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[LiquidKid]

We are lucky that the conservative Christian boomers died out before this election. The sort of trad no fun life bullshit is now a fringe thing with Spic Fuentes and the rest of the faggots. I am glad, because nobody wants to be with the no fun side any more. The left is considered the no fun side. I still cringe at the the Christian movies and bootleg video games. They are just like the DEI infested games today. To much message, not enough fun.

The metaphor goes further when you consider Menace Beach on NES has a busty girl’s clothes slowly fade away until she was in her black underwear only for the Christians retool the game as Sunday Funday and make the girl a bitching nun who did not get naked.

Very much what the DEI did to sex appeal in modern games

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Shoe0nHead has done an Election reflection video

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

It’s funny to me that people felt the need to use video game lore to fact check someone

A child forced to Troon out against his will to keep him from inheriting power and taking over against the establishment all in a desperate effort to keep the currently dying empire afloat. Is that what you really want to go with Sony?

Gee, guys, I don't know. I think Sony found their trans icon!!

 

[X Prime]

They did a shit load of damage to the conservative side. I remember how the same game journo scum that tell you how you are a racist sexist incel, told Jack Tompson it was free speech to call him a dickwop for objecting to GTA3.

How weird, since both are Democrats and somehow it's still the dang dirty Christians' faults.

For the rest of you, never forget that game journos of those years started sweating and tugging their collars when readership noticed it was mostly Democrats pushing this stuff in Congress and asking if they should vote Republican.

 

[MirrorNoir]

I won my other bets with @spiritofamermaid and @Tsukasa Kadoya. I love that a dude with a Kamen Rider name has a Kikaider profile picture. Someone will notice it and be confused.

She is absolutely hamming it up for the show. She's still very liberal, but she is very no-nonsense. I have respected her ever since Opie & Anthony trashed her radio show, and she literally walked into their studio right after that and was a good sport about it. I think she's a lot more reasonable in person.

WG has Sister Act 3 in the works and probably knows that if she doesn't dial back the anti-life, it will be cancelled if not outright flop.

 

[Dana scully]

The judges from the NY and Georgia need to hurry and dismiss those cases .

 

[Gar For Archer]

Harris at 41 percent

Right wing dog whistle, article disregarded.

 

[LiquidKid]

The Musk thread blows and is just a salt mine for fellow musk derangement sufferers so I’m posting this here.

It’s funny to me that people felt the need to use video game lore to fact check someone

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I don’t see this as a worry because the modern from fanbase aren’t fans of the company or the games. They’re fans of Miyazaki. A big reason why they hate Dark Souls 2 and pretend it doesn’t exist is because he didn’t have a hand in it, it’s also why they ignore a lot of the games From made before him. And a lot of the ultra sexy ultra fetishy stuff, especially the feet, comes from him. He would and has walked away from Sony for fucking with his vision, and if he walks, the community would follow. Sony knows this, which is why they hold onto bloodborne for dear life but have never attempted their own sequel of it

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

How weird, since both are Democrats and somehow it's still the dang dirty Christians' faults.

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive. Religious zealots, especially Christians, were the ultimate the fun smashers in the US pre-2010's leftism. Irrespective of their party.

 

[TheDarknessGrows]

>tfw it's obese orange elderly conmen who want to penetrate each other all the way down
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Oh hey, that's Tom Walz.

I forgot all about him.

 

[X Prime]

I don’t see this as a worry because the modern from fanbase aren’t fans of the company or the games. They’re fans of Miyazaki. A big reason why they hate Dark Souls 2 and pretend it doesn’t exist is because he didn’t have a hand in it, it’s also why they ignore a lot of the games From made before him. And a lot of the ultra sexy ultra fetishy stuff, especially the feet, comes from him. He would and has walked away from Sony for fucking with his vision, and if he walks, the community would follow. Sony knows this, which is why they hold onto bloodborne for dear life but have never attempted their own sequel of it

All of this is correct. It's Kojima fanboy bullshit all over again.

God forbid Dark Souls 2 try some different things.

 

[Levitcus prime24]

All of this is correct. It's Kojima fanboy bullshit all over again.

God forbid Dark Souls 2 try some different things.

It’s werid that I’ve played and beat lies of P but not any soulsbourne game.

 

[X Prime]

I have not given Lies of P a chance yet, though I did enjoy The Surge. Only the first one though, the second one felt much worse atmospherically.

You do not need to have Miyazaki involved to make an OK Souls-esque game.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

A few fun headlines from The Hill.

