This. The fact that some parenting failures might have been involved does not change the fact that these are extremely predatory practices using specifically engineered means to maximize financial gains at the expense of well-being of people, some of which are particularly prone to such self-destructive behaviors. I…

And ultimately this goes back to personal responsibility, which is at the heart of any addiction.

I know folks keep saying to parent their kids, but it goes beyond that even. These games are intentionally designed to be psychologically manipulative. It’s how they get the money and play time that they do.

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO “SWITCH 2".

Hence my “Doesn’t mean we have to be happy or quiet about it.”

Doing it because they can is a shitty reason. Not sure how that’s hard to grok. 

I think that’s the best way to put it and how I view PH. Other games have represented executioners like Origins and Homecoming.

“he and his son monitored each other’s porn intake and called his son his accountability partner.”

This is so deeply disturbing but of course we’ll get nothing but crickets from the “moral majority” crowd b/c it’s their guy and they would have no values if it weren’t for hypocrisy. 

This guy is a religious zealot, far more dangerous than any of the Taliban thousands of miles away from the United States. The Republican Party, which at this point is a criminal conspiracy of fraud and insurrection, supports his insane, dangerous and frankly un-American ideology.

Seems like it is back working this morning.  At least I could see your profile and mine just now.  Yay KINJA! lol

Don’t expect sense here.  You’ll never find it.

Indeed, Kinja has been actively trying to make the comment section worse for several years now

Haha. "Don't believe the lady's words. Here's mine instead" 

I loved the twist too! And since SO3 was my first experience with the “simulation theory” of consciousness, it will always be my frame of reference lol, it just blew my teenage mind

Not to mention totally weird and misguided titles like Forspoken that nobody wanted.

I’ll continue to hold my breath for Xenogears, no matter how misguided that may be. 

Yeah, but shame on the Dutch for not taking into account neck- and legbearded ‘Murricans puritanical views on sex.

Having lived in The Netherlands for the past 17 years (Stephanie is Dutch) I can say that they have a really laid back attitude when it comes to sex and sexualization of fictional characters.  I honestly think Quiet’s design really didn’t bother her.  

You make monkey paw wishes you get monkey paw results.

LITERALLY.STOP.YOU.AND.HAVE.MINUTE.PLUS. conversations over... how to push a button to climb a ladder. When compared to modern game design best practices, the Metal Gear series habitually does the exact opposite. So it’s often mystifying to me that people haven’t gone back and re-evaluated their stance on MGS.

Gonna make this short: Star Ocean 2 is a fantastic JRPG that still holds up today. This remake of it is genuinely great - they converted old pre-rendered backgrounds into 3d areas, updated the music, even the sprites catch light and shadow convincingly.

This is EXACTLY how you ‘update’ a game for the modern audience.…