Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 1)

[Alpacx]

Starting a Bore Polycule.

Send money to HappyDudette to join.

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resident-evil-requiem-announced-releasing-on-ps5-xbox-series-and-steam-february-27-2026.1210311/page-63

Now I'm curious how "lead" is defined, assuming there are any regulations for resumes. For instance, Lily Gao's official resume from her agency lists her as "lead" for Resident Evil 4. Which is technically true for Separate Ways but it's DLC.

Meanwhile Nick Apostolides:

So he's either got multiple unannounced games or Requiem has DLC or both. One entry just being motion capture and voice but not performance capture is curious.

The fact that he lists himself as the lead for Resident Evil 2 is some bullshit. He was a co-lead with Stephanie Panisello (Claire).

Edit: Steve Kniebihly, performance director for R3R, Village, and R4R (including Separate Ways) is also working on an "unannounced AAA project." (source)

Leon has had two AAA remakes. Him hogging Requiem will be such a disservice to women.

AAA survival horror in general is dominated by men.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Women complaining on era is dominated by men.

[simiansmarts]

Hmmmm yes, the so-handsome-he-could-be-in-a-boy-band Leon S. Kennedy being in Requiem is such a disservice to women. THAT Leon S. Kennedy, the one Resident Evil protag that women want and men want to be is such a disservice to women. 
 
This is the same, predictable line of reasoning from these trans RE-types where they believe Zelda being the protag over Link would attract more women to the Legend of Zelda series (a series that's already popular with women). There's been polls on this sort of stuff where women end -up choosing the bishi pretty boy protagonist over the woman protag nine times out of ten.

[Boredfrom]

The Steven Universe Fandom kind of killed my appetite for queer stuff in children media. Not because I think is wrong, but because the kind of young adult fans they foster. The same for its animation style of 80’s Anime X Early 00 western animation.

Is my biased take.

you're right honestly, it's the same audience as bronies

"the entire cast are girl horses, women talking to women is hot, imagine if lesbian hnnng"

You could argue that Japan made an industry out of it. But Eastern Otakus don’t have the desire of changing genders.

I blame ID politics.

BTW, the Umamusume game is fun.

[Garfield]

Does anyone know what happened to topaz???

[simiansmarts]

Women complaining on era is dominated by men.

"Sure I lived 20+ years of my life as a man but now I'm a woman therefore my perspective on what woman want in videogames is valid and I demand MORE LESBIAN WLW PROTAGS HNNNGGH!!" 

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

It's not enough fat4all, melody and all these other disgusting terminally online porn-addicted slobs simply be a bunch of gay dudes, they HAVE to pretend they're women because it brings it closer to their hentai fantasies. Also in their misogynistic minds, being a women engaging in this gross behavior adds an air of legitimacy because "we're just a bunch of girls teehee!".

Yes, I'm saying it all loops back around to just being plain ol' misogyny.

be happy that Melody got their little paypiggy out of Fat4All. You're thinking too short term, think of the future breakup once Melody milks Agatha dry.

And not in the good way!

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

It's not enough fat4all, melody and all these other disgusting terminally online porn-addicted slobs simply be a bunch of gay dudes, they HAVE to pretend they're women because it brings it closer to their hentai fantasies. Also in their misogynistic minds, being a women engaging in this gross behavior adds an air of legitimacy because "we're just a bunch of girls teehee!".

Yes, I'm saying it all loops back around to just being plain ol' misogyny.

be happy that Melody got their little paypiggy out of Fat4All. You're thinking too short term, think of the future breakup once Melody milks Agatha dry.

And not in the good way!

When you put it like that...

I'm on board now. 

[Besticus Maximus]

It's not enough fat4all, melody and all these other disgusting terminally online porn-addicted slobs simply be a bunch of gay dudes, they HAVE to pretend they're women because it brings it closer to their hentai fantasies. Also in their misogynistic minds, being a women engaging in this gross behavior adds an air of legitimacy because "we're just a bunch of girls teehee!".

