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Cake day: July 18th, 2023

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  • Honestly the examples seem kinda terrible to me. There are a lot of examples that are common for men competing and a lot of the suggestions seem to indicate avoiding shots that include women’s lower half at all (preferring the camera zoom in on their upper half).

    The worst offenders are the pole vaulting one, that’s a classic shot in the sport. Additionally they say not to take shots of women in the starting position of a race.

    While I understand there is a concern about sexualization, I think the fact that they gendered this guidance points to the larger problem. Taking a photo of someone’s ass, regardless of gender, isn’t valuable to the sport or athlete, but action shots of an athlete competing should pretty much always be fair game.


















  • Just following up, here are a couple things that point to the issues within the first minute:

    • Credits are cut off and not fully visible, framing in general feels off. Also, why 1:1 screen ratio?
    • Music during the intro sequence cuts in and out, almost like the audio is tied to the scene and not just being played.
    • Multiple clear AI content issues. Janitor is magically pulling suitcase, character turns around in a chair without moving, etc.
    • Dialog is rough and not delivered well and due to AI the scenes jump around a lot causing a lot of confusion.

    Maybe it gets better, but that’s a really rough just for the intro. You can’t say you spent a lot of time on it and then have such basic visual issues. Sure AI video is difficult to generate and control, but if you’re going to use it, learn how to use it correctly.



  • It doesn’t get a lot of love, but my favorite has always been Sonic Adventure. It was the first real 3D sonic and the open world, multiple playable characters (Yeah the fishing sucks), and level pacing made it stick out for me.

    Its one of the few sonic games where I feel like you don’t have to memorize a level’s paths to actually play the game well. You feel like you’re moving fast, but still feel like you can make active decisions while playing.

    However, that probably puts me on the outskirts of the sonic fandom.