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Your NightOwl #049

You would think that there was a big shift in how people talked about "medications not prescribed to you by your doctor" after the big decriminalization push.

You would think.⸜( ´ ꒳ ` )⸝

But that's not what i see, looking over the records. There's a little bump on the heart monitor, yeah. For a while after the Big Bill passed in 61, there was definitely an uptick in memes about it.

But people got used to the new paradigm pretty fast. All the anger they used to direct towards big government or the cops over who was telling them what they could or couldn't put in their bodies (´ ε´ )-

That all got redirected to their insurance companies, telling them what they could or couldn't expect help paying for. ヾ(ヘ´)ﾉﾞ Insurance is designed to suit peoples needs- the need for a car, or a house, or to not die waiting for a space in the emergency room. Recreational drugs are just that- recreational. Not needed.

So good luck getting the megs to lend you so much as a nickel.(￣▽￣*)ゞ (A nickel is 0.05 USD, not adjusted for inflation. If you think that's bad, look up what a Penny is (￢_￢;))

But insurance is just one half of the deal; the other part's getting your doctor to sign on. People who were used to just being able to pay a dealer for what they want had to learn how to convince their doctor that what they wanted was valid. o(TヘTo) And not everyone's gonna be good at making that argument.

People hate megs, and hate insurance companies especially- but they're faceless to a fault. You communicate with them through messages and phonelines and arbitration that feels damn near litigation. Your doctor? That's just a person. Someone who at some point has to meet face to face with you, usually twice a year, and put a stethoscope on your chest. A mere person like that is easy to take your frustrations out on.

(ノ°益°)ノ If you swing your fist, you might actually hit them.

Fortunately for us all, doctor-patient-confidentiality rarely comes to blows (ha-ha) Because wherever there's a gap in the open market You can count on the black market to step in (￢‿￢ )

So nowadays, unless your drug of choice was invented in a lab last week, you probably don't have to worry about getting arrested over it But you do have to worry about some pharmaceutical meg hiring a security firm to push out your supplier For cutting into their territory ┬┴┬┴┤(･_├┬┴┬┴

micro-dosing on perspective, your nightowl

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"Every good attorney keeps an ace up their sleeve."

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Is the episode 0 release just the itch.io demo with all the new gameplay elements? Or is there also new story bits, too? I really enjoyed the previous demo, but I'm deciding whether or not to pick it up now or wait for additional portions, as well!

Episode Zero is packed with dozens of brand new BGM tracks, additional sprites, art, and characters, additional scenarios, concept art, unlockables and more.

If you’ve played the itch demo, this is the same mystery, but we’ve upgraded and expanded the script, the dialogue, the cast, the humor, the horror…

There’s a ton of new additions and bonuses that you’ll be able to appreciate all the more because you’ve played the itch build-

Including your first introduction to the cast and settings for Episode One, coming this Summer.

It’s that much better!

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of the Devil has an official release date! 😈 On Friday March 1st, you can play the entirety of episode 0 for free on Steam!

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Got the whole squad laughing 😐

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Knowledge is power! 🧠

Examine and read everything you can in the environment to unlock as many dialogue options as possible!

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You did good at Lawyer-ing. You deserve a little treat.

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Your NightOwl #046

Woot! i can officially dub myself "seasoned" when it comes to oldnet! (o´▽`o) i've encountered a lot of crazy people back here obviously, but now i've started encountered the ones that are recruiting!

You hear about it from time to time even on surface level net; Fanatics who think they can peer into the static and find meaning among all the lowgrade auto-complete-me's chittering away back here. Nutcases who spend all day with their eyes closed listening to white noise, expecting an invitation to the machine overlord party. That's like trying to stare at a magic picture until it reveals its hidden political manifesto

Or the first volume of its neo-testament.(＋_＋)

See we used to worship things like the sun or the sea because they were massive and powerful and poorly understood. As our knowledge and technology advanced, they became less mysterious- they didn't seem so big. So the appeal was lost. (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

But now our technology is massive and powerful. So i guess it makes sense that there'd be those ready to get down on their knees and start praying again- Because our technology is getting mysterious too.

Even as we build our vehicles bigger and our computers faster, we're prioritizing making them easier (aka dumber(￣□￣」) to use.

We've got warcraft with hyper-advanced targeting suggestions and low-altitude manuevering that looks like it's defying gravity-

But forget all that! The real selling point is that it can be piloted by a handful of 19 yo's with on-the-job training! ლ(¯ロ¯"ლ)

So while more people than ever can interface with technology- Every year there's fewer and fewer people who actually understand how any of this shit works. ٩(｡•́‿•̀｡)۶

A programmer from the year 2000 would probably be mindblown looking at what we're capable of now. But after a few months of learning the language, the new terminology, reading through the API

They might understand it better than we do. (￣▽￣*)ゞ

Seems like that could be a problem, long-term.

Formally uninvited, your nightowl

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Know the difference between Christmas and Almost Christmas.

It could save your life.

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On top of all their sprites, each of characters can express themselves with a wide variety of Emotes! Which of them fits your mood today?

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Feelin' Lucky, Cyber-punk?

By raising the Ante when you're confident in your answer, you can bank up a warchest of Credit for trickier questions down the line.

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JUMPSCARE WARNING:

Updated Autopsy Report.

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Don't take the bait.

If you think your opponent's got an answer, Stay to avoid overcommitting- then Raise when it's your chance to strike back!

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Don't take the bait.

If you think your opponent's got an answer, Stay to avoid overcommitting- then Raise when it's your chance to strike back!

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How's your Poker Face?

Read your opponent's train of thought and then upend their logic by slamming down the perfect response in our Ace-Attorney, Danganronpa inspired visual novel!

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It receives texts, it stores your evidence- it even saves your search history! And your location... and your personal data... We crammed our 3D phone UI full of features and lore fit for our visual novel's cyberpunk future.

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Lights! Camera! Murder-Mystery Action!

If some of these 2.5D shots look tricky to set up...

They were. ε-(ｰдｰ)

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