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Comment on USB Inventor Regrets Making Them So Difficult To Plug in Correctly in ~tech
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Comment on Please Recommend Me A Video Game in ~games
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Comment on Please Recommend Me A Video Game in ~games
TheJorro Link Since you enjoyed Ori, have you checked out Hollow Knight? It's a bit more challenging since it's a) bigger, and b) combat-focused, as opposed to Ori where it was mostly about platforming. It...Since you enjoyed Ori, have you checked out Hollow Knight? It's a bit more challenging since it's a) bigger, and b) combat-focused, as opposed to Ori where it was mostly about platforming.
It shouldn't take more than Ori took to run (it may even be lighter), and it's on every OS. It's low-priced and huge, so great value. It also has wonderful hand-drawn art, and a surprisingly compelling world and story.
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Comment on Cyberpunk designer says CDPR is working on transgender character options in ~games
TheJorro Link Parent It sounds like you two are talking about different things but with the same terminology. He's talking about the dissemination of the message. In art, it is the artist's responsibility to...It sounds like you two are talking about different things but with the same terminology.
He's talking about the dissemination of the message. In art, it is the artist's responsibility to communicate their message effectively. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it transforms entirely between author to work to reader. That's the nature of it. So if CDPR wants to communicate a world of "uncontrolled corporate control of the world dehumanizes people", then it's their responsibility to stick to that message and get it across effectively.
An example of a game that failed this notably is Far Cry 3, which needed a post-release PR strategy to change how everyone saw its story because it did not effectively communicate its message at all. That was Ubisoft's responsibility, and they failed at it, and had to make a big course correction.
You're speaking more about people jumping to conclusions about what they saw because they don't have a baseline for what to expect from Cyberpunk. And you're right about that. It reminds me of when people were lambasting Tropic Thunder before its release because they assumed things about it but would not have known that it was actually addressing those same things they thought the movie was violating. I wouldn't suggest that the initial response here regarding the issue was a case of trying to inject "modern trends of inclusion and representation", as it is a common response to entertainment media that is more universal than it initially seems, only with the concerns changed around.
It remains to be seen how CDPR and the game will handle these issues, and I don't think assuming how it will turn out is a good strategy. That said, I don't think people's kneejerk responses should be dismissed out of hand either, but they should at least be considered. We've seen things that are meant to address issues be done really sloppily and badly before (e.g. MW2's airport scene was not the best way to communicate the message it was trying to impart). Like, sometimes a company just has to earn that goodwill so that people assume the best by default and not the worst. CDPR has definitely given trans groups things to worry about in the past.
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Comment on Setting aside the musical content (if you can), what are the best music videos you know? in ~music
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Comment on Setting aside the musical content (if you can), what are the best music videos you know? in ~music
TheJorro (edited ) Link Kendrick Lamar's ELEMENT. video has some great photography, and references the photographs of Gordon Park quite a lot.Kendrick Lamar's ELEMENT. video has some great photography, and references the photographs of Gordon Park quite a lot.
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Comment on E3 2019 game trailers in ~games
TheJorro Link Parent Spoke too soon. Here are 37 more. Age of Wonders: Planetfall Arizona Sunshine - The Damned DLC Ary and The Secret of Seasons Battlewake Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons Music Pack Black Desert...Spoke too soon. Here are 37 more.
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Arizona Sunshine - The Damned DLC
Ary and The Secret of Seasons
Battlewake
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons Music Pack
Black Desert
CastleStorm II
Code Vein
Contra Anniversary Collection
Contra: Rogue Corps
Control
Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Grand Prix
Disgaea 4 Complete+
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Empire of Sin
Greedfall
Kingdom Hearts III ReMind DLC
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Madden NFL 20
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
Persona 5 Royal
Rad
Remnant: From the Ashes
Samurai Shodown Rimururu
Shenmue III
SMITE Olorun
Sniper Elite: VR
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game
The Surge 2
The Walking Dead: Onslaught
Torchlight II
Trials Rising Season 2
Warframe: Empyrea
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair4 votes -
Comment on E3 2019 game trailers in ~games
TheJorro Link Parent Only five. Carrion Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead Fall Guys The Messenger: Picnic Panic My Friend PedroOnly five.
Carrion
Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead
Fall Guys
The Messenger: Picnic Panic
My Friend Pedro4 votes -
Comment on E3 2019 game trailers in ~games
TheJorro Link Parent Ahh, I knew I was forgetting a whole bucket of games somewhere. I'll add those in when I get a moment. I didn't even think about the wiki. It would be a good place to refer back to collections...Ahh, I knew I was forgetting a whole bucket of games somewhere. I'll add those in when I get a moment.
