AnarchistArtificer

@AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Substack says it could be profitable — but it still isn’t⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not actually doubtful of this, given that all it’s really saying is "We’re not going full enshittification… Yet "

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix used to not have ads, now it’s ‘celebrating’ two years with them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That said, we’re on Lemmy, in the technology community – I’m reasonably confident that almost everyone here who is going to read your comment has the skills necessary

  Yeah, my comment was getting more at the fact I have loved ones whose behaviour I can shift in small ways, such as by sending a link to an add on to block ads.

  Especially as the blockage isn’t necessarily the skills, but a more nebulous sense of unease that I wonder whether is linked to the “you wouldn’t download a car” era of anti-piracy ads

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix used to not have ads, now it’s ‘celebrating’ two years with them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Addons like the one linked are useful for me to share with friends. I have many friends who have a soft anti-piracy stance. Not due to ideological conflicts — it’s mostly that their inexperience combined with knowing that pirating is forbidden makes them feel uncomfortable. Adblocking carries a similar sense of discomfort, but much milder, so it can be useful as a small step for overly anxious family and friends.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Disco Elysium devs are working on a spiritual successor at new studio Longdue, though Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov aren't involved⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Selfishly, I hope you’re right, but with the addendum that I hope they don’t try too hard to recapture that lightning, and that they trust in their own ideas. I also hope Rostov, Kurvitz and Helen Hindpere (writer who also lost her job as things fell apart) find success and fulfillment in their future. It’s fucked up that they won’t get to work on Disco Elysium — especially Rostov and Kurvitz.

  This is probably a bad example, given how it turned out, but I’m reminded of how it felt to be a Halo fan in 2013 — Halo 4 had recently come out to a mixed reception. It was the first Halo game to be developed by 343 industries rather than Bungie, and some of the disgruntled fans hoped that Bungie’s then-upcoming new game, Destiny, would scratch that itch. Destiny could obviously never be a replacement for Halo (some fans found it easier to consider the franchise to be dead), but jt wasn’t unreasonable to hope for (despite it eventually not working out that way ¯\(ツ)/¯ )

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Souls devs FromSoftware also want Bloodborne on PC, even if the game's own director can’t admit it⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m currently playing Bloodborne bit by bit, when I visit some friends. Sometimes I’m not sure whether I’m there more for the game, or their (always delightful company). I think they know this though, and we’re all good with it.

  However, at this rate, there’ll be a PC port by the time I’ve completed the game

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA SPORTS WRC will be adding EA anticheat, game will not playable any more. On ProtonDB game is rated Platinum⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Podcasts is shutting down soon, users urged to move to YouTube Music⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t listen to podcasts often, so I’m still using Pocketcasts, but your comment may prompt me to switch. Thanks for the suggestion

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jails banned visits in “quid pro quo” with prison phone companies, lawsuits say⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bad cop, no doughnut.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nick Offerman Slams ‘Homophobic Hate’ Against His ‘The Last of Us’ Episode: ‘It’s Not a Gay Story. It’s a Love Story, You A–hole!’⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, and that complexity is part of why I loved the episode so much. It feels bittersweet, because I get the sense that if not for the whole world ending, Frank could’ve easily spent his whole life in the closet. It was cute to see him navigating a relationship with the same sweetness of a teenager with their first love, but that also comes with there being a pretty significant emotional maturity gap between Bill and Frank.

  That by itself isn’t an issue (and because of varying degrees to which LGBTQ people feel safe to be out, varying levels of romantic or sexual experience is a fairly common theme I’ve seen within the community irl), but I also think there were some iffy vibes in the dynamic which went unchallenged, likely because neither of them wanted to disrupt a dynamic that they felt lucky to have.

  It reminded me a lot of a lesbian friend of mine who stayed with her first girlfriend for way too long because they were the only two out lesbians in the tiny town. They were an awful fit for each other and they stayed together for years longer than they should’ve because they felt like there weren’t any other options (and indeed, there wasn’t really, not in that town).

  So overall, Frank and Bill’s story was a beautiful and sweet story of love blooming in improbable circumstances, but it also had nuance from the subtle darker undertone to the relationship. For me, it highlighted that ultimately this was a tragic love story, and the tragedy was only partly caused by the zombie apocalypse.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Eye Samurai is the best thing Netflix has done in years⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What would you say was the best thing you watched last year?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Blue Eye Samurai is the best thing Netflix has done in years⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Season one is enjoyable as a package of just itself. There are some ways in which the ending could be seen as cliffhangery, in that season 2 won’t be starting from scratch and some of the characters’ arcs will be continued from what we’ve seen so far in season 1, but that doesn’t feel like a cliffhanger to me, more like natural continuation and new beginnings of sorts. That is to say that I think it’s a narratively satisfying ending that doesn’t require future seasons to be good.

  I sympathise with your jadedness. I feel like a lot of Netflix shows end their seasons especially unsatisfyingly, almost as if they’re reasoning “if we wrap things up too nicely, we won’t get another season”, but then they get cancelled anyway. Regardless of season 2, I definitely think Blue Eyed Samurai is worth watching.