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

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/playstation-steps-away-from-kojima-productions-physint-xbox-now-publishing.1629049/page-26#post-160308262
METAL GEAR REX

I cannot tell you how devastating this. What an utter colossal fumble. PlayStation is officially over to me and I feel like a fool for ever supporting them. No more new games for me. I cannot believe they've done this.

I give him a week before he's in a PlayStation exclusive hype thread

[benji]

Wouldn't surprise me if Xbox cancels Physint when they realize this "PR win" is going to take 5 years and costs $300+ million.

Keep in mind it was also going to be a quasi-movie too with Colombia pictures assisting. It sounds like a massive, spiraling budget nightmare. 

Death Stranding 1 and 2 also had many Guerrilla devs help KojiPro with Decima and do a lot of heavy lifting. Who is going to be the studio for MS to assist KojiPro as the move to UE5 or whatever? The Coalition? They have almost half as many devs as Guerrilla, unless you want them dedicated to just getting Physint out the door and nothing else. The entire thing is a gamble.

Halo Studios switched to UE5.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/ken-jennings-host-of-jeopardy-has-something-to-say-on-ice-trans-rights-womens-rights-the-general-state-of-the-country.1629424/#post-160345630

bruh and he doubled down

Screaming neolib from the rooftops.

Neoliberalism is when you listen to trans people in your real life rather than trans people on the internet over whether or not you can play the world's most popular crossword puzzle.

[Greatness Gone]

Wouldn't surprise me if Xbox cancels Physint when they realize this "PR win" is going to take 5 years and costs $300+ million.

Keep in mind it was also going to be a quasi-movie too with Colombia pictures assisting. It sounds like a massive, spiraling budget nightmare. 

Death Stranding 1 and 2 also had many Guerrilla devs help KojiPro with Decima and do a lot of heavy lifting. Who is going to be the studio for MS to assist KojiPro as the move to UE5 or whatever? The Coalition? They have almost half as many devs as Guerrilla, unless you want them dedicated to just getting Physint out the door and nothing else. The entire thing is a gamble.

KojiPro already switched to UE5 years ago when OD dev started so things are looking bright for Physint tech wise 

[Let's Cyber]

Halo Studios switched to UE5.

Apparently Halo: Campaign Evolved was mostly outsourced, so Halo Studios should have plenty of time on their hands. 

[TylenolJones]

Jeff isn't in that Wolverine thread to factually incorrect the Rees 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvels-wolverine-–-review-thread.1629529/page-58#post-160356676

[Disco55]

Bro is acting like a 78 percent for a 70 dollar game is completely acceptable. We all know these review sites inflate their scores. I mean you know something is wrong when IGN is giving this a 6/10.

[Taco Bell Tower]

Jeff isn't in that Wolverine thread to factually incorrect the Rees 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/marvels-wolverine-–-review-thread.1629529/page-58#post-160356676

[Nintex]

Sony's latest AAAAAAA slop is a 15 hour low tier action game with ugly characters 

Meanwhile Fire Emblem: Fortunes Weave is getting raving reviews from those that played it.

[HaughtyFrank]

Bro is acting like a 78 percent for a 70 dollar game is completely acceptable. We all know these review sites inflate their scores. I mean you know something is wrong when IGN is giving this a 6/10.

Greg Miller from Zeo's beloved kina funny games gave it a 5.5 and those guys are usually washing sony's balls 

[Jansen]

Yeah, I think Intergalactic coming from Israel's finest TLOU man was already toast in terms of discourse, pal. It's going to get destroyed by progressives (who I agree with) and demolished by people who hate unconventional women in media (which makes me sad, because I would have LOVED seeing that character in something else. Sadly this will result in Laufey getting the same complaints as if Sony hasn't practically made these types of games their main exclusives for a while... Which is a bummer, because that game looks sick (and I have a feeling it will be).

