That’s basically my point. Purely anecdotal, but in my experience gamers who get SO angry about NFTs aren’t getting equally angry about fundamental rights being taken away or truly environmentally deadly technologies and that’s a problem.

In fact, they’re usually the one talking about “get politics out of gaming” and…

Right. There are real world environmental impacts (just like they’re on for crypto) but I have no sympathy for the investbros who are losing money on this. Something about the past two years has really sapped my sympathy for people who think they know everything. 

Fair enough, if I had an NFT booster messing with my shit, I’m sure I’d feel the same way.

The vast majority of us will never have that interaction, and NFTs sort of feel akin to microtransactions in they’re a shitty gimmick that most people don’t ever have to interact with if they don’t want to. But yeah, fuck that…

I get it, but NFTs are equally as environmentally costly as cryptocurrency, and yet the conversation is ALWAYS about NFTs being damaging. All cryptocurrency harms the planet. It’s ALL bad.

And see, I agree that we should be outraged and angry about climate change and companies destroying our world and economies. That…

NFTs are an obvious scam and I would never buy or sell one. I’ve been in meetings where I’ve articulated this to higher ups who want to pursue them. They’re a bad idea and no one likes them.

I also think it’s weird how ANGRY people get about them.

It’s like we’ve reached this pop cultural point in the last few years…

Like I said, I suspect she’ll not always look like this, but also it’s clearly a creative decision. I’m sure they know they could have just made her blue and holographic. Why they didn’t is anyone’s guess. Seeing as how Cortona looked different in every single game - when they could have easily made her look the same…

You can always tell the Rogan simp because they’re

1) Overly, unnecessarily hostile to anyone who dares criticize Rogan’s format
2) They say things like “alternative take” when they mean to say “misinformed position.”

The stuff these guys spout on Rogan aren’t “alternative takes” to issues that are unsettled or…

I bet she’s digital looking at least some of the time. 

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on that, because it’s really clearly CGI to me (and a lot of online sentiment I’ve seen so far), especially when compared to the real Jen Taylor (who is also primarily a voice actor, so it makes sense she’d voice a mo-capped version of herself). This is like a plastic copy with…

I didn’t find her face that expressive and in motion it read VERY CG to me. Try watching it in the highest resolution on full screen... She looks like a game cutscene IMO.

Even her hair doesn’t read as “live action” It’s possible she’s just heavily filtered and I’m misreading this, but check out her expression below…

It’s the grading, it’s pretty saturated, which is unusual for “gritty” sci-fi.

I kinda like it, but it does make it feel lower budget.

This looks way better than I expected. Yes, it’s a little clean / oversaturated / lower budget at parts and there are some odd changes from the games but the action looks pretty slick and it feels bigger / more epic than I expected it to.

I’m almost certain that is a CG model, not live action.

They just made it look like the actress more. I also bet the first time we see her “materialize” she’ll be blue / coded as an homage to the original, and then she’ll shift into this new look.  Would have preferred her as blue throughout but it’s not a deal…

Doesn’t it make sense that Aloy would rappel the same way she did in the first game? Do you suddenly change the way you do things every year for no reason?

Updated walk and run animations are likely due to more complex traversal geometry and mechanics, but jumping off a ledge is basically the same no matter what…

I think my only issue with the animation is that the lines are too clean. The whole thing needs another layer of dirt, grain and scratches on it. Especially when it comes to character outlines. 

This entire thing seems completely fake. Like either he spent 3.5mil knowing it was a scam for the views he’d get later (plus the apparent refund) or he’s misrepresenting the amount of money he spent (if he spent any). Paul actually MADE money from this “scam” when you consider all the ad revenue his “I’m so sad”…

I think we’d need a variant that does serious damage - Like 10% fatality rate, before the science deniers get in line and protect themselves with a vaccine. Omicron being comparatively mild to delta has only strengthened their stupidity. “See, we told you it was no worse than a cold.”

Insufferable. 

So many people who claimed to have “natural immunity” are getting it for a second time, so it’s probably only a matter of time for Rogan... And he ain’t gettin any younger.

When his “opinion” has been discredited by a mountain of data, it stops becoming an “opinion” and starts becoming “misinformation” or, more directly: “lies.”

Every time the government tries to enact health standards (or even guidance), people on the right (your side, from the sounds of it) go NUTS. The same people who now refuse to vax up and wear masks and are subsequently dying in much greater numbers than the vaccinated. And this is all well documented.

I don’t believe…