It was made offensive by 4Chan trolls trying to make it offensive. Why do we want to willingly give this ability to those that would abuse it?
Indifferent Snowman.
totallymeh
Exactly. We’re going to let racists dictate our very vernacular by simply making things go viral. And we’re going to talk ourselves into the idea that we’re “winning” a war on hate by doing so all while those racists laugh their asses off at how easily society can be manipulated, now.
If game sales had stayed static to the 90s- this would be true.
I seem to recall paying $49.99 for my pre-order Wind Waker and the same for my Soul Calibur 2 (GC) at Electronics Boutique. Been awhile, though.
“the hightened cost of development” is bull, to be honest. As the tools devs use to make games, especially art tools, become more advanced, they also become much easier to use and the skill-level barrier for entry for any games artist is much, much lower than it was 15 years ago. Don’t believe me? Google quixel…
Hot takes: Games were overpriced for much of their existence. Publishers have driven up the price of development, not the market. Developers — the actual people working on the games — are about as likely to benefit from the inevitable price hike as consumers are.
I feel like you havn’t played an Uncharted game. Nathan Drake kills just about everyone without remorse. But I am 100% certain he kills predominantly white people. Hell in Uncharted 4 the private militia you are killing through out the game are all white Afrikaans South African expats, people who are almost certainly…
LOL, Drake is an equal opportunity murderer.
“Despite the occasional tilting of this portrait, Spider-Man’s story and world were not a representation of the kind of New York that exists outside the TV screen.”
*raises hand* I do. Usually with Oreos. Hell, sometimes I drink straight from the jug because I get a craving.
Yes, but dammit, we COOK with it. Let’s see you make all your lovely baked goods, sauces, and mac n cheese dishes without it!
The microtransactions are there to make extra profit for the shareholders.
Oh haven’t you heard? The Kotaku brand of staunch pro-Epic defenders will happily tell you that “the Epic store isn’t missing anything that’s actually important”. I’m not even kidding, I’ve seen someone try to argue that “a shopping card isn’t an important feature for an online store”, and focusing on it just…
Nonsense.
“Removing something from your own work that you feel do not stand by is, just saying, not fucking censorship”
Okay as someone who is actually gay, it’s going to take a *lot* more than an shampoo bottle to offend me. This is remarkably silly stuff going on. The level geometry thing miiight be a bit much, but honestly I’ve seen much worse stuff embedded by the developers into old Nintendo games. Crass humor isn’t by itself…
Very well put!
He posts some data, fragile readers read the data and assume they can read his mind (“he’s saying gun violence is insignificant!”) then scream for an apology. He writes for thoughtful, intelligent people, not the hysterical, triggered mob.
So you’re saying that you being stupid, not understanding nuance, then pretending to be offended to virtue signal on social media isn’t your fault? Really seems like it’s your fault.