Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Snoopy]

I blame the Muslims

[jooseloose]

"you pay for a blue check, which automatically means you are an idiot"

Does Jeff think Daniel Cormier is just some random "chud" or something that paid for a blue tick? 

[kaleidoscopium]

Because this is truly fucking bonkers insane shit that only exists in the darkest corners of the internet. 4chan, Nazi websites, etc. It's started to pop up more recently on the Nazi-friendly Twitter but that is still a very insulated bubble that normies aren't aware of.

Any moderate who sees this is going to be immediately disgusted. And even a lot of "normal" Republicans who usually vote red but aren't MAGA diehards and aren't terminally online are going to be like "the fuck???"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ufc-fighter-josh-hokit-calls-michelle-obama-a-man-in-post-fight-interview-at-ufc-freedom-250.1551052/page-2#post-156488524

[JoeBoy101]

Even the "woke" ones eventually end up being Israel mouthpieces or start calling you 4chan/Tumblr slurs

The mask always, inevitably slips.

[simiansmarts]

Don't know where else to ask or discuss this on ERA and I don't feel comfortable making a thread about this. Do you think it's possible for the de-sexualization of women's breasts in our culture? For them to be treated the same way as men's breasts without men being weird and gross about breasts? I've been thinking about this the past few days after I saw a discussion about how YGO cards are edited and censored for localizations which includes making some cards less sexualized.

Now I'm pro some of the edits because some of the cards are blatantly objectifying, but their are some edits I don't like, aka ones that involve decreasing breast sizes (also removing stuff like Pentagrams or changing the God Osiris name to "Slifer" but that's another story) like we're not talking about comically massive ones that defying realism or the laws of physics, some of them are the size I wish I had to be honest (like Dark/Black Magician Girl). I admit I'm not the biggest fan of that (especially if that's the only edit done to the art) because it feels like blaming women bodies (and yes I realize it's drawing likely drawn by a man I get that).

I realize this might be silly, but sometimes I do wish women breasts weren't so sexualized in fiction and real life or treated like something to hide, to feel shame for having. It feels frustrating as a trans woman to want women's breasts but hate the idea that women should feel shamed for having them or that having large breasts means your less automatically less appropriate or deserving of men to be weird and gross around you.

Sorry, I feel like I'm not making much sense.

Jesus fucking Christ

Fuck me, this post is WAY more creepy than I thought it would be. Echos is always pushing the limit of how much perverted shit he can sneak in under the “defense” of being a frustrated transbian. Mr. “I wish I had breasts like original card art Dark Magacian Girl”

[Daffy Duck]

What I’m finding absolutely glorious about this Uk social media ban discussion going on on Era is that they’re saying kids need protection form social media and minds aren’t developed enough too handle it, but kids younger than 16 are developed enough to be able to say 100% they want puberty blockers and are in fact trans…

[Cheers]

What I’m finding absolutely glorious about this Uk social media ban discussion going on on Era is that they’re saying kids need protection form social media and minds aren’t developed enough too handle it, but kids younger than 16 are developed enough to be able to day 100% they want puberty blockers and are in fact trans…

That’s different, duh! It’s not like trans people have ever changed their mind. And if they have, they were programmed. Chud.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Because this is truly fucking bonkers insane shit that only exists in the darkest corners of the internet. 4chan, Nazi websites, etc. It's started to pop up more recently on the Nazi-friendly Twitter but that is still a very insulated bubble that normies aren't aware of.

Any moderate who sees this is going to be immediately disgusted. And even a lot of "normal" Republicans who usually vote red but aren't MAGA diehards and aren't terminally online are going to be like "the fuck???"

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ufc-fighter-josh-hokit-calls-michelle-obama-a-man-in-post-fight-interview-at-ufc-freedom-250.1551052/page-2#post-156488524

Yet he supports Twitter with the blue check mark 

[kaleidoscopium]

I just settled 5 spacex trades for 4 billion dollars at my job..Jesus Christ.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/stock-market-era-ot5-space-the-final-frontier.1539418/page-7#post-156497329

[Snoopy]

Whatever happened it was definitely the Muslims fault. Remember the Challenger rocket that blew up? There were no Muslims onboard. Coincidence?

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-do-you-think-a-post-capitalist-aka-socialist-video-game-industry-would-look-be-like.1551460/

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Hi, I'm left-wing and a socialist (if the thread title didn't give it away) and it's something I've thought of on and off, I actually posted a thread last year on a similar subject relating to film and TV.

