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going to level with you, bsky, it does bother me to see SHf wholesale being accepted as a "feminist narrative" despite the fact that it's written by a man and all of its female characters' motivations revolve around the male cast. (Except the one girl that dies like 5 mins in, but lol)

to do that, and worse, the state of social media has enabled a climate where people tie their morality to the type of media they consume. Tropes as a substitute for discussion are for sure annoying, but in the way a check engine light is annoying. (IMO ofc)

i think it's more a broader lack of education that's done that. The over reliance on tropes in dialogues about literature is a symptom, not the disease. We live in an era where people are allergic to media criticism and deeper examinings of their own biases bc they aren't armed w/ the knowledge

Being "developed as a product" is more relevant a statement than ever w/regards to modern AAA. Not less relevant, not equally relevant, more.

Considering the state of game dev + economy I don't see the issue in saying "hey there are quality AAAs from the past to play, here are a couple I like."

update i saw the news that Tron flopped even harder than Morbius and to that I say: lol. lmao, even.

personally i just played Human Revolution for the first time w/no other experience w/Deus Ex and it's easily one of my favorite games now! also i think it's kind of lame to dismiss someone's opinion on a game as "just nostalgia" tbh

Defamation in US law is very specific & very hard to prove against celebrities/public figures. Like in order for it to be defamation it has to be presented as fact, with malice, by the would-be defamer and *also* provably false, and ALSO must have actually impacted the plaintiff’s reputation.

I saw someone say that people need to go see it so Disney knows we want more Tron stuff, and frankly as a Tron fan I’m perfectly happy with the slop makers never making another piece of Tron themed slop ever again

gamers im gonna be real with you the shf glazing makes me feel a little insane

What’s next, Half Life 3?

Holy shit ??????

Oh you know what, you’re right—I had read about him working on the Tactics Ogre PSP remake and that somehow got twisted into him being on WotL.

That… explains a lot, lol

The dub is also (from what I’ve heard) hammy to an atrocious degree.

The writing in JP is apparently quite old fashioned and flowery so I understand Alex O Smith’s intentions with the WotL loc, but it def takes away some of the basic readability

Here is Impulse for your viewing pleasure. I hope you feel better soon!

I’m like “where his cheekbones at”

viktor looks so......... pretty

you are sooo real for this, he was my favorite part of Eternal Blue

The whole story revolves around marriage, and also how there are two boys who like the MC! I wish I were making this up.

>walk into store to buy latest horror game release
>ask cashier whether the game presents sexist storytelling as progressive or not
>she doesn't understand
>explain the difference between simply using sexist tropes and actually critiquing them
>she laughs and says it's fine
>play game
>it's sexist

I feel similarly about the VA in FFXIV and FFXVI though--just overwrought for the sake of drama and to get the attention of people used to doomscrolling on social media. It's ok if an exhausted, enraged NPC doesn't sound like a main character. People should be able to see her humanity regardless.

i have no choice but to be the hater in the room and say that this legit sounds bad to me. No shade to the VA, I'm sure this is more of a direction issue, but this feels overacted to the point of comedy to my ears.

A cartoon drawing of a fish in water, eating fish flakes that are falling in. An arrow pointing to flakes says "YOUR COMMENTS ON MY LITTLE PICTURES AND STORIES" An arrow pointing to the fish says "GROWING FAT AND HEALTHY" Another arrow pointing to the fish says "ME (ARTIST)"

#momoart

Omg happy birthday!!

Diana “neck snap” Prince and Steve “I kill Nazis” Rogers? Seriously?

Yeah I thought the music was very catchy but mostly came away troubled by what it left unsaid and the way it talked about the MC’s biracial identity, especially bc the narrative DID go out of its way to humanize the demons without giving them a middle ground/alliance type ending.

got gaslit into thinking the recent super popular Netflix movie would be actually some form of good but I watched it and I’m still thinking about how poorly it was written 💀

This is a scam text anyway 😩

Sometimes I wonder how many cool, interesting gaming projects have been completely shot in the foot by someone at the top of the food chain, whether by intentional nixing like Prey 2 or just general bumblefuckery

Ohh how fun!! I'm about an hour from NOLA in the opposite direction (so in MS) but I go to the city whenever I can manage. Currently planning to go to the LA Renfest in Nov... If you haven't been it's really cute!!

HUH??? Zheida also… in NOLA area?! The local boy OC likers flocking to the goth capital…