ArchThought
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Architecture, Urban Planning, and Cultural Thought.
This happened last time in PA, it’s just a lot closer. Going to bed hoping that it turns around.
November 6, 2024 at 5:35 AM
This happened last time in PA, it’s just a lot closer. Going to bed hoping that it turns around.
The white and red meat we pull from hunting animals in game also have a red/white mushroom variety that we can use for creating pots. Could the crucible not be a single tree or animal; but a primordial fungus that has evolved?
And what would a devout religion do when a competitor fungus invades?
And what would a devout religion do when a competitor fungus invades?
August 11, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The white and red meat we pull from hunting animals in game also have a red/white mushroom variety that we can use for creating pots. Could the crucible not be a single tree or animal; but a primordial fungus that has evolved?
And what would a devout religion do when a competitor fungus invades?
And what would a devout religion do when a competitor fungus invades?
The big assumption in the base game was that the Elden Beast was the source of the Greater Wills influence over the Lands Between, but that was only half true.
We find out that the daughter to the Greater Will would would speak to and give birth to the envoys of the empyreans, especially Marika.
We find out that the daughter to the Greater Will would would speak to and give birth to the envoys of the empyreans, especially Marika.
August 11, 2024 at 7:25 PM
The big assumption in the base game was that the Elden Beast was the source of the Greater Wills influence over the Lands Between, but that was only half true.
We find out that the daughter to the Greater Will would would speak to and give birth to the envoys of the empyreans, especially Marika.
We find out that the daughter to the Greater Will would would speak to and give birth to the envoys of the empyreans, especially Marika.
Maybe the end of the last thread was a little negative; I still remember opening this screen on a weekend morning either hearing birds singer or the rain of bullets. If you can remember hearing this as well, thank you.
June 16, 2024 at 9:54 PM
Maybe the end of the last thread was a little negative; I still remember opening this screen on a weekend morning either hearing birds singer or the rain of bullets. If you can remember hearing this as well, thank you.
Zesty Jesus’s video ‘No One’s Home’ goes over the numbers, but along with trolls flooding servers with aimbots, essentially the player counts are inflated by bots mining for items in private servers. This all in service of a quasi-crypto market fueled by the steam market.
June 16, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Zesty Jesus’s video ‘No One’s Home’ goes over the numbers, but along with trolls flooding servers with aimbots, essentially the player counts are inflated by bots mining for items in private servers. This all in service of a quasi-crypto market fueled by the steam market.
The community was the best part; outside of game creating steam workshop items to download, and creating amazing animations with gmod humorously and then eventually with source film maker. These animations got recognition by Value, the company of the game. For a time, they cared about the community.
June 16, 2024 at 2:34 PM
The community was the best part; outside of game creating steam workshop items to download, and creating amazing animations with gmod humorously and then eventually with source film maker. These animations got recognition by Value, the company of the game. For a time, they cared about the community.
The game itself for a decade received class updates, got a co-op mode, became free to play, had holiday events, it’s own comic, and a series of innocuous features like hats that were meant as a in-game joke, at least for a time.
June 16, 2024 at 2:18 PM
The game itself for a decade received class updates, got a co-op mode, became free to play, had holiday events, it’s own comic, and a series of innocuous features like hats that were meant as a in-game joke, at least for a time.
And there are many ‘lands between’ in these games that are connected by trees, whose connections we can’t see. But such is the cycle of life.. but that concludes my last thread’s subject on the matter. Can’t wait for the DLC!
June 8, 2024 at 3:35 PM
And there are many ‘lands between’ in these games that are connected by trees, whose connections we can’t see. But such is the cycle of life.. but that concludes my last thread’s subject on the matter. Can’t wait for the DLC!
Our snakie boy is an ‘Impaler’ so it’s likely this is in service of some sort of bloodletting, and it also feeds into Marika’s christ like imagery. Still curious how he was able to penetrate his mom from the land of shadows, but that’s too much speculation for now.
June 8, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Our snakie boy is an ‘Impaler’ so it’s likely this is in service of some sort of bloodletting, and it also feeds into Marika’s christ like imagery. Still curious how he was able to penetrate his mom from the land of shadows, but that’s too much speculation for now.
By the way, you know what other DLC had you traverse through an alternative reflection of the games world? One mired with the actions of the past, and is the focal point of the narrative which all ‘outer gods’ scheme to take control of?
June 8, 2024 at 2:59 AM
By the way, you know what other DLC had you traverse through an alternative reflection of the games world? One mired with the actions of the past, and is the focal point of the narrative which all ‘outer gods’ scheme to take control of?
Yggdrasil and Poetic Edda isn’t just about a tree’s branches/roots similar functions, but about the cyclical flow of time. A living river which reflects itself, which all life is given meaning.
These games circles are the same; whether its the ‘Dark Sign’ in Dark Souls, Sea/Space, or the Erdtree.
These games circles are the same; whether its the ‘Dark Sign’ in Dark Souls, Sea/Space, or the Erdtree.
June 8, 2024 at 2:50 AM
Yggdrasil and Poetic Edda isn’t just about a tree’s branches/roots similar functions, but about the cyclical flow of time. A living river which reflects itself, which all life is given meaning.
These games circles are the same; whether its the ‘Dark Sign’ in Dark Souls, Sea/Space, or the Erdtree.
These games circles are the same; whether its the ‘Dark Sign’ in Dark Souls, Sea/Space, or the Erdtree.
