While I get your point, all of those actions were done decades and decades ago (mostly in the 40s or earlier, which is almost 80 years at this point) under an almost completely different governmental system (they adopted a new constitution in 1947). As far as I understand it, the Japanese Royal family is almost…

Yes, the current US government which people are free to criticize wherever they went, whether on the internet or on the streets without fear of repercussions. A government that can be voted out every 4 years, unlike in China. The majority of the US did not elect the current government, jerrymandering did. If the…

It’s the only thing we can do. Of course just having one of their companies (Huawei) be pushed out isn’t going to make them change course alone. That’s what I’m saying, we have to push back in all aspects, not just one or two companies. The more we push back and don’t feed their power, the more pressure they will feel…

Yes, because those are all events that are occurring at this very moment and the current emperor was definitely alive when all of this happened, seeing as he was born in 1960 and we’ve established that these are pressing issues that are happening right now.

Cancel culture isn’t a real thing dog breath. Enjoy your gatcha games. Buy a jpeg for hundreds of dollars if you want, say it’s for pwning the libtards!

if you look back at Chinese history all of the most enlightened and peaceful periods were directly preceded by some of the darkest, most bloody and dictatorial

Why do people like you act like “cancel culture” is a thing, particularly a “new” thing. “Cancelling” unwanted behaviours is how humans have gotten this far and it’s not something new. It’s just a term used by morons who feel like they are a victim for behaving like a moron.

Again, I agree, and the US has been doing it for its entire history. Our hands are not clean. There remains a distinction between its horrible policies and proud, active genocide, and a further distinction between a country whose companies are an extension of an oppressive government (China) and a country whose…

It’s not about the developers being “evil”. I never implied that, you’re putting words in my mouth. It’s not specifically about the company but the fact we are supporting the success of the CCPs global reach plans. It’s just that sadly the citizens are the pawns in that goal. Literally the only way we push back…

It’s not about refusing it at all cost. You’re trying to reduce it down to an all or nothing argument, when it’s not. It’s about doing your part where it’s at least reasonable. It is not at all troublesome to just not play a specific video game. It’s not the same as giving up your career or starving for the sake of…

In what way is standing up against a totalitarian government “cancel culture”? This isn’t some Twitter spat of some celeb making an oopsie.

I agree that there’s no ethical consumption in capitalism and that the US is responsible for terrible things, but at the absolute fucking least I think it’s good to TRY and not spend money on stuff that actively supports literal genocide.

This was already known since launch but few media outlets picked it up. You also missed the part where two popular Hololive VTuber’s names were censored in the game as well just because they had the audacity to mention Taiwan as a country when discussing their Youtube viewership stats. They were even suspended by…

Ah thank you for the clarification.

That’s true for a lot of them now, but certainly wasn’t true when they got their Creator status.

Cutthroat liars and manipulative people always go far in creative environments, because they’re willing to do what the more sensitive and altruistic creatives won’t. Bribe, borrow and steal.

Oh they just added a nice bunch of ads/fake news/click bait stories at the bottom of kotaku.com, thats 100% worse now 😪

The problem is as far as streaming content like twitch goes there isn’t an alternative, there is literally no where to go and Twitch is painfully well aware of this fact. There is zero competition for the streaming market. Youtube/Google, for whatever reason, can’t figure it out nor can Facebook. it’s a combination of…

If you look there at the side of the PS4, you’ll understand why I feel like consoles really should be looking more like mini PCs than they do. I’m not a Microsoft guy, but goddamn if this big ass pillar isn’t a breath of fresh air after 15 years of losing consoles to cooling issues.

I have a question about streamers and twitch in particular, since I follow neither’