#talking simulator

[autofuneral]

gameplay is story, gameplay is story, gameplay is story, gameplay is story, gameplay is story, gameplay is story

[thewayfarersinn]

Night time vibes 🌌

[hpowellsmith]

Hey friends, if you want to hear me talking with my voice about interactive fiction, you can listen to the latest Talking Simulator episode and do just that!

(and have a listen to the rest of the episodes too, they're great!)

[goldenglitch]

Elsinore with Katie Chironis

Elsinore's writer and team lead Katie Chironis discusses the process of turning Shakespeare's Hamlet into a time-looping adventure game.

Check out this interview with our team lead and writer, Katie, on Talking Simulator!

[clevercrumbish]

CleverCrumbish: Ok so

CleverCrumbish: One of LRR's very good new stream shows is called Talking Simulator, right

CleverCrumbish: The premise being "Alex and Cam play a video game and talk about it"

CleverCrumbish: Usually, they play good games and talk about what was done right

CleverCrumbish: Dark Souls, Layers of Fear, Life Is Strange, DOOM (2016) etc

CleverCrumbish: This time, they were like "Let's play a bad game and talk about why it's bad"

CleverCrumbish: So they played Aliens: Colonial Marines

CleverCrumbish: Now, halfway through A:CM

CleverCrumbish: (Which is so bad holy shit)

CleverCrumbish: You get a different enemy type

CleverCrumbish: Because mercenaries working for Weyland-Yutani turn up and start shooting u

CleverCrumbish: To silence you

CleverCrumbish: Cause that makes sense

CleverCrumbish: Not like WY is an all-powerful supercorp that could just silence the issue by throwing money at it or anything

CleverCrumbish: Nope just employ a bunch of civilians to fight the US military

CleverCrumbish: Anyway, much like "PIN Number" and "ATM machine", this part of the game apparently annoyed people in the chat by having the characters constantly refer to individual enemies in this scene as "PMCs"

CleverCrumbish: "THEY'RE NOT PMCS, THEY WORK /FOR/ A PMC" someone yelled

CleverCrumbish: "But what if" said I

CleverCrumbish: "What if they are"

CleverCrumbish: "What if each of these people is legally classified as a separate contractor?"

CleverCrumbish: "What if in the hell-future Alien/s is set in, there is gig economy mercenary work"

CleverCrumbish: "Uber for citizens with guns"

CleverCrumbish: "You have to fight the US military and you don't even get health insurance"

CleverCrumbish: "Weyland Yutani posts on twitter about how hardworking you are for hiding behind a crate being shot at by marines on your son's birthday for less than a living wage"

CleverCrumbish: Anyway that is the worst idea in the history of ideas

In-Strange-Aeons: i love it

[thewayfarersinn]

This is Sir Alphonse Louis Frédéric Duquette de la Sang Kyle. A flamboyant forgetful vampire looking for a long lost item.

Unhinged & deranged, just like we like 'em

[thewayfarersinn]

Name: Fable Pronouns: They/Them

Fable is called Fable because they're fabulous. They are a ranger watching over the local grove. However, they suffer from wanderlust but do not dare to yet venture out into the world.

We also lovingly call them Genderelf, because they sparked gender envy within some people. (Me, I'm some people.)

[thewayfarersinn]

The Wayfarer's Inn is the heart of the world in Tavern Talk — where you listen to stories of glory and failure, shed tears, or die of laughter.

Tavern Talk is a humorous barkeeping talking simulator where you hop into the role of the most beloved NPC of every (TT)RPG ever: the Innkeeper.

Ah yes, and found family. Need I say more?

Why don't you have a seat and get all cozy here with us while the devs work on the game. 👀