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it is very funny that my first junpei sighting in months is them obliterating nine gear crow from orbit lmao
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Dec 4, 2023 16:43
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Famethrowa posted:it is very funny that my first junpei sighting in months is them obliterating nine gear crow from orbit lmao junpei if you're reading this: longer
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Dec 4, 2023 16:48
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nine-gear crow posted:And yet the point remains that WLW couples still outnumber MLM couples in modern popular media by like 10 to 1 because they're still seen as more socially acceptable than two boys kissing. Like still gently caress Somerton, but the people he plagiarized are on to something there. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OWq38TikzU
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Dec 4, 2023 16:55
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Alaois posted:junpei if you're reading this: longer
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Dec 4, 2023 16:59
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mycot posted:But he also spun this really lurid and slanderous story about Katzenberg giving a fake donation to an AIDS charity under Howard Ashman's name, which is completely made up. So it's not even going to bat for all Disney CEOs, just Iger. Honestly makes me wonder if there might be some... quality about Katzenberg that would implicitly bias Somerton against him in particular.  Normally I wouldn't jump to this but the way he crafted elaborate fanfiction about how people rushed to volunteer to fight the Germans because they were envious of Nazi soldier-bodybuilders and how the SS was full of gay guys you could suck off to get out of any charges is really making my head hurt 
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Dec 4, 2023 17:04
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Nuns with Guns posted:Honestly makes me wonder if there might be some... quality about Katzenberg that would implicitly bias Somerton against him in particular. you’re gonna get sent a Cease and Desist for leaking the plot of Telos Pictures’ first feature
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Dec 4, 2023 17:05
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Pants Donkey posted:I believe most of the Korra team is working on Dragon Prince, which has a trans dude character, gay dads, and lesbian battle aunt whose marriage is a key element of the recent seasons. So they at least got that at the end if the day. I'm gonna be an animation pedant and point out there's not much crossover between these two shows. The creator of the dragon prince was part of the original Airbender show, but not Korra. I wasn't able to find anyone else in directing/writing positions who worked on Korra either, and its animated by a studio in Vancouver instead of the Korean 2d studios that worked on Avatar and Korra.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:13
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Alaois posted:junpei if you're reading this: longer
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Dec 4, 2023 17:16
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re: Korra opening the way to She-Ra, I'm going to say "eh, kinda sorta." She-Ra had to spend most of its run basically in the same state as Steven Universe, where there were clearly gay characters around, gay feelings being expressed, etc. but they couldn't say it on the show. Like there's two gay princesses that were sitting around for the entire series, occasionally popping up to contribute to a fight, sometimes not around at all. I don't recall either of them getting more than 5 speaking lines until the 4th or 5th season, and they didn't confirm they were a married couple until the 5th and last season. The only real characterization they get is in the 5th season episode where Netossa takes a central role because Spinnerella was kidnapped and brainwashed. Katra's obvious feelings for Adora are only hard confirmed in the final season near the end, too. I think the final season is also the only time we get a trans side character? They were pushing for more behind the scenes and did technically get more than Korra had, but when it's all coming out at the last minute I get the feeling it's because they were being held back from doing it before.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:24
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Nuns with Guns posted:Also laughing that not only was he going to cover Eva with no prior experience but he did one on Utena: Wow. I guess Utena isn't just a mousetrap for SA mods.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:27
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Joseph Anderson on Lies of P: Had to roll my eyes at the beginning because I knew exactly where he was going with it. It's the best non-From Soulslike but it's nowhere near what they've put out. Especially funny considering his Elden Ring critiques when that game had better combat and bosses.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:32
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he's right about skype and gay porn
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Dec 4, 2023 17:38
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lol good shoot cryptid ik
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Dec 4, 2023 17:39
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:he's right about skype and gay porn i always wondered what happened to gaype
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Dec 4, 2023 17:39
