wildginger

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Cancels Japanese Esports Events Following Threats to Staff and Spectators⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Threats are never justified, but I do see why they did it. “If we cant do it, you cant either” is a pretty common mentality, and this is a surefire way to completely shut down the official events.

  The worst bit is now, if nintendo caves at all and pulls back their draconian behavior, these people will count it as a victory achieved via threats and likely encourage their use elsewhere.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Are tight crannies like this not what drones were invented for? Do cavers not use mini robots to scout out ahead?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨on youtube how do I downvote an ad? or how do i tell youtube that "hey this ad is not something I want to see?" I know ad blockers don't work on youtube anymore but how do I tweek what ads i do see?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ad blockers work fine, what do you mean? Youtube lost, their next big idea wont even try kicking in until next year.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dwarf Fortress- Adventure Mode Announcement Trailer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The best time to start dwarf fortress was 6 years ago.

  The second best time is in a few weeks, I dunno, Im just kinda busy this weekend but Ill probably have free time after the holidays, surely.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 3.0.1. Patch Fixes Anti-Bagging Measures Accidentally Triggering⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Its also sub optimal speed to lag a bit so a blue shell doesnt blow you up, but since its a mario style cartoonish video game you often find that the optimal play isnt to have the smallest or biggest number at all times.

  I would say any change that makes mario cart less like mario cart and more like other racing games is a change that makes a worse game. A racing game that involves more strategy than the rest is more interesting than a racing game thats just more cartoony.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 3.0.1. Patch Fixes Anti-Bagging Measures Accidentally Triggering⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Bagging isnt sub optimal either, its just not empty brain w+m1 gameplay.

  Youre upset the racing game is more dynamic? There are many other racing games with less complex and risky strategies

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Mario Kart 8 Deluxe 3.0.1. Patch Fixes Anti-Bagging Measures Accidentally Triggering⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Knocking people off the stage isnt the part that makes smash uncomparable to other fighting games.

  Its the fact that its technically a platforming game, and a multiplayer game, which frequently incentivizes running and hiding from opponents, and has a built in random trip mechanic to fuck you over for no reason other than coin flip handicapping you, among a myriad of other examples of how the game can make the weaker player win.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They are compared because they both are advertised as filling the same niche, of space exploration with emphasis on exploration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There is, in fact, a very heated debate on whether or not simulators that stay true to form are actually games. With the argument being, they are either toys or simulators.

  “I had fun playing with it” isnt exclusive to games, as a ball is not a game but I would gladly throw it against a wall for hours by myself with some music.

  But lots of people would likely shit on an attempt to rebrand those things as “video toys” when the distinction is largely only relevant to people studying design, so the heated debate is mostly between academics and pedants.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You know what I realized?

  Youre the guy who refuses to call non medical phD holders doctors, and then acts like the indignant victim when people rightly call you out for insulting people by refusing to use their earned title.

  You dump tons of praise on a journalists work to deflect from the fact that you dont actually respect the work. Its not of a high enough standard for her to have earned her title to you.

  Youre a dick here just like I am sure youre a dick to any doctorate in chemistry. And yet, you pretend so vehemently that your insults cant possibly be rude, so surely its everyone else who is wrong.

  Its pathetic, bud.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are you still here? Did you not say I hurt your feelings too much to continue?

  We already established you do not understand what you are talking about and that you have no interest in changing that. Did you want to insult a different journalist real quick? Do you need an audience for that?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  So thats a yes, you have literally never actually read her work. You could have at least come out and said so from the beginning. “Just words” what a spit in the face of her work.

  Is there any point in discussing a topic with someone who apparently learned of its existence about 20 minutes ago? Go shit talk some other professional bud, youve made enough of an ass of yourself here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bethesda Is Responding to Negative Reviews of Starfield on Steam⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And space travel isnt actually a fun adventure, but the point of a video game is to romanticize the concepts. Not make them as boring and realistic as possible

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Its not what you see. Because you are only reading paid for review work. There is no we here. You are in a bubble.

  Have you ever even seen anitas work? She was harassed, specifically, for starting a running series of deep analysis pieces about how women are portrayed, discussed, and interpreted within gaming culture from both its players and the games they play.

  Just because you never bothered to read her work until someone on an xbox mic screeched about it doesnt magically make her work vanish.

  I dont overly care that you only read the paper scraps that flitter past the rock you live under. But the rest of the world isnt your rock. Quit lying about something so easily and obviously disproven.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  No one used the specific sentence “ethics in gaming journalism,” is what you meant to say.

  The concept of gaming journalism wasnt invented by kiwi farm and 4chan chuds. Because “gaming journalism” is literally that. Journalism. About the industry and artwork involved in video games.

  You sound like you bought into their gamergate bullshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The New Games Journalism, Same As The Old Games Journalism - Aftermath⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I dont think the fact that you only read product reviews has much weight on game reporting.

  In the same way that you only eating carrot cake doesnt really mean that the only thing people bake is carrot cake