Yes, I'm saying it all loops back around to just being plain ol' misogyny.

fat4all isn't even pretending, he's just a horny gay guy delighted that someone will masturbate with him for a low low price. Melody and Kyuuji for example are so far in the closet they've manifested pringle tube tits but the end result is the same, wanking with other men on the internet.

The mad thing is that this has become a form of government on the internet.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thr-inside-%E2%80%98elio%E2%80%99s%E2%80%99-%E2%80%9Ccatastrophic%E2%80%9D-path-america-ferrera%E2%80%99s-exit-director-change-and-erasure-of-queer-themes.1232256/page-2#post-142148952

They need to make fun movies again and stop trying to force themes and messages in their movies. Let it come naturally through the story instead of trying to tick boxes.

Elio was boring, the characters were boring, there were no jokes for either kids or adults and what "action" scenes they had were forced and implausible.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-says-hes-ending-all-trade-talks-with-canada-immediately.1230426/page-2#post-142045626

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Ableist rhetoric

in order to end trade talks wouldn't you have to have started them? Trump is such a useless fucktard

[simiansmarts]

It's not enough fat4all, melody and all these other disgusting terminally online porn-addicted slobs simply be a bunch of gay dudes, they HAVE to pretend they're women because it brings it closer to their hentai fantasies. Also in their misogynistic minds, being a women engaging in this gross behavior adds an air of legitimacy because "we're just a bunch of girls teehee!".

Yes, I'm saying it all loops back around to just being plain ol' misogyny.

fat4all isn't even pretending, he's just a horny gay guy delighted that someone will masturbate with him for a low low price. Melody and Kyuuji for example are so far in the closet they've manifested pringle tube tits but the end result is the same, wanking with other men on the internet.

The mad thing is that this has become a form of government on the internet.

That's because these guys were the typical no-lifer forum moderators before they started calling themselves women and hitting everyone with the banhammer for mentioning Harry Potter or Cyberpunk. It's reached the point they've become a walking stereotype online.
 

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/trump-says-hes-ending-all-trade-talks-with-canada-immediately.1230426/page-2#post-142045626

 User Banned (2 Weeks): Ableist rhetoric

in order to end trade talks wouldn't you have to have started them? Trump is such a useless fucktard

Please, think how an actual fucktard would feel if they saw this post. 

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

cum

[Tektonic]

Does anyone know what happened to topaz???

anyone? If ever I need an emotional support animal it would be a worm, the vet bills are much cheaper.

https://ko-fi.com/emotionalsupportworm

[jooseloose]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/resident-evil-requiem-announced-releasing-on-ps5-xbox-series-and-steam-february-27-2026.1210311/page-63

Now I'm curious how "lead" is defined, assuming there are any regulations for resumes. For instance, Lily Gao's official resume from her agency lists her as "lead" for Resident Evil 4. Which is technically true for Separate Ways but it's DLC.

Meanwhile Nick Apostolides:

So he's either got multiple unannounced games or Requiem has DLC or both. One entry just being motion capture and voice but not performance capture is curious.

The fact that he lists himself as the lead for Resident Evil 2 is some bullshit. He was a co-lead with Stephanie Panisello (Claire).

Edit: Steve Kniebihly, performance director for R3R, Village, and R4R (including Separate Ways) is also working on an "unannounced AAA project." (source)

Leon has had two AAA remakes. Him hogging Requiem will be such a disservice to women.

AAA survival horror in general is dominated by men.

Princess Bubblegum is such a fucking creep who has no business being in the position of moderator. She hates men so much. She's also a bit racist going by that Miles & Spider-Gwen thread where she got annoyed with the mere idea of the two of them ever being a couple because of "reasons".

[Uncle]

cum

appalachian sippin' cream

[HaughtyFrank]

Hmmmm yes, the so-handsome-he-could-be-in-a-boy-band Leon S. Kennedy being in Requiem is such a disservice to women. THAT Leon S. Kennedy, the one Resident Evil protag that women want and men want to be is such a disservice to women. 
 
