Last night, I read the entirety of C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. It's a novel told in the form of letters written by a demon to another demon instructing him on ways to manipulate his "patient" to do evil.
This one quote sounded familiar.
@goodcharls Charls, you can only speak from experience - until one has this soulcrushing experience he won't listen to you. You are like Lev Tolstoy, engagning in all kinds of sexual perversions and then teaching everyone to stay out from them.
My fellow Gore Veterans, do not watch unnecessary gore. Do not recount in vivid detail the most soul destroying death videos from Deep Hell which is at war with us and our children. Clockwork Orange Curriculum is alive and well applied on an industrial level. Be safe always pls.
В моём бинго на 2026 год не было того, что на официальном канале PlayStation прозвучат слова «Дрочеслав, сын Сергея» и «Гойда»
Однако это случилось, когда там вышел трейлер «Русов против ящеров 2» для PS4 и PS5
Unable to defeat the warlord on the battlefield, they captured his son, turned him into a ladyboy, and paraded him in a female minstrel show.
This was a humiliation ritual practiced by a degenerate tribe that viewed dishonor and degradation as substitutes for honor in battle.
if you liked david lynch’s TWIN PEAKS, watch the 1989 soviet film “zerograd” (Город Зеро). it’s a surrealist-absurdist fever dream mystery, made 2 years before the collapse of the soviet union. it’s a brilliant, beautiful, and bizarre hidden gem, as if kafka or gogol directed it.
Every man that tries to figure out the world entirely on his own ends up building a small, stupid god to replace the one he rejected. it never fails. he drops God, picks up science or stoicism or some guy on the internet who read enough books to pass for a prophet, and within six months he's talking about cold showers and circadian rhythms with the same exact tone a priest uses on sunday. the need to worship doesn't go anywhere just because you decided you're too smart for it. it just finds smaller things to attach to, and smaller gods make smaller people. nobody quits God. they trade down.
Have you ever wondered why wholesome content attracts toxic fandoms?
It's because wholesome content appeals to people who don't like to have their sensibilities challenged. They're attracted to things that are safe and inoffensive. This ensures that you end up with a bunch of easily offended, self-righteous people all in one place. There's nothing these people love more than to dogpile on someone for a mild offense or disagreement so they can show the tribe that they're "one of the good guys" by tilting at the windmill of the week.
Beware of the audience you cultivate.
@noi_samuel23850 The Shawshank Redemption, The Thing, 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia and 2003’s Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
All mentioned
"Anything worth doing is worth doing badly." - GK Chesterton
Ideas are cheap. Execute, make, ship, finish ANYTHING you're more effective than people 10x more "talented" than you that never managed to produce anything.
Even if EWJ failed (like most of my work) I would still be making stuff all the time. But you don't get to make a success until you're willing to make a lot of failures. Therefore, it's better to make than not.
@herohascome@microman90 Анимации в Блендере вовсю делают, причем есть готовые риги и движения, реквизит и локации, нет смысла ограниченный упрощенный продукт создавать
Как раз хорошо, что увлечённые люди после The Movies пошли бы в профессиональные программы
@herohascome Опоздали на год до запуска Ютуба, иначе завирусились бы
Я читал про рефлексию глав разраба типа что бы он изменил а игре и тот ответил - "убрал бы возможность делать и смотреть фильмы" - он так и не понял, что это было лучшей фичей
@AzrealNick Unrealized potential has this magic of forcing your imagination to create your own improved vision of the game from scraps. I think that's how Death Wish was made.
To understand Nolan's Odyssey, you have to know that academic historians spent the last 20 years writing about how movies like Troy and Gladiator reinforced White nationalism.
They really hate that you thought Achilles and Maximus were cool. They will never let it happen again.