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[HaughtyFrank]

Games journalism does it again 



https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/post-63909447


I haven't looked through the thread yet but I wonder if even Re will defend this

[bork]

Games journalism does it again 

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/post-63909447


I haven't looked through the thread yet but I wonder if even Re will defend this

What site is that from?  The Onion? 

[Uncle]

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I didn't even know Glover moved to LA after beating Cross-Stitch.

[Drainage]

I can only assume Donald Glover sold his disgustingly opulent house to move to an even more disgustingly opulent house, and to a known nazi sympathizer at that, fuck him too reeeeeee

[bork]

So that review from Paste Magazine:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/returnal/returnal-review/

It was written by Dia Lacina.  I don't know who this is, but I'm blocked on Twitter.  Looks like she's having a meltdown over reaction to the review.

Stealth edit: Tweets are now protected, but I got this one:

https://mobile.twitter.com/dialacina/status/1387817452503977986

Nah. You know what. I quit. Fuck this industry. Fuck everyone who let Colin Moriarty become a real voice in it. Fuck all the high level games dudes who are friends with him. Fuck everyone who still rolls deep with Greg Miller. Fuck all of it. Enjoy your AAA shitshows. I'm out.

Google also shows:

"I'm sorry you can only get engagement by trying to trash my work, but it's really pathetic, honey."

"*yawn* sad gg nerds"

 

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/anybody-else-just-worn-down-over-trying-to-get-a-ps5.399160/page-7#post-63847686

A bit of a pointless update, but I'm just done with trying to get a PS5. Today was my breaking point with dealing with this, after getting screwed 4 times in one day out of getting now (First Target, then Gamestop, then seeing 2 reasonable personal offers online that were instantly sold).

In the last few months, I've done nothing live on my computer trying to get one, even going a full 24 hours one day without sleep doing NOTHING but searching and reloading store pages when restocks were plentiful and I still can't get one, out of dozens and dozens of restocks. It's always instantly gone as soon I try to check out, even when I use multiple devices in an attempt to just get one. I already have some substantial obsessive-compulsive mental health issues as it is already, and as you can imagine, these last 6 months, especially this last month, have nearly destroyed my mental health trying to get one.

Nothing should be this frustrating or insane of an experience. Retailers aren't helping the issue either, by refusing to even allow systems to be sold in store (At least EVERY retailer in my town anyways). Even with past systems that were a pain to get (Wii especially, and Switch and PS3's early on) you could get lucky if you were dedicated enough to get to stores early on restock day, but that's not even an option now. And as far as scalpers go, I'd legitimately would rather slit my throat than pay scum of the earth, pieces of shit exploiting people's desperation like myself and contributing to the problem of finding one in the first place. I've never had a particular favorable opinion of people like this, but I couldn't state what I think of people like that now without coming off as a psycho at this point.

So, I'm just done. I honestly feel I'm going to have a legitimate mental breakdown if I keep trying to deal with this, and it's not worth it over a fucking game system. Since I don't even have the option to maybe get one in-store, I'm just accepting I won't get one until it's either PS6 comes out, or one falls out of the fucking sky and into my lap.

Sorry for the rant, but I legitimately needed a vent after all this.

[Uncle]

Games journalism does it again 

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/post-63909447


I haven't looked through the thread yet but I wonder if even Re will defend this

motherfuckers this is what people mean when they say they don't want politics in video games

not that any media is apolitical, but that garbage takes don't need to be constantly inserted everywhere when you're just looking for a little escapism

you can look too hard at anything and sometimes you'd be better off just enjoying what you get at surface level

[Uncle]

So that review from Paste Magazine:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/returnal/returnal-review/

It was written by Dia Lacina.  I don't know who this is, but I'm blocked on Twitter.  Looks like she's having a meltdown over reaction to the review.

