Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
Most of the problems in the world are caused by men. The collapse of the human race will likely be because of men.
New Games Suck... Or Is It Just Me?
New games suck... or is it just me?
I dont know who she is in this case, but whoever she is, she aint gonna let you hit.
Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
Most of the problems in the world are caused by men. The collapse of the human race will likely be because of men.
"Let you hit"
30+ year old trying to talk like a teenager. I'll say it again, you guys really are stuck in 2004.
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Oh good sire, white knighting for the made up damsel in distress will not encourage her to permit you to fornicate with her.
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Awww, ickle boy is getting his feelings hurt because someone is categorizing the games they play in a way they don't like. It's ok ickle snowflake.
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30+ year old trying to talk like a teenager.
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RadialArcana said: »
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Awww, ickle boy is getting his feelings hurt because someone is categorizing the games they play in a way they don't like. It's ok ickle snowflake.
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30+ year old trying to talk like a teenager.
No six paragraphs of bigotry and sexism this time?
Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
No six paragraphs of bigotry and sexism this time?
Go have a lay down, you're crashing out.
How did we make it from the relatively obvious statement, "Men contribute far more to the purchasing of video games" to the liberal side of the forum crying "PLZ RESPECT WOMEN?"
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RadialArcana said: »
Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
No six paragraphs of bigotry and sexism this time?
Go have a lay down, you're crashing out.
I mean how many words have you typed in here? I'm just having fun with the incels while I'm on the shitter. You write novels on how straight men are being wronged so much.
I'm glad you've found you're little piece of the internet where you can be yourself though, good stuff. Let's see how long it lasts until it gets shut down.
Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
I'm glad you've found you're little piece of the internet where you can be yourself though, good stuff. Let's see how long it lasts until it gets shut down.
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Who needs definitions when you can cry for censorship? If nobody can speak against you, you're automatically right.
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Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
I'm glad you've found you're little piece of the internet where you can be yourself though, good stuff. Let's see how long it lasts until it gets shut down.
You are being very emotional, calm yourself.
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Anyways, loaded up Expedition 33 last night before bed
The prologue is like 30 min long and I was falling asleep (personal skill issue, I underestimated how tired I was but I think I understood the story) with no opportunity to save midway through it. Interactive turn based combat is a nice touch.
Main chars jumping animation needs some work though, it looks awkward as *** lmao.
The prologue is like 30 min long and I was falling asleep (personal skill issue, I underestimated how tired I was but I think I understood the story) with no opportunity to save midway through it. Interactive turn based combat is a nice touch.
Main chars jumping animation needs some work though, it looks awkward as *** lmao.
Afania said: »
Lakshmi.Sahzi said: »
This is to balance out the snarky "bro games" that is apparently required y some on this thread for describing strategy games.
Did you get offended by the term bro games or something? Why! I thought it's a pretty manly term that promotes masculinity!
(I wasn't trolling nor say "masculinity" in a negative way btw. I thought masculinity or manly is a positive trait, don't know why it's offensive.)
Based on all of your comments, it's obvious to all that your definition of 'masculine is something offendingly negative that is required to be erased.
This hasn't worked in films, culture, games..anywhere. What we are now living in is the response to this ideology.
Your viewpoint is in retreat for anyone that wants to produce marketable product. The ideologues whose market strategy is strictly the production of slop and the tax incentives it provides are the only ones still pushing, as their goal isn't the customer, but the elites in charge of other people's money.
https://www.imdb.com/news/ni64746586/
Shiva.Thorny said: »
Who needs definitions when you can cry for censorship? If nobody can speak against you, you're automatically right.
There are only two sides, mine and Nazi.
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Lakshmi.Sahzi said: »
Based on all of your comments, it's obvious to all that your definition of 'masculine is something offendingly negative that is required to be erased.
Wait what? When did I say masculine needs to be erased LOL. Why would I want that? Loooool.
Ok move on.
Lakshmi.Sahzi said: »
Your viewpoint is in retreat for anyone that wants to produce marketable product
The only view point that I have in this thread is creative freedom for creators and IP owners. If creative freedom leads to games selling less, so be it. It's game companies lose money, not you.
Lakshmi.Sahzi said: »
as their goal isn't the customer
That's what art industry is, though. Government give money to artists, artists make things that voice their message. Video game is just a form of art, or at least it can be: a medium to carry creator's message.
If you don't like government paying them, it's your freedom to vote and stop this policy. If someone else have money and want to put message in their art or games, it's their freedom.
If customers don't pay money for their art, it's their problem, not yours.
This is called creative freedom, not "woke".
See my edit above, you can always vote to stop government funding. It's your civil right.
That being said, government funding doesn't always produce bad games. clair obscur expedition 33 took French government funding too, and this one became a hit.(They just broke 1m copies sold)
So I don't think the inherent issue here is government funding, but who is using the money. I definitely agree that how the government funding is used need to be discussed by the voters though.
