so tired of playing the normie game, i wish I could be a NEET and not have any guilt about it. In the past five or so years I've made some friends and gone some places and done some things and I can honestly say I'm barely any happier than I was before all of it.
Kamala Harris succeeding Joe Biden as President, 2025
i miss episodic shows. just tell a fun little story in 22 minutes.
They aren't even pretending with this latest escalation, huh.
It's this conversation from the end
It's famously pretty prescient with regard to the internet and what it's become since 2001 when the game came out. Not really about AI as we understand it, but AI is accelerating and worsening these trends.
it
fucking
SUCKS
Like I know people have memed that AI conversation from Metal Gear Solid 2 to death, but my god is it more relevant than ever. Just this unending churn of junk. There is no humanity left online. There's not much in the real world either. Fuck AI.
When Gaza dies, all of humanity will die.
Wow, yeah he really distilled it right there. This very sentiment has been on my mind a lot. What's equally chilling is how many people are okay with it all.
Edit - worth posting the last part of the clip too
It turns out that the people of God were not the people of Israel. It is not the people of the United States of North America. Rather, the people of God is all humanity, and the children of Gaza, that was humanity, the chosen people of God. They are killing the chosen people of God, the children of humanity.
Yeah I saw that video and the speculation around it. Did anyone confirm what it actually was?
What was it?
You will live to see WWIII.
If he weren't the arch-ghoul of the American empire, I'd feel sad.
"every TYPE of woman should GET a chance"
Ah OK, I didn't realize they made that
says multi million dollar corporation who ripped off an indie dev
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So I recently finished a hidden gem of a game called The Sea Will Claim Everything, an indie adventure game by Jonas Kyratzes, and wanted to write a quick little review to bring it some attention here. It takes place on the Fortunate Isles in the Lands of Dream, where you meet all sorts of interesting little guys - a talking tree philosopher, Socrates, a dwarf from Middle-earth, a medusa, gender-changing lizards, a druid named The, and so on. It has very charming hand-drawn artwork (done by Jonas's wife, Verena), lovely music, and is both funny and moving.
It's also very explicitly political. The Isles are gripped by an economic crisis and are ruled by corrupt mayors who all serve the interests of Lord Urizen. Austerity has been imposed and goods grow more scarce. All of the characters to some extent have something to say about the state of their world, and a lot of it is clear commentary on the real world. Kyratzes is Greek, so there's some pretty clear parallels to the Greek economic crisis, but that, of course, is but a part of the greater crisis of the 21st century, so it should resonate with anyone even vaguely anti-capitalist.
As for the gameplay, it's a basic adventure game. It's slow-paced and comfy. The controls are all click-based and can be a little awkward at times, and the game largely consists of fetch quests which can be a bit obtuse at points. However, it's not a very long game and it's not terribly difficult, and it's ultimately very much worth playing. It actually affected me in a way much like Disco Elysium - a mirror of our own decaying world inhabited by intriguing, well-written characters that tells a moving story. It's only 10 bucks on Steam so give it a shot.