Stealth edit: Tweets are now protected, but I got this one:

https://mobile.twitter.com/dialacina/status/1387817452503977986

Nah. You know what. I quit. Fuck this industry. Fuck everyone who let Colin Moriarty become a real voice in it. Fuck all the high level games dudes who are friends with him. Fuck everyone who still rolls deep with Greg Miller. Fuck all of it. Enjoy your AAA shitshows. I'm out.

oh sure this is all colin's fault since he tweeted this and sent his bully army to lay waste

https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/1387806637361176579


the guy who to this day only remains cancelled because of this single tweet

https://twitter.com/notaxation/status/839542070050115584

[Uncle]

boy this dia lacina is just full of bad takes, ain't she?

[Straight Edge]

Looks like you can be too woke for even resetera if it might affect review scores of papa Sony.

[joeboy101]

Games journalism does it again 

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/post-63909447


I haven't looked through the thread yet but I wonder if even Re will defend this

More from that review:

But by the time I was trying to solve the mystery of a mid century farmhouse, I kind of stopped caring about the promise of the future. Because I’m fully convinced now that AAA isn’t just a more expensive-looking caliber of game, it’s a creative dead end in an industry that doesn’t even realize it’s gasping for air in a world wracked by the seismic convulsions of capitalism.

This was the game that snuffed out “arcade games” in a blog post. It put their battle royale, Stormdivers, on ice for god knows how long, for a game that wanted to be so daring that it warranted a blog post that murdered arcade games. A game so big and important that it halted a battle royale in its steps and turned Finnish studio Housemarque away from its arcade history and towards the AAA.

The second I managed a run up to the mid century farmhouse in the middle of an overgrown alien ruin, I knew I’d made a mistake. And I’d already put up with so much. I wasn’t a huge fan of Stormdivers, but putting that on hold for this? Well, it’s probably the right decision for Housemarque and Sony’s bottom line, but also, yeesh. If that’s all we’re using as a metric (and unfortunately it is), we’re already lost.

I realized about 10 hours into my playthrough that Metroid Prime actually makes a lousy roguelike (and that I’d much rather be playing Metroid Prime). Sustained movement through a space that persists and is immovable, a megalithic puzzle of the past suddenly thrust into the present: that’s what drives Metroid Prime. Colossal intentionality, not clever randomization. It’s not a fast-paced game at all, really. In fact, I’m not sure the cycle and speed that roguelikes require is well suited to the kind of thoughtful adventure game with moderate platforming and action that Prime gave us. If anything the comparison falls apart here quite quickly, because the exploratory and investigation aspects of Returnal are much more inline with modern Tomb Raider.

Returnal had a chance to be a game that I deeply loved. It could have been a fantastic, flashy arcade shooter. They could have shown From Software everything that went wrong with Chalice Dungeons while putting Bungie to shame with their space shooting and breakneck platforming. But in the end, Housemarque decided to choose a path that split their focus, and delivered us an expensive looking game that plays well enough at times, but never gels together with the story that’s undeserving of the attention it’s being given despite never being given enough attention to make it interesting. When the game slows down, it slams into the atmosphere like a derelict rocket on a bad trajectory. And it slows down with every death, with every narrative beat, and any attempt at providing an excuse or depth to why we’re here shooting aliens. Where Stardust repeatedly let me blow things up in my funky little spaceship and feel awesome, this game forces a will upon me to slow down and play tomb raider for ancient aliens, to figure out how Selene has become stuck in this Space Groundhog Day with psychoanalytic undertones creeping in from the edges in the form of remnants of human life intruding into this alien space. But it also can’t stop being relentless in its need to push me through big gun battle encounters and epic boss fights. And in the end it’s just so exhaustingly too much. The countless hours of gameplay coupled with the unbelievably pricey banality of it all: Is this the future of gaming we wanted? Probably not, but it’s the future of gaming that millions of people will sign up and pay for because the spectacle of particle effects and the mind-numbing chill of Prestige Television on the ability to evaluate a good narrative from one of endless and unmoored questions and overly withheld answers is what we’re buying. And perhaps Housemarque is correct, that to stay open a studio like them has to pivot away from what they do best, to morph into the next big Sony first-party purchase. It’s hard to imagine them not getting gobbled up (eagerly) if Returnal launches well (and by all rights it will, this review doesn’t matter). I still have no idea what pivoting to AAA really means. There are hallmarks here from the strained pseudo-cinematic soundtrack to the twisty story held too close to the chest, and the very expensive set piece design to everything. But it’s not a genre. I’m not even sure it’s a thing other than a collection of attributes that somehow you have to abandon “arcade” to achieve.

