I was also low-key obsessed with Rotha Lintorn-Orman for a while, although even though she called herself one, whether she really counts as a Fascist or not is up for debate.
@xianc78@icedquinn I agree, I was always more into the Rothbard school than the Rand at my core, although I think there's value in ideas taken from both. I think there's value that can be taken from Communist, Anarchist, and even Fascist authors to an extent. You just need to make sure you don't let your ideology become too singular, and retain the critical thinking to parse the good from the bad.
@xianc78@icedquinn I can respect that. I went through a Rand phase a few years back, I stand by The Fountainhead as being a genuinely great book that functions as both a vehicle for Objectivist philosophy and a compelling story on its own. Atlas Shrugged is just too damn bloated though, I got through it, but I understand why a lot of people just can't finish it; you really need to be at least 60% with her in order to get into it, and the fact that her self-insert character is sexually irresistible to every major male character in the book is telling of the sheer size of her ego (which I think she would consider a compliment). That said, I think "the charity question," is pretty cleanly explained in AS, basically charity is only immoral if you're giving against your interests, if you're donating to a charity that will ultimately lead to a long term benefit for you in some way that's still kosh (EG: donating to a homeless shelter because having people sleeping in the streets is bad for business, so you're ultimately helping yourself by helping other people).
That's all semantics though, I agree that Objectivism and Libertarianism should be viewed as parallel, but separate ideologies.
@icedquinn Oh yeah, I can already see them. If Biden had swallowed his pride, dropped out two years ago, and they ran an actual primary they may have had a chance. Even if they just rigged it for Kamala like they rigged it for Biden in 2020 it would have looked better than having none at all.
You can't run a campaign with "I'm not the other guy, and also abortion," as the entirety of your platform and expect to win.
@coolboymew Already have it, but more people playing NiGHTS is an absolute good. It's probobly my 4th or 5th favorite game period. It also doubles as the greatest Christmas-themed game ever made.
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New World IndigoJust finished Resident Evil 1 (GOG PC Version) for the first time (played REmake about... four times earlier this year). Fun game. Interesting from an archeological standpoint, but REmake is so much better in every way by an order of magnitude that playing the original in 2024 feels like playing a tech demo by comparison. Also, controversial opinion maybe, but I liked addition of the ink ribbon system in REmake; I think the level deign of Resi 1 compliments them well, and they create an interesting layer of risk/reward. *EDIT: I didn't realize when I originally wrote this that Jill's initial playthrough always has no ink ribbons on the PC version, but subsequent playthroughs do, my mistake.
I also like how Jill's best ending cutscene looks like a bit-crushed stock photo for a shopping catalog.
Okay, I finished it one more time as Chris. His good ending screen is even better, it looks like one of those sample photos they put in picture frames when you buy them new.
@moth_ball I betcha it's going to be called "The Elder Scrolls VI: Tamriel." This is why they've waited to confirm the name/setting so long, they're gonna sell it on the premise of exploring every province when in reality it's just Starfield again where there's just a handful of handcrafted environments and the rest is a combination of copypasta and procedural generation. And it's gonna suck. Bad. I can't wait for the salt. :todd:
@Humpleupagus I'm one of those people who likes playing games on original hardware whenever I can; provided said hardware is functional, available domestically in the US, and not exorbitantly overpriced. But it is nice to know that's an option if I don't get to it before that point.
@Humpleupagus I've heard that's good, I plan to grab it at some point, maybe soonish because 3DS are inching closer and closer to the realm of scalper price gouging every year...
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New World IndigoJust finished Metroid Prime 1 for the first time (Wii version). I first played this game on the Gamecube when I was about 13. I could never get past the Omega Pirate. Good game. I think it's admirable that despite the change to a first person shooter presentation it's still very unmistakably a Metroid game. Finishing a game you couldn't finish as a kid is a very uniquely fulfilling experience, I don't have that many left at this point, so it's becoming an increasingly rare one for me... :samus_thinking:
@xianc78 I remember when the very first one for Beijing 2008 came out and the novelty was still fresh (this was before Smash Bros. Brawl for context), and even then everyone acknowledged it sucked.
@xianc78 That's fair, the whole "Sonic vs. Mario," conversation was already well past its stage of relevancy by the time 2007 rolled around, Sonic games had already been multiplatform for a long time at that point. Hell, I'm going to be 30 in two months and I'm barely old enough to remember the Sega/Nintendo rivalry. It was mostly for the Gen Xers who grew up in the 80's that the novelty worked for. Console wars in general just weren't really much of a thing past gen 6, so I can't really see the appeal in a modern context.
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