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SatansBestBuddy posted:Spicy hot take: it's Extra Credits, so they're mostly on the nose but still missing the tree for the forest. corn in the bible posted:The things that people mean when they say "Dark Souls" are, I think, slow deliberate combat and maneuverability. Given that they compared Cuphead to it as well, I'm pretty sure they just mean it's hard and not immediately rewarding.
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corn in the bible posted:The things that people mean when they say "Dark Souls" are, I think, slow deliberate combat and maneuverability. if this is what people are talking about when they compare things to Dark Souls, then they're not even actually describing Dark Souls.
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I think when people compare something to Dark Souls they mean "the market is so saturated with samey poo poo that my choices for comparison that a wide audience would get are Bioware RPGs, FPSes, FIFA, and Dark Souls."
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So this video was a lot more interesting than I thought it would be. I guess the name of the video itself made me think it be dull. But my initial assumptions were totally, 100% wrong. This was, first and foremost, a defense of transwomen against a bigoted crackpot masquerading as an intellectual. In brief, a transphobic, homophobic shitlord said transwomen are either: 1) gay men or, 2) straight men who like to dress up as women for sexual reasons. This is it, according to him and it is apparently a revoltingly popular idea. The brief touch on the "feminine essence theory" did remind me that none of the Leftists I watch on YT are religious. They're all very clearly Atheists. Kinda frustrating at times but what can you do. It's not a big deal but as I'm reading up a lot on religion now, that part just kinda stuck out to me. I really hope she doesn't get any poo poo for this. I don't believe in SJW's but there absolutely are people who think certain topics should never, ever be discussed. Hell, I used to be one of them before I realized this is a stupid, harmful and ultimately impossible notion. So to attack Contra who was being so open and honest and vulnerable would be the height of cruelty.
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Yeah. Honestly, COntra's little sit down on the couch inspires me to do something similar. The biggest damage the theory does is it weaponizes the sexuality of trans women against us when sexuality is a big part of what makes a person., especially in their teen years. It creates this thing where Trans woman don't really talk about their sex lives with Cis people. Among other Trans people it's not really a problem, but I would NEVER describe my sex life with my cis friends.
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Kim Justice posted:You really have to reach to get that from what anyone's saying. Have you thought about a career in games journalism? What about an article talking about Monster Hunter and the author's vegetarianism? I don't think it's wrong to talk about how you can have some sort of emotional connection or share some sort of life experience in relation with playing a game. However, (and I know I'm not the only one who's made this observation before) it isn't that the article in question is necessarily bad, but it feels like something that should be more suited to a blog post or presented as personal anecdote. Some times, they feel more along the lines of, "Hey here's the hot new video game that everybody's talking about. Now that I've brought it up, let's put it aside and talk about me!" The context or platform on which they deliver it is sort of what makes it questionable. In the case of hunting in video games, hunting is not something I want to do in real-life, but is something that do enjoy in video games. I don't know if I could write a whole article about that. I think the reason why people were upset with the Forbes article is because it's the author expressing concern about the treatment of animals in A GAME CALLED MONSTER HUNTER. a medical mystery posted:I think it's a case of two different approaches converging in the search for a Satisfying Gameplay Experience. Monhun felt like an evolution of Phantasy Star Online and its approach to lobby-based multiplayer action RPGs, while Souls came from altering the King's Field/Shadow Tower formula to improve the pacing and allow better vision of your character's periphery with a third-person perspective. Gaming outlets don't really make mention of King's Field or Shadow Tower, or at least not very frequently. Apart from the gameplay differences Corn in the Bible mentioned, Hidetaka Miyazaki didn't really get involved with From Software until 2006, where he started as a director on Armored Core 4. I don't know that much about the From Software staff, and while there are some similarities between King's Field and Souls (the interconnected design and lack of loading screens in DS1 is pretty similar to the world design of King's Field 2 JP), I don't know how much of the staff from KF and Shadow Tower carried over to Souls, or what kind of influence they had.
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That was a very powerful video in many ways, especially the trial portion. A lot to unpack really - she really went into the argument against autogynephilia in a powerful way. Sex 'n' that is something that I'll discuss a little if it happens to come up, depending on how comfortable I am with doing it (which usually takes a pretty long-rear end time of solid friendship whether you're cis or trans tbh) - for me I feel that doing so kinda helps with any odd perceptions folks may have when it's just...well, hardly special or anything.
