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dae hate flashbuld????

melancholia wasn't always a diagnosis/mental illness. i'd wager people don't mean it that way when they say they find you so. it's gone from signifying a personality trait found in every other person (google humorism) to designating one of the worst sorts of depression. i doubt the average person means the latter when they're throwing around the word. gonna watch the documentary now. seems interesting

you're probably recognizing why neuromancer is mainly remembered for having initiated the cyberpunk movement. i can't remember having seen it mentioned or praised for it's writing (correct me if i'm wrong here), but nobody in their right mind would deny its aesthetic influence ---- finished 2666 the other day and am highly recommending it. there's this self-aware passage which describes the qualities of lengthy works, as opposed to shorter more refined pieces, quite well, while lamenting that people aren't reading longer books anymore. it's a cliche, but w/e––there's a kernel of truth to it. bolaño, or at least his most prototypical character, reflects over that people rather read the metamorphosis over the trial, or bartleby the scrivener over moby dick (dunno if that's the case though. i feel like nobody's even heard of bartleby, but what do i know). anyhow: "Now even bookish pharmacists are afraid to take on the great, imperfect, torrential works, books that blaze paths into the great unknown. They choose the perfect exercises of the great masters. Or what amounts to the same thing: they want to watch the great masters spar, but they have no interest in real combat, when the great masters struggle against that something, that something that terrifies us all, that something that cows us and spurs us on, amid blood and mortal wounds and stench." (p. 227) the fact is, bolaño died before being able to fully revise 2666, which contributes to its imperfection. to me, and what seems like a few scholars on the subject, that's not very noticeable, as a major aspect of bolaños writing is digressional anyway. either way, having read it during a time of upheaval in my own life has been somewhat of a comfort: it's long as shit (900 pages) and allows for distraction, it's very readable in comparison to many other massive classics, it details lives that are going far from according to plan (much like bolaño's own; a consolation), and it is at times hilarious. myself, i feel like these massive works are like long term therapy: you're opening all these doors, some of which lead to revelations, insights and some form of transformation (to the your own narrative as well as the books'). some are a dead end through which you'll have to backtrack. others are enormous detours which may or may not have consequences. the point being that shorter pieces don't allow for as many digressions, disappointments and whatever else life may bring. as such, they're simply not lifelike. from this point of view, they may be too perfect. at the end of the day i suppose this is all just a big case for reading long novels and classics in general and 2666 in particular. it's just a real bummer to them bring along when you need a book somewhere. and some people think you're a douche, but fuck them tbh. either way, 10/10 will probably read again. someday.

did you have fun having to play for practice like that, or was it a chore? both? neither?

i thought it was gonna be a trailer for a comedy series based on the first scene being ridiculous and nick offerman being in it also, 2015 called and wanted its subject matter back

honestly, the bl3 story IS annoying, and that's coming from somebody who doesn't care much for the previous titles. it reads like a shitty YA novel. the gameplay is great though, and theorycrafting builds, to the extent that it's possible this early into the game, is always fun. it's still a bit rough around the edges, with too many loot pieces being world drops, but in due time it'll be even better. no doubt. gearbox is patching a lot of community requested issues

I havent but ive read good things. Didnt know it had level generation til now though. Would you rec it?

been going over which "chill indie game" to buy (on ps4, preferably) for a while now. so LF help. in no particular order i'm considering the following: 1) terraria: seems a bit time-consuming and too sandboxy (this is the reason i'm not considering stardew valley), but who knows 2) enter then gungeon: never on sale as it seems, which makes it equally expensive/cheap to bloodborne, which i might then just as well buy, and i dont feel like buying both right now. don't want to spend that much time gaming and i'd rather not extend some sort of backlog 3) children of morta: feeling lukewarm about this, but it's new and i guess it might be fun 4) moonlight: as above 5) some point n click stuff that works (well) on a macbook air like obra dinn or into the breach, but again i'd rather use the ps4 man this is hard... any recommendations? i'd prefer stuff with randomly generated levels and well-made gameplay over, say, story, as it maintains replayability might just end up getting BB... had a great time with ds3. but it's obviously far from what i initially intended

watchmen fucking rocked

man i just can't get into NMS long term cause base building seems to require so much effort. have basically explored and done missions for 50h until the lack of variety got to me. am happy for the people enjoying the constant building updates though

^ nice, two of my absolute favourites

found it... between the sheets by isley brothers. had been thinking about it all day and found it the third time i scoured the comment section for hints lol edit: hold on, might not be it..... if anybody got some suggestions i'd happily hear em

can anyone tell me which song these first few seconds remind me of? going mad over here

i mean nothing beats the biebs writing his bio at 16, but then again hating on bieber is almost as old as his book. i remember being absolutely floored when i heard about it though lol

not sure whether to laugh or cry

inlaws gave me ed snowden's biography titled "permanent record" this weekend, which was actually thoughtful cause they know i think we live in a society, but holy shit––these the worst 200 pages i've ever skipped (i mainly read the last 100 out of 300, which were about NSA rather than himself). now, i usually shy away from bio:s cause i suspect them to be self-absorbed bullshit and boy oh boy was i right this time. who the fuck told eddie that anybody at all is interested in whatever life lessons this or that video game taught him (which, by the way, i highly suspect are just rationalizations), that his mom is a descendant from american settlers, or that his then-gf-now-wife (who also seems like an absolute dork) is/was a pole dancer? cause i pray it wasn't the 9 month long writer's course he apparently took in anticipation of writing this crap. never have i ever seen so many one-sentence cliff hanger paragraphs (i.e. "i had no idea how wrong i was" or some shit like that). it was like reading a high school over-dramatization of nothing at all. after suffering through the odd pages i had to read to establish that i hadn't missed anything pertinent, the take home message was basically that NSA is literally looking at your nudes and that GDPR is good.

if the first bars don't catch your attention you're outta here

nice. been getting into jeff parker from tortoise today

welp

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lol he gave me fallout 4 not 76. crisis averted

yeah the kotaku article didn't really put a damper on my suspicions. seems the whinery is correct. i was pretty disgusted myself when i heard about the paid subscription ordeal. and something about new players being shredded by higher leveled, experienced and geared players in pvp?

am mostly wondering if it takes a lot of time to get into and learn as i've got other games im already interested in. i've gathered there's something about base building? could never get into that part in NMS and i doubt i would in another game, so what's there left to do? exploring? oh and thanks squee, didn't see your reply before posting this