The Black Culture Thread |OT4| Learn to love the BBC

Slayven said:
Moris doesn't want to run in his neighborhood, I imagine he don't want to use any of shops and things.
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I used to go to the local theater then it got boarded up. I saw Kill Bill vol 1 there and shit was basically empty.

I go to the $3 theater more than the expensive ones. But the cheap theater I frequent is in an old white neighborhood, so the seats and screen are weak but there aren't babies running down the aisles or people talking throughout the movie.
 
MorisUkunRasik said:
I used to go to the local theater then it got boarded up. I saw Kill Bill vol 1 there and shit was basically empty.

I go to the $3 theater more than the expensive ones. But the cheap theater I frequent is in an old white neighborhood, so the seats and screen are weak but there aren't babies running down the aisles or people talking throughout the movie.
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I never forget, me and a friend went to a 10 pm showing of Bones(fuckass snoop movie) in Nov(winter nights get cold here). A couple brought in their newborn kid and tupperware full of spaghetti and was eating that shit.
 
Vermillion said:
Someone explain what the fuck just happened? I clicked on my GAF tab, but it refreshed... I just caught a glimpse of "someone please ban me forever life on GAF is too stressful."

So I guessed it would be somewhere on NeoGAF shit posts Twitter. Went there, saw that someone broke down and started posting pony porn. So I check the brony thread and I see something about Xzeon.

What exactly happened, or is that the gist of it?
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Yado said:
Damn. Gotta watch out for those Bronies.
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Ahh so now this makes sense
 
I've nowhere else to put this right now, so:

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The Faceless Master said:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=73276921&postcount=2901
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I'm just saying, half of those insiders have a conflict of interest. It's hard to take insider information seriously when the insider in question seems to desperately want the information to be such and such.

And I still don't understand why Sony would only respond to a portion of the article, only to refuse to comment on the rest of it. If you're going to clear up a misconception, it makes sense to do so completely.
 
harSon said:
I'm just saying, half of those insiders have a conflict of interest. It's hard to take insider information seriously when the insider in question seems to desperately want the information to be such and such.

And I still don't understand why Sony would only respond to a portion of the article, only to refuse to comment on the rest of it. If you're going to clear up a misconception, it makes sense to do so completely.
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1. Forum insiders get vetted. Those who claim insider status get called out and must provide bonafides via PM otherwise they're banned. You may not like what they're saying, but that's irrelevant - only the track record matters.

2. In 18 years of software development, I have never seen a hardware manufacturer provide that sort of information before launch.
 
harSon said:
I'm just saying, half of those insiders have a conflict of interest. It's hard to take insider information seriously when the insider in question seems to desperately want the information to be such and such.

And I still don't understand why Sony would only respond to a portion of the article, only to refuse to comment on the rest of it. If you're going to clear up a misconception, it makes sense to do so completely.
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I see why they wouldn't waste the time and energy just to stir up more shit. Cause people will only read into it what they want to hear.
 
While thinking of ideas for a new narrative. I realized that there seems to be exactly no popular representation of African mythology in media. There are countless instances of Norse, Greek, Medieval, and to a lesser extent Chinese and Japanese myth representation.

The closest I've seen are the use of zombies in popular culture and Egyptian mummies and shit, but in the case of those, especially of zombies, the African origin is very diminished and in most cases being non-existent.

Why is it like that? If these European and Asian stories are cool enough, how come Yoruban and other myths be cool enough as well?
 
Kaori's Babydaddy said:
While thinking of ideas for a new narrative. I realized that there seems to be exactly no popular representation of African mythology in media. There are countless instances of Norse, Greek, Medieval, and to a lesser extent Chinese and Japanese myth representation.

The closest I've seen are the use of zombies in popular culture and Egyptian mummies and shit, but in the case of those, especially of zombies, the African origin is very diminished and in most cases being non-existent.

Why is it like that? If these European and Asian stories are cool enough, how come Yoruban and other myths be cool enough as well?
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Anazi pops up in a lot of stuff. But I see what and agree what you are saying.
 
Kaori's Babydaddy said:
While thinking of ideas for a new narrative. I realized that there seems to be exactly no popular representation of African mythology in media. There are countless instances of Norse, Greek, Medieval, and to a lesser extent Chinese and Japanese myth representation.

