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I’m also not a big fan of gratuitous rape scenes. The one in episode one though is what leads to Bates making taking part in his first(?) kill, which is basically the inciting incident for the whole series. It has to be extreme enough to warrant everything that happens next.

And they couldn't have used literally any other plot device to make it happen?

I'm just so incredibly frustrated at seeing men defend depiction of women being abused as being somehow good and necessary storytelling when writers are perfectly capable att writing stories for men who aren't sexually assaulted. Or would you be just as comfortable with seeing Norman Bates being violently raped on screen as a cheap plot device?

I strongly reccomend reading this for some perspective before trying to defend the scene further:
https://www.robertjacksonbennett.com/blog/three-things-that-shaped-how-i-think-about-writing-about-sexual-abuse

Haha, I love you enthusiasm Blondbraid 
I had an idea at the beginning of the month about a game in wich is explained how Caspar David Friedrich meet the mysterious man in the painting "Wanderer im Nebelmeer". But then came a phase of havng a lot to do and after a while I just knew I was not going to make it. So see you again at MAGS June  I also look forward to all entries this month.

Thanks!
If only making a MAGS entry was as easy as writing down a cool idea, but right now I've had a lot of other things on my mind and it currently looks like my entry will be rather short and not much real gameplay I'm afraid,
so right now my only real reason to submit it is to keep Slasher from winning by default. 

Watched all of Bates Motel, loved it. The last season is the best. I recommend to everybody to watch more than the very first episode before judging it, maybe?
I'm also lucky enough to have never watched the original movie (or any of the sequels/remake) so could simply enjoy the show without any baggage.
Can't remember the assault scene, but I don't care for those either.

Asking to watch more than one episode of a series is one thing if you just thought the start was a bit boring or the plot a bit confusing,
but to ask people to continue watching something even after they left because they couldn't stand a graphic rape scene is something else entirely.
It's basically like having a guy smash his fist into your gut without provocation and call you the most dehumanizing slurs imaginable the first time you meet
and then having having somebody ask you to give him another chance and say it's unfair to judge or condemn him just because he made a poor first impression.

And the fact that you don't even remember the scene just proves how gratuitous it was to include it if it has no significant impact on the plot or the characters,
but I can assure you that even if it didn't affect you, these kinds of depictions have a real, tangible effect on people who have suffered real life traumas and having
to see this kinds of shit that could trigger panic attacks, nausea and acute stress which could leave you a mental wreck for days, and I speak of this from personal experience.
I imagine that if you'd feel the pain (and I'm talking real, physical pain) I've felt when having an anxiety attack triggered, I doubt you'd treat the matter casually.

Also, if it's meant to be watched "without baggage", why even make it based on pre-existing characters at all, instead of making up new characters to tell a story without
fans of the beloved Hitchcock classic feeling disappointed? Maybe you should watch the original and see why those who've seen it disliked the new series.

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I’ve only seen a handful of his films and there are a few I know I’ve seen but can’t really remember. But the only ones I have gone back to in recent years are Psycho and Rear Window. Both cracking films.

Heltenjon mentioned Bates Motel. That’s a great show and well worth a watch whether or not you’re a fan of Psycho. Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga are fantastic throughout. Do it!

Vertigo has recently appeared on Netflix, so I might have a look.

I tried watching Bates Motel, but already from episode 1 I gave up.

Same here. For me, what made me quit after one episode was that I was already put off by having it set in modern times despite being a prequel, but what really angered me was that (warning for a sensitive topic regarding sexual assault)

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they jumped straight into the awful trend of adding an on-screen rape scene for a female main character just for shock value and grittiness.
I think I speak for a great deal of women when I say it's pretty offensive to add such a scene for a pre-existing female character just because it's the standard method
of hack screenwriters to make them "grittier" and struggling with depression and anxiety on top of having actually experienced a terrifying situation of stalking and harassment in real life
that shit is a complete deal-breaker for me (I strongly recommend reading this post where author Seannan McGuire if you wish to understand why this is such an offensive trope),
and I was doubly disappointed because Hitchcock himself was pretty restrained with what kind of violence he showed on screen, and when he did show violent and cruel acts on screen,
they were always completely integral to the story and the characters had to actually deal with the consequences of it.

