xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

@Mr_NutterButter Even back when their first game, Alien Shooter, came out back in 2003, isometric games were being phased out as even budget PCs were starting to come with dedicated GPUs. They are a small team in Russia though, and they even said in an interview that they felt like they weren't ready for fully 3D gaming at the time. But even almost 20 years later, they still insist on making prerendered isometric games, despite tons of 3D engines being available now.

Maybe, they just like the style. I mean, it does have it's charm. I kind of like it. It reminds me of when 2D games weren't going to fly, so if you can't do 3D, then you had to at least fake it, and an isometric perspective with pre-rendered sprites seemed to be the easiest and most effective approach.

I also love how these guys just straight up pretend that it's still 1997 and that 3D PC gaming is either a luxury or non-existent. These guys brag about how "advanced" their engines are, even though they are just isometric engines and dead bodies not disappearing isn't something to write home about.

https://www.sigma-team.com/

@Hephaestic >Substack is a known focal point for people who want to say something in the standard online political method.

That's my other beef with it. It's 90% philosophy/political blogs. At least Medium has blogs on things like programming, even though I wish they were hosted somewhere else.

Substack and Medium "blogs" are the most soulless abominations to have ever exist on the Internet. Paragraphs of black text on a white background with constant pop-ups telling you to subscribe. Get an actual blog, either through self-hosting or on a site like WordPress.com (it's free). You get your own theme (even if it's pre-made) and no annoying pop-ups outside of banner ads that can easily be blocked (though I think WordPress.com allows you to disable them for your viewers if you pay).

I see zero reason to use Substack or Medium unless you want to paywall your content or avoid censorship (both of which can be achieved through self-hosting).

@djsumdog It's an isometric shooter. It's an enhanced port of an indie PC game from 2003. If you bought an HP computer from the mid 2000s, you might remember WildTangent and those trialware games that came with your computer. Alien Shooter was one of those games.

I can't believe that these guys are still around and still insist on making prerendered isometric shooters when it is easier than ever to make a 3D game.

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=dRekkVdXGSo

@beardalaxy @bonifartius Japan might as well be an unofficial vassal state of the US and they are dependent on us for resources, so it's not wonder they look at us positively. Though apparently, a lot of Japanese people are sick of the presence of US military bases over there because many US soldiers don't seem to behave well in Japanese hotels, restaurants, etc.

@mrsaturday @bonifartius
>WBC are grifters and nothing more.
I think they are some CIA psyop made to get people to hate the idea of religion and freedom of speech. Just look at all the atheism+ people who use them as an example to shit on Christianity as a whole. Also, before the alt-right/dissident-right phenomenon, they were often used as the prime example of "free speech going too far".

@bonifartius One major aspect of the modern American experience is that almost nobody trusts the government. Sure some may trust the government more than others and some may think that someone like Donald Trump can fix it, but most people have a gut feeling that the government is lying on almost everything. Even among people I talk to, it is that if there is going to be any meaningful change in this country, short of a revolution, it's going to come from state and local governments refusing to enforce unconstitutional and unjust laws and not from the federal government.

>voting doesn't work over here as well and the people seem to like it that way. they long for being oppressed.

I wonder if it is just people falling for propaganda revolving around American culture and politics. Europeans probably look at all the mass shootings in America or American hate groups like the WBC and come to the conclusion that freedoms like gun rights and free speech aren't worth it.