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So *I* am supposed give *you* money for the privilege of testing your game so you can save yourself the cost of hiring beta testers? Did you go to the Tom Sawyer Business School?

Am I the only one who finds this mind-boggling (and gear-grinding)?

(Disclaimer: I don't think the dev in question is identifiable from this, but in any case this is meant to be an example of a tendency I'm seeing all over the place, and not me pointing my finger at any specific individual. In fact I actually like their games a lot.)

Well in their defence, they probably need the money just to be able to complete the game, and probably don't have anything spare to hire proper beta testers.

Then offer some actual reward to backers, which is kind of the point of Kickstarter and Patreon, and with that money, hire beta testers. Simple. But don't make them pay for the "privilege" jfc.

Besides, if it's a game you're really looking forward to, and you're going to buy it anyway, wouldn't you want to help in its creation?

Um no? "Help in its creation" is a sneaky way to say "work on the game", and if you work on the game, you're part of the team and if you're part of the team, you should be paid as such ¯\_(ãƒ,,)_/¯ Taking advantage of fans' enthusiasm is at the very least ethically suspect from my point of view.

Haha, I agree.
It reminds me of those great offers: "Pre-order our game now at a higher price and before the reviews are out to access the beta, and beta-test the game for us! What a bargain!"

Haha yeah, it's the reason I haven't jumped on the early access for Curse of the Dead Gods, as amazing as it looks. Besides not wanting to pay to work as a beta tester like we've already mentioned, what's the point of playing an incomplete game for, say, a year, so that when the whole thing comes out you're already bored of it? If it was free then I'd certainly consider it, but not for 15â,¬ lol

So *I* am supposed give *you* money for the privilege of testing your game so you can save yourself the cost of hiring beta testers? Did you go to the Tom Sawyer Business School?

Am I the only one who finds this mind-boggling (and gear-grinding)?

(Disclaimer: I don't think the dev in question is identifiable from this, but in any case this is meant to be an example of a tendency I'm seeing all over the place, and not me pointing my finger at any specific individual. In fact I actually like their games a lot.)

Uh! I thought it was released more than this due the fame of Alex de la Iglesias! 

I beg your pardon! I pass the flag to Laura Hunt.

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I don't really have anything right now and Ben called it, so it should be his turn. All yours, Ben.

The new King Krule album came out a few days ago and I'm still trying to make sense of it, if it even makes sense to try to make sense. "The OOZ" was already abstract, disjointed and fragmentary, but there was some kind of magic holding it all together, some brilliant creative spark that managed to shine through its broken surface.

"Man Alive!", however, feels like someone who has entirely given up on trying to communicate, locked up in his own concrete cell, mumbling fragments of fleeting thoughts that may or may not have any meaning whatsoever, and if they do, he doesn't care whether we understand them or not.

I absolutely love difficult, twisted, creative art, but with this album, King Krule might have committed a totally different sin: he might have created something boring.

I quite like the song embedded above and the one here below, but as to the rest of the album... I'm still not sure what to feel. I guess a few more spins are in order.

[Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (or Witching And Bitching)]

A search for "Spanish comedy horror jesus" tells me this is Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (or Witching And Bitching). You picked a film that didn't get a UK or US theatrical release and isn't on Netlfix (except in Japan), so I'm not surprised no one's seen it.

I've watched (and enjoyed) a few of Alex de la Iglesia's movies, and even being Spanish myself, I didn't even remember that this existed. Kind of an odd choice, for sure.

Yeah that one in particular was totally worth digging the headphones out for. That's equal parts relaxing and unnerving, I love it. I listened through a few other of their tracks and they almost sort of massage/disturb your ear drums in a weird way.

I know right? It's like ASMR for robots

[Rioji Ikeda]

Can anyone share a cool track that's actually by a Japanese artist? I've already beat you to Pon Pon Pon, so something else please 

I've been listening to Rioji Ikeda a lot these days, since I'm working on a "clicks and cuts" type of playlist:

If that's too cold, maybe try some DJ Krush: (beat enters at 0:50 if long intros bore you):

Even more chill is Nujabes. Not quite my thing, but...:

On the other hand, if you're in a fuck you kind of mood, Merzbow is your friend:

Boris are very, very, VERY cool. "Pink" is their all-time classic and less experimental that what they're doing now, but it's still a trip:

Hell, have another one. They're SOOOOO GOOOD

And of course... Babymetal:

I don't listen to a lot of Japanese stuff. Just a few bands or artists that I trust. One such group is Ogre You Asshole.

That was really cool! Very trippy and spacey... might just queue up a few of their songs while I go about my morning doing stuff around the house

True Detective?

Welp. Your turn.

Had this one on the back burner, so I'll gladly jump in:



Hope it's not too easy!

Ikari Warriors? Has to be something like that...

1942?

They did actually film two versions.

I know. That's what makes it even more hilarious / mind-boggling.

"Safe" version: cannibalism, mutilation, murder.
"Mature" version: cannibalism, mutilation, murder, one swear word.

[fucking]

"Haha look at these silly Americans getting all riled up over (*looks around, whispers*)... the f-word."

Just say FUCK ffs.

Good point, though I was unsure of the forum rules on profanity and felt it was easier than read the entire rules page all over again. 

Still, it's insane that the word "fuck" is more likely to get banned than a video instructing kids to soak their food in bleach.

It is. I'll never understand why USians are so absolutely terrified of swearing. I remember one episode in The Walking Dead in which the gang was captured by a group of cannibals and of course they had no issue showing people eating human limbs, desmembering others, lining them up like cattle and murdering them with a baseball bat, etc etc... but when the Exciting Cliffhanger (tm) came, they had Rick say "they're screwing with the wrong people" instead of "they're fucking with the wrong people". Just... pathetic.

I can imagine there is some kind of cancel clique out there though just waiting for swear words to mass report.

Or an algorithm.

Exactly, most millennials couldn't care less if a YouTuber says the F-word, but advertisers are terrified they'd get associated with something that could get the Midwestern US christian moms into a moral panic

"Haha look at these silly Americans getting all riled up over (*looks around, whispers*)... the f-word."

Just say FUCK ffs.

Hazy drowsy sunday morning mood...

Bubba Ho-Tep?

I mean, just going by the first image it's got to be Treme, right?

Yup! All yours.

Another nudge maybe?

Alright!