I’m 100% convinced that half of the keyboard warriors on ICE’s side are just foreigners that don’t have any stakes in this shit. What a miserable existence 🤣
Antony Starr speaks out against AI
"'[AI] is coming no matter what' ... bla bla. Recent movies have proven that people want human stories. Not big ridiculous VFX-driven nonsense"
"Ever tried to go to an Al movie premiere? The cast are horrible and they hate their human fans"
'Backrooms' director Kane Parsons isn't a fan of generative AI
"If I could snap my fingers and make generative AI disappear forever, I probably would"
"Creatively, I get no enjoyment from using those tools. It defeats the purpose entirely for me"
He thinks there may be uses in tedious VFX labor 'but right now it's difficult to discuss objectively because there's so much at stake and so many genuinely harmful consequences already happening"
(via @australian)
"GAMING IS GOING WOKE" is an extremely large cope when put under a microscope. Let's take a look:
1. Not replaced, "there will always be Kratos games" according to Cory Barlog.
2. Ciri was always the most important character in the Witcher franchise. If this upsets you, you likely don't love The Witcher, you love the macho womanizer you turned Geralt into during your playthrough.
3. Joel had one game. Expecting him to be the hero of a franchise was always incredibly unrealistic if you actually played The Last of Us.
4. Again, one game. Additionally, this is not a sequential franchise. The setting, struggle, and protagonist is probably going to change in every title.
5. I've literally never seen someone legitimately complain about Chloe. Also, her story was an expansion for A Thief's End.
6. Zagreus is a queer character. This is not the win *those* people think it is and reeks of tourism.
7. Literally everyone and their mother wanted this game. Pretend outrage and a massive reach.
Jeez, it's almost like Kratos made it clear she was an absolute monster in combat and the only way to miss it all was to not be a real fan of the games and instead be a sexist pig
One time I asked my brother why he tended to only play/make characters that were women. He said “If I’m gonna stare at a screen for hours, I’d rather it be at a cool girl than a dude,” so I think this is a personal problem.