Comments by "Kantrel 7" (@blumiu2426) on "Upper Echelon" channel.

  1. 100%
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  2. It is bs, but many MANY are conditioned to buy the game day one. That is what the gaming culture has manipulated many into to where it's standard. Be the first to get it, beat it and brag. It's been this way for over a decade now. The executives have gamers eating out of their hands despite how much they complain, they still will buy the games and spend extra. That's the sad truth of it. Puppet consumers.
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  3. An example of being uneducated. I doubt she knows much about her own culture, for if she did, she would have put time into investigating that of the Mongols before writing the article.
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  4. You're serious? A pride flag? Good grief, they really don't care.
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  5.  @MetalGearyaTV  That explains a lot. Who the heck is writing what came after because it's a convoluted mess. Does Kojima have to okay it because the stories have his flavor all over it
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  6.  @kyotheman69  Easily, people hype up games just because they know a certain studio is releasing it lol! Months if not a year or more in advance (FF VII Remake and Kingdom Hearts 3, Rockstar Games, ect.) It's mainly what people do and what marketing draws people into doing.
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  7. It is things like this that I laugh when people say we are evolving. Not when the most obvious lunacy and stupidity is embraced over edifying content.
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  8.  @etaxalo  Store front? You mean hit that digital sale before even released. There's a reason things are going digital and for every publisher and developer, they'll be locking people into a payment plan or increasing the price. We have the illusion of value and choice until things change on that front because they can manipulate the only options left. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo are companies. They all follow in their own time, but none are our friends but many scramble to pick whoever looks friendliest and gives them small hope. It's amazing how religion is seen as primitive when our very nature is to herd under something/someone.
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  9. It's the same thing only rebranded.
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  10. DA knew what it was doing. It gave them time to scrape the site and get the data, THEN let people know once it didn't matter anymore.
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  11. ExtraCredits truly has fallen off the deep end
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  12. A program photobashing previously existing artwork won't be a threat anytime soon. Maybe illustrators or concept artists won't get jobs, but that won't happen until the AI does original art and actual artist doesn't spot their work and sue. I don't believe anything done by it can be copyrighted for this reason. And honestly, only those that can't make art will think it's great until it needs to be critiqued professionally. On art sites you don't see it getting attention as it's pretty easy to spot as it does interpretation, nothing exact. AI will never get to movie level, ironic as people believe this yet reject conspiracy theories happening right in front of them.
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  13. Make the games huge, offer the illusion of endless choices and huge, empty space, but never make sure the game is bug free. Instead of trying to sell spectacle, sell a polished game, this is the laziest era in gaming I've ever witnessed. They can't keep saying it's the companies doing this when devs promote how big the game is too and how exciting it is, but never mention the issues with the game. It's a broken system.
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  14. Those are weird additions, but believe me. Those won't be advantages for long if you've played FromSoftware games. In fact, I think those people will be getting ripped off after start of the game. Only thing I'd question is the weapon. It could be cosmetic or have a unique stat. Remember though, it's bizarre because FromSoftware isn't doing the remake.
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  15. To be fair, none of Resident Evil cares about the lore. Capcom is never known for their storytelling. The best they've done was the RPG series, Breath of Fire, and that hasn't been around since they killed it with labelling a random mobile game with the title.
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  16. No, they really don't play games. There is a psychological correlation between what you behold and how you think. That's basic psychology. People said you can't be addicted to gaming, turns out it's true. Doesn't mean all gamers, it means those mentally more fragile/unstable may be influenced. Just because one plays games doesn't mean you have to defend it completely, not everyone doing it is the same and no, it's not the only factor. An influencing one, however. Charismatic churches pushed Pokemon was Satanic, not the whole Christian community. They don't think much of videogames in matters of faith unless educational, but extremists got the limelight. Gaming does have a lot of bums lol! Goes back to being addicted. It's all some want to do and I know a number of them myself. Don't fall into the trap of the media picking minute cases and trying to make them more than what they are just because they might agree with personal view. It's always been exaggerated and the true facts seldom given.
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  17.  @alex_zetsu  It wasn't their art to use whether they were alive or not. If copyrighted work, they can't use it. Canada automatically has copyright for things, so that will screw them no matter what.
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  18.  @tech1238  Dear lad, you're thinking too hard. It identifies human shape, so subvert it. Either pull a Solid Snake and use a cardboard box or something like a hazmat suit If it is going by closest approximation to humanoid figure, well...that might require seeing just what it can identify with barriers. I'm sure hackers won't have a problem re-working it.
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  19.  @Phazonis  There is a difference in game mechanics being realistic and the story being told being historically accurate.
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  20.  @lilbladeknight  I don't even factor in that stupidity lol! I'll watch a clip of a game to see the mechanics and gameplay and that's it. I'll watch a no commentary playthrough for certain games, yet I will never understanding watching others play as a...thing. People (or youth) are such drones now they'll zombie out watching someone talk the entire game, but I feel it's more to feel like they are a part of something rather than care about the game. Our psychology in society is ripe to be uprooted at any time.
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  21. And the consumer wants every new game to be open world. Not all, but many of the casual audience have been brainwashed to think the way corporations want.
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  22. That almost sounds...Biblical...
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  23. Or dad finding out those aren't his kids
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  24. Wouldn't it be insane if all this was planned?...
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  25.  @lilbladeknight  I don't watch South Park, but they typically make shows about what is obvious yet no one wants to think about until put in front of you. It and other shows have also made...predictions, so there is more to it than just being aware. For as many that say they believe in evolution, they should have stopped the retardation of mankind. This only leads me to believe these "great minds" wanted this because the results of modern society depending and being pampered with luxury tech was clear. Most will only play games that are casual or require little more than good reflexes. Many can't read nor want to think critically. I've experienced this to a degree after playing casual games compared to strategy or games with text. It's bizarre. Many young people I know are the way you describe or them and those in their twenties show the same traits; my ex was definitely a victim because she rather watch games and said she hated to think or had difficulty thinking critically...that kind of closes a lot of roads lol
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  26.  @howshegoingeh7708  That sucks. My PS2, PS3 and PS4 have never had issues. Most people I knew with an XBox had the ring of death. I get your personal experience, but considering how many people bought a Playstation this gen, you just received the poop end of the stick in life lol
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  27.  @canniballistic555  What he is doing is intellectual dishonesty. They know the difference, they just hoped it wouldn't be pointed out. Even in games where you have permadeath or die within realistic amount/type of attack, you still have mechanics representing health and points.
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  28.  @OttoVonGarfield  Doesn't negate your crimes, it just makes you hypocritical. There is a Bible verse, "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!" Doing kindness to your own means nothing, that's personal if not selfish, if your actions are wrong outside of that. There is no such thing as order with negative consequences, that's oppression or subjugation. Order is applied to all, not some, otherwise if you've wrought chaos outside your gates, that's not true order. My bedroom is clean (but the trash is out in the hallway).
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  29. Denuvo really hurts my reasons for giving it a try. After so long the game should be playable at 60fps, 40fps if they were to be truly slacking, but not barely at 30. No dev can explain why this is a thing, but the usual culprit is them having Denuvo in the game and they never mention it. Waiting a year until they remove it and on discount makes more sense, especially when all of the issues will be gone. Buying games day one is truly something only Youtubers/streamers do and/or people with FOMO.
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  30.  @hi-sm6dx  The content creators weren't smart for putting their eggs in one basket. Everyone in business and investment knows this. If you hang onto money and not principle, however difficult that choice may be, then welcome to those that sell out for a pyacheck. If no top creators can pool together to crate another platform or want to, then how important is the content creation? The choice is submit or die, essentially. but the vast majority of people are too lazy and too concerned with conformity and comfort to deal with big changes. These people will suffer the most because they waited til the last minute.