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Nuns with Guns posted:re: Korra opening the way to She-Ra, I'm going to say "eh, kinda sorta." She-Ra had to spend most of its run basically in the same state as Steven Universe, where there were clearly gay characters around, gay feelings being expressed, etc. but they couldn't say it on the show. Like there's two gay princesses that were sitting around for the entire series, occasionally popping up to contribute to a fight, sometimes not around at all. I don't recall either of them getting more than 5 speaking lines until the 4th or 5th season, and they didn't confirm they were a married couple until the 5th and last season. The only real characterization they get is in the 5th season episode where Netossa takes a central role because Spinnerella was kidnapped and brainwashed. Katra's obvious feelings for Adora are only hard confirmed in the final season near the end, too. I think the final season is also the only time we get a trans side character? It's frustrating that a slow burn complicated relationship like the one between Catra and Adora is, in the present media climate, indistinguishable from a censored depiction of a more overt relationship. Creators of queer stories should have the freedom to tell romantic and sexual narratives that involve discovery, denial, hesitation, or overwhelming complications without having their deliberate decisions framed by the audience as cowardice, censorship, or capitulation.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:41
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Inspector Gesicht posted:Joseph Anderson on Lies of P: I harp about this a lot but I wish people found better short-hands for "Souls-like" and "Metroidvania" and "immersion sim" or simply just described the gameplay loop. With the first two, people may get the gist of but it's often applied to games unfairly because they share like one or two things Dark Souls did but not enough to be called such and at this point most people who have played Metroid and/or Castlevania are probably mostly over 30. But immersion sim is such a massive encompassing label that just about any game that doesn't have a linear structure to its combat situations can be called one that it's functionally useless. Is it an immersive sim because if you blow up a barrel with physical force it'll spill oil in which you can set fire to? Because you can crawl through vents instead of going through the front door? An enemy shoots at you but hits a civilian so the cops show up and shoot the enemy for you? Your sim poo poo themselves to death because they ate food they were too lazy to clean up? These are just useless labels and have become just some quick and easy way to describe something without spending the effort to describe it. Don't mean to pick on Joseph there but he used two of those three back-to-back and it triggered me. Is Lies of P the Dark Souls of B game Dark Souls?! Jimbot fucked around with this message at 17:45 on Dec 4, 2023 |
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Dec 4, 2023 17:42
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I can't believe Hbomberguy may control the fate of the middle east. Points to the person here who predicted it would be Somerton months ago
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Dec 4, 2023 17:43
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Jimbot posted:I harp about this a lot but I wish people found better short-hands for "Souls-like" and "Metroidvania" and "immersion sim" or simply just described the gameplay loop. The first two people may get the gist of but it's often applied to games unfairly because they share like one or two things Dark Souls did but not enough to be called such and at this point most people who have played Metroid and/or Castlevania are probably mostly over 30. But immersion sim is such a massive encompassing label that just about any game that doesn't have a linear structure to its combat situations can be called one that it's functionally useless. Is it an immersive sim because if you blow up a barrel with physical force it'll spill oil in which you can set fire to? Because you can crawl through vents instead of going through the front door? An enemy shoots at you but hits a civilian so the cops show up and shoot the enemy for you? Your sim poo poo themselves to death because they ate food they were too lazy to clean up? These are just useless labels and have become just some quick and easy way to describe something without spending the effort to describe it. They're all a lot better than MOBA and it's a shame Riot foisted that one upon the world.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:45
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Grassy Knowles posted:i always wondered what happened to gaype Bought out by Microsoft Reams.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:49
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Arc Hammer posted:I don’t think anyone would ever mistake a Nova Scotian for a Newfie. Nah man, that's Cape Breton Island's whole deal. Jimbot posted:There were hints but they could have been more overt to be sure. This was before streaming really took off so they have to play to the rules of the network. Korra had to crawl so shows like She-Ra could sprint. I think it's easy to take for granted now, when we've had over a decade of more overt LGBTQ+ representation in kids' media, but I remember the ending of Korra being a big deal back in the day. Korra and Asami holding hands and meaningfully staring into each other's eyes like they're about to kiss might not seem like much today but I remember originally watching that scene and being all "Holy poo poo, are they actually gonna do this?". I think there is a discussion to be had about how a larger percentage of the queer representation we've seen in kids media over the past decade has primarily been focused on f/f couples*, but trying to use this as evidence that lesbians "have it easier" than gay men is absolutely bonkers and, in Somerton's case specifically, really undermines the idea of solidarity that drives the LGBTQ+ community. Also, what the gently caress is up with Somerton's obsession with gay nazis? He's got some dark Tom of Finland vibes going on with that...
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Dec 4, 2023 17:49
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DoctorWhat posted:It's frustrating that a slow burn complicated relationship like the one between Catra and Adora is, in the present media climate, indistinguishable from a censored depiction of a more overt relationship. I don't mind Catra's character arc on its own because it does also tie into her complicated feelings regarding her mother figure, upbringing, and the golden child favoritism shown towards Adora. As a messy character, and on its own I think it's a fine arc. Within the context of all the other queer content needing to be veiled, I wonder what more we could've gotten if they were allowed to be more open across the whole series.
