Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Uncle]

I think the biggest companies have come to realize that it's to their benefit to let people make almost anything they want with their characters, since it keeps them active in the public zeitgeist

This is were I disagree, if anything, the whole point is using as OpenAI/Sora as a gatekeeper. Seems less like democratization and more like consolidation.

having a generation of younger people continually thinking about memes featuring elsa or whatever is better than letting her fade away until they can't exploit her for profit anymore

But you could already do that.  

There is whole genre of vidja and videos about that.

they only joined with Sora because of Kingdom Hearts

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/meta-shuts-down-global-accounts-linked-to-abortion-advice-and-queer-content.1379725/#post-148753009

We live in hell!

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-everyone-is-wrong-about-chinas-social-credit-system.1377406/#post-148684981

I saw this video pop up in my recommendations and I think it does a really good unbiased job at breaking down the Chinese social credit system and dispelling a lot of the crazy rumors around it while also confirming what is true about. I'll give a TLDR below but I highly recommend people watch the video as it captures a lot of the nuances around it that I probably won't in my text descriptions. And yes he does cover Xu Xiaodong.

Government surveillance, collective punishment, privacy violations, and lack of due process are good again.

[Boredfrom]

I hope everything is okay at Aspyr. The remaster looked godawful but at the end of the day it was passable and folks deserve to be able to have access to some version of the game, even if it's subpar

You can buy the original on steam and GoG. For less than 10 dollars.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deus-ex-remastered-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-all-preorders-will-be-refunded.1379893/

[D3RANG3D]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-everyone-is-wrong-about-chinas-social-credit-system.1377406/#post-148684981

I saw this video pop up in my recommendations and I think it does a really good unbiased job at breaking down the Chinese social credit system and dispelling a lot of the crazy rumors around it while also confirming what is true about. I'll give a TLDR below but I highly recommend people watch the video as it captures a lot of the nuances around it that I probably won't in my text descriptions. And yes he does cover Xu Xiaodong.

Government surveillance, collective punishment, privacy violations, and lack of due process are good again.

[TylenolJones]

I hope everything is okay at Aspyr. The remaster looked godawful but at the end of the day it was passable and folks deserve to be able to have access to some version of the game, even if it's subpar

You can buy the original on steam and GoG. For less than 10 dollars.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deus-ex-remastered-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-all-preorders-will-be-refunded.1379893/

Damn, steam and gog are already working on Xbox? Microsoft works fast.

[Boredfrom]

I hope everything is okay at Aspyr. The remaster looked godawful but at the end of the day it was passable and folks deserve to be able to have access to some version of the game, even if it's subpar

You can buy the original on steam and GoG. For less than 10 dollars.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deus-ex-remastered-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-all-preorders-will-be-refunded.1379893/

Damn, steam and gog are already working on Xbox? Microsoft works fast.

 

Btw, you can buy Deus Ex PS2 port on PS5.

[TylenolJones]

You can buy the original on steam and GoG. For less than 10 dollars.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/deus-ex-remastered-has-been-delayed-indefinitely-all-preorders-will-be-refunded.1379893/

Damn, steam and gog are already working on Xbox? Microsoft works fast.

 

Btw, you can buy Deus Ex PS2 port on PS5.

Are you telling me I can use the PS5 store on my Xbox. 

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I think you can actually install a ps2 emulator on the series x and run it that way

[Boredfrom]

Xbox? What is that? Isn’t the NEX?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-deal-with-the-constant-stream-of-negative-news.1379974/#post-148753798

I'm sure you all know what I mean. The constant barrage of incredibly evil, powerful people continuing making our lives worse. It always felt that way but wow it's really ramped up lately for obvious reasons. And it's gotten to the point it's really fucking with me mentally... Especially Trump and AI.

How do you deal with it all without going crazy? Asking for a friend. And also myself.

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-deal-with-the-constant-stream-of-negative-news.1379974/#post-148753798

I'm sure you all know what I mean. The constant barrage of incredibly evil, powerful people continuing making our lives worse. It always felt that way but wow it's really ramped up lately for obvious reasons. And it's gotten to the point it's really fucking with me mentally... Especially Trump and AI.

How do you deal with it all without going crazy? Asking for a friend. And also myself.

