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[–] Mikina@programming.dev 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

One of the core memories I have is when I have absolutely fell in love with Watch Dogs 2 during my college years. The way how they mixed street art and hacktivism was amazing, especially because hackers usually don't really have a style - and the glitchart (or however is the style called) style of videos was simply stunning.

It made me reconsider my career. I was studying software engineering with a plan to go to gamedev, and have eventually just picked up one optional ethical hacking course and got really into CTFs and pentesting, eventually landing a job in that field. My poser justification was that if shit hits the fan, I want to be ready to help with a modern kind of resistance.

While my young poser self was convinced and determined that's why I'm doing it, I... did not expect it will come to literally that. Like, what they are planning with AI crime prevention is literally THE plot of Watch Dogs.

Welp, I guess it's time to finally learn parkour (safely with a laptop on your back, of course) and whip out spray cans.

[–] blkvvvs@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago

I'm not very good at gaming but I will definitely add Watch Dogs 2 to my list of things to check out.

I wish I could parkour with some spray paint without worrying about back pain.