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KrspaceT Since: Apr, 2011
#20501: Dec 2nd 2024 at 2:22:41 PM

Honestly the only times the sort of chuds being discussed could claim a win is...maybe what happened with that battlefield game and Howard's Legacy selling well, and the latter is probably not something they can claim at all.

Maybe BFV....maybe....if we're generous.

Psyga315 Since: Jan, 2001
#20502: Dec 2nd 2024 at 2:26:56 PM

[up] HL selling well can count as a win if you're seeing it as Laser-Guided Karma for how extreme the boycotters went with their doxxing and harassment.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20503: Dec 2nd 2024 at 5:23:13 PM

In spite of its success, I doubt Hogwart's Legacy will have much of a, ironically enough, legacy itself. Now that the game has come and passed, no one really talks about it anymore.

KrspaceT Since: Apr, 2011
#20504: Dec 2nd 2024 at 5:30:14 PM

Honestly I've long tuned out a lot of Harry Potter discourse, in part because of how dramatically it swung around. Like I remember when the people going after Rowling were more on the line of outrage tourists over the Black Hermione in the stage play.

Though that's its own unrelated topic. Though on the topic of the outrage tourists, I do wish they'd go away. They are mostly absent in my Nintendo side of things, if nothing else I don't seem to get the same loud gaggles of them whenever a Gerudo, a plump Pokegirl or one of color or with muscles, or insert third outrage tourist target here.

(...I don't even want to ask how many Nintendo games would be on that Woke Game finder if they were on Steam...)

VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#20505: Dec 3rd 2024 at 6:27:59 AM

  • Any Mario game that has Birdo or Yoshi in it, since they're openly trans
  • Any Mario game in which Peach is playable
  • All the Metroid games, even if you don't buy the theory that Samus is trans

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MightyKombat I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a from in mai mouffff (Ten years in the joint)
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#20506: Dec 3rd 2024 at 6:53:42 AM

I'd assume the Zelda games too what with Sheik and all.

Are explosions science?
Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#20507: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:05:21 AM

The irony is that it doesn't matter, because the game's actual content doesn't matter to people who make those list.

They'll excuse Ocarina of Time despite Zelda dressing as a dude and being a badass because its a classic game they like and it fits their narrative that games weren't woke in the past. They'll excuse Metroid having a female protagonist because they like Metroid games (Also you get to see her in a swimsuit at the end!)

These people will happily pretend Metal Gear is apolitical and straight even as Kojima himself takes the piss out of them for it, and the game's camera lovingly hovers around Snake's ass.

Making a list of games where you list things they'd find objectionable is falling into the pitfall of acting like these people are actively trying to objectively catalogue something, and not selectively outrage farming to feed a narrative. Don't fall into the trap of acting like these people are doing some sort of objective exercise.

Edited by Ghilz on Dec 3rd 2024 at 10:06:49 AM

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20508: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:09:51 AM

[up][up][up]Birdo I get because there's outright Word of God about it, but Yoshi is new knowledge to me.

Samus I can guess why trans people would connect with her but outside of misdirection in the first game, I don't think she's ever been implied to have been born as anything but female.

Edited by Resileafs on Dec 3rd 2024 at 10:15:56 AM

VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
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#20509: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:17:18 AM

Yoshi lays eggs but is consistently referred to with masculine pronouns. Therefore, he is a transboy.

Oh, and let's not forget that Acht in Splatoon is nonbinary.

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Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#20510: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:17:27 AM

Birdo I get because there's outright Word of God about it, but Yoshi is new knowledge to me.

Yoshis are generally referred to as male, but they also lay eggs. It's a bit of a stretch.

Anura from England Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#20511: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:19:16 AM

I figured the Yoshi species were a One-Gender Race that reproduce asexually. Like the Gorons.

There's also Kirby, who's always been supposed to have Ambiguous Gender in Japanese, but is unambiguously male in English.

Edited by Anura on Dec 3rd 2024 at 3:21:15 PM

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Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#20512: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:20:34 AM

they clearly are less I missed the part where Yoshi fucks on screen to create eggs.

Though there's Yoshis with female tertiary sexual characteristics so they are probably one sex race that picks their own gender, a la IDW's Transformers.

