Good grief, that’s exactly what I’m talking about. Just assuming the absolute worst in what I say. Yeah, that’s what I’ve been asking for. I’ve never admitted that there are any problems or agreed with you, or tried to actually talk about this. I need to pretend and be comfortable, totally has nothing to do with how…

You’re just not making it easy to discuss. I’m not walking out ‘thinking I’m an ally’. I’m walking out of a discussion where you’re constantly subtly judging my ally-ness, even when I agree with you. What did we accomplish here? It was my mistake starting with such a short comment, but your out of the gate hatred for…

Talking about a source and influence of a problem isn’t whataboutism. I’m literally saying there’s a bigger issue than a single company. Yes, it is something I like and something I see that it has problems. But being problematic and being hateful propaganda aren’t the same thing, and I think that’s equally the case…

To be fair, you didn’t quite open with a “post about Atlus having serious problems”; it was worded much different than that. And I think that trying to mitigate someone saying ‘fuck Atlus’ by reminding that, honestly, demonstrably, the country has different approaches to handling these issues isn’t just…

Well I appreciate the reply and perspective. Naoto is actually one of my favorite characters in 4, but with her and Kanji, I definitely understand how they both were opportunities to really explore gay/gender identity, but didn’t quite commit (Kanji instead leaning more on the concept of masculinity, Naoto on maturity…

I don’t want to argue in a way that begins to point fingers. But I’m having a hard time trying to discern what else the words ‘hateful’ and ‘propaganda’ could mean without connotations of intent by a party. 

But the more I clarify the more I feel like I’m just going to get attributed to values I don’t have. This seems…

Well, I know I won’t convince you. I’m sure you’ve seen a similar rebuttal before, but I hesitate to attribute malice. Certainly not open bigotry/hateful propaganda. To say culture differences have no weight to the discussion is disingenuous. There are countless examples of the same kind of humor in all of Japanese…

Chie is great, don’t get me wrong. But Naoto’s Valentine’s and Christmas Links are superb. You really feel her struggle to mature, to understand herself, and depend on you. Every character was well written in terms of having to ‘face your true self’, but by the end Naoto is still struggling, and I respect the game for…

Japan has a different approach to these issues in their culture. No need to light the fires of war. 

Naoto is best girl, you’re out of your mind. 

Did the cast of 3 really have that good of chemistry? How often did Ken speak with Yukari, or Fuuka talk to Junpei?

P4 was amazing with how often the characters interacted with each other, and really set the bar for an ensemble cast in an RPG like the Persona series. P5 did a great job too, and I think is up to…

Oh trust me, the ideas from Versus of the death god, and Noctis having to fight Stella in that city-scape, are still things I wanted to see. But, when Noctis wakes up in the bungalow and learns about his father’s death and how his home city being overthrown by reading the effin *paper*, I knew something was going to…

It’s honestly bewildering how much praise the game got when it came out.

I will always love the Vita for Persona 4 Golden, Gravity Rush, and how the Beyond crew from IGN at the time hyped it up and gave me a free copy of Soul Sacrifice at a live show. It was a brief time, without a huge catalogue of greats, but both Sony handhelds were good for the industry. RIP Vita and your beautiful…

Yet this article did what it was supposed to: get us to comment the obvious and argue against a point no one really needed to make. 

“The experience itself is a blur...”
“I played a fair portion of this game buzzed on wine...” 

A well written review, but these too lines made me chuckle. Dunno if I would condone critique conducted while buzzed, but at least you heard the combat music, while some journos couldn’t.

I Agree on all the points of the mechanics, but once the game’s narrative shifted from the gothic overtones and into its Eldritch depths, a twist so nuanced and layered, I knew I would love Bloodborne forever.

Wow, it doesn’t? I had no idea that’s what cosmetic meant.

So, just the face is CGI, right? Especially with the selfie pic, the lighting on the hand and the sweater is just too convincing. It has to be a model that they photograph and put the face onto, which to me also shows why they only show the render of the face and eyes isolated.