This is the same, predictable line of reasoning from these trans RE-types where they believe Zelda being the protag over Link would attract more women to the Legend of Zelda series (a series that's already popular with women). There's been polls on this sort of stuff where women end -up choosing the bishi pretty boy protagonist over the woman protag nine times out of ten.

Thinking about how FF 15 was the most popular game among women in Japan.

There's also gacha games where female fans are mad that most new characters are women and not hot "husbandos"


Like of course women are also interested in female protagonists but as so many things RE has turned this into full on men hating which doesn't reflect reality

[Polident]

Thinking about how FF 15 was the most popular game among women in Japan.

There's also gacha games where female fans are mad that most new characters are women and not hot "husbandos"

I went to a Ryu Ga Gotoku/Yakuza event once in Ikebukuro and everybody else were women. There was a funeral area for dead characters and they’d put roses at the portraits. I don’t get it. Men who were childhood friends yelling about having deep personal bonds with each other. Ripping off their clothes, their buff bodies clashing as they yell about loyalty. Clearly these females are confused. 

That it was an event in Ikebukuro should’ve clued me into who the target audience was.

[Jansen]

Topaz if you're reading this the eyes are the softest

[Tektonic]

no one cares about britt, and for her revenge she is completely ignoring those wondering about the plight of topaz

also; need stability, esw needs surgery; please help my worm

[HardcoreRetro]

^ Me, when she finally kicks the bucket.

[Jansen]

https://bsky.app/profile/andyrobinson.bsky.social/post/3lsvtcldtpx27


https://www.resetera.com/threads/vgc-nintendo-confirms-donkey-kong-bananza%E2%80%99s-developer-is-%E2%80%98the-same-team-as-super-mario-odyssey%E2%80%99.1232658/

[jooseloose]

https://bsky.app/profile/andyrobinson.bsky.social/post/3lsvtcldtpx27


https://www.resetera.com/threads/vgc-nintendo-confirms-donkey-kong-bananza%E2%80%99s-developer-is-%E2%80%98the-same-team-as-super-mario-odyssey%E2%80%99.1232658/

I'll always love how much of the games press clearly can't stand Era

[DavidCroquet]

I'll always make fun of Era for not reading the articles they post, but in this case, the headline is "WAR BEGINS" and the text of the article is "...with a W."

[HaughtyFrank]

I'll always make fun of Era for not reading the articles they post, but in this case, the headline is "WAR BEGINS" and the text of the article is "...with a W."

The headline appears to be an exact quote from Nintendo. They were then just coy about confirming if this means it's the exact same people or the same studio

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-this-didnt-age-well-destroyed-media-literacy-by-olayemi-olurin.1231416/

So, this is an interesting thread…

Most people are consumers, they just consume what they are given, shown or told uncritically and they take what they’re told at face value, most people read an article or look at something and think they know everything they need to know to form an opinion without any further enquiry because they assume they have the full picture.

Ok, I thought this video was going to be Bs, but I might actually like this…I’m only just starting and it’s 47 mins long… Era post on cue..

47 MINUTES?!

We're still doing this thing where folks act like YouTube videos over 10 minutes are outrageously long?

Yeah, Era does this a lot when it's a non-white creator. Threads turn in to a discussion about the length of the video instead of the content.

Fucking white people at it again!! Gotta get the fact in you hate white people.

Anyway, let’s continue the thread as there’s some good stuff here

She's right, but one of the things we struggle against here is the people who view depiction as endorsement. Essentially, arguing that something like Breaking Bad glorifies the drug trade or that, to use the example in the OP, Barney from HIMYM glorifies pick-up culture despite the fact that he is the butt of the joke and being made fun of by the show something like 99% of the time.

There's also the people who refuse to engage with something that they are not 100% in-line with politically. For example, a there's people who turned on the Hunger Games when it was revealed that Alma Coin was also a bad guy who did a number of bad things in an attempt to usurp power from Snow. They didn't like that because they felt it made revolutionary figures look bad and that went against their political beliefs.

