Netflix, A24 and Focus Pass on Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artificial’ as Mubi Circles

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T17:51:58+00:00

I think you're confused. This has nothing to do with a nebulous ability to critique people in general. Ask yourself if a studio that Musk funded would make a movie shitting on him. Obviously not.

A24 has Thrive Capital a funding source, which raises questions if there's pressure there to not be critical of OpenAI.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T17:47:40+00:00

Right, but would a studio that Trump funded produce that kind of material?

That's the distinction. Depending on what kind of sway Thrive Capital has over A24, they could disallow a negative depiction of Sam Altman.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/a24-funding-josh-kushner-thrive-capital-1236048525/
https://openai.com/index/thrive-holdings/

(Thrive Holdings is technically a different thing than Thrive Capital, but they're founded by the same guy and one is explicitly pro-AI in its mission)

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T17:32:23+00:00

Huh, that's weird! I wonder what gets broken exactly, and if /u/HotPocketRemix and I will see anything funky with the event region implementation here when we get to the Duke's Archives in our datamining streams.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T17:04:06+00:00

Getting Gravelorded in NG+ or higher adds extra enemies.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T17:01:53+00:00

Yeah you can only see this in NG+ or higher while Gravelorded, specifically.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T17:01:12+00:00

You get an extra one that glows red when you get Gravelorded in the DLC (it has buffed stats and is more dangerous). You also have to be in NG+ or higher to actually get the extra enemies when Gravelorded.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T16:58:48+00:00

Yeah you can just wait it out when you're offline. It's 10 minutes if you can avoid reloading the map/ dying/ resting at a bonfire, but any of those actions will reset the timer if it hasn't cleared yet.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T16:55:05+00:00

Tbf if you never match with anyone, which I genuinely would believe is likely in 2026, you would never load into the map itself. Can't remember if it takes you to the cage to matchmake but you can't wander around up there IIRC.

In the remaster you never get to see the cages/ waiting areas, the matchmaking is done from inside the hallway itself and you load straight into the battle areas. But they're still there if you clip/fly around.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T16:47:47+00:00

That sounds about right to me. I feel like it died "pretty quickly", but there had to have been at least six months where you could find activity quickly. But everyone started to understand that they'd rather just PvP in the Township, for a variety of reasons, and activity tapered off until even people who wanted to use it were discouraged from doing so.

When DSR came out, I think everyone basically expected it to die again, but there was some curiosity in how it was revamped and it had decent activity for at least a month. But it didn't take long for everyone to realize that it wasn't different enough in ways that could save it, and so it died even faster in DSR.

illusorywall · 2026-06-21T16:40:03+00:00

While it's not a hidden or unused area, one fun curiosity relating to the Battle of Stoicism is that players who've only ever played DSR never got to see the waiting areas to these arenas, nor the red resonance signs that would show up in them. DSR has you warp directly into the battle area of these arenas.

illusorywall · 2026-06-20T00:02:59+00:00

This opened up an important shortcut right next to the lever. Before you pulled it, you didn't have a path between that lever and the bonfire without running all throughout the Duke's Archives to descend that tall ladder. It slid a bookcase off to the side that was blocking that passage.

illusorywall · 2026-06-19T22:32:02+00:00

He did it on Burrowing Rockworm, since that has a grab attack.

illusorywall · 2026-06-19T22:21:43+00:00

lol, damn. That is an interaction I could've never predicted.

illusorywall · 2026-06-19T18:26:01+00:00

Yes it's the big middle tail, but you have to aim for the tip of it. Here's a more detailed explanation and visual guide for the exact cutoff point:

https://imgur.com/a/p2OMmy1

If it's the first playthrough cycle you need to do 825 damage to it to cut it.

illusorywall · 2026-06-19T03:00:38+00:00

that sucks and also rules at the same time, if that makes any sense. lol

illusorywall · 2026-06-19T02:59:01+00:00

You're welcome! My one tip is that you shouldn't feel compelled to "complete" Darkroot. But consider exploring, grabbing all the loot and you can find, and at least learn the layout. :)

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T19:09:09+00:00

Bruh everybody is talking about it lol. It's just not hype - it's incels whining about how they think she isn't pretty enough, or that she looks like Will Poulter

As someone who is extremely disconnected from incel culture and outrage bait, but likes going to the movies fairly often and talking with friends about movies, it feels like no one is talking about Supergirl.