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  31. No artist takes another person's art and reconfigures it in parts to create something new. Fanart should be the most simple example of people doing the same thing, but their own way. They are not stealing data and regurgitating it, which AI does. It can' think and re-apply a concept, it reconfigures someone else's work, work that likely has copyright. If copyright in the US has already acknowledged this and prevents ownership of AI and AI companies acknowledge they scrapped the data, it is in no way shape or form akin to how artist's learn.
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  32.  @dandromeda1  You don't seem to know the people it attracts then. And I think you used neoliberal wrong.
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  33.  @SHDW-nf2ki  Absolutely and oh, so true. I'm also a dragon taken human form, a teen military student, young revolutionary leader and been an Italian plumber in my youth. I've quite a colorful background history.
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  34. More and more prefer to watch people play games for them. We are extremely lazy and wonder why we have so much free-time to lament life, create drama. This will be the future for the next generation. Not to mention avoiding difficult games, because most avoid anything difficult like the plague. And there are longplays with no commentary, because some find personalities annoying while trying to experience the game. Games I think people wouldn't play but rather watch (near all first-person), but most pay attention to chats in Let's Plays because no friends, talking smack.
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  35.  @howshegoingeh7708  Then you must be very specific in one you play. I'd never buy a system for one game; that's frivolous mentality I can't afford
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  36. Much more, I wager.
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  37. Doing damage control, but a little too late. Of course you will have those that will stick their head in the sand because they don't want to know certain things that shatter their comfort zone. That has always been the majority of people. Very few fight for freedom and many have to be pushed/motivated/bribed into it. However, if no one bothered to research or know of this before, they will now. No one is going to trust a game journalist magazine with a poor reputation among its audience besides those few of the same ideology. Their only leverage is the shared ideology with the machine pushing the agenda. If they honestly think they ill benefit in the new order they think is coming, well...the devil has no friends. The very things that lured you in will be used against you in the end.
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  38. Rza knew what he was doing when he put out that one album. He was hoping for a tournament to form to attain it, but a legal battle seems to be what we get in this dower world.
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  39. They could if all of this is orchestrated in the first place ;)
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  40. My brother is that way. You can contain the highly reactive, emotional nature when given time to put thoughts together. When real life, little to no control.
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  41. You do realize that they are talking about the concept art, not the 3D models...
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  42. Can't have them working too hard. Also, I see that cursed sign. A man of taste.
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  43.  @papabones8753  Asians seem to focus on the two extremes of denying their ancestry, getting surgery and only associating with only certain groups, or this rarer one (at least for me) of feeling left out and thinking genetics is the same thing as culture. The inbetween typically grow up with Asian culture and can speak on it. I was somewhat surprised this person 1) though being Japanese meant they grew up in Japan and studied their history to speak on it and 2) Would admittedly show ignorance in one area and not thinking anyone might conclude they'd demonstrate it elsewhere.
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  44.  @wrongthinker843  Digital art is still manual, a person is still behind it. There are certain features that can quicken a process, but the artist still has to do the work even with framework in place. Not even the same thing as art being taken and regurgitated in a different from, art likely with a copyright, that no artist can or will use without getting sued.
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  45. Why are those the only two games people can think of? Elden Ring release with issues and BG3's third act was buggy. One released when it was supposed to and the other was an early access game. How is BG3 remotely similar when if it was released like normal games, it would have released in horrid condition or been delayed.
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  46. Trying to take over Nintendo? Lol! The West is really gunning for the Japanese market in different ways, none of it really flattering. How in the heck do they plan to do that, I'll see who covers that one. I don't even think Playstation could top that one if it tried, doesn't have the resources.
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  47.  @MagralhoPT  Something exactly like that if they didn't have a block in place for the sort. I doubt they'd expect people to go that far, however. Because if they were able to confirm it was looping, they'd have to admit it was recording and not just counting heads. I don't know anyone that would sign up for something like this other than people that only sit around and watch movies.
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  48.  @vorbo01  Why not? He dropped the last game, why not if he runs into issues keeping momentum? This is all people buying the game, not anything new being added yet to a EA game? People are going on hype, not them doing anything or adding to. If it's going to heavily scrutinized here on and Nintendo is involved, it may well be a case of he takes the money and drops the game later.
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  49. Are you saying this because MS will buy them and close their studio like all the others they have?
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  50.  @rubix9992  True. More play Fallout on PS I thought than XBox. XBox has been very specific in what games their fanbase plays, which has kept them behind imo. God of War makes sales, but it has no repeatability for staying power. It's a boom not a longterm project that even involves a mod community
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  51.  @Ryzen776  Except AI is infringing on copyright and other's work to create. It can't create from nothing, I've use AI art generators to know. The copyright in US recognizes the creations as commissions, not art because no artist created it only the AI.
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  52.  @arijjavaid1213  I agree with all except Capcom. They have messed up and still do have micros and other things in their games. That won't be changing. The only thing that has changed for them is banking on past successes, but that can only be til RE 3 comes out, maybe Dino Crisis (which will be corny no matter how much they try and save plot) and then they are on their secondary list until they either make new IPs or keep doing sequels.
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  53. The ad issue is all over the internet and Twitter may be more beneficial for the right more than left, possibly, but you still see those on the left with their followings. Not shocked if Elon is self-serving. If Twitter were so right leaning then policies reinstated wouldn't be back, a WEF head wouldn't be there and the left would be censored constantly or deplatformed. That's not happening.
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  54. LOL! I can hear that in the lyrics
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  55.  @papabones8753  Actually, it's most Western cultures this happens. When I visited ex in Canada, it was pretty much just that. The cultural ones were either first generation if not undocumented (which I think is fine in Canada), second generation or for my ex's family didn't want much to do with being Asian. At least ex's mom, but none of them liked anyone dark-skinned ^^' Even though her grandparents, mother and aunt lived in Jamaica lol! But as soon as a cultural tie is broken in one generation, it disappears really fast.
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  56.  @ThatGuy-ky2yf  It did, but fans didn't like Dragon Quarter. I can understand because I didn't like it at first until I played it again and became another good entry. However, it was Capcom that always has had weak knees competing, especially with JRPGs at the time and didn't want to invest. They always seem to go for where money is easy or they have a hold, like RE or DMC. Soon as there is competition, they will drop an IP if it starts to lose sales.
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  57. I think I realized hackers are self-serving like anything else when they claim to be doing good. That realization came with Anonymous. Nowhere near as active as they were during the Bush Administration, then seemed to disappear once a democrat was in office. There were already rumors saying they were FBI or CIA, which is very possible, but wanting the truth never has a bias. These guys completely exploited a problem for their own end while pretending to do it for the community.
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  58. There are many in China and even Hong Kong that support China's actions. There are always loyalists and dissenters in these things and considering she is of the higher class far as money goes, she likely only cares about her position in life.
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  59. Not necessarily. One greedy guy could just be as bad as a greedy corporation. Being indie doesn't mean you're "good". Just means you're unconnected.
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  60. ....You don't know how AI does what it does, do you?
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  61.  @Furebel  A concept is all that's really needed. If people think AI is making 3D models, it's nowhere near that level or at least not for the public use. Publishers are trying to skip paying artists, so making a Pokemon variant is easy when they are likely in all the big AI art databases.
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  62.  @lucianjaeger4893  From your comment alone, I can tell you don't know what I'm talking about or how copyright works and cases involving it.
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  63.  @lucianjaeger4893  If I have to tell you, you don't know and haven't stated it. Cases have been based on similarities or likeness enough that create confusion between two brands, IPs, ect. Nintendo and Munster are known ones and should have been first to come to mind, especially Nintendo on those grounds. So on that you seem to be shooting at the lip.