  

lol.  Born with so much privilege and does nothing but blame outside forces beyond her control for her misery.  You can't have a worse loser mentality than this.

[TylenolJones]

Xbox? What is that? Isn’t the NEX?

Yawn. I’ll stick with Boxbollen. 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-have-any-completely-benign-unimportant-icks-dislikes-that-you-know-are-100-irrational.1379971/#post-148756150

You might as well get tested. I was diagnosed with SPD when I was like 12 and then fucking forgot for most of my life, was only reminded I have it in my mid-thirties and it made SO MUCH stuff make sense in retrospect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_disorder

[D3RANG3D]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-deal-with-the-constant-stream-of-negative-news.1379974/#post-148753798

I'm sure you all know what I mean. The constant barrage of incredibly evil, powerful people continuing making our lives worse. It always felt that way but wow it's really ramped up lately for obvious reasons. And it's gotten to the point it's really fucking with me mentally... Especially Trump and AI.

How do you deal with it all without going crazy? Asking for a friend. And also myself.

Even on metacouncil they are hand wringing reetard era style about muh steam nazis...

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-deal-with-the-constant-stream-of-negative-news.1379974/#post-148753798

                     conspiracy theory?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/welcome-new-members-introduce-yourself-here.119184/page-47#post-148755322

Greetings,

My name is Pashford Murano....been a lurker since the old site, and I am making an effort in being more sociable these days. I've been playing games for decades, a freelance writer for what feels like half a lifetime, I also run a gaming site that usually focuses on deconstructionism and philosophy, which is a topic of great interest to me. Mostly a console gamer these days, platform agnostic however, so I've got an Xbox Series X, a PS5, and a Switch. Playing a lot of Nintendo multiplayer recently (Smash, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart: Tour), but have a rather ecclectic taste in games, so I am likely interested in discussing almost anything within the realm. I look forward to getting to know some of you, and generally share in some wisdom and empathy while I do so.

Cheers,
Pash

https://activetimeevent.wordpress.com/tag/pashford-murano/

https://www.instagram.com/pashfordmurano/

https://activetimeevent.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/pashford-murano-a3bbb145

A new Bobby Hobbits?

[benji]

(Inventio Per Fabula)Virtual Metaphysician, freelance writer, gaming enthusiast, and Editor-in-Chief over at activetimeevent.com

 

I've been working as a video game journalist for over five years

Editor in Chief
activetimeevent.com · Freelance
Sep 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

Editor in Chief
gamersyndrome.com
Aug 2013 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Reviews Writer, General Contributor
GamersInfo.net
Dec 2007 - Dec 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Well, I suppose he's technically right as 18 is more than five.

[Potato]

(Inventio Per Fabula)Virtual Metaphysician, freelance writer, gaming enthusiast, and Editor-in-Chief over at activetimeevent.com

 

I've been working as a video game journalist for over five years

Editor in Chief
activetimeevent.com · Freelance
Sep 2012 - Present · 13 yrs 4 mos

Editor in Chief
gamersyndrome.com
Aug 2013 - Jan 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Reviews Writer, General Contributor
GamersInfo.net
Dec 2007 - Dec 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Well, I suppose he's technically right as 18 is more than five.

Can someone explain to these losers that if you don't get paid, you aren't a freelancer or a journalist, you're just a schmuck that writes word salads for a hobby...

[benji]

Anyone who has been following Active Time Event for awhile now, might be familiar with Words of Wisdom, which is essentially a series I do every week, where I share some insight that I’ve found useful enough, that I desire to pass on the newly found wisdom to others. I’ve made an attempt at being even more experimental than usual in the past month or so, to push myself deeper into the comfort zone of the unfamiliar, so that my intentionally practiced methodology of thought is exercised even further, in understanding reality, and cultivating a greater sense of critical thinking.

To this point, I thought it might be engaging to attempt to parse a concept, in real time with you, to see what I come up with, instead of arriving prepared with a more laser focused definitive that was largely already more or less a largely concluded thought. Meaning, even though I had at least conceived of the topic with which I will pursue here and now, I refrained from developing any further notions about the concept itself before I sat down to write. With all that in mind, I thought it might be an interesting idea to tackle a notion I had considered when attempting to understand relative truth values recently, in conjunction with the concept of stealth, and player interactivity of how that type of system works, in relation to my playthrough involving the Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater remake, Delta.