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I wonder if that hesitation towards discussing sex lives with other people is normal with cis people or if there really is this silent rule that Trans people don't talk about sex. I remember when I still worked at Best Buy my supervisor made all the male employees come out with him to get drinks after work and they wen't around the table telling stories about sex and i was panicking because I was like 25-26 and still a virgin and didn't wanna be outed and one. So I ended up bullshitting some half truth about a really bad date I went on with a dude like a month earlier. It made me feel like this massive dork. Like, if you were still a virgin into your 20s then something was wrong with you. BigRed0427 fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Feb 2, 2018 |
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I am a cis straight and I find that a hostile work environment. I’d never ask a coworker about sex in any circumstance, on the job or off. I’d only talk about sex with good friends who I knew were comfortable with it, and I’d honestly never begin such a conversation.
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business hammocks posted:I am a cis straight and I find that a hostile work environment. I’d never ask a coworker about sex in any circumstance, on the job or off. I’d only talk about sex with good friends who I knew were comfortable with it, and I’d honestly never begin such a conversation. If you think that's nuts, wait till you get to the part where my boss laughs at me for ordering a glass of Jack Daniles on the rocks instead of beer. Because my drink just came in a small scotch glass instead of one of those tall, thin glasses with a beer label on the side.
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All depends really  some are hesitant, some way less so. And no doubt loads of the cis people are bullshitting. The ones who boast often about how many relationships they've had or all the boys/girls they've had sex with usually just end up getting dismissed as fuckboys who are actually poo poo at relationships and dating but don't recognise it. Personally I seem to gravitate more to the folks who are candid/honest for whatever reason, as that seems to describe most of my closest friends.BigRed0427 posted:If you think that's nuts, wait till you get to the part where my boss laughs at me for ordering a glass of Jack Daniles on the rocks instead of beer. Because my drink just came in a small scotch glass instead of one of those tall, thin glasses with a beer label on the side. Lol, sounds like a major loser. I mean, that's Lemmy's drink and he was the coolest person in the world. Kim Justice fucked around with this message at 01:46 on Feb 2, 2018 |
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That was an extremely personal and powerful video by Contrapoints. Highly recommended.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X5FDqHBN14 Wrestling with Wregret covers Vince Russo and Ring of Glory.
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Kim Justice posted:Why are you misrepresenting the things I say and proclaiming that I am decreeing on high that these articles should be verboten? They're perfectly free to write these articles, and I'm perfectly free to complain about them. And think that there might just be some ulterior motive behind them such as a pursuit for clicks and what have you (How is that lovely? Like, you can't tell me that doesn't happen and keep a straight face. It happens. And no, I'm not stupid enough to think it's purely limited to takes like this. Hell, I'm likely not even going to blame the guy whose name and picture is on the article, because I know that such directions that are made in pursuit of clickbait often come from people higher up the chain who want those clicks). I'm not gonna go after this too hard since you've already admitted to being a bit worked up about it, but that said, when you complain about a lack of editorial standards, wish for a completely different article written the way you'd want it to be written, and assume a thinkpiece is vapid clickbait...then yes, yes it does honestly make it sound like you have a problem with those kinds of articles. Also please keep in mind the same sort of pushback is happening to Austin Walker's article despite it having a completely benign headline and being 90% effusive praise for the game with 10% mild criticism of its implications rather than being explicitly about Monster Hunter's Very Problematic Colonialist Undertones. Perhaps it's on me for too closely conflating the articles and the reactions to them. Ultimately, I read stuff like this: Max Wilco posted:However, (and I know I'm not the only one who's made this observation before) it isn't that the article in question is necessarily bad, but it feels like something that should be more suited to a blog post or presented as personal anecdote. Some times, they feel more along the lines of, "Hey here's the hot new video game that everybody's talking about. Now that I've brought it up, let's put it aside and talk about me!" The context or platform on which they deliver it is sort of what makes it questionable. As an uncomfortably gatekeep-y stance at best, a horrible silencing tactic at worst. Disagree with a writer's opinion all you like, but I don't see how that naturally continues into "this opinion doesn't even belong here" and is seemingly based on vague gut feelings of what does and does not belong on a site. Also, what does "presented as personal anecdote" even mean on the internet? As opposed to what? You can think The Red Strings Club stuff was a mess and the Forza article was out of left field (didn't read it) without putting harmless articles on blast. I feel like I'm only arguing about this because the Forbes MH article is such a bad example of what ya'll have a problem with beyond having a slightly bait-y title, so the disproportionate response just leaves me confused. Max Wilco posted:In the case of hunting in video games, hunting is not something I want to do in real-life, but is something that do enjoy in video games. I don't know if I could write a whole article about that. I think the reason why people were upset with the Forbes article is because it's the author expressing concern about the treatment of animals in A GAME CALLED MONSTER HUNTER. A game called Monster Hunter where the monsters believably limp away when you stab them too much because you want to kill them and craft their parts into a new hat. Again, this is a reaction borne of how effectively the game presents this stuff. World has also been christened the First Accessible Monster Hunter, so you're going to see vivid reactions from people who haven't paid attention to the series until now.