I mean, is she okay? Do we need to call somebody, is she kidnapped or being abused and leaving hints in this review?

 

[Nintex]

Giving a Soyny exclusive a 6/10 is what is known as a pro gamer move.

[joeboy101]

Also, don’t forget this killer article by her:

Demon's Souls' Soundtrack Reminds Us Just How Transient and Treacherous Truth Is

[Joe Molotov]

I'm gonna get smacked for this but some of you people need to grow the fuck up

This goes double for the PoliEra regulars in here gleefully mocking a trans leftist indigenous writer for making a comment that, shockingly, from her perspective she feels xenophobia is not limited to the GOP and it is personally off-putting to see a game lean on that prefix in the context of modern politics

Progressive website my ass

Returnal review thread bout to get turnt up.

[Nintex]

Looking at the Paste Magazine archive it seems that person started out writing normal stuff about how awesome Super Mario is and how great video game music sounds but that didn't get the clicks.

[Nintex]

yea jesus christ. the gamergate-tier rhetoric i'm seeing thrown out in this thread. and i reviewed and loved Returnal! i think it's some kind of masterpiece. i also enjoyed reading Dia's review and the harassment shit is driving her out of the industry. are we really gonna be better off without her voice because we happened to disagree with some of her twitter takes? for fuck's sake y'all, it's pathetic

Yeah. It's really fucked up, and the people who are dogpiling her for this need to think about how good a look it is for them to be doing and saying the exact same shit to her that alt-right chuds are doing and saying. To even have a moderator like Kaitos participating in this dunking is deeply concerning to me as a trans person, and it makes Era feel less safe for my community when people are allowed to behave in this manner.

We're off to the races bois, someone dig up some dirt on these devs I'm sure one of them has at some point donated to the GOP

[Uncle]

you literally have to google this person and click through multiple links to learn she's trans 

"you dare to mock my writing? I know something you don't know, pal. Guess what? I was trans all along."

[joeboy101]

I'm gonna get smacked for this but some of you people need to grow the fuck up

This goes double for the PoliEra regulars in here gleefully mocking a trans leftist indigenous writer for making a comment that, shockingly, from her perspective she feels xenophobia is not limited to the GOP and it is personally off-putting to see a game lean on that prefix in the context of modern politics

Progressive website my ass

Returnal review thread bout to get turnt up.

We're temporarily locking this thread while we review reports.

Uh oh. Here comes the Ban Train.

[BIONIC]

you literally have to google this person and click through multiple links to learn she's trans 

"you dare to mock my writing? I know something you don't know, pal. Guess what? I was trans all along."

*and in a wheelchair

[Joe Molotov]

Lot of secret Gators bout to get purged, you love to see it.

[HaughtyFrank]

When a take is so bad that the only defense is "she's trans, leftist and indigenous" you should realize it's maybe a bad take. Her getting mad about AAA games is perfectly okay, but that xenophobia take when talking about literal aliens is just 

[Klelk]

Resetera once again shown to be a secret haven of alt right goobergaters, making minorities flee the site in droves 

[Uncle]

it's fine as long as it's america-centric, since we all know that's the only part of the world that matters



"Cyberpunk 2077 is a fleetingly entertaining but flawed game, whose message hearkens back to the broken promises made by the African National Congress, even as the Inkatha Freedom Party makes inroads they should never have had the opportunity to. Yeah, nice one, Cyril."

