The question is as usual "are games art" or, more precisely "are games literature". But of course, what are the stakes of this category of literature? Kill yourself.
Debates about the "actually good" writing in video games are, as Eagleton points out about esthetic judgements writ large, totally ideological and like many things on here are largely about position and status signaling.
It was a horrible idea to auto-translate all the Chinese academic papers because 95% of them are this and they'll do incalculable damage to the world once released
Killing diplomatic representative who come to negotiate was a practice morally abhorred by 5,000 years of civilization. But now--after the last month's wanton killings of leaders--it seems to have become accepted as a normal practice.
The descent into extraordinary barbarism is extraordinarily rapid.
I just watched this oddly third worldist Anime movie.
Best part is when a American soldier is doing some insanely evil shit and goes “I do this so we can live in a world of Starbucks and Amazon! So I can eat Big Macs and Jalapeño Pizza!” Not even exaggerating. Great stuff.
I DON’T BELIEVE OUR CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO ONE ANOTHER. I AM THE ANTAGONIST. I EXIST IN DIRECT OPPOSITION TO YOUR GOALS AND VALUES. YOU AND I WILL NOT INTERACT AGAIN BUT REST ASSURED I WILL BE DOING VERY BAD THINGS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FILM.
Nabokov on reading Don Quixote (publ. 1605–15) in the mid twentieth century:
"He has ridden for three hundred and fifty years through the jungles and tundras of human thought – and he has gained in vitality and stature. We do not laugh at him any longer. His blazon is pity, his banner is beauty. He stands for everything that is gentle, forlorn, pure, unselfish, and gallant. The parody has become a paragon."
imagine being in high school or college rn
unlimited donald trump forever will probably last the next 20-30 years
there are no jobs
the planet is burning
what’s there to smile about lol
When you ask if anyone is even going to ATTEMPT to manufacture consent on attacking Iran for the benefit of Israel, and they just look at you like this