I hope this doesn’t come across as offensive (I appreciate that pronouns are something personal to the individual), but if I’m understanding correctly, drag is shorthand for dragon right? What about using the full word ‘dragon’ instead?

Oh neat! This is the one Xenoblade game I haven’t played (and I had been considering emulation for a while). If this is the definitive version of the game as they say, I’ll buy it for sure.

Yeah

What do you think happened?

Thanks for clarifying. Free access to academic information for all is a worthy goal.

One would hope that organisations hosting digital libraries of academic journals would hold those in perpetuity. But often the subscriptions are exploitatively expensive, and I’m of the opinion that such information should be made available for free. In any case, having private libraries as a backup is certainly a good idea for a variety of reasons.

The same goes for preserving the volumes of data that will inevitably be quietly binned and forgotten to save server space.

I’ve read through the article, but I’m somewhat uncertain as to what particular texts the author is hoping to preserve. Mainly academic journals? Or is it just referring to any texts available online (the article does make reference to artistic works that can’t be ‘reinvented’)?

It probably doesn’t help that I’m unfamiliar with a lot of the projects mentioned here.

Well I… I mean, it’s not… I guess? Hm 🤔

Stealing is a crime… So yes, do it!

Haha this is excellent! I do play on PS5, but I’m glad exclusives are becoming less of a thing (it was always annoying having certain games walled off to one console). I’m not quite sure why anyone would buy a PS5 Pro…

I’m playing through the Plucky Squire. It’s lovely to look at, and really wholesome! Feels a bit hand-holdy with some of the puzzles but nevertheless I’m enjoying my time with it.

How does Vietnamese indicate when a question is being asked?

Lol, lmao even

Thanks for providing these studies; that’s all quite fascinating

Hm, ok. Lets say that the goal of TikTok is to be overstimulating, to catch your attention and provide bursts of dopamine. I’d argue that any form of entertainment (like books for example) aim to do the same, albeit on a less intense scale. Yes, you could say that books require patience and commitment unlike the short form content of Tiktok. But I wouldn’t say they’re opposites.

Probably watching paint dry would be the opposite? That would require an almost meditative/zen state

I guess there aren’t many older games because it’s a list of games that are available on current hardware. Those older games that do appear are there because they’ve been ported/emulated.

What an interesting concept for a game! Reminds me of Before Your Eyes, in which you have to keep your eyes open - but quite the opposite in this case.

Will check this one out.

Speaking of classics I have just now finished The Idiot by Dostoevsky. I think I need some time to process it! It felt like a commentary on the changing society of the time, and how a perfectly innocent and loving person couldn’t survive said society. More than anything the book seemed like a vessel for Dostoevsky to share various ideas and philosophies.

Yeahhh the boss fights weren’t that great - just dodge attacks, fire, repeat. I did enjoy the final boss though!

That sounds really fun! The combat in the game feels best when each hit hits hard. So satisfying