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  64. if anyone has read 1984, or researched the fact Orwell was in a secret society, you will know control is the future for the Great Reset.
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  65.  @shanehaney6040  You just mentioned a massive amount of games for Sony, while the rest both have and PC has what MS has. Clearly one is more for games.
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  66.  @poisonouslead85  Never even heard of it
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  67. Unless you're missing the top of your head...
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  68. The big difference indeed. No one would complain, but the price doesn't match the value. I can see why Sony might want to increase the price given a good number of their games match it, but overall? No. It's case by case because less than ten exclusives or noteworthy 3rd party titles will be out in a cycle and worth that much. The rest are short, movie-like QTE games or unfinished games. Because Nintendo seems perpetually behind (yet fun) games, they should never touch $70 rationally. Microsoft can hide behind the subscription, yet even that will have to prove the games will be worth it when they come out and they have to plentiful and not scarce. Everyone liked Blockbuster, but you never rented every single movie, just the ones you want.
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  69. No, it's true. America's poorest is rich compared to 3rd world poor. We know we are manipulated and pitted against one another and many go along with it as they need someone to blame for the anxiety they feel. We've grown comfortable and soft, and the only thing remotely close to a revolution when people do snap will be rolling heads. Maybe people realize things are coming to an end with how far it's going because it's hard to imagine another time in history things were let go so far before something happened to a civilization.
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  70. Two things can be true at once. Stop being dismissive of Progressive, Marxist trash as if it takes a backseat to bad game development. In the end, no one gives a crap about a videogame if there is no society left. So it is bad because they hired people that are activists, not developers, their lack of skill and priorities being elsewhere is why the game is bad. Fixed it for you.
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  71. Depends on how open world, as not all are exactly free-roaming or massive. And I don't think it will be released this year, maaaaybe next. I don't think it's healthy for people to keep comparing it to Dark Souls, just like they did with Sekiro and realized it wasn't. FS are always trying to do something different, even if they are known for Souls-Borne right now. People forget they've been behind Armored Core and a new one will be released and other titles.
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  72. Hit those discounts, sir. I have been for years and buy a game full-price maybe three times a year.
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  73. I really don't get this race fixation. I'm black, I grew up with different groups and whatever I encountered in the real world concerning my skin color never reflected on my love for fiction. I think I had a brief period of in middle-school when finding your identity stage of thinking why there weren't a lot of diverse characters, and you can speculate, but if you have an industry majority one race...what do you expect? I don't think it needs to be equal or a race, and rarely did I grow up seeing black people into fantasy, comics and the like until it became popular. How many complain about race watching anime? I create my own stories because of the influence of fantasy works, videogames and animation. I don't concern myself with representation, I world-build for it to make sense and tell stories around that. Tolkien made his work based on a specific culture; that of the English. There should never be insertion or concern of any kind not related to what's in his books. I don't want to see America (not the world) reflected in Middle-Earth. I want to see Middle-Earth. I'm not thinking about skin color, I'm thinking about the character of the characters in it, whether virtuous or not. Because which matters more? If race determines character, are we know going back to that old mentality where once said blacks were inherently bad because of melanin? Reverse it and make it lack of means evil?
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  74.  @aolegion35  Every game that didn't require PS Plus to play lol! Why do you think it's a requirement in order to play games??
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  75.  @hi-sm6dx  Why are you assuming I meant something similar to Youtube? One can have a day job and a side job just in case. Something to fall back on, savings to start over again. This is called planning ahead, not betting on the biggest paycheck always being there. Again, it comes down to planning smart. If one thinks this kind of platform was sustainable without running into this possibility ever, then they join the many that got burned in 2008 only seeing $$$ and not looking at sustainability. And no there isn't. Some Youtubers have uploaded videos elsewhere. It is their content, not Youtubes, I thought that much was obvious. It's not Twitch.
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  76. Because human tendencies always get in the way, but the pursuit is what matters. You can only hope to reach it by accepting flaws either realized or told to one self. Too many don't like to be reminded what they do wrong or acknowledge it
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  77.  Sniper480  Pretty sure it's the same. People try and compare/contrast even though it's impossible to gauge and usually still based on bias. Everyone is dumb no matter the system. Everyone owns cellphones knowing they spy on you, so don't be a hypocrite.
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  78. I mean...that's every movie based on books lol
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  79.  @reeceyb505  Lol! I forgot about people doing that to old installments. That's what happened to Rainbow Six games.
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  80.  @neil_mch  Sounds more like a bad joke that practical. People usually ask why does construction operate on a flat plan and not a curve or if a helicopter stays in place, why doesn't the earth move past it.
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  81. I don't think the IPs mattered being sold as they didn't benefit them much, which I'm somewhat surprised wasn't mentioned as it is known. They couldn't make them work, they didn't bother with them other than brand recognition going for some and the same things effecting Western media had dragged down Tomb Raider as well as not being that appealing. Legacy of Kain didn't even get a chance. I think they could possibly do better in other hands as it's hard to do worse than apathy short of just ruining the IPs with politics (that did somewhat mess with the premise of Mankind Divided). The main issue is SE going down this path and failing because it means games no one wants, thus a collapse to follow. As always the President would be replaced if they were getting close to red or in the red, as in the past. Hopefully this means they have no choice but to take that 300 million and put it toward projects people want. No idea why they are holding onto some Western centrique titles as those are worse than what they sold, but oh well. Get back to doing what they were known for much as they can given it's not the same as Squaresoft/Square.
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  82. Time for the 'zilla to decimate.
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  83. God of War only? Odd
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  84.  @markuschief4472  You do realize Halo franchise has more games for some time, right? The most recent game is what catapulted it, so that comparison has holes in it. Second, a good number of Halo games weren't good, so don't confuse sales with acclaim. As the comparison goes, Call of Duty is the greatest video game series ever if you're going by sales.
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  85. As I've said for along time, every bad practice in recent gaming history (2000s onward) has been brought into the industry by Microsoft and this shows how much further they will go. They want to own the industry, take over as much as they can, extract it and apply ESG standards where they please. They would cripple the Japanese market if they censored whatever was on Nintendo coming to the West by putting impossible and ever changing policies and Steam purchase would mean the end of the best store on the internet. I don't care how much of a fanboy one can be, this just proves all the crap talking and worries anyone has had toward Microsoft using XBox as an extension to buy out another market sector. Sony/Playstation have to be giggling like babies after this. Nintendo, likely not as amused as they were back in the day when they wanted to purchase them. They'll be militarizing their footsoldiers. With the leaked, I wonder how that meeting with Square-Enix really went and if they are on board with where Microsoft wants to go in the future. Things relative had to come up because SE is pretty much comprising itself by catering to the West and ESG much as they do.
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  86.    Because PC always wins. You said it right; they're competing with PC not the other way around. PC allows one to actually house games on every platform (games companies lose codes for), discounts are better, eliminates needing a sub from MS, boost graphics and speed through varied means. Stability is best off the bat on console yes, for most 3rd party games yet console exclusives are what make them stand out. For me and many, PC overrules bothering with XBox and only Sony or Nintendo become options for games you won't get on PC.
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  87.  @yanli111  GoT had female characters, what are you smoking? And they did slip in LGBT plot with the old lady who's name I can't remember. Her husband was the one set on fire and her sons killed. She was having a lesbian affair and was a big part of her plot-line. You weren't paying attention.
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  88.  @yanli111  The boycott because of Square-Enix's ethics department? Why shouldn't people boycott it for that reason? Because you like the series?
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  89.  @headshotmaster138  Not sure how many care about that. People like Bruce, not a protégé. We get enough from Damien.
