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#GamerGate + #NotYourShield [#GG + #NYS]: Fuck Your Computer Edition Anonymous 01/14/2022 (Fri) 00:37:09 Id: 1c210b No. 13597
ONGOING DISCUSSIONS: >Sony Vice President of Playstation Network George Cacioppo exposed for trying to have sex with a 15 year old minors through Grindr App via chatlogs from "People Vs Predators" Group: https://archive.md/SlG30 >Archives Prove IGN Executive Review Editor Dan Stapleton Lied When Claiming Outlet Would Not Report On Sony Exec Pedophile Allegations Because They Don’t Cover “General Crime”: https://boundingintocomics(Please use archive.today)/2021/12/07/archives-prove-ign-executive-review-editor-lied-when-claiming-outlet-would-not-report-on-sony-exec-pedophile-allegations-because-they-dont-cover-general-crime/ https://archive.md/uuDNE https://archive.md/O7wma >Aforementioned People Vs Preds Groups also caught Senior Account Manager for Nvidia Todd Wiseman for allegedly trying to meet with a 15 year old boy for sex. https://archive.md/xMz2f >Nathan Grayson leaves Kotaku to join the Washington Post's "Launcher" section https://archive.is/9hqq0 >Kotaku: "Sega Changes PSO2 Name To Something Less Borderline Racist" https://archive.is/XwXUd >Guilty Gear Strive censors mention of Taiwan and other countries https://nichegamer(Please use archive.today)/2021/06/22/report-ai-kayano-voice-and-credit-removed-from-azur-lane-and-arknights-after-chinese-outcry/ https://archive.is/qTQD3 >Factorio developer attacked by SJWs after he refuses to denounce man whose programming advice he linked and denounces cancel culture https://nichegamer(Please use archive.today)/2021/06/20/attempts-to-cancel-factorio-dev-backfire-players-and-positive-reviews-swell/ https://archive.fo/S9SyH >Voice Actress Ai Kayano's lines removed from Azur Lane and Arknights after Chinese people object to her visiting Yasukuni Shrine https://nichegamer(Please use archive.today)/2021/06/22/report-ai-kayano-voice-and-credit-removed-from-azur-lane-and-arknights-after-chinese-outcry/ https://archive.is/qTQD3 >Five Nights at Frieddy's developer Scott Cawthon retires after SJWs and game journalists attack him for donating to Republican politicians https://archive.fo/wCpMC https://archive.fo/Fe8Ey >Quinton Flynn Replaced as Kael’thas Voice Actor in WoW; Despite Judge Ruling Sexual Misconduct Allegations Came from Obsessive Stalker https://nichegamer(Please use archive.today)/2021/04/19/quinton-flynn-replaced-as-kaelthas-voice-actor-in-wow-despite-judge-ruling-sexual-misconduct-allegations-came-from-obsessive-stalker/ https://archive.is/Dj5a5 >A petition to deplatform once cancelled game "Six Days In Fallujah" started by Hala Alsalman receives game industry developer and figure support; gets stealthily updated https://archive.is/h6Da1 https://archive.is/eSpno >Pro-GG developer explains reason for leaving project. Claims family issues rather than cancel culture are to blame https://yewtu.be/YBVyJhn5AGg >Game journo who wrote articles for Vice Waypoint and PCGamer calling for blacklist on Hogwarts Legacy over pro-GG lead developer: https://archive.is/7gsws >State of Decay 2 drama involving the "Punched Nazis" trait https://archive.vn/XsItt CURRENT TASKS: 1. OPERATION TRAJAN: Collect and catalog all of the various localization and censorship accounts of past video games into a single repository from these sources: romhacking.net The_Cutting_Room_Floor Segaretro https://yewtu.be/channel/UCFItIX8SIs4zqhJCHpbeV1A 2. OP OUR LIFE OUR HOMETOWN: SONY FORCING JAPANESE DEVELOPERS TO CENSOR THEIR GAMES IN ALL REGIONS http://archive.vn/XQOHW Sony's policies forces censorship; JP devs allegedly have to go through ENG approval process: https://archive.fo/awzFF
[Expand Post]Japanese blog post about it: https://archive.fo/bF9bE Sony Japan President Says PS4 Censorship Policy Is To Match Global Standards And Protect Kids https://archive.fo/U3GLa -Confirms censorship was deliberate https://archive.fo/XgAgP -No rules for censorship policies, games judged case-by-case https://archive.fo/37DhK -Marvelous partner starts petition against policy https://archive.fo/rxQtf https://archive.fo/84UHo •Twitterfags: Tweet with Sony's stock code $SNE so that investors see your tweets and know you're pissed. •Consider spreading OP Timber materials to targets as well. http://archive.vn/URjtu ONGOING TASKS: A.Operation Download And Conquer: Loosen the death-grip of Google that has taken hold of the internet's audio and video services >>>/t/5546 B. Support archive.fo! Accountability needs proof: https://liberapay(Please use archive.today)/archiveis/donate C. OP DisNod: Contact the FTC and advertisers about violations and unethical practices http://archive.vn/9bylT D. Internet Censorship happenings: Spread the word about the dangers of FOSTA/CLOUD act/Article 13, etc. https://www.eff(Please use