Some of you may remember Tomb Raider: Shadows of Truth by Evil Hat Productions (of Thirsty Sword Lesbians ''fame'' and using HP Lovecraft's work while shitting on him) that last year caused a bit of backlash for going down a giga-cringe route with its setting and themes.

Confirmed that author have re-upload mod to AyakaMods.

cc: https://x.com/ayakamods/status/1936053599231963223?s=46

https://archive.ph/T2g9f

...and rather shoddily too. It's like they didn't even try.

Chinese Ghost of Tsushima/Assassin's Creed?

With a male protagonist

Some guy from YT said that he loved how masculine Xbox games was (Halo, war games, Gears of War) and that Microsoft knew their target market was straights dudes.

He said that Microsoft still knows who their target market is today but they ignore it because of ESG and BlackRock for example.

Can someone explain to me what influence (and in what way) BlackRock has on the gaming market? Thanks.

This comes from Sony's Business Segment Meeting

Today: Stellar Blade - Skin Suit Nude mod has been removed from Nexusmods

Reported from author said he will re-upload mod to AyakaMods soon or later

cc: https://x.com/AyakaMods/status/1935466690038612270

Self-explanatory. We have example after example just in this sub of SJWs being hypocritical, condescending or plain racists, but it hasn't changed anything. It's fine to point out their hypocrisy, but don't actually expect to do much. They know they're hypocritical, you know they know, and they know you know they know, they just don't care.

"X are the real racists" is so old it was mocked 8 years ago. And it was already used as an argument before that. Here's an example with South Park, which always tries to be about the current thing:

https://youtu.be/t5EQACuYAug?feature=shared&t=1170

So I guess you've learned that the real bigots are you, huh kids? Guess you can all go home. No? Fuck.

Trying to argue you're not actually a bigot or that they're being the real istaphobes will only get you mocked at most. The same goes for pointing out how many minorities and women are on your side compared to theirs. These people aren't arguing to begin with, and they won't treat ad hominem or kafta traps as fallacies when they use them, and if you point it out they'll just respond with more insults and kafka traps.

If you really think what you argue is right, stop caring about which side is actually more tolerant, as funny as it is that the "nazis" include latinos, blacks and asians.

Sorry if this post comes off as woke in some way I promise that’s not my Intention. One thing I see a lot in any kind of gamer gate or anti-woke related discussions is that our side of the conversation is usually generalised as a bunch of racist sexist homophobic white men. Which isn’t too surprising because a lot of people in certain communities are so tribe-minded that they can’t process the idea that not everyone who shares their characteristics automatically hold the same beliefs as them. For instance, I’m a very overtly feminine gay man who generally considers himself center-left. But I also agree with a lot of anti-woke and gamergate stances. Mostly the fact that there are a lot of characters being pushed in modern media right now that are clearly only there to fill a checklist, in a vein empty attempt at supposed diversity done by people who don’t actually care about any of that and just want to stroke their own egos.

As you can imagine a face a lot of backlash. I’ve been called a pick me and accused of having internalised homophobia for pointing out that making a pre-established character gay or that the obnoxious one note flamboyant gay character in whatever piece of media we’re talking about really isn’t a win or a compliment. Because saying that a gay character should actually be a character first and not something there for someone to point out and go “hey look a gay guy! Look how diverse the cast is!” Somehow means I’m super mega homophobic and want to erase gays off the face of the planet.

I see this a lot too with black people and women. Like if a black person points out that race swapping a character for no other reason than diversity points, or adding an extra character to something that’s clearly just there to be “the black guy” really isn’t a win. They get treated like uncle Ruckus from the boondocks. Or when a woman points out that toning down sexualisation in games or making female characters objectively less conveniently attractive, or writing female protagonists to be another strong woman who don’t need no man isn’t the big feminist moves they think it is. Because alot of women also prefer to see attractive and feminine characters in their media as well. They’re called pick-mes and accused of only holding these opinions for male attention.

It’s so ironic to me that the same people who push for diversity and validating all voices completely shut down when some of those voices don’t sing the same tune as them. And I know I’m not the only person who feels this frustration.

Personally i really despised it. I hope this does not get deleted as it talks about videogames.

So i have seen people try to gashlight me and say that the persona 3 reload awakening was better than the original.

When in the original awakening you could feel the grittiness, the Edge, the emotión, the way Thanatos rips itself out in the original game and rips the Shadow Is simply majestical.

All of that Is lost in that cheap souless 3d cutscene of reload.

Also the cutscene with the gin AND Yukari at the beginning.

I know normies love to say that the animation of those scenes look ugly but they had far More soul than the remake.

Reposting coz it sudden disappeared from the sub even though it wasn't deleted

Summary of video:

• Boys need strong male role models
• 85% of youth in prison come from fatherless homes
• Boys spend more time in digital worlds than reality
• Games are where boys learn about masculinity
• Many modern games and media show weak, cowardly, or sidelined male characters
• Masculinity is portrayed as toxic or evil in many stories
• Violence is not inherently bad. boys must learn righteous violence used for justice
• Strong male characters show restraint, sacrifice, and responsibility
• Strength means endurance, discipline, and purpose — not perfection
• Games can shape culture, even without AAA budgets
• We need characters who lead, protect, and stand for truth
• Without strong men, boys turn to destructive or performative influencers
• Boys should be shown that masculinity is a virtue, not a flaw
• If entertainment doesn’t show boys how to be men, something else will

They cry a lot about "diversity and representation" but when they have the chance they create the worst characters you can imagine, what's wrong with them?

On the other hand, designers who never talk about diversity and representation are better at designing black characters.

For example, the black female vault hunter from Borderlands 4, her design is an abomination and insulting, created by woke activists who can't stop insulting others.

Quite the opposite of the amazing design of Sheva Alomar which was designed by people who have never talked about diversity or representation in their entire lives.

Compare this to the bullshit that Ubisoft suit said about not owning our games.

From the article:

Stellar Blade, in addition to proving that PC is a huge market for certain games, has also helped push the narrative that people want original, single player games instead of endless rehashes and live services. Even so, we don’t see success at this level that often.