Thread:Deathstalker666/@comment-1496755-20180827202615/@comment-1496755-20190508185239

Having pretty decent luck so far, so thank you for your wishes ;)

It's weird how one week I am not in the mood for anything, and now I am torn between several conflicting impulses (but not enough time to check everything out). So now I have to choose and prioritize. Fate has a weird sense of humor. And on top of that, I am trying to muster the inspiration to finish a writing project that I've delayed for years.

There are few games where defeat can be incorporated as something more than just a prompt to reload. A curious example that comes to mind is one ofthe Tomb Raiders where you are challenged to a mini-game by a certain ancient ghost. Winning rewards you with a considerably shorter and easier path to the level end, while defeat opens up a longer and more challenging path with lots of traps and puzzles. There is one interesting detail though - the longer and harder path has all remaining secrets for this level, while the easy path has no secrets. Therefore, a 100% completionist would have to deliberately lose at the mini-game, in order to gain access to the level potion with secrets. That was a pretty cunning move. And a way to make defeat a viable gameplay path too.

Hmmm, didn't you mention the fatigue thing in Oblivion was due to a mod... or am I remembering wrong?

Sex sending you into a void... now that's something I have to see, heh heh. I guess mod makers enjoy the idea of being chased by someone who wants to copulate with them. Weeeeird. I suppose that's all mods. I have heard that the vanilla game allows getting marriedm, even same-sex marriages.

Many bands employ darkness, but Rammstein does it in a really awesome way. It never seems cheap or artificial.

I can imagine how you feel. Sometimes I am very afraid of displeasing people, apologizing profusely for even the smallest thing. And because of this, I don't say "No" as often as I should, cause someone might get upset or whatever. At work I try to provide some kind of balance, to be the nice guy while my colleagues are usually the strict and prone to be rude ones. I believe it is beneficial. The students will have plenty of time to deal with rude clerks later in life.