I know it’s extremely uncool to like Ubisoft open worlds, and I understand that they’re formulaic. But man, there aren’t that many devs out there just putting out games with bottomless pits of content (for single player games). And I really like a space where I can just kind of turn my brain off, maybe throw on a…

Carbon offsets are bullshit

The FTC didn't really do a great job on this, but anyone who thinks this deal is going to be good for the marketplace is dumb

“The guy’s a huge movie buff and has probably seen more movies than all of us combined.”

When they hire babies to develop the game (they work for very cheap!)

It’s a video game lol.

Imagine listening to the same album over and over and eventually getting tired of it and then getting mad at the artist. The same with movies, shows, etc. Like just play something else! It’s okay, you’re allowed to listen to a different song.

Why is it always video gamers.

This is comparing apples to oranges, to some degree, though, isn’t it? There’s a major difference in trying to release a film to theaters and dropping it on an in-house streaming service, not the least of which being the marketing costs.

A theatrical release requires a major marketing push.  A streaming service drop…

She’s a surfer and she’s not allowed to surf with men or post photos in a bathing suit? Are you kidding me? That goes way beyond boundaries. He’s asking her to change who she is so he doesn’t feel insecure.

I have literally have not seen anyone but Kotaku pushing the race stuff

I’m sure this is going to sound to you like I’m defending some kind of white supremacist angle because yeah, I read the linked article but for the love of god can we get off this nonsense horse already and stop acting like a game set in a FANTASY world is supposed to have racial representation? Yeah maybe Square…

I frequent a fair number of gaming sites/communities and I must say, it doesn’t really seem like anyone other than Kotaku is making FF16 out to be some big controversial thing.

I’m fascinated to learn how I’m defending AI at all. I’m arguing for the right to be allowed to discuss it. Unfortunately, for some reason this subject has become entirely ideological, to the degree where discourse is so angrily disallowed, and I’m the sort of old-fashioned leftie who calls that fascism.

I mean, I’m not defending the AI (it’s not even really AI, ist it? It has no intelligence. It doesn’t understand what it’s doing.) here, but I am going to point out that you just described two processes which are basically identical. The “AI” can just do it a lot faster than you or I can.

Personally I thought it was mindless shit, with janky feeling controls and visuals. I’m glad people enjoy it, I’m happy people have games they enjoy, but calling this “legitimately stupendous” is far overstating the quality of this game and the others in its genre. It’s good if you want a means to kill time, but it’s…

But it already exists, and we need to discuss that. I’m PRETTY sure you’re not in charge though, so we’ll be good to go ahead without your say-so.

No, we can, and it’s really important we do.

If an AI art program uses people’s work without their consent, then its illegitimate trash that should be thrown into a fire at the earliest convenience. The law might end up going in a different direction, and if it does I’ll continue to be disgusted by the terrible abuses of the American legal system, but any AI…

It’s generally Luke Plunkett that’s most outspoken against it, John Walker tends to be a bit more measured (or at least a bit dryer).

Agreed. I have no desire to defend Bioshock Infinite, as it was mediocre, but being high while you played it and not remembering things is...that’s not related to the game, it’s the drugs.