My apologies if my opinion ruffles any feathers, but I think they the next time they do a Star Wars trilogy they should have some idea of where it’ll end up before they start off, because this trilogy was disjointed to the point of being off-putting.

Thanks for this Impression, Paul!
I think the connection you make to “Barbarians at the Gates” and a society under stress is a good example of game developers (hopefully subconsciously) tapping into current anxieties and mixing these with (I would say) tired old tropes about our past.

For those of you who are…

I bet you $1,000,000.00 that was a decision handed down by the execs. It’s okay to make spidey hot; but creating a realistic imprint of the spider-schlong on his underwear is definitely a no no.

This brought me back to the nipple stretching texture in WoW on the male human when they revealed the new models (Rightmost side)

I’m gonna get hate for this, but YES! Anti-racism is a uniquely Western movement. Most countries on Earth are racist, not slightly either. Hardcore racist.

Calico cats are only female. This is one buff shirtless lady cat.

They can be extremely unapologetically racist yep. 

It’s called xenophobia. You know, that thing people claim of Trump but is ACTUALLY true in places like Japan, where they make it incredibly difficult for a non-Japanese person (skin color be damned) to integrate with society wholly.

there were international fans who said the character had clearly been whitewashed for the anime, writing things like, “Oh god they whitewashed Bea.” In Japan, some wondered if the character’s skin looked different because of the bright and sunny way the episode was lit.

Can’t tell if serious...

But if serious, a more accurate way of describing Japan would to be to say that they have a history of being culturally and politically xenophobic.

“having or showing a dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries.”

Yeah same. People in Western countries don’t understand that, for most Asian countries, one can still live their whole life without interacting with a single non-Asian. Conflicts come from national issues, not racial.

Bea is absolutely tan. From her life style to the town she lives in the games. Also this is Japan. They don’t know or care about any this.

Non-Japanese fans of Japanese game: We are mad that a character from said Japanese game appears a slightly different shade of color in Japanese cartoon series based on same Japanese game!

I mean Pedro Pascal's fight scenes in Game of Thrones were eye popping

Daaaaaaaang. Check and mate. 

Sure let me Google that for you

To be fair, the show itself is just stuntmen in cosplay most of the time.

Cool story, bruh.

Ah yes. “You’re not the intended audience”. Well, I was expecting some variation of “You just don’t get the show!”