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mad scientist ethics board that makes sure that a project is sufficiently unethical before providing funding

sometimes you get a normal scientist trying to apply with a regular invention that just has a puppy shredder attached to it with hot glue or sticky tape

you’d think they’d be disqualified for that, but trying to cheat the system to get research funding actually adds a lot of unethical points

The puppy shredder mysteriously never works but no one ever says anything because the doctor responsible remembers everyone’s birthday, regularly brings in baked goods, provides a great listening ear for all of the other evil scientists tragic back stories and os the only one taller enough to each the top shelf in the break room. Plus, they are making really interesting advancements in entomology

Consider: you start in a motor chair. It breaks down/runs out of battery. You have to crawl into one of the wheelchairs sitting around. The right caster is wonky, the right rear wheel is flat, and the left rear wheel's handrim is half-missing. Or you're a character with a cane, it breaks, and you need to start using one of the crutches hanging about. Maybe crutches regularly break, but you move at half speed without them, so you end up making note of where the crutches are lying around in case you need to make a . . . "quick" . . . escape. Slow zombies change from being attentional hazards to "OH FUCK I CAN'T GET AWAY". Your own bodily autonomy becomes part of the background tension, because of obstacles that are only problems if your bodily autonomy is lessened. Maybe you move to the "other zone" by crawling through a narrow passage where you can't bring your own chair, (like the new school -> old school in Silent Hill 1). Disability can really amp up the horror in games, and turn that which is "eh, I can beat back the hoard like an action hero" to "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuck"

DO wear clothing from the 1770s

so what you're gonna do is you're gonna trim the top off a bulb of garlic, using the knife's edge to take off the tip of every individual clove, that's important. you're gonna place the garlic face-up in a square of tinfoil, drizzle with olive oil, wrap completely in foil, place in baking tray, repeat with a copious amount of garlic bulbs. you're gonna put that baking tray in an oven set to 375-400°F, for 30-50 minutes, until soft and browned. you're gonna toast some good bread, slather generously with butter and honey, maybe a tiny lil bit o' salt. and then. you're gonna SQUEEZE. OUT. THAT. ROASTED GARLIC. onto the butter honey toast. and you're gonna eat it. food stolen directly from the plate of the gods. that's what you're gonna do.

we uh need them