Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[benji]

I have no idea what Venba is and now I'll never play it out of spite 

Venba is a short narrative cooking game, where you play as an Indian mom, who immigrates to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players will cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.

You’re missing out!

Oh, your burying the lede with that tame description. You’ll need Kleenex for more than your smelly hands after reading this description:

Venba is a bite-sized gaming experience that is no less impactful for its shorter length. It explores a poignant immigrant story between mother and son over the passing years via a series of chronological interactive vignettes, entwined around cooking and food. It is a deeply personal story as much as it is universal, as food is inseparable from culture, family, and memory. For the titular Venba, Tamil cuisine is a connection to her mother back in southern India, along with her husband Paavalan who she moved to Canada with, and is now a legacy to pass on to her son. For a young Kavin, food is a source of joy as much as misery, as it is yet another way of standing out instead of blending in. Venba is impeccably written and is a masterclass in scene writing. Each vignette starts at the last possible moment and ends at the earliest, and every single one is memorable and emotional. The game's narrative structure means that they could have become formulaic, but Venba keeps things unpredictable with some vignettes taking place in pivotal moments, whilst others are in the aftermath of events that happened off-screen. A tagline for the game could have been 'you'll cook and you'll cry'. All the characters are beautifully written with compassion, depth, and nuance. I felt the ache of experiencing young Kavin's actions through the eyes of his mother, seeing echoes of my younger self and wishing I could go back and make different choices.

Nice try but I wont be participating in this cultural appropriation that lets white guys experience how to cook Indian food.

Sorry, but the clearly better "ethnic" cooking game from this year that I haven't played was fifth on their Games For Impact list:

5. Thirsty Suitors - 19 points

[Boredfrom]

None of the "knockoffs" used the original models and designs like that before. Temtem wasn't using near 1:1 model transplants and frankensteined creature designs because they were actually designed, with concepts. This kind of mental gymnastics is insufferable at this point when it’s been demonstrated more than enough times that it was more than just inspired by.

They keep pushing that.

[TacoWallace]

I would not mind the hate if it was genuinely because the game is shit, the GAAS, the story or optimization. But at Era it sounds like the usual DC Vs Marvel drivel. From the same assholes that go to any DC and WB thread to be concerned about Zaslav.

Then again, here comes console warrior shit:

You really put that much stock into Steam rating? lol

For how all people were talking about it, sure as hell expected Mixed at best. Also, aren’t you guy the first ones to cry about review bombing?

The game doesn't suck as bad as they wish it did. Is it a must play? Hell no. Fun? For some.

And I thought that was what gaming was supposed to be about.

Not strictly adhering to comic lore, not Uzumaki Goku screaming obscenities at the computer screen because one of Kevin Conroy's last roles was in a much maligned entertainment product...but fun.

[benji]

From the uttely pathetic, wannabe intellectual Edmond Dantes:

https://www.resetera.com/threads/brianna-ghey-murder-trial-see-threadmarks-update-pair-sentenced-s-jenkinson-for-min-22-yrs-e-ratcliffe-for-min-20yrs.789195/page-9?post=118524399#post-118524399

Thank you again for the thorough update Kyuuji. I'm sure Brianna's family would be grateful to have someone like you fighting for justice not only for Brianna but all the victims of Trans hate in this country.

They're probably more grateful about the prosecutor getting the slam dunk conviction.

I don't see what the major controversy is here. If someone made a viral videogame called Steamboat Willie's Cocaine Fueled Murder Rampage that sold 19 million copies, and even if that was completely legally sound, I would still advice my theorhetical media-facing clients not to say "I love Steamboat Willie's Cocaine Fueled Murder Rampage!" in public, because... why would you ever want to be in bad standing with Disney, the largest media company in the world? I'm sure TPC is an important media partner for many Japanese agencies in basically the same way.

This is a great example because Steamboat Willie finally entered the public domain a month ago.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-think-bandit-and-chillis-neighbors-are-just-sick-of-their-shit.812331/page-2?post=118554312#post-118554312

"childless bluey adult" is the most chilling three-word phrase in the human language

 

Better than a Disney adult.

BTW is in Disney+ in some countries.

Disney adults actually have money. Something Nepenthe is lacking.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Sadly, I doubt it will subside anytime soon. It'll likely be going until the election happens in November.

Still, I really don't blame you for taking a break from the thread. I'm at the point where I don't even know if I want to do this anymore either. Some people here are not really interested in discussing things in good faith, and the amount of people that are have been getting fewer and fewer. It's...really depressing to see.

PoliEra should've fought harder for TheHunter.

[BIONIC]

The problem with a public list of unilateral mod decisions for Era is simply…not very many actions are unilateral.

