MasterBlaster

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[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 day ago

liberal anarcho communism is a phrase you'd only ever say with conviction if you misunderstood all three words within the term

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 44 points 1 day ago

legendary divorced energy

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 2 days ago

Yes, I really do think the divide has and always will be capitalism vs communism, private property ownership vs equitable distribution. In some parts of the world and for much of history the left/right divide was serviceable and even helpful to the cause. It's my opinion the active influence of the American government and the American new-left movement have so badly tarnished the concept of a left/right divide that it's no longer helpful. Left implies too much and paradoxically excludes so many working class people.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 days ago (1 children)

actual marxists have no business excluding those standing in opposition to sexual exploitation of women. while i consider hexbear users my online comrades there's a reason im on the 'grad.

welcome comrade enjoy the shitposting and occasional effort post

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Is this literally just wolf3D with Ai slop assets

im not sure bro but as someone who makes pocket money by specifically creating right wing conspiracy slop content you've given me an amazing idea

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 days ago

the guy with the chest tattoo of both Stalin and the tsar

well obviously im going to look this up

wtf

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 31 points 3 days ago (4 children)

saving the tsar is a legendarily lame premise. i don't blink twice at a neo nazi making bolshevik murder fantasies but the objective being to save the tsar? i don't believe anyone currently alive is a true tsardom stan so im forced to believe this man poured effort into making the least appealing game possible to create something he thinks will upset leftists which is the antithesis to why art and creation is beautiful

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 days ago

I think its worth dismantling the take, but I think I'm not the person who needs to read this. Still a good write up for the thread.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 days ago

yeah bros dont make consumption part of your identity. honestly you can perfectly engage in gaming without ever interfacing with the industry. you should do this

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Strange that these self described proles have enough free time between their subsistence wage earning and real life praxis to write a small novel per week…

people are already dunking on this but what the fuck did this dude think he was saying? men in literal prison read old books. reading political theory is one of the cheapest god damn things you can do. it's basically free. as a form of self improvement and education it's one of the simplest things a prole can do over their existing work schedule.

god damn I'm mad bro was not cooking with this one

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Maybe he's casting an incredibly wide net over yanks and including most of them as chuds? It wouldn't be incorrect to describe demographics in general as far more rightward in the states. I'm just trying to make sense of the statement and just seeing what sticks. Yugopnik says some pretty unhinged things and this might just be an utterly underdeveloped, spiteful thought.

[–] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 days ago (5 children)

more seriously, what’s the explanation for this? Taking this argument seriously has its own problems sure, but like…what biological factor would be at play here?

lead poisoning most likely. despite it being a global issue I've seen this take before, ie. the yanks are still working through the generations that had their brains stunted by lead. I don't claim this take but I've seen it a lot in anti-US spaces, though I kind of thought it was a meme tbh.

 
 
 

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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