The closest I've seen are the use of zombies in popular culture and Egyptian mummies and shit, but in the case of those, especially of zombies, the African origin is very diminished and in most cases being non-existent.

Why is it like that? If these European and Asian stories are cool enough, how come Yoruban and other myths be cool enough as well?
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African mythology is hilariously unheard of though.

Only time I've ever seen it dropped was in the form of bonus questions in a grad class.
 
bishoptl said:
1. Forum insiders get vetted. Those who claim insider status get called out and must provide bonafides via PM otherwise they're banned. You may not like what they're saying, but that's irrelevant - only the track record matters.
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I just can't take someone who said that Final Fantasy 15 was 100% exclusive to the Playstation 4 and being co-developed by Sony seriously. Vetted or not, and regardless of past dealings, that level of misinformation throws every future thing you say into question.

I really hope Eurogamer/DF's article is true though, because I would much rather have a fleshed out, powerful, cohesive and scalable/upgradable OS for the Playstation 4. It's like cooking. It's always better to take something out of the oven to soon, then to leave it in for to long. The same logic applies to consoles. It's better to overcompensate and reserve ram, with the possibility of shifting more and more of it towards gaming purposes, than it is to low ball it and find yourself shit out of luck down the line. The Playstation 3's catalog was amazing, but the OS behind the platform was horridly outdated and stunted in terms of features. Maybe it's because I'm heavily into HTPCs, but I put a lot of stock into this type of stuff, although that seems to be a minority opinion considering the reactions to Microsoft's early messaging of a post-gaming console with the Xbox One.

2. In 18 years of software development, I have never seen a hardware manufacturer provide that sort of information before launch.
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You mean until Mark Whitten confirmed that the Xbox One's OS uses around 3GB a few months back?

Kaori's Babydaddy said:
While thinking of ideas for a new narrative. I realized that there seems to be exactly no popular representation of African mythology in media. There are countless instances of Norse, Greek, Medieval, and to a lesser extent Chinese and Japanese myth representation.

The closest I've seen are the use of zombies in popular culture and Egyptian mummies and shit, but in the case of those, especially of zombies, the African origin is very diminished and in most cases being non-existent.

Why is it like that? If these European and Asian stories are cool enough, how come Yoruban and other myths be cool enough as well?
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Hindu mythology is also criminally underrepresented within media.
 
DY_nasty said:
African mythology is hilariously unheard of though.

Only time I've ever seen it dropped was in the form of bonus questions in a grad class.
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When I was a kid, we would sometimes have assembles or in class sessions where teachers would read us stories from African myths. A couple plays too. After that, my next experience with African mythology was in college, when I designed a game based on it for a class.
 
I swear, Attack on Titan almost made me cry twice this week.

This show's feels are stronger than anything I've ever experienced.
 
Slayven said:
Anazi pops up in a lot of stuff. But I see what and agree what you are saying.
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Yeah Anazi is really all I have experience with. And most of that is thanks to American Gods. Seems like a rich opportunity for creative origins. Can only deal with so much Norse and Greek mythology before it all becomes boring as fuck. In retrospect I think God of War was the series to really run the Roman and Greek stuff into the ground for me when it comes to video game mythology.
 
harSon said:
I just can't take someone who said that Final Fantasy 15 was 100% exclusive to the Playstation 4 and being co-developed by Sony seriously. Vetted or not, and regardless of past dealings, that level of misinformation throws every future thing you say into question.
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I'm pretty sure it wasnt kagari that said that, she was pretty mum on ff15. It was some guy with a masterchief avatar claiming he had contacts,zeal. Hardware leaks are different from Software rumors anyhow.
 
harSon said:
I'm just saying, half of those insiders have a conflict of interest. It's hard to take insider information seriously when the insider in question seems to desperately want the information to be such and such.

And I still don't understand why Sony would only respond to a portion of the article, only to refuse to comment on the rest of it. If you're going to clear up a misconception, it makes sense to do so completely.
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some people just want to believe what they want to believe...
 