It has been said before; in this thread many times; that before a mod action is taken, and especially a severe action like a perm; multiple mods weigh in. In most cases of moderation, know that at least three mods have weighed in on the appropriate action.

So if we don't want to be more transparent than that, you have to account for the specific history of this board.

[benji]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-think-bandit-and-chillis-neighbors-are-just-sick-of-their-shit.812331/post-118550895

The show follows Bluey, an anthropomorphic six-year-old (later seven-year-old) Blue Heeler puppy who is characterised by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. The young dog lives with her father, Bandit; mother, Chilli; and younger sister, Bingo, who regularly joins Bluey on adventures as the pair embark on imaginative play together.

YEAH, SHE'S TOTALLY ME

[benji]

In most cases of moderation, know that at least three mods have weighed in on the appropriate action.

Oh, so now it's only "most cases" huh.

[KillRideMedley]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/most-of-my-irl-associates-think-im-gay-lately-ive-considered-leaning-into-that-but-is-that-unfair-to-any-potential-partners.812442/

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/most-of-my-irl-associates-think-im-gay-lately-ive-considered-leaning-into-that-but-is-that-unfair-to-any-potential-partners.812442/

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

hivemind.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

So it doesn't come across via text especially with my Succession guy avatar (whoever he is), but IRL I have a lot of attributes that, stereotypical or not, lead most people to assume I'm gay. I have a pretty high nasally voice, I'm pretty animated, I'm rather thin and since I when I shave I have a relatively soft face, and I guess a lot of other elements of me lead people to think I'm gay---like, basically everyone I meet in public, work with, probably some of my relatives, they all either think or suspect I am.

I can't say that I'm particularly attracted to men, though I can recognize when a guy looks good and I'm not overly defensive about it or anything, but I myself have recently realized my luck with women is pretty poor. Abysmal, really. Not that I don't get along with women I do, most of my friends are women, and I don't harbor like any ill will, but I guess my personality is just like...unattractive to women. Not in a "eeew he's ugly" way or incel vibes, but like I don't think I have any sex appeal whatsoever once I open my mouth and start talking.

But approaching 35 and I'm like...this sucks, I hate being lonely. I've started to think maybe I should just try out guys. Again like I don't feel any particular sexual attraction towards guys, but at the same time you know it'd be nice to have someone who finds me attractive and in the past I've felt I've caught numerous eyes of gay guys and had them flirt with me. I always hesitated or played along for a bit but you know, it feels kind of nice to be wanted that way and I've spent so much of my life giving to others, I kind of would like someone to spoil me who finds me attractive.

That being said like I feel guilty that anyone I got with I wouldn't be fully commited. Like...I'm a virgin so I have no experience either way, but like being with a guy intimately kind of intimidates me and so I feel like I'd just be a weird tease and leading them on.

My town is relatively conservative too. I don't really know the gay scene at all, like all the gay people I know are acquaintances from high school but I feel that'd be super weird to me. And from my understanding from gossip from said folks, my town's gay scene is kind of insular? I just don't feel like I'd be able to really fit in.

Anyway this is a weird thread but like...I mean I've seen weirder. I've talked to a few of my irl friends about this and they seemed a bit weirded out by it but I don't think it's that bizarre. I mean, again, my dating life is the pits with women and I think I'd be able to be pretty successful with men. But I feel kind of guilty like I'm just borrowing a lifestyle---on the other hand, I went through a ton of homophobia as a kid aimed at me so it's not like I haven't dealt with the harsher side of life.

[TylenolJones]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/variety-melissa-barrera-under-fire-again-nearly-dropped-by-agency-after-sharing-palestinian-aid-donation-links.812427/?post=118560621#post-118560621

Genocide is a loaded word.
https://www.ushmm.org/genocide-prev...de-and-other-mass-atrocities/what-is-genocide

User Banned (Permanent): Downplaying genocide over multiple posts, account in junior phase

[Boredfrom]

I can't say that I'm particularly attracted to men, though I can recognize when a guy looks good and I'm not overly defensive about it or anything, but I myself have recently realized my luck with women is pretty poor. Abysmal, really. Not that I don't get along with women I do, most of my friends are women, and I don't harbor like any ill will, but I guess my personality is just like...unattractive to women. Not in a "eeew he's ugly" way or incel vibes, but like I don't think I have any sex appeal whatsoever once I open my mouth and start talking.

You totally give Incel vibes.

It's literally like my entire being. There's nothing anyone has ever pinpointed...I just think I have some sort of complete lack of sex appeal to women.

Some comments I've heard is stuff like I'm too chatty, I don't eat a lot (?), etc. little stuff but like I can't see a major red flag that has made my dating life this poor. Like...statistically like I get a girl being turned off as we date, but I've never been on a date for anyone to get turned off.

