shani66

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL why I think anime is winning over Western adaptations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m trying to be nice about it since this isn’t a political community and i don’t want to cause problems with the mods here, but yes you are correct. This stems entirely from media illiteracy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL why I think anime is winning over Western adaptations⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s just not true.

  P4 was so painfully obvious about it’s messages of tolerance and feminism that some people thought it was even more progressive than it was intended to be (making naoto out to be trans instead of the message it intended: acceptance of women in all areas of life). Wonder Egg literally had someone fight a physical manifestation of transphobia that was threatening to ‘cut it off’ when talking to a trans girl just to make it so obvious it’s impossible for those stupid people i mentioned before to ignore it. Killing slimes for 300 years is the most heavy handed anti-work culture piece of media i have ever seen and I’m in the anti-work movement. I haven’t watched One piece but it’s apparently obvious in it’s message against authoritarianism. Anti-homophobia messages tend to be said out right in long running shows or yuri/yaoi shows. Nothing gets more brow beat-y and obvious than anti-war and anti-violence stories in eastern media.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL why I think anime is winning over Western adaptations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  No, very stupid thing to say. All art has a message or belief (usually progressive, at that), anime is created in a conservative hellscape and so usually simply has ideas you already internalized. I won’t make assumptions about you, but many idiots often also just ignore the message of Japanese works and claim it’s ‘apolitical’ or whatever fake standard they pretend to have.

  The reason eastern entrainment tends to be better is because it usually has less fingers in the pie. Most of the best anime, manga, and even games can ultimately be attributed to a single person’s vision, either because they had a hand in every production based on their creation or because the studies stayed true to their vision as a rule. That isn’t the case with Western entertainment, Spider-Man has been recycled through dozens of different authors with even more interpretations, it is not the vision of any single person anymore. Not to mention design by committee nonsense that makes up the biggest names in Western media

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A day after launch, Starsand Island's devs address those user agreement, modding, and fake review concerns⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Saw that game yesterday, one of the few games like this that actually caught my eye. Really glad to see the news about it isn’t too bad!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The great RAMaggedon of 2026 might have just claimed the Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Idk, most companies that aren’t Microsoft would probably prefer a better platform than Windows to be chained to.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discord attempt to put out the fires with a clarification over new age verification⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Already working on getting my friends to switch to telegram. Anyone got any better alternatives?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Edmund McMillen on assembling Mewgenics' meow cameo list: "the inclusion of people with clashing ideologies felt appropriate"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, duh. McMillan is a 12 year old pretending to be an adult, if course he isn’t going to have real morals.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Epic will lean harder on Fortnite to drive third-party sales on Epic Games Store, with 100 licensed tie-ins a year⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, seeing a company sell out to fortnite only makes me less interested

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google's Project Genie experiment allows creating interactive worlds with generative AI⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Gross.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Pale Piper is Silksong with no combat, a wondrous Playdead-style world, and all the hope bleached out⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You had me at no hope

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Eurogamer] Nioh 3 review⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  All the games are releasing now, sucks that my pc needed work this week.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Episode] SHIBOYUGI: Playing Death Games to Put Food on the Table • Shibou Yuugi de Meshi wo Kuu. - Episode 5 discussion⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Having not watched a single episode and merely catching this title while scrolling; sounds like a very accurate commentary on real life

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes, Paradox are aware that a “barrage of DLCs” can scare away new players, for all their bundles and discounts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t though? Okay, i haven’t played any of their new stuff (my poison was Stellaris), but the base games have always been decent to play. Their dlc has been getting worse, Stellaris race packs just should not be a thing, but it’s not as bad as some people make it out to be.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time to climb a weird mountain in Cairn, the windy backpacking odyssey from the creators of Haven and Furi⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  How weird we talking?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Earth Must Die publishers say an "alien orgy depicted as a gyrating lump on the floor" left the game's Steam launch "unclear"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  … Doesn’t stream allow porn? Why would this leave the game in an unsure state?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PC hardware makers Zotac warn memory shortages "raise concerns about the very survival of graphics card manufacturers"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  God, it really is everything all of the time, isn’t it?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ubisoft propose cutting up to 200 jobs at Paris headquarters, as unions reportedly agree three day strike⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The reason Ubisoft is failing miserably is because the executive are incompetent. If they cared about profit they’d fire everyone above, like, game director and start again.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UK loses WHO status as measles-free after rise in deaths and fall in jab uptake⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Ew don’t call it ‘the jab’ that’s weird conservative language.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Baka⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  We can be lonely together!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Eurogamer] TR-49 review⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like Hate Plus but with less anime and weirder tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fax⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I need a source

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Multiple years later Terraria 1.4.5 has a release date for January 27th⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose being addicted to developing terraria is healthier than some other addictions

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The UK is expected to approve a 'mega' Chinese Embassy in London despite objections⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are countries so eager to invite obvious enemies into their midst? First it’s letting America build military bases across the world for when they inevitably invade, now it’s rolling out the red carpet for China to do more spying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Elder Scrolls 6 in the Summerset Isles would be cool, or so recently unearthed Daggerfall-era dev D&D notes have convinced me⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well time for a reality check: no one who made or cared about the elder scrolls still works at Bethesda. Cyrodill wasn’t supposed to be a generic European fantasy bore, but it was and Bethesda has only gotten worse since oblivion. By azura, I’m pretty sure no one left (in a management position at least) even cares about the fundamentals of writing and world building.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout: London hasn't developed into a Fallout 4-esque hub of new quest and expansion mods so far, and its lead has theories why⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t let this misinformation slide; fallout 3 is the worst game in the franchise bar none.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Right now it feels like a direct upgrade to Minecraft. The only thing that’s really missing is an analogue to the villagers, but we know that’s coming. Other than that, the gameplay is better (better movement and combat) and the variety is better (more mobs in general, more blocks, more biomes), and it all feels more cohesive than even base Minecraft. I just can’t wait for something akin to Create, with moving and spinning blocks.

  It’s definitely worth the into price as is, but if they continue the good work then it’ll be worth that big supporter tier as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Games Workshop ban staff from using genAI in Warhammer, saying they're not “excited about it yet”⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Rare GW w

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arrests reported, cross removed as China crackdown on unofficial churches grows⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  On the one hand, protestant christianity should absolutely be made illegal everywhere (and maybe Christianity in general tbh). on the other hand they are absolutely not doing this for any good reasons.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fallout season 2 is fuelling another Steam player bump, as folks once again remember they like Fallout⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Perfect encapsulation of Bethesda in general. All sound a fury i signifying nothing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI-generated isekai novel that won a literary contest Grand Prize and Reader’s Choice award has its book publication and manga adaptation cancelled⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, the absolute state of isekai, nay light novels in general right now.