Reality vs Adventure

It looks like facebook is stuck between data privacy and funds from advertisements. Along with Apple’s new privacy update that directly impacts Meta’s loss by $10 billion, and the whistleblower controversy how Facebook profited from misinformation by directing people to link after link of extremism, and now the EU data privacy concerns, are all going to affect Meta going forward. American politics really put Facebook in the crosshairs as a gatekeeper of misinformation. A few high profile republican politicians including Trump were banned from Facebook, while at the same time profiting from other misinformation as claimed by the whistleblower. So they are heading into a collision course to a world that needs more data privacy. Can they stay successful if privacy means that Meta won’t get as much advertising traffic? It’s more than just data privacy that is hurting Meta. Because they have seen their first loss in users, which I believe is partly due to the conservatives who didn’t like the fact that their messiah Trump was banned from Facebook and meanwhile Trump and party have so far unsuccessfully tried to start their own hate filled social media. And investors usually might not be afflicted by politics when it comes to investments, but Meta has a lot going on that contributed to Thursday’s loss. I hate to say that many people have lost confidence in them that aren’t republican which as fate will have it, boosts republican efforts to destroy Meta as their revenge. But many people are losing confidence because of the whistleblower, and Spotify’s recent controversy, as well as Oculus under investigation for antitrust violations. And as far as Spotify, even after Joe Rogan spread misinformation about Covid and used the ’N’ word many times, he was offered a $100 million deal for a Trump-backed site instead. So that shows that Meta is republican’s social media arch enemy, but even then that won't stop them from investing if the profit is good, which wouldn't make sense to invest in something you want to destroy. How Meta responds to all this and recuperate their losses is something I’m not sure of what they will do.

I think everything in BCE is going to be mixed up in myth. Even if you wanted to learn about actual history from any library, you will come across mythology guaranteed. It's inseparable. Even architecture will have sculptings or paintings of lore as well as crafts and even coins. Bringing it to life in a game is just more amusing than reading a history book. So that's not fair to say AC isn't a good historical representation, because it is. But I agree they used real people and put fictional spins on them like Da Vinci, etc. but the newer games have Discovery Tours where you travel to different locations to learn historical facts about people and places. So when you do come across fantasy or fictional spins of characters you have a historical reference to look back on as a guide. Those Discovery Tours are very unique I don't think any other game has.

Well that doesn't make sense about Wildlands because I can say the same thing about Assassin's Creed which you just called fantasy. But I do agree that AC has a lot of fantasy, but it's fantasy has ties to actual historic beliefs during that time period. For example, you fight a Minotaur in Odyssey, but I learned in the game that ancient Minoans in Crete actually believed in it and came from the wife of King Minos that gave birth to it. Kind of a sick story of how a woman mated with a bull. But that's a portrayal of history, whether what they believed was real or not.

In Watch Dogs Legion, to summon different drones and even ride them over the city; just plain amazing and beautiful. Destroy All Humans-ability to give humans the shits and even be able to take over their body. Hell, even being able to lift them into the air from a distance and toss them is cool.

I'm trying to broaden my horizons by playing games similar to my favorite GTA 5; I have found that Saints Row 2 is pure fun to play. Watch Dogs Legion is intense joy; GTA 5 is fun joy, and Saints Row 2 is pure joy. Joy joy joy

They probably had absinthe back then which was still legal at that time.

Saints Row for sure is a big competitor to GTA.

I just got Saints Row 2 and spent the whole night playing it. I have no words to explain how bad ass the game is. I recently got GTA San Andreas too and Saints Row 2 beats San Andreas, as well as GTA 4. How SR2 didn't get as popular as GTA leaves me dumbfounded. The game is a whole lot crazier than anything I've experienced with GTA. It's like GTA multiplied to the extreme. All I can say is that Saints Row 2 is fun as hell and one of my personal favorites now. I also bought Saints Row The Third remastered but have not received it yet. So I'm excited about this reboot. I can't wait. I'm not sure if it's true about Saints Row 4 and how it went bonkers in crazyville, but hey, bring it.

I don't think so because I have completely forgot about the Frances Haugen whistleblower scandal recently where Facebook profited by contributing to the spread of misinformation and Facebook has lost users for the first time. Add to that Apple's privacy changes makes for a $10 billion loss; and antitrust investigation. Those things added to a 4th quarter loss, which led to the huge loss on Thursday. Why such a panic happened that caused the stock to sink that bad, I don't know. I think the future is bright with Oculus and Meta isn't going anywhere, but what happened with the stock is a clear warning sign that Meta needs more than a name change.

Before this discussion goes AWOL, we shouldn't loosely throw around the term gay because it might come off as offensive, and that's not what I want it to lead to.

Damn, speak of the devil and it appears; 😀 It will release just in time for the apocalypse

I'm not sure how much of an impact this had on Meta, but supposedly the new Apple privacy changes called App Tracking Transparency has had an impact on the amount of advertisements in web browsing that Meta uses. So this will continually impact Meta.

Makeup...lol

I was trying to show that makeup for women and guns for men are like a mask they hide behind.

That's true; after they reported the 4th quarter loss, the market took a dive. It also doesn't help that Spotify is under scrutiny for Covid misinformation and Oculus is being investigated by the Federal Trade Commission for violating antitrust laws. "The lawsuit aims to force Meta to sell off its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp." https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-oculus-vr-division-antitrust-investigation-ftc-report-says-2022-1 https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/meta-shares-plummet-after-disappointing-earnings-user-drop/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/meta-platforms-frankfurt-listed-shares-drop-tepid-forecast-2022-02-03/

Yeah, I'm shocked to hear that. It'll take some digging to find out what happened, but Wall st. closed with Meta having the biggest record loss in U.S. history. There is a bigger picture going on here; right now it's not too clear what that is.

Women and men having fun

Only if they care to learn from trip ups. To allow a company to screw up a trilogy that represents you is extremely careless, so we have to question their leadership. They've been sitting fat for a while, now they have to burn some off and whip into shape if they want to step into the ring of competition again.

True, because the trilogy might be a sign of arrogance which is always a destroying quality.

They've had plenty of time so there can't be any excuses for them. Not Covid, not economy, not even an apocalypse could be their excuse. But I do think GTA 6 will be released during an apocalypse. 😎

I'll be 43 this month. Gaming is the new thing for our age. Did you play games in the classic 80's era? I did as a kid/teen and recently got back into it.

Today Meta lost 220 billion when Wall St opened which is a 24% slump and if that holds by the time Wall St closes, it will be the largest one day loss in corporate history. Meta's value is at $680 billion this morning from $898 billion.

I'm liking San Andreas. I'm a fish on a hook right now with GTA. San Andreas brings a bit of the 90's nostalgia with the music and things they say. Gameplay is pretty fun too. I can see why the game was such a big hit back then. So I say, yes it's worth playing other GTA games. I'm a fan.

When people start playing GTA 5 on ps5, it'll revive the game for a couple more years. A lot is going to happen in the USA the next couple years, so if GTA 6 wants to keep their satirical theme, that would be some supreme stomping ground ripe for GTA 6 to shit on it all a couple years from now. The game could be an awesome fuck you and farewell to law and order and sanity. I say it'd be worth the wait.

Me too! I started playing the game for the first time last night as I just got the game.