Disco Elysium is a game about pathing.
It's weird to hear people talk about surveillance states like they ain't into it. "Facial recognition and the internet tracking me, I can't take this!"
Alright.
They say a person's home is their castle. Which makes the land around it their kingdom, I suppose. So it's funny that the same people that don't want monolith industries like the guv'ment or an internet company tracking them are perfectly fine installing tracking devices that record anyone coming near their domain.
Home security cameras have finally entered the point where the price has gone down and production has gone up. Everybody has some version of one now. Ring, Nest, SimpliSafe, ADT. You can get them at Cosco. Well, you can get anything at Cosco. Also, shouts to Cosco Polish dogs, I don't care how the rest of the world is going, I fully cosign Cosco Pizza and Polish dogs, they are doing gods work.
Anyway, people can watch their dogs ripping up the blankets on their cell phone while at work. People can sit inside the home while the delivery guy is outside delivering the pack of granola bars they were too lazy to put on pants for. And maybe, just maybe, people can catch a criminal in the act and release that video to a social network where it will go viral.
Here is the thing. I don't have anything against installing a home security camera where you lay your head at, where your kids be, or any of that. This world is bare dangerous, take steps. But the idea that the government or a private company wouldn't be on the same shit is laughable. That imaginary bad guy you are worried about, also known as the neighbor that you think stole your dog, to the government and business, that is you.
Cameras and guns are basically the same things. Weapons of intention. You can grab a camera in hopes to prevent, you can grab a gun with the best of intentions, but as most people who have held a gun will tell you, it only got one use.
The one thing a gun has on a camera at the moment is that a gun can't be hacked as easily. As in, a third party couldn't just bypass the owner and use a gun in that person's hand. A home security camera jacked into the internet tho?
Elanor Everet said, "For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind." She right, for sure, but it also sounds like she ain't live in the hood. Security is currency when safety is threatened. An the bill don't come till late. Such is life.
What was I talking about before? Oh, Disco Elysium!! Best cRPG I have played in a long time, no cap. I am legit having fun with this one, it's different. You should check it out if you are into boring games like me.
Also shouts to info, rip Tb rip TC rip Tall-T. Love is wise hatred is foolish. Get out there and do great things, we believe in you. Also Jobs.
The Protoculture Mixtape : Issue : People : Exhaust
