A whole universe of fail…
Sorry, sorry. I got distracted tonight watching someone else play the latest woke flop video game. One reviewer described it as “Indian girl saves the world from white people.”
Very buggy, glitchy program with generic gameplay. Despite its woke premise, if they’d polished it more and paid better attention to the mechanics, it might have made its money back at least. As it is, there are 90 people playing it right now according to steamcharts, down from an all-time high of fewer than 300. A total wipeout.
Okay, here’s the funny part: the developers thought that this was such an amazing story, it was going to open up a whole universe of media. As Brave AI put it: “The game’s narrative is part of a larger Storyworld, intertwining with other Unknown 9 products, including video games, podcasts, comic books, novels, and more.”
I honestly don’t know how so many people in high positions in entertainment can be so utterly delusional. Don’t they know any normal people?
I’ve been watching the playthrough on this random channel, mostly because his voice cracks me up. I’ve just realized who he sounds like: the guy who did Freeman’s Mind, a very funny playthrough of Half Life 2. Recommended.
Channels where you interact with someone who’s playing a game have been described as friend simulators. I thought what a sad state of affairs that is for young men. And then I realized heeyyyyy *I* don’t have any friends to play video games with.
Posted: October 23rd, 2024 under personal.
Comments: 6
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Comment from S. Weasel
Time: October 23, 2024, 7:32 pm
As you’ve probably guessed from the short post before this one, my blog wouldn’t let me preview posts tonight. Got a “file not found” message.
We inch closer to the day the blog breaks.
Comment from QuasiModo
Time: October 23, 2024, 7:40 pm
This game is totally Unknown to me and will stay that way 🙂
Maybe they’re testing their internet kill switches or something, things all over seem kinda glitchy lately.
Comment from S. Weasel
Time: October 23, 2024, 7:59 pm
It wouldn’t let me sign in as administrator after multiple tries, and then suddenly did. Weird things afoot.
Comment from Deborah HH
Time: October 23, 2024, 9:06 pm
JavaMan and I voted in the Presidential election this afternoon. The line was out the door and down the side of the building for about 100 ft.
Comment from thefritz
Time: October 23, 2024, 9:13 pm
@Deborah HH, I took my 93yo dad and step-mom to vote yesterday. Florida let’s you schedule an appointment for early voting. Darn glad I did…the line was over 150 people long. We just announced ourselves and they let us right in.
(I still don’t trust the electronic ballot system…)
Comment from durnedyankee
Time: October 23, 2024, 10:35 pm
I’d play a game with you Weasy, but you’d have to take frequent breaks while I upchucked.
Unless you want to defend the fatherland, or trash Mechs in the Battle tech universe. I can do turn based games.
Interactive rollercoaster pukefest(for me) First Person shooters, not so much 🙂
Plus I discovered after looking at hardware requirements my cave painting graphic card won’t hold up on the new games.
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