She’s literally joking and begins the sentence with “maybe,” which you left out. C’mon, dude.

Fair for sure. I finally ended up getting one myself because I’ve been saving and it was on sale lower than its been (at... Verizon of all places?), but primarily because I don’t want to get spoiled on Final Fantasy XVI. But there still aren’t a ton of exclusives - I figured I may as well upgrade during the sale…

Absolutely. Hopefully DeSantis crashes and burns.

Yupppppp, all that too. Of all the things wrong with corporations in general, Disney has always been good with safety and health. I wouldn’t trust any other company as far as I could throw them, but specifically when it comes to safety oversight, Disney isn’t dumb enough to throw that under the bus.

Honestly, that’s what I loved about Square-Enix’s Harvestella from last year. It felt like it slotted perfectly into that space and worked so so so well imo.

As much as I don’t trust corporations at all and think Disney as one is a monster (though I do love a lot of the IP and the parks), this feels good. I’d genuinely trust Disney with overseeing the parks considering how many guests they see and how they know the parks need to be safe and clean in order to actually keep…

Sure, but Rowling is actively helping harass trans people on Twitter, is being cited by people who are working to enact laws that harm trans people, and pals around with virulent transphobes and right-wing extremists. All while being alive and rich and still largely beloved for her work that clearly continues to have…

I haven’t seen it yet, so maybe my mind will change afterward, but it just sounds like it’s kind of a standard children’s movie? In-jokes and goofiness all around, but nothing particularly hard-hitting or resonant. Like, the minimum to be entertaining without being annoying.

Okay, but as a gay cis dude, I do think it was homophobic, and plenty of other queer folk do too.

I can see how he (and people like him) might see what he said about gay people as “compassionate” - it makes me think of people who think of themselves as enlightened and knowledgeable and use it as an excuse to be jerks about things they “understand.” Between that, some of the other postings you mentioned, some of…

I’d say it’s partially because of the lack of actual story in-game. People clearly want more about the characters.

I mean, people want to know more about the characters in general. This is just part of that. Especially considering the relative lack of queer characters in gaming.

I hope that even if this specific dev doesn’t have the means to really fight back, *someone* does at some point. This is blatant trolling and I highly doubt a court would find a reasonable potential for brand confusion. “Monster” is such a common word in the context of media, whether it’s literal monsters like in…

I should clarify - I’m not solely talking about review scores (though they play a part). It’s also the attitude surrounding the games themselves, whether from gaming outlets (as we see in the X-Play clip here) or from gamers (forums, social media, etc.). Like I said, it’s not really a simple issue, especially…

Oh, don’t get me wrong. I do love XIII, but there’s a *lot* wrong with it, haha. Too much critical info hidden in the Datalog, the flashback structure being implemented poorly to the point that it’s hard to care about any of the character drama that’s presented as soon as the game begins, unrefined combat (which I…

I think there are ways to portray it without explicitly showing the assault itself, though, even with how brutal the show’s world is. I always think back to Mad Max: Fury Road where the plot itself hinges on the sexual assault and slavery of the wife characters, it’s never in question what the issue is or how…

There’s a difference between justifiable criticism, though, and generalizing an entire country based off of its games. XIII got legit criticism *and* was used to excuse racist commentary.

I wasn’t talking about anything that went further than that, my dude. So much of the “harassment” that’s being discussed has been people legitimately expressing disappointment and asking people not to play games. I said nothing about threats or anything like that.

Cool. Good thing I wasn’t talking about doxxing or death threats.

Where in my comment was I talking about death threats or suicide-baiting?