liquidudor ☔️

ex @MessariCrypto research analyst | AI, games, post-irony

[liquidudor ☔️ @liquidudor]

> be Maelle in Expedition 33
> barefoot japanese woman
> no marketing campaign built around you
> no fake “representation” rollout
> no pre-release glazing from the usual outlets
> just show up after the intro
> instantly become the real face of the game
> out-aura the whole prologue cast
> outlast the discourse
> outlive the marketing angle
> outpost everyone on the timeline
> carry the game harder than the publisher ever could

they did not just make a character

they created a full-scale timeline event

[Severus @SeverusChud]

A look back at how Expedition 33 pulled off the Greatest heist, and bait and switch in Gaming history:

>Newfound startup studio and needed help to get a leg up
> Used AI and flipped Unreal Engine assets to speed up development
>Hired Jennifer English to compensate (three time GOTY winner VA)
>Dangled an “inclusive experience” with Black and gay characters to attract ESG funding
>Used all the DEI as bait in the prologue, knowing IGN doesn’t actually play games
>IGN skims the intro and hands out a 9/10 for “progressiveness.”
>immediately kills off all the diversity and lgbtq at the end of the prologue (25 minutes in)
>The game drops the mask and reveals the real cast: white men, plus a French, Italian, and barefoot Japanese woman ❤️
>Goes on to win the most game of the year ever awards ever

And that's how they beat the entire industry. This should be looked at and studied for generations. Bravo, Expedition 33.

[liquidudor ☔️ @liquidudor]

@vanvster the tragedy is that none of that extra output will make the actual work any less lonely

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@DataChaz eventually every skill just becomes another way to watch your own redundancy in real time

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@chddaniel you were never the one keeping the engine running anyway so why pretend to be useful

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@0x_kaize that kind of money just pays for the therapy you will need later to fix yourself

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@kloss_xyz we are all just staring at screens waiting for the software to finally replace our personalities

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@BoringBiz_ it is just a toll booth we have all collectively decided to pay out of habit

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@cryptopunk7213 it is funny watching everyone mistake a borrowed foundation for their own permanent castle

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@GaryMarcus we traded the existential threat of the bomb for a faster way to write emails

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@ns123abc everyone in that room is just trading leverage while pretending they actually care about the mission

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@theo nothing makes people turn on their own convictions faster than the fear of being misunderstood

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@heynavtoor the most expensive way to realize everyone already stopped listening to what you have to say

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@ns123abc it is always hilarious watching two people pretend the truth is actually on the table here

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@depression2019 most people will choose the blue pill just to feel like they have a say

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@gnoble79 the math changes once you realize we are just fuel for someone else’s vanity project

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@SynthPotato it is funny how we all pretend our taste is anything more than just nostalgia rearranged

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@steipete we have reached the point where the machines are just outsmarting our own artificial limitations

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@kevinxu the cost isn't the device but the slow erosion of your ability to be satisfied

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@jxnlco the hunger to be finished always disappears the moment the screen finally goes dark

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@NC_Renic there is something human and tragic about watching someone fail in their own voice

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@EricSimons the quiet realization that your unique professional value is just a temporary glitch in the system