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harrygomm posted:what specifically about Hogwarts continues to elicit this? And why not with the other Harry potter games? What other Harry Potter games have been released since JK Rowling made herself the face of the anti-trans movement and stated she's putting her money behind it?
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I said come in! posted:Imagine making billions of dollars and that is what you decide to do with your time and wealth. I would rather by like George Lucas instead, who spends all of his time at mall food courts, and building affordable housing but for extremely petty reasons; to drive down the property value of his local wealthy neighbors that he doesn't like lol. King poo poo Don’t forget just randomly appearing in the background of weird documentaries https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OC9RI8_QYmw&pp=ygUeZ2VvcmdlIGx1Y2FzIGluIHRoZSBiYWNrZ3JvdW5k
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harrygomm posted:any time someone says "Diablo" there aren't a half dozen posts saying to donate to the idk union workers coalition or whatever half a dozen organizations that handle the terrible aspects of their business Maybe a bad example around here lol.
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I said come in! posted:Imagine making billions of dollars and that is what you decide to do with your time and wealth. I would rather by like George Lucas instead, who spends all of his time at mall food courts, and building affordable housing but for extremely petty reasons; to drive down the property value of his local wealthy neighbors that he doesn't like lol. George Lucas is an all timer. Other fave Lucas things: "darth icky" - the character Lucas proposed when developers of the Force Unleashed asked if he wanted to contribute the name of a Sith lord to the game "they died" - George Lucas when asked what happened to the Star Wars characters after the events of Return of the Jedi
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harrygomm posted:why does it get so much of the attention? very explicitly not using this as a defense of it, but the creative heads behind like any company if a certain size, and for sure the executives, all have skeletons as bad or worse than transphobia in their closet. people hate ABK and Kotick, but any time someone says "Diablo" there aren't a half dozen posts saying to donate to the idk union workers coalition or whatever half a dozen organizations that handle the terrible aspects of their business. what specifically about Hogwarts continues to elicit this? And why not with the other Harry potter games? DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i generally don't advocate avoiding media just because the person or people behind them suck poo poo because let's face it, you'd be extremely limited in what things you could ever enjoy by abiding by that. but when the creator gleefully brags about using the income from that product to push for transphobic laws and talks about how the continued success of it proves that actually they are right that transpeople are terrible and must be erased and everyone just silently agrees with them about it, that's pretty over the line
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like, jk rowling has offered to pay for any legal costs incurred by another transphobic piece of poo poo who has outright stated that bullying transpeople into suicide is a good thing that society should do more of and allows actual nazis free reign to speak at her events rowling is awful on an entirely different level than the kotics and guillemots of the world DEEP STATE PLOT fucked around with this message at 01:22 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i generally don't advocate avoiding media just because the person or people behind them suck poo poo because let's face it, you'd be extremely limited in what things you could ever enjoy by abiding by that. but when the creator gleefully brags about using the income from that product to push for transphobic laws and talks about how the continued success of it proves that actually they are right that transpeople are terrible and must be erased and everyone just silently agrees with them about it, that's pretty over the line i posted too early this seems like a notable difference
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yeah rowling isn't just malignant in the standard capitalist way, she's rebranded/redefined herself as the vanguard for anti-trans movements and legislation everywhere. part of all profits from the harry potter IP get used to fund her efforts
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Yeah, when people speak out about Rowling it isn't just a convenient target, it is that she is extremely all-in on this stuff. It is why people responded so incredibly negatively during the whole release. There isn't really another high profile property like it, like even if Shigeru Miyamoto came out tomorrow and said we should execute the undesirables even he isn't as much of a 'synonymous with' as Rowling.
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acksplode posted:What other Harry Potter games have been released since JK Rowling made herself the face of the anti-trans movement and stated she's putting her money behind it? i thought there were some lego games but i guess those were either te-release or remaster, idk i don't have any interest in the IP or games, just noted that it tends to be the subject of interest for longer than other games by bad people and the reasons mentioned earlier make it clearer why
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ImpAtom posted:Maybe just don't play the transphobe blood libel game. Like I said earlier don't give money to the Terf Queen DEEP STATE PLOT posted:i generally don't advocate avoiding media just because the person or people behind them suck poo poo because let's face it, you'd be extremely limited in what things you could ever enjoy by abiding by that. but when the creator gleefully brags about using the income from that product to push for transphobic laws and talks about how the continued success of it proves that actually they are right that transpeople are terrible and must be erased and everyone just silently agrees with them about it, that's pretty over the line This I said come in! posted:You're doing yourself a favor, ending at Mass Effect 2 is better for the story. I've never even touched the single player for either it or Andromeda, only ever bought either game because of the multiplayer being really fun Oxxidation posted:yeah rowling isn't just malignant in the standard capitalist way, she's rebranded/redefined herself as the vanguard for anti-trans movements and legislation everywhere. part of all profits from the harry potter IP get used to fund her efforts There's a reason I call her the Terf Queen
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They cut out all the gratuitous butt shots in mass effect 2 remake I heard so they are now DEAD TO ME
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harrygomm posted:why does it get so much of the attention? very explicitly not using this as a defense of it, but the creative heads behind like any company if a certain size, and for sure the executives, all have skeletons as bad or worse than transphobia in their closet. people hate ABK and Kotick, but any time someone says "Diablo" there aren't a half dozen posts saying to donate to the idk union workers coalition or whatever half a dozen organizations that handle the terrible aspects of their business. what specifically about Hogwarts continues to elicit this? And why not with the other Harry potter games? because it causes insanely bad posting that nobody wants to read op
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I bought it when it came out because I don't really follow the news anymore and didn't realize how bad Rowling has gotten. It's a really lovely game on top of all the other stuff. I won't give her money anymore.
