#ivory-tower — Public Fediverse posts

Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/free-ubisoft-games-xbox-to-pc

Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/free-ubisoft-games-xbox-to-pc

Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/free-ubisoft-games-xbox-to-pc

Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/free-ubisoft-games-xbox-to-pc

Ubisoft is letting owners of its Xbox games play select titles for free on PC as part of a new partnership with Microsoft

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/free-ubisoft-games-xbox-to-pc

#TheCrewMotorfest es un gran juego. Es sencillamente divertido, va al grano, y está a un nivel brutal. #IvoryTower PEC.

Ivory Tower no es independiente. Depende de #Ubisoft. Y, en ese punto, llega lo malo.

Tiene un componente muy descarado de juego como servicio. La economía del juego es injusta.

Si fuese solo para tema estético y chorradas así, bueno. Pero está diseñado para saltarse el farmeo injusto con dinero real. Es una pena.

#TheCrewMotorfest es un gran juego. Es sencillamente divertido, va al grano, y está a un nivel brutal. #IvoryTower PEC.

Ivory Tower no es independiente. Depende de #Ubisoft. Y, en ese punto, llega lo malo.

Tiene un componente muy descarado de juego como servicio. La economía del juego es injusta.

Si fuese solo para tema estético y chorradas así, bueno. Pero está diseñado para saltarse el farmeo injusto con dinero real. Es una pena.

#TheCrewMotorfest es un gran juego. Es sencillamente divertido, va al grano, y está a un nivel brutal. #IvoryTower PEC.

Ivory Tower no es independiente. Depende de #Ubisoft. Y, en ese punto, llega lo malo.

Tiene un componente muy descarado de juego como servicio. La economía del juego es injusta.

Si fuese solo para tema estético y chorradas así, bueno. Pero está diseñado para saltarse el farmeo injusto con dinero real. Es una pena.

#TheCrewMotorfest es un gran juego. Es sencillamente divertido, va al grano, y está a un nivel brutal. #IvoryTower PEC.

Ivory Tower no es independiente. Depende de #Ubisoft. Y, en ese punto, llega lo malo.

Tiene un componente muy descarado de juego como servicio. La economía del juego es injusta.

Si fuese solo para tema estético y chorradas así, bueno. Pero está diseñado para saltarse el farmeo injusto con dinero real. Es una pena.

#TheCrewMotorfest es un gran juego. Es sencillamente divertido, va al grano, y está a un nivel brutal. #IvoryTower PEC.

Ivory Tower no es independiente. Depende de #Ubisoft. Y, en ese punto, llega lo malo.

Tiene un componente muy descarado de juego como servicio. La economía del juego es injusta.

Si fuese solo para tema estético y chorradas así, bueno. Pero está diseñado para saltarse el farmeo injusto con dinero real. Es una pena.

Stop Killing Games consumer protection bill passes floor vote in California

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-passes-floor-vote-california

"The industry wants people to think this is a demand for eternal server support ... it isn't" - E3 owner and Stop Killing Games clash over Californian games bill

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games

"The industry wants people to think this is a demand for eternal server support ... it isn't" - E3 owner and Stop Killing Games clash over Californian games bill

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games

"The industry wants people to think this is a demand for eternal server support ... it isn't" - E3 owner and Stop Killing Games clash over Californian games bill

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games

"The industry wants people to think this is a demand for eternal server support ... it isn't" - E3 owner and Stop Killing Games clash over Californian games bill

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games

"The industry wants people to think this is a demand for eternal server support ... it isn't" - E3 owner and Stop Killing Games clash over Californian games bill

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games

Stop Killing Games movement celebrates as The Crew 2 sees further offline mode support

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-celebrates-crew-2-offline-support

'A real concern for millions and probably hundreds of millions of European citizens' - Stop Killing Games has its day in European Parliament and it seems to go very well

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-european-parliament

'A real concern for millions and probably hundreds of millions of European citizens' - Stop Killing Games has its day in European Parliament and it seems to go very well

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-european-parliament

'A real concern for millions and probably hundreds of millions of European citizens' - Stop Killing Games has its day in European Parliament and it seems to go very well

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-european-parliament

'A real concern for millions and probably hundreds of millions of European citizens' - Stop Killing Games has its day in European Parliament and it seems to go very well