 

For me, the video game industry is not in a healthy place, from mass layoffs, AI slop flooding digital stores blocking games from being scene, the medium-level game basically dead, massive exploitation of devs as well as players through use of Paid RNG and gambling tactics, companies at risk of closure due to no fault of their own; and in the AAA side, companies not willing to take risks due to ballooned budgets and failure could lead to said layoffs and closures. None of this is healthy for a creative medium and while there is indeed many good games coming out from both the indie scene and AAA, it's pretty clear so many of the issues is due to the Neo Liberal Capitalist system we're all stuck in.



As such, what do you think a video game industry would look like outside of that capitalist system we have now? Could or would AAA games even exist in that sort of scene? Would stuff like public funding and donations become more common, sort of like Kickstarter where you aren't a shareholder, but a believer of an idea (though would gamer's have the maturity to understand that projects can fail not out of malicious reasons)?



Failure is the best teacher for creative art in all forms, failure isn't something to be ashamed for, it's a learning experience; yet in the current system, it's punished, both by publishers and fans. Would a socialist system allow for failure and learning without that type of punishment, would it also take gamers to become more mature and understanding towards devs and not treat a "bad" as some sort of betrayal?

wlw?

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games.1551571

who?

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games.1551571

who?

fuck xbox

I'd get that sentiment if Xbox was actually in a good place but they clearly aren't. South of Midnight also appears to have barely sold at all. This isn't even like Tango Games where Hifi rush was at least universally well received.

Mind you, RE is also literally boycotting MS.

[Ethan]

Everything would be a PC and there wouldn't be anti-features like DRM.
Developers would prioritize completely different things.

Wouldn't you need people to actually pay for the game so that every workers get handsomely rewarded for their hard work?

I'm always so confused by the rules in the imaginary socialist utopia. It's never quite just the workers owning the means of production. It's always everything I don't like simply doesn't exist.

I think it would look somewhat like the indie scene, people doing things more out of passions than out of it making "rational" financial sense as a means to get rich. But with more of a safety net and none of that "I blew my life savings making this game and now I can't afford to eat because it didn't get enough traction" risk. Art for art's sake.

Wouldn't blowing all your life savings much more common now that it's the developers themselves assuming all the risks and not just the owners/investors?

[Let's Cyber]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games.1551571

who?

The game with the weird framerate and shitty stop-motion looking cutscenes, which induce nausea and horrible migraines.  

[Let's Cyber]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games.1551571/#post-156507904

Fuck Sharma, Fuck Booty, Fuck Satya... Fuck XBOX!

This poster was also very hyped that "XBOX was back" during the Gears exclusivity talk just a week ago.  Sony ponies do this shit too where it's FUCK SONY when there are layoffs or Japan Studio gets closed down, but they open up their wallets the very next month when the next big game comes out. 

These people are manic-depressive. Why engage and spend money on an industry you hate this much?


https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games.1551571/#post-156508069

South of Midnight was one of the best games of 2025.

[Jansen]

Utterly bizarre to see so many people suggesting "AAA" games would cease to exist under Socialism.



Socialism still allows for, and indeed encourages, large scale projects. Be that infrastructure or entertainment.





"AAA" games would still exist under Socialism, made by worker owned and run co-operatives.



The biggest difference would be that instead of the excess labour value generated by the production of a "AAA" game being stolen by some Capitalist fuck-face it would be equitably distributed throughout the community.







Unless you think literally nobody working on those games genuinely wanted those games to exist, that they are vehicles exclusively driven by the profit motive, I don't know how you can say this.



There would be less soul-less GaaS bullshit cash-ins, for sure, but large scale creative endeavours like Bananza would absolutely exist
 under Socialism.

Probably one the worst place to ask this question but I'd suspect we'd see lot more risk taken in a way to stand out, more people could afford to probably start their own studios and make their dream a reality without fearing to lose their home, healthcare, etc.



Regardless tho I'd much prefer a socialist society that is human driven rather than the current profit driven hellscape society we live in.

[simiansmarts]

Keep in mind that Donkey Kong Bananza was developed as part of multi-faceted franchise relaunch that includes a theme park and feature film. It is quite literally capitalist to its core.

