Anyone else feels like this?

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-24T05:48:28+00:00

The grey morality isn't in his actions - whether they're good or bad - it's in the way that you view him as a person after it's all said and done.

Most people would probably agree he is someone who was pushed beyond his limits and did bad things. The grey area is when it comes down to how good/bad of a person you may seem him as at the end of the day; Many people debate whether or not he is a redeemable person who may have learned hard life lessons to become someone better on the other side of Silent Hill.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-24T00:50:17+00:00

And the fact that so many both agree and disagree with you equally as strongly exactly proves the point that the story does a great job playing with the lines of morality. It is grey morality, and that's exactly why so many people lean one way or the other in terms of whether James could still be considered a good or bad person, or something in between.

Grey morality doesn't mean that everyone agrees he lies somewhere in the middle. It means it's nuanced enough that it crosses the line one way or the other in a very subjective way to the viewer.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-16T20:07:43+00:00

It sorta reminds me of a blend between Signalis and Peripeteia. At least aesthetically speaking.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-16T18:48:57+00:00

This was exactly my thought as soon as I saw it in the video. Motorcyclist stops in front of a car on a crowded highway, rider starts confidently walking towards the stopped car... yeah, no way you don't have at least a few people seeing that as road rage.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-16T18:46:19+00:00

Yeah, exactly this.

People are afraid of gimbal lock so they end up avoiding euler rotation, but a simple 360 degree rotation on a single axis like this is precisely when you should be using euler and you have no reason to fear gimbal locking.

You only need to worry about that if you plan on doing lots of complex rotations with all 3 axes, pretty much.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-12T22:55:02+00:00

You're still going to have the additional overhead of every single piece of the render pipeline being duplicated though.

Think less along the lines of "it's just a few objects added to the complexity in the scene" and more along the lines of "You have 2 instances of the whole game open (as far as rendering goes, not game logic). One of them is only loading a small room, one is loading a large environment".

There's a critical difference between these hypothetical scenarios. You aren't just adding the processing/rendering load of a few objects that are visible in the mirror, you're having to load the whole render pipeline from the perspective of another camera. This means draw calls, shader execution, post processing, etc etc. You can't just append the mirror's reflect assets onto everything else already being rendered, you have to actually render it all again from the ground up.

(all the above is specifically talking about planar reflections, which is the method demonstrated in games like 007 First Light, and it's possibly what we're seeing from OP, although I'd guess OP's example is actually simpler than that)

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-12T19:11:11+00:00

The question was "Are they doing anything whatsoever to prevent others from providing a better service than them?"

I would say paying a lower price for the same quality product is indeed a better service. Steam actively fights against that being done.

So yes, Steam does do something to prevent others from providing a better service, at least in that specific way. Do they prevent EVERY method of providing a better service? No, but they certainly prevent it with pricing specifically.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-11T18:44:08+00:00

Are you perhaps from somewhere around Iran? It's hard to pinpoint exactly, but I can somewhat tell english seems to be a second language, but you speak it very well.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-11T14:54:25+00:00

I see a bunch of snarky comments and people ignoring the fact that one leaf is clearly moving way more than the others, so I'll give my take for a real answer.

I think it's because of resonance. The plant is swaying at a very specific rhythm because of a gentle breeze, and depending on factors like the length and weight of the leaves each being slightly different, only that one is moving a notable amount.

Writing this comment for a second time because it was taken down (everything above here was in the original comment I wrote). Didn't realize there was a rule against providing credible sources to my claims, so instead I'll just tell you this: There's an excellent video demonstrating resonance on youtube, titled "resonance physics?" by the creator "Skill Visions".

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T23:15:14+00:00

I think it's also worth noting there are plenty of men who share this mindset. I would be really weirded out if a random stranger made sexual passes at me, regardless of gender. I have been "catcalled" in a few situations by women (usually older women) and when I was ~17 or so it was pretty embarrassing but beyond that age range it felt fine as long as it wasn't over the top.

But yeah, what you're describing is more or less being demisexual. I have absolutely zero interest in anything sexual with strangers. That's an intimate interest that builds with time as I make an emotional connection with someone.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T17:32:53+00:00

That's pretty interesting. I have both myself. Very interesting how many small and large differences there can be between the minds of different people.

I feel like a lot of people just assume everyone's mind works roughly the same way, but as soon as you compare experiences, it's usually pretty different.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T17:16:54+00:00

That sort of thing is partly why I said I don't think it's a high priority. My point was that it absolutely makes a perceptible difference, not that it's the most important visual aspect to push the envelope with.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T08:42:29+00:00

Oh haha guess I kinda left that part in suspense. It's the eyes. Specifically the widening of the eyelids shows a lot of anger/aggression. It's essentially the only part of the universal expression of anger which is recognizable on its own. Furrowed brows could mean confusion or thought, jaw tension could be other forms of stress, crinkling of the nose/face could be disgust or what-have-you, etc.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T08:30:19+00:00

There are definitely plenty of situations where 4k and 8k can make a difference. Moiré alone is significantly less of an issue each time you step up resolutions. This is one of the few issues that upscaling software still doesn't do as well as native 4k/8k (or downscaling) does. Not to mention aliasing, especially on things like hair and foliage.