[Straight Edge]

I just see you all keep using the same screen grab that C*lin created(presumably) and it's making me cringe more than what she wrote. Especially since C*lin tweeted it out without provocation.

 

[HaughtyFrank]

"C*lin" 

Sony fans are ripping her a new one on twitter lol

It's right-wing chuds.

When I see a room filled with sony fans and two right wing chuds, it's four right, uh, five sony fans and three right wings chuds...
Uh wait, let met start over.

When I see a room of right wing chuds filled with sony fans then all I see is nazis

[Nintex]

"In conclusion, I simply cannot enjoy Resident Evil Village in this political climate of election fraud, witch hunts and cancel culture. The lights have gone out not just in the Village and Europe but in the rest of the world as well. I pray that we may be saved from this insnanity but until then it will ruin all of entertainment. 3/10"

[ShutUp]

They fucking locked the review thread because forever playing the victim even though they are constantly catered to TransEra can’t handle seeing a review that somehow worked xenophobia and Democrats into it about a roguelike shooter game, is rightfully being mocked.

Jesus Christ they are the EPITOME of snowflakes 

[HaughtyFrank]

And the thread was started by Kyuuji 

[ShutUp]

I just see you all keep using the same screen grab that C*lin created(presumably) and it's making me cringe more than what she wrote. Especially since C*lin tweeted it out without provocation.

 

Yes, that literal quote from the review that anyone with Internet access can screengrab was “created” by Colin. What a monster.

Wait, my bad. It’s C*lin. 

[Hermit]

Wow F*ck C*lin, what a piece of sh*t!

[Uncle]

"In conclusion, I simply cannot enjoy Resident Evil Village in this political climate of election fraud, witch hunts and cancel culture. The lights have gone out not just in the Village and Europe but in the rest of the world as well. I pray that we may be saved from this insnanity but until then it will ruin all of entertainment. 3/10"

"Balan Wonderworld's stark design reminds one of the future envisioned by the Partido Social Liberal, if they are allowed to reign unchecked. Balan himself is well-designed, but the Balan's Bout segments drag the game down -- paralleling the godawful performance of the Partido dos Trabalhadores in their mismanaged opposition to Bolsonaro."

[NekoFever]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/anybody-else-just-worn-down-over-trying-to-get-a-ps5.399160/page-7#post-63847686

A bit of a pointless update, but I'm just done with trying to get a PS5. Today was my breaking point with dealing with this, after getting screwed 4 times in one day out of getting now (First Target, then Gamestop, then seeing 2 reasonable personal offers online that were instantly sold).

In the last few months, I've done nothing live on my computer trying to get one, even going a full 24 hours one day without sleep doing NOTHING but searching and reloading store pages when restocks were plentiful and I still can't get one, out of dozens and dozens of restocks. It's always instantly gone as soon I try to check out, even when I use multiple devices in an attempt to just get one. I already have some substantial obsessive-compulsive mental health issues as it is already, and as you can imagine, these last 6 months, especially this last month, have nearly destroyed my mental health trying to get one.

Nothing should be this frustrating or insane of an experience. Retailers aren't helping the issue either, by refusing to even allow systems to be sold in store (At least EVERY retailer in my town anyways). Even with past systems that were a pain to get (Wii especially, and Switch and PS3's early on) you could get lucky if you were dedicated enough to get to stores early on restock day, but that's not even an option now. And as far as scalpers go, I'd legitimately would rather slit my throat than pay scum of the earth, pieces of shit exploiting people's desperation like myself and contributing to the problem of finding one in the first place. I've never had a particular favorable opinion of people like this, but I couldn't state what I think of people like that now without coming off as a psycho at this point.

So, I'm just done. I honestly feel I'm going to have a legitimate mental breakdown if I keep trying to deal with this, and it's not worth it over a fucking game system. Since I don't even have the option to maybe get one in-store, I'm just accepting I won't get one until it's either PS6 comes out, or one falls out of the fucking sky and into my lap.

Sorry for the rant, but I legitimately needed a vent after all this.

