I seem to recall reading something around the time PT came out, where somebody said that Kojima is pretty difficult to work for, and runs his studio more like a director on a film set would. Apparently, he doesn’t take input or suggestions from anybody else outside of a few trusted writers on his team.

Granted, that was 10+ years ago when he was still at Konami, so maybe things are different now that he’s independent.

Yeah, it’s hard to get a sense of the scale from some of those videos. For an idea, it’s 127 feet vertical from the bridge to the water. Anyone who was on those masts when it hit very likely fell a very significant distance. It’s honestly enough of a height that I don’t know if it would’ve been better to land on the ship or in the water, but the outcome is guaranteed to be terrible, either way.

Well that certainly wasn’t on my terrorism bingo card. What the fuck is this timeline we’re in?

You’re not wrong, but I’d argue that neither is the guy you replied to. That needs to be the headline, because that’s all that 95% of readers will retain at the end of the day.

If you look at the Bungie art it couldn’t possibly be an inspo gallery because they are just straight up used with (some) changes made to them.

That’s why I’m thinking the folders were merged in error. Bungie makes a lot of stupid decisions, but I think “willfully stealing art and assuming nobody would ever find out as we heavily advertise our game to get as many eyes on the product as humanly possible” is too stupid, even for them.

I can almost guarantee you that what happened is that Antireal’s art was saved to one of the artists’ “inspiration” folders, and somewhere between creating an inspo gallery and that artist quitting/getting laid off, the files got merged into a “concept/assets” folder. Likely when going through the laid off artist’s hard drives, they found images that they probably assumed were all originals.

Another theory I’ve considered is that the artist may have known they were about to be laid off, and intentionally merged the folders in secret to sabotage the game. But I feel like that’d be hard to cover your tracks on, so I’m going to apply Hanlon’s Razor to this.

Yeah, he’s crossing into a bit of Hideki Kamiya territory with actions like that.

It was orphaned, and raised by Targets.

Winter. I’ve never handled the heat well and it feels like there’s always something I’m allergic to during the rest of the year, so I’ve never really been an outdoorsy guy. But there really is something special about being by yourself in the woods on a sunny winter day. Most of the animals have either migrated or hibernated, and the snow completely absorbs the noises from the outside world. It’s honestly kinda magical, just getting to appreciate the cold stillness of the world, with the only sounds being the gentle crunch of snow under your feet and trees rustling in the breeze. It feels like taking a glimpse into a world before sentient life existed. Or after sentient life existed.

God, I love winter.

That ping, tho.

I found no mention of it in their About/FAQ pages, so I’m assuming it’s all proprietary code.

There’s a mobile port? I could’ve been stacking Xmult while on the john this whole time???

As do handheld systems like GB/GBA/DS/PSP. IMO they emulate even better on phones since those games were already designed for small, handheld screens.

But most modern phones can also handily emulate up to some newer consoles, like N64/PS1-era with ease, though I’ve found that touch controls becomes a lot harder the more modern the console goes.

I feel like I’m out of the loop with this Saddam thing.

Print up his name, face, title, and quote on every billboard in Florida. Let them know exactly what sort of people they align themselves with.

A site run by an idiot, it seems. From their FAQ:

Is Flibbar decentralised? Yes and no, at present it’s 90% decentralised. We don’t police speech, but we will oversee the platform to ensure nothing illegal is posted on our site. We aim to eventually migrate to Web3 and use AI to oversee the site to ensure nobody crosses the line. However, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and your continued support will enable us to reach this goal sooner. In the meantime, until this migration has been completed, we will have to continue to remain admins to ensure this site isn’t abused by bad actors and criminals, or anything that would make us legally liable.

I don’t think he has any idea what “decentralized” means, because his answer to that question only references moderation, not decentralization.

I’ve never heard of Flibbar until this post. From where I’m standing, you’re their best advertiser!

I’ve read the post, and I’m still unhappy with their decision. Capitulation only accelerates fascism.

That was supposed to be Melania? Holy shit, she should be thanking whoever did this.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/16/james-comey-investigation-8647-trump

THIS is the link OP meant to post.

The number 86 has also been used by Republicans calling for the impeachment of Joe Biden: for example, T-shirts sold on Amazon read “8646”, indicating a call to impeach Biden (the 46th president).

“When we do it, it’s a call for impeachment, but when they do it, it’s a call for assassination.”

You know, if not for Trump being a little bitch baby about everything he sees online, I’d have never caught onto this catchy little phrase that I’m going to start using a lot more often. 8647, motherfucker.