The 10,000 rats and the 50 Eagles seems like a lock

It’s more than vague tropes. It’s very detailed and specific plot points that there they are completely re-doing. For a better example of this you can refer to Red Letter Media’s mid-season discussion of both shows. They give a much better breakdown of it than I do. The part of the discussion referring to that starts…

It’s easy to have a “better grip” on being a Star Trek show when every episode is just re-doing an old episode of Star Trek.

Hey, I’m from Utica, too! I’m guessing this was from the Tramiversary event. Cool to see something like this on Kotaku.

“70+ dollars for a game and construction material that would be difficult and time-consuming to design and assemble on your own but if you want to go ahead they’re putting the instructions on their website.”

Okay, but how to you rank Assassin’s Creed’s Creeds?

Man... After every episode that happens I think “THIS is the one that’s going to be positively received in the AV Club’s review”. And I come here and... Nope.

That was it! That’s the trailer! This is all the information provided for what is being discussed. We are not discussing the storyline in the game. We are discussing how the material was used in the marketing. The information for this discussion is complete.

Christmas Shoes is hands down the worst.

They’re not “Freaking out at the first act of a story” They’re taking issue with the way that a portrayal of a trans person is being used in marketing for shock value and the “Whoops I fucked a trans person” trope. And they have every right to do so.

Sure. It’s a tactic. That’s fine. But when you use that tactic you have to be prepared for the backlash. This is the backlash.

Right. Exactly. It’s entirely possible that the story being told will subvert that trope, but when you use that trope with no explanation in a teaser trailer you have to expect it’s going to upset people.

That’s what I’m thinking on this. Honestly I don’t have an issue with the initial reaction, but I think what people are rightfully upset about is Atlus using this as a “Shock value” marketing tool for the game, and have done nothing to allude to what Vincent’s actual view on the situation is.

I think it’s satire? But the fact that I can’t tell whether or not it is satire puts it in the category of good satire. If that’s in fact what it is.

Dammit someone else got there already.

Would this qualify as a Minajerie?

Uh, I think that “This story you published wasn’t actually about THIS masturbating comedian but was about THIS masturbating comedian!!!” Is more than just “lucky”. That’s some winning the lottery twice in a row bullshit.

Or, you know, maybe they were right about him all along and the allegations of the other comedian…

Xbox One X + 1

CBS All Access is $6 a month. Which means that if you only used it to watch DIS then you’d be paying $1.50 per episode, which is less than virtually every other on demand platform out there. YouTube, iTunes, Amazon, they all charge $2 an episode.

Man how baller does it have to feel to have some bullshit you rattled off of the top of your head be so memorable that hundreds of people recite it back to you in a concert setting?