lol so it *wasn’t* about ethics in gaming journalism, then, but about Zoe Quinn’s sex life? Including a weird, labored metaphor about a cum-covered collage and referring to her as “Five Guys Burgers and Fries”? That’s misogyny lol. Besides, I don’t think anyone ever questioned that Zoe Quinn cheated on Gjoni. They…

I’d be interested in seeing how those wages match up with the cost of living over in Japan. Hm.

What are you talking about? The allegations *were* false. Full stop. The entire supposed point of the post in the first place was that Quinn gained positive press coverage because of her romantic relationship with a games journalist. That factually did not happen.

Except multiple individuals named in the article are games journalists, we know there’s not a lot of money in that, and there aren’t sources for the salaries of any of the individuals listed that I can find. C’mon.

If you think games journalism pays upper-five-to-six-figures, I have a bridge to sell you.

It’s a shame that D’Anastasio keeps getting attention after completely abusing Nathalie Lawhead’s trust and asking them invasive questions they promised were off the record, lied to Aeralie Brighton regarding the same subject, allegedly had patterns of racism and transphobia according to ex-writers from this very…

Even then, GG was always born from misogyny and reactionary politics, considering the inciting event was the Zoe Post in which false accusations were thrown around and the ex kept calling her Five Guys Burgers and Fries.

Nah, I think a lot of it was him, too. I remember reading somewhere that people had brought it up to Hashino a few times and he kind of just swept the issues under the rug. The weird thing to me is that the queerphobia always felt really out of place. Like, the scenes with the gay dudes in P5 bring the pacing to a…

One of the most frustrating things for me has been the way they somewhat retconned Persona 4 with Golden and the spinoffs. To be fair, I haven’t played the base game since high school/early college, which would have put me at about 18 years old, but the way I recall P4, it did flub some of the queer themes but didn’t…

Could always be Johnny.

The chart isn’t necessarily the team’s; it very easily (and imo, most likely) could have come from upper management that’s even above the current game director. The dev team themselves probably legitimately believes in diversity - so often in cases like this, the actual issues lie with company leadership and…

Eh, I mean, they might still mess with exactly how/when it happens, whether they temporarily kill off another party member for a bit to let her live longer, revive her for a while somehow, or something else. After all, we had that huge climactic battle at the end of the last part that was entirely new, and Barret died…

I’m guessing they enabled it specifically for Steam Deck so people could play it on the go without a Wi-Fi connection, but it’s bizarre not to just disable it altogether. What’s the point?

Fair, yeah, especially with some of the gaming subreddits. Though I do think that’s in part because they’re a microcosm of gaming as a whole. At least, I know I see similar attitudes toward, say, Final Fantasy releases on other sites as I do on Reddit. (Then again, some places, like the Silent Hill sub, are places to…

I’m not the biggest fan of the 2D Marios using 3D graphics, even as expressive as they’ve made them this time around, but it’s really good to hear the game is fun. I had a great time with 3D World even if I found NSMB and 3D Land underwhelming, so this one might surprise me. I hope so!

Reddit can be pretty hit or miss, but imo it does depend on the community. I’ve had some great discussions on it and it’s nice to know it’s a place with actual users instead of just content mill listicles. When it’s a miss, though, man, is it a miss. You’re right about GameFAQs, though, oof. I made a friend or two…

I’m still really sad that AW2 is going to be digital-only, but I’m excited for a new game. Once I understood that the original wasn’t so much horror as it was a thriller with some goofiness, I had a blast with it. (Well, until the very last line. Oy vey.)

Somehow, this just feels right. Some of the other K-pop collabs have seemed a bit odd, but this hits. Even if Unforgiven is the only song of theirs I’ve actually liked so far, haha.

In the game proper, Shinra attempts to recruit Cid for the Tiny Bronco and the rocket, and they end up essentially hijacking the rocket until Cloud and the party intervene, then get stuck in the rocket thanks to the automatic launch. That’s not the same thing as Shinra succeeding in recruiting Cid or him actively…

FWIW, in Japan, voice acting is a way bigger industry that’s more heavily regulated and more respected compared to over here. I’d be really curious to hear what Hale’s Japanese equivalent got paid, though I know that later games in the MGS series were with English voices first instead of Japanese.