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Dec 4, 2023 17:53
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DoctorWhat posted:It's frustrating that a slow burn complicated relationship like the one between Catra and Adora is, in the present media climate, indistinguishable from a censored depiction of a more overt relationship. See also: Vi and Caitlyn in Arcane.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:03
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Plagiarism is like my favorite kind of scandal because of how needlessly self immolating it is, so needless to say this has been an entertaining weekend. Jackfilms also posted a "good YouTuber" iceberg this weekend which fills the gaps for anyone caught out by Internet Historian or James. I've already subbed to a few https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dcuAAMUicw
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Dec 4, 2023 18:03
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KingKalamari posted:Nah man, that's Cape Breton Island's whole deal. Well when there's sfa else to to on the island I guess mimicking weirdo newfie talk might be a pastime.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:04
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Hbomberguy posted:I can't believe Hbomberguy may control the fate of the middle east.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:04
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Hbomberguy posted:I can't believe Hbomberguy may control the fate of the middle east. give me money
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Dec 4, 2023 18:05
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Kunster posted:https://twitter.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1731692586018975760 FYI this is also up on Nebula right now: https://nebula.tv/videos/philosophytube-a-man-stole-my-work-women-money-the-nation Not to give too much away, but unfortunately she isn't able to name the person who stole her work (because even if she had the receipts UK libel law is so hosed she'd likely lose anyways if the plagiarist sued her) so that's not the focus of the video. She mainly uses her experience as a jumping-off point to examine how society in general constructs gender and race in order to steal labor from people without properly compensating them, and to look at how/what conservatives think about that.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:12
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:give me money That’s not going to happen unless James Somerton has stolen your work. Although, statistically speaking, he probably has.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:14
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Just remembered a bizarre example of YouTube plagiarism I stumbled upon last year. It's a sizable true crime youtube channel but can't remember its name - it's an American white guy talking to the camera with a greenscreened background of grey. I was recommended his video on the Port Arthur massacre and put it on to kill time at work. I googled "Martin Bryant" (the prepetrator) and the first result was an entry written about him for the Criminal Minds wiki. Didn't know about the show and was confused why it would have an entry and clicked on it for shits and giggles and noticed the video was section by section the same as the page. What really sealed it was the entry had a section called Conspiracy or something along those lines and the video ended with a portion about about conspiracy theories which I've never heard of despite being familiar with the crime. It looks like that final section has been edited out of the wiki sometime in the past year. Wouldn't have noticed without that section and probably wouldn't have thought much of it but in the past I'd been recommended that guy's videos and I'm pretty sure he gets in the 100s of thousands of views per upload.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:16
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Holy gently caress, so hbomb delivers a bare knuckle beatdown, and once he's finished, todd comes in and methodically starts beating Somerton with a keytar.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:17
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Definitely wasn't expecting Todd to weigh into this. What a treat 
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Dec 4, 2023 18:18
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Ariong posted:That’s not going to happen unless James Somerton has stolen your work. i am all of those people, including wikipedia
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Dec 4, 2023 18:21
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Jimbot posted:But immersion sim is such a massive encompassing label that just about any game that doesn't have a linear structure to its combat situations can be called one that it's functionally useless. Is it an immersive sim because if you blow up a barrel with physical force it'll spill oil in which you can set fire to? Because you can crawl through vents instead of going through the front door? An enemy shoots at you but hits a civilian so the cops show up and shoot the enemy for you? Your sim poo poo themselves to death because they ate food they were too lazy to clean up? These are just useless labels and have become just some quick and easy way to describe something without spending the effort to describe it. You can't describe the gameplay loop of an immersive sim, because that would ruin it. A lot of it's use is having a "thinking mans genre", now that RPGs and stealth games are mainstream. It's why it can be used simultaneously for late 90's/early 00's FPS games, Action-RPGs and Stealth games with little in common, because it's very often just used as a way to separate the games I like from the games enjoyed by the plebs. How often are games like SiN or Skyrim brought up as immersive sims? Pretty much never because they are either pretty bad or regarded as dumbed down for babies, despite being very similar to others mechanically. Sure you could use it for the Deus Ex style Action-RPG sub genre, but then why is Thief considered one? It's a pretty standard ( if very good and foundational) Stealth Action game. For Souls-like and Metroidvania, you're going to need to travel ~300 years back in time to beat up Johann Gottfriend Schnabel for coining Robinsonade for all the Robinson Crusoe copycats.
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Dec 4, 2023 18:21
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Happy Landfill posted:Todd In The Shadows just posted his own fact-checking of James Somerton What's remarkable to me is how little overlap there is between this video's material and hbomberguy's. Good on both of them for seeing early on what a truly bizarre hack Somerton is. \/\/\/right? I can't wait for Lindsay Ellis to suddenly make her big Youtube comeback to put him out of everyone's misery.\/\/\/ Majorian fucked around with this message at 18:28 on Dec 4, 2023 |
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Dec 4, 2023 18:25
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Definitely not his usual stuff but he says this got stuck in his craw after James got in to twitter arguments with some of his friends
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lol at the music youtuber hitting somerton with a steel chair
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Dec 4, 2023 18:26
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Doctor Spaceman posted:All of them had a more frequent update schedule when they were starting out/smaller though (and the field was less crowded at the time too). I think their level of success allows them to work at their own pace and not be beholden to the whims of the algorithm, and that what they are capable of is essentially irrelevant to smaller creators. anyone know how much these guys make? i know hbomb and shaun were making like $9k-$12k/mo. when their patreon was still public, and that was like 5 years ago
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Dec 4, 2023 18:42
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16-bit Butt-Head posted:lol at the music youtuber hitting somerton with a steel chair Watch coffezilla dig into Telos' finances next Mr Interweb posted:anyone know how much these guys make?
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Dec 4, 2023 18:45
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Mr Interweb posted:anyone know how much these guys make?
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Dec 4, 2023 18:49
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Mr Interweb posted:anyone know how much these guys make? Gita Jackson (cofounder of Aftermath) claims Somerton made $170k/year on Patreon. https://twitter.com/xoxogossipgita/status/1731437764523003915
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Dec 4, 2023 18:54
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you suck at cooking throws a pear at a wall and it explodes into 200 pages of somerton’s misdeeds
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