archive.today)/de/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-act-violates-constitution E. OP End the Era: Dig into resetera and their connections to journos, devs, etc. http://archive.vn/JfuSb Reminders (important, READ THESE!): •Use https://archive.fo to deny sites ad revenue and traffic and preserve pages in case they are deleted later •Be civil if you have to argue with people on Twitter, Tumblr or any forum - don't make us look like douchebags •Do not accept requests for any goal, demand lists or personal army requests: https://pastebin(Please use archive.today)/p5dVp1e5 •Beware COINTELPRO: The Gentleperson's Guide to Forum Spies: https://cryptome(Please use archive.today)/2012/07/gent-forum-spies.htm •STOP REPLYING TO BAITS AND OBVIOUS DERAILMENT ATTEMPTS, JUST REPORT AND FILTER Resources >Summaries of #GamerGate:https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=wy9bisUIP3w - #GamerGate - If It's Not About Ethics •https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=5fnRSL3d_xU - #GamerGate in 60 Seconds •https://archive.fo/23Fde - GamerGate: A State of the Union Address >Background and Evidence for #GamerGate: •The #GamerGate Dossier: https://archive.fo/nv1Fb •#GamerGate Wiki: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Main_Page •History of #GamerGate: http://www.historyofgamergate(Please use archive.today)/ •View the timeline links in the Current Happenings section! >Lists: •GG Steam Support & Boycott List: https://v.gd/vzRsRb •Key GamerGate Hubs: https://v.gd/LNJbat (Needs updating) >Thread Repository: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/blob/master/ThreadRepository.md https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=Thread_Repository >Full OP Text: •Current: https://ggwiki.deepfreeze.it/index.php?title=The_GamerGate_OP >How Can I Help? https://8chan.se/gamergatehq/ •All OPs: https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/tree/master/Operations •OP Vulcan: Learn logical debating: https://v.gd/Kbzw0L •An Anon's Guide to Twitter; basics: https://v.gd/nwrbYF >Want to Contribute to GitGud or Wiki? https://gitgud.io/gamergate/gamergateop/tree/master/How-to-Contribute
From the other board: Seeing the backlash against their plans, leftist as usual are just doing the same thing with a different name, "Real diversity has never been tried", "Right wingers ruined everything" A few notable example: - University: https://archive.ph/Sfin2 https://www.oudaily(Please use archive.today)/news/ou-diversity-equity-inclusion-change-name-access-opportunity/article_b2cd53e0-d030-11ee-bb8f-2705fc3d88a8.html - Business policy: https://archive.is/KtGX6 https://jedicollaborative(Please use archive.today)/ - Industry policy: https://archive.ph/h06A1 https://www.mattinglysolutions(Please use archive.today)/post/re-naming-dei-focus-on-the-work-not-what-it-s-called Just to name a few. There's probably something similar in the work for gaming companies, but at the same time "AAA" companies can for the most part die and no value will be lost. One of the new names they're trying is "Bridge" (Belonging, representation, inclusion, diversity and equity, “the g is the gap in all those things”): https://archive.ph/TDXXh Also, copying from the Kadokawa thread: >>>/v/934592 (934315) >The big two is that ESG is being replaced with "Stakehold metrics" and DEI is being repalced with "Equity and Restorative Justice". However, they are attempting all manner of replacement terms: https://archive.ph/tjkpS >This is but a small list of some of them: <Accountable commitments/business/investing <Adverse impacts <All/marginalized/under represented/undocumented businesses/citizens/communities/companies/demographics/groups/human beings/people/values <Challenges facing humanity/our planet <Changing climates <Climate accounting/belonging <Collective actions <Cultural/institutional/systemic changes/economics/priorities <Decarbonization <Degrowth <Ecological accounting <Energy transition <Environmental work <Evolving markets <Fair business/investing/economics/outcomes <Global imbalances/prosperity <(Corporate) Governance (Just added this one) <Green economy <Harmful/hateful actions <Holistic contribution/environments/management/marketing <Inclusive/Reformed/Stakeholder Capitalism <Infrastructure development <Integral human development/well-being <Inviting businesses/communities/companies/cultures <Limited growth <Measurable actions <Moral imperatives <More inclusive <Ongoing commitments <Organization challenges/culture/belonging <Performance outcomes <Polarized environments/communities <Positive impacts/discrimination
[Expand Post]<Public commitments <Responsible business/investing/economics <Shared impacts/outcomes <Sustainable economics/growth/investing/production <Transition investing <Trusted business/investing/economics/society <Well-being economy This should cover about 90% of the things their attempting.