The trailer hits us with a very familiar motif in the Soulsborn games; need I say it? The birth of Queen Marika’s reign was bloody and violent, and brought (eternal) life to her many children. She took control of the world’s Yggdrasil, the engine of life and death, to the service of an outer god.
June 8, 2024 at 2:28 AM
The trailer hits us with a very familiar motif in the Soulsborn games; need I say it? The birth of Queen Marika’s reign was bloody and violent, and brought (eternal) life to her many children. She took control of the world’s Yggdrasil, the engine of life and death, to the service of an outer god.
Well maybe not the seduction part, one was a mother while the other a child, but their connection as Empyreans of the current order of their time is apparent. That Order was the Crucible, the original form of what was the Erdtree. When all life lived together, and before the Demi-gods cheated death.
June 8, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Well maybe not the seduction part, one was a mother while the other a child, but their connection as Empyreans of the current order of their time is apparent. That Order was the Crucible, the original form of what was the Erdtree. When all life lived together, and before the Demi-gods cheated death.
Or perhaps a spiritual jail; as Miquella is here, whether by force or to accomplish what they couldn’t with the Haligtree, to right the wrong of their mother’s ‘seduction and betrayal’. We’re not sure who was betrayed, but given St. Trina and the Gloam-eyed Queen are missing…
June 8, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Or perhaps a spiritual jail; as Miquella is here, whether by force or to accomplish what they couldn’t with the Haligtree, to right the wrong of their mother’s ‘seduction and betrayal’. We’re not sure who was betrayed, but given St. Trina and the Gloam-eyed Queen are missing…
With the ‘Shadow of the Erdtree’ DLC approaching, I want to cover what we ought to expect based on the trailer, along with similar themes that we’ve seen in other games. From the trailer, we are being pulled into a frozen ‘unsung’ past which casts a terrible shadow on the games current events.
June 8, 2024 at 12:48 AM
With the ‘Shadow of the Erdtree’ DLC approaching, I want to cover what we ought to expect based on the trailer, along with similar themes that we’ve seen in other games. From the trailer, we are being pulled into a frozen ‘unsung’ past which casts a terrible shadow on the games current events.
What do you call this trope? Because I love it.
May 23, 2024 at 11:23 PM
What do you call this trope? Because I love it.
Not to get to preachy, but good design needs to communicate and give room to grow, and not be just a means-to-an-end. An intersection with a form.
May 18, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Not to get to preachy, but good design needs to communicate and give room to grow, and not be just a means-to-an-end. An intersection with a form.
Like how a series of bar joists form a roof or studs are to a wall; the form is present in the negative space, regardless how close or far away we are…All you need are intersections to design a form.
Even if those intersections are an abstraction of a ‘form’, a design is present, and room to grow.
Even if those intersections are an abstraction of a ‘form’, a design is present, and room to grow.
May 18, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Like how a series of bar joists form a roof or studs are to a wall; the form is present in the negative space, regardless how close or far away we are…All you need are intersections to design a form.
Even if those intersections are an abstraction of a ‘form’, a design is present, and room to grow.
Even if those intersections are an abstraction of a ‘form’, a design is present, and room to grow.
The city becomes an abstraction for the community, a living design who’s form is for us to find. It’s not in a single owner, building, or political structure; but found at multiple intersecting points of conflict and resolve. Eventually everyone comes to terms with the entity.
May 18, 2024 at 5:03 AM
The city becomes an abstraction for the community, a living design who’s form is for us to find. It’s not in a single owner, building, or political structure; but found at multiple intersecting points of conflict and resolve. Eventually everyone comes to terms with the entity.
The more I read about urban planning, the less I know what the final ‘form’ should be. Or to better put; if you have a garden, you can temper the design, but you’ll never be the owner of it. It’s a living thing with changing rules and a biology; a community outside your control.
May 18, 2024 at 4:56 AM
The more I read about urban planning, the less I know what the final ‘form’ should be. Or to better put; if you have a garden, you can temper the design, but you’ll never be the owner of it. It’s a living thing with changing rules and a biology; a community outside your control.
Here’s another project; a 30-acre parking lot at Garden State Plaza New Jersey is turning into +2,000 housing with green space and a real social corridor. Hopefully more post-war sprawl will fade away in place of real community centers in the coming years.
May 18, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Here’s another project; a 30-acre parking lot at Garden State Plaza New Jersey is turning into +2,000 housing with green space and a real social corridor. Hopefully more post-war sprawl will fade away in place of real community centers in the coming years.
Than I highly recommend you read ‘Emergent Tokyo’ by StudioLab. As it illustrates the connective tissue and scale of Tokyo’s diverse urban districts. It’s a great guide for building better dense low-rise neighborhoods; a popular subject not just in classes, but in many major American suburbs.
May 13, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Than I highly recommend you read ‘Emergent Tokyo’ by StudioLab. As it illustrates the connective tissue and scale of Tokyo’s diverse urban districts. It’s a great guide for building better dense low-rise neighborhoods; a popular subject not just in classes, but in many major American suburbs.
Been reading more into existing community redevelopment projects; particularly ones focused on housing and public space (as opposed to just commercial) to re-center their townships. On the left is in Sterling Heights, MI and on the right is in Ohio.
May 12, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Been reading more into existing community redevelopment projects; particularly ones focused on housing and public space (as opposed to just commercial) to re-center their townships. On the left is in Sterling Heights, MI and on the right is in Ohio.
Was at IIT as a guest as well. Some great work.
May 11, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Was at IIT as a guest as well. Some great work.