Yeah, BOTW didn't have a ton of people complaining they were lost, bickering about the item durability or using methods to cheese it at all. It definitely didn't birth a massive modding scene that (IMO tastelessly) removed those things from the game to make it more approachable to people who were used to classic Zelda. :P Also, saying this as genuinely as possible and not trying to just argue: BOTW is where Nintendo lost me as a Zelda person lmao. I prefer the more traditional games, I know BOTW is an incredible game but it was not for me and not only did I not care for the shift in design, I skipped the sequel, and am overjoyed that we're returning to traditional design with the OOT remake. I'd rather have WW HD and TP HD on my Switch 2 than BOTW or TOTK!!! Again, I know they're good games, but they aren't for me and they are why I fell off the Zelda wagon as a lifelong fan and someone who never skipped a game prior. Just a funny choice in examples. :P



But if you think that the average mainstream gamer, someone who plays 3-4 games a year, and isn't a mass enthusiast who even knows this site exists... Benefits from games being LESS hand hold-y... I have to wonder how many people you know IRL that game casually, because I have seen people get tripped up over a LOT. I have been rescued by (don't beat me with hammers) yellow paint in a Resident Evil game before when I got turned around... This stuff Isn't based on nothing!! It's not just to "insult" super hardcore gamers lol... they are servicing people who enjoy videogames but don't make it their primary hobby... Like they always have been IMO. And always will. It won't put a dent in this games sales, either. Just like BOTW being more in-depth than previous titles didn't dissuade people. The people who show up for Marvel will show up, I think Sony knows that and that's why they will never care about any of this.

[benji]

Looks like he's starting to go through his feed on the Nazi site too:

[benji]

From the Era thread:

Bold new ways of backseating. On top of layering trails on top of "go here" paint splatter (there is nowhere else to go).

[Vertigo]

How the hell did this get a 10/10 from Gamingbolt lmao

You can find out by reading the review.



Or like, the blurb directly under the score in the OP.

Wow his so tough. 

[benji]

Jeff's posting a lot in that thread, but so is our favorite game reviewer:

[benji]

[Nintex]

I predict layoffs at Insomniac for sure. 

The budget was leaked to be $305 million and it needed to sell 10 million copies to secure future projects.
A 77 Meta score in an already crowded holiday season isn't going to achieve that.

To put that into perspective, that's $20 million per hour of mediocre gameplay

[clockwork5]

I would like this post a thousand times if Bdubs wasn’t such a pussy. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/talarico-i-oppose-trans-athletes-playing-in-girls-sports-if-it-endangers-safety-or-fairness-update-doubles-down-on-transphobic-talking-points.1628977/page-9#post-160358719

[benji]

[simiansmarts]

 
"erm... mods? mods? this user has repeatedly been posting images from the "OLD PLACE". can we get a ban in here? preferably perm? thank you." 

[HaughtyFrank]

From the Era thread:

Bold new ways of backseating. On top of layering trails on top of "go here" paint splatter (there is nowhere else to go).

It's so bad that people in the thread keep wondering if this is some sort of optional accessibility option but apparently that's not the case. One may laugh at the anti-woke sweet baby inc. grifters blaming them for everything but I'm legit wondering if they had their hand in this absurd handholding.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/talarico-i-oppose-trans-athletes-playing-in-girls-sports-if-it-endangers-safety-or-fairness-update-doubles-down-on-transphobic-talking-points.1628977/page-9#post-160357834

This is exactly it. I know one guy who's always like "but what if a guy like Rock was trans? He'd just win everything and it wouldn't be fair!" and even though I know better and it's an absurd question, it's hard to argue in a succinct way that easily crushes it. And I hate that. I need to be better prepared for that question, and I hate that I'm still found wanting.

the only real response to someone who would make that argument is that The Rock isn't trans. These arguments 100% play on scare tactics where the right want to have us believe that accepting trans folks and treating them with respect is going to open up the floodgates to a bunch of male athletes "pretending" to be women and going through all that this entails just so that they can get the satisfaction of....dominating the WNBA? Checkmate libruls, I guess. As if thats at all a thing that is in danger of happening. There are no children who are actually in danger here. There's no children in need of protection from trans athletes. This entire thing is just a regurgitation of the arguments used towards the trans bathroom issue. "Trans people are going to use the wrong bathroom on purpose to abuse/kidnap our kids!". It's all just bullshit fear mongering, and the people on the right have no interest in having a good faith discussion on it because all this is to them is chum for their voting block. The more they talk about these boogymen the less they have to talk about the fact that gas is $6 a gallon and a box of Cheerios is $10.

