I've badmouthed the US a lot, for what I hope are irrefutable reasons, but I know there is also irrefutable good in its people, especially when faced with tyranny. It sucks said tyranny is from their own govt, but theres precedent for that too. Better things are possible, and I still root for that.

I mean, I feel like if any other website on the entire planet had this stat, it would be AT THE VERY LEAST take the initiative to shut all the way down for, I dont know, longer than zero seconds? Oh my gosh, so many lawsuits are coming. And a new one is being generated every minute.

"Final Fantasy XIII isnt that bad!" Look, I’m Im glad you like it, but l tell you NO ONE went into a game wanting to hate it LESS than me. I loved the look, the graphics, the setup, the character designs... I went into that game with SO MUCH GOODWILL I even rolled credits on it. But it sucks.

Out of the ones youve ROLLED CREDITS on, what "game awards" would you give the Final Fantasys? For me: FF7 - subjective favorite FF8 - guilty pleasure FF9 - objective best FFX - best feel and gameplay FFXIII - helped me appreciate the other games 😋 FFXV - Look they TRIED okay

If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.

Listen, I know the world sucks in so many ways, especially in tech. But the strides we've made to allow my dad to visit the places in Hong Kong that he visited in his youth, via VR, that he otherwise probably never would have been able to afford for the rest of his life, is pretty darn awesome.

Trying to copy Helena's martial arts from Dead Or Alive, struck my big toe with my hand so hard it fractured. Had to make up a story that I "whacked my foot against the bedpost as I leapt into bed" to my parents to avoid looking like the most pathetic weeb since the Afro Ninja meme 😅

Everybody talking about how tone deaf the premise is today but I'm just here going "Teal filter with orange embers? What is this, the 2010s?" 😅

Ah, the lesser known variant of "they were roommates": "Who knows why these humans who had the same brain as ours would do something that looks freakin' awesome FOR NO REASON??" BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH FUN, JAN

This is also the issue with ChatGPT/all LLMs. I heard someone describe it as Robo-Smithers and I can't look at it the same way since

Look, we joke about "haha who wants Greenland" but seriously? Much as they arent altogether happy about it, Greenland is still part of Denmark, Denmark is still part of the EU, And setting off a chain reaction of european alliances has NEVER ENDED WELL FOR THE INSTIGATOR

*Donald Glover walking into burning room meme, but sad and depressing*

I cant remember the last time I began a year hearing a political speech that DIDN'T make me want to walk into the ocean 😭 Fingers crossed it sets the tone for the year

I call this "Joel Syndrome" after the disturbing amount of people who said that they would also shoot up a hospital but stop short at funding them

If you ever feel like the naming conventions in your fantasy novel don't make sense, remember that the Flying TIGERS put SHARK mouths on their warHAWK planes. Real life history often didn't let consistent theming get in the way of rule of cool 😅

I wasn't aware and I'm pushing 40! No way I'm judging a fetus like Roan for not being aware of 70's glam icons' fascist leanings😆

I may be the only person who remembers The Hot Chick, and that's only because the lead single for the soundtrack (back when movies had those) was by a popular New Zealand band and we were all "Aw yeah, NZ music is finally breaking out!" Then we saw the movie and quietly agreed to memory hole it

Best. Internet apology post. Ever. No defensiveness, completely owns it, funny as heck. No notes.

"Disney has gotten too woke! Not like back in the day when we had a dark skinned, explicitly agnostic romani princess who pole-danced using the tools of her oppressors!"

"How autistic are you?" "Well, a commenter opened by calling me pathetic and a fraud without further elaboration but I still tried to have a civil conversation with them because what if they actually know some secret truth even though they didnt try to engage in anything close to good faith" "Ah"

Any personal wealth above 10 million dollars should go into social welfare programs and infrastructure. If you're not enough with ten million dollars, you will never be enough.

Forgive me if this is like the oldest joke in the community and I just missed it, but... If a cis man becomes a drag queen, does that make the character his... Hersona?

Yeah, I knew he wouldn't be a full on supporter but just going "Oh well, lol" is extremely on brand 🙄

It's looking quite pie-in-the-sky at the moment, but he does seem to have the right idea and is very much listening to feedback, so keep it on your radar! www.youtube.com/watch?v=P97y...

