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  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • My fashion style changed and it's not very JRPG anymore.

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  • I feel this. I started buying more simple black and other drab-colored clothing this year without immediately putting two and two together that it was because I don't feel safe in the country I live in anymore.

    Your new style works really well for you too! It just shouldn't have to be this way. It should be our choice without having to worry about how others will react.

  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • Hey, go for it! If c/mensliberation became men-only, I'd support them! There are some communities where women wouldn't have anything to contribute, and that's okay and wouldn't be sexist.

    But just don't go full kiwifarms with a men-only community and I'd say that's fine.

  • Dude read the rules of woman only community and decided to post anyway

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  • If every video game was to be destroyed but you had the chance to save five games, what would you choose to save?

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  • It's impossible to pick out just five of the most important games ever, but I'd try to pick games that have important historical significance, have some degree of genre diversity, all while still being fun and thought-provoking games you'll always want to pick back up.

    1. Ultima IV.
      The first RPG that wasn't a giant dungeon-crawling grindfest where you slay a wizard at the end. It has a big open world, fun NPC interactions, and fun tactical RPG gameplay for the time. Has a really good philosophical storyline that is integrated with the game mechanics, and it shows how creativity can form under constraints. Another good option would have skipped to the SNES era with Final Fantasy VI, which is slightly less retro but is more approachable and has an equally compelling story with stronger replay value and tons of mods/romhacks.
    2. Resident Evil 2.
      One of the problems with choosing only five of the most important games is that the horror genre and the point-and-click adventure genre both are important in the history of gaming, but there isn't room for both. Resident Evil 2 blends both genres exquisitely in a really compelling, but also endearing B-movie story with lovable characters. The Walking Dead would have been another option, but it doesn't really have gameplay and it strays far enough away from the adventure genre that it doesn't serve as a good example.
    3. Flower.
      The Indie Revolution was an important era of gaming history, and motion controls were really big back then. Beautiful, subtle story about overcoming depression. Roger Ebert was wrong and video games could be art. Any indie game during the Indie Revolution golden era (August 2008-September 2015) would fit here, but I picked Flower because, at the time, it challenged what people's expectations of what a video game was supposed to be. Games don't have to be challenging or about fighting to be legitimate. Doesn't have a ton of replay value, but it's the sort of game you'll always come back to during hard times. Barely beat out Stardew Valley, which is longer and has more replay value but isn't an "art game," which was very much the zeitgeist of the era, and Celeste which, in addition to having a beautiful ludonarrative story like Flower, would have also been a good mascot for speedrunning communities, but was created post-indiepocalypse and therefore isn't a good example of the era.
    4. Nier Automata.
      A really engaging action-focused game with a good story and tons of replay value. Bloodborne and Bayonetta would have also been good choices, but I ultimately went this one because you'll spend more time on it, and there's a co-op mod. It does make this list RPG-heavy, but it's hard to find a pure action game with as much replay value and attention to the plot. It's still a skills-based game and none of the RPG mechanics will save you on the hardest difficulty.
    5. Baldur's Gate III.
      I would put an open-world, choice-based game here. Even though BG3 is not a true open-world game, it has many the sandbox features open-world players like short of a fun physics system. It's the third entry in the series, but the game doesn't expect you to have played the first two games. Great mod support. I didn't choose other popular open-world/open-zone games because many have paper-thin quests that lack player agency (Daggerfall, half of Oblivion, Skyrim, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Breath of the Wild), don't work as a standalone experience (any of the Mass Effect Trilogy, the Witcher 3), are amazing but too small in scale to be good representatives (KOTOR, Dragon Age: Origins, Deus Ex), are too controversial (Grand Theft Auto, which railroads you into being a bad guy) or have a strong open world and player choices but terrible gameplay (Morrowind). I gave BG3 the edge over Cyberpunk and Fallout: New Vegas due to built-in co-op and endless replay value that would last a lifetime.

    If this were a top 10 list, I would add Fallout: New Vegas (for a purer open-world sandbox experience), Super Mario Galaxy (a 3D platformer in a well-known franchise with a strong story), Celeste(the pinnacle of 2D platformers and speedrunners love it), Minecraft(an important social game with constructive cooperative mechanics), and Stardew Valley (best cozy game representative).

  • Woman refuses Cycling UK award over trans women being left out

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  • Pope Leo XIV Will Have Lunch With 4 Trans Women in "Unprecedented" Meeting

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  • A few updates have come out, and it looks like Pope Leo snubbed the trans women and no one got to actually talk to him. One woman got to hand him a letter and that's it. He also snubbed JD Vance in May too, suggesting but not confirming a rhetorical pattern.

    Whether the seating was deliberate or not, the concern lies in how he couldn't be bothered to share one word with any of them. Pope Leo has established himself earlier this year anti gay and trans, and that doesn't seem to have changed yesterday. A step back compared to Francis, who was at least willing to communicate. Add it to the giant pile of setbacks that occurred in 2025.

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  • The extended trackpads make it more fuckable, tbh.

  • Steam Controller

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  • It's niche, but has its uses. As the only person who actually liked the original Steam controller, I can attest that Daggerfall is so much more fun with a controller that has a trackpad.

    I'm definitely picking it up, but honestly, I don't see the controller selling very well.

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  • I actually love the touchpads, but it weird that I'm thinking about this more in the context of a media center PC than actually playing games? I definitely wouldn't use this for all games unless the form factor was really good.

    Because, trying to operate Desktop Mode docked on Steam Deck with a controller is...painful, and this controller would be perfect for jumping into a web browser for streaming sites that don't have Kodi add-ons (Kanopy and Patreon are two that come to mind).

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  • Steam Machine

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  • I didn't want to get too specific, but by "that sort of thing" I meant not supporting companies who financially contribute to certain political organizations and individuals. That's a personal decision and I didn't want to ruffle any feathers on an unrelated thread.

    I'll also say that not everyone wants to build their own PC and would prefer the assurance that everything will just work out of the box, yet still don't want a locked-down experience that you'd get with consoles. And that's okay.

    Steam Deck was one-of-a-kind for having a console-like pricing model, while having a high ifixit repairability score, and because it's not a custom build, there's a tutorial out there for most repairs or other problems you'll encounter. So that's pretty reliable in my book.

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  • It's totally a personal preference thing, but the Deck really deserves the love it's gotten. The screen and speakers are amazing, which is rare for handhelds. I have high hopes for the AYN Thor as an eventual successor to my 3DS.

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  • I wish it had a more defined upgrade path, I really do. I was actually going to get a Framework 16 until their controversy came to light. For those of us who care for that sort of thing, the only game in town left the building.

    So my answer is that this device checks all my boxes except for that. It's built with Linux in mind, it's small, it's not a laptop, it has quality assurance and I don't have to build it myself, and it can run all my favorite games. And it is still repairable, just not upgradable. But I'm going to get as much life as I can get out of it, and I'm not going to just throw it out or sell it when the next Steam Machine comes around. I'll make do with what I have until it breaks or becomes unusable.

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  • That sounds like the perfect setup! If the Steam Deck were smaller, that's exactly what I'd do too.

  • Transfem @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Falling out of love with nail polish the farther I get into transition. Is this normal?

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    How do you kick the Reddit habit?

  • Patient Gamers @sh.itjust.works
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    Does Super Metroid get any better?

  • Gaming @beehaw.org
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    Resident Evil fans: Can I skip RE5 to play Revelations 2?

  • Transfem @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Merino wool alternatives to LeoLines/TomboyX?