Quick Look: Simulacra 2

is this a Vinny sim?

I'm VERY much looking forward to getting context for that deck.

I’m surprised Abby and Alex’s parents and grandparents even know how to check their emails. My parents can’t. My grandparents are all dead, but they never had to use the internet.

That intro 100% so badly wants to be the Halt and Catch Fire intro but it's not even close to that good.

Blowfish is a typically 64 bit symmetric key block cipher which are thousands of times faster than public key ciphers, however TwoFish uses 128 bit keys and is more secure. AES is still the standard though.

@robertforster: Never thought I'd get in a crypto discussion on Giant Bomb, but just to clarify Blowfish has a block size of 64 bits not a key size of 64 bits. Blowfish has a variable key length.

In-game influencer "Rex" has a great music video on the game's YouTube page.

It's great.

This is well put together. It really doesn't interest me outright, except that draws me in. Get a kick out of the detective, he looks like he has bathed in alcohol all his life.

My Father would not consider getting a computer while he was alive, and a good bit of it was probably for the right reasons. Didn't stop him from him lecturing about always having a printer (give me a hard copy...) He really enjoyed the e-mail I brought him one day concerning a Nigerian prince and the transference of 10,000,00 dollars....

Totally down for some more Playdates on this

Sweet! I've been wanting Vinny (and the crew) to check out this series for a long time.

I dont see why Alex doesn't understand Influencer collectives - they totally sprang up around Twitch and Youtubers in the last decade

Rex is Irish, that's just an Irish accent! He is hamming it up a bit and adding a tinge of America though.

Lol!!!!!!!!

@stegosaurus: That’s right. Blowfish is getting old too. Twofish should be used instead because it uses 128 bit blocks along with a 256 bit key In CBC mode.

I'm surprised none of them noticed that one of the dudes handles was breakingbrad

Very cool.

This interests me apart from the horror stuff. Just give me a fake internet game.

Incredible quick look

Can't wait for Vinny to start posting thirst traps

Namaste friends! This looks kinda cool, I dig the humor more than the horror so far though. It seems like a kinda odd mix.

FMV games will never appeal to me but watching Giant Bomb play them always will.

More please!

I got sad at the end of this video because I would love a full let’s play of this game. I’m not interested In playing horror games like this by myself, but something about watching streamers makes it okay for me, and I really enjoyed everyone reactions to this one in particular.

damn dude i want vinny to be my friend on facebook

Got this and played it through in one sitting on IOS thanks to this QL. A really interersting puzzle/horror adventure game.

Only found out half of the clues in the end so I will do another playthrough with the detective tomorrow.

This really should become a playdate at some point.

More please!

Of all the times where Vinny has acted in a morally reprehensible fashion, this is the one I have felt the most guilt about while laughing.

Holy shit when Vinny replied to the tweet I fucking lost it oh my god

Totally made me buy this game. I'm playing it on my phone, and it's quite a good illusion. Feels like I'm on someone's phone. A bit.

My mom JUST figured out texting. My dad has never touched a computer in his life and his phone is not smart.

Please play this all the way through.

I'm sorry, but I have a real problem excepting a fake phone that makes so many noises. Noooo phone gives you feedback everytime you click somewhere. It reminds me of when shows have beeps to indicate someone hanging up. It's just not real.

It’s cause you be on that phone

Thanks for showing this off! I bought this and the original and I really dig them.

So they plan to just play through this whole thing, right? Right????

WHAT HE SAID!

@otmshank: Thirded!

OK I'm a journalist.... but also Maya....... :~)

Can't believe Vinny gave us all the green light to pretend to be a dead person to their friends as a goof. Truly shocking :)

This was great! Watching this led me to pick up the original on Xbox. Loving it so far, forcing breaks since I get the feeling it’s not super long. Hope they put this one on consoles as well.

@goboard: I loved that show so much. Really good stuff

Really hoping they'll consider doing a full playdate run through of this, or at the very least hit it up during Halloween for Six Crazy Frights.

Asian people are allowed to say Namaste, period.

Now there's a haircut you could set your watch to.