Something I’d like in a perfect world is legislation to fight back against general “contact unavailability” of large companies.

I generally recognize that there are lots of people that call for simple stuff that they could’ve checked online. That said, there has to be a legislative median that ensures people with serious concerns can follow some path to contact some sentient person. Heck, even just to serve them lawsuit papers.

I only linked to the YouTuber summary because the article was in Japanese. Certainly it’s the better source if you can read it.

I still want to borrow this game from my library to see how it is.

It’s probably bad, but it also has a list of things that can color some people’s opinions before they’ve played it.

• Female, non-gorgeous lead
• Star Wars related
• Made by Ubisoft

accidentally drops rare copy of indie game into a sewer grate

aw, fuck. I can’t believe I’ve done this.

I mean, I just take it in the tone of voice people use to congratulate communities for positive community impact.

“Look at how clean this river is now! So many members of the community showed up to contribute, and I’m proud of you all! You did this!”

Imagine mail-order catalogs of hentai games on CD-ROM, or even cheap flash drives, in 2025.

The thing is, I actually appreciate the idea of “de-objectifying” people in terms of fictional design; but I want that to be encouraged as part of the creative expression. A sexy female character with an identity and story behind her is a lot more fun to me than one just created to have big boobs. Heck, those same design principles can help design sexy men that appeal to female/gay groups.

But needless to say, forcing those views as part of these acts isn’t helping anyone. It’s just exerting forceful control, and we know how well that works for art.

Plus, I thought NSFW works were a large market driver. Back in the HD-DVD/Blu-Ray war, they said the winner would be determined by the porn producers.

Hopefully you’re referring to Visa/Paypal, not Itch.

One place that comes to mind is Verotel. I barely know them, but supposedly one of their star attributes is their use for adult businesses. Likely someone else knows them better.

A) Honest mistake. I appreciated people pointing out the country of origin.
B) While the specifics of my comment were off the mark, even with this group being Australian, this group affects world commerce, and American politics has strong influence on that world in turn. Just like how president of the USA would have a big effect on the levels of violence and cruelty in Gaza. Visa is an American corporation, and they’re clearly quite on board with this censorship influence.

A reminder that some absolutely brain-forsaken hateful morons actually voted for Trump because they thought he would take the side against these kind of puritanicals. You know, by removing black and disabled people from workplaces and stuff, and by letting Musk raid the IRS. Logic is not their strong suit.

Okay, Jack Thompson

If GTA V is allowed, I’m pretty certain most of what we’ve seen from NSFW games is as well. Regardless, a payment company should not be acting as judge for such things, just as media companies should not act as judge on copyright infringement on YouTube.

That seems like a great idea. Now that so many games are much less demanding on your gaming machine than others (playing a Phoenix Wright game, or Stardew Valley, or Minecraft), holding back a bit of power makes a lot of sense. If implemented right, I imagine you wouldn’t see any effect from this on most games.

I don’t doubt that game studio business models have gotten scummier, but I never liked the phrase “The full experience”.

There’s a few Bioware games I can cite where it was a terrible setup that added story-critical quests through DLC, but most often, a “special edition” or even the season passes tend to add very optional, often-ugly, costumes to games that already offer a number of costumes with the base game.

Saying it often makes people picture that they don’t get an ending to their story, or are locked out of abilities. There are live service games with that issue - the “hero model” being a frequent offender, but in the best of those games, the game’s base price is low and even the guide authors will acknowledge few people should feel the need to buy every character.

Their other good thing in my eyes is not overextending.

They have been profitable for a long time, and built up a reserve. Shitty CEOs would demand they use those reserves to branch out into a VR division. Make a room-sized toy, a massively online Second Life space, a chain of theme parks. Anything to show they’re hiring, growing, and that the ROI will triple every few years.

Obviously, had they done any of that, they’d be doing a lot more firing now because they’d have no reserves once all those plans go belly up.

So, it’s likely helpful their culture is quartered in Japan where the long term health of the company is treasured and short term gains are not worshipped so much.

The worst bit is reflecting on how the first movie portrayed it all.

A horrific empire, but a secret mysterious force, not believed in by many, that can help you fight it. Classic warriors using heavy swords in an age of laser rifles.

I don’t even really know what the message around the force was in The Last Jedi. I didn’t even bother watching Force Awakens.

The only thought process I have seen is that “The rules are that you have to follow the process. You can’t just come here for economic opportunity without getting permission. Every country works this way.”

There’s no thought process behind what actual harm is caused. It’s a mental centering on Rules. They refuse to dive behind why they respect those rules, and why they’re okay ignoring those rules for Europeans, because the answer is just Racism.

Yet these same people expect to be let off with a warning when stopped for speeding. Rules for me, not for thee.

I remember playing the demo for Remake. The guard scorpion took an age and multiple cycles to beat; apparently it’s not meant to, but something about its damage mechanics was just incredibly unclear to me. I was using magic and abilities how it said it wanted me to, but in an action game, those mechanics get much harder to parse. Would’ve preferred turn-taking.

Occult Crime Police is a fantastic free offering for those looking for a bit more Ace Attorney. It mostly follows the gameplay of Ace Attorney games, in which you investigate murder scenes involving strange, paranormal phenomena, and then discover contradictions in people’s witness accounts to uncover the culprit. It’s a bit easy, but maintains some great humor and charming animation production value.