What a difference 7 years makes.
At least we can file "CIA is responsible for Islamic terrorism" under "things that used to be called conspiracy theories, but are now just fucking obvious."
I love when the empire discredits itself like this.
https://t.co/AEqghHLhZD
I understand this would be hard to process for someone who calls themselves a journalist when what they really are is a content aggregator, but when you make a decision in a board room and that decision leads to people dying, you did, in a very real way, kill them.
I completed Dragon Age Veilguard! 2 weeks and 80 hours and i've completely turned around my opinion on it. the writing and plot became much more exciting halfway and ended strong. yes some of the writing is a little too earnest, but JRPGs do this too. this felt like a game made by people who grew up on JRPGs. i enjoyed the scenes about identity because my heart is open to empathize with these characters and their perspectives, and i find them valuable even if it's imperfect (particularly when on decisions the player is forced to make that don't feel right or earned).
the game is VERY reactive to your choices, and i marvel at the amount of writing needed to be done to accommodate every possible party permutation. even at the very final battle, my 2 chosen final party members remembered a small sidequest cutscene and talked about it as we headed toward the final boss. this game still lacks deeper role-playing system (you can't just talk to anyone, your character's personality is set in stone) but the richness comes from interacting with your party and how they interact with each other. this game surprised me in many many ways.
and yes, the biggest miracle is that by the end, i actually cared about the Dreadwolf
There should be something just for fun on the ballot, like voting for the best flavor of ice cream . I think that would get a lot of people really excited to get involved
@kylieedlelee I enjoy teaching but it’s still a job at the end of the day, I just picked the thing I would least hate to do for the rest of my life lmao