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Archive of previous bread: https://archive.ph/IFKzx
>>22358 H-hello?
>>22359 >Ukraine Nani da fuck?
>>22360 Could be due to your VPN connection.
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>>22361 Yeah, but it's set to amerigga!
>>22362 Could be because of your VPN host. I know that Mullvad isn't exactly accurate 100% of the time regardless of where I set the tunnel.
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>>22363 Must be so.
>>22364 So, any big news that I happened to miss today because of the autism from the last bread?
>>22365 I've heard Musk's shotgun defunding of bloated government jobs hit massive amounts of false positives because they started firing people that had anything resembling a DEI buzzword in their job description without checking what people actually do, and now he's begging these people to come back. Particularly I heard about this happening to air traffic controllers.
>>22366 >Particularly I heard about this happening to air traffic controllers. The funny thing is that air traffic is actually one of the things that do need to go, at least in it's current format. Every other country has reduced much of the headroom needed for those positions thanks to advancements with cameras and other forms of detection. However the U.S. is still effectively stuck in the stone age because of unions and government regulations.
>>22367 Oh, lmao. So it was justified and my lefty family was just giving me the liberal version of the story as usual. I've also heard about air traffic control being scheduled for an overhaul anyways from them, so it all lines up.
In meta news, since this isn't /v/ and I can say this here, Mark and Coyote constantly, and rather pointlessly, editing of posts to make (Deleted) posts totally unviewable is causing a memory leak, and I have to regularly close and reopen the GG thread before my browser locks up.
>>22369 I was cracking up when I noticed what he thought was an epic new tool to censor people was actually DDoSing peoples computers. I bet he was smug as fuck right up until he realized it.
>>22370 >I bet he was smug as fuck right up until he realized it. He's still doing it. Why would you think his mood on it would have changed from whatever it was? Hell, I'd bet he doesn't even believe it and thinks any claims about it fucking people's memory up is just FUD to stop him from fighting the good fight™.
>>22368 I'll admit that I don't know the "entire" situation, I'm just basing my understanding off of this Stossel video. >>22371 Works on my machine :^) I think it's because I have 16 GB of ram, and don't have much running on my computer anyway.
>>22372 I have plenty of RAM too, but yesterday I hit 50% usage from the GG thread, and today he's being even more aggressive, so I've closed all the tabs because I'm going to forget about it when I start playing games.