What, it seems to me, she is talking about is the people who like to soapbox, essentially people who declare themselves morally correct and use that position to attack others who disagree with them or engage with the piece of media being discussed. This is, I think, something that comes from people viewing media less as art that should be engaged with and more as something to be consumed. If media is something to be consumed, then this perspective makes logical sense because you can just consume a replacement piece of media. However, this perspective is inherently flawed you can't just replace one piece of media with another like you're changing breakfast cereals. Media is, at it's core, art and art doesn't work like that. Art speaks to us on an emotional level that we cannot always control.

All of this is not me saying that we should just ignore problematic elements in media--we shouldn't, and we should analyze it and strive to understand it--but that we should allow ourselves to be challenged by media. That we should be able to engage with art and have robust discussions about it, to have a back and forth where our understanding of it grows as a result of being exposed to different perspectives on the same piece of art.

lol calling out the community…he’s curated…

Then the resident shrink chimes in

It's a great analysis, and it goes back to the problem of people basing their personality and identity too much to media. At the end of the day, you are a consumer, not the artist. Consuming isn't activism. It doesn't have to reflect you exactly. Critical thinking is a must and things becoming problematic in the past doesn't mean you had bad judgment for being into it. We all have our limits but don't tie this to yourself to the point where you have a narrow view. Don't take it too personally.

First bolder part reminds me of someone Era… lol

To which dubs has the immediate reply which couldn’t have been posted at a better time

Part of the issue is that art isn't meant to be consumed, it's meant to be experienced. That view, where we are just a consumer, is part of where these problems come from. Even TV, in the past you'd watch an episode of a show and then go talk about it with your friends either at work or at the bar or whatever. With movies, you used to go on a date and then talk about the movie after. Now, we view this media as something to be consumed and it's fundamentally changed our relationship with the art forms. We went from discussing what we thought of a movie or an episode of a show to worrying about spoilers and teases for the next thing. We care more about the next thing or how it matches up with our political beliefs than we do about it as a work of art. Media stopped being a way for us to connect with each other and just became something you buy and then consume, like a cup of coffee or a cheeseburger. We stopped looking at art as art and started looking at it as a product and that fundamentally changes how we interact with it whether we want to admit it or not.

Absolutely beautiful!!  

This video is actually really good and really worth the 47 minute run time (which for video essays is pretty brisk guys c'mon). In fact, it really made me realize that I didn't hate media criticism or analysis itself, but in actuality it was this "virtue mirroring" that is so commonly mixed in with online media discussion. Obviously, you should be conscious of what media you consume, but so much of online discussion involves this deliberate disengagement and dismissal of the value a piece of problematic content can have that makes it so exhausting. And I gotta tell ya', as good of discussion this site can have it's often guilty of a lot of the thing this video talks about.

I watched last night and fully agree there's a growing inability to have nuanced discussion about media, especially with people who fall more strongly the "enjoy" or "dislike" ends of the spectrum

We’re almost there

Also "depiction doesn't equal endorsement" is not a get out of jail card from critique as people in this thread are making it out as, especially from the groups affected by that depiction; the depiction can be very poorly done, negativity affects those affected by saying abuse in a negative way etc. Those critiques and critism are still valid and shouldn't be dismissed or treated as bad or wrong.

There is also right to question why creator use certain tropes.

I brought up the bury your gay trope before so let's go with that, just because you CAN justify it in the context of you own work doesn't mean your off the hook from critique from LGBTQ+ people, especially straight creators who use this trope so damn much. These works don't exist in a vaccum and just because you didn't intend it to be an endorsement or can justify it in your own work (the excuse straight fan LOVE to use to attack upset or disappointed LGBTQ+); your still contributing to a trope and idea that wlw and mlm in fiction must end in tragedy and death; and idea so damn common in adult live action fiction that it's because a sick dark joke that we know gay characters in relationships are doomed when they first appear.