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-european-parliament

'A real concern for millions and probably hundreds of millions of European citizens' - Stop Killing Games has its day in European Parliament and it seems to go very well

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-european-parliament

🤔 Oh boy, another riveting piece from the ivory tower of Harvard Law Review, unraveling the mystery of what a "tort" is. Thank goodness they dug into that nail-biter! 💤 Spoiler alert: it’s not a pastry. 🥐
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-139/what-is-a-tort/ #HackerNews #HarvardLaw #TortLaw #LegalHumor #IvoryTower #HackerNews #ngated

🤔 Oh boy, another riveting piece from the ivory tower of Harvard Law Review, unraveling the mystery of what a "tort" is. Thank goodness they dug into that nail-biter! 💤 Spoiler alert: it’s not a pastry. 🥐
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-139/what-is-a-tort/ #HackerNews #HarvardLaw #TortLaw #LegalHumor #IvoryTower #HackerNews #ngated

🤔 Oh boy, another riveting piece from the ivory tower of Harvard Law Review, unraveling the mystery of what a "tort" is. Thank goodness they dug into that nail-biter! 💤 Spoiler alert: it’s not a pastry. 🥐
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-139/what-is-a-tort/ #HackerNews #HarvardLaw #TortLaw #LegalHumor #IvoryTower #HackerNews #ngated

🤔 Oh boy, another riveting piece from the ivory tower of Harvard Law Review, unraveling the mystery of what a "tort" is. Thank goodness they dug into that nail-biter! 💤 Spoiler alert: it’s not a pastry. 🥐
https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-139/what-is-a-tort/ #HackerNews #HarvardLaw #TortLaw #LegalHumor #IvoryTower #HackerNews #ngated

I just want to thank all of the banal and inane humorous accounts and posters which give us a needed distraction in what feel like unprecedented depraved times.

Thanks for reminding us that distraction was always a part of the problem, and disallowing the slow, maddening, bubbling combination of frustration, disgust, despair, and anger to reach a critical half life that actually prompts difficult action is how we got here.

#twee #letthemeatcake #ivorytower #unaffected #removed #privilege

I just want to thank all of the banal and inane humorous accounts and posters which give us a needed distraction in what feel like unprecedented depraved times.

Thanks for reminding us that distraction was always a part of the problem, and disallowing the slow, maddening, bubbling combination of frustration, disgust, despair, and anger to reach a critical half life that actually prompts difficult action is how we got here.

#twee #letthemeatcake #ivorytower #unaffected #removed #privilege

I just want to thank all of the banal and inane humorous accounts and posters which give us a needed distraction in what feel like unprecedented depraved times.

Thanks for reminding us that distraction was always a part of the problem, and disallowing the slow, maddening, bubbling combination of frustration, disgust, despair, and anger to reach a critical half life that actually prompts difficult action is how we got here.

#twee #letthemeatcake #ivorytower #unaffected #removed #privilege

I just want to thank all of the banal and inane humorous accounts and posters which give us a needed distraction in what feel like unprecedented depraved times.

Thanks for reminding us that distraction was always a part of the problem, and disallowing the slow, maddening, bubbling combination of frustration, disgust, despair, and anger to reach a critical half life that actually prompts difficult action is how we got here.

#twee #letthemeatcake #ivorytower #unaffected #removed #privilege

I just want to thank all of the banal and inane humorous accounts and posters which give us a needed distraction in what feel like unprecedented depraved times.

Thanks for reminding us that distraction was always a part of the problem, and disallowing the slow, maddening, bubbling combination of frustration, disgust, despair, and anger to reach a critical half life that actually prompts difficult action is how we got here.

