Evil is less a person in Miyazaki’s films that you overcome and defeat than it is a condition that spreads and which needs to be resisted and changed. The fascists in Porco Rosso are at the gates, Eboshi is tearing the world apart, Sophie is surrounded by war, Laputa is harvested for destruction, and the heroes have…

Fictional characters only work because we create an emotional investment in the lie. And that lie is where we create the truth of the meaning of the actions done to them and decisions they make. Betraying the character is just betraying the lie we have all agreed to, in a sense. It is hard to care about a thing that…

At some point white people got really confused about why black folks hate the words “The Blacks” and decided it’s the “Blacks” part of the phrase and not the “THE” part of the phrase that’s offensive.

The reason African-Americans are often so skeptical of Israeli policies is because some of us did the same thing in Africa a hundred years earlier.

Boilerplate isn’t in and of itself defensible of bad policy.

I let her live in my first two playthroughs, but sadly I just got past Moonrise Tower and I don’t think I’m going to complete a third. At least they finally got this right!

Pitch Guy: Phew. To be honest, when I pitched an adaptation of “The Torment Nexus” and they called the cops on me I thought my career in this town was over!

This is what I do when I’m back in my room:

Fun fact. The United States is not a signatory to the International Criminal Court and does not recognize its jurisdiction. Furthermore, in 2002, immediately after the Afghanistan invasion, Congress passed a law called the American Service-Members’ Protection Act. Despite its laudable name, it authorizes the United…

Many people joined the Khmer Rouge because the US bombed their towns and murdered their family and friends.

What’s funny is that George Washington is debated as a member of the Templars in Assassin’s Creed (there’s some pictures showing him with pieces of Eden) until I guess they decided to avoid that live wire by acknowledging he’s a genocidal mass murderer (who specifically killed Ratonheketon’s mom) but stopped short of…

Radiant Black is a franchise universe. You never know what is motivating these choices, and it could be as simple as wanting to tell huge stories but not having the time to write them all personally. Houser et al grew up in a collaborative environment, so just creating an entire world is probably their vibe.

MrMattyPlays was the first long-form review I watched where someone didn’t complain about how unfinished and boring the game was. (I know AlanahPearce loves it, but I didn’t see any reviews by her on it.) He also released several videos specifically complaining about people complaining about the game because he…

Either the people playing Starfield on a subscription service didn’t actually want to play Starfield really or the people who did want to play Starfield quickly realized they didn’t actually want to play Starfield anymore. Or a combination of both. Neither is great.

I mean NG+ has I think 10 possible main change outcomes

Thanks to being a PC/console gamer with Game Pass PC, I don’t even think about $70 games as an option anymore. I just play Xbox-exclusives on Game Pass, look for an interesting indie game, and then when the inevitable sales happen I just scoop stuff up at 25-50% off.

He uninstalled the game and didn’t hear Square say, “Please, oh baby, don’t go!”

I waited years for Kingdom Hearts 3 and ten minutes in I just uninstalled it. (Luckily I got it for PS+ instead of paying.)

My Guess would be to time gate things, slow progression a bit, but to also eliminate your character from becoming overpowered early on.

Invincible, Peripheral, Daisy Jones and The Six, A Discovery of Witches... Amazon Prime’s adaptations are far more hit than miss.