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ʚ🍓ɞ Nym ʚ🍓ɞ 23 ʚ🍓ɞ He/They/It ʚ🍓ɞ "Other dimensional beings are undoubtedly amazed at what human beings will accept as human beings too."

[corrucyst]

dude, this is really scary, and liminal as well. It's like the bathrooms

[nyminish]

My bf really likes solarpunk and video games and so we were discussing possible ways for video games to exist in a solarpunk world.

The only thing I can think of is having a video game library. But the problem with that is how much energy would be used to keep them running. Having that difficult debate about video games being creative expression through immersive storytelling but it also possibly harming the environment through the resources used to access it.

Idk, just a thought. I am so curious what other ppl think about this

[alpaca-clouds]

This is something I have written on before. First of all: no personal cosumption really is ever the problem when it to environmental issues. Computer servers and such eating up energy as they do largely goes back to company usage, not single people.

In terms of anything creative it should be noted, that in a Solarpunk world the complexity would likely go down a bit, given that movies, games, shows and so on largely are being made these days through the exploitation of creative people - and that exploitation is largely possible because of capitalism.

As I said so many times before: always remember that the "budget" of any piece of media is largely wages and salaries - and most of the people involved do not get paid well. I doubt it is gonna be possible to make a game or movie that needs for 500+ people to work insane hours to be made without the implicit threat of violence that originates with capitalism.

But... we do actually know that you can make both movies and games on way smaller teams. Maybe the graphics are then not quite as fancy, but... persoanlly I am here for the story and gameplay.

And to return to the original fear: especially if you have games that are not as high value in terms of graphics you also safe a ton of energy on them.

[nyminish]

My bf really likes solarpunk and video games and so we were discussing possible ways for video games to exist in a solarpunk world.

The only thing I can think of is having a video game library. But the problem with that is how much energy would be used to keep them running. Having that difficult debate about video games being creative expression through immersive storytelling but it also possibly harming the environment through the resources used to access it.

Idk, just a thought. I am so curious what other ppl think about this

[huckleberryhal]

Grandma Ferret. (X)

[cuttledreams-bugs]

Shout-out to the homies ✨✨

[chimerakisu]

ik nobody's talking about these songs anymore but I've been thinkin about this ship ever since ERB came out so... I call this "Confessions of a Rotten Ego Renegade Boy" because it's dumb and it fits them

genuinely obsessed w this concept now might draw these gay sillies more

[ceruleanheaven]

honestly given my parents whole [gestures vaguely] i am actually incredibly well adjusted

[viewtiful-kim-deactivated202105]

Hamlet adaptation where Hamlet is a vlogger and all his soliloquies are breakdowns he uploads to YouTube

[animatedamerican]

… I am unironically here for this

[oldfilmsflicker]

this is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life

[kabesattic]

This is - legitimately - my favourite delivery of Shakespeare I have EVER seen (and I have seen some good-ass productions yo, in the Globe Theatre itself even). Like seriously, even though the words are unchanged, he’s stripped away ALL of the archaic pretense and assumed grandeur of ~presenting the bard~ that makes even the most wildly talented of actors and innovative of productions inherently inaccessible to a modern audience. Like, they’re still great, they can still communicate the message and (some) of the nuance, but they’re still always a step removed from being identifiable to any viewer’s lived experience. They’re still always reciting 15th century poetry. But this guy? This guy is like, screw iambic pentameter, to hell with being precious about the material, HOW WOULD AN ACTUAL PERSON SAY THIS SHIT?

Like this. And it’s beautiful. It’s beautiful to hear a soliloquy I loved so much already, and have it come to life in a way it never, ever, did before. I feel like I grasp his motivations, his twists and turns, no longer on an academic level but on a visceral, instinctive one. Because he’s presenting his mental and emotional journey in a way that speaks honestly, like a real person.

So yeah, this shit post? I love it. Deeply and sincerely.

[spicedtealeaves]

A post about this went round recently, and I’m delighted to announce she’s since come out as trans and goes by Jasmine 🏳️‍⚧️

Jasmine Brimsmayd

Actor and Writer

There’s a whole series of the Hamlet videos on her YouTube, as well as a bunch of other films she’s made

[xanaxfarts]

[crowboy-bebop]

unauthorized fucking thing!!!!!!

