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I've never thought of the word mythology as being pejorative.

2 hours ago, Kal-El814 said:

"Separating the art from the artist," as I understand it, initially came about as a way to not stifle discussion about art when the person making it did lousy things. So you could have a discussion about the merits of The Shining or Kubrick's oeuvre without the discussing his treatment of Shelley Duvall.

 

The notion of whether spending money on art / media you like that's made by someone problematic, alive, and who stands to profit from the purchase is a newer, different thing.

This is 100% correct. The concept of separating the art from the artist, has everything to do with artistic criticism and nothing to do with the political complexities of supporting problematic people.

Rosemary's Baby isn't a bad movie because Polanski's a rapist.

Harry Potter isn't a bad series of books because Rowling's a TERF.

Hitler's art is bad, but not because he's a nazi.

That's it.

Separating the art from the artist has nothing to do with whether or not you should stream Rosemary's Baby on Prime or buy the new Harry Potter game. That's a different, albeit valuable conversation, that has nothing to do with the quality of the art in question.

On 4/18/2023 at 1:15 PM, TwinIon said:

I begrudgingly agree. Playing Diablo 2 again made me realize how much I'm primarily looking at the map overlay and looking at the game second. Playing the Diablo 4 beta without it and looking at the game world (which is much more interactive) was nice.

 

I can see why people would want it back, but the game is probably better without it.

I do think the whole thing begs a pretty important question about game design. A well-designed game should be most fun when played most optimally. If playing the game on the cutting edge is a worse experience than playing at a middling level, the game's design is flawed. That said, I can think of very few games that actually live up to this standard, and I wish designers put more effort into designing systems where the fun can't be min-maxed out. The recent DOOM games are the only example I can think of where truly the better I got and the harder the game became the more fun I had until my wrists fell off from frantic weapon swapping.

I like that Blizzard is at least trying with Diablo 4. I think the benefits of not having a map overlay probably outweigh the costs, but not including QOL features to try to enhance immersion seems like a pretty inelegant way to force players to have fun.

5 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

"Baffling" is absolutely the way I'd describe this:

 

Diablo 4 is bafflingly refusing to implement map overlay at launch | PC Gamer

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An often vital QoL feature for ARPGs is purposefully being left out by Blizzard.

 

I'm honestly with them on this. The full minimap overlay in ARPGs pretty quickly becomes the primary control surface and the game becomes the background. It's a useful tool but it allows players to min-max the fun out of the game really fast.

On 4/15/2023 at 9:32 AM, crispy4000 said:

On a side note, Overcooked is a great game if you can stomach getting frustrated with your friends.

 

Overcooked really brings out the worst in me. I can play Dota and still act like a human being, but Overcooked makes me see red.

I've decided to join #teamMisty because she's the most fun.

Looks cool but I'm not sure about the True Detective branding. This doesn't appear to have been written by Pizzolatto, which makes me pretty skeptical. Season 2 was interesting and probably could have been really good if it was a little more coherent or had a little more to say about incoherence. Season 3 was good but ultimately was just chasing Season 1's tail. And, Season 1 is of course one of the best shows ever made.

The book was a lot of fun.

It's going to be interesting to see how the kids act now that they're finally out from under Logan's heel. Their entire lives orbited around Logan, and I have a feeling they're going to be completely unmoored by his absence. I have a feeling they’re mostly going to keep dancing for his ghost but we also might see some previously suppressed desires and behaviors emerge in them. 

3 hours ago, Mercury33 said:

The casting for the movies was really good(except hermione and second dumbledore) but I think the only character that would have a real uphill climb to winning people over is whoever they cast for Snape. Good luck my dude. 
 

People underestimate fans willingness to accept new actors in rolls. As long as they’re good they’ll be accepted within the first few episodes. 

This one's actually super easy.

The Harry Potter movies were perfectly cast and it’s going to be hard to come up with something that doesn’t feel like a cheap knock off of the original actors. Buuuuuut, the Harry Potter movies also sucked ass and the story could’ve been told much better. 
 

Inb4 the internet literally lights on fire when black Hermione happens. 

I hope it's good. The original Spiderverse was such a great surprise that it's going to be hard for a sequel to live up to it.

Also yeah, the Connor speech at the end was fantastic. It's the type of thing only a character who's been pointedly ignored or derided for several seasons could pull off.

I'm starting to think this Joel guy might not be the greatest person.

It may just be the time skip but the Roy kids all seem kind of flanderized. The dialogue continues to be all bangers all the time, but I’m starting to feel like there might actually be too many bangers and they’ve gone too far upstream from anything anyone would ever say. 
 

Also I’m officially casting my lot with team Disgusting Brothers. I hope they win the game of thrones. 

Finally have the time to watch this. I haven't played the games but after episode 6 I'm sure excited for the PC release.

The world and initial quests are pretty incredible. The creepy occultism is fantastic. 

It looks like they've correctly identified that the counter-strike audience doesn't want titanic gameplay changes. I feel like big esports has the problem of how to keep games relevant past the ten-year mark, and this looks like the answer.

Ashley is legit terrifying in VR. 

Error 38 incoming. 

That combat looks CHUNKY

I learned about this plane like yesterday, and learned that it was destroyed in the invasion. It would honestly be dope if MSFS contributes significantly to rebuilding this monstrosity.

Yeah, but does she care about Hogwarts Legacy?

I know I'm several years late to the party but man, Deep Rock Galactic is incredible.

It's hard to know where to start because everything about this game is fantastically made. The enemy design is fantastic and does a lot to elevate it above other horde shooters. The levels and objectives allow each class to shine in certain circumstances while avoiding making certain compositions mandatory. The vibes of everything are just impeccable. The economy and reward system feel really good since you aren't chasing iLevel upgrades on the same old gear. Everything feels laid out in an approachable way without compromising depth.

I really just started playing this a week ago and I feel like I haven't been left behind in the way I would if I tried playing (somewhat) similar co-op games like Destiny.