Continuing on from this:
I can legit sell my console, and go pick up something older. I can play the games I never got to experience and not put a single fucking cent into the pockets of Sony after this.
I rather do that over dealing with this bullshit.
PlayStation is ending production of physical game discs for all new games, starting January 2028.
From that date, new games will be available in digital formats only.
You know what.
It wasn't right when Red Dead did it, it's not right when companies push these paid cosmetics into single player games, and it's not alright when the price has already increased from 70 to 80 fucking dollars.
It's always been wrong. It will continue to be wrong.
You know what?
I think more DMs should allow more actions based on roleplay rather than shitty dice rolls.
It feels more satisfying being able to pull out something on the spot and having it work out more than bringing out pure heat, rolling, and landing on a fucking 2.
Critical Role's Brennan Lee Mulligan ditched D&D's dice in Campaign 4: no roll needed because a PC monologue was "too good."
Performance now overrides actual gameplay.
This isn't D&D. It's scripted celebrity theater pretending to be gaming.
They. Don't Really. Play.
I think the Slender Sickness could be used as a wonderful metaphor in the same way that the corrupted elements of the Backrooms are used.
Use Slenderman and the sickness as metaphors. Use it the way he was made. Turn him into a proper urban legend, turn him into a nightmare.
With the talk of Creepypastas as adaptions, we can talk about how Smile Dog or even a slasher love letter with Jeff The Killer would be interesting, I think we really need to go back to the big man himself...
I truly think a new Slenderman adaption could work.
Spoilers for Backrooms, but the movie dealt with themes involving how memories and patterns corrupt and twist overtime the way trauma twists and corrupts memories. I think Slenderman could be a great theme to use to do something similar.