brandymon

Gondii fucking slaps, and I feel the need to gush about it to someone.

That polymetric 5/8 over 4/4 intro. Those lyrics about a parasite that seems to be a metaphor for our relationship wih social media. That use of leitmotif, restating the theme of Changes both musically and thematically. Cav's jungle breakbeats while the lyrics get all philosophical about the nature of consciousness.

Dayum, this shit is so good.

What's your favourite moment on Changes and why?

As a former Ballpoint Nouveau main, I'm not sure what to make of the new Ballpoint Splatling kit in Splatoon 3. Fizzy bomb and inkjet both seem like powerful tools, but I have no idea what I'm doing with them.

I really miss my Squid Beacons - a beacon in a safe place gave you so much license to get aggressive, take turf, perform flanking manoeuvres, and generally be a nuisance. Without beacons, I think I need to position more conservatively as a proper anchor (as I would while playing heavy). However when playing that role, I'm struggling to incorporate Fizzy Bombs into my game. They seem to be a powerful area-denial tool for cutting off approaching enemies, but so is pointing a charged Spl

I just had a charming and delightful conversation with my mother this afternoon. I got called lazy (despite me working 50 hours this week from home) because I'm apparently "not doing enough work around the house and waste all my time staring at a computer." Well I work as a software developer (and dealt with similar abuse when trying to learn to code at home...) and most of my hobbies are computer-based.

Look, if she wanted a frank conversation about household responsibilities, then I'm all ears, but there's no need for insults (and surprise surprise, no one has actually said what they expect of me here). When I asserted boundaries and told her not to insult my work ethic, she waif'd at me

One the one hand, who the heck am I to tell other people how to have fun? On the other hand, I have no idea why people think it's fun to not play a game.

Look, I'm just a charger noob, trying to get some practice in turf war before hitting ranked. It's pretty hard to do that when I queue into 5 squid parties in a row though. Woo, I'm having so much fun trying to cover turf and snipe that one guy who isn't partying...

It was pretty satisfying to pop a Stingray in their arses though

Hey, long time lurker, but first time poster. So, I made the rookie error of attempting conversation with my (suspected) uBPD mum today (or perhaps more accurately, having conversation forced upon me). That was my first mistake. However ample use of medium chill kept the conversation civil, even as it turned to politics. Being British, no political conversation would be complete without talk about Brexit, yet I still managed to maintain a healthy sense of calm emotional detachment for a time. Things went swimmingly, until I made the grave error of being emotionally honest; I believe I said words to the effect of "I think a load of people voted leave because they felt left behind by the

My (emotionally abusive) mother has spent her entire adult life dealing (poorly) with depression, anxiety, and shitty self-worth. Thanks to her tendency to project and bully, my entire childhood was spent trying to please her and keep her happy. I eventually left home to go to University; I studied Engineering, not because I had any real passion for the subject, but because I was ok at maths/physics at school and engineers always seemed well respected in society (3 guesses who's respect I wanted...). Despite my flimsy motivation, I got a 2:1 with very little effort and went on to do a PhD, where I floundered due to the motivation simply not being there. I now find myself back "home" with

So, I got my third ever 12-win run today with a disgusting Paladin deck (Truesilver Champion + 2xSpikeridged Steed + 2xConsecration + Grimestreet Protector feelsgoodman). Of course, thanks must go to u/adwcta and u/Merps4248 without whom this run wouldn't have gone as far as it did. When I was drafting this deck, I was surprised to see Stonehill Defender rated 120; after the run, I'm surprised it isn't rated higher. Paladin has 4 class taunts which are horrifically good arena cards (Grimestreet Protector, Tirion, Sunkeeper Tarim, and Wickerflame Burnbristle), and only once was I not offered one of these four. Having done the maths, I may have gone on a lucky streak (I believe it's ~65%

Hi, I'm brandymon. A couple of days ago, I had an epiphany, that Curious Glimmerroot might just be my favourite card ever, even if it won't be out for a while. I thought the reason for this was interesting enough to share with you lovely redditors, since it involves a fairly deep dive into the design of Hearthstone.

Let's start with the book that made me have this realisation: Raph Koster's "A Theory of Fun for Game Designers" is a joy to read, with a unique perspective on games and their design, delivered in a friendly and breezy manner. In Chapter 3, he argues that the feeling of "fun" is all about our brains feeling good, because of a rush of endorphins lik