@Ralizah Ender’s Game is probably one of my favorite books of all time! I’ve read the whole Ender series — Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, and Children of the Mind. All wonderful. A fascinating exploration of intolerance, prejudice, and perspective. Card is a masterful storyteller and quite adept at spinning moral dilemmas in his writing and making one ponder the subject matter. I never read the ‘Shadow’ books, which I think followed Bean and the goings on back on Earth while Ender and his sister run around the galaxy (it’s been a while since I read these so the details are fuzzy but I remember the positive impressions I had) and supposedly was his attempt to recapture the excitement of Enders Game that the subsequent books lacked. The casual reader didn’t have the patience to make it through the more philosophical follow ups with Ender and his journey to make up for the genocide of an entire species.
Uh, so yeah... I’ve read them 😅
But yes, that’s a good example of the artistic or entertainment product being able to be enjoyed despite the author or artist’s personal views, if it’s done right.
It’s like Tom Cruise. I enjoy his movies. The guy is way out there, from what I understand, in his personal life and beliefs, but I can still enjoy his work.
Or Christian Bale (Dark Knight haters pounce!) is one of my favorite actors, he does good work, but evidently is a tool.
But this brings up another point — much of what we know of these people : famous authors, actors, politicians, and yes, even video game developers - is a lot of hearsay, conjecture, and quotes being taken out of context. I always just think about what if a bunch of people tried to judge me based on just a few small sections of my life taken randomly without backstory. Pretty sure most of us would fail the internet ‘court of public opinion’ test if people only knew the small portion of the story of our lives that sounded juicy.
But believe me, I draw the line somewhere. I refuse to play any games made by those godless people at EA.
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@Th3solution I've read all the main books, and Shadow of the Hegemon, but I'll admit I started losing interest halfway through Children of the Mind. The series just got too metaphysical for my tastes.
I guess part of what saves OSC for me is that, despite his troubling views, he's not constantly out there in public being a jerk about it. John Scalzi, on the other hand... I don't own any of his books any more, and he'll never get another dime from me. Easily one of the most unpleasant public figures on social media. And yes, his constant douchey behavior ruined his work for me.
You're right that it's easy to judge people out of context, though. Especially when you're famous and you have the eyes of the world on you. I feel like, barring truly grievous acts, people should be allowed to make mistakes, learn from them, and move past them. But we live in a time where our behavior is permanently recorded on the internet and we're becoming comfortable with destroying people for words or deeds that they said or committed decades ago.
I hope it's not severely limited. I'd like to get multiple. One for myself, one boxed and one to give away for Christmas.
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@Fight_Teza_Fight Not really my thing in truth - Only liked Ridge Racer of the 5 (out of 20) games announced so far and that is very dated compared to modern racers and with so many 'new' experiences coming up, I can't see myself wanting to relive 20+yr old games. I know there are a lot of fans of 'retro' gaming but in general, I do prefer to play 'new' experiences more - not exclusively as I added Lemmings to my laptop recently as an example but rarely do I play 'old' games and certainly would rather spend money on new games. Each to their own but I thought I would share this news as I know a LOT of PS fans will be very excited by this.
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@BAMozzy Well I'm glad you did! I'm hoping Chrono Cross & MGS make the final cut.
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It also depends on what games are on the system. Megaman Legends? Crash Bandicoot? Metal Gear Solid? Resident Evil? Chrono Cross? I think that will make a huge difference too.
@Knuckles-Fajita Yeesh. But at least, as you say, it's progress!
With any luck, specialists will have a better chance of a diagnosis without the need for exploratory surgery. I'll keep two of my fingers crossed for you!
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@RogerRoger My GP did question just why the actual hell I hadn't been referred to orthopaedics before**.
Said the stiffness and general pain and discomfort could be a fairly common issue found in us young folk, but that then doesn't correlate at all with dislocation and weakness causing me to collapse when lifting things.
So she reckons they'll need to stick one of those fancy cameras in there to see if it is the common condition primarily before exploring....other things...
@Knuckles-Fajita Welcome to the NHS; the left hand so often doesn't even know the right hand exists, let alone what it's supposed to be up to. When you finally do break through that initial nonsense, though, the care is decent, so here's hoping that's what you've got coming up.
See what the specialists say. It won't necessarily go straight to camera probing.
Hope it's not too long a wait for that referral, either!
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