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Red Dead Redemption 2 HDR Patch?

Six months ago Rockstar released Red Dead Redemption 2 with broken HDR. As you can see above our friend Vincent shows us the HDR feature in Red Dead Redemption 2 has been purposefully “faked” by Rockstar. This means that by turning on the HDR feature you will experience worse contrast than if you just left the feature off. This is extremely disappointing because HDR is obviously supposed to greatly enhance contrast. Why would Rockstar do such a thing? It’s uncharacteristic of Rockstar to release a game with a major feature broken. The fact that the HDR is still unpatched is more than just an inconvenience… it’s clearly a sign of a greater issue with Red Dead Redemption 2.

RDR 2 Online

Ever since the release of the RDR 2 Online beta weeks after the game’s launch, the story mode has seen little in the way of patches. With the story mode being so vast, it is filled with small and large bugs alike. The community forum is filled with posters expressing disappointment because they weren’t really interested in the multiplayer aspect of the game.

Why would Rockstar betray their hardcore audience? The answer is simple.

Red Dead Redemption 2 Flopped — Red Dead Redemption 2 Only Reached 5/6 Of its Financial Forecast

Despite RDR 2’s massive success – it was only 5/6 the success it was supposed to be. To you, the consumer, this might seem like a small fraction. To a Jewish investor on the other hand it could be a matter of life an death. The fact of the matter is that that Red Dead Redemption 2 required a heavy investment of time and money thus investors were expecting more of pay-off. Not just from the game itself, but the online component.

Grand Theft Auto V Online was a massive financial success for Rockstar. With popularity on both Steam and console platforms and endless microtransactions – Rockstar secured themself a massive cash cow. RDR 2 Online was supposed to be the next cash cow for both Take Two and its investors but for some reason it hasn’t gone that way.

RDR 2 Graphics Downgrade

As time pushes on we would continue to see more love for the multiplayer while Rockstar shits on the singleplayer. In March Rockstar pushes a patch that silently downgrades the graphics in the game and removes SSAO lighting from the game. Fans on the message board were in an uproar because many were still playing the singleplayer, as well as myself.

Why is Rockstar downgrading the graphics instead of fixing the HDR? The situation is a nightmare with no end in sight. Rockstar seems dead-set now on satisfying the cash-cow crowd even if it’s at the expense of those merely trying to enjoy the singleplayer (which is most players).

Six months since release and now a few things are pretty clear. Rockstar just isn’t the company they used to be. Rockstar has no intention of fixing HDR. Those of us who spend thousands on an expensive TV with RDR 2 in mind will never have our satisfaction. At least not until we are forced to double dip with the PC release.

Why are gamers telling the world to subscribe to PewDiePie all the time?

PewDiePie, 94 million YouTube subscribers strong, was once just another insanely popular yet innocuous gamer and content creator. Now he’s found himself a key player in a culture war and is one of the most dangerous men in America. To your average normie browsing on the internet this would sound completely absurd and something that came out of a PewDiePie fan-fiction, but interestingly enough it’s all true. In this journey we will come to learn that with great popularity comes great responsibility…or else.

“Death to All Jews” Controversy

PewDiePie begins 2017 off with a bang with a silly Fiverr reaction stunt. He paid a couple of weird Abo-looking dudes from Fiverr (a site where you pay people $5 to do anything) and then pretended to react to it. You must admit the marketing genius on PewDiePie’s behalf. Spending $5 on this silly Fiverr stunt resulted in a massive amount of media attention. But what kind of media attention?

PewDiePie thinks 'Death to all Jews' is a joke. Are you laughing yet? Arwa Mahdawi — Scary mixed lady implies gamer funnyman PewDiePie wants death to all Jews

Eh…there’s really no such thing as bad press anyways. Nobody of healthy spirit or sober mind would comb through the headlines and believe that PewDiePie was seriously trying to cause harm to Jewish community. Now PewDiePie would become talk of the internet thanks to the spotlight given to him by the media. Make no mistake – this was a huge boost to PewDiePie’s popularity.

PewDiePie reacts to "Death to All Jews" sign — Shock and awe

The Gamer Word

On the faithful day of September 10th, 2017, PewDiePie played PUBG, died, and unleashed the gamer word on the world.

What’s the big deal? He didn’t say anything that I wouldn’t say if I stubbed my toe or spilled some water. All this showed me was that Pewdiepie was a guy I could relate to. Not just that – but Pewdiepie would dutifully suffer a media onslaught for merely being one of us “dudes”. What difference does it make if a guy says a bad word on a personal stream? It’s just a word, you fucking babies.

Our Guy

Over these events (and some others I’m glossing over), PewDiePie has become a darling of gamers all over the internet. The media will try to have you believe his fans are right-wing, but the fact is that these people are just his fans are they come from all walks of life. Now that PewDiePie has grown to the peak of popularity and appears to be off the media’s leash (evident by their attacks on him and his audience), he has become the Neo in our Matrix (and the journals are the Agents).

PewDiePie Performing the Heil Hitler — The Famous Salute PewDiePie Doesn’t Actually Use in his Videos

Race Against T-Series

I barely care enough about T-Series to even write about them. It’s some weird YouTube Bollywood conglomerate. Apparently it’s important to them to be the most subscribed channel on YouTube. Frankly I’m not impressed because with India’s population of 1.35 billion, you could easily hit that goal by renting a few billboards on a few busy streets. To me it’s sad that with the potential backing of a 1.35 billion population or their enormous financing budget, that they struggle to compete with your average Joe PewDiePie. This race represented the strength and creativity individual versus the corporation. It’s an inspiring story of a single man taking on the establishment. The establishment is not only a manifestation of this Indian media conglomerate, but also a manifestation of the entire media empire seeking to destroy PewDiePie.

(((Think Inside the Box)))

PewDiePie Media Pileon — We gamers do not need to think too hard about things. We have journalists, some even who’ve gone to Harvard, to think for us.

All that we can conclude after these series of events that PewDiePie has grown to be an icon for not just gamers but for those who care about pushing our culture in a less corporate direction. When PewDiePie comes out and does something silly yet controversial: he shows us that his heart is in it and that he’s in it for the laughs. What the journalist media on the other hand is that they’re only in it for the sensationalism and social brownie points. That’s where lays the great irony of our media. They want to create an outrage yet simultaneously claim to be virtuous. Who would’ve even known that Pewdiepie said the gamer word if the media didn’t have a meltdown about it? Wouldn’t it have made more sense to ignore it if the media were truly concerned about people of color feeling uncomfortable by the use of the N-word? I’d attribute it to a lack of self-awareness, but that would be lack of self-awareness on my part, because we know the journalism industry is designed this way.

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