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Don't Look Up (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by bushbushbush3@sh.itjust.works to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Everyone should read Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes. One of the most eye-opening and comprehensive studies of Greek mythology I've ever encountered.

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like I need to play God of War III again to fuck those gods over.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Absolutely. If nothing else, Haynes shows just how much mortals (particularly women) should despise Athena. Athena is not your friend. The Mousai were chill, and the Moirai didn't fuck around, content to do their duty to the universe, but the big gods, the Olympians? They were pretty much all deeply awful beings, not worthy of respect, only fear. Even if you were "lucky" enough to end up attracting their attention (either because they seduced and/or raped your mother, because they want to seduce you, because they want you to be their champion in some petty chess game, or all three), the best you could hope for was living a life tormented by all of the other gods who didn't choose you to be their special little toy, then dying and regretting all your life choices in the afterlife.

[–] drcobaltjedi@programming.dev 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hot take, I like the old God of War games better. It was a fun power fantasy series where you rampage through all of greek mythology as a man litterally far too angry to die. Yatzee from zero punctuation (now at secomd wind) said something like "Kratos ripped a dudes head off because he needed a torch"

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's not a hot take. Everybody knows the "rebooted" series is crap. Not only I wanted a refund, but I demand they pay me for the trouble of playing their shit.

Ten minutes into the game and I regretted buying it. "I don't fucking know your dead wife. Leave me alone! Rampaging Greek mythology is what I want to do!"

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

I disagree that it's crap. I think they're very good. But I also think they're not fully comparable outside of the fact that they are different style of games.

People can have preference but sadly if you prefer the originals you'll likely feel as if you've lost the chance of more like them.

I actually think the combat is not that different to original, but just with a different perspective. I think this can be felt especially in Ragnarok and in the free DLC of it that really focuses on on the combat.

[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

You are do fucking off base it is hilarious