Technically no, the scrotum can't cramp because it doesn't have skeletal muscles. It can constrict like most skin, you get goosebumps on your arm, your balls are either pulled up secure or let loose and dangling, but it can't overdo that the way, say, your calf muscle can.

But, there's a lot of kinds of pain that can occur in the lower abdomen/upper leg that can feel like it's coming from the scrotum or testicles. Groin muscles (the ones that pull the legs together) can cramp, several abdominal or urinary issues can present as a cramping sensation in the groin, as Hugh Grant said on Top Gear, some back issues can present as "bollock pain," and issues with the testicles or their associated plumbing can present with cramp-like pain.

Any sudden or severe pain in the testes is reason to talk to a doctor and "it feels like a cramp in my scrotum" may be useful troubleshooting information to provide during that conversation.

[–] hate2bme@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What a great game at a great time in my life. Fallout 3 gave me the same feeling if not a better one.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Fallout 3 was my first roleplaying game period. I saw the Prima Games guide at my library and then I bought my friend's PS3 from him and a new copy.

PS3 was easily the worst way to play that game, but I did not care.

I eventually played New Vegas, and I would say I like that game more. But, I don't think it ever recreated the feeling I had stepping out of Vault 101 for the first time.

[–] NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

I don't think any Fallout will quite live up to exiting 101. There's the history there, both played through and implied, the level of threat you face, choices to be made... You fight your way through, say goodbye, possibly while asking your best friend to come with you, and step out into...

Peaceful nothingness. No gunshots, no ones following you. From tight corridors to open space, a ceiling to the sky, cold steel to warm stone underneath your feet. Your radio springs to life, picking up the Enclave station quickly followed by GNR a few steps away. Springvale and Megaton off in the distance, setting a natural course.

It gives you a narrow, linear corridor and then says "Here it is. Welcome to the world". Something Oblivion also did, but not quite to the cinematic level Fallout 3 provided.

[–] hate2bme@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I also played on PS3. I never had any issues with it though.

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 21 hours ago

Man, you were blessed. Maybe it was because I had all DLC installed, but I had a lot of hard crashes in Fallout 3 if I played for multiple hours, especially above level 20.

New Vegas would hard crash every 2 hours on PS3 as well, I imagine it was just a Gamebryo engine thing.

[–] Psythik@lemmy.world 4 points 19 hours ago

Shame it was the Xbox version, though. These games are meant to be played with mods, if for no other reason than to fix the bugs that Bethesda won't.

[–] HipsterTenZero@dormi.zone 4 points 20 hours ago

bro looks like a khajiit in a red hood and scummy leather armor picked up his calipers just off-frame

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Is this to remind us of the oblivion remake?

[–] VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago

You actually just reminded me of that with this comment

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There's an Oblivion remake?!

[–] mhague@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

It was revealed from a court case where Bethesda's roadmap was made public. I think recently it's been confirmed it's still being released, and that it has something to do with Unreal Engine 5.

[–] Player2@lemm.ee 2 points 20 hours ago

Skyblivion is trying for a release in 2025