I thought the collapse of the pirate society in Uncharted 4 was interesting. How it was meant to be a libertarian paradise, but it failed.

the uncharted games are great

the characters and dialogue are top notch, so are the action setpieces

gameplay is serviceable

i never played the 4th game

because i dont have a ps4

I was considering doing a video on why the masculine archetype of Indiana Jones or Nathan Drake is so appealing to men.

I liked the Uncharted games so much because they reminded me of Indiana Jones.

i think its funny that Nathan drake is a gender swapped Laura croft who is a gender swapped Indiana jones

but yea that would be a decent video

I've only played one of the tomb raider games. I enjoyed it.

i never played any of them

all the tomb raider reboot games are good in my opinion

@Skellington I've never actually saw the Armstrong clip. that was based

@vexmasina44 he's Tea Party Nietzsche

I haven't played the game, so I wouldn't know if he's right, but the game's based if what he says is true
spoilers
https://youtu.be/J0Txjd4PwNA

only played the first tomb raider reboot. I liked it

@Pseudo-Analysist yes lol the game predated Trump

Trump gamer confirmed

@Pseudo-Analysist I may have seen that video before. Might watch it when I have the time

Metal Gear Solid 1-4 and Peacewalker are some of the best games ever, they are basically perfect. I am almost finished 4.

@Charlemagne Agreed

@Endeavour what do you think of Oswald Spengler’s theory of cyclical history? Do you think it’s mostly true, partially true or not right at all?

@EYEFORKNOWLEDGE156 I haven't read Spengler, but I know all about the cyclical history theory. I am less sympathetic to it than I used to be. While I think the theory of civilizational decline is generally accurate, there doesn't exist a model to accurately describe it since it takes place over such long periods of time and circumstances change over that time. While I find the theory compelling, I don't like subscribing to this theory too much because it creates a deterministic vision for the future. I don't think we are destined to crash. For all we know, this could be the dark age and we could get better from here.

@Endeavour It isn't a perfect theory but I think it's pretty accurate I would highly recommend reading his book Decline of the West and looking into his theories

Actually history is a tricycle

I don't like cyclical/deterministic models

Spengler is worthwhile for pointing out various factors but attempting to fit it into a model takes away from his analysis

I prefer thinking about things as open ended dialectics

And would say similiarities to other ages are because history rhymes but doesn't actually repeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfka_-DPbdc

this is a good video on Spengler

I did a superchat towards the end that questioned the legitimacy of Spengler's model going forward

he talked about how global civilization might break the paradigm

@Charlemagne yes Ebert seems a little blue pilled

Ebert is actually kinda lefty

but respects rightwingers cause there are a couple of post-modernist rightists

imo what makes Spengler's theory unique and interesting is not strictly to do with the cyclical nature of it, its the leaning towards a more mystical nature, of viewing civilisations as living organisms with life cycles imbedded in their nature, having a rise and decline already predetermined by the original mythos of the civilization

and yea Ebert is a lefty of sorts

he agrees with Spengler on quite a few points

you see his left side come out when he speaks of nationalism and any form of racialism