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  90.  @headshotmaster138  People are excited for lots of things, especially bad ideas. People like the sound of something on paper, but never think about how it's executed. Batman Beyond is a neat concept, but just another person wearing Batman's mantle and comes with the crap of Bruce sleeping with Bat-Girl. No thanks.
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  91.  @chromtastic2092  I don't think it would have saved them. Batman Beyond is a rehashing when it comes down to it and a very easy thing to twist with modern writing. Bruce sleeps with Barbara in it, that can be used against the character and various other elements considering it hasn't been touched in awhile and can be rebooted to be PC. People want Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, ect. not variants or sidekicks. Unfortunately, even with the Arkham series, they wanted to write Bruce out because of this notion he needs to be done being Batman or put down the mantle. It's the subtle method of removing iconic characters to be replaced and what did we get? Arkham Knights.
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  92. I see the issue with the demo thing with Sony, but not really. There have been a few times when demos released with the full game available, I think Yakuza 8 was one of them. They would have to have to have a means to cut off the game in those situations or they just robbed themselves and developer of sales by allowing full access to an unpaid product (which one can't be sure of considering so many pay for games before they have them...broken). I think that would be obvious they can do that considering they are digital games now and I suppose the realization is shocking to people? The real issue is when they cut you off from a paid game because your social credit score isn't high enough, like in China.
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  93. Umm you most certainly take umbrage with an actor-actress taking a position that violates human rights. Just as you said you aren't going to change her personal beliefs, how much more likely are you going to change that of a corporate entity? Complaining online won't do anything to either, but lack of support hurts a celebrities fame and image, just as lack of funds hurts a company. Also $30 for a movie is waaay too much. I can entertain myself within two hours for free.
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  94. I think this guy will just make himself a target of other hackers he keeps getting this attention. Edit: Nevermind. The fact you pointed out the timing of these things and when Respawn does their thing with the game is...intriguing. It does seem they have to work for the company.
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  95. This isn't a major issue, but it is logically and historically an issue: I see female pirate crew. Pirates were famous for not getting any for months if not longer, docking at port and getting drunk and laid much as they could before setting out. They also didn't like them on their ships, in general for sailormen. I know there were the exception of pirate captains, but pirates were very superstitious about women being on ships.
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  96. Ghost has ruined any open-world action-adventure game until the second GoT lol
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  97. Honestly, the video made no sense. Why bother with XBox when PC does everything better? Sony has a much better offer of games and with quality, so I've only bothered with those two. Sony has games I like and PC has the same aside exclusives. I don't care about services nor do I think digital-ibkt is the way to go. This definitely felt like a shill with very little to back it up.
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  98.  @Unpopular_Duality.  There are still lots of defenders for Bethesda and definitely Skyrim. It was the prototype of releasing a game that lowered in quality over the years (for the series narrative), simplified mechanics in Todd Howard fashion and bugged to all hell. Reckoning: Kingdoms of Amalur released polished and was review bombed and reviews grilled it on things Skyrim could have received strikes for even more or the same. Gamers and games media both created the environment we have known, though mostly gamers react after the fact, mainly because the market it designed to manipulate the consumer. No idea why CDPR thought this was a good idea, but like I said; they likely got caught up in their success without realizing they didn't have that much under their belt and not fixing past issues with releases.
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  99. Way to many are concerned with turning a story on its head before learning how to tell a story and write it effectively. Even telling a basic story isn't easy to do if you have poor pacing and don't make simple characters intriguing/want to care about them on some level. Then imagine subverting/deconstructing that at the same time...so much ego and those that want to be savants. Aim to tell a story first, a good one, then aim to execute the rest.
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  100. I knew Sony of America taking control of the game division was going to end horribly. I seriously want to know how the switch happened and/or if Japan is backing away from an active role. It sucks because you know it's going to continue until a major shift happens. Microsoft is very quiet about the backdoor business they do, but I'm more than sure before long they'll jump into before long.
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  101. Your title confused me in comparison to what you're actually talking about. That said, didn't some employees actually come out and complain about the work issue and CDPR did their best to make the extended crunch not seem as bad as the first two? Journos tried to make it worse than what it was, but clearly there was problems over it, despite what they were paid to make up for it. And this game was in the oven for almost ten years and still buggy, those extra weeks didn't matter unless the game was unplayable prior to. Are we really going to lower the bar again for a perceivable favored company so they can end up being the next Bethesda or Activision? Everyone made excuses for Skyrim though it was not a 10/10 game until the mods improved every aspect. Now the motto is if the media hates it, build it up to an irrational degree. CDPR is great, but they aren't that well organized to pull off what people want entirely. I do hope gamers enjoy it, flaws and all, and not fanboy to where they are the opposite of the annoying journos. I'm surprised the game is so short for an RPG, unless that means the game is mostly side-quests. Can't be more than 10 hours, right? If any DLC is incoming in a few months, you know they removed content (which I'm not sure about as it has been free).
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  102. Food dye can hide how old foods are. They do it with fish and beef a lot now if they are past expired. The plastic rice was fake, but there are other instances of fake eggs or chemicals being added that are harmful in others. Plastic rice is the least of worries since we have no idea what is being put in our food nor what they will with the push to stop consumption of meat and dairy. No one believed Biden was actually going to do what he said or ignored it.
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  103. So many take pride in having ADD or ADHD and it only highlights that they likely are victims of social media consumption. It's working as intended. Making a generation of easily controlled people that can't think long enough to reach critical thought. Slave class.
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  104. clearly with how Nintendo has behaved in the past and toward it's fans. To say they don't want to cause damage to a competitor...I've no words.
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  105. The sad part...many people don't care or realize the gravity. They won't freak out until the true downside becomes apparent, but it's always too late by then and usually how it goes.
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  106. What if? their intent was laid out.
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  107. But what does XBox actually have to play? Game Pass you can just one a PC while the games or on PS5. I really don't see the advantage other than if you live on a budget (which raises how do you have time to game?)
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  108.  @10011110011  I have no idea. I thought everyone was against them. Depends on the game you favor, I guess.
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  109.  @10011110011  Everyone may prove to be in moments, but to willingly be? That just justifies what journos fire back with.
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  110.  @10011110011  Lol! At least you're honest, and it's not. The culture demonstrates that, but certainly doesn't bode well in the long run for people.
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  111. You need ethics if you're saying you'd do it to whoever you don't like. You're personal feeling shouldn't matter, do your job. If you are given access, don't break it. You can write how they are a crappy company separately or refuse to test their game. And Tom didn't write the article, he chimed in acting like a child.
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  112. I thought this was obvious. If Elon knows before you do, that money is already absorbed. You're getting scraps, if that within the timeframe of a week or less.
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  113. So do you mean by vulnerability that the main character gets mauled or dies? Because Gears had several main characters die in the series, which I would say is what you're talking about. If the main character or secondary isn't offed, then it's just well-written, but I can name several games that have done the same. All stories have some kind of plot armor (main making it to the end, but what would be the point if told in their pov and died), but some are egregious lol! Tomb Raider was over the top with vulnerability where she was messed up all the time yet lived without infected wounds, exposure and such. Typically war scenarios tend to have the most of what you're talking about, as that is always an aspect of war.
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  114. People can be addicted to anything, especially with an addictive personality. It's very easy for a person to get mentally dependent on something that comforts them as a coping mechanism. There are people that ignore life and will game as much as possible, usually the fault of parents (whether the individual is young or grown). I don't think that will be easy to prove as I can't see any of those people raising their hand to say they identify, so the main thing is going to be parents that have kids that empty their account or have issues dropping games with gambling mechanics.