Afania said: »
We did. And an unelected judiciary works endlessly so that those votes will mean nothing.
You do open up an interesting line more apropos to the thread, though: does government subsidy produce a better product?
There is no reconciliation of this answer here, however. Clearly one side defines "better" very different then the other side. Hell, we can't even agree what a "game" is (phone vs pc, for example).
This is why this thread has rolled on endlessly. It's not a conversation about product....it's always been a topic about ideology vs market, 'woke' communism vs. 'cruel' capitalism.
I'm sure we'll have all of it wrapped up soon, though.
Lakshmi.Sahzi said: »
You do open up an interesting line more apropos to the thread, though: does government subsidy produce a better product?
Soil health, nutrition, yield, lower water usage (individual plants AND entire farms) and less erosion. All from direct and research subsidies.
Lakshmi.Sahzi said: »
We did. And an unelected judiciary works endlessly so that those votes will mean nothing.
You do open up an interesting line more apropos to the thread, though: does government subsidy produce a better product?
You do open up an interesting line more apropos to the thread, though: does government subsidy produce a better product?
It's a question that you people will need to solve as a voter. Not something I can comment since I am not American. I can only share how other country do things.
Korean news from 2014:
https://ombudsman.kotra.or.kr/ik-en/bbs/i-465/detail.do?ntt_sn=38504
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The government will promote a plan called the Picasso project by investing at least KRW 230 billion by 2019 so that the Korean games industry can take another leap forward.
News from 2009:
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/korean-government-invests-64m-into-serious-games-development
News from 2023:
https://wnhub.io/news/legal/item-42670
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Next year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of South Korea will spend 67.9 billion rubles, or about $52.5 million, on subsidies to Korean gaming companies. This is reported by the GameMeca portal.
Another one recently
https://welcon.kocca.kr/en/support/issue-focus/78
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Starting in 2025, the South Korean government will allocate KRW 15.5 billion to support the development of domestic console games.
Korean government gave tons of money to Korean gaming industry every couple of years, and that's how you get to play Korean games with hot girls.
So I don't think government support inherently leads to bad games if there are many successful games being made with this system. It's more about who got the money in the process, and if the application process is flawed.
Edit: Another example is Saudi's PIF supporting their game and entertainment sector, which we discussed pages ago. I think PIF can count as government money too.
Basically, plenty of other countries use government money to support their game industry. It's a very common thing.
Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
RadialArcana said: »
Bismarck.Stephenjd said: »
No six paragraphs of bigotry and sexism this time?
Go have a lay down, you're crashing out.
I mean how many words have you typed in here? I'm just having fun with the incels while I'm on the shitter. You write novels on how straight men are being wronged so much.
I'm glad you've found you're little piece of the internet where you can be yourself though, good stuff. Let's see how long it lasts until it gets shut down.
Afania said: »
it's your freedom to vote and stop this policy.
My own country was held hostage by an activist political leader making sure a non-confidence election could be triggered because, by his own words, he couldnt stand the conservatives getting a majority govt.
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Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
Afania said: »
it's your freedom to vote and stop this policy.
My own country was held hostage by an activist political leader making sure a non-confidence election could be triggered because, by his own words, he couldnt stand the conservatives getting a majority govt.
This is 100% accurate. Illegal immigration, for example, is highly disapproved by the public with 59% supporting mass deportation of undocumented immigrants.
A district judge goes and blocks the deportation of even illegals who have committed series of violent crimes, with two orders of removal.
Not to mention that even the candidate that you voted for will likely break on a bunch of key promises.
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Oh and btw, you may be interested in this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubisoft_Montreal#:~:text=Ubisoft%20was%20agreeable%20to%20this,neighbourhood%20along%20Saint%2DLaurent%20Boulevard.
Quebec's gaming industry support started way back in 1996, and Ubisoft Montreal was established in 1997 due to Quebec policy. Over the years they produced many successful games including Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell. Watch dogs also did quite well for some time.
Ubisoft decline only started in 2020-2021 and it's only their last 2 games (Star wars outlaw and Assassin's Creed shadow) got into woke controversy. They were perfectly fine before and stock price peaked in 2019.
So....is Quebec's policy a complete failure if you consider years of success and growth before 2019?? I don't know. At least it worked well for many years before people start to have problems with it.
Ongball Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 video just dropped.
Idk how to feel about it. It looks good, but it feels too jumpy-flashy...
Idk how to feel about it. It looks good, but it feels too jumpy-flashy...
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"Its not your money thats being wasted, just your tax dollars"
-Afania
-Afania
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Carbuncle.Nynja said: »
"Its not your money thats being wasted, just your tax dollars"
-Afania
-Afania
Huh? I literally said citizens should be the one who make decision about their money(tax) in my last post. Stop putting words in my mouth lol.
Afania said: »
I definitely agree that how the government funding is used need to be discussed by the voters though.
Btw don't forgot to vote!
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