Jim Sterling (The Jimquisition)

Ever since I learned that Jim was a long-time Dynasty Warriors fan (until 9 came along), I've always been wondering whether he knows of the Dynasty Warriors: Gundam series.

Based on that video, I guess he does. (Or that could be from his research, not sure if he played them yet.)

I know I'm supposed to feel sorry for Jim seeing Tecmo-Koei forever ruining his favorite Dynasty Warriors character, but part of me chuckles on his inflection of the word "did" in relation to Zhang He.

Also, "Autoerotic Assetflipsiation"...

edited 19th Feb '18 10:07:07 PM by IncognitoNinja

"Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow."

as someone who does play dynasty warriors, dw9 is actually one of those "this shouldn't be a relief" reliefs for me. Like hey, one less good game means one less game to think about buying.

Jokes aside, though, it's a disappointment to see how it turned out, so Jim ripping into it is cathartic.

edited 20th Feb '18 6:07:29 AM by mrsunshinesprinkles

"Curry killed the pussy hoping that I could kill the hate in you" - Curry, D. "TABOO | TA13OO." TA13OO, PH, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFFYzSav0n8 - The 90s Are Back! Games Blamed For Gun Violence

Too far, nostalgia. Too far.

edited 23rd Feb '18 7:16:48 AM by TobiasDrake

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It's really hilarious when Trump echoed that opinion.

Why? Because plenty of the MR As and Nazis that elected him are also gamers who are probably shitting themselves now trying to rationalize this little problem.

As sweet as the irony would be if they fucked over their video games, the rest of us would suffer and I rather not sacrifice my hobby to make one group suffer.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.

To paraphrase Abridged!Alucard:

Not to mention that cliched, 90s-era statement also feels like a distraction to the new tens' loot box issue. ( I wouldn't be surprised if some corporate suits raking in the MTX money also funded those same politicians spouting out that "video games make people violent" statement as part of their own corporate False Flag Operation.)

EDIT: On a different note, I can't believe Jim forgot about the "$10 for a save slot" thing in Metal Gear: Survive. Also, he did make the whole review about Metal Gear: Survive a "FucKonami News" segment...

edited 25th Feb '18 12:22:42 AM by IncognitoNinja

"Learn as if you will live forever, live as if you will die tomorrow."

WHY ARE WE STILL HERE JUST TO SUFFER?

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=166UJe9-P-8 - The Deadly Spiral Of Live Services

ESRB says it will label games with micro transactions and in game purchases. (Note that this doesn't differentiate from any purchase. Lootboxes would be marked the same as microtransactions)

edited 27th Feb '18 9:26:59 AM by Ghilz

You see, government?

It's all the same thing! :^)

Now look away from the boss' paper that says to deliberately muddy the waters to keep us out of trouble...

"In-game purchases" meaning... DLC, right?

If plain ol' DLC is included in that umbrella, this is the opposite of a good thing and very very shady of the ESRB to do; as it outright hides information from the consumer and leaves them to research the extent of the in-game purchases on their own. Is it a game with additional content you can purchase once and be done with, or is it a game with no upper limit on spending? That shouldn't be something that the consumer can't figure out if they have to buy a game on the spot.

If it doesn't include DLC and it's just microtransactions and loot boxes being labelled... it's still muddier than I'd like but I'll take any inch we can get. Microtransactions in of themselves have kind of been a no-no word in console games for a while now, so lumping them in with the bigger no-no word doesn't seem like it'll hurt much.

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I don't think DLC counts as an in-game purchase. Some games do feature options to buy it from the main menu, but even that is usually just a quick shortcut to that DLC's entry in the general marketplace. You buy DLC out of game, install it, and then load up your game and it's there.

edited 27th Feb '18 12:02:25 PM by TobiasDrake

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The ESRB should divide additional purchases into 5 categories Free DLC Cosmetics Micro transactions DLC Expansions

Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise?

It doesn't matter how ERSB does it. It was made a toothless poststamp agency for a reason. Everyone knew it only existed to get the politicians off the industry, and if the measures end here, nothing will actually change.

Much like the 90s parents never bothered to read the content ratings, so does the industry hope the parents of today won't understand what "in-game purchases" means.

The main effect that an ESRB rating will have is that it defangs the parental argument. With content warnings, parents are assumed to be making an informed choice when they purchase the game. If you didn't read the content warnings provided on the game, then that's not the publisher's fault; you're just a bad parent.

With this move, the microtransaction debate can no longer revolve around "THINK OF THE CHILDREN". The industry believes that this will therefore end the debate entirely and allow them to resume business as usual. It will be up to consumers and activists to determine whether or not they're right.

Politics are an elaborate chessgame. The games industry just declared Check.

edited 28th Feb '18 8:33:49 AM by TobiasDrake

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In fairness, that's not wrong. Parents should pay a lot more attention to content warnings.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

It's indeed not wrong. The games industry has reserved the right to say, "If YOUR child stole YOUR credit card to use features that we clearly marked and labelled on the product YOU bought, how is that my fault?" The burden of responsibility to avoid predatory gambling in video games is now on parents and consumers, and not on publishers.

If the only problem with microtransactions is kids falling prey to them, then this solves that problem. The only thing wrong with it is that this is not the core problem with microtransactions. The children argument was the most vocal symptom of the problem, and now the industry's provided a remedy for just that symptom that looks reasonable enough to any casual viewer, and declared the problem solved.

As I said, it's on consumers and activists to ultimately determine whether this will be the end of the discussion, as the industry intends it to be.

edited 28th Feb '18 8:41:48 AM by TobiasDrake

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And here's the thing, no offense to any parents presently reading this, but parents are never informed.

The only parents who have even a faintest clue on what microtransactions represent are or were gamers themselves. And we do have a lot of parents who aren't, who can't possibly understand what the innocious and sickeningly neutral "in-game purchases" is supposed to mean. And the whole thing is designed that way, to bank on your classic soccer mom or rugby dad being too stupid to understand what exactly their little Timmy or Betty is asking them to buy.

And sadly, they're right. A parent can't possibly keep up with all the latest nonsense because they're too busy being, you know, a parent.

For all the parent knows, "in-game purchases" just means you use in-game money to buy in-game items like 80% of all games have.

It shouldn't be surprising for anyone who read any of my posts, but corporate neutral speak like that makes me want to explosively evacuate from both ends.

edited 28th Feb '18 9:37:57 AM by Luminosity

Yes we can blame the parents for not researching the games their kids get, but the M rated label never stopped the moral guardians from starting a crusade.

Remember, these idiots drive, fuck, and vote. Not always in that order.

A crusade that (in the M-rating's case, thankfully) accomplished nothing time and time again.

They're banking on this ending up in the same manner.

edited 28th Feb '18 9:51:04 AM by Luminosity

Well, I think it's the end of the discussion as far as it goes for actual government regulation. Getting it out of games as a whole requires mass consumer boycotts.

"And when the last law was down and the Devil turned round on you, where would you hide, the laws all being flat?"

Of course this time many gamers are on the side of the angry moms.

x2 The industry is more likely to implode on itself first.

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody remembers it, who else will you have ice cream with?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT77jq3FiJo - The Warrior of Treasures (Not Quiiiiiite Dark Souls) (Direct To Video)

edited 1st Mar '18 12:00:58 PM by LikeVileVillians