Ben

(Also between this and your post about a non-horror fan loving it, you've definitely got me more curious about Crow Country now.)

I have heard about that with Crow Country, which that's just incredible.

Oh I'm sure there's still plenty of AAA devs nowadays who do it for the passion of the art, it's just that technology's capabilities have increased and how visuals are handled have shifted as a result.

Caine having a Jasper Batt Jr. styled rant about Zooble.

The Autarch of Caine

A skybox from one of the PS1 Spyro games

You managed to render the individual pores and chin whiskers on a character's face? Eh, whatever.

You painted a masterpiece to use as a skybox? I am staring intently.

Oh absolutely, the Spyro skyboxes are phenomenally coloured.

100%, it helps make you appreciate the craftsmanship behind those earlier efforts a whole ton.

Off the top of my head, the use of colour in the outer part of Rupture Farms always stuck with me.

Oh those look incredible.

A pre-rendered environment from Final Fantasy VII (1997)

A skybox from Crash Bandicoot (1996)

I think I've really hit my "I'm old!" phase, because I'm currently just reminiscing on the cool aesthetic choices games in the 90s made due to hardware limitations.

Namely pre-rendered environments and vibrant skyboxes.

Crash Bandicoot ✨

was reminiscing about the smash ultimate "hype era" with friends in VC last night and. man most people in that cultural circle were just very deranged huh

Good advice

To me, this type of language is a tell tale sign of someone who's addicted to social media engagement to the point that they prioritize an algorithm over speaking like a normal person.

Nobody irl talks like this, it's super embarrassing anytime I stumble across it.

To give my brief thoughts on both,

The Prestige was incredible, maybe my new favourite Christopher Nolan movie; highly recommended.
And Wonka was pretty charming, felt fittingly Willy Wonka (the songs were kinda forgettable though imo).

The Prestige

Wonka

So I watched two *very* different movies for the first time on my flight today.

It's an understandable frustration.

Pokémon Red & Green sold poorly in Japan when they launched in 1996, only catching on months later. Apples and oranges, I know, but this is indicative of the shift in how execs at game publishers, streaming services, and Hollywood studios need instant results or they pull the plug. It's unhealthy.

Because they see how much money games like Fortnite and Genshin Impact make, and the dollar signs in their eyes blind them.

They really took the "PS5 has no games" jokes personally.

Get froggy game plz 🐸💙

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AI-generated artwork is officially not eligible for copyright protection after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review the appeal.

The court ruled that a work must have a human creator in order to qualify for copyright.

(Link: www.reuters.com/legal/govern...)

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