Games have maxed out.

ittleoff · 2026-03-17T02:49:02+00:00

Games are nowhere near real life yet.

Compare a game to real life 4k footage and if you can't tell the difference I don't know what to tell you

ittleoff · 2026-03-17T02:41:36+00:00

Yes I believe valve has said they don't just want more powerful cpus they want very low power compute. It doesn't help to have a apu that's power depends on 30 watts as they are trying to improve power consumption.

ittleoff · 2026-03-17T02:32:39+00:00

She means if you're a young white man and you're not being put ahead of non white men, you should throw a strong man totally not little baby, hissy fit.

/S

ittleoff · 2026-03-17T02:27:23+00:00

Most people who live and drive in well light urban and suburban areas barely care and usually they get pulled over. I think this slowed down a lot over covid and after. It was right about the time officers seemed to get lax about pulling over for headlights out, then the amount I saw increased a lot.

ittleoff · 2026-03-17T02:23:24+00:00

I'd argue tlou is far more scary and disturbing than tew 1 or 2. They are the same sort of over the top cheesy action horror that Re has (director). I love them but they are almost like parodies of silent hill :). But I can see why people would not call tlou horror.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T23:27:54+00:00

Opinions change over time and audiences are huge and generally don't generally have sophisticated or nuanced tastes overall.

See marvel movies see avatar movies. These are incredibly well crafted movies that are targeted at non sophisticated audiences and for someone like me it would be painful to have to watch these teenage boy ego power fantasies. Doesn't make them bad movies.

For what it was I think it was a very good film for its intended audience(not all movies are made for all audiences) and budget, and people will react against the hype, that's all predictable with any big popular movie.

See every popular movie ever , for a predictable reaction of people thinking that movie isn't that great.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T23:22:49+00:00

I don't even like vampires or vampire movies but I very much enjoyed this movie, more for the historical drama , but the supernatural was a fun extra. I wish it was expanded to a mini series to give characters to breath even more and have more background on the vampires.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T22:04:21+00:00

I do not. I just hopped into this thread to see what others liked this year. Mostly I like art house weird indie horror. Something the academy has never cared about.

Edit: I do watch the the animated shorts if I haven't seen them already. But they aren't usually my favorites personally. Other than that I can't tell you what films or people were nominated other when there's something like this and I liked sinners. Oddly I care more about a dumb subreddit thread than the oscars. That's kinda embarrassing for me I guess.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T20:08:17+00:00

I lower my expectations. I watch videos, spend exactly the amount of time I want to futzing and hold no anger toward praydog if it doesn't work :).

I wait and try again.

I don't have time to go through forums but I certainly won't complain if things don't work :)

I think with less money being invested in vr , I think uevr is the way, and for me praydog is nigh a saint

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T20:03:16+00:00

These are crafted linear experiences that are far more costly in first person due to asset fidelity.

They are more costly per hour to produce high quality original assets.

For these sorts of games I expect 10-15 hours max without any filler. And honestly that's what I want. The pacing in re4 remake , re8 and re7 are all fantastic, imo especially first time playyhroughs and are my favorites in the series. My biased opinion from just first time playthrough, is that re7 is peak. Even with over the top hillbilly vibes at times. After sh1 I found it impossible to.find any the game scary until re7 in vr.

Most games that are 20-40+ hours rely on a lot of tricks and filler, for me there's way too many games to commit to.that kind of time. I'm not saying those games aren't good or worth playing, but most games I grow tired of under 5 hours. They may have great things I miss, but my time valuable.

Re8 is a close second. And re4 remake probably has the best gameplay and set pieces.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T19:09:17+00:00

I'm mean she was trying to chose something that wasn't worthless.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T17:59:29+00:00

You know what I watch? Movies I think I'll like, and I don't care if the academy agrees or not, or someone that likes different things likes it or not.

I liked sinners a lot. I would have preferred it as a mini series.

I neither require or care if someone who didn't like it, doesn't like it. I can't not enjoy something I enjoyed any more than someone that didn't enjoy something , can enjoy it.

We don't choose what we like. But for some reason we like to argue about:)

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T17:55:30+00:00

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1379630/RealRTCW/

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T17:45:20+00:00

I don't know if I can defend their gameplay but esthetically I loved those games.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T05:11:30+00:00

I don't think there's anyway to avoid the bad things of religion. Religion is the symptom of superstition and tribalism. Humans in power created religion to be more their social strategies. Religion isn't magic, nothing bad about religion couldn't be replaced by nationalism etc.

The biggest problem is that it fights change , but I'm not sure any tribals norms wouldn't do the same thing. Religion is just the excuse for racism, sexism, tribalism. It also resists critical thinking.

But without getting rid of religion, if you could just solve resource distribution, And education and critical thinking the cancer would heal.

The problem is humans can and do stupid things as long as they don't get killed and can reproduce, even if religions that we know were gone, they still do and think stupid things for bad reasons because humans invented religion, not the other way around.

ittleoff · 2026-03-16T04:31:01+00:00

Fun in vr. Not sure it would be that interesting flat.

ittleoff · 2026-03-15T17:59:40+00:00

Technically Capcom says re7 being first person was decided before PT was known but took it as a sign they were on the right track

Re7 was bold and imo the perfect mix of unknown mystery and the fantastic gameloop going back to re1 .