Kaori's Babydaddy said:
While thinking of ideas for a new narrative. I realized that there seems to be exactly no popular representation of African mythology in media. There are countless instances of Norse, Greek, Medieval, and to a lesser extent Chinese and Japanese myth representation.

The closest I've seen are the use of zombies in popular culture and Egyptian mummies and shit, but in the case of those, especially of zombies, the African origin is very diminished and in most cases being non-existent.

Why is it like that? If these European and Asian stories are cool enough, how come Yoruban and other myths be cool enough as well?
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That's because it's still mostly unheard of in the mainstream western world period. Nevermind a lot of it I think is still either completely oral, only recently written down, or not even yet translated into mainstream languages. Then there's the probability that different cultures throughout the continent most likely developed various folklores and myths.

In terms of new settings and narratives, I've also been thinking a lot about pre-colonial Sub-Saharan Africa for a long-ass time. I mean basically medieval Africa or whatever was going on in Africa 2000 years ago or something. Maybe I just haven't done enough research, but it seems like a criminally unknown corner of history.

Back when that conflict in Mali was all over the news a story ran around about some guys who saved a bunch of manuscripts in Timbuktu from being destroyed. The manuscripts were some of the biggest proof of "Black African civilizations" before European colonialism.

Scant Wiki searching pointed me in the direction of a handful of Muslim kingdoms that existed around the 14th or 15th centuries. The most notable to me was the "Ajuuraan State" situated in medieval Somalia which fought off guys like the Portuguese when they were hot shit and traded with dudes as far away as the Ming.

But, y'know, no white heroes etc. Hasn't Danny Glover been trying to get a Hatian Revolution movie made for years now?
 
DY_nasty said:
I swear, Attack on Titan almost made me cry twice this week.

This show's feels are stronger than anything I've ever experienced.
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I don't feel it. Its a good series, but I don't get any feels off of it. Akame ga kill gets real though.
I'd love to see that get a series.
 
Ive been enjoying sword art online... But since ep 10 ive been like wtf changed.

I love the concept and I think it could be really interesting to see if we ever get a neural headset where our impulses control the game.
 
Nakazato said:
Ive been enjoying sword art online... But since ep 10 ive been like wtf changed.

I love the concept and I think it could be really interesting to see if we ever get a neural headset where our impulses control the game.
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Have you read the manga? It was so garbage it turned me off it. I'm assuming the series is better since so many people like it.
 
Nakazato said:
Ive been enjoying sword art online... But since ep 10 ive been like wtf changed.

I love the concept and I think it could be really interesting to see if we ever get a neural headset where our impulses control the game.
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That is exactly where I feel it started dropping in quality. For some reason or another you can see there was some change in story telling focus.

I didn't even bother with the second half of the series.
 
Nakazato said:
Ive been enjoying sword art online... But since ep 10 ive been like wtf changed.

I love the concept and I think it could be really interesting to see if we ever get a neural headset where our impulses control the game.
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I believe that's where they started putting in the side stories, that originally were written after the main conclusion.. though I could be mistaken in my recollection there.

Parallax said:
Have you read the manga? It was so garbage it turned me off it. I'm assuming the series is better since so many people like it.
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Manga or Light Novel? The light novels are what I've read a bit of and.. yeah the writing isn't incredible. But it's not too bad.

Urban Scholar said:
That is exactly where I feel it started dropping in quality. For some reason or another you can see there was some change in story telling focus.

I didn't even bother with the second half of the series.
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You may as well let it rock. I mean, it's nothing ground breaking but at least get some closure on the storyline.
 
I watched the first ep of SAO in the Toonami thread, and even some of the people who liked it are saying it's kind of shit. lol
 
Attack on Titan does it for me. Maybe its the fact that I actually see people meltdown like that. Hotblooded
Nakazato said:
Ive been enjoying sword art online... But since ep 10 ive been like wtf changed.

I love the concept and I think it could be really interesting to see if we ever get a neural headset where our impulses control the game.
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After EP 15 its dead.

Don't even bother past that point
 
DY_nasty said:
Attack on Titan does it for me. Maybe its the fact that I actually see people meltdown like that. Hotblooded
After EP 15 its dead.

Don't even bother past that point
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thats sad to hear i am on episode 8 of SAO. Is it me or does every episode end with the feels?
 
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