I liked this one:

What frustrates me is how people go on talking about playing games on the PS5 as if everyone who wants one can easily get one.
The people who did get one seem to stop understanding how it's still kind of a white whale for most.

Imagine being so insensitive that you’d openly talk about PS5 games on a gaming forum when so many are suffering.

[Tuckers Law]

Gamergate was the worst thing to happen to games.  Not because of any harassment or grifters using it to make bank, nor because of any spotlight being shone on the hyper-insularity and questionable practices of the enthusiast press.  The truly worst thing about gamergate is how it is constantly being used by shitty games press to shield themselves from a critical discussion when they go and say outrageously dumb shit.

[Joe Molotov]

[Mr Gilhaney]

I'm gonna get smacked for this but some of you people need to grow the fuck up

This goes double for the PoliEra regulars in here gleefully mocking a trans leftist indigenous writer for making a comment that, shockingly, from her perspective she feels xenophobia is not limited to the GOP and it is personally off-putting to see a game lean on that prefix in the context of modern politics

Progressive website my ass
 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/page-28#post-63915363

[ShutUp]

And then a thread about “why allow review threads?” popped up but was quickly locked. Weird how Jeff Grubb being mocked earlier in the thread (for a review in which he liked the game) didn’t warrant a thread lock though.

Not a single person was making fun of that xenophobia review for the person being trans or in a wheelchair. They were mocking it because it was an awful review. Bad reviews constantly get made fun of on there. TransEra wants to be included and treated like everyone else right up until they actually are included and treated like everyone else. Then it’s time to treat them with kid gloves.

[ShutUp]

It’s also CRAZY how all of a sudden someone being essentially chased off of Twitter for a bad take is a bad thing again. Hey Era, it’s shit to do that to anyone, not just those you don’t like.

[jorma]

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these amateurs really should have googled and made sure the reviewer was white and cis before deciding to mock her for her shit takes 

[Nintex]

And then a thread about “why allow review threads?” popped up but was quickly locked. Weird how Jeff Grubb being mocked earlier in the thread (for a review in which he liked the game) didn’t warrant a thread lock though.

Not a single person was making fun of that xenophobia review for the person being trans or in a wheelchair. They were mocking it because it was an awful review. Bad reviews constantly get made fun of on there. TransEra wants to be included and treated like everyone else right up until they actually are included and treated like everyone else. Then it’s time to treat them with kid gloves.

They don't want to be treated differently but they want it acknowledged that they are different.

It's the catch 22 of many of those groups. Then again, they all ride that identity politics dick so hard that sooner or later Serb nationalists will pick up the scent and start sheling villages.

[ShutUp]

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I'm gonna get smacked for this but some of you people need to grow the fuck up

This goes double for the PoliEra regulars in here gleefully mocking a trans leftist indigenous writer for making a comment that, shockingly, from her perspective she feels xenophobia is not limited to the GOP and it is personally off-putting to see a game lean on that prefix in the context of modern politics

Progressive website my ass
 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/page-28#post-63915363

I can’t believe them damn MAGA chuds* would have the audacity to make fun of this absurd review. Time to scour all their social media to validate my bias right after being pissed someone was chased off Twitter for a bad take.

*said chuds are in fact, NOT MAGA chuds at all, just people clowning an absurd review

[HaughtyFrank]

It’s also CRAZY how all of a sudden someone being essentially chased off of Twitter for a bad take is a bad thing again. Hey Era, it’s shit to do that to anyone, not just those you don’t like.

