People have basically decided XBOX needs to die and is killing itself at this point because they (XBOX) refuse to do anything a company that actually wants to sell hardware would do. And they’re not totally wrong.

I have given up gaming. I have a screed, but shan’t post due to the backlash it would cause as it shatters the myth of gaming itself.

Really doubt they’re making a pro-KMT FPS in China right now.

No, but his previous costumes make him Canada’s Nick Mullen.

A socialist COD would be neat. Especially if it has non-predatory online stuff, but that’s probably not going to happen.

If they straight-up started a holocaust of people right now, would anyone do anything? It seems to me like the only thing holding them back is that they think people might do something or that they might lose money doing it somehow. I really don’t know what forces would opposite it, especially because the holocaust in Europe kinda’ spilled over into countries that opposed it a bit whereas North America’s much more removed and big. Canada’s not going to do shit, they might offer refuge to American refugees but they wouldn’t do anything. Mexico might, but they’re in a much weaker position to do so and would need some kind of agreement with basically all of Latin America to do it because if not they’re creating a multi-front war.

It feels like everywhere that isn’t inside China or Russia’s influence can become another Palestine.

Trash Panic is a really fun digital game on PS3. It’s an action-puzzle game that makes intuitive sense. Gets stupid-hard by the end though. (oh, see someone else posted about that.)

Echochrome 1 is really good, I played the PSP version, but PS3 is probably fine too. Never played the sequel.

EX Troopers on PS3 finally got a fan translation. Its soundtrack is so good.

They’re dancing around wanting to call Satoshi Tajiri autistic because that’s an idea that’s repeated across the internet but not actually based on any admission by him or anyone who would know. They’re calling in an otaku with a special interest but I can tell they definitely read that rumour when looking up his name and stuff.

Already wrong in saying Pokemon is a first-party Nintendo property. It is but just by ownership that’s like 51% or something by Nintendo.

OK, one of them read Matt Alt’s Pure Invention book, which is pretty good on otaku stuff. Kinda’ funny that guy’s a neolib dipshit that still has Noah Smith linked on his blog recommendation list though.

Edit: There’s another writer Jonathon Clements who does really good writing on anime stuff. He even co-wrote that Anime Encyclopedia that reviews like almost every anime ever up to when they published it in the 2000s or whatever, I believe. But I think he’s the same Jonathan Clements that wrote that book spreading a bunch of likely lies about Mao Zedong – cheating on his wife and stuff if I recall. I’m not sure if it’s the same guy, but he does write about Chinese animation a decent amount and it’s got the same western liberal brainworms, so it could be. Another turbolib in the anime academic field, honestly don’t really see that many marxists in the space, sadly.

Guest’s favourite pokemon is Charmeleon. Fuck off. Already mad.

Listening to the Remember Shuffle episode on Pokemon right now. Time to get pissed off at them being wrong and smarmy for 2 hours.

People who are barely conscious and care a lot about “keeping it real.”

His only point is basically just because of Chinese labour laws, although I gotta’ say he might be wrong on that because Japan has people working long hours especially in the video game sector and Japanese workers in aggregate are 1/2 as productive as US, etc. Japan could probably compete if they optimized things to the worker’s benefit.

I will never be happy in this life.

There’s nothing to do down here. Obviously, we’re mostly having sex down here so I never thought to put, like, an Arcade 1up cab down here or something. Can’t think of a sexual arcade setup to put down here. Maybe one of those Sega love-test light gun games where you get compatibility ratings between stages would work. I think she’s playing Mortal Kombat up there I can hear Shao Kahn’s voice announcing things.

Imagine the world where he gets away with it and CEOs are still trembling they might be next. Instead we got this guy who’s kinda’ stupid and got caught by idiots due to “bad vibes”.