#twee #letthemeatcake #ivorytower #unaffected #removed #privilege

Stop Killing Games' EU initiative clears almost 1.3m signatures, prepares for official submission to European Commission next month

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/stop-killing-games-eu-initiative-crosses-1-million-signatures-prepares-official-submission

"What is a fair end-of-life cycle for a game?" As Anthem servers are switched off, GOG weighs the "complicated riddle" of multiplayer game preservation

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/gog-weighs-complicated-riddle-of-multiplayer-game-preservation

Ah, the "look-at-us-pretending-it's-a-real-Nobel" prize strikes again! 🎩🤡 A bunch of #economists gather to collect their yearly #ego #boost, while mere mortals pretend to care about their theories that'll never leave the ivory tower. 🤔💸
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/summary/ #lookatuspretending #nobelprize #ivorytower #socialcommentary #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the "look-at-us-pretending-it's-a-real-Nobel" prize strikes again! 🎩🤡 A bunch of #economists gather to collect their yearly #ego #boost, while mere mortals pretend to care about their theories that'll never leave the ivory tower. 🤔💸
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/summary/ #lookatuspretending #nobelprize #ivorytower #socialcommentary #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the "look-at-us-pretending-it's-a-real-Nobel" prize strikes again! 🎩🤡 A bunch of #economists gather to collect their yearly #ego #boost, while mere mortals pretend to care about their theories that'll never leave the ivory tower. 🤔💸
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/summary/ #lookatuspretending #nobelprize #ivorytower #socialcommentary #HackerNews #ngated

Ah, the "look-at-us-pretending-it's-a-real-Nobel" prize strikes again! 🎩🤡 A bunch of #economists gather to collect their yearly #ego #boost, while mere mortals pretend to care about their theories that'll never leave the ivory tower. 🤔💸
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/2025/summary/ #lookatuspretending #nobelprize #ivorytower #socialcommentary #HackerNews #ngated

Ayer juegue, también, al #Motorfest de #IvoryTower (#Ubisoft) en el #PC con un #F1. Guapísimo. Y encima con el #DualSense mola tela.

Ayer juegue, también, al #Motorfest de #IvoryTower (#Ubisoft) en el #PC con un #F1. Guapísimo. Y encima con el #DualSense mola tela.

Ayer juegue, también, al #Motorfest de #IvoryTower (#Ubisoft) en el #PC con un #F1. Guapísimo. Y encima con el #DualSense mola tela.

Ayer juegue, también, al #Motorfest de #IvoryTower (#Ubisoft) en el #PC con un #F1. Guapísimo. Y encima con el #DualSense mola tela.

Ayer juegue, también, al #Motorfest de #IvoryTower (#Ubisoft) en el #PC con un #F1. Guapísimo. Y encima con el #DualSense mola tela.

I creatori di The Crew Unlimited lavorano a correzioni, mod e TCU Net 2.0. Obiettivi ambiziosi per riportare in auge il gioco. #GiochiPC #NotizieVideogiochi #gamingnews #Videogiochi #IvoryTower #TheCrew

👉 https://www.absolutegamer.it/dopo-aver-riportato-in-vita-the-crew-gli-sviluppatori-dietro-al-progetto-di-recupero-amatoriale-stanno-ora-lavorando-a-una-mod-di-grandi-dimensioni-con-lobiettivo-di-restituire-al-gioco-di-corse-il/

🔓 Oh, look! Another #cryptography "wizard" from the ivory tower of academia thinks they can save the world by roasting #Kerberos tickets like marshmallows over a campfire 🔥. Matthew Green, emerging from the cryptographic crypt, offers 1,473 words of ego-stroking drivel about his resume while the rest of us wonder if the true #security threat is death by #boredom. 🥱
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/09/10/kerberoasting/ #MatthewGreen #ivorytower #HackerNews #ngated

🔓 Oh, look! Another #cryptography "wizard" from the ivory tower of academia thinks they can save the world by roasting #Kerberos tickets like marshmallows over a campfire 🔥. Matthew Green, emerging from the cryptographic crypt, offers 1,473 words of ego-stroking drivel about his resume while the rest of us wonder if the true #security threat is death by #boredom. 🥱
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/09/10/kerberoasting/ #MatthewGreen #ivorytower #HackerNews #ngated

🔓 Oh, look! Another #cryptography "wizard" from the ivory tower of academia thinks they can save the world by roasting #Kerberos tickets like marshmallows over a campfire 🔥. Matthew Green, emerging from the cryptographic crypt, offers 1,473 words of ego-stroking drivel about his resume while the rest of us wonder if the true #security threat is death by #boredom. 🥱
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/09/10/kerberoasting/ #MatthewGreen #ivorytower #HackerNews #ngated

