Razörfist / The Rageoholic / xRazorfistx / Daniel Paul Harris - Hipster Metalfag. Game Journo-Doesn't Play Games He Reviews. Thief Fanfic Author. COOMER AND GROOMER.

[Hecken_Hecker]

Danny fancy's himself an old-school fantasy and sci-fi aficionado so much so that he decided to write Thief Fan fiction, I mean The Long Moon Light.

But before that, he starred on a podcast to discuss classic sci-fi and fantasy.

We start out with John C. Wright dropping some of his knowledge of the genres and name checking some classics.

All Danny can do is name famous shit or shit he has already sperg out about in his videos.

The host discusses villainy and of course as I'm sure you all suspect he uses this appearance to sperg about muh plagiarism

The world pulp was mentioned, and Danny decided to start dilating about Batman and the Shadow in a discussion about fantasy and sci-fi.

Then he continues to sperg and the discussion totally devolves into him whine about the Shadow and Batman.

Friendly reminder that these are the covers for his books.

They then Wrap up the podcast with recommendations for old school Sci-Fi and fantasy and Danny doesn't even recommend sci-fi or fantasy he recommends a Shadow book and he spergs out because it was le plagiarized (he already recommended in his videos btw). And of course the other guests give actually good recommendations.

One funny thing about this stream is that because he appeared on one stream with John C. Wright he thought that this made them friends and when Danny sperged out about Lincoln Wright decided to dissociated with him. Danny sperg out about this of course.

Of course Danny seethes that Wright was totally jealous of his "success" on publishing Thief Fan fiction and says that his comic will out sell Wright's material.

Oof I love the smell of financial failure in the morning.

so to should his audience agree with everything else he says lest they get a thesaurus-laden sperg out.

What? A guy that drops philosophical chestnuts like these totally doesn't like the smell of his own farts.

 

[RX-78]

Sargon flashbacks

Leave it to danny to model his internet career after a failure whose been an international laughing stock since 2017. We can only be so lucky if he tries to enter Arizona politics.

 

[The tired cat]

So, how is Danny boy gonna make excuses, that right wingers are already infighting and Trumpy isn't even in office yet?

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

So, how is Danny boy gonna make excuses, that right wingers are already infighting and Trumpy isn't even in office yet?

As if Danny-boy wasn't contributing to the infighting himself. He's probably mad Trump isn't tossing all the RINOs out of office.

 

[cypocryphy]

What's with his spergery over "rip-offs" anyway? The writer and director of Friday the 13th have always said they were ripping off John Carpenter's Halloween to make money and I still love both movies. Who cares if something is a rip-off?

 

[rbzfan]

This thread has become absolutely unreadable due to poltical sperging, and is im fact; a giant lolcow honeypot. Jannies need to do janny things.

That's a majority of older lolcow threads by now. They cultivate their own communities around the celebrity in question and it's always the same two or three people terminally grandstanding. Danny's politics I find to be largely consistent, it's his grasp on pop (or pulp) culture that becomes difficult to wrangle.

 

[Hecken_Hecker]

Here's a better clip of Danny not knowing what the Olive Branch Petition was.

Here's Danny malding at the chat making fun of him for not knowing how tires work.

 

[ChampFantana]

Why the hell does this dipshit have such a problem with the Playstation 1 and 2? That was back then before the damn thing became an oversized brick trying to ape the PC. It was a glorious time to be a Playstation fan, those days. They had some really great games, from Final Fantasies 7-10, Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, among others. You'd think a capitalist like Danny-boy would admire a business doing well by selling to customers what they actually fucking wanted

I absolutely LOVED my PS2. To this day, that console has a game library un-equaled by any other console in the preceding OR following generations.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

I absolutely LOVED my PS2. To this day, that console has a game library un-equaled by any other console in the preceding OR following generations.

My point exactly. The PS2 era was a glorious era for gamers. Hell, even the Xbox original and the Gamecube got some real gems during that time period. I still play games like Rogue Squadron 2 and 3, Jedi Outcast/Academy, Revenge of the Sith, Metroid Prime 1 and 2, Smash Brothers Melee, Halos 1 and 2, Sonic Adventure 2, among others.

