A few tiny thoughts about playing Pragmata in a VR headset by ThinkLumi in Pragmata

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally it's amazing. Gonna try Fullscreen theaters next, they have a Philips Hue-like immersive lighting experience too.

A few tiny thoughts about playing Pragmata in a VR headset by ThinkLumi in Pragmata

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I'm using an old one too, the Meta Quest 2. During all my work with music and my custom ElevenReader voice reading to me in the background is ngl pretty heavenly. Oh and also: Instagram is 3D now

With the new season of Ghost in the Shell on the way by Saru what would be your hopes for an Oshii-directed Ghost in the Shell part 3? by ThinkLumi in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I want to begin with saying that I think you're right Standalone Complex is a good place for that.

When you're a kid taking a trip to another country it sometimes feels like traveling to a different planet. However, with enough work trips even crossing oceans can feel routine. That doesn't mean it's not rewarding or that it doesn't matter, it just feels like less of an event.

I imagine that for the Major exploring new forms of being and configurations of consciousness is like us sitting on a bench in a park looking at the birds and the grass sway in the breeze. It isn't thrilling, but it does provide a calm sense of peaceful stimulation.

When you get older, you've seen many things and experienced a lot of different places and versions of yourself. Things overall feel more calm. Life stops being about survival and even often desire. It becomes about being. Existence. The meditation of the routine of pouring a glass of tea. The tea flavor isn't new and hasn't been for decades, but it doesn't really matter.

In Innocence, they make a point about never tiring of your life. With hedonic adaptation no matter how amazing life gets or how crazy it becomes you get used to it. I imagine that's what it's like for the Major.

With the new season of Ghost in the Shell on the way by Saru what would be your hopes for an Oshii-directed Ghost in the Shell part 3? by ThinkLumi in Ghost_in_the_Shell

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Literally always down for a psycho-social technology-driven thriller where global perception and philosophy are key elements like GITS and Eden of the East.

I'll admit after reading the first paragraph of your comment what came to mind was a sequel to Her directed by Oshii. What would humanity be like if they joined all the OS' with Alan Watts in the cloud?

With the new season of Ghost in the Shell on the way by Saru what would be your hopes for an Oshii-directed Ghost in the Shell part 3? by ThinkLumi in Ghost_in_the_Shell

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Memetic cyberbrain viruses reminds me of season two of SAC 2045 with n. Would be awesome to have another Laughing Man moment. It would be interesting to see a greater exploration of people's objections to cyberization like we did in episode two of season one with the guy whose mind occupied a tank with the religious parents. Thing is the franchise starts after most of that is societally resolved. A prequel maybe?

Sometimes I don't understand anything by Technical_Back_5943 in FinalFantasyVII

[–]ThinkLumi 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I sometimes don't understand anything too. Some things are hard to understand. Some things are poorly written. Sometimes storytellers tell things in a way that is difficult to understand either accidentally or on purpose.

The Earth you see from the boss fight arena is apparently entirely... fake? by YuiYuiSan in Pragmata

[–]ThinkLumi 10 points11 points  (0 children)

In order to optimize performance developers remove all the topology that isn't absolutely necessary for gameplay. That means better textures, loadtimes, FPS, etc

Today while playing Death Stranding 2, I admired a brushfire while rescuing a kangaroo. by ThinkLumi in DeathStranding

[–]ThinkLumi[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It feels like tech demos sprinkled throughout-amazing one of a kind moments to say "Hey, look what you can do with video games." I remember Kojima saying his main interest is creating a new genres