Autarkh

Professional Internet Smurf. Content Creator for @MercGG

[eyebags @EyebagsCat]

Baldurs Gate 3 has really bad writing by book standards, okay writing by videogame standards, EXTREMELY GOOD WRITING by ''your choices matter'' videogame standards. People don't understand how tremendously hard it is to write these games, seriously

[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Dune: Part Three is the first film in the trilogy shot on actual celluloid instead of digital. Denis Villeneuve had a set of lenses hand-built from scratch, tuned to throw a specific golden flare, because nothing on the market gave him the glow he wanted.

That choice is most of the answer. The first two films were shot on digital cameras, then printed onto film stock and scanned back in to borrow the texture of celluloid. For the third one, cinematographer Linus Sandgren, who took over from Greig Fraser, shot on genuine film, including large-format IMAX. He told the Hollywood Reporter he wanted flares unique to this movie, so a lens company called Atlas hand-built the glass and had to construct custom equipment just to test optics that large.

The vintage feel runs through the whole trilogy. On Part Two, Fraser roughened up the pristine digital image by shooting through a Soviet-era Helios lens and a set of 1980s Moviecam lenses. Old glass, chosen on purpose, to soften and age the picture.

Then there is where the camera points. The Dune films shoot in the deserts of Abu Dhabi under hard sun, with studio work in Budapest, on physical sets Villeneuve compared to Transformers, using sand-colored screens instead of green ones so the light stays warm. The standing rule is to capture as much in front of the lens as possible and use effects to extend what is there rather than build it from nothing.

The glow people read as "80s" comes down mostly to one thing: halation, the soft bloom that forms around bright light when it hits film emulsion. Digital tries to imitate it. On celluloid it happens by chemistry. Add fine grain and a hand-ground lens flare and you land on the exact texture fantasy films had in the 1980s, back when there was no other way to do it.

There is a straight line here. The 1984 Dune, David Lynch's version, was an actual 80s fantasy film, built on matte paintings, optical printing, and hand-drawn effects. Villeneuve is reaching for that same analog toolkit with a modern budget. It reads as an old fantasy film because it is put together the way they were: shot on film, out in the desert, through lenses cut by hand to flare like the ones they used forty years ago.

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

@Genki_JPN @ReReadingWolfe "Trapped in the middle of a conflict and forced to face brutal battles against powerful enemies and Trope creatures, ZAN begins to question the meaning of the "justice" that had always been fought for."

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

"I just farted"

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

My Favorite FF14 Story Moments

[RTM Pete @rtm_pete]

I'm seeing a bunch of "here's a PC TWICE as powerful as a Steam Machine that you could build for the same price!"
They all have no-name RAM, SSD, and power supplies that all have a much higher risk of failing and a 0% chance of you getting a warranty claim.
Gamers Nexus put out a build that shows you could save ~$120 with similar performance with a much larger form factor.
So $120 gets you the tiny form factor and a pre-installed OS and setup.
The value proposition exists.
It might not be right for you, and certainly isn't right for me at that price, but there's a market for this thing.

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

Downloading this and streaming it on Kick

[Dexerto @Dexerto]

Two Final Fantasy XIV players have built their own in-game Tinder called AetherLove

The plugin allows users to create profiles, swipe on other players, and even includes an NSFW mode

[MERC @mercgg]

THANK YOU FOR 1000 FOLLOWERS!

Giveaway coming soon to celebrate :)

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

Halo is just dumbed down Quake.

[Radfleck @RadFleck]

Halo was the shooter you played if you didn't have a PC to play better shooters. Weird to see so many people act like it was more than that.

[Oceaniz @Oceaniz96]

Things bode well for Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance because its shortform is literally "MHWA", chef's kiss

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

Why's Geoff bricked up during the Stellar Blade trailer

[Culture Crave 🍿 @CultureCrave]

ArenaNet was asked if they're going to announce 'Guild Wars 3' this week:

"No comment" ⚔️

(via @pcgamer)

[7001 doshagumas @Doshaguma3000HQ]

whatever bro

[Lord Gwyn @LordofCinder24]

@legend_sundial @Gravantus Some of these people's heads would explode if you ever had to have a discussion about a Gene Wolfe story. Dark Souls is NOTHING in comparison....

[Daily Bugle Janitorial @abysmaldogwater]

unfortunately the catholic church declaring holy war on AI is raw af

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

This thing is so fun.

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

I need my AYN Thor to hurry up and get here.

[Alighieri Umaru☧ @writriverdale]

You want to use a source material but you want to tell your own story with it? Then do it like this:

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

The game only scratches the surface and does not hit the same if you've read anything that explores these philosophies and thought experiments.

[Autarkh @Autarkhs]

Unpopular Opinion: Nier: Automata is a good game. But one of the only reasons it's rated as high as it is is because it's a lot of people's first time being exposed to ideas like this.