And yet Razorfist can't shut up about how bad that era is, because JRPGs dominated that era, and he fucking hated that. I wasn't a big JRPG fan back then, but even I loved those years because even the non-JRPG games we got were great, whether they came from the East or the West. Who'd have thought that good competition breeds quality?

It was just as bad as when he slagged the 90s because he didn't like the music and comics of that era. Even though most people remember the 90s as a golden era for media and culture as a whole, the last time people felt safe and secure after the Cold War.

What's with his spergery over "rip-offs" anyway? The writer and director of Friday the 13th have always said they were ripping off John Carpenter's Halloween to make money and I still love both movies. Who cares if something is a rip-off?

Because Danny-boy is fucking mad that something he likes isn't as famous as something he'd call a rip-off. Which again, I say, is a blessing in disguise, since most well-known franchises got wokified and ruined by activists funded by bankers.

It's also kind of hypocritical since Danny-boy is a casual fan of capeshit, and capeshit is full of ripoffs. Thanos is a ripoff of Darkseid. Daredevil is a blind Batman who wears red. Doomsday is a gray version of the Hulk that DC pulled out of its ass to kill Superman. You'd think if Danny-boy was consistent with hating ripoffs, he'd hate capeshit as a genre because of all the ripping off they do.

 

[Doctor of Autism]

What's with his spergery over "rip-offs" anyway? The writer and director of Friday the 13th have always said they were ripping off John Carpenter's Halloween to make money and I still love both movies. Who cares if something is a rip-off?

It's because Razorfist is nothing more than a hipster who wants to be desparately seen as a punk who hates the mainstream and how he tells hard truths that the man will never tell you.

That's a boomer assessment I made, but I feel that it applies to Razor.

 

[Popper Whiting]

I absolutely LOVED my PS2. To this day, that console has a game library un-equaled by any other console in the preceding OR following generations.

PS2 definitely had the best game library, it really was the best era of gaming. I still joke with highschool friends about the lazy guards in Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven and the lines they'd say.

Problem is we really are, as gamers who experienced that era, chasing that pink dragon when it comes to quality. Occasionally we get glimpses of it, but mostly the whole AAA video game industry is pozzed full of corporates and modern day corporate leftist shit. There has been a Dinseyfication of most AAA studios, and as a result we end up with bland and "safe to release". Really the PS2, Xbox, and that era was a hell of a lot more innovative and willing to take risks, despite the software limitations compared to now, which resulted in a better creativity and quality.

Honestly I don't believe in PC or console superiority. I like to enjoy games, meaning I'll move towards the platforms that I find most enjoyable. Taking such a hardline stance against playstation means Razor enjoys his ideology more than his does his games.

And to be perfectly honest I cannot respect someone who enjoys politics more than they do their downtime. I know I (like everybody else) talks too much politics online, but irl, I'd rather talk fishing, scubadiving, reading and videogames. Razor is someone I know cannot do this, and to be honest that is part of the reason I Alog him. To be perfectly honest, Daniel Harris is someone I fear I could become, and I know I could be if I ever let my ego and self identity lose traction with reality.

 

[Foxxo]

Raz0rfist has blocked me for no reason. I forget if I've ever even engaged with him on anything, other than maybe asking about Battletech long ago.

Others should check if they are blocked as well. If you're blocked by someone, you can't bookmark their posts or retweet them. You can attempt to reply to their posts or like them, but you get a popup saying that you can't do it. You also can't reply to any posts that reply to them.

 

[Joakim]

I know I put this up a couple months ago, but it just recently came back in my suggestions. I like to think that everytime I play it, Danny Boi just cries more & more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73sUvX3Kg4

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

I know I put this up a couple months ago, but it just recently came back in my suggestions. I like to think that everytime I play it, Danny Boi just cries more & more.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g73sUvX3Kg4

I can just imagine his response.

"So, freedom-seeking people getting crushed by the government is funny to you?"

"Why yes, I do find it funny that Sherman made Georgia howl."

It's because Razorfist is nothing more than a hipster who wants to be desparately seen as a punk who hates the mainstream and how he tells hard truths that the man will never tell you.

