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I started fact-checking a book about emoji and the book was so hilaribad it turned into a thread-review. Here are some highlights: full thread-review here.
I’m not linking to the book, because no one should buy it.
(in descending order of rank in the angelic hierarchy)
Seraphim (singular ‘seraph’) are described as having six wings; two used to cover their face, two used to cover their feet, and two to fly. They also have a strong association with fire and may therefore be depicted as being on fire.
Cherubim (singular ‘cherub’) have four faces: one of a man, one of an ox, one of a lion, and one of an eagle. They have four conjoined wings, each of which are covered in hundreds of eyes. They have the body of a lion and the feet of an ox, and human hands.
Ophanim (singular ‘ophan’), also known as Thrones, are two adjacent blue-green wheel-within-a-wheels with hundreds of eyes covering their rims. They are also on fire. Ophanim often house the souls of Cherubim, and are therefore usually seen accompanying them.
Dominions, also known as Hashmallim (singular ‘hashmal’) or Lordships, are the only angels described as appearing as beautiful humans with a single pair of wings.
Virtues, then Authorities, come after Dominions, but neither are described in any detail.
Principalities, also known as Rulers, are described as wearing a crown and carrying a scepter of light. Not much description of their physical form is given, however.
Archangels have been frequently depicted as winged humans, but Biblical reactions to their appearances suggest that their real appearance is much more terrifying.
Angels, the lowest and largest class of angel, are described as having immensely varied forms, and so may come in all shapes and sizes,
It’s also worth remembering that most angels, in their true forms, are immensely large, and in some cases it would take several year’s journey on foot to travel from the top to the bottom of one. Also, most angels are quite luminous, and some are outright Lovecraftian in that gazing upon them may lead to blindness or insanity.
nintendo is pretty much the only big company that actually cares about people pirating older games and they’re the only company that takes action against it.
like, Sega actually lets you upload romhacks to the Steam Workshop for their Genesis Classics collection.
nobody that made those old games would see any of the money they’d make from a potential sale. the game was made 30 years ago and nobody kept proper records of who worked on what. the money for games like that just goes to “Nintendo,” the entity that exists solely in concept.
pirating a NES or SNES game is a victimless crime and emulating those games is often the only way people CAN play those games anymore. nobody outside of Japan would have ever played Mother 3 if it weren’t for piracy and emulation.
plus there are games that just aren’t being sold anymore. you can only find used copies, and used copy sales don’t go to the developers. at that rate, you might as well just pirate and emulate the game. that logic doesn’t just apply to games from the 80s or 90s, either. there’s games being released NOW that are unplayable without emulation or piracy.
You know the Konami Rebirth games? Gradius Rebirth, Castlevania Rebirth, and Contra Rebirth? As of this year, there are officially no ways to buy those games. The Wii Shop Channel is down and that was the only place you could buy them. If you want to play any of those games, you have two options:
Option 1: Find someone selling a Wii with the game already installed on it (no money goes to the developers)
Option 2: Pirate a digital copy and load it on your hacked Wii or in Dolphin (no money goes to the developers)
You see? We need emulation and piracy for the sake of preserving these games where there’s no other option.
So for Nintendo to go after pirates and emulators AND offer no alternative, official method to play these games is just ludicrous. It’s just a dick-waving power move. This is literally just them flexing to “preserve the integrity of their brand.”
And before anyone asks, no, I am not condoning piracy of all games. If there’s an official and reasonable option that supports the developers, you should take it. Always support artists.
But Companies? Companies that own the creations made by talented artists, that screw those artists out of their hard-earned money through poor record keeping and no regard for preservation of the art they’re selling as a product? Fuck companies. If the official options don’t exist, or the official option doesn’t actually support the people that made the game and just gets swallowed by “the company,” fuck it. Pirate the game.
Here’s another example: the original Doom. Zenimax owns Bethesda owns Id Software owns Doom. That said, nobody who actually made the Doom that released in 1993 actually works at Id Software anymore. Everyone who made that game left. When you buy Doom, the money just gets swallowed by Zenimax, a company that did not make the game but owns the rights to sell the game. So fuck it. Steal Doom. Romero and Carmack encourage it.
in short, if it directly benefits the developers pay for it whenever you can. if it doesn’t, fuck it. nobody at Konami is missing meals because you’re emulating a copy of Shattered Soldier on the PS2.
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