I didn't even think about the wiki. It would be a good place to refer back to collections like this, since as a submission it will disappear a lot quicker than news or discussion.
(I do like that this post ended up with the post ID of "egm" though)
Fate has cursed me.
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Comment on Jordan Peterson Announces Free Speech Platform ‘Thinkspot’ in ~tech
TheJorro Link Parent The problem is inherent to a voluntary voting system: it's easily gamed. All it takes is a coordinated effort to defeat a voluntary vote system. Well-reasoned voices are rarely successful on...The problem is inherent to a voluntary voting system: it's easily gamed. All it takes is a coordinated effort to defeat a voluntary vote system. Well-reasoned voices are rarely successful on reddit now, and it wasn't much better in its heyday. Popular votes always lend to popularity, not rationality (unless the userbase is entirely behind the concept of rationality at its core).
Free speech "bastions" are ripe for the coordinated takeover because they've immediately limited themselves to being powerless to do anything about it. That's why there has never once been an actual academic free speech proponent who didn't set limits on it.
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12 Minutes Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition Age of Wonder - Plantetfall Age of Wonders: Planetfall Animal Crossing New Horizons (Gameplay)) Apex Legends Season 2 Arizona Sunshine - The Damned...
12 Minutes
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Wonder - Plantetfall
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Animal Crossing New Horizons (Gameplay))
Apex Legends Season 2
Arizona Sunshine - The Damned DLC
Ary and The Secret of Seasons
Astral Chain
Baldur's Gate III
Battlefield V
Battletoads
Battlewake
Beat Saber: Imagine Dragons Music Pack
Black Desert
Blair Witch
Bleeding Edge
Borderlands 2: Commander Lilith & the Fight for Sanctuary Official Trailer
Borderlands 3
BRAWLHALLA Adventure Time
Cadence of Hyrule
Carrion
CastleStorm II
Chivalry 2
Circuit Superstars
Code Vein
Collection of Mana
Commander Keen (Gameplay)))
Conan Chop Chop
Contra Anniversary Collection
Contra: Rogue Corps
Control
Corpse Killer: 25th Anniversary Edition
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Grand Prix
CrisTales
CrossfireX
Cyberpunk 2077
Daemon X Machina (Gameplay)))
Deathloop
Disgaea 4 Complete+
DOOM Eternal (Multiplayer)))
Dragon Ball Z Kakarot (Gameplay video)))
Dragon Quest Builders 2
Dying Light 2
El Hijo
Elden Ring
Elder Scrolls Online Elsweyr
Empire of Sin
Empire of Sin
Enter the Gungeon: House of the Gundead
Evil Genius 2 - World Domination
Fall Guys
Fall Guys
Fallout 76 Nuclear Winter (Battle Royale Mode)
Fallout 76 Wastelanders Expansion
FIFA 20
Final Fantasy VII Remake
Final Fantasy VIII Remaster
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
For Honor: Shadows of The Hitokiri
Forza Horizon 4: Lego Speed Champions
Gears 5 (Escape trailer)))
Genesis Noir
Ghost Recon Breakpoint (Gameplay)))
Ghostwire Tokyo
Gods & Monsters
Greedfall
Griftlands
Halo: Infinite
Just Dance 2020
Kingdom Hearts III ReMind DLC
Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Sequel
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
Lost Oasis
Lost Words: Beyond the Page
Luigi's Mansion 3 (Gameplay)))
Madden NFL 20
Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order
Marvel's Avengers
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Midnight Ghosthunt
Minecraft Dungeons
Mosaic
My Friend Pedro
Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Remastered
No More Heroes III
ONINAKI
Ori and the Will O' The Wisps
Outriders
Panzer Dragoon Remake
Per Aspera
Persona 5 Royal
Phantasy Star Online 2
Planet Zoo
Pokemon Sword & Shield (Gameplay)))
Psychonauts 2
Rad
RAGE 2
Rainbow Six Quarantine
Remnant: From the Ashes
Roller Champions
Romancing Saga 3 & SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS
Samurai Shodown Rimururu
Shenmue III
SMITE Olorun
Sniper Elite: VR
Songs Of Conquest
Spiritfarer
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Starmancer
State of Decay Heartland
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Dragon Quest
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Banjo-Kazooie
Tales Of Arise
Telling Lies
Terraria: Journey's End
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics
The Last Remnant Remastered
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
The Legend of Wright
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game
The Messenger: Picnic Panic
The Outer Worlds
The Sims 4
The Surge 2
The Walking Dead: Onslaught
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Complete Edition
The World of Dragon Quest Builders 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Clutch Royale
Tom Clancy’s The Division 2: Year 1
Tom Clancy's Elite Squad
Torchlight II
Trials of Mana
Trials Rising Season 2
Unexplored 2
Valfaris
Vampire the Masquerade Bloodlines 2
Vermintide 2: Versus
Warframe: Empyrea
Wasteland 3
Watch Dogs 3: Legion (Gameplay)))
Way to the Woods
Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot
Wolfenstein: Youngblood
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Zelda: Link's Awakening
Zombie Army 4: Dead War20 votes -
Comment on What is a contradiction or dissonance you live with on a regular basis? in ~talk
TheJorro Link Parent Does your government have a parks or natural resources arm? In mine, all the outdoorsy people work for that one, and they live and exist deep in the lovely forests and wilds of Northern Ontario....I just want to have a bohemian time with all my hippie friends and grow food on a homestead in the middle of the woods.
