nah. not a bad hypothesis and maybe it applies to some. and of course there are politicians and businesspeople who know he’s an idiot but stand to profit from the messes he makes. but by and large his fans really do buy into his cult, wholesale. I’ve heard from and talked to enough of them to know this.

nononononononononononononono*breath*nononononono

or they could just give them the toys without showing them r/transformers or whatever 🤷 you might be surprised at how easy that needle is to thread

why did you have to bring up the fact that gen 2 was 23 YEARS AGO

I’m at this weird point where i'm increasingly thinking it's not really unethical to do this kind of thing when the only real “victim” is a giant corporation that won’t suffer much for it, but at the same time being increasingly irritated at people's willingness to spoil the fun of a discovery for everyone. 

ah thanks, I'm not much of a chef

i wonder what he tastes like deep fried. or should he be charbroiled?

you do realize it’s valid to critique those perspectives and visions if they lead to shitty actions, yes?

yes.

I don’t think you’re wrong but there’s a lot of games by Japanese developers, including previous final fantasy games, that feature actual diversity—often in problematic ways, but some diversity in ethnicity nevertheless.

she did NOT know it was not deep enough. just because you walk through the pit doesn't mean you're aware of whether or not it'll actually cushion you properly. it is reasonable for one to expect a foam pit to be safe to jump in. 

lmao you're definitely in your 40s if you're still in the "nintendo is for kids" paradigm

Th violence itself is one thing, it’s certainly way too intense for my honestly not-that-squeamish taste. But it also isn’t showing much that wouldn’t happen in other similar slashers, just in way more graphic detail rather than obscured or implied or shown only briefly.

Looking at that tweeted clip though, these reports seem plausible. It’s REALLY intense.

him buying out that arena resulted in fighters being forced to fight for zero audience members including family, friends, and teammates, and i can tell you from personal experience the energy of the crowd has a real concrete impact on the performance of fighters. fighters in and outside of that event were furious but…

exactly, i do feel bad for people unjustly put upon by this on both the dev team and the player base but boy oh boy do i get a sick thrill out of bad things happening to bobby the tick's company

“Decent internet” wasn’t even enough to run stadia at a remotely acceptable level

no, they couldn't have. they lack the competence. 

harder to kill opponents, yes, but easier to stay alive. getting killed is more discouraging to newbies than failing to kill other players.

What’s especially hilarious is the line somewhere in there that literally says “Remember, racism is bad, so don’t do racial things like racism. Have fun with it but remember some races are just sometimes superior in some ways.”