“You all have phones don't you?"

Man, if this isn’t some virtue signaling bullshit...

So they’re going the demonize the body and demonize sexuality route. Sexuality is not objectification, and acting like an ally of the would-be ‘80s and ‘90s theocratic movement isn’t “progressive.” Sexual jokes and innuendo aren’t bad on thier own. Making a tongue in cheek pun about testicles isn’t terrible, nor would…

I came to post exactly this. We have the original vision set out years ago by Jaffe, and then the tease on Egyptian and Japanese gods in the last game. They definitely alluded some kind of showdown between all gods in the world.

I’m thinking this game will end with a reset of sorts. Ragnarok will happen through actions…

Keep in mind that Egyptian Mythology was teased in the last game and David Jaffe’s original pitch for the trilogy was that the Greek gods would be dead by the 2nd game and Kratos would be dealing with Norse and Egyptian gods that were rushing in to fill the power vacuum left by the fall of Mount Olympus.

But then…

We could expose players to iterative design in video games again, but try it a little differently this time.

It’s actually rather amazing how exposing players to how iterative design in video games work hasn’t helped a massive amount of players understand how iterative design works.

that is definitely one of my most anticipated games. 

Sony just did an Indie showcase at the beginning of August

I remember one E3 (‘14, or maybe it was ‘15), when Sony showcased mostly indie games. They had one segment where four indie developers stood on stage playing their respective games—no sales charts or mind-numbing fluff speech, just pure gameplay. It was around this time people started calling PS4 IndieStation 4, with…

is it going to be about how i can finally get my hands on a PS5 without going through a million hoops? i just want to buy the gotdang console 

Yep.

a semi-popular youtuber made a video essay on the world of shipping/anti fanculture and had to preemptively delete her twitter account because she knew she would receive abuse for it.

So other than that vague notion about a character I’m unfamiliar with, is there more information about what exactly in the game people are getting so worked up about? That’s what I thought this article was going to detail, but it’s mostly about Tumblr itself?

People calling for the removal of the content are frankly crazy. Not in a mental issue way, just utterly divorced from the reality of what art and media are. I’m all for accessibility, including on the front of content, but it feels like some people suffer from permanent FOMO in that they need to experience every and…

“This game may include references to unwanted advances, stalking, and other forms of emotional manipulation. Play with care.”

See also “we couldn’t find the flashing lights warning for Cyberpunk, even though VIDEO GAMES ARE MADE OF LIGHTS THAT FLASH,” or that one game that included a slider to hide spiders because of people vocally complaining about seeing spiders. Folks are babies.

I read it more as “Original content warning underplayed how central the more difficult themes were to the story, and most people are asking for an updated content warning explaining that those themes are a central part of the main story, since the game is marketed as a mostly-lighthearted romp. A few people want the…

So, the content warning accurately reflects the game's content, but people made bad assumptions about that warning and are now mad at the dev and want the dev change the game itself? 

Except the article points to a great example with Miyazaki, who never said that “anime was a mistake” but which people will quote unironically in arguments. The problem with memes is that they eventually lose any context due to regurgitation and repetition, becoming their own template taken at face value.