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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • cliched yes, but I will always remember how scared as hell I was playing Silent Hill for the first time in high school, when you go down that dutch angle alleyway and the evil toddlers stab you to death…

    i couldnt play any more for a few days haha, it was a pretty stand out memory for scary game stuff. Its hard to state how unexpected it was at the time, I hadnt played any early horror games, and I dont know how many similar experiences there were at the time (year 2000ish) so it really was brutal and surprising











  • “he was met mainly with inaction because, he says, of fears about the amount of work involved or the cost”

    No kidding, engagement drives their whole business model. And nothing engages and addicts people more than violent, hateful shit.

    And its not just young men (though they are more heavily targeted) the algorithm can hijack almost any viewing pattern and steer it in a violent, xenophobic direction in a remarkably short time.

    They arent going to change the algorithm unless serious action is taken by government regulation, or something (which is not a promising thought)