Have u played canto 5? Its v good
I have seen some screenshots! Some of the character designs look so cool!!! and I'm excited to see what the story is about cause Ishmael is so interesting to me! I want to know what her deal is!!!
I'm not playing the game unfortunately since I what happened with how the company treated some workers really sucked.
I work in the games industry too, so the idea that someone would fire / bribe a resignation of a coworker or me over something someone on the internet said is so insane to me. Especially how stupid the pinching hand gesture call is, like its crazy. I can't get over it personally haha.
It could also just be the worlds worst handling of public messaging too? But having worked too many places weird shit like this happens - I don't trust like that not without some kind of external proof.
I am on the fence on if I will play again or not! It really depends on how the investigation will go if they end up doing one!
I love the world and the characters and I still think it is the best mobile game I've ever played!! But it's much harder for me to enjoy the themes now knowing what the company chose to do or not do in real life.
So I am holding off watching the chapter for now - if I do end up feeling alright playing the game again I think it will be fun to play through an experience the story as I play it! And if I do I'll probably scream and get all excited over it then!
But if I decide not to play again I'll probably just watch it at some point!
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I’ve been stuck in OFMD brainrot since March, but beyond causally telling people they should watch it (on Crave in Canada), I haven’t really brought it up in conversation, or discussed the million meta ideas I have bouncing around.
what I have done is inflicted NZ pop content on unsuspecting people around me. As I am already spiralling, it seemed like a way to indulge without anyone suspecting a thing.
today I was chatting with a colleague at our remote field research station about Flight of the Conchords and I go ”I love kiwi humour, there really should be more of it”
he goes I agree, I have an old theatre friend in Toronto whose finally making his first feature film and the main actor was supposed to be the guy who played mclovin. turns out he was a massive dick on set and they had to find a replacement really quick for the lead. the guy who played the manager on FotC took the part and came highly recommended. what’s his name, Rhys Davis?
“… Rhys Darby”
Yeah that’s it! he did such a great job I’ve seen production clips he’s wicked funny. the movie is about someone time traveling to the past and getting stuck, but instead of trying to solve his predicament just shrugs and tries to live normally in the past. the movie asks ”what if the heroic time traveller was lazy and also kinda of an idiot?” Luke is so happy after working in the industry for years as a writer and editor to be finalizing production right now.
I’m a little stunned and trying to keep my cool. ”so how was he on set? less of a dick then the mclovin’ guy?”
super nice I heard! really fun shoot.
Anyway the movie is called Relax, I’m from the Future and I’m losing my mind trying to ask casual questions about an actor whose instagram stories I’ve watched
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The World's Skinniest Skyscraper
The designers behind the world's skinniest skyscraper have just given fans of ultra-luxury living an early Christmas gift.
New York-based firm Studio Sofield has unveiled the interiors of Steinway Tower, the newly constructed 1,428-foot-tall tower overlooking Central Park. The announcement marks the completion of the opulent midtown Manhattan landmark, which was built on a site once occupied by the historic Steinway & Sons piano company.
The 91-story skyscraper, also known as 111 West 57th Street, contains 46 full-floor and duplex residences. Photos released this month by the designers show opulent lobbies decked out in limestone, marble, blackened steel and velvet, floors paved in smoke-gray solid oak and original artworks by Picasso and Matisse.
According to Studio Sofield, Steinway Tower's interiors were designed to evoke the grandeur of New York's Gilded Age, a period in the late 19th century when the city's boulevards were lined with the stately mansions of robber barons like Andrew Carnegie and Cornelius Vanderbilt. It sits on a Midtown street, filled with gleaming towers, that has become known as "Billionaire's Row."
Studio Sofield's founder, William Sofield, said he wanted to make the tower feel unmistakably New York.
"We've all been to very luxurious places, but I wanted to create a building that could not be anywhere else in the world," he said. "I know so many people might have multiple homes, who will have apartments here. And I wanted to create a very distinct experience that could only be had in New York."
A record feat
Elsewhere, the building's interiors include an 82-foot swimming pool housed in a light-filled room featuring floor-to-ceiling windows and a row of Kentia palms. There's also a modern take on New York's legendary King Cole Bar, complete with an ornamental balcony and custom gold and silver murals.
Other amenities include private dining rooms with a chef's catering kitchen, a golf simulator and a landscaped terrace.
"I always am very personal in my work," Sofield said. "So (take) the swimming pool, for example ... I didn't want it to feel like a normal swimming pool. It has wood paneling with great detailing and gold leaf details.
"It has a vaulted ceiling," he added. "It has draperies... So it's very unlike any swimming pool you would find in New York."
With a height-to-width ratio of 24:1, Steinway Tower has been described by its developers as "the most slender skyscraper in the world." The tower's facade includes blocks of terracotta, a material that appears to change color and texture when seen in different lights and from different angles.
At 1,428 feet, it is also one of the tallest buildings in the Western hemisphere, standing just short of two others in New York City: The 1,776-foot-tall One World Trade Center and the 1,550-foot-tall Central Park Tower.
Super-slender skyscrapers, also known as pencil towers, became standout features of the Hong Kong skyline in the 1970s. Since then, major cities such as New York have followed suit.
Residences in the Manhattan skyscraper, which was developed by the JDS Development Group and Property Markets Group, range in price from $7.75 million to $66 million.
By John Blake.
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