Jomega
@Jomega@lemmy.world
- Comment on So bad it was actually entertaining 2 months ago:
Bojack, we’ve been over this. You have to be better than that.
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 2 months ago:
comparing their shitiness with Blizzard’s is like comparing apples to oranges.
That’s… what I said.
My point is supposed to be that Lemmy acts as a though they’re the devil, when in reality they’re just the regular amount of corporate shitty. All of what you said is true, and I’m not trying to convince you it isn’t. It just feels surreal how every comment in here is the same, like it’s the same person behind every username. I get no sense of individuality here, ya know ?
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 2 months ago:
Here’s the difference though: most people outside of Lemmy don’t care about Nintendo’s copyright lawsuits enough that it’s the only thing they talk about whenever they hear the name. The fact that every comment expresses the same thing is the part that feels like a hive mind. Some criticism of a large corporation is one thing, but how strongly Lemmy holds that opinion feels cultish. Blizzard’s leadership protects sex abusers and Ubisoft has had a work culture many describe as nightmarish for decades. Seeing Nintendo put on that level for something not even unique to them makes me think some of you don’t know what nuance or perspective is.
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 2 months ago:
I thought the leaker saw those and decided to not reveal too many details other than they exist? There’s a sentence about it in the article.
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 2 months ago:
I swear to god, the Lemmy hive mind is even more intense than their predecessor.
- Comment on Game Freak has been allegedly hacked, with source codes for Pokemon games reportedly leaked 2 months ago:
It’s beta builds of old games. It’s only valuable to super fans who wanted to see what could have been.
- Comment on Toy Story 5 First Look Art Pits Woody, Buzz And Jessie Against Technology 4 months ago:
This doesn’t sound real. This sounds like a lazy comedy sketch from 10 years ago.
By the way, as someone who hasn’t been under a rock recently, kids still play with toys.
- Comment on Superheroes 4 months ago:
In history, sure, the idea deserves criticism. But in fiction this archetype is called a protagonist and its very different to tell a story without at least one. Is Sherlock Holmes an example of Great Man theory? Most people are not as gifted as he is. What about Robin Hood? I’d argue that these characters share a lot of traits with Batman and Green Arrow respectively, so why is one ok but not the other?
As for the status quo thing, I honestly don’t know what to do about that from a storytelling perspective. “Guy who shoots lasers decides to enact social reform” is an odd pitch.
- Comment on Superheroes 4 months ago:
Supervillains consider themselves to be superior to the common masses. Superheroes don’t see it that way. They see their power as a tool to help those who weren’t as lucky as them. The superpower lottery is a vehicle to tell the story. The moral is about how those powers are used.
- Comment on Anon makes up a word 5 months ago:
Wins argument
“Quit being a sore loser”
- Comment on The paw print on the curtains meant to be anonymous 5 months ago:
They’re dumb, not racist. He’s wasting his vote on a third party candidate.
- Comment on App development 5 months ago:
No one here is talking about how the woman in the picture looks the same in both photos? Am I missing something?
- Comment on London cinema cancels screening of AI-generated film following backlash | Evening Standard 5 months ago:
What artist? You mean the computer program? Somehow I don’t think it cares.
- Comment on Anon tries to be a different person 6 months ago:
If you had watched Evangelion you would understand why the image was relevant.
- Comment on "Sky High" Director Talks Sequel Ideas - Dark Horizons 6 months ago:
Have you not seen the movie?
Yes I have. That’s why I was confused.
The rest of it
Jesus Christ, it’s a stupid kids movie about superhero teens. I guarantee you that the people writing didn’t put that much thought into it.
- Comment on "Sky High" Director Talks Sequel Ideas - Dark Horizons 6 months ago:
You’re going to have to elaborate on what you mean by this.
- Comment on Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand 6 months ago:
I could have sworn Atari was bankrupt. Where’d they get the money to acquire anything?
- Comment on Why has no one thought of this before?! 6 months ago:
Team Magma is at it again.
- Comment on Anon envies the AVGN's power 7 months ago:
Mr Enter? He doesn’t use scores.
- Comment on Goodbye, Eevee! 8 months ago:
More like it’s still canon, but heavily retconned. FRLG removed some of the early weirdness and made it more consistent with the others, and Let’s Go removed what little they missed with the first set of Kanto remakes. Both versions of Johto are direct sequels to Kanto, everyone important in the region shows up to the world tournament in B2W2, and Red and Green/Blue appear as adults in Sun/Moon’s post game. It’s just the references to real world countries and animals and stuff that they sweep under the rug and say “You didn’t see that. That didn’t happen.”
