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Friday Fun Thread for September 8, 2023

Be advised: this thread is not for serious in-depth discussion of weighty topics (we have a link for that), this thread is not for anything Culture War related. This thread is for Fun. You got jokes? Share 'em. You got silly questions? Ask 'em.

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I’m loving Starfield, but I’m a stickler for aesthetics and I think its 80s tech future is so visually distinct and fun, the architecture, the clothing, the ship designs, the meticulously cluttered interiors, the fact that every item is modelled and you can rotate it in the inventory, it’s great. I also love the music, Inon Zur is one of my all time favorite game composers and the Starfield soundtrack is a love letter to ‘60s and ‘70s sci fi, with these huge ‘pang’ sounds, heavy use of cymbals and strings, an eerie vastness-of-space motif, some synth at times. It’s great.

The gameplay and questing is pretty fun, at least to me. I enjoyed the corporate infiltration and starship rangers faction storylines, I will do the other two this week. The main storyline is, as ever, poor.