Been modding my Wii in a very corny 2009 manner today, iโm glad a lot of these old wads and themes still look so quintessentially of their era.. its all just as I remember (@^^)/
if nothing else we clearly have politicians that know this and want change. Mamdani is a huge example but the Biden admin pushed really hard for blue collar workers rights and unions. many Americans clearly feel the pressure from social/tech conglomerates and want breakups to happen.
all my rambling aside: please register and go vote. we vote for people to take these burdens off our shoulders so we can focus on life, but there are many in the business of sitting on their ass. so we do our civic duty.
well, it's either voting or committing heinous acts and im sure bsky moderation would prefer I say the former
I seriously hope we see some kind of political reset in the states, we desperately need a big left wing push to get our shit together
we need many corrupt politicians in jail. we need to break up megacorpos. we need to curb stomp corporate influence in politics. we need so much done and it can feel overwhelming. but we have to try as best as we can anyway
my views on politics can swing pretty wildly but I do very much see what the US is going through as a queer (primarily transgender) genocide and a slide into technofascism. we need more than just voting to be done but right now voting has to be the first step and it's terrifying
Next up is Bei Bei!! A rather strange, silly hospital tech. Always playing around with her gadgets and gizmos, knowing that tuning them just right can lead her to victory...
Bei Bei probably changed the most from initial sketch to release. Ended up being one of my favorites.
"the new punk rock is this" "the new punk rock is that" the new punk rock is the same as the old punk rock, actually, and it's infighting always and forever
the use of "wait" here is legit so slimy. tf you mean wait. devs don't wait, they make the fuckin thing. ooooohhh but if you're a dipshit billionaire exec like tim sweeney is now, i guess you do just WAIT for it, huh?
YOU CAN JUST HATE GENAI, YOU DONT HAVE TO MAKE UP STUPID REASONS, YOURE ALLOWED TO JUST DISLIKE THAT SOMEONE TOLD A RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR TO DO THE WORK FOR THEM AAAAAA
the leaked mass effect 5 trailer looks insanely good, assuming the in-engine claim is real.
its seemingly really hard to advertise a mass effect game though
most of the trailer is combat. if im being honest i could not give less of a shit about combat. the interesting parts of mass effect to me have always been the conversations, the emotional conflicts.
frankly im a bit disappointed they didnt continue andromeda's story. i get why. but its sad. the milky way story is done and shouldn't be touched (even if the ending wasnt great). it would never have gone well imo.