Trump said it was illegal to boycott tesla.

I’m sure he was just talking out his arse but still.

HappyHolograms S18 e10

Watching short exceptionally addictive videos on social media

South park called it like 10 years ago, but I do wonder how many games aren’t selling now because people want to watch their favourite Internet star play it instead of playing it themselves.

I want to get on my high horse about kids these days, but if they’re basically all at it then it’s not them that’s the problem, it’s just that I don’t get it. Which I don’t.

Yeah I feel a little bad for them. Here in the UK we had mad protests about the Iraq war and it didn’t do shit. Even if they cared, which I’m absolutely clueless about, they had no chance.

Bureaucracy moves pretty slowly i think. We’ve got another few years to find out for sure.

I’ve heard people say they won’t make HL3 until the next big leap in gaming is here.

1 was with us into “true 3D” era

2 was with us into physics engines

Alyx was with us into VR gaming.

3 will be with us …?*

I’m excited to find where we’re going. Gaming has been pretty stale for a long time. Sure we’ve had plenty of games that have got very clever with what we have, but we haven’t had a major leap in a long time, they’ve just been getting a bit more polish and shine each year. Short of deep-dive VR I honestly don’t know what could be next.

*Possibly actual AI? A world filled with characters that are actually intelligently responsive rather than just following a set of predefined behaviour patterns? Vortigaunt teammate that learns from you? Thinking about where we’re at technologically I have been wondering how long until AI is ready for implementation in games. Maybe this is it?

On the one hand, maybe it might be considered a little scummy for a megacorporation to financially abuse people, but the important point here is how dare you try to enjoy your life.

Wow, stars really are just like us.

I’ve only played 3 games of it, but they’ve all been close so far. I suspect the window for fun has already passed.

Overwatch is fun every time there’s a new completely game-changing shift. At its core it’s an incredibly fun game, it’s only because its so competitive that it loses all the joy. As soon as a new iteration is “solved” it stops being fun.

I know next to nothing about any of the subject, but I’m bloody impressed by the preservation

“You jinx it? Believe it or not, jail”

Gonna go ahead and show my ignorance here, but why is this such a bad thing?

I don’t understand the intricate details, but ultimately their property ownership is just some words on a piece of paper somewhere right?

Surely we can bust the tippex out.

Bitcoin wasn’t wrecking us fast enough

Actually planning to live on the moon. Still didn’t get my hoverboard.

Can we not just have gender neutral bathrooms and changing rooms and be done with it?

“But what about MtF people going into sports?” Just put a fucking asterisk by their name on the leader boards.

Jobs a good un

I would guess we as outsiders think it’s worse than it is, hearing only the bad stuff. We’re not hearing about great new sales at bed bath and beyond or whatever, we’re only hearing about the heavy handed deportations and human rights violations. Which is obviously bad but its easy to confuse “probably not as bad as it sounds” with “probably not actually that bad”.

I don’t think I’m communicating the point i was trying to make very well but whatever

Maybe they’re taking the view that the next guy might be better. Like when your friend has a mental breakdown and you stick around to see if they’ll make it back.

I’m shocked

Hands up anyone who’s surprised