Well ok, that’s somewhat more relevant.

So here’s the thing - if there’s a reasonable chance that the guy is telling the truth, which in this case honestly seems somewhat likely, then wouldn’t the cops want to spend at least some time on “The Case of the Severed Head and Gunshot Riddled Torso?”

A game’s subreddit has become a toxic cauldron where disappointment and entitlement merge into a rancid whiney stew, with death threats bubbling on the surface? I’m shocked. Shocked I say!

It does change the ludic context, I absolutely agree. And I also agree that the ludic context does have definite value in this instance. In a perfect world... well, I should rephrase this thought because in a “perfect world” this wouldn’t be an issue. In a better world there would be a mechanism to mitigate this sort…

The problematic part isn’t Claudette’s mask, the problematic part is the racists.

The point of something like this is overengineering. There’s definitely a market for more traditional designs with easily removable and cleanable mesh fronts and that market is very well catered to.

There are layers of context. The narrative context is relevant, as is the meta narrative context and the ludic context. In a situation like this you could certainly say that it’s contextually appropriate for the narrative - cannibal killer wears victims’ faces as masks - and it’s also contextually appropriate for the…

Agreed - in this case, high mileage is a good sign. It’s the one that survived.

Not exactly an earth-shattering take, and the headline blows right past “misleading” and well into “literally false,” but the bigger issue here is context. People aren’t dropping a wad of cash on the car, they’re financing the thing. GTI’s have a specific market, one that tends to be in a life position where they make…

So it seems that some lawyers found the pot of gold at the end of the internet Cyberpunk hate-boner rainbow.

It really is. The Apple Reality Distortion Field is in full force regarding these things.

With PC games I’ve come to view the original retail price as an “early adopter fee” for games, and have adjust my perspective accordingly. There are some things that I understand I’m paying more for in order to have sooner, and there are other things for which I am happy to wait until when, or if, they reach a price I…

I’m not talking about the functional demo units, I’m talking about the huge chunks of plastic slapped on to the faces of the people in the staged promo shots. Those are not working units.

Sure, and that’s unfortunate for this YouTuber and, per my own opinion, expression in general. Other opinions will differ, of course.

The thing is, “fair use” is an understood legal doctrine and, in many jurisdictions, is clearly defined. The purpose of fair use is to promote expression and the interchange of ideas. Criticism has long been understood to be a legally valid form of expression, and it has similarly been understood that criticism…

I suppose that’s the thing - personally, I would sacrifice 8K for ease-of-use. I’m very much a realist here, and I’m completely aware that there need to be trade-offs.

If they’re showing concept images, why do they show devices that look less comfortable than what’s currently available? How tight are those straps to keep those massive goggles plastered to the faces of those unfortunate souls? Unless Sony actually discovered some new anti-gravity technology, and has decided that the…

I would expect so - something like this could potentially be added as a post-processing effect similar to how DLSS is able to upscale, refine detail, and even add detail.

Fun fact - Keanu was lost somewhen in the early Paleolithic during a freak accident while filming the original Bill and Ted movie. Since then “Keanu” has been an advanced digital facsimile produced using cutting edge technology created in a secret lab below an Applebee’s in suburban New Jersey. For a period between…

Sure, but “Two to Tango” features an implied “It Takes,” which therefore includes “Take(s) Two” and is even somehow worse because the unspoken implication is a subconscious embedded psychological olifactatious phrasiology that literally beams a trademark violation directly into people’s brains! Take Two will not stand…