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Cake day: July 21st, 2023
  • DavidGarcia@feddit.nltoCyberpunk 2077@lemmy.world•Its Criminal how under-utilized the map is
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    18 hours ago

    You can really tell the game is basically a map demo. 90% of the map is done but only like 10% of the original quests and gameplay have been implemented vs their initial vision.

    Not that it’s not a fully featured game comparable to other AAA titles at this point.

    But still, for me the game plays like reading an essay where 90% of the text is missing.

    Maybe with Cyberpunk 3 they’ll be finally able to fully realize their vision without constraints. It sure as hell won’t be true for Cyberpunk 2.

  • DavidGarcia@feddit.nltoVideos@lemmy.ml•BlackRock: The Conspiracies You Don’t Know — More Perfect Union
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    7 days ago

    I know the video isn’t about that kind of conspiracy, but I find these similarities to esoteric lore fascinating:

    Mercator said there is a Black Rock (rupes nigra) at the North Pole that is responsible for compasses pointing north, surrounded by 4 islands and with the water draining into the Earth like a funnel.

    Also in the alchemical process of Magnum Opus or Great Work to create the Philosopher’s Stone, black rock could be the end product of nigredo. Many alchemists believed that as a first step in the pathway to the philosopher’s stone, all alchemical ingredients had to be cleansed and cooked extensively to a uniform black matter. This is also commonly represented by sol niger, the black sun.

    That is commonly translated into political thought by homogenizing the whole world. There’s the Nazi, Skull&Bones interpetation, burn the whole world until one Volk is left and then there’s the peaceful panhumanist interpretation.

    I wouldn’t be surprised if the name was actually chosen to represent the Nazi black sun, you know how elitists be.