xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

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.

@LukeAlmighty If they were trans, they would usually include that in the news story for extra victim points.

What I hate the most about the leftist side of the fedi, especially the EU types is the extreme anti-American sentiment, and I'm not talking about hatred for America as a country or the American government. I'm talking about hatred for American people in general.

They just assume that just because we live here that we support all American policy. They think that we automatically support the Israeli invasion of Gaza (despite the fact that even most US republicans are less supportive of Israel) or whatever human-rights violation the US government is participating. Or if you are not indigenous, then they shit on you just for being born on stolen land.

>Oh but you voted these people in that means you are all for it

It should be obvious that voting doesn't work here anymore (or maybe it never did). And even if it did, that doesn't mean that we support everything the government does.

You can hate on America all you want, but please don't hate on the people.