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Rocky, Savior of the Universe Project Hail Mary (2026) dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller

in Disco Elysium I was expecting there to be some kind of “addiction mechanic” that would add a long-term downside to taking drugs, and was surprised not only by the absence of any such mechanic but also that the benefits of drugs greatly outweighed the cost. anyways fast forward to the late game and I was downing three bottles of pyrholidon and smoking an entire pack of cigarettes before attempting any check, and it was only then I realized there was in fact an addiction mechanic

tenorgender

honestly, i think this is why i like the way the game handles substances so much. when i was looking up playthroughs of disco elysium i stumbled across one subreddit thread where someone asked “gameplay wise, is there any point to staying sober?” and just looked at it. like, yeah. yeah, exactly. we know that harry often does drugs specifically so that he can take on a superhuman caseload - as he puts it to kim, to be a “really good detective”. it was so chilling to see a player asking the same exact question that harry would probably be asking himself. without an external punishment mechanic, without being heavy handed about it, and in a way that (as OP pointed out) is so natural as to be almost unnoticeable, it manages to put the player exactly in his shoes as a recovering (or not recovering) addict. it’s a really well-designed mechanic

its-snowtime

“Things are harder without this substance, so there’s no reason for me to abstain” being a purely Player-Driven interaction is a phenomenal addiction mechanic. Absolutely fucking gorgeous.

lyril

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roaldamundsen

never ask a woman her age a man his salary your mutual how late it is in her timezone when she starts posting about that bisexual man

roaldamundsen

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roaldamundsen

can people stop saying insane things on this post

contemptible-scoundrel

when she touch my thing in a sexual capacity

constellationursa

I do say, this is perhaps the most unsafe happenstance in a work setting I've ever seen.

snazzy-hats-and-adhd

Forbidden cheese whizz

hellenhighwater

Should I be saving my money for a down payment on a house and getting rid of furniture so I have less to move? Yes. And also yes.

But consider:

She's $300 and I need her

hellenhighwater

You guys are a terrible influence.

effieships

Simon collages!

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Detail Note: Simon's Injuries

Mark mentions in Iron Lung Athleticism (timestamp marked) of having to be extremely careful with his hand placements during the scenes where he's getting thrashed around, because his fingers would break immediately if they got caught up in the floorgrates of the SM-13:

So, yeah, the the stunt days actually were not that bad. There's a particular scene in the last part of the movie where I'm [...] just sloshing around - and I'm not doing shit, there. I'm just trying not to get my fingers wedged in the the floor grate that's still under there. Uh, 'cause if I was chucked back and my fingers got in there, it'd break like immediately. So I'm trying to keep myself in. Like spoilers, I'm very "in" on both arms! Let's just [laughter] say that.

Now, taking into account, in "canon", this was really happening to Simon, and it was not a movie set, Simon would have broke SO MANY FINGERS.

Lord have mercy, this keeps getting worse.

#iron lung spoilers