(warning: loud chirping throughout)

source: hellgate osprey cam

[curlicuecal]

[aetherograph]

More context:

the first osprey is the father, the one that comes later is the mother.

ospreys are not eagles, they're ospreys

ospreys only eat fish, that's why they don't register this starling as possible food

the starling got home safely

the starling was not trying to eat the eggs, it was mostly curious and you can see it trying to hop under the osprey every time the osprey tries to sit down again--this is because the starling is still a baby and has the instinct to get under an adult for warmth, even though it mostly has its feathers. this scares the osprey because that is a Foreign Creature near its eggs.

at the end of the video you can see the ospreys starting to turn the eggs. birds do this so the yolk and/or embryo don't stick to the shell of the egg, which is bad for the egg's health.

ospreys have eyes adapted to seeing beneath the surface of the water!

[wulfbones]

ⓘ This creature HATES the usage of generative artificial intelligence.

[maxidango]

this is something of an epilogue to slaughterhouse, but you don't really need any context. also added this to the kofi post and globalcomix. thanks for reading👻

[thiscatdraws]

WELCOME TO THE TADC MLP CIRCUS ‼️🎪

[togekk0]

silly art student sylveon

[salmon-n-hazel]

Dandelions

[minart-was-taken]

Many such cases

[neosilverthorn]

So. For those of you who didn't pay attention to the details of the legal spat between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, allow me to give you some details of the finest legal comedy of a generation.

Krafton CEO looks at the hype surrounding Subnautica 2, goes over the contract between Krafton and Unknown Worlds, realizes he'll have to pay out bonuses and freaks out because shelling out those bonuses will make him look like a pushover.

CEO goes to his legal department, asks them to come up with a plan to weasel out of paying bonuses. Legal tells him the contract is iron-clad and to accept the loss.

CEO refuses to take the loss, asks ChatGPT for a plan. ChatGPT says the exact same thing the legal department did.

CEO demands a plan from ChatGPT, which dutifully spits out a plan at this point because clearly the CEO is a goddamn idiot.

CEO deletes the chat logs, failing to understand that 'delete' doesn't permanently remove things.

CEO follows plan, and is surprised when Unknown Worlds sues for breach of contract despite being told by both humans and an LLM that is exactly what would happen.

Court does not go well for Krafton's legal department. It comes out that after ignoring the sound legal advice of human beings, the CEO went to ChatGPT and asked for a plan. When asked for the logs by the court, Krafton's legal team states they were deleted, thus that it's simply herersay. Judge goes "Oh, that's okay, we'll have our IT folks recover them." Krafton's legal team is astounded that's even possible.

The chat logs are recovered. It comes out that even ChatGPT was in agreement with Krafton's legal department, and only spat out a plan after being asked a second time.

The judge, now thoroughly done with the stupidity of Krafton's CEO at this point, rules in favor of Unknown Worlds. Her ruling doesn't simply undo the scheme, but effectively leaves all control over Subnautica 2's development in the hands of Unknown Worlds, including the early access release date, reducing Krafton to just publishing out of contractual obligation. Krafton must also return all social media platforms for Unknown Worlds and Subnautica 2 to Unknown Worlds' control. Financial damages will be determined at a later date.

Krafton proceeds to violate the court order in less than 72 hours by trying to set an early access release date before returning Unknown Worlds' social media platforms.

Summary: In trying not to look like a pushover, Krafton's CEO now looks like a complete idiot who's going to have to fork over bonuses, plus court-mandated damages, plus whatever comes out of violating the court's orders. Krafton's legal department may as well come to court dressed as clowns after this. I suspect Unknown Worlds might buy the rights to Subnautica back after all this and either relegate Krafton to just publishing or find a different publisher for future games altogether.

[captain-price-returns]

[thefloatingstone]

btw, Steam is currently having an "ocean fest" where they showcase all the ocean themed games on the store

which they obviously decided to do by complete coincidence and didn't mean to say anything by this or anything 🙂