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My final task: Lighting realtime horror game scene.

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More interesting part of my task are the pictures and the scene itself, but I will talk a little bit about why I chose this as my task and how I did it. I have always been both big horror fan and video game graphics enthusiast. Lighting has been my favorite subject as it can change the feel of scene so dramatically. I chose to light my scene in a manner of moody, ambient horror experience. Something that doesn't rely on jump scares but mysterious atmosphere. Old Silent Hill games are my main influence for this project and I try to emulate their feel with with adding something of my own. Building all assets from scratch myself would have been a monumental task, several full work weeks. That's why I chose to download props from internet and place and light them myself to concentrate what is really important in my task. Unfortunately, many textures were not good quality, or the materials didn't behave as I would have liked so I remade them.  My scene work is currently static...
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Red Dead Redemption 2

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Perhaps the biggest game launch in few years is without doubt Red Dead Redemption 2. It's Grand Theft Auto developer Rockstar's sequel to XBox 360's RDR. It's a an open world western in Rockstar's gritty style. The game was much talked before launch, especially it's never seen level of detail was discussed. The level of detail they put into game became a meme when horse testicles shrinking in cold was announced feature. I personally have not yet played the game but have read peoples opinions on it. It's got straight 10 in many places and labeled a masterpiece. One of criticisms that is often arisen is the game seemingly slow pace. This is a pet peeve of mine, as I can't remember myself criticizing anything as slow paced. I personally really enjoy these parts in games and movies. I wonder if it is current times and it's trends in gaming that have glorified fast paced action and left introspective and subtle themes behind. Anyway, I will myself ...
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Joe Rogan

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I chose Joe Rogan for my media personality, because he is the most interesting to follow. He is a Podcaster, standup comedian, UFC commentator, martial artist and hunter. I mostly follow his super popular podcast The Joe Rogan experience where he interviews popular and less known interesting personalities. He is also in my opinion the best commentator in the UFC as he is very knowledgeable about mixed martial arts, being a blackbelt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and Taekwondo. Joe interacts with his fans mostly on Instagram, where he often posts abot his hunting and other stuff as well. He never responds to anyone, which is reasonable as he has millions of fans. Mainly Joe is entertainer. He comments on recent events events with a smirk, but is also capable of serious conversation as seen in his podcast. Oh, and he smoked weed with Elon Musk and a new meme was born out of it.
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Blizzcon Diablo "fiasco"

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In yearly event Blizzon that was held 2. - 4.11 a new Diablo game was announced. Diablo is honored game series that first emerged two decades ago. There is currently three entries in the series with expansion pack for each. The last one, Diablo 3 is soon 7 years old and fans waited for new Diablo to play. Unfortunately this reveal caused ruckus as the new Diablo release was "just" a mobile game. I'm linking video to the release event as it is truly cringy to watch. The air is so heavy you could cut it with a knife. Although many, probably justifiably, say the fans reactions are childish, there is other side to coin, too. Diablo is a series enjoyed by hardcore PC players and Blizzard had announced a diablo reveal in Blizzcon. It felt like blizzard doesn't know it's fan base. This is also part of Blizzards chain of bad decisions in their games, especially making World of Warcraft super casual. This has caused it's player base to plummet. I believe these recen...
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Music video analysis I'm analyzing one of my all time favorites, Yung Lean's Kyoto. The artist has always been one of my favourites, although his new production isn't as good in my opinion. Lean is a pioneer of cloud rap -genre, and he brought in in mainstream. The genre uses certain style of rapping, very low energy and the lyrics are special too. Lean's songs rarely tell stories and you really cannot guess what comes next. "Milkshake with crushed up Oreos. Bangbros stick my dick inside the gloryhole. Burgers with bacon and quacamole, stick my inside her ye real slowly" go lyrics in one oh his songs. These super unusual lyrics are my favourite thing about him. This music video is bit special as visuals in videos often include low quality gif -art, early 2000's cultural imagery and drug references. In "Kyoto" everything is shot with camera in real environment, but genres usual glitchy and "cloudy" look ...
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Uncharted 4 is a masterpiece

My choice for most impressive storytelling in videogames in Naughty Dog's Uncharted 4. The company is known for being ahead of everyone else in several things, storytellin being one of them. The game starts with main character Nathan Drake reuniting with his supposedly dead brother. His death was big hit for him, enough to bury their dream; finding the legendary Libertalia. The pacing and interwoving of imagery with story and moods of the characters is masterful. The narrative works so well because you really become invested in the story and if you are Uncharted fan, you have some shared past with our hero Nathan. The brothers travel around the globe trying to outsmart the villain Rafe, who is probably my favorite one because the believable and masterful writing.
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Absurd Censoring in Battlefield V

Chat has always been a very important feature in many multiplayer games that focus on teamwork. Our bizarre times has spawned most weird "politically correct" phenomenon in EA's new Battlefield game. The chat censors words such as "white man", "lag", "nazi" and "jew". This is absurd considering it is a multiplayer war game that takes place during World war 2. I'm interested what will be EA's take on this and how will they explain or change it. I would guess it is to lessen toxicity in chat, but my presonal opinion is that players should not be mollycoddled and controlled this way. BFV is a game for adults and we should be able to handle profany.
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