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ghoulish.

Hi everyone. CyricZ here. After giving myself time to reflect on my options, I’ve decided that I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3 / Dark Ties. I will not be purchasing the game, nor playing it in any capacity. I write guides because I love writing, and I write for the games that I write for because they inspire me. The joy I find in them drives me to give my best work. If I were to write a guide entirely out of obligation or expectation, I do not believe my best work would find its way to the page. With the hiring of known sexual harasser Teruyuki Kagawa to the face and voice cast of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I do not find myself inspired by the game. The Like a Dragon series has a long-standing history of opposing sexual misconduct in all its forms and I feel this casting goes against that message.

Key members of RGG Studio have refused to speak on the hiring of Kagawa after his misconduct was made more widely known. While they are by no means required to speak about this, by their silence they have sent a message that they do not view Kagawa’s misconduct as a dealbreaker for inclusion in the series cast, nor do they deem it worth addressing. This stands in contrast to steps taken in the past to replace other cast members that did not align with their values. I won’t go into further detail on the issue itself as the information is widely available via the #REMOVEKAGAWA movement. The rest of this will be about me, my guides, and my relationship with RGG Studio and the Like a Dragon series.

I remain a fan of the Like a Dragon series. It’s not something I can just excise from myself. I intend to continue playing past Like a Dragon games on stream as they are some of my favorite video games. That may be subject to change in the future, but the plans are to continue playing the games on stream in my intended order, with the exception of Yakuza Kiwami 3 or Dark Ties. The only minor thing that will change with regards to my streams is that I intend to take special note during stream of the many, many instances during the series that remind us of the societal ill of sexual misconduct. As to future games put out by RGG Studio, I reserve the right to not make a decision on those at this time. That will be a “wait and see” situation, dependent on future actions or inactions by RGG Studio. Further, if things change with regards to the release of Yakuza Kiwami 3, I reserve the right to reassess all the preceding. RGG Studio still has the opportunity to do right in this situation, and I hold onto hope that they will see the best way forward.

Finally, I promise to all my readers that my GameFAQs guides for the Like a Dragon series and other RGG Studio games will be going nowhere no matter what happens. Not only are they some of my best work, but if I preserve the guides with myself as the author, I remain in creative control of them. This prevents others from taking the text and redistributing it without my consent, which is something I fear would happen if I were to remove them from GameFAQs entirely. For those of you who read my guides, thank you so much for your support, and I’m sorry I will not be helping with this upcoming game. For anyone who wants to write a guide on GameFAQs for Yakuza Kiwami 3, be my guest, not that you need my permission anyway. For those of you joining me in solidarity against Kagawa and this release, I thank you all for sticking with it. Your commitment has inspired this. Be good to each other, Scott “CyricZ” Zdankiewicz

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I will not be writing a GameFAQs guide for Yakuza Kiwami 3/Dark Ties.

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an image of Dotsuitare Hompo from Hypnosis Mic (left to right: Rosho, Sasara, Rei) looking gorgeous. text on screen says they were my top artist on Spotify, and that I spent 758 minutes with them making me a top 2 percent global fan.

the same image of Dotsuitare Hompo with a frame around it this time, consisting of dots and the year on the left side. statistics show my top artists and top songs, nearly all of which are from Hypnosis Mic. the one exception is from the video game Ryu GA Gotoku Ishin, the song "Iji Sakura".

eyyyy @kaizengameworks.com check out what made my #SpotifyWrapped! 😁

shout out as always to DH my babes 🧡🧡🧡😘😘😘 #LoveForDH

a drawing of henry of skalitz from kingdom come: deliverance. its based on the painting 'the fallen angel'. henry is nude, and mostly covered in bronze scales. he has clawed hands and feet, as well as a dragons tail and horns. he has a rage-filled expression as he sits in the burnt and bloodied ruins of skalitz.

vengeance – the terror of skalitz

been absolutely obsessed w dragon!henry since i binged this fic last night, i cant wait to read more <3 i hope u like this! @magelufaine.bsky.social
#kcd #henryofskalitz #keepsake

a baby is screaming in a crowd while a woman holds it . Alt: a baby is screaming excitedly in a crowd with the caption "let's go" in all capital letters to convey excitement

omg YES

thank you!

