#algorithmic control

[captaingimpy]

The Weight of Thought: Kojima, Free Will, and Breaking the Script

There are moments in gaming that don’t just entertain—they break you. They force you to confront something about yourself or the world that you weren’t ready for, something you can’t unsee once it clicks. Metal Gear Solid 2 was one of those moments for me, just like Final Fantasy VIII had been before it. It wasn’t just a game—it was a revelation, and a terrifying one at that. When I played MGS2,…

[samw3000]

Unforgivable

In this Self-righteous Culture of cancellationMistakes cannot be madeBest to self-censor right out of the gateOr the algorithm will do it for youSupposed friends and fans will tooRedemption is not an option(But money still speaks the loudest)Love comes with conditionsAs if Judges have never sinnedSkin is thinner than it’s ever been© 2024 Samantha Williams. All Rights Reserved.

[bixels]

As cameras becomes more normalized (Sarah Bernhardt encouraging it, grifters on the rise, young artists using it), I wanna express how I will never turn to it because it fundamentally bores me to my core. There is no reason for me to want to use cameras because I will never want to give up my autonomy in creating art. I never want to become reliant on an inhuman object for expression, least of all if that object is created and controlled by manufacturing companies. I paint not because I want a painting but because I love the process of painting. So even in a future where everyone’s accepted it, I’m never gonna sway on this.

if i have to explain to you that using a camera to take a picture is not the same as using generative ai to generate an image then you are a fucking moron.

[thepaintdragon]

NOOOOO NOT THE FREAKING ⭑𝚆𝙸𝚉𝙰𝚁𝙳 𝙱𝙴𝙰𝚁⭑ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[gingerswagfreckles]

The number of people who claim to not read the news because it's "controlled by Zionists" when really it's because they're just lazy is astounding.

[hexdrake]

Did you know: Kafka's s2 can damage secret entrances in Reclamation Algorithm without being next to them? And that her s2m3 does enough damage to break them in two hits?

While this video is only a demonstration of the principle, this makes her one of the most valuable units in RA2 for exploring some of the more complex maps, especially in strange territories where they often put resources like trees, rocks, or iron between deployable tiles and the breakable walls to force you to spend time mining them before you can open up secret rooms.

Finally, a reason to promote Kafka past e0!

[universe-of-peoples]

Is the so-called “nostalgia epidemic” among gen z just a result of the desire to live in a time when corporations didn’t control the internet nearly as much, when there were only 2-3 streaming services and they didn’t have ads, when teenagers weren’t expected to stretch themselves thin doing 10 million extracurriculars just to get into college, when buying a house was a reasonable goal, when beloved shows were given more episodes per season and weren’t canceled prematurely (nearly as often), when third spaces (i.e. malls) existed so that your friends could hang out together, when clothes were made higher-quality instead of fast-fashion, when…

Or is it just because cute aesthetics?

[eowynstwin]

Mutuals give me your bluesky handles

[becquerelian]

I've had people joke about the TikTok ban being a good thing and I know it's just a joke but for the record, I do dislike TikTok for a number of reasons. But I think government censorship and media control is even worse

[themachinethatdoeseverything]

GUYS IN JAIL CELLS

[asgardian--angels]

anyway seeing people on iwtvtwt being legitimately upset/put off by the previews for ep 7 baffle me, im looking around the room like i thought we were all here to revel in this fucked up vampire love story which is, and I cannot stress enough, fucked up

I mean I'm obviously not seeing this from book fans but, it just is wild to me that show-only fans are somehow having a moment of 'whoa this is so messed up are they really going to xyz? I don't know if I can handle this' or even that they aren't going to watch it

did you miss the part where lestat literally dragged louis by the jaw in a trail of blood down the alleyway, or when lestat stone cold threatened to grind claudia's bones into dust if she didn't get back in her cage for louis's so-called happiness, or any number of the other pretty fucked up stuff in s1? let alone the very bonkers messed up stuff in the books? I just. We literally already had a scene in s2 where Louis hallucinates Lestat telling Louis to kill him because that's the only way Louis knows how to love, followed by Louis actually smashing his skull over and over against a stone wall only to realize he killed a random innocent person instead. That kind of fucked up is the expectation for this season.

Look, eps 7-8 are going to be intense, but still well within the realm of what's established in the show and certainly within the wide wide realm of the anne rice books. The show goes some very dark places emotionally and physically, and that's critical to the point of the show itself. Will it be tragic, and unfair, and brutal? Absolutely, as it was in the book. We cannot stop that Titanic from hitting the iceberg - Claudia will die and we cannot prevent it, but Armand could have and did not. There will be senseless cruelty, and mind games, and dark acts of rage and revenge. This is gothic horror and gothic romance, and I just don't think anyone should be genuinely surprised by what that entails.

Most of all, I just absolutely do not want to see any negativity towards the show after this episode, any 'how could you's or 'this was sick and disgusting' or animosity towards writers, cast, crew, etc. Do Not. This is not the show to be asking for, or expecting, violence or tragedy to be toned down, or major plot points like Claudia's death to be somehow changed. You do not need to have read the books to love this show, but it is imperative to acknowledge the show echoes the books in both content and tone, and that it does not shy away from those dark venturings is a hallmark of an excellent adaptation of an iconic series.

Anyways I am kind of apprehensive of going on Twitter after this episode, because I just want to revel in my feelings and not have to deal with or even think about other people's myopic grievances. This episode is going to make me lose my mind in the best of ways, and the more fucked up it is, the better. I want to see everything unravel, I want to see things in the present day come to a head, I want to see Lestat being made to condemn his sister-daughter to death, I want to feel Louis's sorrow and helplessness and rage when he cannot save her. Let's just have a good time, alright? We're not here because we want a happy show where everyone turns out alright in the end, we want a story that is compelling and complex and tragic and reflective.

basically everytime i see these twitter opinions i just remember jacob anderson in full burnt prosthetics singing jones barbecue and foot massage

[rinnsverse]

i just want one day where i don’t see the same five fics over and over again in every tag i check LIKE PLEASE 🙏🙏 I NEED NEW CONTENT

[sunshineandlyrics]

Sabrina Carpenter's streaming numbers are misleading because Spotify automatically plays her music for you ... it's nice when the label is backing you.

NME article x

I've seen tweets about how Sabrina Carpenter earns the biggest streaming day on Spotify, but it's not organic when Spotify automatically plays her music no matter what genre you're listening too.

[lilylived]

😭😭

[pigeonsyndrome]

i feel like how much i care about a drawing and how much attention it gets on social media are at an inverse proportion. some experimental shit i spent an hour on gets out of my bubble and the though-out fully rendered piece with personal meaning gets like. two or three engagements max