Halo 4, released in 2012, had the best graphics I’ve ever needed in a game. I have not been impressed with a graphical upgrade since then. I can understand the value of more powerful machines for simulation games, or to reduce loading screens, but graphics have been as good as they ever needed to be for more than a decade. In 2024, the only purpose higher definition graphics serve is to bloat file sizes and make newer games unplayable in poor regions with bad internet.

Although I will say, Horizon Forbidden West revealing the fact that many gamers have never seen a real woman was hilarious.

Halo is unique. At a time when the military shooter genre was closed in terrestrial (or at best, mars) spaces, Halo presented natural environments filled with gorgeous alien architecture that presents an ancient mystery and a sense of wonder at the scale and the age of a place. Perfectly augmented by the monk-like vocalisations, Halo defies the conventions of military shooters by putting you in a beautiful place that you have to explore, and slowly come to understand.

Wow, that triggered my trauma really bad for a split second. I used to get told that all the time when I was a kid, just because I was curious and neurodivergent. Eventually I came to see that sentence as a symbol of the poor empathy of neurotypicals for autistic people, and of ableism in general. If you said that in my house to a member of my family you’d probably start a domestic incident, because every autistic person I know has a similar experience.

So you’re saying if humans invented a magic wand that could shoot lightning bolts and turn lead into gold, that wouldn’t be supernatural because it’s manmade?

lemmy.dbzero0.com is growing increasingly neoliberal https://lemm.ee/post/27031488?scrollToComments=true

tbf if I had to read a 3000 page book I’d want to skip to the good parts too

Ancient Greek views of Prometheus were mixed. Some considered him an arrogant traitor, others a tragic hero.

No youtubeposting for me, thanks, my time is more valuable than that.

I don’t think we should pick our worldviews based on what’s “ridiculous”. For one thing, the very idea of determining truth as the opposite of silliness is absurd, and therefore the idea is inherently hypocritical. It instantly self-defeats and forces you to pick something else.

I believe in picking worldviews based on what’s useful. I’m always going to change reality if it helps people.

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