I've finally fully transitioned to being a parent, we've put restrictions on screen time for our son 😭 I am NOT saying screens are bad at all, and he still gets plenty of time, but especially with his ADHD he can tend to forget other fun activities THAT HE LIKES TO DO are also available😆

Still workshopping it but my Bluesky resolution will be that once Jan 1 hits, I will not be able to make a negative post unless I make a positive one first and wait one hour. Awareness is important but so is positivity and I need to be the change I want to see 😤👍

A reminder: the billionaires did not leave NY after "tax the rich" Mamdani won the election. They will not leave LA either.

Can't stop thinking about this illustration from 1911 that failed spectacularly at making the Big Bad Wolf look menacing. He's just a little guy! Lookit him blep! Whoza goo'boy? I just wanna give him a treat 😭

Vivaldi is sounding like something to keep your eye on as the Next Good Browser! But I also have to admit I'm just glad that Firefox actually caved because i really didn't want to use Waterfox. I was glad it offered an alternative but it felt like one of those legally distinct movie products 😅

Here's the thing. Trans people are absolutely NOT delusional, but I remember an early right wing talking point was "they can think they're Trans but we dont have to cater to their delusion" Then they get mad that we cant "see the kindness" in this dystopian horror. The double standard is just gross

I especially feel for him in particular, as his "smooth, sexy and hyper detailed" manga style is one of the primary influences for basic wAIfu slop. I would not be surprised if 40% of the training data for AI anime girls was entirely his work 😢

Im trying to build up a resistance to motion sickness in VR since I'm not a fan of "teleport style" but smooth motion still turns the old gut 🤢 One thing that helps a bit is imagining I'm cruising through Resident Evil in a Segway 😆

AGENTS WILL GET A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR INCOME THEY ARE SET FOR LIFE IF YOU SUCCEED ANY MICROTRANSACTIONS ON TOP OF THAT IS A RED FLAG THE SIZE OF AUSTRALIA

Friend Group: *is three white guys* POC: *joins group* That one weird guy: White people used to be 100% of this friend group. Now it is only 75%. Obviously, this means that 25% of white people have been murdered by POC incentives

If you see a story like this & think "Gee, maybe I'm in a bubble I don't know about", that's a good instinct to have! BUT I am begging people to do just a bit of research, as a treat. It can even be fun! Go to the library or bookstore, check new arrivals, and count the white cis male authors! 😅🙄

I dare any antivaxxer to look up Hans Christian Andersen's brief stay at Charles Dickens' house and then tell me to my face that Autism is a recent phenomenon 😅

From what i heard that might actually count as a horror game

I got a vr set for Xmas! What (NON HORROR) game should I stream for maximum amusement?

Winning back our grassroots voter base by *checks notes* beating up Santa

Messy Kweznaz, you backwards time hicks

Ah yes, celebrities are eroding the taboo on smoking with the hippest and hottest new trend, "Using a fork as a cig holder"

Honestly, this is the 2nd best possible way to own up to it (after just saying this when it first came up 🙄), & I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt since I can't deny that I also played with the funny art generator before I found out how much it sucked. They're off the hook. For now.

Honestly this doesn't change much. If they don't change their ways by ES6 I'll just wait for it to be modded into Skyrim

Messes me up that I know this is a fake, but I can't get too mad because I admire that they actually made the effort to photoshop it rather than use AI 😆

"French studio" is making me double cross my fingers that it'll be done in a similar style to Arcane cos that would be SO SICK

Watching low quality video of 60 minutes like its a shakycam of the teaser trailer for Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children

If this makes it into that gacha game where battleships are portrayed as anime babes i will walk into the ocean

At this rate the Streisand Effect is going to become the Weissand Effect

People are quick to dismiss Tomb Raider as "Indiana Jones lite" but if you look ANY of the canons, it's more like Indy on steroids 😆 LARA CROFT MET AND SHARED A DRINK WITH THE LITERAL JESUS *IN THE REALISTIC TIMELINE*

I would be so angry it would almost warp around to grudging respect if he responds to this with "I'm sorry they feel that way"