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The big interview: Phil Harrison on Xbox One...
...Kinect, indie games and red rings.
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Sid Meier's cultural victory
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
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Hawken art prank changes CEO's mind about scantily clad women
"Well, it's the nature/nurture debate. Neither of us can truly win this argument, as neither of us is truly right."
Nature is the sum of all the nurturing which happened before. To nurture a child is one addition in a long series of what came before.
A person has a potential at birth (his nature). Which aspects are being emphasized and which ones are curbed is depending on his/her environment/growing-up.
"The fact that you are attracted to a woman is biology. What you, personally, see as being 'attractive' in that woman, however, was imprinted on you when you were around two years old."
My psychology, what drives me, are genes which are being curbed by the environment. Those aspects which one feels ashamed about are being denied or rationalized. Shame is nothing but fear of being excluded from society, the group, the herd.
My preferences in women is two-fold.
There is Eros (animalistic lust) which makes me attracted to young fertile, healthy looking women.
Eros isn't exclusively male.
And there is a psychological dimension to it. Again, psychology is a natural potential which is shaped by the environment.
The masculine/man projects his feminine qualities into the feminine/woman. He chooses a woman who is well suited for that projection, depending on his awareness.
We associate certain psychological qualities with visual cues.
How important is Eros and how important the other stuff? - This is varying from person to person.
If a man chooses a girl who resembles his mother (psychologically) then it's either because his own feminine qualities are actually similar to her, or, more likely, it's because he never started to relate to her like a human being. He kept her on a god-like pedestal, never owning/realizing his own feminine aspects.
For women it's the other side of that coin.
I know what is taught at most universities about those subjects. I disagree with them.
I personally am not all about boobs.
It's not my intention to make you feel uncomfortable but I'll speak my thoughts as long as I'd not be cruel. Reply +1
But we still do it within the same species? - If it's all 'cultural'?
A species is defined by reproduction-capability. Within a species there is a selection process happening. That selection process is in case of humans, part biological and part memetical. With the biological part playing a bigger part, though unconscious.
That's why modern girl learns that she's supposed to care about that boring guy from accounting who's nice and saving the planet while she's being hot for that 'asshole', muscular kind of man.
But it's all 'cultural'. Haha, why care about boobs, it's all just an opinion. Why even have a relationship with a woman? Gay is cool, everything is a construct. Why even the same species? Hilarious.
I have no doubt that nothing I say convinced you but it's one step at a time and maybe I made sense to somebody else. Who knows. Reply -1
I googled the Three Graces - did you look at those paintings and sculptures? They look all pretty fine to me.
But you chose Rubens, the guy who always paints female bodies in that weird way. So Rubens' art is the ideal of the 1600s? Like Picasso's paintings of women are also an ideal of his times?
Yet it's late so not the worst idea to rest the case. Reply 0
It depends. Some are doing it in a cool fashion and it's more or less about the money.
But power, which is symbolized in modern society by money, is a very attractive quality for the feminine.
Muscles are also about power but in modern society it's degraded to a kind of showmanship.
Intelligence is also about power but what's called education today (the license to get a better job) is not really about intelligence anymore. It can help but it's not a requirement. Learning lots of stuff isn't intelligence.
You want me to find some links? - haha. Well, the link you posted shows 'older' women. That doesn't mean that those 3 mothers, I presume, were the hottest gals in town, at the time. Artists don't always paint the ideal. How about some portrays of Aphrodite?
Another thing is that men, usually, have individual preferences which are a reflection of what is genetically and or psychologically most compatible with them. The psychological aspect, of course, is depending on what archetype one associates with certain body forms and features.
But if I were to divide a 100 random bums into 2 categories. I am sure that over 90% of the guys would recognize the prettier selection and agree with me.
I don't know about the men in Sudan and their shifting. But as mentioned before. You can influence and train people. Perception can be altered, depending what is advertised to be desirable. It doesn't have to be a 0 or 1 reality. A biology at the base doesn't mean that there is no cultural/environmental influence. Life tries to adapt, not only genetically over longer time periods but also memetically in a life-time.
Sure they are. Their decisions about what they find attractive defines the future. Reply +1
If it's just the mating then of course, the physical and his 'right' attitude are more important than his wealth or emotional comforting. Yes, and men have access to status and wealth if they work hard and invest their time and energies into their careers.
True, but those arranged political/economical marriages aren't really about relationships or attraction.