And yet I see LGBTQ+ getting shat on or treated as anti-intellectual by straight fans for bringing this up or expressing frustration and disappointment (and no, this isn't an attack on other LGBTQ+ discussing this as there is a lot nuisance, comfort levels and views within the community on this subject, that isn't a problem).

Of course they’re up in the thread too talking about trans issues.

it is fair enough but i genuinely can't relate. people are people, there is capability for drama and entertainment in any scenario. not saying succession is everyone's cup of tea, lots of people give it a shot and don't like it for other reasons, but i don't think i've ever once thought "well, people whose opinions i respect seem to really love this show but the subject matter seems boring/problematic so i guess it's not for me"

Again that's preferences, I know a lot of people who enjoy Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul but have no interest because it's not something I'm interested in. That isn't anti-intellectualism, that's having limited time and wanting to read, watch and play works that do interest me. Also, you don't know that person, if someone works with or has do deal assholes all day and may not want to watch a show with assholes, I've had days and times like that. No work is entitled to my viewing, people aren't obligated to engage when they don't want to and that isn't a bad thing.

Is that an AI response? lol 

well sure, no-one has time for everything and obviously we pick and choose what to watch based on what we think we'll be into. that's fine, of course. but going back to the post i was originally agreeing with, i guess what i actually don't get is people who come into threads performatively saying they don't want to engage with something because they have a problem with the subject matter (or making lengthy youtube videos about it).

Most recent post gets its

Watched this the other day. A lot of good points.
"Virtue mirroring" is a real issue. Not every piece of media needs good people with your values. Some of the best media features the absolute worst people (Blood Meridian, A Song of Ice and Fire, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia) or people that just suck (The Simpsons... let's be real, Homer Simpson is not someone to emulate).
Barney Stintson is very much a scumbag and is not meant to be emulated. But he is hilarious (a lot of it thanks to NPH's performance). As long as you understand that Barney is awful, then it's all good. The characters shouldn't be the reason you stop yourself from watching HIMYM (though you should stop at Season 8 and pretend Season 9 doesn't exist, which is unrelated to the characters being awful and more the writing and ending being terrible).

There's always the common refrain of "You could never make Blazing Saddles today". Putting aside that they did (Paws of Fury The Legend of Hank), the movie's thesis mocks racist morons. Something that always works. The people that claim it can't be made likely can't see that and just see white people saying the N-word. Not realizing there's a point to it. They're bad people. One of the movie's few good white people (Jim) never says it.

Direct link to video


Damn, she cooking.

A lot of ***** have absolutely no idea what media analysis even is and thus what I’m doing and that’s a serious problem because if we don’t even know what media analysis is we damn sure don’t why it’s important so we end up missing valuable and learning opportunities that our problematic media provides in exchange for simply writing it off as “this didn’t age well” because the average person is just consuming their media on a surface level taking it at face value and making snapshot judgements without any deeper analysis combine that with the fact also choosing not to watch media they believe is morally bad or conflicts with their values in some way because the think the media they consume should be a reflection of their own values and we arrive at the death of media analysis.

[DavidCroquet]

Asked for clarification, Nintendo would not confirm whether the same staff behind Odyssey were working on DK, or if it was a new group within the same company.  Neither would it confirm the director of the game.

This is the bit that raises my eyebrow. Won't confirm the same staff? NBD. 
Won't confirm if it was a new group within the same company (company here being "Nintendo")? If they already said "the same team" then why would they then not confirm that it was...the same team?

Feels like someone misunderstood something--either on Nintendo or VGCs side. The rest of the article uses way more tentative language than the headline as well.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/how-this-didnt-age-well-destroyed-media-literacy-by-olayemi-olurin.1231416/

Yeah, Era does this a lot when it's a non-white creator. Threads turn in to a discussion about the length of the video instead of the content.

Fucking white people at it again!! Gotta get the fact in you hate white people.

This digression made me laugh because Era does this for every thread where someone posts a video and it's longer than 30 minutes.