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I usually think that even if a film or series is bad, at least you can learn something from it, but Bates motel is one of the few things I've truly regret having watched and would ask others not to watch.

You can't really pick just one Hitchcock film and say it's the greatest, though I will say I have a soft spot for Spellbound,
not only because it has a pretty interesting dream sequence designed by Salvador Dalí, but it also stars Ingrid Bergman in the lead role,
and I am a Swede after all! 

Sorry, I haven't used 3.5 at all yet. Maybe try Rellax, which seems more up to date?

Well, I wanted to use this module as I'm working on a MAGS project and wanted to have something I was familiar with when working on a time limit, but I might try it out on my next project. Still, it would be interesting to see what you could do with this module for the latest version if you find the time for it.

Does anyone know how to install this module on the 3.5 AGS engine? The new changes have me a bit confused.

In General Settings set "Script compatibility level" to 3.4.1.

Thanks, I tried that and it seems to work!

Does anyone know how to install this module on the 3.5 AGS engine? The new changes have me a bit confused.

I just came across this:

This looks great, the graphics are a real work of art and reminds me a lot of Macinarium in the colors and level of detail, and the plot sounds interesting too!

Estimates for the number of viruses are about 320,000 total, and we know of 219 that infect humans.
These dogs don't smell the virus obviously, they smell very subtle changes in body odor which occur due to the infection. Especially in connection with respiratory diseases.

Yeah, their sense of smell is incredibly powerful, there's even dogs that's been able to find things at the bottom of large bodies of water by scent alone.

Just this day I read an articles about having trained dogs do the tests by smell, and considering they've already had dogs successfully determine weather a patient has cancer by smell alone I'm surprised no one's thought of this sooner.

At this point I'd probably trust a trained dog more than all the haphazard cotton swab tests that's been done.

Oh, no! I have been unmasked. Blondbraid has discovered my true identity.

I will have to change my Avatar now. 

Done!... The likeness is uncanny.

I knew it! 

Well, I'm sorry to say this guys, but it seems to me that the human race is
well and truly screwed. Nature has been fighting back, of late, culminating
in coronavirus. If, as some of the experts suggest, we will never be free of
this disease, homo sapiens could be wiped off the face of the Earth and it
will be no great loss. The damage caused by us will soon be healed. The
planet will be reborn in its former glory where flora and fauna can flourish.

Are you secretly Poison Ivy?

Finally, things are slowly returning to normal here. Last weekend, I finally got a proper haircut, went to a restaurant and had a barbecue with friends.

You still have to wear a mask in shops and stuff, but at least people seem to get fed up by it and complain, which makes me happy (You have to know that people in my country love to complain. At the beginning of this whole shit, people were so scared that they would accept anything the government said. This made me more afraid than the virus itself)

Yes, that's what's worried me about the whole lockdown, I've heard some scary stories of several leaders using it as an excuse to indefinitely implement more authoritarian laws, and paired with people straight up cheering on things like apps that trace the movements of the infected, all the ingredients for a dystopia is right there in the making.

For all the criticism the Swedish policy has garnered, I still think it was the right decision.

I like the ant-lion, though. Part insect, part living metaphor for a demon.
It is also quite interesting that it later on morphs into another being, which is tame - some type of fruitfly. Imagine having to get through hunting in the sand-dunes and luring other insects to the bottom of the pit of quick-sand you built to introduce them to your mandibles, only so that in the next stage you are a nerdy fruitfly.

And the worst part is that said fruitfly often ends up prey to young antlions.

I'm glad being a human means that I'll never have to worry about falling into a crib and getting eaten by the baby!

I just found out about the Arabian Sand Boa, and it's gotta be the derpiest-looking snake I've ever seen!

Where is everyone?

It's lonely here 

Well, I've made some sprites for the main character of my entry;

But remember, she needs to bask in the sun for a while before she's warmed up enough for gameplay! 

I'm not sure if "better" is the right word, but this MS Paint Furby cover of Blue by Eiffel 65 really is something, and it sure cracked me up.

Just found this:

As it's 75 years WW2 ended today, I just thought I'd share this goofy doodle I made!