Alright, so let's do this one: why should women have to give up a designated place for them to a man?

The other side don't care about facts. Or women's sports.

You point out to them that Lia Thomas's best time as a woman was 10 seconds behind the women's record, and her best time before transitioning was 10 seconds behind the men's record, and they don't care. They'll just say something dumb like 'But what if the Rock decided he was trans' instead.

You point out that the US military, and the Olympics, both independantly studied physical performance metrics of women transitioning, and found that they ended up in around the same performance level as cis women after a year or more of maintaining a female level of testosterone. In some measures they performed slightly worse than the cis women, in others slightly better, but same ball park.

Or hell, you point out that trans people are approximately 2% of the humans, and yet trans women make up way less than 2% of the women competing in sports that allow trans women.

They don't care. Because their goal isn't fairness in sports, it's to find a way to say 'Trans women aren't women' that the average person seems to get taken in with, so they can ultimately move on to taking away our healthcare, banning gay marriage, and ultimately dictating to cis women how they should act and dress.

You might wonder, 'Why haven't I heard this?' which, is very valid. How often do you see a trans person given press inches or TV time to talk about any of this? Apparently all that's allowed is for people that don't have any real need to be knowledgeable about it to speak on our behalf.

And here's our forum administrator being herself:

With our two party system there's no other choice but to vote for the lesser evil.

There are multiple things you can do in a two party system to fight injustice, just as people have historically had options to fight in systems where they had no voting rights at all.

You just don't want to consider those options because you either don't know what they are, you consider them too difficult and can't be bothered, or because you don't want to risk bodily harm and/or jail time.

Don't limit others' imagination just because yours is.

[Snoopy]

Ponies are on suicide watch today

Game looks fine from that trailer and it could've been a small hit a few years back, but nowadays friendslop (or whatevere the genre is called) is the new meta. Even Fortnite is struggling recently.

What's insane is you all showing your asses once again. Hoping for a game to fail (Concord 3.0 heheh) before seeing anything at all. It's funnier because you get all perfomative later, caring about the developers and the state of the industry, posting drivel like "it's not our fault the game failed, we are just discussing facts" but clocking in for the next CCU thread, always on the hunt for the next adrenaline rush when people lose their jobs.

[benji]

"erm... mods? mods? this user has repeatedly been posting images from the "OLD PLACE". can we get a ban in here? preferably perm? thank you." 

And. We're. All. Yukking. It. Up.

[who is ted danson?]

This is the straw that sucks the camels cock

[Jansen]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dead-or-alive-6-last-round-project-manager-reveals-koei-tecmo-is-dialing-back-the-games-sexy-costumes.1630138/

[benji]

He's right, if only people on the left had insisted harder that trans women are women and it's not up for debate.

👇👇👇👇

I would like this post a thousand times if Bdubs wasn’t such a pussy. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/talarico-i-oppose-trans-athletes-playing-in-girls-sports-if-it-endangers-safety-or-fairness-update-doubles-down-on-transphobic-talking-points.1628977/page-9#post-160358719

I need a lot of the people here thinking about, ok so what sort of facts and statistics could you cite to shut this down to consider, the Kirby frame:

It's based on George Lakoff's observation that "negating a frame reinforces it." For example, when Secretary of the Department of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr says autism is bad and autistic people are a drain on society, there is a natural instinct among decent people to point out that those claims are wrong: actually many autistic people are very productive members of society, these famous people are autistic, etc.

But if you do that, you are stepping into their context. You are now having a discussion about the value of autistic people. When you negate their frame, your arguments are shaped like their arguments: if they say autistic people are costly, you cite economic statistics about work. You are responding as though they are acting in good faith, as though they are your audience, as though they might change their mind if you prove that what they're saying isn't true.

This is a trap. They will not change their mind and they are not your audience. They are lying because they want to do something. Your audience is not the liar, but other people hearing those lies. Your goal is to help other people understand what those lies are meant to accomplish.

To avoid the trap, you have to eat their frame. By "eat their frame," I mean respond with a frame that contains and explains what they're doing.

