Are we really in this sad of a social state for the only possible advice being : “have a thicker skin” ?

Tim ?

This is so good.

Seconded. I really didn’t expect this perspective, but it works surprisingly well, and explain a lot of my shrug.

- “I’ve got you all trapped now”
looks at the camera
winks

It depends, from my own experience. Background elements : I live in a small flat, with iron curtains (the automatized ones you roll up/down). I’m a cartesian person, to the point where I kinda laughed/pitied the EMF sensible trend, because I do believe that a lot of pathologies are caused by self-persuasion (the…

I think it’s like soccer, some kind of cultural appropration thing. A lot of (insecure) males are searching for an activity where they can find someone to identify without having to sort things up, some kind of safe space.

Those are very encouraging quotes for the future of gaming quality ! thx !

... and then life became much better :)

I hear the need, but I think there are boundaries to rule explanations while commenting a live match. Just like in soccer, it would feel quite a burden if the commentor explained why a corner is a corner or how an off-side is determined everytime it happens :)

I think this is an important parallel, as mobile apps were the testing grounds of microtransactions.

I really laughed at how the speech inserted into the decision some koolaid words like “protect the users”, “choosing the right plan”, etc. Does the government really thinks people are this dumb ? or blind ? What era are we living in ?

“Actual g̶a̶m̶e̶p̶l̶a̶y̶ cutscenes” (?)

“There will be certain online elements related to Cyberpunk” in my mind is clearly that, yeah. The biggest online element in Cyberpunk was the Matrix (CP’s one, not the movie). Might have something to do with it. Something related to hacking maybe ? I just hope it’s not some kind of mobile-ish gameplay.

“I’m sorry etc” really seems to be the new freepass to let yourself do all the wrong things nowadays.

IKR ... I mean, it’s like a child in a supermarket slowly approaching his hand from a candy bag behind a glass.

Same, even if it’s open world, there’s a burdening “todolist” feeling. It’s bugging me because I can feel how artists and gamedesigners put some incredible efforts to coat it. But I mean, a very large part of gamers are now grownups whose daytime consists of several tasks to achieve by priority, even more in this all…

go to page 46 !

This sums up perfectly what I saw in this scene !

I thought exactly the same about this scene being essential. More than just showing a replicant desperately seeking love, it’s also a (beautifully rythmed) kaleidoscope about how Love decays, when passed through different layers of abstraction. Structurally, scene was : Love (human feeling) > (from a) replicant >…