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1. Jim (jim@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 09:07:16 JST Jim
   So you've had all day now Starfield players. What's the verdict? Fun game or pure shit?
   • ColdOnesLite🍻 (coldoneslite@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 09:41:27 JST ColdOnesLite🍻

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     I stopped talking to NPC's because every other one is gay and wants to tell you about their fag husband who died or their lesbian wife. Every woman is a girlboss bull dyke.
     
     in an RPG where you just want to get "muh immersion" and escape to the fictional world, the last fucking thing I want is to be surrounded by gay brown people and trannies. I can't do it anymore man.
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   • minespatch (minespatch@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 09:49:21 JST minespatch

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     • ColdOnesLite🍻
     What is it with Starfield and Baldur's gate being obsessed with romance?
     Elden Ring and Dark souls 3 didn't have this money sex obssesed whores.
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   • of nothing (apropos@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 09:49:22 JST of nothing

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     • minespatch
     @minespatch @ColdOnesLite @Jim probably some spreadsheet going around dev studios that says that there are benefits from a game having dateable characters
     1. increases female interest in the game
     2. allows you to get higher ESG scores through representation
     3. in a way that doesn't diminish the appeal to men (until you go as far as BG3 where it's an actual challenge to avoid gay sex)
     
     No gamedev has a bunch of companion sex in the twinkle in his eye. Corporate just says: add this shit from this spreadsheet.
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   • Wrath (eiswald@poa.st)'s status on Thursday, 07-Sep-2023 10:48:57 JST Wrath

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     Shiver me timber'd it. Haven't played enough of it to really know. Preinstalled the 'No more blackkks' mod so as to remove all/most of the niggers. There's girl boss shit and female miners in your face right from the get go. It's unrealistic and terribly annoying. Really pissed me off, instantly made me homicidal. You're locked into these faggoty tutorial quests for at least two hours.
     
     It forces you to companion with this annoying ass robot the moment you leave the first planet. A robot that sounds like you would expect a robot to sound despite near flawless AI Voice Synthesizing already being a thing in our reality.
     
     You don't choose a sex, you choose a 'body type' and a walk animation to go with it. I'm sure you've seen that brit's video so you know about the pronouns that NEVER BECOME RELEVEANT EVER AGAIN IN THE ENTIRE FUCKING GAME.
     
     The dialogue so far is absolute dog shit. It's horse piss. It's so bad, so tedious, and so fucking boring. I'm going to try to muddle through it tomorrow but I've got a feeling that I may just throw my hands up and grab Baulder's Gate 3 instead.