Fuck yeah, it was wired reading that entire thing with no pushback against the idea that gatekeeping is bad. Really feels like a childish position to hold, and i don't mean that I'm a condescending way, i mean that they've never seen anything they care about get worse because it got diluted.
Ngl, i don't see how bmw gets any sales when Mercedes exists. If you are actually rich a Mercedes is almost objectively the better vehicle, if you are just trying to show off the Mercedes is a better status symbol too.
It may just be easier to get rich if you're fucked in the head already. Risk avoidance? That's the sign of a smart person, but most ways for a poor to become a rich are far more likely to fail than succeed. Empathy? Healthy, but that'd stop you from stepping on people on the way up.
Especially as a writer, idk about other countries but the USA's literacy levels are abysmal (half the population reads at a 10 year old's level or worse!), so an idiot would have the largest audience.
The artist and the art are intrinsically intertwined. Lovecraft's work (to use a less immediate example) has all of his fears, including racism, built into the bones of the stories. Skillet is fundamentally culty Christian types, once you understand that their more normal music takes on a creepy meaning.
It's possible to pull unintentional meaning from a work, we do it all the time, but that doesn't mean the original intent should be disregarded. That idea is practically anti-art imo.
I don't play many MMOs these days, but i do know at least one Korean MMO that hits two of those. In mabonogi areas were unlocked by players after they released and whoever unlocked it has their name recorded at the entrance, and life skills (stuff outside of fighting; crafting, playing music, etc) were a major focus of the game. Honestly, expansive skill systems outside of combat are basically necessary for an MMO to be considered good imo.
It's wild that people still try to pull that shit. We've known high tax rates and prosperity go hand in hand since, basically, the start of advanced economics.
Windows 11 went full mask off on how bad Windows really is, why would anyone use it? No one wants adware, ransomware, or spyware on their pc, let alone have it baked in.
Yeah, DnD is easily the worst game I've ever played, ran, or read. By such a huge margin it isn't even funny. Even vampire 5th edition is better.
Speaking of vampire, World of Darkness 20th edition is my personal recommendation for a better game. It's actually simple, unlike 5e, and is actually designed for roleplay, unlike 5e. Maybe exalted if someone wants more fantasy and combat.
I know beast was with a company called night owned by reed duchscher and they company claims to work with a lot of other streamers, so it's at least true-ish.
Not necessarily. MMOs have a lot of room for emergent story telling opportunities that just don't exist in other mediums, things like community events that genuinely matter or developers responding to major trends in the player base. although i very rarely see good MMO design like that in MMOs, could be that i just don't look at a lot of them though.
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Fuck yeah, it was wired reading that entire thing with no pushback against the idea that gatekeeping is bad. Really feels like a childish position to hold, and i don't mean that I'm a condescending way, i mean that they've never seen anything they care about get worse because it got diluted.