Let me know when an Asian character gets their 5th Switzerland skin.

I will never not find it fascinating that, to your average American, post-pubescent people in their late teens, might as well be 12 years old to them. Yes, some sleezy anime games do have characters that are blatantly far too young. But the majority involve high school seniors, around 16-17 years old. Which, in many…

I am not sure many gamers know about that conflict since there has not been a Call of Duty about it

I live in Japan, and it’s not quite as cut-and-dry as you’re making it out to be. Homosexuality actually has a LOOOONG history in Japanese culture:

To me, this sounds like the “In the West, we play as ourselves in games, but in Japan, you play as a character” culture clash rearing its head again. Western gamers expect to be able to fully-define the character they’re playing as, but that’s not how Japanese game designers roll.

I know a lot of men are feeling defensive about this kind of thing. But we kind of made our own bed with this nonsense. It’s not necessarily our fault that men are broken. Both sides agree on that. One side has this John Wayne fallacy in their heads where this crisis of masculinity has something to do with traditional…

That’s super odd to hear as someone who used to live there and spent quite a bit of time with a couple of black friends there (one of whom was a woman) and never met any hostility whatsoever. The complete opposite, in fact. Staring, sure, but I got that a lot as a solo white guy. I saw a “no foreigners” sign or two,…

This is a totally normal, well-adjusted way to respond to someone else’s life threatening illness and closure of business.

That video wound up pissing off professionals who felt it was effectively just plagiarism, the AI having been trained on the work of actual, human animators.

People seem to be forgetting that just because A.I image generation tools exist, that doesn’t mean everyone will be forced to use them, as they are intended to be replacement for traditional artists or some nonsense like that. If you don’t want to use them, then don’t use them. CGI exists, but that doesn’t mean you mus…

It’s weird isn’t it? It’s like people think “animated” is a dirty word, so any animated content that’s not tripe for 5 years olds or an elaborate series of fart jokes for “adults” is an “anime”.

The most underrated thing about Bluey is that it’s an unashamed, unabashed, love letter to the giant country town on the Brown Snake, Brisbane. 

So this guy could get out and shoot people instead of just hitting their cars with a pipe?

I’m talking about success of the Quest 2 as a VR headset, not the success of the Quest 2 compared to all gaming in general, you’re shifting the goalposts my friend. It doesn’t take a genius to know that 2.12% isn’t a big number, but it also doesn’t take a genius to know the comparison you made means that the Quest 2…

I don’t know where you sourced your scarcastic notes, but according to this actual research paper, the most frequently downloaded genres of VR games are action, shooter, and simulation:

Nearly 20 million Quest 2s have been sold, and it’s also represents 41% of the total SteamVR userbase:

And as with every other Steam Deck competitor, (and all the other mobile PCs that existed before the Steam Deck for that matter), this one will also be D.O.A if they can’t sell it at a similar price point, with the console-like user experience of the Steam Deck. “But, it’s more powerful..!” isn’t the selling point…

...Why? This isn’t a greedy multi-billion dollar corporation using A.I to fuck over writers. This is a hobbyist making a mod for a game he likes. There can be shades of grey to an issue, it doesn’t have to be either “A.I BAD!” or “A.I GOOD!”

A country that - lets not sit around and try to gatekeep or beat around the bush - isn’t exactly known for it’s gender parity towards women.

Because a few clowns have already bought this up, it needs to be said: the age of consent in Japan is NOT 13 years old. If you have sex with a 13 year old, you will be sent to jail.