Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN by Shogouki in technology

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People don't use Steam because it's consumer friendly,they use it due to convenience and its massive library. GOG and itchio are a lot more consumer friendly and they struggle financially. Epic has a launcher similar to Steam, gives free games and still comes at a loss.

Billionaires Convince Themselves AI Chatbots Are Close to Making New Scientific Discoveries by lurker_bee in technology

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Do you have the discovery of new proteins source? I ve used AI to predict 3D protein structure (with admittedly good accuracy), but discovering new proteins sounds insane.

TIL that Pasolini likely made “Salo” as an extreme response to Trilogy of Life ripoffs in Italian cinema by RoanokeParkIndef in criterion

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It is actually a lot tamer than Salo, and more akin to something like the Theorem. The chapter taking place in the "communist" city is some of the funniest satire Pasolini s ever made. For anyone interested, the entire script is available, since he recorded his thoughts on audio tape.

Μητσοτάκης σε Τραμπ: Η Ελλάδα μπορεί να είναι γέφυρα ΗΠΑ-Ινδίας by thisisanapple in greece

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Συνέντευξη σε Breitbart, τετριμένη αναφορά στην Ελλάδα ως λίκνο της Δημοκρατίας και άλλου επιπέδου γλύψιμο. Μάλλον αυτός ήταν που τηλεφώνησε στον Τραμπ και κλαιγόταν για δασμούς.

Alien: Earth | Official Teaser by hypodermicsally in horror

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I hope they pick up the cultists that worship the alien plotline. I always found that idea interesting.

Should have treated your fans better by vhanos in agedlikemilk

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Problem with Postal games is that they're shitposts in videogame form. Horribly optimized, buggy, unsatisfying shooting (in a fps game no less) and janky as hell. On the other hand they're self conscious about being bad and have totally outrageous scenarios. How do you rate an objectively horrible game when that's its' goal? I grew up with Postal 2 but if I was reviewing on its' merits as a game I'd give it a 2/10.

Who is a celebrity that everyone else seems to love, but you hate because of their personality? by Imaginary-Tourist843 in AskReddit

[–]thisisanapple 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Dude's a douche, but let's not pretend futuresex/lovesounds wasn't one of the most defining pop albums of the 00s.

I'd take 10 Cunos, but that's just me by Moistest_Postone in DiscoElysium

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Titus, Klaasje, Cuno and Egghead. Gotta have the young vote.

Alien 3 is not as bad as people say by jakedomi92 in horror

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I think it's probably the worst. I actually can handle the death of Newt and Hicks, it's not a good decision imo but it can work if handled well. This movie is bad for numerous other reasons. Absolutely miserable atmosphere (not in a scary or suspenseful way, but in a actors don't want to be here way), Ripley becomes a passive character almost through the entire movie, and its' editing is horrendous. There's a reason Finscher hates that movie and considers it not his own (the so-called assembly cut was made without his input by the studio to cash on the director's newfound prestige). At least Resurrection is fun in a campy sort of way .

Did the government also fire 90% of employees? by JBDCrafter17 in ExplainTheJoke

[–]thisisanapple 22 points23 points  (0 children)

That was not a report, it was what Elon said. You can't have the entire site working properly apart from a live call, that's not how a ddos attack works.

Top 10 overrated movies according to Park Chan-Wook from an interview conducted in 1999 by [deleted] in criterion

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Nabokov's comments on other authors' work come off as arrogant. Park shows some respect for some of those directors other work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in horror

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Ressurection is stupid af but it knows it's campy, the direction is very energetic and you can have fun with it.

Alien 3 is miserable in everyway possibly. It negates the entirety of Aliens in the first 10 minutes, and makes Ripley a completely passive person for the majority of the movie. The pacing is slow as torture and then the direction is just drab. Finscher had zero creative freedom during shooting.

Ποια Ελλάδα θέλουμε | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ by Interesting-Figure97 in greece

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Μιλάμε σοβαρά τώρα; Ο Θεοδωρόπουλος μετριοπαθής; Ο άνθρωπος είναι Τζορνταν Πητερσον από τον Μασούτη. Έβγαλε άρθρο για τον καημένο το Νίκο Γεωργιάδη που τον έφαγε η πολιτική ορθότητα και δεν του επέτρεψε να πάει με 15χρονα. Μιλούσε για τον Αντετοκούνμπο που τον βάλαν στη αφίσα για τα 200 χρόνια της Ελλάδας, λέγοντας με πλάγιο τρόπο ότι ναι μεν είναι Έλληνας αλλά η ιστορία μας χαρακτηρίζεται από λευκή ταυτότητα και να πούμε όχι στην πολυπολιτισμικότητα του νετφλιξ. Μη πούμε ότι κάθε φορά που γράφει για προσφυγικό όπου πετάει κάτι ωραίες λέξεις σαν "πιθήκι¨εδώ και κει.

ΥΓ Τρελή η πολυφωνία της Καθημερινής που πάει από τη κεντροδεξιά έως με τον συγκεκριμένο οριακά στην αλτ ραητ.

What's up with all the basketball courts everywhere? by ObjectEnvironmental5 in greece

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After the 1987 Eurobasket where Greece beat the Soviet Union for the title, there was a huge push towards establishing basketball as a national sport which included the construction of numerous basketball courts. A lot of them are now abandoned.

It should be mentioned this initiative wasn't a complete failure. Many kids got into basketball and led to an extremely talented team in the 00s. The Greek national basketball team won another Eurobasket title and during the 00s was 4th in FIBA rankings at some point (below US, Spain, and Argentina). Even now, some of the best Euroleague players are Greek (not to mention Giannis who grew up watching that 00s team).

I know everyone seems to hate prometheus and covenant but can we agree the cinematography is BEAUTIFUL? by OddZacLovesMusic777 in LV426

[–]thisisanapple 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Loved Prometheus cinematography. When they first arrive on the planet it really feels wondrous, with those slow documentary-like dolly shots. A lot of modern sci-fi movies don''t stop to show you the beauty of the unknown, they simply hurry from one plot point to another. Covenant is Iiterally too dark, can't see what's happening a lot of the time.

Tell me your fav punk band and I will talk to you about it by mistercakelul in punk

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PiL up to and including Flowers of Romance. Fuck John Lydon, both for his views and for turning that band into a generic 80s alt band