Links roundup for the week of July 24, 2023
A few more links for the end of July!
Not a lot that I’ve really seen that caught my eye this week, but here’s a bit.
llms
https://nebula.tv/videos/patrickhwillems-ai-filmmaking-is-not-the-future-its-a-grift
Does anyone other than me always remember that old “What if Wes Anderson made X-Men” video? Well, the guy who did it put down his thoughts on the generative AI trend of “Wes Anderson” videos, which are… bland.
games
https://cohost.org/matthewseiji/post/2183727-thinking-about-game
Interesting thoughts on game difficulty, indirectly via Zachtronics.
https://cohost.org/lizbushouse/post/2269622-yet-another-example
Context is important in localization, and Final Fantasy XIV is doing a great job at it.
Blizzard can’t write women. Which came up because…
https://stardiskcity.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/diablo-iv-is-a-black-sabbath-t-shirt-from-kohls/
We started playing Diablo 4. I’m.. I have primarily negative thoughts. I’ve not read all of this (as we’ve not finished the whole game yet) but oomfies. It’s … starting off weak and I suspect only going to get weaker. The title here, “Diablo 4 is a Black Sabbath Shirt from Kohl’s” really does feel like the game so far. It’s… grittier and gore-ier than 3, I guess. Everything looks the same. Skills feel bland and only getting 6 buttons to use them in doesn’t help. Skill vine instead of skill tree. That’s complaints for a full post at some point, it’s not really related to much of this link.
computing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8tjA8VyfvU
Cathode Ray Dude, 7 users on 1 pc. This is a fascinating video about a thin client technology from about 15 years ago that did some shenanigans to allow you to, with impressive results, share a single machine to a number of users.