What doesn’t help is that there’s Israeli interests who explicitly WANT this confusion to exist because it helps their geopolitical interests.
(As well as evangelical death cult interests in the US who want this confusion to exist because System Requirement for their doomsday prophecies, but that’s a whole other thing)
rolfesam
shardstyle
“The fact that a ‘shitty Arab country’ visual shorthand already exists says enough,” Nadia Shammas told me during a video call. “A shorthand, that, by the way, did not exist—it had to be punched into culture over and over and over again for it to stick in the subconscious to such an extent that you don’t even question…
Americans cope backwards and scheme forwards.
Its not that videogames are the sole problem. Its that, as you pointed out, they are one outlet and re-propagator of a very large cultural issue (which I think the article does go into). So we have identified an issue. Where can we start addressing it? Everywhere we find it, and in this case, in this community, with…
More than a decade ago, Warner Bros. settled a lawsuit with the tattoo artist who designed (and copyrighted!) Mike Tyson’s face tattoo which the movie studio had replicated exactly for a joke in The Hangover 2.
13 “articles” in a day on a 90 second teaser trailer. i get that gta is a big franchise but yeesh. this is like cable news calling a road closure breaking news. im glad the AI staff has something to write about though.
“I have guns, gold, potassium iodide, antibiotics, batteries, water, gas masks from the Israeli Defense Force, and a big patch of land in Big Sur I can fly to.”
They’re saying that he was let go because his focus on the for-profit arm of OpenAI threatened to impede their non-profit goals of safe and equitable AI for everyone. If this is true then it is possibly a good decision for him to be pushed out, but one must always be wary of the legitimacy of altruism within…
This is genuinely pathetic. The Part One remaster was barely justifiable so soon after the release of the PS4 remaster, but at least that was actually updating it for a new platform. Part Two is already one of the best looking games on the PS5; asking people to pay another $70 (because you fucking know it’s not gonna…
Worked in QA for 15+ years now, around 4.5 of that at Microsoft Games. So I can truthfully say that 99% of the time any bug you found in a game post release was something that QA did in fact find, but was “won’t fix” or otherwise deemed not worth the time to fix. Sometimes it’s punted for a patch, other times it’s a…
Hell yeah, I’m surprised you guys are allowed to post this. I gotta clear up some funds for their subscription. Maybe I have some Patreons I’m not paying attention to anymore.
Timely news, especially after the exodus from The Escapist the other day.
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oh HELL yeah
Sounds promising! Wish them the best of luck! As a daily consumer I would gladly pay a small-ish amount for good content without the ridiculous ad-farm that some sites fall victim to (not mentioning names lol).
Hopefully Epic sticks around. I’ve only used the store a few times but I use it like an actual STORE—go in, buy your shit, get out—not a weird, “hanging out at Walmart” that kids use with the Steam Store.
I hope they stick around. I worry about the dark days after Gabe leaves Valve. His leadership has been super consumer 1st. A money hungry CEO could ruin Steam in no time.
Making sure to get a library and users is kind of essential.
We’ll probably see fewer exclusive deals and lower quality or fewer games given away from Epic in the future, though.
“In light of my recent conflicts regarding the conflict in the Gaza Region, effective immediately, I resign from my position of Class President. I am proud of what I accomplish in these short two weeks, even if I ultimately was not able to fulfill my pledge of replacing all the water fountains with Gatorade, and to…
The Gaza Ministry of Health’s stats on civilian death in Gaza have been corroborated after previous conflicts, and found to be relatively accurate. Check the stats and reporting for “Operation Protective Edge”, you’ll see that’s the case. Just because Hamas runs the government in Gaza doesn’t mean this particular…