Wow thanks for making my point

"Lemmy" is terrible, everyone who was IP banned from Reddit made a Lemmy account and a raw unmoderated Lemmy feed is truly insufferable on a level Reddit never came close to.

There are good instances out there with good mods so I recommend suggesting one of those.

I could be imagining, but in the movie they actually left a hint implying she did which I thought was neat.

The article said they were existing publications that had a regular readership before they were replaced with slop

The book addressed that area of thought much more in detail, but for starters the problem was more directly observable and promised near total extinction within a single lifetime.

Secondly, humanity didn't come together in a kumbaya moment, many had to be forced to comply. The woman in charge of Hail Mary project was a monster who nuked antarctica and was sent to prison when it was all over.

I'm glad to see you calling out that episode, as I was really confused by it when I was younger too. Al Gore wasn't in hysterics he was giving a boring power point presentation about a complicated topic. It just never sat right that they would make him out to be some kind of crackpot.

This is depressing, thankfully I have never even heard of any of their listed publications.

This has been true for a few years now, but indie studios have been making far more interesting games than the big studios. Add to that the fact that big AAA projects need to tack on tons and tons of money-making add-ons that degrade the experience in order to justify the cost of a decade of development, and the industry seems to actually be trending towards the artistry and innovation you mentioned.

Pyre

Honestly I don't remember ever hearing anyone mention Transistor since it released either. Hades definitely proved that they aren't one hit wonders.

I am a patient gamer™ to the max but if you're going to pay a higher price for any game this year, this is the one IMO.

Besides that, my only complaint with this game (and it is minor) is that I just can't stand the UE5 slop anymore. I think Expedition 33 did possibly the best job I've ever seen with engine (the weird, amorphous detailed-but-generic textures didn't detract as much as they usually do because of whole the painting-like aspect) but with everything else, like gameplay and story as strong as it was I would have preferred anything, even a low-res low-poly look.

How did WTC7 burn and collapse when the only thing that hit it that day was a massive skyscraper? 🤔