Ask!

[TerraceArchimedes]

That reminds me of a Someguy2000, a mod author in New Vegas. He got so disappointed that no one noticed that in all of mods no one noticed he'd made every hand of cards a Dead Man's Hand (and this was just clutter lying around in the game), then he just spouted it out during a mod review.

My personal opinion is that if you feel the need to do such a thing, you've failed. There's nothing wrong with trying to be clever, as long as your cleverness isn't detrimental to your main project. But if you feel the need to explain your clever stuff - or even worse, if people NEED to get what you were driving at and don't - then either you end up looking conceited or the audience ends up looking stupid. Neither is a good result.

(Also, there's been a bit of thread merging - don't panic).

To be fair he was also under a lot of stress at the time finishing a big project, and after a some years he might just want to point out a little in-joke that kept him awake during the long hours of modding. I don't think it mattered to him that much since he says he mods drunk and throws in stuff when he feels like it. I like his style because he doesn't treat the player like an idiot and doesn't let the references get in the way of enjoying the game, it's just an added bonus. The cards are a little piece of clutter that you can't even pick up as loot (pretty much how world-building is done in the game, blood on the walls, a few skeletons huddled together over a fire, a body in bed surrounded by needles and a straight razor, etc.) Unfortunately his love for this little secret was like diarrhea - He just couldn't hold it in.

[Aura]

And to get back on the topic of asking stuff, have any of the 4LS staff been contacted by people insisting Kenji's feminist conspiracy theory is real? Seems like a stupid question, but then again this is the internet, and in light of recent events...

No. This is because people would be similarly crazy don't have any access to the context Kenji is building his theories on, that is, the student life at Yamaku.

But yeah, in light of the gamergate nonsense looking back at Kenji is pretty funny. Back when he was created and written none of this stuff was even close to being relevant within the audience KS has. The new wave of internet social justice movement is just a few years old, and the countermovement that now has spawned gamergate is even younger. A22 is basically a prophet.

[ArcCain]

A22 is basically a prophet.

HAHAHA!

I personally don't see A22 on the forums that much, does he prefer to stay in the shadows?

[Kon22]

Any of the devs likes playing poker?

[Aura]

A22 is basically a prophet.

HAHAHA!

I personally don't see A22 on the forums that much, does he prefer to stay in the shadows?

Just like most of 4LS.

[Aura]

Any of the devs likes playing poker? :P

Dunno. I don't care much for it.

[cpl_crud]

Any of the devs likes playing poker?

Occasionally, but my favourite casino game would have to be Craps

[Suriko]

Any of the devs likes playing poker?

I forget the rules every time I play.

I am not good at the card games.

[TheHivemind]

Any of the devs likes playing poker?

I have a friend who does an occasional poker night, and I will gladly go hang out and blow $20 playing blackjack or 5 card or whatever.

[ArcCain]

I have a friend who does an occasional poker night, and I will gladly go hang out and blow $20 playing blackjack or 5 card or whatever.

Why not just use token coins?

[Shockproof Jamo]

During Rin's route Hisao describes the book he's reading as being about "three guys drinking beer for two weeks straight and doing little else". I wonder what that is because I have not been able to find any information on what that book could be.

Hey Aura, is it the Pussikaljaromaani by Mikko Rimminen?

[cpl_crud]

I have a friend who does an occasional poker night, and I will gladly go hang out and blow $20 playing blackjack or 5 card or whatever.

Why not just use token coins?

Gambling with a small, insignificant amount is more fun

[TheHivemind]

I have a friend who does an occasional poker night, and I will gladly go hang out and blow $20 playing blackjack or 5 card or whatever.

Why not just use token coins?

Gambling with a small, insignificant amount is more fun

Exactly.

[Aura]

During Rin's route Hisao describes the book he's reading as being about "three guys drinking beer for two weeks straight and doing little else". I wonder what that is because I have not been able to find any information on what that book could be.

Hey Aura, is it the Pussikaljaromaani by Mikko Rimminen?

No, but close isn't it? I guess Pussikaljaromaani could be reduced to "a book about three guys drinking beer for one day and doing little else".

[Kon22]

While you were working on KS, how did the process go? I mean, did you get the art and the story done simultaneously, or made sure you had the story/scripts first?