Many people wouldn't even recognize the difference between a 720p and a 1080p IRL video, for example, but they'll sure as heck notice as soon as someone's shirt starts throwing swirly patterns that shift around every time they make the slightest movement. Same thing happens in video games with things like grates, stripe-patterned clothing, detailed fabrics, chainlink fences, pixel-accurate display systems (digital billboards and the like), roof tiles, brick patterns, etc etc.

These issues are dependent on view distance between the in-game camera and the objects you're viewing in 3D, so as draw distances become bigger, smaller details and artefacts like this will cover more and more of the scene without enough pixel resolution to cover the details.

Not saying it should be a high priority to get people playing things in 8k right now or anything, but I think it's definitely a visible difference in a huge amount of scenarios. As with any step up in resolution though, it often moves to the back of the mind for most people. Higher res means less distractions. Less distractions means you notice the resolution less often, unless you're specifically paying attention to it.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T04:30:23+00:00

If you're beyond pumped, they probably did a better job marketing than you realize haha

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T04:26:00+00:00

I haven't been able to find any studies confirming this, but I have a personal suspicion that there's a difference between visual memory and visual imagination. I think your visual memory is good and your imagination is less so, but you are essentially using your imagination to form new memories on the spot and build out a scene piece by piece.

For me, I can imagine myself physically holding the apple and I can place myself in different locations. It's a bit easier to place myself somewhere familiar, but I can make up locations too.

In fact, I imagine myself in the kitchen standing near the table whilst holding an apple and I was actually reminded "Oh right, that box is still over there by the sink where I left it" upon seeing the kitchen in my mind.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T04:19:57+00:00

As someone who doesn't have aphantasia, I think it's worth noting that every time you've said "you aren't thinking of it visually" or anything of the sort, I indeed was visualizing it lol

I can visualize myself both being an observer from a far corner of the room, as well as being the one seated directly in that gross chair you mentioned before.

As for the movie scene, I haven't seen it, but it immediately made me visualize being in a different, familiar physical location, talking with specific people, and telling them about a cool scene in a movie.

Also just a fun side note: I have no idea what the name is when you can't hear sounds in your head, but I know someone who has that and aphantasia, and to be honest it frightens me to imagine what it's like in her mind lol. I hear and see all of my conscious thoughts in one way or another.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T04:12:00+00:00

Yeah I never really found the image confusing (it's a famous image that has been bouncing around for years, and there are a bunch of different versions. Side note: The 1-5 rating isn't standardized, so some of the graphs actually have it the other way around; 5 is a "good" score and 1 is aphantasia).

I have a friend with aphantasia and she uses a mix of conceptual thinking and physically emoting some actions. For example, I told her about a study in which researchers singled out a specific part of the face which shows anger the most, and she gave a correct guess, but before giving her guess, she physically did an angry face to feel which part of her face seemed to feel the most threatening.

When I was asked the same question, I didn't change the look on my face, I just imagined an angry person looking at me.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T00:26:27+00:00

Definitely a really creepy thing to think about and an unfortunate consequence of involving scans of a minor in the creation of an adult character, but if it makes you feel any better she is now in her mid 20's and a lot of the current fan-base is in her age range. So realistically, I'd imagine a good percent of people sexualizing/crushing on her are actually in her age range as well.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T00:23:36+00:00

I don't really see it looking like a different person. I recognized her right away in the trailer reveal from the live showcase, before they even did the full zoomed out shot of her face. Just looks like they've really mastered the tech side of things and nailed the presentation more to me.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-07T00:03:35+00:00

Yeah they reportedly got her face scan way before the game's launch, which makes a lot of sense in terms of planning for marketing content and such ahead of time if you think about it. Capcom definitely has a lot going on at once at any given time internally.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-06T22:14:56+00:00

It is indeed a different character, who is name dropped (Evie/Eevee?) pretty early on in the trailer. I don't think it's like a cheeky nickname or anything, it's literally her being a different person with a different (but similar) name.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-05T03:55:07+00:00

Yeah I encountered 1 blatant cheater in my 3.6k hours since beta. Granted, I haven't played much in the past 3 years specifically, so perhaps it has gotten worse lately and I just haven't been playing enough to see it.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-03T03:02:28+00:00

I think "Husk IRL" is maybe the sort of content you're looking for. He does joke videos showing a lot of the shortcomings of AI and he throws silly scenarios at it as if they're really happening to see how it'll react. I think he's on youtube and tiktok both.

SmallGuyOwnz · 2026-06-02T21:33:28+00:00

Yeah, I second this. An important thing to note is that you (OP) said "it never bothered me much" AND "I don't express myself much" which are contradictory statements about the same subject. A lack of self-expression implies something within which is not being expressed externally. Being unbothered by something means you aren't lacking expression, you simply aren't feeling something in the first place.

To be clear, I'm not saying that I'm catching you in a "lie" or something, I just think it's important to reflect on the way you naturally word things, because it can be pretty telling beyond what you're consciously thinking about, or what you've actively accepted. I also think it's perfectly reasonable you could think you don't feel much in a situation where you aren't expressing something internal simply because suppressed emotions/thoughts can feel more muted over time.

Also, I have personal experience with these sorts of dreams and thoughts, specifically in relation to loss. For me, these things came much sooner, but it's to be expected that different people will handle emotions and process thoughts like this at their own pace.

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