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I use outdated technology just for fun, listen to crappy music, and watch a lot of horror movies. Expect posts about These Things. I talk a lot.

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zippity
@zippity

GAME: Don't remember so let's just say this is from Uncharted 4: A Thief's End

CHARACTER NAME: Nathan Drake

It's been a little while since the last episode of Porno Dinnertime, so let's all tie a comically-oversized bib around our necks, take up our forks and our knives, and dig right in!

This one is really sublime. A true standout of the genre. Other porno dinner tables might try to overwhelm you with sheer quantity, but as in free jazz, sometimes the REAL impact is in the notes you DON'T play. Or, in this case, in the food you don't serve. The starkness of the tableau really forces one to consider every individual element.

Let's start with the obvious: the uncomfortably girthsome hard-shell tacos. Christ, just look at those fuckers. What the fuck is even IN those things? Are they stuffed with GUMBO? The fact that the filling isn't pouring out of the half-eaten tacos makes me think it must be completely cold and congealed, the thought of which is making me want to puke my guts out. I don't WANT to contemplate the experience of eating these tacos, but I AM, because I am a martyr for my art.

Don't think I've forgotten about this table's OTHER outrage: that of the single stainless-steel fork positioned insouciantly next to plates bearing possibly the world's most famous finger food. This actually pisses me off - it's not like the model of this featureless white table came with those forks pre-baked into the geometry. The developer, having already made the decision to make those poor tacos pregnant with borscht, made the followup decision to add insult to injury by giving each character a giant fucking fork. Fuck you.

One aspect I do love is the unsettling grey Velma-ass character's meal. No taco for her - she'll have a plateful of unidentifiable slop, thank you! Not that she'll eat it, of course. She's too busy staring blankly at the table's centerpiece: a single half-bloomed flower that looks as though it was rendered by a child in some kind of VR painting program.

That's your portion of Porno Dinnertime! Tune in sometime in the next six months for something even worse!



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in reply to @zippity's post:

The thing that's bugging me out is the placement of The Forks.

For reference, standard table manners dictate that if a fork is the only form of silverware, it is placed at the right, under the assumption that the right hand is dominant. The fork is placed to the left if there is also a knife, because knives can only be equipped in the primary weapon slot but forks can be used in the off-hand when duel-wielding. (In progressive establishments, there is some leeway to switch this for diners who are known to be left-handed.)

Two NCPs have the fork to their right. One NCP, and the player-character, have the fork to their left. This implies that the player-character is left-handed. Is this consistent through other depictions of the character? Is the creator using this silent breach of etiquette to imply that despite their high-class exteriors they are actually trashy whores? Or did they just put the forks close to the camera, ruining the immersion and killing the mood?

Note also the depth of placement on the table. The red-shirted lass has her fork placed accurately, justified with respect to the plate. Velma has her fork practically out-of-reach, requiring her to lean forward to grab it--no wonder she hasn't eaten yet. Meanwhile the half-taco debutante has her fork so close to her that it's practically hanging off the table, ready to spill and ruin the office-standard beige rug this dining room is mysteriously paved with.

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