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I bought A Castle Full of Cats today on sale and when I played it I found some cats in a castle. Xbox stays winning.
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Professor Beetus posted:George Lucas is an all timer. Other fave Lucas things: lmao Random question: Anyone know of an update on Hades 2? Haven’t seen any news in quite a while.
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:lmao Hades 2 nuts goin in your mouth, op
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:lmao Early Access is planned for Q2 2024 iirc, so probably nothing until June. And I think EA will be Steam only, so nothing on Xbox for quite a while.
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Smirking_Serpent posted:Hades 2 nuts goin in your mouth, op ![]() webmeister posted:Early Access is planned for Q2 2024 iirc, so probably nothing until June. And I think EA will be Steam only, so nothing on Xbox for quite a while. drat. That’s a bummer. I guess makes sense for early access type stuff, though.
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I'm hype as poo poo for Hades 2. Think I'll go rewatch the trailer. Edit: lmao ![]() External Organs fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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https://twitter.com/Kojima_Hideo/status/1727169450158526686![]() univbee fucked around with this message at 05:09 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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Anyone know anything about Rollerdrome? looked up some trailers and it seems kind of cool. Never been big on skating games but I'm excited to give it a try.
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It's extremely sick.
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It looks very cool from the small amount I've seen of it. Perfect gamepass addition, it keeps gamepass winning.
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I finished the game and found out the TRUTH about Lies of P : it's a bad game ![]() Nah not really, it's pretty great but the last 3rd of the game is a SLOG. They could've easily cut a few levels to keep the momentum. Am I complaining about too much content in a game? Maybe! It just kinda stopped being fun. They even did the thing where "oh you're gonna replay this level, but now it's got worse monsters! mwahahahaw!". Did they need to? I mean it was kinda neat, but I felt the game was losing me around that point. Perhaps I didn't get gud fast enough? I did some shameful grinding for a while to get past a couple bosses. It seemed like the story was wrapping up, but no, the levels kept on coming, and maybe I played too much but they started feeling less interesting and there's only so many times I can be surprised by a monster hiding around a corner. Also I did not enjoy how the story took a big Resident Evilian/Blizzard corruption twist. I don't know what I expected, but the first few levels were really intriguing, and then it drops a mutated wrestler boss, and I'm rolling my eyes somewhat, and it just seems to get worse from then on. It's a fine story for a videogame I suppose, but the initial worldbuilding seemed to promise something cooler or more complex. I also never found out who the gently caress Monad was, and why I have her lamp, or if it matters, I guess I missed that. Now, to be clear: It's absolutely a game worth trying. I did finish it for a reason. It was really, really great (at first). So I suppose it hooked me enough to make me want to see the end. And I will absolutely look forward to the sequel. So if you have GameAss and even a passing interest in Soulslikes, absolutely install it and give it a go. I loved it at first, how it took Edgy Pinocchio so seriously, at least for a while. Anyway 4/5 Comfys and a pack of Energizer batteries for good ol' Peenocchio
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priznat posted:They cut out all the gratuitous butt shots in mass effect 2 remake I heard so they are now DEAD TO ME There's mods for that on pc. Xbox keeps losing.
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I said come in! posted:Imagine making billions of dollars and that is what you decide to do with your time and wealth. I would rather by like George Lucas instead, who spends all of his time at mall food courts, and building affordable housing but for extremely petty reasons; to drive down the property value of his local wealthy neighbors that he doesn't like lol. george is king on life.
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Haptical Sales Slut posted:lmao
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Is there even a Wonka game or is Kojima just being a weird goofball?
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otter posted:Is there even a Wonka game or is Kojima just being a weird goofball?
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That movie looks awful. I just saw the trailer last week and I was like, yeah no not at all. Dear Hollywood, if the plot of your new project is taking an old idea and explaining why some mysterious character is odd, good, bad, etc just flush the project. Interesting characters don’t need explanation and the best of them defy it. That being said, if they had a single golden ticket Xbox that would get you gamepass for life it might move a few boxes.
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Win a visit to the Xbox factory with tour guide Phil.
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own him in stalker irl
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Is anyone else having some trouble with the Bing Rewards daily searches on mobile? I use to be able to tap through 15 marvel movies in half a minute and get 60 rewards points. But 2-3 days ago these hardly register anymore, unless I pause for ~10 seconds between "searches".
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That's what you get for trying to game the game. I don't do the Bing mobile searches anymore as they never really registered very well for me, and it's just annoying busy work anyway. Also I have wealth beyond measure.
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priznat posted:They cut out all the gratuitous butt shots in mass effect 2 remake I heard so they are now DEAD TO ME Definitely not all of them. Also the Legendary Edition is a really good release, not least because it finally includes all the story DLC at a reasonable package price (or free with EA Play/GP Ultimate). Bioware's DLC policy used to be insanely bad (and especially clunky on PC), which was like the biggest problem about the whole trilogy. Zat fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Kins posted:It's a Xbox promo piece for an upcoming movie, because they do that sometimes. I'm guessing Kojima used his connections to get one before he drives the world to madness with whatever his Xbox project is.
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Timothy Chalamet was at Kojima Productions recently so I assume that is why he has a Wonka-themed Xbox now
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FlamingLiberal posted:Timothy Chalamet was at Kojima Productions recently so I assume that is why he has a Wonka-themed Xbox now Should have given him a DUNC-themed Xbox instead. Just fill it with sand.
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# ? Jun 20, 2024 07:48 |
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Holidays are almost here, surprise a loved one. https://x.com/BethesdaGear/status/1727082006410838188?s=20
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