How the nightmare of MGS2 is happening today.
Continue readingConnect The Dots
Hideo Kojima has made it clear that Death Stranding is about himself as much as its about anything else. But I have to wonder:
how deep will this metanarrative go?
Sam, the Deliverer
Steam has been experimenting, and nobody is paying attention
Steam remains one of the best services in the world, and I’ve always enjoyed their attempts to innovate. But it wasn’t until this week that I noticed they have a “Labs” division showing off experiments. The work they’re doing is rather fascinating.
Continue readingAI Manhattan Project: Google, MGS2, The Internet, and Language Control
VIDEO: From The Archives: The Legacy of MGS2
Due to fans requesting it, I’ve decided to start recording readings of my classic articles and talk about the subjects and kind of go down memory lane. Here are the videos so far! (Part three is not recorded yet.)
UPDATE: Part Two is added!
The Eternal Abyss of Services
E3 2019 happened less than 20 days ago but has already been forgotten. It was overlooked by the gaming world and proved to be a disaster. Not only did PlayStation dodge the whole event out of embarrassment for their lack of offerings, but Microsoft may as well have done the same. It was the worst E3 ever, and it’s especially grim when we see it as a forecast of what’s to come: that is to say, services and mediocrity.
Continue readingYouTube’s censorship cripples gaming
This is a fantastic video explaining exactly how YouTube’s rampant and irresponsible policy warfare has accidentally damaged the gaming industry.
In short: YouTube automatically demonetizes and restricts all videos with violence, cursing, and mature themes, which means that gaming videos are quickly becoming untenable to make for career YouTubers.