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Lucy [hiatus era] 𒌋𒁯 @lucy@netzsphaere.xyz
2y
ngl compared to the youtube poop / tf2 sfm era i grew up with skibidi toilet is shockingly normal and boring..
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SuperDicq @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2y
@lucy It's the same thing. It's even made in the souce engine.
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Lucy [hiatus era] 𒌋𒁯 @lucy@netzsphaere.xyz
2y
@SuperDicq yes i know that's why the comparison... it's an sfm machinima just like back then but it doesn't live up to the outcry. or boomers just never came across any other sfm machinima idk
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Jestermaxxing Sillymoder @EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI@ljs.social
2y
@lucy @SuperDicq
Gen Alpha missed out on this tho
https://youtu.be/M9J6DKJXoKk
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SuperDicq @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2y
@EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI @lucy Truly. I think Half Life 2's atmosphere is perfect for a Linking Park video clip. It unironically works pretty great.
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Jestermaxxing Sillymoder @EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI@ljs.social
2y
@SuperDicq @lucy I think the true realism of source 1 is not the technological fidelity (nowadays arguably low) but the vibe.
It's the oppressive bleakness of late stage capitalist post-modernity that it transports that makes it deeply relatable and a product of its time
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SuperDicq @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2y
@EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI @lucy Late state capitalist post modernity?

There's nothing capitalist or post modern about Half Life 2 in my opinion. I think it's moreso just dystopian totalitarian combined with horror scifi. The Eastern European setting also adds a lot.
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Jestermaxxing Sillymoder @EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI@ljs.social
2y
@SuperDicq @lucy
Yes but the Combine propaganda in HL2 and it's conflict with the existing bleak conditions is a great analogy to neo-liberalism ("be yourself, follow your desire" but in reality your rent is too high, you have workplace dictatorship, you'll be enlisted into imperialist wars and no meaningful medium of collectivity).
All the speakers and televisions speaking about progress and peace and evolution in HL2 while cops beat you up and everything looks like bulgaria encapsulate this
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Jeder neocat_floof_googly_woozy neocat_flag_agender @jeder@miau.jeder.pl
2y
@EmoIsDeadAndSoAmI @SuperDicq @lucy
All the speakers and televisions speaking about progress and peace and evolution in HL2 while cops beat you up and everything looks like bulgaria encapsulate this
this is very much an eastern bloc thing.
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