Many people consider it an unseamly career, and most who go to school for it come unraveled or wash out early. They needle you everyday, and it’s all too easy to get caught in a tangle. And then even if you manage to graduate, the job market is only sew-sew!
The first time I played Crisis, I was already in awe because of that brilliant sunrise opening scene. As I’m creeping through the jungle towards the next objective, I hear loud running water and decide to see what it is.
They put in an absolutely stunning waterfall off to the side, complete with rainbows and ferns growing up around the base. One of those few memorable, special times when a game had the right art direction, graphics tech, and hit at just the right moment for me to all culminate in a real feeling of wonder and joy.
I tend to be very cynical about games being able to do that to me anymore, and it is much rarer with how commonplace high-definition but artistically uninspired assets have gotten. But it still happens now and then, the last time being Elden Ring which did have impressive art and design, and did “wow” me several times.
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Can purchasing anything within the system of monstrous exploitation called global capitalism be justified?
I donate about $7 a month to my masto instance (Hachyderm, funny enough) because:
For similar reasons I will very likely donate something to db0 this quarter to support my Lemmy habit.
I still have reason to use Facebook, reddit, Instagram, and those places all suck. It’s so dire scrolling there and literally 80% of the content is ads. I canceled all my streaming services this year but I’m still going to pay for independent social media because it’s worth it.