Interestingly enough, we are going to better understand what stealth is, relative to the notion of self-perceived identity, by investigating the idea of “Propaganda of Self”, which is going to give us bold insight into the functioning of our own minds, which will go a long way in better detailing how we grasp fundamental aspects of metaphysical reality. As we (are hopefully) aware of, propaganda is a method of information transference, usually by an organized body, in conveying a message of importance, and usually one that is concocted with the intent of propagating a message. Fundamentally speaking, propaganda creates a hyperreality onto itself, as the idea is to influence the way one or many thinks, that fundamentally differs from the actuality of said context, to further help solidify a perspective on it. Taking this concept, and applying it to self, one can easily conceive of how one could do the same, in deluding oneself to believe something about themselves, that may not fundamentally be the total truth of the matter.

Now, if we take all of these considerations, and maybe apply it as such, with kind of a ridiculous slant of extremism to underline our point, in reality of oneself in a stealth game, one could create propagand of self by convincing oneself: ” I am invisible, and since no one can see me, I will never be caught.” This individual, equipped with their new found sense of self-empowerment, may cavalierly walk towards the battle field with unbreakable courage, only to not realize, they were in fact walking directly into a rude awakening, as the enemy would very much see their non-invisible self, and open fire, killing said delusional target. I think this helps to frame a first, valuable lesson about propaganda, in that you want to make sure to fabricate a reality that may not be so easily dispelled, so one may maintain the disillusionment soundly, and for as long as possible.

Words of Wisdom has ventured into delightfully alien lands of conceptual earnesty these past several weeks, and I’m pleased that my broadcasting of observation made real through intent, of the format needing to become, for lack of more technically effective terminology, more “loosey-goosey“, was both well suited and followed through upon, in the ventures of breaching new cognitive lands thereafter. In a stroke of fascinating paradox, I have some of the final premises already in mind for the final weeks of 2025, involving the subject matter of what the last Words of Wisdom will entail, but I do not at current moment, have a definitive conceit for today’s article, and since we are a scant few hours away from the midnight deadline to get this posted, it is about time we just sit down and “wing it”, in order to put some philosophical bread on the empty table of the thought, so to speak.

To that end, my continued dabbling into the realm of psychoanalysis has me pondering the sphere of the human condition, so there is a compelling reason to attempt to expound upon the wild beasts of the working class standard; those sad lot that roam the white collar jungles of man’s vanilla domain, and the plain Jane’s that they fall prey to on a libidinal whim. I also happen to be incidentally running into reoccurring themes involving Nietzsche as of late, so I thought maybe I should just take hold of the animal stating me in the face, and confront the mad jackal head on, in breaking down an aphorism of note I have a personal interest in.

This particular aphorism comes to us from “The Gay Science“, and acts as Nietzsche’s own acknowledgement of the limitations of the human condition:

“How far the perspective character of existence extends, or whether it have any other character at all, whether an existence without explanation, without “sense” does not just become “nonsense,” whether, on the other hand, all existence is not essentially an explaining existence – these questions, as is right and proper, cannot be determined even by the most diligent and severely conscientious analysis and self-examination of the intellect, because in this analysis the human intellect cannot avoid seeing itself in its perspective forms, and only in them. We cannot see round our corner: it is hopeless curiosity to want to know what other modes of intellect and perspective there might be…”

A surprisingly concise point from Nietzsche, who can be notoriously cryptic with his point of view amidst his critiques. This feeds into a desire of mine, in wanting to rumble with some kind of reality related to the potentiality of humanity itself, one that would kind of meander between the delusional poison of hope, and the stark raving mad contrast reality provides in juxtaposition. Now, as already posited, Nietzsches assertion is fairly succinct, and I feel doesn’t really demand further redress, but for the sake of posterity, I reiterate that what he is putting forth, is that one is limited by their own perspectives, and therefore, inherent bias will rule how they end up understanding the world around them. He does go on not long after that, in a suggestion of combating this truism, in one needing to draw from another perspective, like the complete polar opposite of one’s own, as a sake of comparative enlightenment, so the solution that he immediately proposes is plain as day in coming to terms with a fulcrum of change. These are all well and good strategies, for anyone willing to put in the extra work in exercising their own rationality, and by showcasing the functional virtues of Aristotelian man. However, I think it’s worth diving into the deconstructionism of what entails these inherent biases, and what the bias of one’s own perspective can do, in coloring the world with a specific color pallete of perception, and the effective fight to change it in conclusion.

