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Holy shit somehow no one has mentioned:

Nier Automata

It counts as a masterpiece because of how well it blends game design, gameplay and story. I have played very few games as thoughtful, or that weaved the gameplay together into the story it was telling in such a meaningful way. I never thought once in my life that I would think philosophically about bullet hell but somehow Nier Automata has something profound to say and even manages to say it using bullet hell as a gameplay mechanic.

On top of all this, it also has a lot to say about classical philosophers, their works, and honestly deeply subverts things they had to say. It asks tough questions about their thoughts and ideas, once again, through gameplay. Numerous characters are named for classical philosophers: Pascal, Jean-Paul, Simone, Engels, Immanuel... (Yoko Taro obviously has feelings about how Jean-Paul Sartre treated Simone de Beauvoir.)

Further, Yoko Taro is doing something that a lot of game developers fail to manage to do: He is embracing gaming as a storytelling medium and eschewing the traditional three-act arc from film. Because gaming is not film. As Marshall McLuhan posited, "the medium is the message" and unlike other developers Taro's writing is aimed at the medium he is working in instead of leaning on the ropes and tropes of other mediums. (Referring back to above, tying the gameplay into the story, focusing on the medium)

It's basically impossible to not break down into tears at the ending.

Don't write it off because of the scantily clad anime women. Stay for the depth of the human condition. It is truly a masterwork in multiple respects.

It's more like everyone is literally at their limit for taking care of themselves and literally has no energy leftover for others.

I think this is purposeful to socially divide us.

More aggressive driving. Statistics even support it so it's not just an anecdotal thing.

I'm so sick of Democrats helping fuck us over and pretending that we should be happy about it.

Instead of fighting this kind of shit tooth and nail the best they do is water it down and then send it to be passed.

Fucking maddening. Part of the fucking problem. Stop making deals and concessions to these fascist fucks.

Proposal would move security under judges’ control as justice department has vowed loyalty to president

It's in the description... So yes, one under the control of the Judiciary, not the Executive.

Mr Trump pledged to end the war on “day one” of his presidency. And as the conflict drags on, the giant question mark hovering over western Europe is how long it will take for the US to make good on its promise.

That's absolutely not calling out a lie. They should call them out when they lie in a much more forceful manner than this.

Mr Trump pledged to end the war on “day one” of his presidency. And as the conflict drags on, the giant question mark hovering over western Europe is how long it will take for the US to make good on its promise.

Why do journalists insist in taking Trump's "promises" seriously in any capacity? An otherwise good article tainted by these two ridiculous fucking sentences. He won't make good on his promise because he is incapable due to being fucking terrified of Putin the thing the fucking article is about.

However, she is equally scathing of European leaders for not coming to terms with this new reality sooner. “The fact that the Europeans are so shocked by his deference to Putin actually shows that they haven’t also done their homework,” she said.

She even literally spells it out later in the article but I guess the journalist wasn't listening.

If the Trump admin wasn't obviously a fascist dictatorship I might be able to feel good about Belgian royalty being treated the same as anyone else. However, this has nothing to do with traditional American values of an even playing field, because the Trump admin just refuses to recognize any royalty except Trump.

Dang, such a generous offer! Any laptop is better than no laptop! Thank you for your kindness!

As someone who really needs a laptop but is broke because of cancer, I am very jealous.

You can always use it as something like a Pi-Hole if youre fine with leaving it on at all times. Probably overkill for a Pi-Hole, though. Anyway nearly any PC can be turned into some kind of network appliance.

Hope you find a good use for it!

God I wish we had gotten more than one Arcanum game...

Nah, it was a different one, you know what I mean? Nudge nudge wink wink, say no more.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say most people under 35 have no idea who he is. Hell, unless they're re a music aficionado, they probably don't know who he is, no matter the age.

"I never would have believed that the same company could one day be implicated in the machinery of oppression and war."

While it's very chivalrous of Eno to do so, clearly the same people are no longer running the company. The new management is probably going "Brian who?" with sincerity in the question.

30 years is a long time in corporate culture. Eno isn't a corporate guy so maybe he really just doesn't understand how fast things can change with changing leadership.

*chefs kiss

The hardest thing to do: Stop using US internet services, which could include things like AWS or Cloudflare which would literally mean not interacting with half or more of Lemmy (lemmy.world on Cloudflare, blahaj.lemmy on AWS [actually looks like blahaj recently switched to a euro provider, dope]).

https://lookup.icann.org/en

Technically, there's nine instances of hell and one instance of limbo.

At least that's what my friend Dante told me.

Was this list written by Steve Small?

You can lead a horse to water but you can't make them read the fucking manual.