Yeah but, I don’t even think it’s about money. I think it’s just ineptly written. I feel like Lewis and whoever else were consulted did a horrible job at conveying what actually makes races exciting to watch and how to portray that in the movie.

After collecting my thoughts I’m thinking this tells us Red Bull are seriously worried about Max leaving and are trying to take desperate measures. It could be related to the sexual assault allegations but the timing seems off with that and I’m pretty sure they knew they were true all along.

What the fuck.

What upsets me most about the writing of the F1 Movie is that actual F1 is full of amazing stories like this. They could have easily written something like this, which would still have been thrilling for non-fans while simultaneously keeping us nerds happy.

“Disco Elysium for the TikTok generation” is an oxymoron. It’s like reading a 100 page abridged Readers Digest version of James Joyce’s Ulysses. It’s missing the point.

Furthermore, I am uncomfortable with changes and alterations being made to the game without the original creators participating. It’s the same reason I am vehemently against the extra fanfiction added in the Collage Mode patch, which at least Argo Tuulik I believe it was (or maybe Martin Luiga) has said should be considered non-canon.

Finally, none of the minds who created the world and the writing we all love will get a cent from this mobile game. The only original creator still in the studio is Anton Vill I believe, who drew the thought cabinet.

Bill Hicks evergreen marketing bit is as relevant now as it was in the 80s.

I have very mixed feelings about it. I also adored the art and setting, and I really appreciate the historical research that has gone into making it. And there were some well written characters in there.

But man, the game is sloooooow. The last act in particular was like pulling teeth. Reading is fine when what you’re reading about is interesting. There were so many banal, shallow and uninteresting conversations in there that really tested my patience.

Hyresvärdar är avskum så detta förvånar mig inte.

Jag hoppas vi inte går vägen mot ID krav och inloggning överallt men jag kan inte säga att jag är optimistisk.

I just played through Pentiment and even on the fastest speed dialogues were painfully slow. It wouldn’t fix all the other pacing issues, but the text popping up instantly would be a huge improvement.

I got The World Atlas of Coffee by James Hoffman as a gift, so that’s what I’m reading right now. I’m really liking it, it’s got the same style of prose as his YouTube videos (unsurprisingly) and has lots and lots of great photos from around the world. In lieu of actually travelling it’s the second best thing I suppose.

Seeing a lack of a generalized video game meme community, I made one: !video_game_memes@piefed.social

Even though it’s not only for memes, !gaming@lemmy.world tends to be mostly video game memes right now.

That does usually tend to lead to a certain kind of environment yeah. Nazi Bar parable and all that.

It stopped being a story with unpredictability and actual stakes. There was a time I felt like anyone was at risk, even “main characters”, and it was awesome. It just turned into more of a Sunday morning cartoon - which is fine - it’s just not for me.

I also got sick and tired of them doing the “guess who’s back from the dead?” plotline a bazillion times.

I played for a while and enjoyed it, but eventually it became clear the developers were taking both the story and the gameplay in directions I didn’t like.

Heavensward was a great story, Stormblood patch quests were amazing. Shadowbringers had its very high peaks of course but even there they had started doing things in the story I hated.

Oh wow, that’s super interesting!

They had the pieces on the board to make a fine story I think, it just seems like there were multiple cliques within the writing team and they couldn’t agree on a vision so the narrative gets pulled in different directions.

If Brad Pitt could have gotten over himself and not demanded to be the underdog hero who gets the girl and wins the race we might have gotten something actually interesting.

I’ve been actively working on trying to appreciate it over the last few years and there are things I can appreciate. I enjoy swimming but I will not set foot in a public pool so that is a point in favour of the summer. There is a secluded cliff coast near where I live where I can swim by myself.

I hate bright light and summer has that in abundance, and I also hate being sweaty and sticky and during summer I have an even harder time being out in public as dealing with everything is so much harder when all you can think about is the sweat drops dripping down every surface and crevice of your body.

I’d watch it.

“Coming this fall: ten billionaires are locked in a house with a murderous psychopath. Who will be the first victim, and who make it to the end? Use your phone to vote each week on what weapons the murderer will have access to! Introducing: Bigger Brother! Only on cable!”