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  115. I think those in the industry have known this and why we saw them change shift in their approach to gaming just right before the government's response to Covid, because it wasn't Coivd that put us where we are, but how they, medical industry and others connected responded and gained more power. Look at XBox; Bill Gate's has consistently been a prophet in knowing what's coming from predicting, buying up farmland that now is be squeezed, and how where he has his money in operates. Some big gaming companies are even invited to the gathering of world leaders and you can track how they are pivoting. The biggest clue to me is the mad rush to make money fast for the past three years as if they knew something was coming and others have noted it as well and have followed suit themselves in CEOs and execs leaving positions in droves, some or most with big payouts and moving out of cities. It's not a conspiracy if you can see it happening around you and follow it while it's happening. The consolidation was the second biggest thing for me and why I wonder how no one seems to think they aren't being effected. I suspect once things are at their worst, we will see even more companies merge into those big enough to weather and create something that will truly be the end of gaming as it's been known.
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  116.  @astroid-ws4py  The World Economic Forum is used as the face of this initiative when it truth, it has been something those in elite positions have wanted to do for a very long time. It would require going through the occult beliefs of they, prominent royal lines, the Roman Church and it's reach into all institutions through various clubs/orders (Jesuits, Franciscan, ect.) The non-elected officials that have power tend to have these ties and are the ones that truly make policies. You can see how that can easily stem into major corporations, colleges. Most people only react to things like this and never research nor want to consider it, as it shatters world views and the almighty "comfort".
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  117. Another sad thing is even indie devs are learning from the worst example and trying to pull the same practices, if not just rob consumers outright with Early Access that will always be Early Access. Age of greed and laziness. The industry knew once it started to grow this was going to happen, but the money looked too good. Then once the passionate devs were no longer able to have the same freedom, businessman took their positions. Most these people know never touch videogames, even devs are more activist than gamers. On top of all that loveliness we have gov pushing for centralizing of power during the pandemic so no small businesses can sustain.
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  118. I read from people that watched DG's video he DIDN'T include any gameplay or images in his video, only gave his opinion on the game.
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  119. I can't believe most wan their games digital. Immediate gratification is insane. There are so many ways to lose that game and be locked out from it. We aren't getting smarter over time, we're getting significantly lazier.
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  120.  @lucianjaeger4893  Lawyers care. if there can be confusion, there is a case.
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  121.  @GodwynDi  Then you don't know how it works in a courtroom. Munster energy has done it and won, and various IPs in gaming have taken such to court or filed under with as much as the name of a game. That's the most well known instance, so I'm not sure how you're unaware.
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  122. At least the comments section will be filled with the middle ground instead of either extreme end called out in the video lol! But hype truly is put before the actual games these days and then those same people want to act like they are against corporate sway...even though they obey the hype machine second nature. Right now the worst I'm seeing is Final Fantasy VII remake, more for the fact Square-Enix has not been releasing anything quality outside handheld games (except he price tags on some), but they have all faith and fall into the rumors. No company is beyond messing up, especially CDPR with only one series under them (and only one of those chiefly praised), so they should have reasonable expectations of something great, but maybe not perfect. The crunch aspect of this is the only thing that sticks out to me, as rumors in past were they had this workplace practice in the past, so it seems its continuing. Whether the workers are doing so with enthusiasm or strain, I'm unsure of. Again, you have either extreme saying the crunch is only about putting out a good game and no one is being mistreated solely based on they made The Witcher: Wild Hunt, and then journalists and haters pushing what's going on beyond facts.
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  123. All from a populace that declares it isn't racist on both sides Amazing how that changes when permission is given, huh?
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  124. Everyone is an expert on copyright now.
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  125. Didn't realize they ignored independent media. A small few got it, but then they ignore others they actually worked with? Then gave the game to the same people trying to discredit the game?? Why do I have this ominous feeling CDPR is going to cave to pressure eventually? There decisions, even if a business, are about the money and not about what their audience wants to project them as. I'm trying to remember if someone else tried to hide the game long as possible to avoid how bad it would be launch. It can't be THAT bad on consoles, can it?
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  126.  @santhoshsridhar5887  Are you talking about a game or gimmicks?
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  127. That's weird. I could have sworn that everyone that played and improved in Soulsborne games died constantly before understanding and growing in experience. Calling people "elites" is more self-reflective rather than accurate statement. There are no sides, just the fanbase that appreciates that the game is and what the creators intended. There is no virtuous middle ground to look down on and shake ones head.
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  128. This sounds familiar. Wasn't someone else trying to do this or is?
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  129. It's amazing how lazy and compromised people are now. Anything for money, for comfort and security. People used to know nothing good comes easy, but now that's not what people want to hear. They will burn down their means as long as the short-term is supplied.
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  130. Trying to critique this on merits of being a show is pointless and not why it was made. It was only made to push a political ideology for viewers to be desensitized to or accept. It is an old social warfare tactic used in socialist and communist countries. The least concern is how talentless the staff is, what is important is an author's work was bastardized to push an agenda that they fully intend and hope children to be exposed to and become their cultural reference. America uses racial politics because it is most effective and a large foundation of the country, it's diversity. It's not China or Russia where they would use class in a homogenous land.
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  131. Any romance between a elf and human was written about because for one, it was rare, and two, it played a central role in the story. Assuming there is a blend with Easterlings on somewhat regular a basis is super conjecture. The only dark-skinned group I know of were those people to the south in Morgoth, and stated to be. Elves are not mortal, they are immortal, so almost different beings, Their offspring must choose mortality or immortality, which is a conflict in the relationships of those rare cases between humans and elves in love. Their offspring have to choose what world to live in. The one king called Half-Elven? Elros? He is the product of such.
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  132. You know what's better than playing this on GamePass? Playing it on PC. Modders will fix it up and more.
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  133. Actually...you might want to take back the rock/music thing because many a veteran rocker and those in the music industry have said 1) occultism had a lot to do with their music being produced and aimed at causing a reaction and mindset in listeners, 2) There are psychologists and people in curious positions in the music industry that have contributed to algorithms purposefully made to cause a specific reaction out of the listener. Now there is the saying "you become what you behold and there are extreme occult/mind-control experiments, if not tortures, devised to alter the mindset. Much of it focuses on repetition of behavior; the stereotypical viewing something over and over we see in some films. The subtle form is viewing something over a lifetime, which typically only produces desensitization. Violence is harder to break the threshold into reality because it has immediate consequence or big negative. But we do see sex, drugs, gambling and consumerism and other behavior mimicked based on continued exposure to the point it's normalized behavior. For very few, the mentally unwell for whatever reason find outlets in violence, but typically there are venues taken to satisfy any violent urge. I do believe domestic violence has increased, and narcissism, which typically indicates sociopathic tendencies in developed nations, and abuse victims typically stay quiet or there are missing pets....so no, videogames don't cause violence, they attract people already that way or filtering through it. Same as how pedophiles find fictional underage content to subdue their urges, if exposure to it did not lead to becoming hooked on it.
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  134.  @mad4song01  This is entirely wrong.
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  135. I really don't see the logic in your argument. Disney has bought up a bunch of studios, yet they burned it all down with their policies and politics. Microsoft has always had more money than Sony, yet that means what exactly? Why not buy Nintendo or more correctly, buy up their stocks? Because competition and they can't legally without challenges. And it doesn't matter how much value you have if you don't have games people want to play. Sony has exclusives, Japanese developed games and focus on indie games. Nintendo has their exclusives and adding some indies to their roster. The fact that Nintendo has been hanging in there with just a few games shows just how much games matter, not just business strategy. Everyone has been able to afford games during the pandemic, so how many are actually hurting? To me, Microsoft needs to buy other studios and offer more than games because that is their weakest area...in a market about gaming. Buying Bethesda is going to change Bethesda? Those guy's egos are so massive they haven't taken a hint for decades, so I'd imagine they'd need to replace them as no cash injection will steer their greed first, half-ass all else mentality. Let's not forget that Microsoft also shuts down just as many studios as they gain. I REALLY don't understand your thinking here at all. Games have always been the determining factor when consoles are involved. I've always deferred to Playstation mainly, Nintendo for their handhelds. PC for a little of both (emulation) and all else. I've liked some XBox games in the past, but they were shooters and multiplayer, which aren't my fav. You can't completely own a company that dominates in both the West and the East, sorry. The only thing that will hurt Sony is the Western branch (which terrifyingly enough has taken control) censoring games from Japan. I would think the situation in Cali has changed some things given that switch happened before the pandemic.
