Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[Daffy Duck]

This is why I'm just skipping the game. I'm far too old to be seeing that shit in a modern AAA game.

You whiny little cunt. Grow the fuck up

Yeah it's kind of schizophrenic to have that shoved in a game that's supposed to be super deep at the same time. Even if you set aside the sexist aspect, the tonal jumps are wild, like something you get from a bad fanfic. It's a bit surreal to see the potential that the story and setting has which gets dragged down with stupid shit like this. If the writers clearly don't understand or respect their characters, why should I invest myself in any of it?

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-is-malfunctioning.823494/

I better start seeing some bans. 

[Averon]

Banning the "Biden is senile/mentally lagging" talk was always performative. Meant only to help preserve Biden's electoral chances. Half the people in that thread should now be banned given past precedent by ERA mods.

[remy]

Has anyone actually played the game to the part where Yuffie is perv’d on by cloud? I only found some weird vtuber with a clip of her in the boat getting washed up and you instantly go to a fight, there’s no CPR, I’m just praying it’s not fake news from these wankers

Edit: so I managed to find a full stream with the scene in and, as usual, it’s not as bad as they’re making out, like at all. I’ll tag it for those that care

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

Yes, there’s playful awkward music playing as there’s a brief shot of her chest with an awkward look from cloud, he then goes to do chest compressions and she wakes up, his hands looking like he’s going to grab her tits (from her point of view) she wakes up and says “you picked the wrong girl, creep”. That’s it, she doesn’t call him a pervert like the original poster said, she’s just defensive.

They really see everything through their perverted lense, it taints their whole world view.

the scene is corny but not that bad imo. you can basically see everyone in that thread salivating for fresh meat, as if they're going to find the smoking gun that proves the game is sexist.

[HaughtyFrank]

This is why I'm just skipping the game. I'm far too old to be seeing that shit in a modern AAA game.

You whiny little cunt. Grow the fuck up

Yeah it's kind of schizophrenic to have that shoved in a game that's supposed to be super deep at the same time. Even if you set aside the sexist aspect, the tonal jumps are wild, like something you get from a bad fanfic. It's a bit surreal to see the potential that the story and setting has which gets dragged down with stupid shit like this. If the writers clearly don't understand or respect their characters, why should I invest myself in any of it?

There are tonal shifts in this game??? What clued him in? The big talking cat? Or the other, big and fat talking cat?

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

We're so close to page 1000. Do it for Joanne. Do it for the trans genocide.  

[remy]

FF7 Rebirth is apparently a lot like Xenoblade in more ways than one

Wonder if it will have the same miraculous effect where people who hate on it on twitter get outed as being on the sex offender registry.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ap-democrat-voters-angry-at-biden-back-him-anyway-to-stop-trump.823278/page-11?post=120000534#post-120000534

Thread locked. No mod message yet.

[benji]

They are now mad IGN aren't prudes like them: https://www.resetera.com/threads/why-women-criticise-sexualised-character-designs-ot3-make-her-look-more-corpulent-more-stuffed-where-the-eyes-cant-escape.275780/page-330?post=119984541#post-119984541

Out of curiosity, what are some of the best gaming publications for avoiding stuff like this or do regularly report on sexualization in games etc?

The latter is a hilarious idea for a website. Here's all the SEXIEST stuff in gaming isn't it horrible?  

It sucks that Forspoken flopped, while FF7R is gonna sell gangbusters. We actually got a SE game staring a WoC, that wasn't sexualized, and relatively well written....and never again. Frey got such a raw end of things.

Notice the merits of this video game doesn't include gameplay or even good writing only "relatively" to garbage. Buy the slop, it's for a good cause*! (Don't worry, you don't have to play it.)

*More slop for you to buy in the future.

Yeah it's kind of schizophrenic to have that shoved in a game that's supposed to be super deep at the same time. Even if you set aside the sexist aspect, the tonal jumps are wild, like something you get from a bad fanfic. It's a bit surreal to see the potential that the story and setting has which gets dragged down with stupid shit like this. If the writers clearly don't understand or respect their characters, why should I invest myself in any of it?

This is why we can't have nice gallows humor in things. People like you think it's "schizophrenic" to have regular human emotions.

Consider this, you're posting on a forum aware of multiple ongoing genocides you're complicit in, in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of the Earth literally burning into a crisp, in the middle of international fascism taking over the planet, complaining about ten seconds of a cutscene in a video game you haven't even seen because it has a character establishing moment for one of them.

[Boredfrom]

We went to a pro Palestine protest yesterday in San Francisco and saw tons of anti-Biden signs. I don't think democrats in other states realize how much Biden is absolutely hated here. Really hope Genocide Joe gets the message

Is San Francisco

[benji]

Consider this, you're posting on a forum aware of multiple ongoing genocides you're complicit in, in the middle of a pandemic, in the middle of the Earth literally burning into a crisp, in the middle of international fascism taking over the planet, complaining about ten seconds of a cutscene in a video game you haven't even seen because it has a character establishing moment for one of them.

It's the same struggle. None of us are free until we are all free.

[benji]

We went to a pro Palestine protest yesterday in San Francisco and saw tons of anti-Biden signs. I don't think democrats in other states realize how much Biden is absolutely hated here. Really hope Genocide Joe gets the message

"Oh no, I'll only win California by 25 points instead of 30."

[Boredfrom]

Banning the "Biden is senile/mentally lagging" talk was always performative. Meant only to help preserve Biden's electoral chances. Half the people in that thread should now be banned given past precedent by ERA mods.

