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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23h

All of these guys apart from the fully-porn account have never reached four digits in likes on a post. Seems to me half of what I see is art and another half is (US, terminally-online) politics. Well, guess Bluesky is just another place on the Internet, huh.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23h

-Actual journalist -Guy who thinks they're a journalist -Corporate account (not a guy) -Bot account (indistinguishable from several of the guys) -Guy who just seems excited about news and too busy to see political guys -Guy who blatantly hates all other guys but (clearly) pretends to be nice

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23h

-Guy just here to go on trending threads and argue with either another guy of this type, the politicised child, the first guy, or bots -Fandom guy that loves a particular brand maybe a bit too much -Guy who just posts their cool bird photos -Guy with 0 followers but still posts -Career guy

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23h

-Fully-porn artist, but does what they want -Guy just here to document their video game playthroughs -Guy who just logs in to rant and then logs out again -Guy dedicated to reposting sick memes from old Twitter -Guy too old to use social media adeptly -Politicised child -Ragebait guy

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23h

From what I can tell so far from my limited use of this app, Bluesky contains mostly these guys: -Guy determined to make everything political but has contradictory and black-and-white thinking -Furry artist with a Patreon -Almost-porn artist with a Patreon (usually of video game characters)

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Like I don't have anything *against* people who aren't eternally apologetic for inconveniencing others by being born, that is in fact obviously better, but it's a type of person incompatable with my own. A mind resisting comprehension

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

If someone doesn't seem ashamed or embarrassed about simply existing or occupying space then I don't know if I can trust them

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Was doing research for an essay and while looking into architectural theory stumbled into Fisher's concept of non-time and the inability for modern culture to imagine an alternative to the past (similar to capitalist realism). Anyway, I'm watching the new 'Resident Evil' movie with my sister tonight

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Control is one of my favourite games. Huge fan of that vibe and playstyle. Looking forward to Control Resonant but will probably pick it up at the end of the year. This is the only major release this year that I am this excited for. Remedy's never let me down yet, AW2 is in contention for my GOAT

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Fair. I'd probably go one step further and just not accept that sort of sweeping attack without a developed argument to begin with from anyone. Brits who position America as uniquely damaged or proposing actions they wouldn't take are annoying. But I think rarer than Internet would lead one to think

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There are hundreds of millions of Americans that criticise the US & are happy to criticise the UK as well. Why is it a problem for Britons to similarly criticise the UK & US? I feel internationalism is important. I'd accept individual Russian or Iranian critiques bc people are not their countries.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks for your reply. I'm still not quite sure I get it. If the problem is that Britain's government is as bad as the USA, therefore they can't criticise it, doesn't that sort of imply Americans can't criticise the US either, because the criterion is they're the same? I doubt you're proposing that.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sorry if my reply is annoying, but I'm not sure I get this? It's not like the same Britons that critique the US also tend to defend British libel law or are fond of the upper class. Mountbatten's scandal lead to a cabinet collapse & there are plenty of trans/ally Britons that hate TERF island.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I want Metroid Ravenous and I want it now

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Some extra things: don't love the injection of voice acting (I get it, it's modern now, fair enough, just I preferred the book-feel in the 'legend' of Zelda, and any voice'll now feel wrong to me a few decades down the line), and the Zelda Notes + mic input stuff are neat but don't do it for me.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My big hope is the engine and assets etc can be used to make a spiritual 'Ocarina of Time 2' afterwards in the same vein as Wind Waker and Twilight Princess etc, but I'm doubtful. I vaguely recall the Zelda team saying the BotW formula hasn't run its course entirely yet. Exciting idea anyway.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The irony that a remake should be different for me isn't lost on me, and that's because I'm fundamentally just not someone that's in the market for a remake. Still, judging by it as-is, it looks great and I hope people have a great time with it.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

What would an ideal OoT remake look like for me? Different-feeling. Like reimagining Hyrule Field to be larger (or more dense), or making certain dungeons even longer (or just redesigned), or adding new sidequests or characters. Maybe this has some of that - early days - but looks 100% faithful.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I just happen to be so unusually familiar with OoT and Zelda that making it more accessible, more pretty and with a couple extra bonus features thrown on doesn't entice me. Not because I think it's bad, or the wrong choice, but just as a cost-value judgement for me as a particular consumer.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's been 15 years since OoT 3DS. It was about 13 years before OoT 3DS that OoT came out. It's entirely understandable that people want more. People have grown up on the 3DS version, so this is almost to people who played the original what the 3DS version was to the OG, but probably better even then

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

New Ocarina of Time remake looks cool. To me, it sort of looks like a 'super OoT 3DS+++" in that it's fundamentally a very true-to-the-original OoT with high parity and faithfulness but more modern visuals, audio and QoL. In other words, awesome. I just happen to not want 'super OoT 3DS+++".

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Myth has always been dynamic. I wouldn't care for 'historical accuracy' for myths - a fruitless task in any case. Nor do I think everyone's just been copying Tolkien or D&D for decades. But if not copying, we do seem keen on speaking Tolkien et al. Subverting is still reinforcing the framework.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It isn't the sacredness of the other, but the banality of the template. For everything to become "fae" makes fantasy unfantastic. One images a vanishing point that modern Western literature seems determined to converge to, given enough time. It is that compression of ideas into one that irks me.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

"Ah, but folklore and mythology can be extremely nuanced and complex, or even incoherent. Compressing them to modern Western imagination helps make the myths accessible!" The most accessible book is a book containing only the word "a". I think ideas should be read rather than accessed, personally.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Check out my game ENTIRELY inspired by Slavic folklore! We have Slavic water fae, some nasty Slavic wood elves, an ensemble of beautiful Slavic fae folk, and of course some strigoi, because I'm pretty sure that's Slavic. These all just exist like standard, natural biological entities. Kobolds!

