Or what if some malicious party injects something

“Fantastic! Another successful transport. Although now I feel compelled to spend lots of money at Burger King for some reason.”

The peak male form.

Yeah, the TenForward community tends to be pretty chill.

Right? Put a tasteful family crest behind it, and you’ve got some wall art.

Well damn, that’s fine work. I thought Data looked a little unnaturally crisp in this one.

(Edit: give me a sec, and I’ll replace it with this one)

The yellow squares indicate that black just moved that pawn, so it’s white’s turn, and there’s a really cool mate-in-one available.

This dude looks like Matt Mercer.

I can hear it.

If white responds with en passant (using the e pawn) it’s checkmate.

What an incredible website

I wish.

Ah, you’re right. I just found the artist and will edit to add his info.

Still, at least it’s not Demon’s Souls. Some of those run backs are just sadistic.

That swamp…

I did some googling, but I didn’t find much info other than everyone seemed to have different standards back then (this would’ve been the 1960s/1970s).

It also works as a soft control for balance, since those disappearing enemies can’t be farmed to over-level.

That does seem to be the direction the games have been going, and I think it must be an audience patience thing.

Demon Souls is a good example of the level being the main challenge, with the boss at the end as more of a bonus (Flamelurker being an exception). Later games, even Elden Ring, are way more boss focused.

I guess I like both, although now that you mention it, we’ve had a lot of dance move bosses lately, and it would be cool to see a new game go back to the genre’s roots.

Gotta be the flowers.

Oof, ok I’m getting a glass of water…

I try to find a variety when I can, to keep it interesting.