Does your government have a parks or natural resources arm? In mine, all the outdoorsy people work for that one, and they live and exist deep in the lovely forests and wilds of Northern Ontario. They're known for working early and leaving by 4pm so they can go on their evening camping and fishing trips.
It's where every public servant hopes to end their career here, haha.
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Comment on HBO submits Game of Thrones final episode for best writing Emmy in ~tv
TheJorro Link Parent I don't think corruption is the right concept here, it's not like it's proof that anyone has done anything underhanded. If anything, it would display favouritism or that it's all a popularity...I don't think corruption is the right concept here, it's not like it's proof that anyone has done anything underhanded. If anything, it would display favouritism or that it's all a popularity contest.
You know, kind of like how Steve Carrel never won an Emmy for playing Michael Scott but kept losing to Jim Parsons for Sheldon Cooper.
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Comment on Even more evidence that Firefox wants to be the anti-Chrome in ~tech
TheJorro Link Parent Well, I wasn't really commenting on the quality or content of the article, just the headline, and all in comparison to an earlier posted article that seems to present all the same information but...Well, I wasn't really commenting on the quality or content of the article, just the headline, and all in comparison to an earlier posted article that seems to present all the same information but in a better package.
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Comment on Even more evidence that Firefox wants to be the anti-Chrome in ~tech
TheJorro Link Parent No, they just rub up against statements like "This piece is much clearer and more accurate". If the headline is more sensationalized than ever, it's a big stain on the the article.No, they just rub up against statements like "This piece is much clearer and more accurate". If the headline is more sensationalized than ever, it's a big stain on the the article.
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Comment on Even more evidence that Firefox wants to be the anti-Chrome in ~tech
TheJorro Link Parent Except for the headline, which is insanely sensationalized. The previous post had a good article which made it clear that the Premium version wasn't going to override the free one.Except for the headline, which is insanely sensationalized. The previous post had a good article which made it clear that the Premium version wasn't going to override the free one.
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Comment on Ars Technica reporter Peter Bright charged with soliciting child sex online in ~tech
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Comment on The Raptors are now the most valuable sports franchise in Canada, experts say in ~sports
TheJorro Link I wonder, is this even on the radar for anyone outside of Canada? It feels like our entire country has become enthralled with the Raptor's performance. I spent a week in Calgary recently and...I wonder, is this even on the radar for anyone outside of Canada? It feels like our entire country has become enthralled with the Raptor's performance. I spent a week in Calgary recently and everyone there were hooked on the first game of the Finals. It's pretty significant because I don't even think all of Canada rallied this much around the Jays when they were doing well, and the hockey teams never get this kind of unity even if a team is the last standing Canadian one.
So Raptors-mania seems to have taken over the entire country. I'm pretty sure Kawhi already never has to pay for another meal across Canada.
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Comment on Transgender hurdler CeCe Telfer easily wins national championship by more than 0.5 seconds. in ~sports
TheJorro Link Parent What is that simple? You've flopped from "do it by chromosomes!" to "just be prejudicial". The hard part here is coming up with a consistent policy. Using a sledgehammer to drive in a nail once is...What is that simple? You've flopped from "do it by chromosomes!" to "just be prejudicial".
The hard part here is coming up with a consistent policy. Using a sledgehammer to drive in a nail once is fine, but telling everyone that's the only way to do it will cause big problems.
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Maybe they're referring to all the cheaply made ones that don't meet the proper spec? Or perhaps mislabelled. Buying a USB-C cable really is harder than it should be right now, as if you're not careful you may get one that's power delivery only, no video.