• "Trump says he will impose new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China on first day" (archive). I say: goody goody gumdrops. The Mexican government will have to start behaving and Trudeau will have to eat shit before they start pushing us around again. Also, fuck China.
• "Homan: ‘I guarantee’ funds will be cut from states not cooperating on deportation" (archive). Good luck paying for all your sub-intersectional gay transbian research into Flock of Seagulls haircuts! Ya fuckin' niggers.

 

[Palmer Bangs]

The AP has released a guide for libs on how to deal with their family during the holiday
Archive (article)

Edit: I also like how this pic is technically a democrat mansplaining to a republican woman, going off the colors.

TLDR: "You might want to think about cutting off your family, but if you don't yeah that's ok too I guess."

Spoiler: Article

NEW YORK (AP) — There’s no place like home for the holidays. And that may not necessarily be a good thing.

In the wake of the very contentious and divisive 2024 presidential election, the upcoming celebration of Thanksgiving and the ramp-up of the winter holiday season could be a boon for some — a respite from the events of the larger world in the gathering of family and loved ones. Hours and even days spent with people who have played the largest roles in our lives. Another chapter in a lifetime of memories.

That’s one scenario.

For others, that same period — particularly because of the polarizing presidential campaign — is something to dread. There is the likelihood of disagreements, harsh words, hurt feelings and raised voices looming large.

Those who make a study of people and their relationships to each other in an increasingly complex 21st-century say there are choices that those with potentially frau

DO assess honestly where you are with it all​

For those who feel strongly about the election’s outcome, and know that the people they would be spending the holiday feel just as strongly in the other direction, take the time to honestly assess if you’re ready to spend time together in THIS moment, barely a few weeks after Election Day — and a time when feelings are still running high.

The answer might be that you’re not, and it might be better to take a temporary break, says Justin Jones-Fosu, author of “I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World.”

“You have to assess your own readiness,” he says, “Each person is going be very different in this.”

He emphasizes that it’s not about taking a permanent step back. “Right now is that moment that we’re talking about because it’s still so fresh. Christmas may be different.”

DON’T miss the bigger picture of what the holiday is all about​

Keep focused on why why you decided to go in the first place, Jones-Fosu says. Maybe it’s because there’s a relative there you don’t get to see often, or a loved one is getting up in age, or your kids want to see their cousins. Keeping that reason in mind could help you get through the time.

DO set boundaries​

If you decide getting together is the way to go, but you know politics is still a dicey subject, set a goal of making the holiday a politics-free zone and stick with it, says Karl Pillemer, a professor at Cornell University whose work includes research on family estrangement.

“Will a political conversation change anyone’s mind?” he says. “If there is no possibility of changing anyone’s mind, then create a demilitarized zone and don’t talk about it.”

DON’T take the bait​

Let’s be honest. Sometimes, despite best efforts and intentions to keep the holiday gathering politics- and drama-free, there’s someone who’s got something to say and is going to say it.

In that case, avoid getting drawn into it, says Tracy Hutchinson, a professor in the graduate clinical mental health counseling program at the College of William & Mary in Virginia.

“Not to take the hook is one of the most important things, and it is challenging,” she says. After all, you don’t have to go to every argument you’re invited to.

DO think about what will happen after the holiday​

If you risk getting caught up in the moment, consider engaging in what Pillemer calls “forward mapping.” This involves thinking medium and long term rather than just about right now — strategy rather than tactics. Maybe imagine yourself six months from now looking back on the dinner and thinking about the memories you’d want to have.

“Think about how you would like to remember this holiday,” he says. “Do you want to remember it with your brother and sister-in-law storming out and going home because you’ve had a two-hour argument?”

DON’T feel you have to be there uninterrupted​

Things getting intense? Defuse the situation. Walk away. And it doesn’t have to be in a huff. Sometimes a calm and collected time out is just what you — and the family — might need.

 

[X Prime]

Or you could only invite people who voted for Trump, also known as people with their heads on straight.

 

[LiquidKid]

It’s werid that I’ve played and beat lies of P but not any soulsbourne game.

I have not given Lies of P a chance yet, though I did enjoy The Surge. Only the first one though, the second one felt much worse atmospherically.

You do not need to have Miyazaki involved to make an OK Souls-esque game.

I won’t shit up the thread further, but Steelrising was also quite good

 

[X Prime]

No, fuck that. I demand a thread name change to US Politicsborne.

 

[Levitcus prime24]

No, fuck that. I demand a thread name change to US Politicsborne.

The age of politics is over, now is the time for soulsborne

 

[InteracialBowelSyndrome]

No, fuck that. I demand a thread name change to US Politicsborne.

Jesus Christ, it's Politics Bourne!