That's a boomer assessment I made, but I feel that it applies to Razor.

That's basically his character in a nutshell. And it's never changed.

Spoiler: GAMING'S CROOKED EVOLUTION

Problem is we really are, as gamers who experienced that era, chasing that pink dragon when it comes to quality. Occasionally we get glimpses of it, but mostly the whole AAA video game industry is pozzed full of corporates and modern day corporate leftist shit. There has been a Dinseyfication of most AAA studios, and as a result we end up with bland and "safe to release". Really the PS2, Xbox, and that era was a hell of a lot more innovative and willing to take risks, despite the software limitations compared to now, which resulted in a better creativity and quality.

It's actually kind of funny that Razorfist hails the end of that era as the "westernization of gaming", saying that it was a good thing that the Xbox 360 put an end to the JRPG menace, when that era of the sixth console generation, which was the era of the PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox, had the most innovation in both eastern and western devs. Shadow the Hedgehog was a platformer that had a moral choice system determine which stage you will play next. Revenge of the Sith: The Video Game seamlessly blended action-adventure with a fighting game mechanic. Halos 1 and 2 revolutionized enemy AI. Jedi Outcast and Academy seamlessly blended a shooter game with a hack-and-slash gameplay mechanic. Even outside of the JRPG arena, gaming was innovating.

But after the "westernization of gaming" that innovation slowed down to a crawl. Sure, there was still innovation, like how War for Cybertron and its sequel Fall of Cybertron mixed vehicular combat with infantry combat by having the player be capable of transforming between the two on the fly, or how Mass Effect and Fallout 3 tried to blend RPG gaming with shooter mechanics. You had games like Space Marine tried to blend the kind of hack-and-slash you'd see in Dynasty Warriors with the shooting mechanics of games like Gears of War, and Halos 3, ODST, and Reach added new innovations to the Halo formula. But we slowly started to see the rot set in.

DLC went from substantial gameplay to extend a game's life cycle to "Day 1 DLC" that's obviously gameplay already developed but cut from the game for an extra penny. Microtransactions became the norm instead of the occasion. Game companies went from innovating to just copying the leader, which explains why so many tried to copy Call of Duty and Skyrim because those games made a fucking mint. And of course, PC gaming became so successful that consoles tried to compete with it, and we all know how that ended. Especially when they copied the PC game devs' tendencies of releasing buggy games knowing they can patch them down the road. Far from being a time of freedom, the "westernization of gaming" became gaming's last golden age, because it brought about trends that would bear bitter fruit in the next generation.

The eight and ninth console generations became the mire they were today because the game companies learned the wrong lessons from the seventh console generation. DLC microtransactions became the norm, ushering in cheap, free-to-play games that are kept up by microtransactions. Games focused way too much on better graphics to compete with PC games instead of innovative and fun gameplay. It's no wonder Nintendo is dominating this generation, because they still keep the eye on the ball with fun instead of focusing on glorified shows of graphics that people in the end don't care about.

The most bitter fruit that came about with the "westernization of gaming" that Razorfist praised so much is quite obviously, western politics. The more westernized gaming became, the more easier it was for western politics to affect them. Back then, it was subtle; like KOTOR and Mass Effect putting in options for lesbian romances, or some slight hippie stuff like how Fallout 2 picked on American Cold War conservative patriotism. But now, it's full-on, naked propagandizing, from Joel getting killed and replaced by Abby in TLOU2, to Suicide Squad promoting Harley Quinn and having her kill the Arkham Batman.

Razorfist obviously isn't in favor of such things, but he's blind to the fact that it was gaming becoming more westernized that led to this nonsense, as we see clearly the Japanese media is more resistant to being wokified. We don't see Mario and Sonic waving pride flags the way Microsoft forced Halo's Spartans to wear Pride Month armor.

Honestly I don't believe in PC or console superiority. I like to enjoy games, meaning I'll move towards the platforms that I find most enjoyable. Taking such a hardline stance against playstation means Razor enjoys his ideology more than his does his games.