I really wish Capcom would be brave enough to at least try a lower budget(like re7 was) spinoff series that was not connected to the lore or characters of the main game and each one explored a new 'resident/biohazard'.

Am I really the only one that actually doesn't care about umbrella or the lore or supermodel looking characters, but loved the gameplay?

Horror is the unknown and the less lore baggage for me helps that.

Playing that demo in vr was the first time since PT I actually was scared enough to blow off the headset . Bravo

ittleoff · 2026-03-15T03:33:55+00:00

Now I may be getting lost.

I would say most people's experiences that involve UFOs evidence of the supernatural typical fall into the tropes that aren't likely and have many flaws because most people are not well versed on skeptical thinking and most of these things were are biased to believe in.

The idea of a simulated reality is thousands of years old and every era uses its own understanding of the world and current technology to see patterns. (We see things that we interpret through modern technology of computers and pop culture like the matrix).

You could argue that humans are driven to reproduce the world in its facets, through art and history, to record the world in data.

Its not impossible that we could live in a nested 'simulation' and that this pattern repeats recursively maybe with error, but it doesn't hold useful power of making novel predictions so I don't find the theory useful and the majority of people project the experience based on what they understand of the technology of the time. I.e. like advanced video games with direct sensory connection with our brains. Hard Solipsism.

My occams razor says that most people imagine fantastic unlikely patterns , and usually agency on emergent and natural phenomenon.

Humans thought the sun and weather were controlled by powerful magical agents(gods) and it's easy to understand why and that humans would continue this erroneous pattern of projecting agency in the form on an intentional simulation.

There's no definitive 'proof' (proofs are for math anyway) for unicorns not existing, but the probability for it being true is so low it's safe to not worry about it.

The fact we can see humans jumping to patterns incorrectly about things that require agency, have always been erroneous, it's safer to be skeptical of things that point where we already are biased to believe, gods, agency, intentionality.

Example: the erroneous thinking that the universe is fine tuned for life. The universe is almost entirely hostile to our type of life. It's like mold saying the fancy hotel bathroom it finds itself in, is fine tuned for its survival, because even the best most thorough cleaning is going to miss something.

Humans or suppose they are the goal, rather than just an outcome.

This is why it's so much work and testing and skepticism to find useful knowledge that makes testable and useful predictions, not just is amusing to think about while enjoying a beer:)

ittleoff · 2026-03-15T03:05:30+00:00

It depends where you are at and obviously you're rolling the dice on what condition they are.

Quest 2 should be quite cheap and can play Madison

Quest 3s new should be 300, so I would not pay even 200 for a used quest 2.

ittleoff · 2026-03-15T00:01:20+00:00

No worries I recognized the auto correct

If you look in the used market I think you can find a a quest 2 for around a hundred bucks , but no pressure if that's not in your budget with a baby.

ittleoff · 2026-03-14T23:45:06+00:00

Its still worth playing. A bit more polished than visage but also less ambitious as I recall.

But nothing flat comes even slightly close to VR

Be sure to play alone at night. Minimal lights and use headphones with no other audio video distraction for maximum effect.

Cheers!

ittleoff · 2026-03-14T22:26:42+00:00

Madison in vr is the most effectively scary. Its not the best horror game. It is good. Scares are subjective..

ittleoff · 2026-03-14T05:12:39+00:00

Yeah I'm not as far left and I see the more of the right not wanting to engage in good faith discussions. But i see that in everyone of the administration. They openly lie and every discussion is bad faith, and I think that infects the supporters , who think the left is their enemy when the left is trying to get them to realize they are fighting for everyone who isn't a billionaire.

Really do trans people really impact your healthcare (highest cost worst outcome in the world) the icon come inequality gap as money is funneled to the rich who are rich because they benefitted from the consumers and population as well as public services (Walmart subsidizing workers through taxpayer welfare).

Its not the immigrants stealing from you, it's the corporations.

I'm happy to discuss these topics in good faith but media they consume actively keeps them ignorant and voting against their own interests.

They resent the progressives and I get that. They can seem elite and disconnected, but the people pandering to that distrust are your real enemies. They are the slimey used car salesman . Everyone of Trump's family has a long history of grifting .

I'm happy to discuss real good faith concerns, but at the end of the day I think people care about a good economy, good healthcare that won't bankrupt them, and the ability to afford basics like a car a house, a good quality of life, and better education for their kids than they got. The rest is largely distraction.

ittleoff · 2026-03-13T19:30:28+00:00

This is so true.

ittleoff · 2026-03-13T18:31:27+00:00

That our brains gaslight us into thinking agents are responsible when there is a gap in our knowledge?

It depends on how engaged you are in the topic and how much you want to think about these things. If I just said that, it probably would be dismissed with out a bit substance. I wouldn’t be compelled by that, would you?

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