I'm moving to China for work, so I'm interested in alternative points of view on Chinese society from the usual U.S. mainstream media CCP hate boner. I checked out hexbear, and... my goodness.
They cheer for a version of China that the Chinese themselves would be embarrassed by. It's clearly driven by 14-year-old white boy edgelords who are enamored with a hardcore Marxist-Leninist vision of China that never existed, most likely in reaction to a dislike of modern Western capitalism. I mean, they referenced "struggle sessions" with nostalgia and cheer for Bashar al-Assad because China is being friendly to him.
Real-life China is quite different from the depictions you see on main Lemmy instances, but it sure as hell isn't anything like what the tankies are jerking off to, either.
I enjoyed The Creator for its visuals but the bad script makes it impossible to recommend it. Might do well as a brainless Star Wars surrogate in streaming, and it might turn into a cult classic down the line, but I'm not surprised it's bombing.
I've been hearing a variant of this since I joined Slashdot in 1999. "Microsoft really messed up this time, mainstream Linux adoption is right around the corner!"
Article is pretty thin and alarmist. They quote someone from a pest control company saying they deal with bedbugs every day, but that doesn't give any sense of the scale of the problem, only that this particular business is fully booked.
I think travelers still have a legit reason to be concerned about picking up bedbugs abroad since they probably don't have them at home. It's not like people sleep and bring clothes to other people's homes all the time, so the risk of picking them up is certainly enhanced when traveling. Don't think people need to lose their minds about traveling to Paris, but it's something to be aware of and informed about.
I've played it in January 2022 on PC (so about a year after release), going through a second playthrough on Steam Deck now.
Compared to two years ago, the game is not that different IMO. I enjoyed it immensely the first time, and I'm loving it enough now to just play it again. A lot of very noticeable changes with 2.0, with the entire perks system rebuilt and such. Not a major game changer IMHO but it's all good stuff.
As for Steam Deck, it's 100% compatible and looks great. I've noticed very few frame rate issues.
I wish people could let go of their resentment towards the game's launch woes, because this game is a genuine banger with an amazing setting, great gameplay, and a kickass story.
Made it possible to properly switch to Arm cyberware by cycling through weapons.
Oh, haha, I was wondering if I was crazy. The only way I could see to equip the Mantis Blades was to hold Y and select it there. Didn't feel very intuitive.
People eat bread and pick it up from their local bakery then walk home with it instead of stuffing it in the trunk of their SUV to drive two blocks. What do you expect.