Yeah, they did the exact same thing to Lindsay Ellis, even blamed her for leaving twitter. As always it's simply "it's okay when I disagree with their opinion"

[bork]

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I'm gonna get smacked for this but some of you people need to grow the fuck up

This goes double for the PoliEra regulars in here gleefully mocking a trans leftist indigenous writer for making a comment that, shockingly, from her perspective she feels xenophobia is not limited to the GOP and it is personally off-putting to see a game lean on that prefix in the context of modern politics

Progressive website my ass
 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/page-28#post-63915363

 

I love how that post was enough to turn the tide of the thread. 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/page-29#post-63915870

yea jesus christ. the gamergate-tier rhetoric i'm seeing thrown out in this thread. and i reviewed and loved Returnal! i think it's some kind of masterpiece. i also enjoyed reading Dia's review and the harassment shit is driving her out of the industry. are we really gonna be better off without her voice because we happened to disagree with some of her twitter takes? for fuck's sake y'all, it's pathetic

I’m sorry but the shit she was tweeting at Neil was disgusting. Her and her Twitter journalist friends were embarrassing .

shame on you

very cool to see GG defenses get reintroduced

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

Yeah, he deserved every last bit of that dragging.

 

[Uncle]

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[Klelk]

KAITOS RETIRE BITCH

[ShutUp]

Some of the truly heinous and deeply concerning things said about the reviewer

But what does a game by a Finnish creator have to do with the Democrats. Also it adds literally nothing to the review. It's a crack on democrats just to make a crack on democrats.

Bruh that Paste review is wild. They compared the Dualsense to a dildo running low on batteries

It just goes into tangents out of nowhere.

LOL did Peter K. Rosenthal write this

Looool no way, gotta check out the review haha...and also make sure my batteries are charged

Lock all these monsters up and melt the keys. DEEPLY. CONCERNING.

[HaughtyFrank]

So like the title says there is an incredibly predictable (and I mean it's been this way since Neogaf we're all being honest with ourselves) pattern to review threads mostly just ending up being forum users taking out of context bits from reviews and throwing abuse towards writers, typically regarding games that in 99% of cases they haven't even played. *Coincidentally* this abuse tends to focused on minority or disabled reviewers yet this website that calls itself a progressive hub continues to allow this to go on unabated. Why?

Yes! Ban review threads on your gaming forum!

 

[bork]

  C*LIN

[Uncle]

whoa that's trippy

[Vertigo]

Sony as usual showing how much they value their users. But imagine a key part of your identity is your PSN account. I understand the monetary value but identity?

 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/nick-des-barres-nick-rox-formerly-of-gamefan-blue-shadows-guy-currently-locked-out-of-psn-account.417678/







Lol apparently he hacked one of his saves

The only thing I can think of is hacking my FFVIIR save to make Red XIII a permanent party member... but surely this punishment doesn’t fit that crime >.>

the things furries will do so they can have some hot fur ass on screen at all times
 :nepenthe

[thetylerrob]

that Returnal thread is a trip. love to have mods, former mods and US Poli avatars shit all over indigenous criticism

I wrote this with the intention of posting it in Westlake's thread, which is a thread I'm upset was closed, and I'm still frustrated so I'm posting it here for posterity:

As an indigenous Canadian, whenever I read insensitive, unapologetic posts on here dressing down native American writers and their specific criticisms about the anti-Indigeneity worldviews inherent to many western works, I question why am I even here. I am clearly less important than the need to rehabilitate devs and journalists over their anti-indigenous rhetoric.

Indigenous-specific worldviews would be pro xenophobia sweetie 

[Boredfrom]

But by the time I was trying to solve the mystery of a mid century farmhouse, I kind of stopped caring about the promise of the future. Because I’m fully convinced now that AAA isn’t just a more expensive-looking caliber of game, it’s a creative dead end in an industry that doesn’t even realize it’s gasping for air in a world wracked by the seismic convulsions of capitalism.

The second I managed a run up to the mid century farmhouse in the middle of an overgrown alien ruin, I knew I’d made a mistake.

What is Solaris?

[Potato]

Games journalism does it again 

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/post-63909447


I haven't looked through the thread yet but I wonder if even Re will defend this

That is some of the most technically poor writing I've ever seen.

[Potato]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/anybody-else-just-worn-down-over-trying-to-get-a-ps5.399160/page-7#post-63847686

A bit of a pointless update, but I'm just done with trying to get a PS5. Today was my breaking point with dealing with this, after getting screwed 4 times in one day out of getting now (First Target, then Gamestop, then seeing 2 reasonable personal offers online that were instantly sold).

