Quazatron

Same reason some people use miles instead of kilometers, or that most people use Windows even if they hate it.

Inertia is a powerful force.

Agreed, if we look closely we can find some Bradbury and William Gibson elements in the lovely dystopia we’re currently enjoying.

At this rate that day is not too distant, I’m affraid.

I was expecting either Huxley or Orwell to be right, not both.

True, but soon the sources will be AI generated too, in a big GIGO loop.

I’m an optimist.

Yeah, we’re managed to fuck up the one tool that could bring global cooperation. It’s going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

Stupidity.

Right now I have chipmunks singing “Expresso Macchiato” in my brain.

E1M1 but rendered on a SoundBlaster AWE32 in full MIDI glory.

One more vote for the original Doom, running in a modern engine with some of the colossal WADs released over the years.

It loads instantly, gets you fighting in no time. You know the rules, yet you still get surprised by one of these guys with a machine gun.

Compare that to a modern game, where you have to wait for it to update, compile shaders, the studio logo video, the proprietary launcher and the main menu before you are allowed to do anything.

Constantine - 46%

Predator - 34%

Ghost in the Shell - 43%

Hellboy - 17%

Robocop (2016) - 49%

Well, it seems like I have poor taste in movies after all.