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John Murdoch posted:Ultimately, I read stuff like this: The Forza article struck me as the author as not really being interested in talking about the game, and moreso the political climate in Australia. If you want to do that, that's fine, but I feel like at that point, the game isn't even really relevant to what you want to talk about. There's a sentiment that a lot of people who write for gaming outlets aren't really happy with covering games, so it leads to articles where the author shrugs it off and talks about something else (like that Polygon Rock Band 4 article). As far as what is and what isn't acceptable for a site, I can't really say. I'm not trying to argue that there should be a total divorce or segmentation of what should or shouldn't be in an article. It's just that sometime, it seems like some articles really miss the mark and writers are just using a game as a soapbox for something else (which if it were done literally, wouldn't be very effective  )John Murdoch posted:A game called Monster Hunter where the monsters believably limp away when you stab them too much because you want to kill them and craft their parts into a new hat. Again, this is a reaction borne of how effectively the game presents this stuff. World has also been christened the First Accessible Monster Hunter, so you're going to see vivid reactions from people who haven't paid attention to the series until now. That makes sense.
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Yea I personally don't agree that it's a big issue but I absolutely see where someone who's sensitive to animal treatment and all would look at me beating some kinda electric flying squirrel ferret thing to death by bashing it in the face with my big hammer made of another animal's bones, even as it limps and staggers away trying to run to its nest because I want to turn its skin into a fancy hat for my cat and go 'yea, this isn't something I think is good'.
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Max Wilco posted:I didn't mean for it sound like gate-keeping or a silencing tactic. What I was trying to get at is that sometimes, the game isn't really a focal point of the article, and it seems like the topic matter the writer's covering would be more appropriate for another site or for something more personal like a blog if it were rewritten.
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i don't know if Wrestling with Wregret gets posted here but 1) this is a goddamn hilarious subject for a video and I'm glad he did it, and 2) this man eats like a loving goon good lord  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X5FDqHBN14
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LORD OF BOOTY posted:i don't know if Wrestling with Wregret gets posted here but 1) this is a goddamn hilarious subject for a video and I'm glad he did it, and 2) this man eats like a loving goon good lord Testekill posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9X5FDqHBN14 Sup
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Kyle did a video on Black Mirror and how it relates to the history of Sci-Fiction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr9_DcO6G3A Love the gags describing the various authors of Science Fiction, especially Ellison (oh poo poo I called him a Sci-Fi author  me) and Burroughs
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Lindsay's Bright video got published, not sure if it was linked: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLOxQxMnEz8
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Lindsay's Bright video got published, not sure if it was linked: Maybe 'Mexicans' don't get poo poo for the Alamo but what grinds my gears is no one is ever taught about the Spanish Tejanos who fought and died at that stupid, lovely mission out in the desert. Especially not the ride of Juan Seguine, hoofed his rear end from the Alamo to Sam Houston who, when told shits going down and everyone is gonna get slaughtered, didn't give a gently caress and he doesn't get poo poo for that. loving Texas, man. BigRed0427 posted:EVERYONE SHUT THE gently caress UP! NEW CONTRAPOINTS ON AUTOGYNOPHILIA! "Accessible refutation of a bunk theory." 
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Lindsay's Bright video got published, not sure if it was linked: Is that Rap Critic doing that amazing mock Will Smith movie tie in rap?
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Sarcopenia posted:Is that Rap Critic doing that amazing mock Will Smith movie tie in rap? I was wondering the same thing, sure sounds like him
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BigRed0427 posted:EVERYONE SHUT THE gently caress UP! NEW CONTRAPOINTS ON AUTOGYNOPHILIA! I may have brain problems but I don't really get why she suddenly started describing her sex life in detail..
