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out: the VR suit that hurts you in: perfumes that smell like Nurikabe World, Harvest Moon, and Assassins Creed 2

GameSmell: A Videogame-Perfume Pairing List - UnwinnableI like the idea of spraying a perfume before you sit down to play a game; it’s like the VR suit that hurts you but, uh, more pleasant.unwinnable.com

After several days of this discourse I’m ready to call the sexism red card. It is perfectly fine to think her argument is bad or she should have written a different genre, but way too many people are treating a translator with a PhD like she’s not smart enough to analyze a movie.

my “stable adult” metric which keeps getting pushed back for me personally is having the money to comfortably subscribe to 3-4 physical magazines (preferably one with a crossword)

For this month‘s column I got so mad about the AI videogame smell machine that I made a perfume and videogame pairing list:

I aspire to be so cool as to write an acclaimed translation and then totally pan the movie version of it

zero parades

*mishearing someone talking about the manosphere* the level-up item in final fantasy 10? I’m just not concerned about that

I would like to play a CRPG where the player character already has all their outfits in their closet but you have to unlock the ability to wear them through certain scenarios (ie gaining confidence in a location, succeeding a check, etc.)

In this world of AI I’m pleased the ”Dan Smith will teach you guitar” posters have remained exactly the same

reading war and peace like “I should reread anna karenina"

Sohla El-Waylly is my hero because she does these “easy meal anyone can make” instagram videos and the two of them I tried have been the best thing I’ve made this year

tab open about the wildfire smoke 🤝 tab open about the explosive diarrhea

Smoking behind the Pokemart with you

Want to write something about the suddenly million medieval-themed fashion brands whose products are all $300

The thing is that slay the spire 2 is so fun.

Don’t have a subscription to watch the England/Norway game so I’m watching the Balatro speedrun from yesterday

Yep!

we laid off the people who develop the games, we laid off the journalists who cover the games, everyone is freelance and there’s no freelance budget. It’s probably fine though