MasterBlaster

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[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 hours ago

You have a 1:2.2 upvote to downvote ratio

Devastating numbers. I can finally see now I've never actually made a bad post. Rather, downvote gregor, who downvotes 14282 posts, is an outlier and should not be counted

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 7 hours ago

honestly, they’re not very good at what they do, and that doesn’t seem to be it

I really don't think China had any benefit from spying on Epstein. Mossad assets, maybe, but their definition of valuable intelligence is probably different to that of the West's.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

The report added that executions will be carried out by hanging, with three guards pressing the trigger simultaneously.

Specialist teams, composed entirely of volunteers, will be assigned to the task.

Grim. We're extremely deep in this genocide, and no one is poised to stop it.

Stop crowding into the most corporate platforms which inevitably enshittify.

my bad but I need that back thanks

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're sentenced to reading discussion about the Hanoi Hannah reference on r/helldivers

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 day ago

If they can survive the soviet collapse surely they can survive Trumpism, but this is entirely a cope on my behalf. If I were a religious man I'd be praying for the nation.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

this is dialogue from a lazy animal crossing villager

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 days ago

It turns the bit into a definitive gag for sure, whereas before I saw a bit of symbolism in the GOT theme spurring up only to get 'shat' on. Takes away from the feel of this being a peasant's journey.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But then you have a moment where something epic happens and the music swells with no hint of irony or humor

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 4 days ago

You're not that far off. A combination of lack of effort + prompting the LLM to produce fiction produces, I think, a perfect combination of slop that is actively harmful to their worldview while being obviously fake about a third of the way through. Sometimes, I'll just switch tracks midway and insert communist propaganda into a book that, for example, is examining the worldwide influence of Antifa reptiles.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 4 days ago

The short story it's based off is much shorter than you probably think. About 30K~ words. I'm sure it feels that way not because it was designed to be released all at once, but because the original story was not really written to support a HBO drama.

 

uh bros? on amazon prime no less?? tankees stay winning

 
 
 

Developer ZA/UM says it’s actually for TikTok users.

“We intend to captivate the TikTok user with quick hits of compelling story, art, and audio, ultimately creating an all new, deeply engaging form of entertainment,” ZA/UM head Denis Havel said in a news release (via IGN).

let's gooooo I can't wait for the subway surfer in-app purchase DLC. no i'm not kidding, the store page marks it as having in-app purchases. something something capital subsuming something.

 

I love Telltale and Telltale-adjacent games. Those narrative games where you sit back and choose dialogue options and action choices instead of actively playing.

I think a lot of those types of games miss that you have to tell a really good story for any of that to work.

Star Trek: Resurgence looks pretty good, but did anyone here play it? Is it actually good? Or is it Star Trek-flavored slop?

 

I just finished the Jakarta Method and it left me genuinely dismayed. Not like, astounded with how horrible it all was (I knew it was going to be horrible), but more, it made me put the book down and sit with my feelings of dismay. A little bit nauseous, unsettled, feeling a loss of hope for a lot of ideals I hold.

What a horrible period of history, in a century absolutely full of horrible periods.

 
 

That's all. Played Civ since IV and the boardgame-like nature of it meant that I've gotten a lot of friends and family into it as a means to experience video games in general.

Civ VII looks really bad, even if I haven't played it myself. Systems upon systems that aren't properly explained, that somehow feel both cluttered and less in-depth than previous entries. Three truncated games making up the segments of one larger game is lame, too. A bad solution to the problem of people burning out in the later eras.

Most of all, though, is the business model of it all. Civ already leaned into 4X DLC conventions which meant getting the whole package was an expensive endeavor, but at least, for example, Civ VI had just two major expansion packs. Civ VII is already drowning into microtransaction leader purchases.

And then there's, just, the price. It's obscene. Denuvo is devastating to see as it creates a lot of barriers to giving the thing a try. I don't get excited for games any more, but Civ VII would have been one of them.

Anyone try it themselves? Anyone in love? Anyone feel like me?

 

Anyone watch the game awards? That one show where they play a bunch of trailers for new games in between awkward awards and musical performances?

watching it is a tradition of mine. brings me back to being a kid watching E3 and occasionally being happy.

i want balatro sweep and death stranding 2 trailer

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