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  136. Correct. Its using previously existing artwork to make images. So anyone using this can have work stolen or sued if artist sees their work in it
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  137. What is with China and stealing other people's work? From art to business, they find some sort of shortcut lol
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  138. Super advanced flying crafts. Make it across the solar system. Can't fly in the sky and keep crashing. Like to probe people and animals endlessly. Press F to doubt. Sounds more like they know people will take the bait when it comes to "aliens" because the alternative they can't accept.
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  139.  @vorbo01  If the last game he made wasn't received well and then he abandoned it, what makes you think that is someone that will see a game threw with eyes and pressure on it? Success has it's own trials and usually worse than failure. However well the last game did will speak to how well this game will do and given the last barely updated with anything new, what do you think will happen here? Yes, they mashed up ideas, but how do you keep that going? They never have seen a project through and they have another that will be imitating another popular game. The goal is to imitate, not innovate. The game sold well, but seems it may be known for just that. One hit wonders exist, but realize trends and hype is not the same thing as what drives a developer.
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  140. We've played Red Dead Redemption where a character liked is taken out. Not as extreme as what goes on here, but it doesn't seem to be handled well enough. The agenda seems to the issue, not the storytelling being compelling.
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  141. Why did you call Tim Pool a conservative? I don't want to be mean, but that is beyond daft. He has stated many times he is and will always be a liberal.
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  142.  @arijjavaid1213  Resetera...ugh lol! I know Miyazaki loved Shadow of the Colossus, but I think just saying it's open-world is enough without making a comparison. It was how SotC used the open world to create the atmosphere it did, not so much just being open-world. I don't think he'll try and replicate that, but then again since there is a horse to ride, the comparisons may begin in that respect. And the monsters moving around sounds like Monster Hunter, so that should be recognizable right away what to expect. I'm not sure what regular enemies moving around plays in importance as you'd think they'd be scattered around anyway. You sure that just doesn't apply to specific enemies and bosses? And why would you fight bosses more than once? The atmosphere of safety has always been up to the difficulty of the opponents you face, learning their patterns, not so much their sheer presence. I'm not clear on all details, but it seems within reason the approach. Just more info and screenshots/gameplay are needed to get a feel and understanding.
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  143.  @arijjavaid1213  Okay, I get what you're saying, but SotC was devoid of enemies aside Colossus who were in specific locations. Exploration, scenery and small hints of lore you had to discover created the atmosphere it had, plus the music at key points. So just like Monster Hunter, as you can't stand in one spot long or a monster on the hunt will come across you, and usually a bigger, aggressive one. And since you make it seem more like creatures than humanoid, it'd make sense (though my image is of out in the open, not so much a location like a structure). Given the fact you can't pause in most their games along with that fact...I don't know if that makes one feel unsafe or you have to play in spurts if you can't take a break or life calls. Really early to say yes, so we'll find out eventually.
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  144. They seem to have trouble accepting certain people are influenced or already disturbed in some way that a game my trigger in them a propensity that is already there. Certain people play certain video-games, that's a big duh, but that doesn't mean those that play more disturbing or violent games will go out and kill someone. Anything can plant a seed in someone, specifically movies. Why do they mention those or TV shows? They have the same effect, even lull the brain into a hypnotic state where they are certainly influenced. I think we've all become desensitized to graphic content, obviously, because of games and movies, yet it's not a call to act. If they really cared about this, they'd ban social media immediately because of the real world effects it does have and instigates. It's all a sick farce.
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  145. I hope he knows how wasted an argument this is on weeaboos. Most never knew it was made by China and not Japan, they just saw anime and went for it. It could be a good thing, but...it's China. They fund child and rug rings coming from Mexico to dismantle US and no one can convince me they don't control MiHoYo with the money it makes.
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  146. There's more than one thing going on with people's reactions. Some make a deal out of the crunch CDPR said they'd try to avoid, others outright say they don't care about crunch long as they get their game. Then in the middle you have the rest. So not many are actually listening to what others are actually saying and interpreting one response as a blanket statement to overall. The only thing evident is crunch isn't good, doesn't matter if common practice. That's the point. For those working on something passionately or they believe, not forced, that's fine. For the gamers that just want their game and all be damned, they're no better than the industry that exploits their emotions and mentality. You could swear people are religious fanatics for how attached to people, companies and games they are, polar to how obsessed with money and control the industry is.
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  147. Where are these stupid gaming trends coming from? This is why you don't let businessmen in gaming.
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  148. Or just no more PSN?
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  149.  @aolegion35  I only just got PSN after three years for GoT. I"ve had no issue playing games that are single-player. If you feel you NEED a subscription to play games, that might be the first obstacle to confront.
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  150.  @aolegion35  Then I have no idea. I've had no issues playing games with Plus
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  151. George Orwell is believed to be a Freemason, which explains his predictions being so accurate with 1984. It was the blueprint. Freemasons are an occult order that ties into spiritualism and worship of "ancient gods". Society can't fix itself because what's controlling the scenario is beyond our bounds. If you don't have any beliefs, I really don't know what to tell such people. There is no hope to give for what's coming. For those that do have, search, deepen in your beliefs if it speaks of these events. Best I can say because the course can't be ignored anymore. Cyberpunk is a dream scenario of a fallen society.
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  152. UE looking for that ban hammer. Stand tall and long neck held high, ser. PS: I'm glad you never became a reporter. You'd be a monster lol
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  153. I was wondering how they were coming back on the platform. I recall them being dropped because of them seeming scam in some form, but now are returned as if no issue? Big channels are promoting them, a good few I watch and confuses me.
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  154. Because most are conditioned to value entertainment and comfort over their privacy and freedoms.
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  155.  @kome360  Multiple reasons. For overall control of everything in the future (call it conspiracy, but it's happening) and also to manipulate and form sales practices for us to consume
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  156.  Sniper480  It is very possible to not own a cellphone, it's just not convenient to go back to LAN line. So the trade-off is not having your phone on you at all-times versus possibly missing a call when not home. Avoidable scenario if you inform people you only have a house phone. Then there are computers as the secondary option, email. A flip-phone is always possible, if that's what you're thinking. You're conditioned to THINK you need a cellphone just because majority due. You do not.
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  157.  @Rellikan  Games Workshop stole from everything else popular when it was created lol
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  158. Actually, it directly correlates to what is active now. Sanger was racist among many things, and PP is utilized and promoted in the black community, to which it was intended. One of the "unfit" groups. Thus why it should be boycotted because the goal of eugenics is long-term.
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  159. Always has been
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  160.  @thelitmango6333  Are you suggesting a phone is as unnecessary as a gaming console? Because I'm sure someone can 1) Own a phone for the basic use 2) Pay when they want without a contract or use wifi app. So you came up with the dumbest example before thinking on it a few seconds longer.
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  161.  @ArtisChronicles  You're forgetting people still bought the game after the fact AND paid for micro. The industry would need a renaissance or collapse to gaming in the 90s and graphics no longer a focus before people could stop. Too many are drawn in by hype and graphics foremost like addicts to control themselves. It's no longer genuine interest in a game, but a programmed method that produced the whales the industry preys on.