An easy way of decoding this, point in fact, is by borrowing from another philosopher named Heidegger, who deals in the realm of phenomenology, and that is essentially the school of thought dealing with the perception of reality itself, the subjective way of interpreting the objective world, our judgement vs the reality etc. In an extraordinarily, almost inappropriately criminal tl;dr version of Heidegger’s insights, a paraphrasing of his findings on the matter are distilled into the simple notion of: “if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”, which is actually a quote borrowed form a psychologist Abraham Maslow, but is an accurate parallel of Heidegger’s own viewpoints on how he sees the modality of existence vicariously through “the lived experience of a tool”. Once again, a fairly obvious takeaway here, but an insight that helps to further frame the idea of how one’s own “value propositions” translates to your interpretation of reality, in this case, viewed through the productive machinations of how hammers function.

 the fuck is this shit

also  at all the article titles on there

[Snoopy]

I don’t think anyone who willingly calls themselves Pashford would understand

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-deal-with-the-constant-stream-of-negative-news.1379974/#post-148753798

I'm sure you all know what I mean. The constant barrage of incredibly evil, powerful people continuing making our lives worse. It always felt that way but wow it's really ramped up lately for obvious reasons. And it's gotten to the point it's really fucking with me mentally... Especially Trump and AI.

How do you deal with it all without going crazy? Asking for a friend. And also myself.

Ironically people on the right are similarly in a "everything is horrible" spiral. I imagine the truth is that things suck but not as much as people on the Internet will want you to believe

[malfoyking]

Probably a journalist/freelancer, the same way Dr Pepper is a doctor, or Dr Julius Irving is a doctor.

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I need to watch Scrubs again.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-do-you-deal-with-the-constant-stream-of-negative-news.1379974/#post-148753798

I'm sure you all know what I mean. The constant barrage of incredibly evil, powerful people continuing making our lives worse. It always felt that way but wow it's really ramped up lately for obvious reasons. And it's gotten to the point it's really fucking with me mentally... Especially Trump and AI.

How do you deal with it all without going crazy? Asking for a friend. And also myself.

Ironically people on the right are similarly in a "everything is horrible" spiral. I imagine the truth is that things suck but not as much as people on the Internet will want you to believe

I constantly have this conversation with the millennial at work about the fact that humans have never lived in more prosperous, peaceful, equitable, democratic or liberated times as we do currently. She's just constantly dooming and glooming. Millennials are truly the most self-centred, self-absorbed and fucking irritatingly stupid generation ever.

[Jansen]

Almost there

[benji]

I constantly have this conversation with the millennial at work about the fact that humans have never lived in more prosperous, peaceful, equitable, democratic or liberated times as we do currently. She's just constantly dooming and glooming. Millennials are truly the most self-centred, self-absorbed and fucking irritatingly stupid generation ever.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-esteem#In_public_policy

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Albert Ellis, an influential American psychologist, argued that the concept of self-esteem is actually harmful and unhelpful.[120] Although acknowledging the human propensity and tendency to ego rating as innate, he has critiqued the philosophy of self-esteem as unrealistic, illogical and self- and socially destructive – often doing more harm than good. Questioning the foundations and usefulness of generalized ego strength, he has claimed that self-esteem is based on arbitrary definitional premises, and overgeneralized, perfectionistic and grandiose thinking.[120] Acknowledging that rating and valuing behaviors and characteristics is functional and even necessary, he sees rating and valuing human beings' totality and total selves as irrational and unethical. The healthier alternative to self-esteem according to him is unconditional self-acceptance and unconditional other-acceptance.[121] Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy is a psychotherapy based on this approach.[122]