🔓 Oh, look! Another #cryptography "wizard" from the ivory tower of academia thinks they can save the world by roasting #Kerberos tickets like marshmallows over a campfire 🔥. Matthew Green, emerging from the cryptographic crypt, offers 1,473 words of ego-stroking drivel about his resume while the rest of us wonder if the true #security threat is death by #boredom. 🥱
https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/09/10/kerberoasting/ #MatthewGreen #ivorytower #HackerNews #ngated

"Bury this game and experience forever? That should be a crime" How a group of modders revived Ubisoft's cult driving game, The Crew

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.eurogamer.net/bury-this-game-and-experience-forever-that-should-be-a-crime-how-a-group-of-modders-revived-ubisofts-cult-driving-game-the-crew

🚀 Breaking news from the Ivory Tower: Drinking overpriced lattes in a Starbucks somehow makes your garage #startup more legit! ☕️🧠 Because who needs a business plan when you can just bask in the aroma of burnt coffee beans and free Wi-Fi? 📈
https://thetreeoflife.cc/demo #IvoryTower #Culture #OverpricedLattes #CoffeeEntrepreneurship #BusinessHumor #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Breaking news from the Ivory Tower: Drinking overpriced lattes in a Starbucks somehow makes your garage #startup more legit! ☕️🧠 Because who needs a business plan when you can just bask in the aroma of burnt coffee beans and free Wi-Fi? 📈
https://thetreeoflife.cc/demo #IvoryTower #Culture #OverpricedLattes #CoffeeEntrepreneurship #BusinessHumor #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Breaking news from the Ivory Tower: Drinking overpriced lattes in a Starbucks somehow makes your garage #startup more legit! ☕️🧠 Because who needs a business plan when you can just bask in the aroma of burnt coffee beans and free Wi-Fi? 📈
https://thetreeoflife.cc/demo #IvoryTower #Culture #OverpricedLattes #CoffeeEntrepreneurship #BusinessHumor #HackerNews #ngated

🆕The Crew 2 z trybem offline jeszcze przed końcem 2025 roku
➡️https://rootblog.pl/the-crew-2-z-trybem-offline-jeszcze-przed-koncem-2025-roku/

#gaming #IvoryTower #TheCrew #TheCrew2 #TheCrewMotorfest #TheCrewWildRun #Ubisoft

🆕The Crew 2 z trybem offline jeszcze przed końcem 2025 roku
➡️https://rootblog.pl/the-crew-2-z-trybem-offline-jeszcze-przed-koncem-2025-roku/

#gaming #IvoryTower #TheCrew #TheCrew2 #TheCrewMotorfest #TheCrewWildRun #Ubisoft

🆕The Crew 2 z trybem offline jeszcze przed końcem 2025 roku
➡️https://rootblog.pl/the-crew-2-z-trybem-offline-jeszcze-przed-koncem-2025-roku/

#gaming #IvoryTower #TheCrew #TheCrew2 #TheCrewMotorfest #TheCrewWildRun #Ubisoft

@TomWellborn

JFC! These fucking #Fascist #oligarch #Whiny #Crybaby #IvoryTower #narcissist #Racist #Idiots really don't understand the things most of us learned in 6th or 7th grade....

They want to re-create a #xenophobic #KKKlan based #Monarchy

#Resist #fascism #Read #TimSnyder

@TomWellborn

JFC! These fucking #Fascist #oligarch #Whiny #Crybaby #IvoryTower #narcissist #Racist #Idiots really don't understand the things most of us learned in 6th or 7th grade....

They want to re-create a #xenophobic #KKKlan based #Monarchy

#Resist #fascism #Read #TimSnyder

A new Quick Takes video about why relying on on cliche, reductive, and dismissive dichotomies is bad for one's thinking and development. Prime example: claiming others speak from an "ivory tower" as opposed to "real life"

https://youtu.be/8nDFKKvcasA
#videos #philosophy #criticism #IvoryTower #advice

https://www.unpopularfront.news/p/what-happened-here

With its capacity to predict new facts and give an explanation the old ones, a theory that includes fascism as a key context and touchstone is the better research program, to borrow a concept from the philosopher of science Imre Lakatos.