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Also, Eastern European folklore doesn't have perfect mirrors for "fae" and "elves" etc., and attempting to incorporate broader folklore but flattening them to a modern Western post-Tolkein paradigm (Slavic Elf, etc.) defeats the very purpose of incorporating broader mythos to begin with imo.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

My assumption when writers seem fixated on using the word "fae" as opposed to fairy/pixie/spirit/nymph/etc isn't that they've done extensive research into anthropology and mythology, but rather that they've played D&D and got overconfident.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I don't know who needs to hear this, but not every mythological entity is a "fae".

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

As it was, if it were just the options between Farage and Binface and nothing else, I might well see it as Farage doing pathetic theatre (were I a Clacton voter). With the circus coming to town instead, I might well feel like the whole country's disrespecting me a bit instead - apart from Farage.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

At least it makes all of the outrageous far-right candidates look even more silly by adding their names to a pretty much exclusively silly list. On the other hand, it keeps the candidates in the news, meaning the joke candidates are promoting the odd neo-fascist or nutter.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I think it's a shame the Clacton by-election has been swarmed by more joke candidates. I get most of them have been around for a long time, but, while it was an extremely slim possibility, having all of the non-Farage voters concentrated in only one option could've been funny...

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

To be clear, I don't mean to catastrophise the situation. I don't predict as soon as physical games are gone, publishers will twirl their moustaches and make all games be sold for $100 each (apart from Rockstar). Subtly more, so you don't notice. The big losses are decay & second-hand & lending.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

But I think that futility about the situation is the biggest factor for the anger and resentment. We can't do anything about it. We loved physical, it benefitted pretty much every consumer, and it's going because it doesn't benefit distributors and salesmen, and it genuinely was a burden to them.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

But I find it difficult to be angry about this, because it's eminently... sensible. This was inevitable. If you didn't predict an all-digital future sometime soon, you likely weren't paying attention, and it does save Sony money, and it was the main consumer habit, and it does give them more power.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

We hear about layoffs after layoffs, crunch after crunch, and while we should believe this saves money for the devs and publishers, who do we expect to end up with that bag? I don't expect it to be put back into workers. Nor do I expect it to be seen reflected in pricing. It's a win for the C-Suite.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The outrage never works, if history has much to say. Gaming isn't really for gamers. I think that's part of the outrage: nobody wants to lose physical, but it's happening because it advantages the stakeholders. And of course gaming wouldn't exist without the devs, but they're getting bullied too!

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As expected, there's a lot of pushback and outrage at the moment about this decision. As there should be. Consumers have seen higher prices both of games and subscriptions, less control over their titles, seen always-online and micro-transaction infestation normalised, and have never got their way.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

As I said, I'm not laying things out nobody else hasn't. While there are some Internet users who are primarily concerned about ownership or preservation or just having a box, most of us understand the economic ramifications, but also know this was inevitable. We just don't like it: gaming isn't ours

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

PC gamers that were already accustomed to digital-only storefronts, or PlayStation/Xbox/Nintendo owners that only bought digitally, I expect will still be impacted by this in the long-term. Digital had to financially compete with physical. Digital had pressures to simulate physical freedoms. No more

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

But I liked physical games. I liked getting good deals. But besides the economic motivation, I'll miss most of all the social aspect. I could build libraries collaboratively and collectively. I could share titles and swap them out. I could show and display mine and browse others'. I'll miss it.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I don't think Sony has made a bad move, because it's a giant corporation with analysts that have no doubt been hedging this decision for years if not decades now, and have been testing the waters recently anyway. They know the class of consumer I am will walk out, and can afford to leave me behind.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

But if I ever compare Steam to PlayStation outright, no longer considering disks, it's a no-brainer where the good deals are, and it doesn't have an up-front cost. A hypothetical PS6 would set me back ~£1000 and then have more expensive games that don't decay in price on top of that.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

There are still reasons consumers may value consoles over PCs. But I am a class of consumer that has a PC already, that valued disks unusually more than regular customers, and am now comparing the next console generation to my PC, as it's lost that key distinction to me. I liked getting good deals.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Steam isn't a monopoly. Not quite. Competition with Epic, GOG, smaller storefronts, and indeed piracy being much easier on PC keeps things more sensible, plus Valve doesn't control Windows/Linux. The same is not true for PlayStation. Consumers like me will ask: will the PS6 be a false economy to me?

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

If a theoretical digital-only world had the same freedoms as the physical world, I think many of us would be less emotive. If consoles didn't have locked-in ecosystems, if licenses could be sold on a second-hand market, if titles could be lent hassle-free, and so on, what would we be losing?

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I don't particularly lament the actual physicality of the disk or the box. Nor am I particularly fussed about "you'll own nothing and be happy" because in many instances the physical item was a glorified key to a digital license anyway, with minor legal distinction. We already didn't own anything.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Gaming has already become an essentially middle class activity, price-gating lower-income individuals from the hobby. It seems highly likely to me that the digital-only age will become yet-more expensive as soon as the comparison to physical freedoms become a distant memory.

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Many of the pressures keeping gaming at a sensible price point were due to competition consequent of the rights instilled in the purchase a physical item. While companies will save a ton of overhead from production and logistics and retailer cuts, we don't expect prices to fall, do we?

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'm not some original thinker that has an opinion on the fiasco others don't. The lack of physical games in the future will lead to prices going up for myriad reasons (competition, platform control, price decay, resale value, second-hand market, lending, etc.).

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Nookavitch @nookavitch.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

The lack of physical disks in the future sucks, but is a sensible business decision that we've all seen coming for a long time now. I knew physical media was in its twilight years while building my collection. It's enough to lose me as a customer, but they're sadly happy to lose me, and profit.

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