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games-up-negotiations-are-ongoing-between-xbox-studio-leadership.1551571/

UP: negotiations are ongoing between Xbox & studio leadership

Thread title updated.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as-someone-who-doesnt-use-either-is-twitter-dead-yet-or-on-the-way-out-is-bluesky-taking-its-place.1551664/

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as-someone-who-doesnt-use-either-is-twitter-dead-yet-or-on-the-way-out-is-bluesky-taking-its-place.1551664/

Twitter is absolutely not dead, but it's become largely insufferable to be on (even more so than it was). Still has hundreds of millions of users.

Bluesky has gotten pretty popular, most people I follow are on it. That said, it's a pretty boring platform, and it hasn't seemed to inherit the random, funny elements of Twitter's golden era. If you just want to keep up with people Bluesky is great, but, I can't deny isn't a pretty lame environment.

[Uncle]

Everything would be a PC and there wouldn't be anti-features like DRM.
Developers would prioritize completely different things.

Wouldn't you need people to actually pay for the game so that every workers get handsomely rewarded for their hard work?

no because for money to be a reward for hard work, there has to be something you can buy with it, which would be capitalism

to own an extra thing that others might not have (due to their lack of hard work) introduces castes, haves and have-nots, and this payment would start these valued game developers off on the path to becoming mini-elon musks

there is no reward for making a video game other than your name being known, you create the game as a public good and get nothing in return, but the same applies to everyone else, making the food that you eat for nothing in return etc., so I guess your reward is that you live in the post-capitalist utopia and don't have to pay anyone else for anything they make either

[HaughtyFrank]

Utterly bizarre to see so many people suggesting "AAA" games would cease to exist under Socialism.

Socialism still allows for, and indeed encourages, large scale projects. Be that infrastructure or entertainment.


"AAA" games would still exist under Socialism, made by worker owned and run co-operatives.

The biggest difference would be that instead of the excess labour value generated by the production of a "AAA" game being stolen by some Capitalist fuck-face it would be equitably distributed throughout the community.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/what-do-you-think-a-post-capitalist-aka-socialist-video-game-industry-would-look-be-like.1551460/post-156510643

Where is that worker co-op getting it's resources from?

[Nintex]

Shutting down compulsion makes sense. They just released a game. A new game would take years to develop and the question is if Xbox is still around by the time they finish it. You have to wonder if RARE has a copy of the Epstein files.

[DavidCroquet]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/kotaku-xbox-is-planning-to-shutter-peabody-award-winning-compulsion-games-up-negotiations-are-ongoing-between-xbox-studio-leadership.1551571/

UP: negotiations are ongoing between Xbox & studio leadership

Thread title updated.

Crack reporting from Imran's wife.

"Xbox is erasing Compulsion Games from existence, and slaughtering the staff like cattle"
*time passes*
"UPDATE: jk xbox and compulsion are in negotiations" 

With articles like these, who would dare besmirch the pristine reportage of Kotaku?

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as-someone-who-doesnt-use-either-is-twitter-dead-yet-or-on-the-way-out-is-bluesky-taking-its-place.1551664/

   

yes and I've also heard that native american amputees who dabble in home appliance repair also find themselves begrudgingly confined to twitter

[simiansmarts]

Shutting down compulsion makes sense. They just released a game. A new game would take years to develop and the question is if Xbox is still around by the time they finish it. You have to wonder if RARE has a copy of the Epstein files.

Sea of Thieves is too profitable for Xbox to shutdown Rare

[Polident]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/as-someone-who-doesnt-use-either-is-twitter-dead-yet-or-on-the-way-out-is-bluesky-taking-its-place.1551664/

Twitter is absolutely not dead, but it's become largely insufferable to be on (even more so than it was). Still has hundreds of millions of users.

Bluesky has gotten pretty popular, most people I follow are on it. That said, it's a pretty boring platform, and it hasn't seemed to inherit the random, funny elements of Twitter's golden era. If you just want to keep up with people Bluesky is great, but, I can't deny isn't a pretty lame environment.

Something rarely mentioned is how bluesky has zero international presence. It's this weird gated community for Americans and I guess some British, judging from recent news. Threads probably has a bigger presence.

[malfoyking]

South of Midnight has beautiful art, but it was a mid-ass game. THey should beg to be a Call of Duty support studio.

[HaughtyFrank]

Shutting down compulsion makes sense. They just released a game. A new game would take years to develop and the question is if Xbox is still around by the time they finish it. You have to wonder if RARE has a copy of the Epstein files.

No matter how far Rare's star has fallen, Sea of Thieves actually seems to be doing well, especially after they put it on Playstation