Is better or worse than stopmrdomino making sexual jokes about Trump? 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-is-malfunctioning.823494/?post=119991066#post-119991066

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Banning the "Biden is senile/mentally lagging" talk was always performative. Meant only to help preserve Biden's electoral chances. Half the people in that thread should now be banned given past precedent by ERA mods.

Is better or worse than stopmrdomino making sexual jokes about Trump? 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-is-malfunctioning.823494/?post=119991066#post-119991066

BOYS CLUB 

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/israel-begins-bombing-of-southern-gaza-following-collapse-of-ceasefire-see-staff-posts-for-posting-guidelines.772478/page-279?post=120004752#post-120004752

Someone went to a pro-Palestine protest in Toronto today and shot at protestors with a nail gun. All these people know is violence.

"these people" Say what you really mean.

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/orcas-demonstrating-that-they-no-longer-need-to-hunt-in-packs-to-take-down-the-great-white-shark.823467/?post=119988138#post-119988138

I hope they fuck up more billionaire yachts

[Cauliflower Of Love]

Is that diamon tatoo a cover up for a swatstika

[Polident]

As we approach page 1000, I decided to go back and read the first two pages.

We have: whining that nobody watched a Disney movie. fuming about attractive women. going on about israel. all the classics. Shockingly, nothing about Joanne.

First top of the page lady is a nude 2B from Nier.

[Potato]

This is why I'm just skipping the game. I'm far too old to be seeing that shit in a modern AAA game.

You whiny little cunt. Grow the fuck up

Yeah it's kind of schizophrenic to have that shoved in a game that's supposed to be super deep at the same time. Even if you set aside the sexist aspect, the tonal jumps are wild, like something you get from a bad fanfic. It's a bit surreal to see the potential that the story and setting has which gets dragged down with stupid shit like this. If the writers clearly don't understand or respect their characters, why should I invest myself in any of it?

It's Final Fantasy you stupid fuck. These games are not deep, they are, in fact, bad fanfic-level nonsense.

All of the characters are super generic and the setting and story are pretty shallow too.

[Potato]

As we approach page 1000, I decided to go back and read the first two pages.

We have: whining that nobody watched a Disney movie. fuming about attractive women. going on about israel. all the classics. Shockingly, nothing about Joanne.

First top of the page lady is a nude 2B from Nier.

Going back to page 1 reminded me that they actually made a Matrix 4.



Did anyone else forget that happened?

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-is-malfunctioning.823494/page-5?post=120007665#post-120007665

Are he and Biden even capable of having a debate against eachother at this point. I kinda wanna witness the dumpster fire of it at this point.

[HaughtyFrank]

First top of the page lady is a nude 2B from Nier.

We used to be a society

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Armchair diagnosis and jokes about cognitive ability are okay if it's about Trump! 

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

Swimmer disqualification thread still going strong. I can't believe they would debate swimming rules when the trans genocide sticky hasn't had a post since TUESDAY.

[remy]

First top of the page lady is a nude 2B from Nier.

We used to be a society

it's not too late to correct the timeline on page 1000 

[HaughtyFrank]

So the composer of Halo is a white supremacist.

Got it.

This is a thread about Marty O'Donnell, a white supremacist, running for a position of political power.

There's no need to defend his music here. Just let someone say he sucks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/halo-music-composer-marty-odonnell-is-running-for-congress-in-nevada.823611/post-120004908

Didn't Zeo keep listening and talking about Kanye's music? And Kanye said a lot worse stuff than "protect our borders"

[Gameboy Nostalgia]

So the composer of Halo is a white supremacist.

Got it.

This is a thread about Marty O'Donnell, a white supremacist, running for a position of political power.

There's no need to defend his music here. Just let someone say he sucks.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/halo-music-composer-marty-odonnell-is-running-for-congress-in-nevada.823611/post-120004908

Didn't Zeo keep listening and talking about Kanye's music? And Kanye said a lot worse stuff than "protect our borders"

Are you questioning Lord Zeo?

[benji]

There are few ways faster to destroy a legacy than to be an openly proud, unabashed fascist.

No matter how many times I see it, it'll still be shocking to me at just how proud these idiots are. Just so proud of being an obvious simpleton, it's astonishing.

Spoiler:  (click to show)(click to hide)

[benji]

Oh I don't know, maybe ask yourself why there was "no inflation" under Trump? Maybe fucking for one second try and think critically about what affects these things. Absolute fucking dip shit. I hope he's embarrassed by the votes he gets and crawls into a hole.

I'm really not saying this in the bitch eating crackers sense, but finding out about his politics has been funny for me because I couldn't see why he was held in high regard as a composer. He made one iconic theme a quarter century ago, then everything else was pretty bland and uninteresting.

It doesn't do anything to dispel the cliche that conservative artistic output is trite and boring. See: Koichi Sugiyama, who rode like 10 Dragon Quest melodies he wrote 40 years ago for the rest of his life.

[benji]

More than a few white supremacists from Bungie days. Just a reminder that some of the bungie tools were named after racist terms see 2022's Juneteenth controversy with Halo Infinite .

Bungie did not make Halo Infinite

They did make the Bonobos tool though.

I have no idea what you're trying to say here.

Bungie has obviously had their own controversies in the past but why are you trying to link white supremacy to them based on something that happened in Halo Infinite, a game they had nothing to do with?

343i employed Frank O'Connor, Jeff.