In the last few months, I've done nothing live on my computer trying to get one, even going a full 24 hours one day without sleep doing NOTHING but searching and reloading store pages when restocks were plentiful and I still can't get one, out of dozens and dozens of restocks. It's always instantly gone as soon I try to check out, even when I use multiple devices in an attempt to just get one. I already have some substantial obsessive-compulsive mental health issues as it is already, and as you can imagine, these last 6 months, especially this last month, have nearly destroyed my mental health trying to get one.

Nothing should be this frustrating or insane of an experience. Retailers aren't helping the issue either, by refusing to even allow systems to be sold in store (At least EVERY retailer in my town anyways). Even with past systems that were a pain to get (Wii especially, and Switch and PS3's early on) you could get lucky if you were dedicated enough to get to stores early on restock day, but that's not even an option now. And as far as scalpers go, I'd legitimately would rather slit my throat than pay scum of the earth, pieces of shit exploiting people's desperation like myself and contributing to the problem of finding one in the first place. I've never had a particular favorable opinion of people like this, but I couldn't state what I think of people like that now without coming off as a psycho at this point.

So, I'm just done. I honestly feel I'm going to have a legitimate mental breakdown if I keep trying to deal with this, and it's not worth it over a fucking game system. Since I don't even have the option to maybe get one in-store, I'm just accepting I won't get one until it's either PS6 comes out, or one falls out of the fucking sky and into my lap.

Sorry for the rant, but I legitimately needed a vent after all this.

I liked this one:

What frustrates me is how people go on talking about playing games on the PS5 as if everyone who wants one can easily get one.
The people who did get one seem to stop understanding how it's still kind of a white whale for most.

Imagine being so insensitive that you’d openly talk about PS5 games on a gaming forum when so many are suffering.

ResetEra: Captialism is the devil and is literally burning the world on fire.
Also Resetera: I'm depressed because I can't buy new Snoy product made by oppressed slave workers in China.

[SmokyDave]

you literally have to google this person and click through multiple links to learn she's trans 

"you dare to mock my writing? I know something you don't know, pal. Guess what? I was trans all along."

I know this means I am some flavour of bigot, but I knew the reviewer was trans from the excerpt posted. It’s just obvious to me in a way that I know must be grossly offensive. Offensive, but I wasn’t wrong.

[Tuckers Law]

That’s because you’re JK Rowlings-adjacent, Dave.  We see through your ruse.

[Boredfrom]

Hell, not just media consumption habits - all consumption habits. They're not a substitute for a personality even if capitalism has done extremely well at cannibalizing pre-existing community spaces and turning everyone into brand signifying machines.

“I want that the world get better and more critical of The Powers of Be, but I support shallow and idiotic media criticism because my social clique tells me to do.”

[Boredfrom]

https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/1387827535543771136?s=21


I remember you having awful terrible takes Patrick. And what was the last scoop you got?

[HardcoreRetro]

https://twitter.com/patrickklepek/status/1387827535543771136?s=21


I remember you having awful terrible takes Patrick. And what was the last scoop you got?

His last scoop probably went into his privated folder of creepshots.

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I'm gonna get smacked for this but some of you people need to grow the fuck up

This goes double for the PoliEra regulars in here gleefully mocking a trans leftist indigenous writer for making a comment that, shockingly, from her perspective she feels xenophobia is not limited to the GOP and it is personally off-putting to see a game lean on that prefix in the context of modern politics

Progressive website my ass
 

https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/page-28#post-63915363

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Games journalism does it again 

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https://www.resetera.com/threads/returnal-review-thread.417591/post-63909447


I haven't looked through the thread yet but I wonder if even Re will defend this

And the even more problematic thing is the Xeno prefix also conjures up the horribly sexist game Xenoblade 2 with such horribly sexist character design like this:



Mythra cosplay:

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