#uspol #fascism #maga #nazis #nationalism #ivorytower #academia #academicchatter #trump #proudboys

Ivory Tower – Heavy Rain Review

By Steel Druhm

Ivory Tower have been a minor force in the Germanic prog-metal scene since 1998. I didn’t pay them much heed over the years, but that all changed when I took a flyer on their 2019 album Stronger. Expecting little, I walked into a buzzsaw and was quickly carved up by a highly catchy and memorable platter of vibrant prog metal led by the powerhouse vocals of one Dirk Meyer. It ended up on my Top Ten(ish) of 2019 and became one of my all-time favorite prog-metal releases. Naturally, I wanted a lot MOAR of the same from Ivory Tower. When news broke that Dirk Meyer left the band, I was disheartened, but I didn’t give up the ghost entirely. I still hoped the band could soldier on and deliver something even stronger than Stronger. Jump forward several years and we have their new album Heavy Rain (godawful title). In place of Meyer is newcomer Francis Soto, who’s been around the block having participated in a ton of other acts. Along with the new frontman comes a fresh approach that skews more toward hard rock and Jorn-y soundscapes than past material did. That means a lot of change and adjusting for someone so enamored with the style heard on Stronger. Can the Steel Dude abide?

While I miss the sound from Stronger, what Ivory Tower attempt here is well within my musical wheelhouse. Opener “Black Rain”1 is a simplistic, hard-rocking number that isn’t really prog at all. It’s like Herman Frank or recent Firewind, with Francis Soto serving up a gritty, bluesy roar somewhere between Jorn and Blaze Bayley. I like the song on a surface level but it’s nowhere near essential listening nor the kind of tune you’d seize for a playlist. “Holy War” is a touch more engaging with some big guitar pyrotechnics, but it’s essentially dad rock with a rowdy edge and a beer belly, and as such, it has no business running over six minutes. “Never” is a more emotive variant with a bit of Evergrey’s mope and pomp, but it’s still pretty flat despite Soto putting his back into his vocals.

The remainder of Heavy Rain falls between decent and kinda-sorta okay. Sadly, some of the better cuts are burdened by unnecessary bloat. “The Destination” is a decent piece with heavy riffs offset by sparkling keys and Soto does a good job roaring through the din, but it absolutely doesn’t need to be seven minutes and should clock out around five. Tracks like “Heavy Ride” and “Monster” are solid enough to hold interest but aren’t the kind of songs you’ll need to hear again. “Voices” is superior but gets submarined by a 7-minute runtime when it’s not interesting enough to warrant the length. It’s hard to process that this is the same band that gave us Stronger, as the writing and overall style are so different and sadly, much less captivating. At a zaftig 58 minutes, Heavy Rain feels overlong despite, or because the material is so simplistic. Tightening and reducing would go a long way here.

Francis Soto is a good vocalist and would fit in well with a band like Herman Frank. He’s got a commanding rasp and can emote a bit too. He’s not the ideal singer for most kinds of prog-metal, but then again, Heavy Rain isn’t really a prog album. Sven Böge is a very talented six-string warrior and I commend him for not littering every song with 50 lusty wank-o-thons. When he does go nuclear, it’s impressive, but the focus is generally kept on groove rather than burying the listener under riffs. Where Stronger had many a duel between Böge and keyboardist Frank Fasold, here they mostly stay in their lanes and keep things low-key. This results in an album that feels like it’s holding back, which is noble, but also rather dull.

Heavy Rain isn’t a bad album but it’s mostly forgettable dad/hard rock-infused metal without much to set it apart. It’s a radical dropoff from Stronger and returns Ivory Tower to their normal place in the metalverse. I’m rather bummed out by this development but gravity is a bitch.2 So much for getting Stronger.

Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Massacre
Websites: ivorytower.de | facebook.com/ivorytower.de
Releases Worldwide: March 29th, 2024

#25 #2024 #Evergrey #Firewind #GermanMetal #HeavyRain #IvoryTower #Jorn #Mar24 #MassacreRecords #ProgressiveMetal #Review #Reviews #Stronger

@briannawu lol. It never ceases to amaze how confident far leftists and IMO, a lot of #academics too refuse to admit that their idea of a good anti-capitalist person applies to like 1% of the population. So then #academia is really disconnected from communities and reality. A new #ivorytower. Now add in the insistence on pc jargon and it’s no wonder Joe MAGA-ts turn to #trumpism. It’s literally a 19th century dead framework. I’m a progressive btw. Cc @anneapplebaum