I loved Retro's detailing of the armor in Metroid Prime, because it seemed to perfectly illustrate Samus as female without having her suit appear feminine. Form follows function.
Been following Dave's work for a little while now, but I had not yet seen his render of Tetsuo. The intensity and believability of the realism he's able to impart is seriously incredible.
Seconded. The runs in the end transformed the entire video from "Ha ha" to "SERIOUSLY, man."
I'm going to go for the crux of what I think we're disagreeing on, if you don't mind.
By your argument, the meaning has changed and that context is important, but the author is making a executive decision that that use is incorrect. You're also arguing that he doesn't have the authority to render that new context invalid. My huge problem with that is that Denis isn't the one who has exercised this so called "authority;" his reading of the words is what the words have been rendered to mean.
The only people who are trying to exert some shift in connotation are the the people who continue to use the words, and the apologists that try to explain it away for them. Essentially, anyone who says "relax, that's not what I meant" is doing what you're accusing the author of doing. That's where the context shift and unfair exertion of authority is coming from.
I'm not going to make such a sweeping assumption as that you're an asshole or anything like that, because in all honesty you seem pretty reasonable, and I appreciate your ability and willingness to discuss this like adults. But It's beyond me how you can't see that it's positively insane to accuse the author of making an unfair assertion of context when he hasn't exercised the power, real or imagined, to shift connotation. He's sticking to what the words mean.
I get that it's easy to say certain things in certain company, especially when they say those things too. Changing behavior is hard. But come on, man. If a person has to go to lengths to explain that the thing they said wasn't hate speech, maybe they just shouldn't say it.
By your argument, the meaning has changed and that context is important, but the author is making a executive decision that that use is incorrect. You're also arguing that he doesn't have the authority to render that new context invalid. My huge problem with that is that Denis isn't the one who has exercised this so called "authority;" his reading of the words is what the words have been rendered to mean.
The only people who are trying to exert some shift in connotation are the the people who continue to use the words, and the apologists that try to explain it away for them. Essentially, anyone who says "relax, that's not what I meant" is doing what you're accusing the author of doing. That's where the context shift and unfair exertion of authority is coming from.
I'm not going to make such a sweeping assumption as that you're an asshole or anything like that, because in all honesty you seem pretty reasonable, and I appreciate your ability and willingness to discuss this like adults. But It's beyond me how you can't see that it's positively insane to accuse the author of making an unfair assertion of context when he hasn't exercised the power, real or imagined, to shift connotation. He's sticking to what the words mean.
I get that it's easy to say certain things in certain company, especially when they say those things too. Changing behavior is hard. But come on, man. If a person has to go to lengths to explain that the thing they said wasn't hate speech, maybe they just shouldn't say it.
First things first: thanks for responding.
I get what you're saying, but you have to realize that Denis is one of countless people who have to deal with this level of prejudice all the time. The context of how people use the words to mean "stupid" and the like doesn't rob those words of their original context. In fact, I think it's easy to argue that the "stupid" context makes it even worse. There's a knee-jerk reaction there that can't possibly be understood by people that haven't had to live through the violence and hate that accompanied these words and phrases.
The advice to "adapt" just feels like a really easy and convenient way to skirt the real issue, which is that it's seriously not okay to treat people like this. I'm inclined to agree with the author: just because the person using the word "fag" says that they don't intend it as a homophobic hate slur, they are not suddenly cleared of wrong doing and immune to the fact that that is what that word means.
These are words born of hate. They are steeped in it. Using them to insult people only perpetuates that.
I get what you're saying, but you have to realize that Denis is one of countless people who have to deal with this level of prejudice all the time. The context of how people use the words to mean "stupid" and the like doesn't rob those words of their original context. In fact, I think it's easy to argue that the "stupid" context makes it even worse. There's a knee-jerk reaction there that can't possibly be understood by people that haven't had to live through the violence and hate that accompanied these words and phrases.
The advice to "adapt" just feels like a really easy and convenient way to skirt the real issue, which is that it's seriously not okay to treat people like this. I'm inclined to agree with the author: just because the person using the word "fag" says that they don't intend it as a homophobic hate slur, they are not suddenly cleared of wrong doing and immune to the fact that that is what that word means.
These are words born of hate. They are steeped in it. Using them to insult people only perpetuates that.
All I got out of that post is that you're an apologist for unacceptable behavior.
I'm in disagreement. To date, Japan is still the only country forced to endure the horrifying power of the atom; they have, essentially, survived the apocalypse in a way that no other nation has had to, and it's an apocalypse made all too willingly by human hands. The overeagerness of human beings to play God brings about the absolute destruction of Tokyo; mankind's inability to learn from its own historical mistakes results in the obliteration of Neo-Tokyo as well.
Th obvious connection to the continued proliferation of nuclear grade weapons makes me feel, very adamantly, that Japan is the only proper setting for Akira, and I think that's one of the underlying reasons for the violent knee-jerk reaction that people are having.
Th obvious connection to the continued proliferation of nuclear grade weapons makes me feel, very adamantly, that Japan is the only proper setting for Akira, and I think that's one of the underlying reasons for the violent knee-jerk reaction that people are having.
YEEAAHH!!!!
I will call this +10 internets, and raise it another 10.
I got in for $10 bucks some months back, because seriously, you're talking about a game that has been receiving updates for free, for years. It's worth dropping a couple of extra bucks to play a version of the game that Valve is actually allowed to do something with, even if you already own the Orange Box on the XBox360 (which I do) or PS3. They'll *never* be updated, with *any* of these features. Bite the tiny, painless bullet if it really matters that much to you.
I'm so, so, SO glad I wasn't the only one who immediately had this thought.
Since the main character was one that was meant to rendezvous with Nedry, I'm assuming the game is actually happening within a day or two of the film's events. I think when Owen said "lost for nearly 20 years," he was talking about the simple detail of the Barbasol can, which I don't believe has ever been mentioned again in any part of the series.
In response to your image: ...wow, well played.
I feel like this post is pretty close to the mark; if a person is wiling to sit at a computer for 15 hours while their child is starving to death, there's something wrong there that prison isn't going to help. While I'm feel like there has to be a repercussion of some time for the crime, more attention needs to be paid to the factors that caused it and how to change them versus simply how she should be punished.
Just to clarify, he's being sentenced *in* two weeks, not being sentenced *to* two weeks.
I'm not sure why being a fan of video games is less worthy than being a fan of the sport of baseball for this contest. He worked hard to master the game, and earned his victory; how isn't that totally deserved?
That you even had to ask makes it obvious that you aren't keeping up with current events.
SO vamp.
Perhaps the same gentleman spotted at the New York Comic Con?
I'm shooting for Millard Fillmore. The guy was a real Know Nothing.
