up far too early but, fortunately, setting up an automatic feeder to dispense a single portion of kibble at 6:30am was enough to tide her over until breakfast. I thought about this over Christmas, and think we're going to go this route. So much so, I ordered one last night. slidebite fucked around with this message at 16:10 on Dec 30, 2023 |
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Good work Elviscat, you did what you could and no more. Glad you are safe.
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2023 decided to keep on loving with us medically. My Subaru has imprinted on me apparently since I gently caress, I closed out 2022 trying to chase opiate prescriptions and attempting to schedule physical therapy during the holidays and here I am again. “Yeah we’re currently booking March” was the response from the one PT chain I managed to get a hold of.
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Cybertrucks look weird as gently caress, guy in my neighborhood bought one, and I've been seeing it driving around this week. Just awful. Wheels look too small for the body and I could see the panel gaps from behind. I'll try to get some pictures when I
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Mustache Ride posted:Cybertrucks look weird as gently caress, guy in my neighborhood bought one, and I've been seeing it driving around this week. It looks like a gigantic graphics glitch, and not in a good way.
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Mustache Ride posted:Cybertrucks look weird as gently caress, guy in my neighborhood bought one, and I've been seeing it driving around this week. Just pretend you love it. The guy will get dopamine thinking you are taking glamour/jealousy photos.
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Okay well....... year in cycling and ,,,, Activities 612 Distance 19,332.3 km Elev Gain 147,161 m Time 679h 13m
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Pretty sure you've covered more ground on bike than I have in every travel method combined this year.  Elviscat posted:E: check your smoke detector batteries, I knew conceptually how fast house fires spread, but watching it in person really makes it sink in. Really loving fast. Been through one fire as a kid (mom always unplugged stuff by yanking the cord.. was vacuuming the hall, plug caught on fire), and two below me as an adult (kitchen fire below me for the first one, garage fire in the garage under me). It's also why keys, wallet, glasses, and garage door remote stay in a small basket next to the front door (can grab the whole thing on the way out), and after the nearby wildfires this year, I now keep a go bag packed in the summer (insulin, medications, phone charger, clothes, cash). e: goddamn I hate dealing with medical insurance. Just opened a bunch of mail that's piled up, my insurance is switching to an absolutely horrible pharmacy benefits manager. They (the PBM) have nothing but 1 star reviews on Google, and an F rating from the BBB. Half the poo poo I'm on needs prior authorization. Cue scrambling to find a new plan on the marketplace, finally found a HMO plan I can afford - costs more than what I pay now, but a huge network and my RX costs will go down more than what the difference per month is. Gonna go refill everything they'll authorize first thing in the morning as a final gently caress you to 2023's insurance (both brands of CGMs, even, just in case prior auths take a bit), plus get RSV and COVID shots. Be nice if 2023's insurance did anything electronically.. like EOBs (not online whatsoever), and sending notices by email... maybe an app. Or a functional website that could show more than an ID card and how far you are from meeting your out of pocket. randomidiot fucked around with this message at 08:13 on Dec 31, 2023 |
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As 2023 ends, one End of the Road. gently caress you, you poo poo rear end year. With the kiddo's T1D, I have all the pbm complaints RI has, plus more, and will forever. Here's to next year being better!
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Okay good bye 2023, hello 2024 whomever wants to kick the thread off
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randomidiot posted:Pretty sure you've covered more ground on bike than I have in every travel method combined this year. Put more miles down than all my fords combined. I didn't even make a kilomiles worth of bike rides this year. Somehow still more miles than I put on the F550 turbos 1, 2, and 3 though. gently caress 2023. Glad it's loving done. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Jan 1, 2024 |
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Arishtat posted:10 Mar 2024 - Trackcross @ Dominion Raceway - https://www.dominionraceway.com/calendar Tag yourself. I'm El Gapo.  Happy New Year, goons. This was certainly a year of all time. Almost wish I had kept up with this thread more. Almost.
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Spending NYE alone in a hotel watching YouTube and HBO. Drank a Mike’s Harder Lemonade and I’ll be off to bed early. Hooray for trauma call weekend!
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Imperador do Brasil posted:Spending NYE alone in a hotel watching YouTube and HBO. Drank a Mike’s Harder Lemonade and I’ll be off to bed early. Hooray for trauma call weekend! want YouTube recs?
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trilobite terror posted:want YouTube recs? Much appreciated but I’ll be asleep within the hour lol. I’m cleaning for home as soon as I wake up in the morning.
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gently caress your fireworks directly in your rear end. I hate that they’re allowed.
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Just after Christmas, I set out for St. Johns, Newfoundland, in order to see the 2024 sunrise before anybody else in North America. Caught a cold and hunkered down in a hotel these last 3 days, didn't make it out to the coast (20-hour round trip) but will be celebrating the turning of the year in about 7 minutes regardless Whatever 2023 was to you, it brought you to where you are now. Hope that 2024 is kinder.
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Russian Bear posted:gently caress your fireworks directly in your rear end. I hate that they’re allowed. Agreed. Best case you panic my poor cat all night. Worst case you light off this tinderbox of a state. Either way cut that poo poo out.
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Goodbye 2023. Not a bad one for me. Not a good one either. Won't miss it.
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Happy New Year everyone. I had a really great 2023. New career, reconnection with a past partner, some financial windfalls, and just generally good times with friends new and old.
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Better (current gen) truck to sleep in the back of: Tahoe or Wrangler Unlimited? I think the Tahoe has 2nd row club chairs that might complicate the situation. Don't know what the Wrangler is like. E: I’m 6’1 blk fucked around with this message at 07:52 on Jan 1, 2024 |
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Happy new year goons! Hope everyone’s coming year is better than the outgoing one.
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Saw a mint Regal T Type yesterday. Didn't get much of a chance to look too close (owner was getting in as I got to the c-store), but I can't remember the last time I saw one. Thought it was a Grand National at first glance until I saw the fender badge, but I haven't seen a GN in at least a decade. It was a thing of beauty. Russian Bear posted:gently caress your fireworks directly in your rear end. I hate that they’re allowed. They're not here, AND we're in a pretty severe drought. Still sounded like WW3 outside last night.. and my apts back up to a wooded area that's a drat tinderbox right now. A cigarette started a 120 acre fire that burned down part of an apartment complex nearby this summer... randomidiot fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Jan 1, 2024 |
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