In this case: RFK Jr is pushing eugenics. He wants disabled people to not exist. He wants to accomplish that by letting them die, stopping them from being born, pretending they don't exist, and defining a "correct" kind of body: straight, white, male, cisgender, not disabled (where disability is defined as deviation from the correct body). That's why he's telling lies about autism.

In this frame we are not having a discussion about the value of autistic people. We are having a discussion about RFK Jr and why he is pushing eugenics. Instead of focusing on bad faith arguments, we focus on the people making them. We can still make sense of what he's saying: he's lying to advance the goals of eugenics. Having explained why he's doing this, we dismiss his arguments instead of treating them as valid points we have to refute. He is now in our context. We eat his frame.

And our argument is shaped like Kirby.

And if the implication of this isn't clear enough, the final example given:

Frame: Trans women have an unfair advantage in sports.
Negation: no they don't, these studies and stats etc etc
Kirby: THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT SPORTS THEY WANT TO ELIMINATE TRANS PEOPLE and they're actually very open about this.

Proper link: https://anthonymoser.github.io/writing/rhetoric/framing/kirby/2026/01/28/the-kirby-frame.html

Here are some examples from my running thread.

Frame: DOGE was a govt efficiency project to save money
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost money
Kirby: DOGE WAS A PROJECT TO BREAK AND PRIVATIZE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY

Frame: This public service costs too much, it isn’t making money
Negation: It’s actually very efficient and it could make more money
Kirby: THEY ARE ATTACKING THE VERY IDEA OF PUBLIC SERVICES

Frame: Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts is here illegally
Negation: actually his paperwork is in order
Kirby: THIS IS A RACIST ATTACK BY FASCISTS because a Black man is leading a school district. The better he’s doing the more they hate him

Frame: ICE is targeting criminals
Negation: No, they’re targeting ordinary people!
Kirby: THEY’RE WHITE SUPREMACISTS DOING ETHNIC CLEANSING which is why they’re saying everybody who isn’t white is a criminal

Frame: Food stamps are used by undeserving / Black people
Negation: Actually many people on food stamps are deserving / white
Kirby: THEY ARE STARVING PEOPLE ON PURPOSE. They are using racist tropes to justify it bc many people will find that persuasive. Everyone deserves to eat

Frame: These African women soccer players aren’t really women
Negation: Actually they were all assigned female at birth.
Kirby: TRANSPHOBES ARE ALWAYS RACISTS. They are trying to define whose bodies are acceptable. The National Women’s Soccer League must reject that project, not claim to meet its standards

Frame: Smart glasses are just like an iPhone.
Negation: no, they’re different in important ways.
Kirby: THIS IS A SURVEILLANCE TOOL. THEY WANT TO NORMALIZE CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE. They are making a bad faith comparison to try and move the boundaries of acceptable behavior

Frame: Estimates of AI water usage are exaggerated / less than other industries
Negation: actually these studies show it’s still pretty bad and it’s hard to make good estimates when they hide all the data.
Kirby: “how much water does it take to disrupt the careers of millions of people? how much water does it take to make deepfakes of underage kids? how much water does it take to exacerbate people’s mental health crises? is there a good number? is there an acceptable number?”

Frame: The humanities are an unprofitable burden to universities
Negation: Actually many depts make money, students with humanities degrees do very well
Kirby: IT’S AN IDEOLOGICAL ATTACK. Even if it’s profitable they don’t want people asking questions about society or imagining alternatives

[HaughtyFrank]

I would like this post a thousand times if Bdubs wasn’t such a pussy. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/talarico-i-oppose-trans-athletes-playing-in-girls-sports-if-it-endangers-safety-or-fairness-update-doubles-down-on-transphobic-talking-points.1628977/page-9#post-160358719

How many different ways of "I refuse to explain my arguments" do they have?

[Nintex]

Bluepoint closed
PSN price increase
No more physical discs
No Destiny 3
Marathon flop
Final Fantasy VII remakes on every platform
State of Play with literally nothing
Physint moved to Xbox
Wolverine scores 77
$2000 PlayStation required to run GTA 6 at acceptable framerates
PlayStation 6 delayed to 2030

[benji]

Just to speak to the first part you'd be shocked at where everything is at after even a year. Speaking to like, going from being able to do multiple chin-ups from hanging to struggling to hit a 90° angle on your arms, let alone the full lift.