To post some "recent" news from the last bread: An Anon may get the chance to ask Yuji Hori some question, provide him with suggestions on what to ask:>>>/v/1073976 In case you're wondering why this is important, Yuji is considered a rock star in Japan and his name is almost synonymous with vidya over there. >End of an era: Microsoft to shut down Skype, shifting users to Teams, 14 years after $8.5B deal https://archive.is/Faa7g <Microsoft confirmed Friday that it is officially retiring Skype in May and consolidating its consumer communication services into Microsoft Teams. Skype users will be able to migrate to Teams by logging into Teams with their Skype credentials to access their chats and contacts. Those who do not migrate can export their Skype data, according to a blog post from Microsoft. >What Elon Musk's war on federal workers owes to Gamergate https://archive.is/rKC8A <The first lesson of Gamergate was the propaganda value of bad faith, reinforced by endless repetition. Gamergaters were motivated primarily by two grievances: that feminists were criticizing sexism in video games and, crucially, that these same feminists seemed to have more sex than the Gamergaters. This is no exaggeration. The whole campaign first started as targeted harassment of a female (now non-binary) video game developer whose bitter ex-boyfriend riled up a mob against her by telling them she had sex with lots of men. It soon spread to target other outspoken feminists, especially those who criticized video games, but the underpinning of sexual jealousy was always present. <Gamergaters realized quickly that outsiders would not be sympathetic to their real complaint, which was, "How dare women who have sex more than me make me feel bad about my sexist video games?" Instead, they invented a claim that female game developers were exchanging sex with male journalists for good reviews. It wasn't true, but "ethics in journalism" was credible-sounding enough to trick gullible journalists into writing stories that cast Gamergate in a more sympathetic light than the misogynist witch hunt deserved. <... <The recruitment strategy to build this crowd of haters comes straight from Gamergate: Appeal to people by enticing them to take their insecurities out on your chosen scapegoat. With Gamergate, young men were encouraged to redirect their sexual frustrations and social anxieties away from useful projects like self-improvement and toward bellowing hate non-stop at a group of women who were turned into symbols of everything the Gamergaters feared they would never have: fulfilling jobs, active sex lives and cool haircuts. And that's everything I can find that vidya and goober related.
>When we blame foreigners for violating the rules, we are told “Racism! This is what makes the immigration problem more complicated. This tweet is from the current owner of cuckchan btw https://xcancel(Please use archive.today)/hirox246/status/1896487123978801389 https://archive.ph/wip/yinkA
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After being considered "too sexy" for Steam Western releases on the Switch, Tokyo Clanpool was allowed to released on GoG however in a censored format. The publisher is currently looking to release an "uncensored" patch, but it will have to be distributed offsite.
>>22380 Hunie Pop had the best solution: to uncensor the game place an empty file with a certain name in a certain directory and off you go. That way there is nothing to distribute and nothing needs to be modified.
Here's an interesting article that came across my feed. Here’s Why There Is A Disconnect Between The Games Industry And Gamers https://archive.ph/C9dUC >Gaming Isn’t Really Paid For By Gamers <To explain, game budgets are important for two reasons: the first is how much is spent, and the second, and the often overlooked reason, is where that investment comes from. <Most gamers assume that their money goes into a game publisher’s vault filled with money, where execs dive into mountains of gold coins and then use that money to develop new games. <The reality is that as of a decade or so ago, publishers have looked more and more for outside investment. That means the investors for new games aren’t gamers but external and often invisible organizations, and sometimes wealthy individuals, who are paying the bill. <These external investors act as the money layer for publishers and often have close to zero public visibility or accountability. A good example of this is what happened to Embracer Group when a major investor pulled out, causing mass layoffs. <This kind of thing has been happening globally, too, with Japan and Asia being equally affected. The main difference is that in Asia, these layoffs have been kept mostly secret, except for a few instances, as games industry analyst Serkan Toto explains. <“Contrary to popular belief, the wave has spilled over to Asia, too. The layoff data regularly mentioned in media in the West only reflects a small portion of people affected in places like Japan, Korea, and China. In Japan, where labor laws strongly protect employees, some studios try to push staff out via driving people to retirement or straight-up bullying them, taking on fewer college graduates or silently conducting hiring freezes.” <This is also where the size of the budget becomes an issue. During the PlayStation 2 era, most game publishers tended to be more self-financed, with a more direct relationship to their customers regarding where the money came from as the budgets were lower. Once the madness of AAA started in the following Xbox 360 era, the budgets ballooned, and the disconnect with customers began. <Much of the stored capital from the previous PlayStation 2 era paid for this AAA folly, but it still resulted in the closure of hundreds of game studios. <When I started writing about this problem a decade ago, I hoped publishers would return to being more financially sensible and realize that AAA was not viable long-term. Instead, they doubled down on AAA games but had spent most of their stored capital by that point, resulting in having to look for more outside