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  162. You can shoot through walls and floor?! I need to test that
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  163. Or the copyright already in place prevents generative works from being considered personal works and ownership to them, as the US already has done. It doesn't matter if it keeps going, copyright will catch up to it and at least shut down anyone but the most powerful of companies with the money to get by. So an average Joe can use it, but he can never claim ownership and someone else can use it. The whole rush was to try and do as much as possible before the times caught up with them, so who exactly fell behind?
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  164. I think people are talking more about him being a Communist than this
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  165. YES! Blackrock got hit!
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  166. We haven't produced anything sentient. They are labeling it as such likely to skirt whatever it does they programmed it to. It does a great job of making people paranoid and panic even more, which might be half the purpose, but in no way has our intelligence reached the point of creating anything on such a level. It would have been stolen by China long ago or another nation, for one, plus science can't even answer what consciousness is much less what a woman is anymore.
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  167.  @fluidwolf  Hardly. Demon's Souls was before the formula was perfected, so it's going to be better. Now I'd imagine they had consulting with the game mechanics from devs to get it right. I hope no one gets the Special Edition because it's a ripoff to sell those things that won't save you if you can't play. Especially if you die before spending. The weapon/accessories seem nice, but are they necessary? It does seem distasteful in such a series.
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  168.  @wittyedge  He doesn't need to buy it to say it's predatory. In fact, don't people make laws or boycott things they don't purchase because there is something wrong about it? I've played nearly all FromSoft games aside a number of Armored Core, but whoever decided they were going to charge for armor and weapons, giveaway souls in a series that never did such a thing is the wrong move. VaatiVidya, the Souls historian, said this himself. The game doesn't need you defending it with bad logic. The game is fine, the charging for something that won't be available later is not what the Souls community expected.
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  169.  @howshegoingeh7708  I know you haven't since you didn't mention it. Many have. ...okay lol! I didn't ask about those things and obviously you don't like anything about Sony. Enjoy?
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  170. @KIDDO TRIGGERED XBOX BETTER I'm a grown ass man, boy lol
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  171. @KIDDO TRIGGERED XBOX BETTER Okay. I don't play God of War
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  172. @KIDDO TRIGGERED XBOX BETTER You have to be 15
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  173. @KIDDO TRIGGERED XBOX BETTER 1) You are a Grade A troll 2) Why are you liking your own comment?
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  174.  @admirableadmiral32  Did you really just ask when you were inquisitive enough to find the comment, question it, yet not research it yourself? That's lazy. Microsoft has a history of it I'd think you'd be aware of if you've paid attention to gaming the last 20 years.
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  175. Many people mentioned in history's sole significance is the fact they were able to be recounted in history. The majority of people written down usually did not have significant impact beyond their sphere of influence, if they had that and not mentioned because in the room, battlfefield or wrote a cookbook, for small example. That's a shallow interpretation of history as it serves many purposes beyond grade-school level bullet points.
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  176. So COD is playing catch-up to games that already have characters displaying ambiguity in war and espionage. Okay.
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  177. Both suck. We are seeing billionaire companies slap fight over greed
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  178.  @TheMastaRob  Human beings can interpret other art and learn from techniques, color usage and so on. They also learn from nature, anatomy, color schemes and the world around them. To try and say artists only learn from other art is pretty dumb. It's very much different and you're pretending to be ignorant of it by contradicting yourself. AI GENERATED art stores artists work, regurgetates it according to prompts in whatever combination the coding parameters have been programmed in, nothing like a human being that can sit, think up something random and put it down with pen, pencil, tablet pen. If you want to say AI is sentient like a human being, you have a rough road ahead of you proving it. That is the difference between something a human being created and a human being. We can't create anything alive except through reproduction.
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  179.  @DrTheRich  You can't be this daft. Concept art doesn't need to be in a videogame, it's what the entire game is based on lol! From setting, characters, creatures, weapons, ect. All comes from concept art. This isn't rocket science.
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  180.  @hannibal8810  That's the most unfounded thing I've heard from a thinking person's mouth. You have to be communist or simple.
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  181.  @DrTheRich  You really are daft. You have no idea how the art side of things work, the industry works or importance of concept to the final product. There is no final product without a draft, a blueprint to build from. The concept makes it possible to even have anything to look at aside from wire frames and data. How can you move on to say the final is vastly different from the concept when that is never the case? Lol! Are you sure you know what you're talking about? How you are even bringing copyright into this also makes entirely no sense. Everything under copyright in an IP is restricted from any use commercially. It doesn't matter if a 3D model or 2D picture. Both are under the same copyright as products of the IP. You further prove you're typing nonsense when concept are it not restricted to 2D, so what is your argument? 3D is not magically different, it's simply an alternate artistic approach. Please stop trying to discuss something way over your head, as crazy as that seems to me.
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  182. You have a far better take on this from a non-historical channel on this. However, you're wrong on a few things. How is he using "totoritom" him hiding his identity when he's from that area, using his name? You're more on point than other channels I like but purely just reading articles and adding nothing of value, just they are anti-woke and going after someone to blame.
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  183. If Nintendo gets involved and they dig into the game and ask for files and such, this might end badly.
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  184. It's not exactly nothing. Something is happening, but it's not the aliens people think of. The repetitious actions, sightings when hiding poorly, keep crashing, and vision-like abductions. None of it makes sense unless one considered it being a distract, trick or manipulation. Look into how much aliens are connected to spiritualism and the occult. You see it a bit more now than you ever did in the past and that's a big clue. I remember watching a video on a scientist that studied behaviors of UFOs or whatever unidentified objects, the conclusion he came to was their actions made no sense over so long a period other than some kind of deception taking place.
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  185.  @trevordavis6830  I'm not sure about the last point. I think most games like this have three background choices. I think The Surge had that amount or four, five. It depends how much an effect it has on the player stats, really.
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  186. The Prodigal Son cape. Poetic lol
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  187. I...hope he looked up all that personal info...
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  188. I wish more people read or knew more about literature to understand what the woman was talking about. Yes, a lot of people can have bad taste in storytelling because don't really pay attention to it or the plot, or watch a lot of crap anime. And most anime are just recycled tropes and mediocre writing. As someone that reads, writes, listens to audiobooks and big factor in anything I like is cohesive writing and well told, Kojima is bad at it. He is a storyteller, maybe not a good one, but a bad writer. He needs someone to help realize what he wants, but that doesn't mean it won't come of melodramatic or cheesy. That just might be his taste.
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  189. Yeah, BECAUSE VIKINGS DON'T MAKE SENSE AS ASSASSINS. That was the dumbest idea and just capitalizing on the popularity of Norse mythology among a good number. Did Shield Maidens go on the raids into England?
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  190. Why are you acting like you need to buy full price? Fix your mentality before worrying about the rest.
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  191.    Who actually plays those old games for the entire time or half the time they have the system? It all sounds good, but then why are you upgrading to a new system in the first place? Why are you not just on PC if worried about value and games? It sounds good on paper until put into practice.
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  192.  @blaziken38  So your saying people buying a new system for XBox will all be playing old games majority the time? Sounds like a dupe
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  193.  @blaziken38  There is value, but that's why I play them on PC (and more so if one is a buckaneer) or just plug in my old system lol! I'm not buying a new console to play old games. That's dumb. I said specifically in relation to buying a new system to play old games, not playing old games was bad. Read carefully next time.
