I like David Cronenberg’s approach. Make it visually horrific, but so alien that you don’t know how to visually parse it and it just overloads your brain into ‘blech’ territory.

Loved The Thing and Videodrome for this style of horror.

Otherwise, give me omnipotent horror. Things like Oculus really get me.

Maybe we’ll find out it was microplastics all along.

One word: Gaudy

I don’t suppose those people are paying taxes… something something Boston Tea Party

When my ad blocker is doing what it’s supposed, not nearly as much, but yeah, especially on mobile news sites. They’ll just aggressively blast you with constant shit loading in.

I work with customer art for my job. And every time someone brings in AI art for their project, it just tells me they don’t respect artists. I usually put a lot less effort into their orders.

It also usually doesn’t have any personality.

The biggest struggle I had at first was getting out of video game mode. With no objective trackers and maps being static on walls, it forced me to approach it differently. You have to rely far more on intuition than any other game I’ve played. You also have to pay attention to notes and general signage as it’s your only guide through a large portion of the game. Hopefully it clicks on your second go around. I wish there were more games like it.

Infra. You play as a structural analyst sent in to document damages on infrastructure that was being neglected due to a corrupt governor.

Technically a walking sim, but plenty of puzzles to solve and “mazes” to navigate. The game offers no minimap or objective list. No HUD whatsoever. It’s just you and one action button.

Each area is exquisitely detailed for being a 9-year-old game and visually holds up better than I expected. If you ever wanted to know what it was like to explore abandoned infrastructure, this one’s for you.

Done. Am now resisting arrest in the Wendy’s diner.

You’d think with those fuckloads of money he could afford an actual makeup artist. Then again, that would require paying someone to do their job.

If you’re an audio nerd but don’t care to much about a “premium” look/feel, the Fiio Retro Mini hit the bill for me perfectly. Only $70 and has balanced audio out.

The screen is tiny and controls are a bit awkward, but couldn’t beat it for the price. My only complaint is no gapless playback. There’s about a 1/4 second gap.

I see why people are skeptical. It looks really good. If this actually releases looking like this and plays well, I will be shocked. And will probably play it a bit.

Someone must have found out it contains benefits and brings good to the world. Better kill it!

I’m beginning to think the theatrics of Squid Game aren’t all that theatrical. I wouldn’t find it at all surprising of there’s some secret facility outside the island where even more fucked up shit we haven’t found has happened or is happening still.

One thing that gets me about all of this: Do we really think everyone stopped doing all their horrible acts when Epstein died? Someone else likely took on the role right after and is now just taking in a whole new profit line for all these oligarchs. They’re sexually depraved fucks. They aren’t going to suddenly stop because their favorite chain restaurant is closing its doors.

First answer: yes

Second answer: is that profitable?

WiFi 8

G-Dang it! I normally have no filter for profanity, so people always laugh when I use it. I stole it from the Neature Walk series on YouTube.

My case is all black, but almost everything these days ships with RGB if it’s a modern gaming part. I set them to the lowest brightness at a dark purple so it barely shows. Anything more than that is too distracting for me.

I have collected several YouTube channels that focus on educational content over the last several years. Many of which no longer get put in recommendations. My feed is almost entirely nonpolitical there.

I find all my bad news on Lemmy, unfortunate as it is.

So what you’re saying is, they should make it $120…