Whales. Whales everywhere.
"There is so much that we've already built that none of you even know about and we want to deliver this in a masterful way!" says Thomas Mahler, Creative Director of Moon Studios.
My buddy bought early access and said it’s very good, with a lot of potential but room for improvement… basically what a lot of early previews have said.
I am really excited for this, and am excited for PS5 release but this is encouraging to hear. Kind of like BG3… 2 years ago it was nowhere near as good as it ended up being. It’s awesome when developers are listening to feedback from the community and basically play testing the shit out of this until it’s as good as it can get… and then releasing.
Patiently waiting, keep up the good work!
The developer of Garry's Mod has announced it is in the process of removing all Nintendo-related content from Steam Workshop after receiving a takedown request from Nintendo.
Remedy has made a couple of changes to its core management team with the goal to grow Alan Wake and Control into larger franchises.
Changes like not being anti consumer? putting out Alan Wake Remastered on disc but not the sequel?
Moby Dick.
The man likes whales, get off his back.
I wanted to reference an episode of South Park, but I guess its not PC, so I'll just leave it alone.
Its a Japanese thing, you wouldnt understand.
That's one of the first things that I thought about after the Death Stranding reveal. Whales will strand (beach) themselves for several reasons: sickness, child birth gone wrong, weather, sonar miscues, or following others (running to and from danger). There's no real link between whales and Japanese religions (though fish have prominent placement in many religious celebrations). There IS a cultural link that's kind of interesting in that, post WWII, whale meat was a main source of meat for many. Whaling was encouraged at that time in order to feed a country that was reeling from post-war food insufficiency. Part of the "reason" why the Japanese remain stubborn about continued whaling is this crazy sense of it being part of their ancient culture. (though, to note, that was more passive coastal whaling and not the far reaching industrial whaling we see today).
So, why whales? Maybe it's linked to the traditional myths surrounding whales. Even in Moby Dick, Ahab had a large amount of respect for the fight, the hunt, and what was lost while chasing the whale. More esoteric, whales are thought to be descendants of prehistoric land-dwelling animals. Maybe there's some commentary about the path of humans, being also mammals, and some link to whales. Overall, whales are majestic, somewhat mysterious, social and yet often shy. They are the largest species of animal, yet they are rarely seen. They live in a place that we have only begun to explore. (less than 5% of the ocean is explored, that's less than what we know about our galaxy!)
These are just some ideas. Though, knowing Kojima, he will take this to a level that we can only imagine. Or, it could just be that he thinks whales are cool.