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@mcmoo said:

At the end of the day, I'm not saying politics and games should never mix but rather that they should be covered practically, coolly, and efficiently, so that we can all get back to the games we love.

I think that one of the better developments in disussions about popular culture, including games, in recent years, has been how this sort of thinking has been called into question. I'm not saying you're wrong to long for "getting back to the games we all love," but I'm not sure that that's possible anymore.

Once you learn to think politically, you realize that it isn't some separate thing that's only part of some subject matter and not another, or that it's to be handled by people dedicated to "politics." In fact, politics permeates pretty much everything, and we all have to take some responsibility for how we approach it. It's not that politics has suddenly invaded video games. It's always been there, people just haven't been talking about it, whether because of a lack of tools to do so or because of a conscious--political--decision to avoid talking about it.

I totally understand that it can get a bit overwhelming to have politics be part of everything you do and experience. Sometimes I feel like politics consumes me, and I'd certainly love to have something apolitical to escape to. Demanding that, however, is really just a way to attempt to silence the conversation, which produces a politics of repression itself, and rests on an assumption that the way things were perceived to be is "normal." In fact, this kind of thinking always favors some groups of people, identities, or ideas or ideologies that happen to be dominant, over others. Having an open debate about these issues as they are recognized is pretty much the only honest way to approach them, whatever your political allegiances. This is a pretty useful video that kind of explains what I'm getting at (although it only scratches the surface).

Furthermore, I'd argue that being open about your particular perspective on political issues is essential to honest debate. Too much of media (professional media in particular) attempts to hide behind a mask of cool objectivity and false balance. All media, even podcasts about video games, always frame the discussion in some way, include some voices and exclude others, emphasize certain perspectives over others, and so on. If the approach is openly acknowledged, it's a lot fairer to the audience, and to people who want to participate in the conversation.

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@gulinotm said:

It kinda irks me when people start talking about upgrade paths, you're not entitled to a new thing just because you bought the old thing. If they should worry about that then why release anything new at all, there will always be people who just bought the older thing, it doesn't mean you deserve to get the newer thing cheaper.

Also there is no way this will have anything to do with 4k, its still nowhere near powerful enough so don't get your hopes up. Games probably wont have more effects or be any prettier on one over the other, I'm guessing its about better frame rates because the current consoles are suffering for performance already and its still early in the cycle.

Why does it irk you? People buy consoles with the assumption that it will last them a few years, at least 5, maybe even 8. This is not where we're at with the PS4 yet. People are, probably realistically, afraid that the new console will get all the attention from the developers, and people who stick with the old one will get badly running, poorly optimized games. So people feel like they deserve an experience of some quality for some years, when they buy the console. I don't think this is unreasonable. And people are talking about being willing to pay something for the upgrade, half the price of the new console etc. in exchange for the old one. I don't think this will happen, and Sony is of course under no legal obligation to do so, but it does feel bad, if they don't provide any such option.

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@eurobum: How is it a "truly ignorant" statement about aspartame or a "ridiculous argument" to say that "they tested the shit out of it"? It has been studied quite a bit in peer-reviewed scientific journals and by government organizations as well. Both the FDA and EFSA (EU equivalent) have evaluated these scientific findings numerous times in recent years and have not found any credible evidence that aspartame is dangerous to human health when taken within the suggested limit. The American Cancer Society considers it safe. There's probably some confusion over rodent tests, where animals have been exposed to amounts far greater relative to current human exposure. Of course, everything becomes toxic at a high enough concentration.

Now, of course this does not mean that aspartame is 100% safe, that's quite difficult to prove. We can only go by which harmful effects have not yet been proven. It's entirely possible that at some point in the future it will be proven that aspartame is actually dangerous. But that goes for every other food product as well. Research continues to be conducted on the matter, as it should.