Edited by Ghilz on Dec 3rd 2024 at 10:22:07 AM

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20513: Dec 3rd 2024 at 7:21:31 AM

Yeah, considering that all Yoshis lay eggs (which they do after eating enemies), I feel like traditional biology is not entirely at play here.

Edited by Resileafs on Dec 3rd 2024 at 10:22:31 AM

ITNW1989 a from Big Meat, USA Since: Nov, 2012 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
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#20514: Dec 3rd 2024 at 8:25:14 AM

[up][up][up] The Ambiguous Gender situation is a common occurrence when translating Japanese and Korean works into English. Because neither language has gendered pronouns, an ambiguous or androgynous character will always cause confusion, particularly if the translators insist on assigning a gender. I've seen it happen frequently in manhwa where a girlish-looking character will initially be labeled as a woman in the translation, only for the translators to realize a few chapters later that "she" was actually a he the entire time.

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KrspaceT Since: Apr, 2011
#20515: Dec 9th 2024 at 9:48:48 AM

I expected today's episode to.be a parody. It wasn't. And o Honestly one of the best ones in the last few years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogLJapz3oik

(How do you embed a video in these posts?)

Edited by KrspaceT on Dec 9th 2024 at 7:36:40 AM

VampireBuddha Calendar enthusiast from Ireland (Wise, aged troper) Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20517: Dec 11th 2024 at 9:28:13 AM

[up][up]If you look at the bottom of the markup help when you post, you'll find the embedded Youtube code. In the video_id section, you just have to copy the last part of the url, so for this video, it would have been ogLJapz3oik.

If you do it right, it'll look like this.

As for the video itself, very heartfelt from Stephanie. There is a lot of thought and work put into it thanks to their personal experiences.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20518: Dec 16th 2024 at 12:32:45 PM

Soundcloud removed one of James Stephanie's reviews, accusing them of promoting terrorism, extremism or criminal activity. Naturally, the actual thing that happened was that an automated system saw the title contained "Third Reich", ignored the context that it was a review of a movie with those words in the name, and took down the podcast.

The video is therefore about automated systems causing issues, including Funko shutting down itch.io a few weeks ago.

Also James Stephanie fell down a flight of stairs between wrestling matches. I wish them the best for their recovery, in spite of all the health issues already happening.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20519: Dec 23rd 2024 at 4:56:00 PM

It's this year's top 6 games. But I'm sure most people are waiting for the worst list next week lol

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#20520: Dec 23rd 2024 at 10:44:53 PM

[up]Eh. I can take or leave the Worst list, really. I don't really feel that "Cashgrabs made by a narcissist in two months" warrants even that much attention.

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#20521: Dec 30th 2024 at 1:07:45 PM

And there it is, James Stephanie's Top Ten Shittiest Games of 2024, complete with an existential crisis over all the time wasted playing Funko Fusion.

Edited by Resileafs on Dec 30th 2024 at 4:08:02 AM

MightyKombat I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a from in mai mouffff (Ten years in the joint)
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a
#20522: Dec 30th 2024 at 1:31:26 PM

Yep, Fucko Fusion really was just as soullessly corporate crossover dickwaving from a company not out of love for the movies and shit they had but going "Look what we have the rights to!" Its exactly the kind of dreck "content" that appeals to everyone who only sees any and all forms of media and bland, faceless "content." Not art to be enjoyed, discussed or to invoke emotions, but don't-stand-out content to be consumed.

Are explosions science?
TheLivingDrawing Lucas the Dreamer from The Town of Clayton Since: Apr, 2019 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
Lucas the Dreamer
#20523: Dec 30th 2024 at 3:19:31 PM

[up] So... Funko Pops?

Once Upon A Time.
MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
The Encounter that ended the Dogma
#20524: Dec 30th 2024 at 4:44:52 PM

[up] They are the source materiel for that game, so, absolutely.

MightyKombat I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a from in mai mouffff (Ten years in the joint)
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are a
#20525: Dec 30th 2024 at 5:55:55 PM

Without a fucking doubt. Fucko Poops never looked in the least bit appealing from day 1. Barely posable, head designs that looked sickening, extremely cheap looking nonetheless, sadly very popular among youtubers and the like.

Are explosions science?

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