The better console is the one that has the best and most fun games. The fact that they chased engine power and graphics over gameplay and fun goes to show that they lost the plot with what makes games fun. Game companies blow hundreds of millions of dollars on games that at best, are serviceable, and at worst, crap. There's a reason why the two best games recently are A) another fighting game with cartoon shouty men tossing energy beams and B) a game about a black furry speeding through the highway. They decided to focus on fun instead of cock-flexing on how you can see every hair in some dude's nostril.

Razor strikes me as someone who enjoys ideology more than fun. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so cranky about the PS2 era, because even the non-JRPG games of that era were fun and innovative. I didn't give much of a shit about JRPGs during that time outside of Paper Mario 2, and I still look upon that time with fond memories because of the good games.

 

[Me262PrinceOfTurboJet]

PS1 and PS2 were amazing. They had Ace Combat, my favorite series. I probably played through Ace Combat Zero a hundred times. They had Silent Hill and Metal Gear. Anyone trashing those consoles is just wrong.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

PS1 and PS2 were amazing. They had Ace Combat, my favorite series. I probably played through Ace Combat Zero a hundred times. They had Silent Hill and Metal Gear. Anyone trashing those consoles is just wrong.

Razorfist did. He was eternally ass-mad that those consoles dared to be JRPG engines. Even though, as any good gamer can tell you, more than a fair share of western games found their way onto those consoles as well. I remember playing Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire on the PS1.

 

[fagtoid]

He was eternally ass-mad that those consoles dared to be JRPG engines.

The PS2 wasn't even really a JRPG console, it has shit loads of JRPG's sure, but it also had a wide variety of different genres. That console is legendary, precisely because of it's library, whatever genre of games you enjoy, you will definitely find a good amount of games of that genre to play on the PS2. Unlike the PS4, PS5 and to some extent, PS3. Those console generations pale in comparison. The library is so diverse that anyone with an affinity for any genre is pretty much guaranteed to get some entertainment out of that console. It wasn't as limited as the Xbox or Gamecube. Razor is still being a grouchy faggot about it to this day, because that retard can't grasp that people have different taste. Not everyone wants to play western rpg's, simulators and FPS games, which I believe is what Xbox is mostly known for. They simply lacked the variety that the PS2 has, on top of it being released a year later. If you're a big fan of western games primarily, and couldn't care less about most Japanese games, then the Xbox would have been fine. The Xbox is tailor made for people like Razor.

What I don't get is the eternal seethe he has for the PS2. It's been 2 decades since the release of those consoles and this cunt is still bitching about it. Who gives a shit that your favorite console is less popular, you "lost". Move the fuck on, retard. He's like an angry jealous ex that just won't go the fuck away when it comes to these topics.

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

What I don't get is the eternal seethe he has for the PS2. It's been 2 decades since the release of those consoles and this cunt is still bitching about it. Who gives a shit that your favorite console is less popular, you "lost". Move the fuck on, retard. He's like an angry jealous ex that just won't go the fuck away when it comes to these topics.

The fucker hates JRPGs, hates the way Japs made games, hailed the 360 for dethroning the PS2. He hates it because it had games that he fucking despises. That Sony dared to have the PS2 be a machine that had a ton of JRPGs, and as an old DnD-player who hated JRPGs, it sickened him. That, and something about memory card size.

He hates the console and the era associated with it because they propped up the wrong games. It's the same reason he hates 90s nostalgia for propping up the 90s as a good decade, even though it clearly was.

 

[Malikov]

His hatred is amusing considering he used to live in Japan. A failed Weeb ?

 

[LORD IMPERATOR]

His hatred is amusing considering he used to live in Japan. A failed Weeb ?

I wouldn't say that. Weeb-hate was strong, even in Japan, during the 90s and early 2000s. They were considered weirdos before they became mainstream and the Japanese economy began to depend on those cartoons and video games for economic output. So Danny-boy hating weebs wouldn't have made him a stranger in Japan. On the contrary, it would've probably allowed him to fit in better.

It was only recently did Japan realize the potential of their media as a diplomatic tool; DBZ: Battle of the Gods was funded by the Japanese government, but that was in the late 2010s.