- Comment on Noooooo 11 months ago:
Some of the more recent games have the music cut out when you’re underwater. IMO, this makes the countdown even worse when it finally happens.
- Comment on Video game actors speak out after union announces AI voice deal 11 months ago:
So tech outpaces legislation, as it is wont to do since legislation is notoriously slow, and so because of that our reaction should be to throw our hands up and not even try? Perhaps you don’t sympathize as much as you think you do.
- Comment on Amazing advertisement for Threads by Instagram! 11 months ago:
That is literally a swastika.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
I understand that AI is a complex program and not just pressing buttons. That’s not the issue I have with it. My issue is, what happens when the technology improves significantly? It’s my understanding that LLMs keep improving themselves by continuing to train on (often unethically) acquired data. In its present form, sure, maybe we don’t have to worry. But give it 10 years or so, how much more competent will it be?
Let’s look at just the film industry for a second. We already have a huge problem with Hollywood churning out franchise films at the expense of everything else. But even these cash cows are made via the vision of someone whose name is attached to it. Somebody got paid to write Halloween 36: The Final Halloween for Real This Time. That person may or may not have gave a shit about writing a good story, or they may have just wanted a paycheck. Either way, that paycheck could be used to fund something they care about much more. Once AI reaches the point where it could spit out a passable script, what incentive does Mr. Bigshot the Hollywood producer have to involve a writer at all? And because no writer is receiving a paycheck, less risks are taken in general, because risks don’t guarantee profit
I might just be letting my anxieties get the better of me, and I really hope I am. I just can’t seem to move past the bad feeling I’m getting from this.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 year ago:
The whole generative AI thing bums me out as someone who dabbles in writing, but for more philosophical reasons than the ones you listed. Storytelling is supposed to be something humans do to connect with one another. Art and culture are windows into our psyches. This, to me, is why art makes life worth living. It’s why we go through the hassle of maintaining our dreary and tedious obligations, because when all that is done and over with we can sit captivated and spellbound by a good tale from a talented writer.
This? This makes little sense to me. You’re telling me they made a computer program that uses pattern recognition to write and draw for us? Okay, why? This goes against what I always assumed art was for. There’s more to storytelling than just pattern recognition. There’s themes, emotions, metaphor, allegory, messages, politics, and so much more. A computer program doesn’t understand any of that, it just follows it’s programming.
Tech bros insist that AI is not going to take our jobs, but as long as we live under capitalism I don’t buy it. A lot of the people who work in publishing or producing are just doing it for the money. They don’t give a shit about whether the stories are good, only that they are profitable. If you don’t think that they are going to jump at the chance to create product without paying anyone for it, then I have a bridge to sell you. Creators need to eat too. The phrase “starving artist” exists for a reason.
We were supposed to create robots that would handle manual labor so that we could all be free to pursue our passions. Now they have robots creating art while we continue to do manual labor. It’s not the future I wanted to live in.
- Comment on You know it, I know it, we all know it. 1 year ago:
Gen 3 came out in 2003. That was 20 years ago. If you don’t at least recognize Groudon (one of gen 3’s box art legendary Pokémon) then that’s on you.
- Comment on Microsoft Nintendo acquisition hopes revealed by leaked Xbox exec email 1 year ago:
Their games get delayed because they actually finish them before release. They’re one of the last AAA publishers who still believe in quality control. This is a very bad take.
- Comment on Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Official Teaser | Netflix 1 year ago:
Fixed it.
- Comment on Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Official Teaser | Netflix 1 year ago:
Idk where you live, but where I come from just one of these incidents would be unthinkable, let alone quintipling down on it. Also, there’s the way he said it, which obviously isn’t conveyed in text. Dude is fucking pissed that Jewish people have the audacity to exist. This isn’t like grandpa telling a racist joke at the New Years party, there is nothing but pure all consuming hatred in his voice. The audio for some of this is available from old new clips if you look for it, I just picked out an article for completeness sake. Search for “Mel Gibson recording” and set it to videos and see for yourself.
- Comment on Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget | Official Teaser | Netflix 1 year ago:
Mel Gibson is a raging antisemite. And when I say “raging”, I mean he’s on a whole other level like some kind of racist super saiyan. Just look at some of the shit he has said over the years, because it’s a lot.