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Archer666 posted:I may have brain problems but I don't really get why she suddenly started describing her sex life in detail.. It's been a day since I watched it so I may be fuzzy but I believe it had to do with giving a detailed first hand account of what, if any, role sexuality may have had in her transitioning to further argue the invalidity of a theory that puts sexuality at the forefront of transitioning.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Lindsay's Bright video got published, not sure if it was linked: Great look at the film, it's frustrating how easy it would be to fix. I mean, the whole lack of intelligent worldbuilding would take time, but.... OK, you make that ancient orc hero a barely remembered legend, say that he turned the magic of the dark lord against him and freed the land. Only orcs know that story, though, because all the other races don't believe it. Then at the end, you let the orc cop grab the wand, because he was the descendant of that ancient hero, returned to seal away the blah blah blah. Like, give the big hero moment to the oppressed underdog, that's storytelling 101.
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Sarcopenia posted:Is that Rap Critic doing that amazing mock Will Smith movie tie in rap? MiddleOne posted:I was wondering the same thing, sure sounds like him Yes 
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Archer666 posted:I may have brain problems but I don't really get why she suddenly started describing her sex life in detail.. Sex is essential to the typology that she’s rebutting. What’s not to get?
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Archer666 posted:I may have brain problems but I don't really get why she suddenly started describing her sex life in detail.. Because a lot of people just won't trust what someone has to say without a bajillion intrusive details. It's not enough to say "my transness was involved in my sexuality, yes, but it wasn't the specific fetish described by autogynephilia theory." To an extent, it is helpful for a fairly vanilla cis person like me to have illustrated the difference between "unacknowledged gender stuff popping up in weird ways" and "a man has a fetish for being a woman" in the bedroom. (Not that I needed it to be convinced; I'd encountered a description of autogynephilia years before it became a Thing and it didn't really make a lot of sense even then, because of the whole "why bother taking it out of the bedroom and changing your entire life?" thing. But it's pretty helpful to understanding the psychological details in an identity I will never have.)
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Max Wilco posted:I didn't mean for it sound like gate-keeping or a silencing tactic. What I was trying to get at is that sometimes, the game isn't really a focal point of the article, and it seems like the topic matter the writer's covering would be more appropriate for another site or for something more personal like a blog if it were rewritten. I get what you mean but from what I understand Waypoint's entire reason for being made was to create a platform where the sort of personal and emotional reactions to video games you describe have a place. There are metric tons of review sites with a more dry and arm's-length approach, is it really bad to have one where blog-style sentimentality that's more personal and vulnerable even if it's still currently struggling to find its voice and making some missteps because of how scare the precedence is for their approach?
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Maybe if you crowdfunded an editor you could stop them from writing the articles you don't like and get back to real gamer issues
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I'm starting Lindsey's Bright video. I haven't seen the movie, but I kind of wish she took the "Max Landis is a sexual predator" angle rather than "weird how this movie has no screenwriter" approach. Edit: Margaret Cho was in this?  Edit 2: And Kenneth Choi? 
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Landis has creeped me out to an unbelievable level since he pestered hbomb to be his friend on twitter with a platonic fedora m’lady approach—and that was before I found out he was a rapist.
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Echo Chamber posted:I'm starting Lindsey's Bright video. I haven't seen the movie, but I kind of wish she took the "Max Landis is a sexual predator" angle rather than "weird how this movie has no screenwriter" approach. I think someone else did the same joke about Kevin Spacey while doing a video on Baby Driver recently. I respect not wanting to derail the video for 5 minutes to attempt to do a unique take on something that isn't really relevant to the thesis of the video and that has been discussed to death by others already. Also, if we're going to get edgy, deaaaath of the aaaaaauthoooor~~~~~
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Before the rape stuff, my exposure to Max Landis was limited to his skirmishes with Red Letter Media, his whole "Rey is Mary Sue" thing, and his condescending criticisms of the whitewashing criticisms of Ghost in the Shell. He just seemed like an rear end in a top hat Hollywood bro who benefited from having a famous Daddy who killed people. So I was surprised how many people admitted to liking him after the rape stuff came out. I never made any "video essay" for youtube, but I thought about making a making a video revisiting the whitewashing in the movie "21" for its 10th anniversary. And I would so be like "I knew Kevin Spacey was an rear end in a top hat!". I don't mean this as a criticism of Lindsey.
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Echo Chamber posted:I never made any "video essay" for youtube, but I thought about making a making a video revisiting the whitewashing in the movie "21" for its 10th anniversary. I really loved the book this was based on, where they got into much more fantastic type cheating scenarios instead of just basic rear end card counting. Like forcing an Ace by distracting the dealer at the right moment and memorizing exactly how many cards down the cut card would be.
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