investment. >Layoffs, Layoffs, And Even More Layoffs <Now that these big, decade-long game development bets have not paid off, these external investors understandably want their money back. As a result, publishers have used money that would normally go to pay developers making their games to pay off these investors. <The result is that development studios either go bankrupt or lay off many people to survive, while publishers hoard the remaining cash and try to downsize, although to a much more limited degree. <This is why, to date, we’ve seen around 25,000 layoffs between 2023 and 2024, and the situation is likely to get much worse. Moreover, those are the only layoffs we know about, and the number is likely much higher. In Japan, this kind of thing has been handled far more quietly, but it is also happening on a similarly large scale. <To give that 25,000 figure some context, the Xbox 360-era studio closures measured in the hundreds. Most decent-sized studios back then were about 100-150 people strong. That means these new layoffs are equivalent to thousands of studios going under. What we are now seeing is an order of magnitude greater than what happened the last time AAA games failed, and that’s where the real danger lies in the long term. <The other major issue is that many of these layoffs have not been carefully planned. Instead, those with the highest salaries have tended to be cut first. These salaries are high because those people are the most capable and experienced. As Swen Vincke, the head of Larian Studios, pointed out, this loss of institutional knowledge is not a trivial matter, especially as it is now industry-wide. >Indie Games Aren’t Even Indie <Some have argued that indie games are a self-sustainable fallback from the aftermath of AAA, but unfortunately, that’s not really the case. <A lot of modern indie games are not independently funded, which means they still need outside investment. As external investors are widely withdrawing from gaming worldwide, it again falls to publishers to fund these games. <These being the same publishers that got us into this AAA mess in the first place and are now trying to survive by hoarding what cash they have left. <Yes, there are games made by one or two people and then get self-published. These do exist, but there aren’t enough of them to sustain gaming on their own. <Our current situation has also been fallaciously equated to the massive games industry crash of the 80s, and gaming back then rebounded just fine. The difference at that time was that most games cost very little to make, so a rebound was possible. <Gaming is a far more complex landscape now, and a “small” game still often costs an awful lot more to make, so the rebound isn’t quite so straightforward this time around. >Gaming Needs More Diversity, Just Not In The Way You Think <With all these layoffs and the hollowing out of game development teams across the world, the future of gaming looks bleak. <... <The games industry is in a similar state. In broader economic terms, it’s a relatively small system, and its structure lacks many built-in redundancies. <Massive developer layoffs are the first pathway to fail, and now publishers are feeling the strain and hoarding resources to survive whatever comes next. However, without developers making games to generate revenue for said publishers, this pathway will also fail in due course. <Put simply, instead of spending $100 million on one game, we need to go back to spending $10 million on 10 games. That way, you have a better chance of making your money back. You also learn 10 times the amount about the market that way, so it’s not all about straight profit, either. <Demand and revenue generation are still huge in gaming, but publishers need to be more diverse in the size and numbers of bets they place. <Gaming will always be a hit business, so instead of relying on one over-stressed pathway, diversify and build more. That way, when one or more pathways fail, the others can take up the slack. <This setup worked during the PlayStation 2 era and can work again, especially since the Switch is driving much of the mid-tier game development now. <This also ties into my theory that games are a kind of cognitive firmware. There’s no such thing as a game for everyone, only for each and every one. This was exemplified by the variety of the PlayStation 2’s software library, and that your collection of games is likely entirely different from mine. <In short, spending less individually on games and making more cheaper functionally diverse games is the way out of this mess. >A Changing Of The Guard <One of the other reasons for the disconnect with the gaming audience at the publisher level, apart from where the investment comes from, is that a lot of execs at big publishers just don’t play or like games. <That means they don’t understand what they are selling, which is equivalent to someone who can’t read working in a literary publisher. <Publishers really need to be reorganized and restructured. What’s required are smaller, leaner, and more agile publishers that focus on the mid-tier budgets that were the mainstay of the PlayStation 2 era, before the AAA nightmare derailed everything. <Not to mention that one of the main reasons for cost overruns in the current publishing model is that executives at publishers ask for top-down changes to games they haven’t played, which upends the production process and creates costly delays and ballooning budgets. <Smaller publishers staffed by people who actually play games and who are focused more on distribution and backend submission support, such as certification testing and localization, would negate many of these costly top-down decisions. <The good news is that we are beginning to see more of these types of publishers pop up. However, what happens next is really up to the current publishers causing all these layoffs in development. <If they finally abandon this clearly unsustainable AAA madness and return to something that has already been proven to work, we may have a chance at salvaging gaming. Otherwise, the future of the medium is most certainly a precarious one.