Like the times when men didn't fancy boobs and a nicely shaped ass? If you are referring to some modern fashion models then I think those flat, boyish looking girls are fancied by the mostly gay designers, not the average man.
Nature is our genetic-code, our essence. It is the sum of all the nurturing that happened in our past (evolution).
You bring a dog and a cat into a room and you teach them to behave in a certain way. You punish or reward them - soon you can train them to be anything you want.
That doesn't change that a dog is a dog and a cat is a cat.
Same applies to humans, men and women. But hey, you can teach them to be anything, just reward and punish accordingly. Whatever you want them to become - you just require the influence. Reply +3
Not to use your senses but to speak what is popular - no, that was not it. Damn. Reply -1
Oh that's a nice diversion now.
Important/valid/relevant in what sense?
About individual relationships -
ad 1. An attractive waist to hip ratio, fat reserves in the breasts and ass - all those signify higher fertility. A nice symmetrical face, and hair look more healthy.
ad 2. Depends on what both bring to the table. I see more pretty girls with rich, dull looking men than the other way around.
ad 3. Bingo. I'd say about 25 of age is the peak for girls and for blokes it's about 35, maybe even later depending on their job/social standing. That is the age they get the most attention from the opposite sex, or better, potential for attention.
ad 4. Why is that? Appearances do matter. Don't think in simple photo terms. How someone talks, smells, moves, behaves and yes, looks, is important.
To quote O.Wilde - “It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible....”
ad 5. Yep.
I know it doesn't feel good so please feel free to continue calling it wrong.
Nothing wrong with emotions, I appreciate them. Reply -4
Jagged Alliance: Flashback Kickstarter campaign announced
and v1.13
and Wildfire
and... Reply +4
"Enjoy your deaths": How there's nothing to fear in Dark Souls 2
That's all I wanted to know. I'm quite confident now in that new director. Reply +7
10 minutes of Dark Souls 2 gameplay revealed
Usually medieval-fantasy stories turn out to be pretty boring, especially in games. As an example, Game of Thrones is trying to walk that tight rope and the more supernatural things it introduces the cheesier it becomes.
They leave most of the story in the dark on purpose so it gets that mythical quality where people spin their own story about it themselves.
Let me assure you that they did put in quite some creative effort in creating that myth based ambient "story".
I wouldn't want it any other way. Skyrim is the opposite with its approach. Reply +3
The video game industry's gender wage gap is worse than you think
Must be because of some evil scheming! Let's all get irrational.
High five, everybody!
Where in that statistic does it mention how long each individual is working per week? Are there perhaps more women who do a part-time job, because they freakin' want this?
As usual in those gender wage gap articles all women and all men are compared in the same profession. Who cares that more women than men work part-time? Who cares that a woman spends on average fewer years in a profession than a man and that the company is valuating that experience with more money?
How about being a bit more critical and inquisitive. I'm amazed that people still believe those half-truths. Reply -1
This year's Independent Games Festival winners are...
Call of Duty: eSport of the future?
But yeah it's more interesting than a lot of real sports. Reply 0
Thief 4 hero Garrett less "gothic", more "mainstream"
Let me guess. He gets boots with feminine heels like that latest Metal Gear Rising guy as well, to complete the asexual look. Reply +1
"Why should we ask how long a game is?"
Gamer anger grows as SimCity debacle threatens to turn ugly
Total War dev: PCs in danger as new consoles approach is "ridiculous" notion
How Lego City Undercover blows the franchise wide open - and could save the Wii U in the process
Sony patents way of identifying pirated software by measuring load times
Crysis 3 developer Crytek on why it's impossible for next-gen consoles to match the power of gaming PCs
Who is he talking to, when he's stating the obvious?
I have my own PC and I know that you can get a very good machine for very little money if you know where to shop and build it yourself - thanks.
But let me assure you, the day when the new consoles come out, you won't be able to build a PC which can run the launch games at the console settings for the same money that the consoles cost. You just can't.
Of course, over time you will lose money on the premium which they ask for the console games.
Power consumption on the other hand, and its costs... but that's something most people don't concern themselves with.
That being said, I like my PC, especially for the non consolesque games and for doing other stuff of course. Reply +7
Aha. Reply +11
Dual Shock 4 leak "genuine"
There is a pretty high chance that it's not the final design. (the controller obviously, the thing in the back looks final)
But I don't get the integrated loudspeaker, that's a thing where I'd cut back in costs. Reply 0