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  194. @Dub Jubs MS has a foothold in PC market, yes, but they aren't the PC market. And you said it correctly. Microsoft loses nothing, but XBox division does and what I said specifically. You don't need an XBox compared to gaming on PC. They don't have any exclusives to hold the system, and everything they have is better priced and played on PC. I'm sure by now you know Sony is getting into the market buy releasing their exclusives on it. They've had studios under them release games on PC, so I think they'll be fine in that regard. Nintendo would need to think of something, while XBox still has to come up with games for all that value. As to date, no one is mentioning games, but the service plan.
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  195.  @blaziken38  No, not at all. We're speaking from two perspectives and why it's not clicking. I've never had a Sony console break or get a ring of death, so I always can not bother with backwards compatibility. And then I don't seldom have to bother with them then as most those games are released on PC by this point in time, with the additional option of upgrading the graphics. XBox needs it because all their games are locked on old consoles aside the few AAA franchises they had. Why do I need a subscription when I can rip my old game data onto PC if I want to play an old game that bad? Who actually sells the old console if they are that hard off? Wouldn't they keep it as backup or they'd be playing on it? It's not going to resell for that much. Someone is stupid poor if they are selling what they can still use; I grew up poor and why I still have my old systems and games. Someone just needs to get smart, not new games and system lol
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  196.    Have you? If we're talking about value not profits, we've just established GamePass, and whatever service they add being unnecessary. PCs are only as expensive as you want them to be. Given how much people spend on a console then games on release, you're just shy what an affordable PC will cost and last a number of years. People only upgrade hardcore because enthusiasts and have the money, not because it's necessary. I'm not rich and I bought a near $800 computer prior to new one and the volume of games you have to play on every platform that's existed, if your talking wanting old games to play? You'll be dead before finishing them.
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  197. @Dub Jubs More people have PCs than a game console, so the accessibility already exists. Anyone with money to spend on games has money to spend on a decent PC since one is clearly a luxury, not necessity. PC are close to a necessity in a digital age when people are indoors so much now. And I'm talking about prices for gaming PCs while even average PCs can still play a vast variety of games and emulate far more than any console. We aren't really talking about these parent companies in that regard. Sony isn't trying to monopolize in the first place. We are talking about the consoles, and Playstation division has more money in itself than XBox because of sales. Not talking about the parent company networth. Your proving the case that XBox really isn't a concern for even Microsoft, the GamePass is. Another way to provide a service platform through a subscription rather than offering games and contributing to gaming. Sony hasn't needed the gimmicks Nintendo has or alternatives, even if their ventures failed/gave up on because the games always kept them ahead. Now I'm not knocking Nintendo because they've stayed in the ring with even less, so the assumption Playstation is in some trouble is doubtful when Nintendo isn't even sweating.
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  198.    You mean built into yours, not mine XD So I'm not forking over that money monthly when I have too much to play on PC as it is. What's not native, I emulate; DS, 3DS, PSX, PS2, PS3, PSP, and let's not get into the systems that don't even exist anymore and the foreign games they housed. You talk about value yet PC has more than anything Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo will ever have because it's so open. Like I said, most my gaming now is on PC and everything else is Playstation unless I want to play on something older or didn't emulate. I"m not talking hundreds of games, but thousands. My PC now cost around $1200, prior 400-500 less and was still able to play most on that. So one payment around those price ranges with thousands of games compared to a lifetime subscription to specific games under Microsoft. PC always has the advantage and partly where the arrogance PC gamers has comes from.
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  199. I mean, with the drop in testosterone quite evident in men these days, I'd imagine they have ED issues. Then you have gym bros juicing to the point that they get ED, so it's no shock so many are taking it.
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  200. When gamers know they are being manipulated and are fine with it. The world has always been mostly sheep with few making change, but the success of manipulation is on another level.
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  201. No idea why people believe in AI when we know someone biased is programming it to do exactly what we want or define the boundaries of what it will learn/accept.
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  202. Most cheese is processed to heck. Real cheese isn't easily made at mass demand. I think it's known that most food we eat something is wrong with it because whenever someone from the West goes and eats food known to be organic elsewhere in the world, we get sick. We have so many chemicals in our body like iron and more, we have a hard time handling it.
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  203.  @Beregorn88  I have no doubt. The US is the birthplace of GMO crap, while Europe and other places have less influence by it. Not sure how true it is now or will be with them going after food.
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  204. They had no business posting politics. This is what happens when a company is taken over by Critical Race Theory activists. They try and take over and push what they believe to be true, ignoring their own hypocrisy along the way.
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  205.  @Demonboy007  So you agree with something silly as a green alien being black because....what? I'm black, I don't see him as black. That's stupid reasoning. And Mr. Popo is also not human and dressed like a Middle-Eastern dude. He has fish lips, something used on overweight or comedic characters as part of a personality on all sorts of characters, never just black. There is no basis for "they weren't wrong" because they were and so are you.
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  206.  @yeeyw  That would be an extreme angle. What would be more so used is what Hollywood made in the past like Rome vs China, that awful movie that was the only time Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen and Jet Li would be in a movie together based on wu shu. White-washing became a thing because of this, now it is inserting other ethnic groups in European stories in periods they would not exist near representative numbers or at all.
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  207.  @InkyBlitz  They don't think highly of foreigners being there in general. Why would you assume just Africans? It's been a lot of rich white kids going over there either acting dumb, or trying to spread Marxism. Not all, but we are seeing it.
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  208.  @darthsilversith667  You're still pretty dumb not being able to tell the difference between xenophobic and racist. They are just as racist to white people as they are to other races, so why do you think just black? It's white activists running over to Japan trying to covert them to Marxism, in their universities like in the West. Not black people. I also think you are conflating immigration issues with a diverse country like America, which is unique in that respect. Illegal immigration is only a negative and has nothing and should have nothing to do with looking down on someone, but you can't have a culture that doesn't mesh with yours inside or risk criminals or worse slipping in. You just come off as racist and thinking you need to protect racial purity when that isn't remotely the concern of Japan. They don't want outside cultural and political influence they didn't ask for from a primary group that is chief for spreading it.
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  209.  @TomNook.  That you know of. Some do it themselves with internal ethic departments and they likely have Western employees that fall under this ideology working there. And not every Japanese game is quality, that's a massive lie in itself. Trying to prop up Japanese game studios like it has no flaws is detrimental, not helpful even for a Japanophile or weeb.
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  210. Man, people truly are becoming twisted altogether. Taking notes from the government; create a problem then offer a solution.
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  211. It's a busted program. Not alive or thinking, just putting back out what it's fed and not perfect and won't be.
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  212. And here I am taking advantage of sales, using Amazon points and playing on PC majority of time. Rarely I'll buy a full price game just because I'm naturally a scrooge yet gaming isn't the same animal it once was. It's a beast milked by businessman.
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  213. I thought this was what Youtube wanted. Lean even more mainstream while offering up those on the platform, more so anyone not established liberal or everything on the right. Everything Youtube/Google said it doesn't do and is fair about isn't true at all. This is again, is Youtube/Google putting itself deliberately in position to push things farther. Google supports this entirely, so it makes no sense for Youtube to contend with its parent company.
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  214.  @GamingMafia_id  I wonder though. The 'Grass is greener' logic only holds up in imagination often times. By the time we get those possible games, they will fall under the same issues because it's the industry itself that's the problem. We'd not only need a fantasy game scenario, but also go back in time to when games were made with more creativity in mind than the machine logic and/or preaching. It just illustrates how sad things are.
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  215. Is that her voice? My lawd, that is chalkboard level.
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  216. Is this for PC or PS4, both? Oh, just heard the rest. I don't think I'll be at risk, but yikes.
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  217.  @Cowboycomando54  Exactly this. Music still continues to be one of the biggest influencers and most effective way to brainwash people without them knowing. Look at how "black culture" with rap influenced an entire ethnic group into becoming parody. These people know what they are doing, but people have a hard time believing how insidious reality actually is.
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