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>‘Final Fantasy VII Rebirth’ Director Says Japanese Devs “Now Create With A Global Audience Mind From The Very Start”, Confirms Games Subjected To “Thorough Ethical Reviews Tailored To Different Regions” https://archive.is/vNzuv <Hamaguchi, who was promoted from his role as the co-director of Remake to the director of the trilogy’s remaining entries following original Final Fantasy VII co-creator Tetsuya Nomura’s decision to take a more relaxed position in the series’ production, provided this insight into his home nation’s current approach to game development while speaking to the official Sony blog following Rebirth‘s recent Grand Award win at the 2024 Japan Asia PlayStation Partner Awards. <Asked by his hosts as to “What factors do you consider when designing a game for a wide global audience?”, the Square Enix veteran opined, “There are so many elements that go into game development. From the story to every little detail in the game’s presentation, we conduct thorough ethical reviews tailored to different regions. Taking the time and resources to ensure our work doesn’t become a source of negativity for anyone is essential in today’s world.” <“Back when the original Final Fantasy VII was released, it was primarily created for the Japanese market, and its global reach expanded as it gained recognition,” explained the Final Fantasy XIII trilogy lead programmer. “But today, rather than first prioritizing the Japanese market and letting the game’s reach grow organically, we now create with a global audience in mind from the very start. In that sense, we are in a completely different era.” <“As Japanese creators, we naturally develop the game in Japanese first before translating it into other languages,” he added. “During localization, we sometimes adjust phrasing to better fit different cultural contexts. However, this is a delicate process — players who have a deep respect and strong feelings for the original work often notice even the slightest differences between the Japanese and translated versions and ask why certain changes were made. It’s a challenge we constantly navigate in game creation.” <To this end, when later asked if he had advice for fledgling video game designers, Hamaguchi asserted, “I strongly encourage them to step out into the world and continue generating new ideas. It’s important not to limit your perspective to the values or market of your own country.” <“Maintaining a broad perspective will become even more crucial for creativity in the generations to come,” he added. “While it’s ideal to travel and experience the world firsthand, we are fortunate to live in an era where content and entertainment are easily accessible. There are countless opportunities to broaden your perspective and absorb new ideas. Always set your sights on competing on a global stage, and I hope that together, we can contribute to the growth and expansion of Japan’s entertainment worldwide.” Post pics because they're related to the subject of the article.
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>Nintendo to delist retro game from the Nintendo Switch Online library in Japan https://archive.ph/V4YWA >Trump tariffs threaten the future of physical video games, analyst warns https://archive.ph/W84rP They are really trying to force the "all digital" future, aren't they? Luckily it seems like no one is accepting it: >PS3 is still getting annual system software updates 19 years on https://archive.ph/yGSQN >Two Classic Rare Titles Are Getting Physical Re-Releases On NES And Game Boy https://archive.ph/yXQr3 >24 Percent Of Gen Z Brits Own A Classic Gaming System, While 74 Percent Say Retro Is "More Relaxing" https://archive.ph/Ou3hV <Following hot on the heels of a report which claims that 14 percent of North Americans still play on gaming systems released before 2000
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GTA 6 IS ONE HUNDRED FUCKING DOLLARY-DOOS. THE RUMORS WEREN'T LYING https://bgr(Please use archive.today)/tech/gta-6-price-leaked-and-youre-not-going-to-like-it/ https://archive.ph/zMZAd
Someone posted this recently, vid related seems awfully relevant: >EXCLUSIVE/LEAKED Unreal Engine Developer Video EXPOSES Root Cause of 'Man-Jaw' Women https://archive.ph/BQZXF
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>GOP Texas bill could jail you for owning or watching Goblin Slayer and more https://archive.is/dRmkf <The new bill would purportedly make it a crime to own a multitude of popular Japanese manga – including Goblin Slayer, Fruits Basket, and many others. The office of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick posted in support of the bill right after it passed the Senate, and will soon head to the governor’s office to be signed. <The bill in question is Senate Bill 20. Sponsored by GOP senator Pete Flores, the bill, in its own words, “creates a new state offense for the possession or promotion of obscene material that appears to depict a child younger than 18 years old, regardless of whether the depiction is of an actual child, cartoon or animation, or an image created using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software.” <Furthermore, subparagraph c of the bill states: “An offense under this section is a state jail felony,” directing first-time offenders convicted under this law to a minimum of five years in prison, simply for owning or viewing such material. <As many responses have pointed out, many popular manga would be banned in Texas if this law is signed into law, which certainly seems like it will at this point. Goblin Slayer is the example many are pointing to, due to the infamous assault scenes of characters by goblins in the early issues. <But even tamer manga’s like Fruits Basket could be criminalized under this law, depending on how broad a judge or state prosecutor wishes to interpret “sexual acts” in a court of law. Only children’s manga’s such as Pokémon and Sailor Moon seem to be safe under a literal reading of the law. Reminder that The Miller Tests, the "official rule" that determines what is considered "obscene" in the U.S., is in the same position as Roe v. Wade. As it is not a law in any capacity whatsoever. It's just a legistlative act that was developed out of thin air. And ever created by the very same SCOTUS justice who established RvW in the first fucking place.
