Well, hopefully the writers of the work in question do.  Obviously it’s good if any individual entry is accessible, but it makes for a richer storytelling experience if the character and plot history has ties to what’s come years or decades before.

“That’s what the money is for!”

Every industry that is utilizing AI is a bigger power grab than you may realize - why else are they trying to insulate the masses through the concept of “convenience”? Yeah, THEIRS! This is bigger than simply automation, corporations are literally making a push to control your individuality, your creative skills -…

IIRC only movies 8 and 9 are based on story arcs of the manga/anime, otherwise the rest are separate from the actual story/series.

Make it so.

I would resent this a lot less if they were actually funneling this cash to the creatives instead of passive income queens like shareholders and executives. 

NFTs are just meant to be receipts to prove transactions occurred as a way to prevent fraud on the blockchain

There is literally nothing you can do with an NFT that you can't do more easily and more efficiently in some other way. 

Yeah, they’d tell you how the deed to your house was going to be an NFT on the blockchain in the future for some unspecified reason. I sure look forward to the future where I lose my house due to some wallet hack. Sounds great.

They’re now claiming they can finally start using NFTs for their intended purpose, which is...something something contract or signature authentication or something something I dunno. It’s alluded to in this article. There is apparently some magical valuable “use” for NFTs beyond just overcharging people for a…

I’m sure they still have value for money laundering.

Whenever an article critical of NFTs was posted back in the day people would come out of the woodwork defending how valuable and revolutionary they would be and how you just “didn’t get it”. Where are those people now?

But “as the market matures, NFTs are likely to [...] pivot from mere collectibles to assets with tangible utility and significance,” dappGambl suggests.

“Cyberpunk Is A Frequently Tapped Well Of Inspiration For Musk”

It’s so weird whenever I see any notable capitalist say they’re a fan of anything cyberpunk-related. Like, you know the genre is a criticism of you, right? You’re the bad guy. The genre’s raison d’être is to point out how the closest thing to true evil that exists in our world is unimaginably wealthy businessmen who…

Okay I had to clarify which Matt Walsh was being talked about. (And sure enough one of the first hits for the UCB guy is he’s tired of being confused for that asshole on Twitter.)

I don’t know about “hundreds,” but yeah it’s true the world doesn’t revolve around them, but it’s also true that the show and anyone who appears on it is going to face industry consequences if they go through with this. If it’s a union covered show then it’s a union covered show. That’s the deal when you hire union…

is this the one that was also sold on the premise of everything in the show being available as an NFT?

Well, at least the animation looks like shit.

Pretty insipid stuff. I’ll pass on that special and she can enjoy her scumbag “friends” and fuck off to another cornfield.