HELL yes!! will you guys ship to the US? I know it's rough with the tariffs but I just need to get my grubby paws on Michi and my daughter Pinky☆ 🥺🥺🥺

I copy and pasted the alt text and sent an email to Senator Durbin as his official website only lists an email option. commoncause.org has phone numbers listed but I'm anxious as any of them may be fake or outdated and I don't want to harass someone by accident.

I think y'all meant "fans will be turned on by" because no one is mad at Pedro Pascal OR Walton Goggins lol even I don't hate Goggins despite all those fucking Walmart ads he's on 😂

I have a really fun idea for a Gangle cosplay, too. even though Zooble and Jax are my faves I think I could do something with a morph suit and some giant ribbon. and I'm sure someone has printed/can 3D print some masks :]

also I've gotten into The Amazing Digital Circus and my partner is apparently a Harlan Ellison nerd and when they found out TADC was inspired by I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream they almost immediately dug out their Harlan Ellison collection and we're both gonna read it :>

on one hand I do love this sentiment and want more of it. on the other I don't want to be thinking "haha, fuck you, Trump/Republicans" every time I actually manage to be happy in this hellscape (especially if that happiness is simply being near my partner).

you're delusional if you think the GOP are the only ones doing performative bullshit to keep their voters.

requesting to be brought back into the "family" group chat to drop a few bombs on everyone. this may get me some angry messages and/or blocked by certain people and my mom will definitely have questions but I'm honestly done with the shit my family puts up with/brushes under the rug. undecided. 🤷‍♂️

happy to report that not only did I not kill myself yesterday, I'm feeling a bit better mentally and am set to finish a full day of work again. looking forward to this weekend because I have Riot Fest tickets and I'm excited to finally see Weird Al and Green Day in concert.

I'm also thinking about+

all the bullshit all the time, and even not seeing it, I'm thinking about how utterly alone myself and others like me truly are and I feel weak and useless for letting it all get to me.

fuck all of this.

on Reddit and TikTok, but even here and in those places ALL ANYONE IS TALKING ABOUT is the dead fascist and. I'm so fucking tired.

I'm leaving work early because I'm having a fucking breakdown. I told my partner on our only shared break that I want to off myself because it's easier than seeing (5)

actually read and listen to what the asshole actually said I got a whole like 10-comment reply, the standard "he didn't say that; and if he did, he didn't mean it; and if he did mean it, you're taking it out of context" and I blocked him (again) and uninstalled Facebook.

so I'm here and also (4)

when I commented on my aunt sharing a TikTok from a gay man talking about how Repubs aren't mourning Kirk as a human, they're mourning the loss of a mouthpiece. all I commented was a thank you and got "you'd kill me because I'm a Republican" before dirty deleting

then when I challenged him to (3)

and unblocked a relative I had blocked before the first Trumo regime for being so up his ass I couldn't even stand to be associated with him, all he ever did was jump on my more left-leaning family members' posts to argue that they were stupid or spreading misinformation (lol), played the victim (2)

hey.

ICE fucking killed a guy in the next neighborhood over from me

Charlie Kirk's offing was funny until I saw on Facebook just how many people I cared about, whom I though cared even a little about me, were sucking him off because he "fostered debate" and "spoke civilly"

FB also went ahead (1)

Best comment 👏🏻

For 18 years he was living with roommates who bought him weapons and taught him how to kill. FBI should interview them.

I've been hearing/reading that the "bulge" one is transphobic in origin...?

Screenshot of a headline says Charlie, Kirk's widow vowed to continue his work after assassination

Good luck getting those boys to listen to some chick

a yellow post with a small sticker on it

a close-up of the sticker: it's Hank Hill as Jesus

okay who the hell tagged the local Taco Bell with Jesus Hank Hill 😂😂😂😂

This dude was born in Chicago huh? Anyone call him Ope Leo yet?

same here, same voices, too, I'm pretty sure!