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Cain on Games - Tim Cain's new YouTube channel

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I talk about intent, both the intent of my games and the intent of my channel, and why I don't know anyone else's intent.
 

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Codex Year of the Donut Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth

I talk about ideas I have had for perks over the years, including reactions I have received to them and the reasons I never included them in my games.
 

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>Tim won't pick up the phone unless he expects your call

strong autism powers
That's the only reasonable way to deal with a flood of unwanted calls from shills (marketeers) trying to sell you something, bots, etc. I autoblock all unknown callers. Only contacts can reach me.
 

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When you think about it, Tim's tale is quite tragic.
>I used to create some of the best RPGs of all time
>Now I'm just a youtuber
Fuckin' depressing.
 

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Understanding other points of view, wherein Tim gets a bit political



I wish I had known Tim better all those years ago when I interviewed the Obsidian devs as I would have wanted to have a much longer talk with him*. Yes, he's much more liberal than I am but...I like him more and more based on many of his videos like this one**. He reminds me of friends I've had and friends I still have as well as professors from back in my college days (late 80s-early 90s). I remember some of my favorite professors being very liberal in their thinking***. In classes with both professors we would debate constantly to the point where the other students told us they just sat back and listen to us makes points and counter-points. There was no animosity from either professor nor from the liberal friends today. In fact, I would end up hang around some of these professors after class on a balcony outside their offices to talk about many different concepts and topics. I respected them but didn't often agree with them and we would go on for hours stating our positions while still trying to understand the other's. I ended up with As in both classes. I still hung out with one after that class was finished and he would go on to create a research "class" several years later just for me that helped me graduate when I needed only a couple of credits. There was no class being offered at the time that I needed.
Tim comes across as a small "l" liberal like those people in my life in the past and today rather than today's large "L" liberal. One you can actually have a conversation with instead of a shouting match. I despise echo chambers on the Left or Right so I understand his thoughts from this video. Sadly in the world of social media this has been lost****... :negative:


* Also, Avellone knowing now all the drama going on behind the scenes!
** Like the one where he talks about today's generation's (lack of a) work ethic.
*** I'm talking an Environmental Politcs and a Women & Politics class!!
**** Have you seen the Politics, God & the Wealth of Nations thread?!!!

The age of civilized and reasonable debate and discourse is long gone, sadly enough.

Go to an actual university and you can see that this type of discourse, or the quality of the education in general, is not dead. The internet skews the reality. Consider how much inflammatory material gets shared on social media based on bad information. These companies have engineered their platforms to farm engagement with rage bait. Whatever will keep you using the platform. It turns out the best way is to create arguments and hostility. As it so happens, the real world is quite different from the internet and I encourage everyone to get out more and meet people in their communities and via mutual interests. You will find that all is not so hopeless as it seems, and that there are still many intellectual, genuine and rational people amongst us. The terminally online radicals only represent the smallest minority of the fringes.
 

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Forget it, Basshead. It's Chinatown.
Yes it is rather like that here. It’s so bad most probably won’t even get your reference. Time to take a swig from the flask under my desk at 8 in the morning. The stress of dealing with these yokels will do that to you.
 

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Codex Year of the Donut Serpent in the Staglands Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Wrath I'm very into cock and ball torture I helped put crap in Monomyth


I describe my GURPS Everything campaign from the 1990s. By "everything", I mean I allowed the players to use any skill or ability from any GURPS sourcebook. Fun times ensued.
 

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Great ideas from people outside of the dev team



Rare praise paid to Chris Parker at the end where Tim says he originally only wanted one producer for The Outer Worlds, but Parker insisted that he needed four and turned out to be correct.
 

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Tim clearly loves working remotely and says it works for him and for certain roles (e.g. programmers) but also acknowledges that some people need to come to the office to be productive. Something to handle on a case by case basis.
 

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He took some selfies for his community tab on Youtube. Enjoy the close-ups

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