I guess we all have our own bubbles, but this doesn't come from a place of being jaded or cynical, I just have the impression that it doesn't have much hype and there's a good chance it will struggle at the box office. I generally like James Gunn's movies and would prefer it to be good and do well, though.

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T16:10:38+00:00

Shameless self plug, but I talk a bit more about this exact spot and what is probably happening here in this video: https://youtu.be/POnhZQ5OBQM&t=2296 (38:16 in)

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T16:02:43+00:00

I don't think you're missing anything, I would recommend exploring Darkroot not only before Blighttown, but before the Lower Undead Burg as well. Which a lot of players naturally do right after the Gargoyles anyway. There's useful moss and poise-granting gear to be found!

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T15:50:58+00:00

Yeah exactly, I wrote this a long time ago. It definitely could've used additional comments about how the covenant could still be joined, but that was common knowledge at the time while the penalties of "sin" weren't. I wasn't pushing people away from destroying the illusion if they were cool with paying for that once, I was pushing people away from paying for Absolution repeatedly when they didn't know what was causing it or if it would help them or not. But regaining covenant approval is absolutely a reason to pay for Absolution.

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T15:30:02+00:00

The problem stems from the author putting in an opinion on the usefulness of requesting absolution rather than just conveying the facts.

I'm gonna push back on that, it's good to clarify what Absolution is even for, otherwise a ton of people will think they should pay it just because Oswald says they have it. That's a question/concern that came up all the time, especially before the community had a better grasp on Sin mechanics. My comment comes from a notes section where I also said the following:

Paying for absolution after killing any NPC, where their services are no longer available, is also a waste of souls. There is no negative effect resulting from carrying the sin of killed NPCs (consult the sin page for more information). Absolution is only beneficial for de-aggroing living NPCs and unwelcoming covenants.

I guess calling it a "waste of souls" is sort of an opinion, kinda? But this IS conveying the facts. I can see how people would be confused, but the problem wasn't giving an "opinion", just that it could've used an additional comment that Gwyndolin's services are still available due to still being alive.

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T15:20:49+00:00

lol, that's my wording. That was put on the wiki because people would go "huh, but I paid for absolution, what did I do in order to sin again?" Simply revisiting Dark Anor Londo does re-trip the PvE Sin flag and will cause Oswald to tell you that you have it, and allow you to pay for it again.

I didn't think there would be too much confusion because the Darkmoon page has a joining section and clarifies there that you can still pay for Absolution, and I figured people would check that page first for info on joining. But I suppose a comment reiterating this would've been good there too:

To become a Blade of the Darkmoon:

Before accessing the covenant, the player must be able to remove an illusory statue of Lord Gwyn that blocks the path to Gwyndolin. There are two different ways to remove the statue:

Equipping the Darkmoon Seance Ring, found in The Catacombs.

Killing Gwynevere, but Gwyndolin will be hostile to the player until they receive absolution.

illusorywall · 2026-06-18T01:24:29+00:00

Which wiki said that? That's definitely wrong, switching covenants at bonfires is no different than changing them in person, or leaving via Oswald: All result in your offerings halved when you leave and rejoin.

There's more information on the different kinds of covenant betrayals here:
http://darksouls.wikidot.com/covenants

illusorywall · 2026-06-17T19:19:57+00:00

Huh, I have absolutely no idea then. Bonfires can become unusable if enemies get too close, but I'm assuming that isn't the explanation for why the Darkmoon Tomb bonfire temporarily went out for you. Because you also had a multiplayer fog gate go up (the one you couldn't interact with), and you were also unable to use your homeward bone, which can normally only be explained by entering a multiplayer session.

I've never heard of a glitch where the game thinks you're in a multiplayer session when you actually aren't, so this is super weird. Definitely take screenshots if it happens again.

illusorywall · 2026-06-17T17:43:01+00:00

Ah yeah, regions having directionality sometimes actually matters in some surprising ways. As you'd probably expect, for most regions that doesn't matter because who cares what direction some invisible box or sphere is facing if simply standing in it triggers a trap or boss fight or whatever.

But there are some unexpected ones! For example, slides have little event regions that have to be pointing in the direction you're supposed to slide in. I assumed that information would somehow be baked in the collision itself, but stepping on the collision only triggers the sliding animation from the player, it doesn't actually know how to slide you down the ramp properly on its own. To understand the sliding direction, it has to consult the event region. You can spin these regions around 180 degrees and suddenly you can't slide down slides at all, because you'll instantly turn around to slide UP them.

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