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>>22433 All things considered, the law would not survive a federal legal challenge. Undoubtedly, the Circuits may surely try to legislate by their gavel - which is a problem in itself; but I doubt that Roberts or the majority of his colleagues would allow Texas to continue to enforce such a law. It is very clearly a 1st Amendment violation.
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>>22432 MASSIVE update on this: >>>/site/10103 >Beginning on January 1st, several countries and US States had laws go into effect concerning AI generated porn. Think like the law currently being debated in Texas, except there's already 12 States that passed it, and many, many countries. This snuck up on us, as it wasn't widely reported in any free-speech channels and we never saw much protest or other dust kicked up that would draw attention to it. Most of these laws are surface aimed at Deepfake images used for harassment purposes, but several, like the one in Texas, also pose a serious threat to the existence of *any and all* fictional content that so much as resembles a minor. The retardation that we saw years ago in Australia went International, and nobody was the wiser until it was already in effect all over.
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>30 Years Ago, The Grandfather Of Game Journalism Told 2D Fighting Game Fans To "Get A Life" https://archive.ph/R6kWH Attached image is the full thing, but here's just a sliver of the rant: <My point is that you pathetic individuals who spent years of your life mastering these goofy commands on fighting games need to Get A Life. <It's time to kick this genre in the head. Admit it; you spent years learning a skill that serves absolutely no use whatsoever in the real world. In the old days, players who mastered Space Invaders and Pac-Man at least learned pattern recognition. What have you idiots learned? A bunch of non-standard fatalities and babalities and clayalities, and you're all no better off than you were when you started. Move on. <Move out of your momma's home. Learn to try other types of games. At least move into three dimensions with Virtua Fighter or Toshinden. Try sims, sports games, RPGs; just try something other than an interconnected series of spastic twitches, signifying nothing (Street Fighter Alpha is not an option). <Grow the hell up. In the future, try doing things like reading the works of Chinese philosophers or viewing the cinematic ontput of John Woo. Simply understand that you were seduced by an over-hyped, two-dimensional genre and move beyond this point.
The news about AssCreed Shadows is such a fiasco that even regular news sources are picking up on it: https://archive.ph/qLAmk >Europe games industry on edge as 'Assassin's Creed' hits shelves <Thursday's release of action-adventure epic "Assassin's Creed Shadows" marks a make-or-break moment not just for struggling French games heavyweight Ubisoft, but for the entire European gaming ecosystem. <With its almost 18,000 employees and global footprint, Ubisoft has nevertheless suffered one setback after another in recent years with disappointing releases, a dwindling stock price, harassment allegations against former bosses and repeated strikes. <The company is falling back on its longtime major money-spinner "Assassin's Creed" to pull it from the doldrums, this time with an episode set in medieval Japan. <"I've never seen things this way" as the whole European industry looks to Ubisoft, Midcap Partners analyst Charles-Louis Planade told AFP ahead of the launch. <More than 17 Ubisoft studios employing hundreds have poured five years of work into "Shadows", with an estimated budget running into hundreds of millions of euros. <... <He said a poor sales showing could provoke a knock-on effect across the entire industry, noting that in France alone, Ubisoft accounts for almost one-third of the country's 15,000 jobs in games development <Many budding creators pass through Ubisoft after completing their training, while former employees have founded new studios in France and around the world. <... <Ubisoft shares had fallen almost 5.6% on Wednesday to trade at 12.60 euros by the time markets closed, despite the good early reviews for "Shadows". <Even before release of the hoped-for blockbuster, Ubisoft said it was "actively exploring various strategic and capitalistic options" for its future. <Early rumours suggested that could involve going private with help from Chinese tech giant Tencent, a major investor that holds 10% of Ubisoft. <More recently, multiple outlets have reported the group could sell off much of its games catalogue to focus on its core titles. <"Every option is on the table" for Ubisoft's future, Planade said, with commercial success for "Shadows" likely to strengthen Ubisoft's hand in the negotiations.
>How Gamergate foreshadowed the toxic hellscape that the internet has now become https://archive.is/bLcjD


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