It's depressing. Thankfully I've avoided incel echo chambers and the like so I haven't become a rampant misogynist and I blame myself for my own failings.

Real Talk, is painfully obvious you are in the spectrum and dunno if you realize this.

[Boredfrom]

You have attractive qualities as a person by virtue of having many friends at all. And if gay men are often sexually attracted to you, you must have something going there.

Work on figuring out what you're working with.

[HaughtyFrank]

I can't say that I'm particularly attracted to men, though I can recognize when a guy looks good and I'm not overly defensive about it or anything, but I myself have recently realized my luck with women is pretty poor. Abysmal, really. Not that I don't get along with women I do, most of my friends are women, and I don't harbor like any ill will, but I guess my personality is just like...unattractive to women. Not in a "eeew he's ugly" way or incel vibes, but like I don't think I have any sex appeal whatsoever once I open my mouth and start talking.

You totally give Incel vibes.

I'm like...this sucks, I hate being lonely. I've started to think maybe I should just try out guys.

Literally shit incels say

[Besticus Maximus]

Birdie usually has an annual 'why can't I get laid' thread.

Well good news buddy! Angelic Kyuuji has a solution for you

[benji]

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

That shit is so 2023.

[benji]

DIE MAD:

Spoiler: gamergate? (click to show)(click to hide)

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

I can't believe in 2024 it's going to be illegal to be a woman. 

[Taco Bell Tower]

When did JK Rowling incited hatred towards trans?

[Taco Bell Tower]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/rocky-and-predator-star-carl-weathers-dies-at-age-76.812292/

He wasn't that old either. He was a great actor in Rocky. RIP.

He was 76

[davepoobond]

I can't say that I'm particularly attracted to men, though I can recognize when a guy looks good and I'm not overly defensive about it or anything, but I myself have recently realized my luck with women is pretty poor. Abysmal, really. Not that I don't get along with women I do, most of my friends are women, and I don't harbor like any ill will, but I guess my personality is just like...unattractive to women. Not in a "eeew he's ugly" way or incel vibes, but like I don't think I have any sex appeal whatsoever once I open my mouth and start talking.

You totally give Incel vibes.

I'm like...this sucks, I hate being lonely. I've started to think maybe I should just try out guys.

Literally shit incels say

Something does feel off to read someone saying “I’m not gay but I guess I am going to will myself to be gay.”
 Most people just say they are born gay, and that it’s not a “choice,” then this dude comes along

[AldusMoneyPenny]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/do-you-think-bandit-and-chillis-neighbors-are-just-sick-of-their-shit.812331/post-118550895

The show follows Bluey, an anthropomorphic six-year-old (later seven-year-old) Blue Heeler puppy who is characterised by her abundance of energy, imagination and curiosity about the world. The young dog lives with her father, Bandit; mother, Chilli; and younger sister, Bingo, who regularly joins Bluey on adventures as the pair embark on imaginative play together.

YEAH, SHE'S TOTALLY ME

Is there an episode where some Bogan puts the change at Bluey's retail job directly on the counter rather than in Bluey's paw?

"A Very Special Bluey"

[Potato]

What the prosecutor says in sentencing is fact now?

Cool. I'm going that standard will be applied universally across Twitter/Resetera.

[Polident]

I can't say that I'm particularly attracted to men, though I can recognize when a guy looks good and I'm not overly defensive about it or anything, but I myself have recently realized my luck with women is pretty poor. Abysmal, really. Not that I don't get along with women I do, most of my friends are women, and I don't harbor like any ill will, but I guess my personality is just like...unattractive to women. Not in a "eeew he's ugly" way or incel vibes, but like I don't think I have any sex appeal whatsoever once I open my mouth and start talking.

You totally give Incel vibes.

It's literally like my entire being. There's nothing anyone has ever pinpointed...I just think I have some sort of complete lack of sex appeal to women.

Some comments I've heard is stuff like I'm too chatty, I don't eat a lot (?), etc. little stuff but like I can't see a major red flag that has made my dating life this poor. Like...statistically like I get a girl being turned off as we date, but I've never been on a date for anyone to get turned off.

It's depressing. Thankfully I've avoided incel echo chambers and the like so I haven't become a rampant misogynist and I blame myself for my own failings.

Real Talk, is painfully obvious you are in the spectrum and dunno if you realize this.

Guy’s problem is women likely sense it’ll be some emotionally insecure, deeply codependent relationship.

[benji]

What the prosecutor says in sentencing is fact now?

Cool. I'm going that standard will be applied universally across Twitter/Resetera.

"motivated, in part" = confirmed only single cause and therefore everyone tentatively connected in some hypothetical way is beyond complicit into actively guilty, especially stochastically

[benji]

also, we love cops and prisons today, the system works