This is another example of SHIFTUP seeing something cool (like Nier) and stripping it of what actually MAKES IT cool in order to appease the lowest common denominator.
I think I went a bit mad writing House of Open Wounds. But, you know, in a good way.
As a reminder with A Wolf Among Us 2 announced
Fuck a Fables
Not 100% serious. But also not 0%.
Operating on about 2 hours sleep, I could probably use the blue salts too.
Finished House of Open Wounds (MASH with magic) on Sunday. This series has so far been some of the most enjoyable fantasy I've read in years.
Please encourage the corps to chase down the diminishing returns of their dying IP. Let IO go make something fun where they don't have to hand over half the proceeds to IP owners 🤷♂️ (the game looks fab but I am SO over James Bond as a story in the same way I don't want to see more cool FBI agents)
Eric Alper
Adrian Tchaikovsky
kate bush’s husband
Damn, ‘Star City’ is so anti-Soviet it makes ‘The Americans’ seem even-handed🤨
Working for double at the hospital 😬 That’s me, I am the blue salts👀🔥
#HouseofOpenWounds @aptshadow.bsky.social
Working for double at the hospital 😬 That’s me, I am the blue salts👀🔥
#HouseofOpenWounds @aptshadow.bsky.social
So, friends, this was a bit of a rough one, but @espressocat.bsky.social and I tried to extract what was good from a game that made both of us very mad.
Content warning for sexual assault handled with about as much care as you'd expect from Kojima.
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