"There seem to be only two clearly demonstrated benefits of high self-esteem....First, it increases initiative, probably because it lends confidence. People with high self-esteem are more willing to act on their beliefs, to stand up for what they believe in, to approach others, to risk new undertakings. (This unfortunately includes being extra willing to do stupid or destructive things, even when everyone else advises against them.)...It can also lead people to ignore sensible advice as they stubbornly keep wasting time and money on hopeless causes"[123]

However, a common mistake is to think that loving oneself is necessarily equivalent to narcissism, as opposed for example to what Erik Erikson speaks of as "a post-narcissistic love of the ego".[130] People with healthy self-esteem accept and love themselves unconditionally, acknowledging both virtues and faults in the self, and yet, in spite of everything, are able to continue to love themselves. In narcissists, by contrast, an "uncertainty about their own worth gives rise to...a self-protective, but often totally spurious, aura of grandiosity"[131] – producing the class "of narcissists, or people with very high, but insecure, self-esteem... fluctuating with each new episode of social praise or rejection."[2]: 479  For narcissists, regulating their self-esteem is their constant concern. They use defenses (such as denial, projection, self-inflation, envy, arrogance, and aggression), impression management through self-promotion, embellishment, lying, charm, and domination, and prefer high-status, competitive, and hierarchical environments to support their unstable, fragile, and impaired self-esteem.[132]

Narcissism can thus be seen as a symptom of fundamentally low self-esteem, that is, lack of love towards oneself, but often accompanied by "an immense increase in self-esteem" based on "the defense mechanism of denial by overcompensation."[133] "Idealized love of self...rejected the part of him" that he denigrates – "this destructive little child"[134] within. Instead, the narcissist emphasizes their virtues in the presence of others, just to try to convince themself that they are a valuable person and to try to stop feeling ashamed for their faults;[17] such "people with unrealistically inflated self-views, which may be especially unstable and highly vulnerable to negative information,...tend to have poor social skills."[2]: 126 

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-have-any-completely-benign-unimportant-icks-dislikes-that-you-know-are-100-irrational.1379971/#post-148756150

You might as well get tested. I was diagnosed with SPD when I was like 12 and then fucking forgot for most of my life, was only reminded I have it in my mid-thirties and it made SO MUCH stuff make sense in retrospect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_disorder

SPD is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association,[10][11] and the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended in 2012 that pediatricians not use SPD as a stand-alone diagnosis.[10]

Critics have noted that what proponents claim are symptoms of SPD are both broad and, in some cases, represent very common, and not necessarily abnormal or atypical, childhood characteristics. Where these traits become grounds for a diagnosis is generally in combination with other more specific symptoms or when the child gets old enough to explain that the reasons behind their behavior are specifically sensory.[80]

Is not recognized as a stand-alone diagnosis in the manuals ICD-10 or in the recently updated DSM-5, but unusual reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects is included as a possible but not necessary criterion for the diagnosis of autism.[81][80]

[EaldNarche]

what is the point of even getting tested for something like that? To have an excuse to give people when you're being annoying? There's no way to treat it and it's impossible to prove you have it in the first place.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-have-any-completely-benign-unimportant-icks-dislikes-that-you-know-are-100-irrational.1379971/#post-148756150

You might as well get tested. I was diagnosed with SPD when I was like 12 and then fucking forgot for most of my life, was only reminded I have it in my mid-thirties and it made SO MUCH stuff make sense in retrospect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory_processing_disorder

SPD is not included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association,[10][11] and the American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended in 2012 that pediatricians not use SPD as a stand-alone diagnosis.[10]

Critics have noted that what proponents claim are symptoms of SPD are both broad and, in some cases, represent very common, and not necessarily abnormal or atypical, childhood characteristics. Where these traits become grounds for a diagnosis is generally in combination with other more specific symptoms or when the child gets old enough to explain that the reasons behind their behavior are specifically sensory.[80]

Is not recognized as a stand-alone diagnosis in the manuals ICD-10 or in the recently updated DSM-5, but unusual reactivity to sensory input or unusual interest in sensory aspects is included as a possible but not necessary criterion for the diagnosis of autism.[81][80]

So basically, he was diagnosed with a made up disorder which was promptly forgotten about because it was made up and then only remembered it 20+ years later when it became fashionable to have some sort of disorder.

[Jonsey]

Usually it’s accompanied with an Autism diagnosis. Least it was for me

[Jansen]

"Also"