They created this monster by being embarrassed of their own profession and transforming the industry into a complete and utter joke.
You know what's really great about this? Gaming was already becoming the monolithic industry it now is prior to the woke bullshittery. Had they stuck by the industry. Had they held even a single ounce of pride for their work and the industry they helped build, what others thought wouldn't have mattered in the slightest when your industry is the economic powerhouse it is. But instead these people desperately cling to being accepted by another industry that is just filled with some of the biggest scumbags on the planet (that being hollywood, filled not just with political turds, but actual sex pests and pedophiles), and as a result it will NEVER be enough. Because they gave these freaks all the power. They grovelled and begged and pleaded to be accepted by the people who were an incestuous collection of filth (who themselves ended up turning even the handful that were decently talented among themselves into complete hacks). And instead of gaining respect, they became nothing more than the mocked pet.
They put themselves into a subservient position, and can't understand why they're not coming out on top. They were set to take over from Hollywood, and decided to bend the knee instead. They did this to themselves, and many don't even realise that they were even manipulated into doing it. All because they were looking for acceptance from people who are scummy to the point that everyone knows "the open secret" of Hollywood.
Fuck them. Their "plight" is nothing but a making of their own self-loathing. And if they cannot even respect themselves, why should I respect them?
See, now this is what we call "entitlement". Leftists will always end up in this position as they demand that those who can should provide for said leftists (under the deception that it's actually for others "who need it"), and it almost always ends with the implication (or outright statement) that force will be used, like in this image here when they say "I'm gonna count to 3".
And of course, the leftists out there will claim that this is a joke, and this is deliberate for two reasons: the first is because that's all that the modern leftist can consume opinions as, and the second is to avoid criticism as they treat it like "Schrodinger's Joke" where it's simultaneously "just a joke" while also being a scathing commentary when taken seriously. And if you take it seriously to critically analyse it, you're just taking a joke "too seriously", even though the entire point is to take it seriously when in agreement.
These people are unironically scum. They're leeches, feeding off others and offering nothing in return. And if you so dare to suggest that people can better themselves, you're a terrible person.
Remember, right-wing households donate far more to charity than leftists. And while most charities are scams, it's more about the intent in this instance than the result. Leftists are not good people. They're rats using good optics as a mask. Never, ever forget that. It's always about how something can benefit themselves. Always and forever, no exception.
It might be a natural response, but that does nothing to excuse the complete lack of self control. But honestly, it's no water off my back. She will be the one with the regrets. And she'll probably blame others again, even though it was herself that was chasing that self-gratification high.
It's amazing how there was a comment that was basically this, and the hivemind mentality took over for another user to just come back with "well maybe she WANTS the silly tattoos and piercings!!!1!" And it's just so sad to see someone completely miss the entire fucking point.
It truly is incomprehensible for these losers to understand that just because group X says something is bad doesn't mean you have to do the exact opposite of it, and in fact swinging that far in the opposite direction will more often than not result in worse outcomes, not better.
But then again, this is all about the instant and self-gratification, not about anything meaningful like actually bettering yourself in spite of something that may or may not have been holding you back.
I'd suggest asking if they'd like their legacy erased in a couple hundred years for literally any other race, but that would require them capable of any sort of empathy.
It's shockingly consistent how many of these goony beard men just turn out to be scumbags in one way or another. Either it's sexual abuse, violent tendencies, or it's low moral fibre to just outright scam people through the guise of charity of all things.
Jirard chose his side based on his morals. He lacks morals. What does that tell you about those he supports?
For starters, corporations are not capitalistic. Secondly, merging corporations and government is just another form of leftist doctrine (state funded companies), and is antithetical to the basis of capitalism.
The free exchange of goods and services cannot exist while government explicitly intervenes in the market.
But her story was forgettable. Something like she jumped into the time stream and saved the doctor at every turn?
That was just her story with Smith. Her story with Capaldi was far worse. Spoilers for anyone stupid enough to care: Her story ends with her being pretty much on par with the Doctor (in terms of determination and wit, not so much raw intelligence), and she steals her own Tardis to go on adventures with. It's really bad.
Jenna Coleman might be rather pretty (and she's not too bad in my opinion either), but Clara was a massive Mary Sue and it's insane how many people defend her character.
The Matt Smith era was more a Canary in Coal Mine situation. Nothing too terrible, but there were small signs here and there. The biggest sign though is by far Clara, and her entire story that spans across both Smith and Capaldi.
I don't really have too much time at the moment, but if I remember later, I could go more into detail if you'd like me to.
Delusional hope. For a quick history, the revival (2005, starting with Eccleston as the 9th Doctor) was started by Russell T Davies, who continued as showrunner all the way through the Tennant years. From there it was Stephen Moffat who took over, who was okay but you really saw the SocJus creep in. Which isn't to say RTD didn't have some, but it was at least reasonably subtle and not repeatedly bashing you around the head with it. Moffat stuck around through both Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi, but from then on there was Chris Chibnall, showrunner for the Jodie Whittaker years, and was only really defended by the most delusional out there. A significant portion walked away midway through Moffat's run, but Chibnall doubled down in all the worst ways and people left en masse.
So why does this matter? Because the BBC, in their desperation, brought back RTD in the hopes he'd bring it back. And a lot of fans bought the hope that he would bring it back. Not going to lie, at the first news I was hopeful too, and then there was news like the casting, and certain characters, I saw RTD's history since Dr Who, and every piece of news was revealing that it would be going all in on The Message.
I don't blame long time fans for having hope for RTD. Most people don't pay attention to the finer details, even if they know that something is turning bad. But this just wasn't going to be it. Delusion, yes, but hopefully this will be a lesson to some fans that it's time to move on, to build up new IPs that aren't filled with this crap.
It's because it's not about the viewers, it's about the creators.
Same thing can be said of SocJus movements. Doesn't matter if the average supporter isn't a complete shithead, when every one of their leaders are without exception complete shitheads and that's where they loyally get their information from.
I think like most things in history, it was exaggerated over time. A pretty good and clear cut example of that, and one that has mostly been shown to have been an overblown myth, is the reaction to the War of the World radioplay and how it "lead to mass hysteria", when it reality they got about a thousand angry letters, of which only about a quarter had actually listened to said radioplay.
Were there people who thought smoking wasn't bad? Sure. And I wouldn't be surprised if many that did recognise smoking was bad didn't realise just how bad. But the idea that it was ever thought of as good is almost definitely revisionist utilising a very small subset of very deluded people that don't represent any larger demographic in any meaningful way.
If anything, they have explicitly enforced monopolies time and again. The medical industry within the US (and abroad thanks to other governments) is an infamous oligopoly with little to no competition (leading to inflated prices). Then there's the US Postal Service and the American Letter Mail Company which was explicitly outlawed because it was so thoroughly outperforming the USPS for a fraction of the cost.
And in fact, when income taxes and the sort are in play, there's little incentive to actually break up any sort of monopoly or oligopoly. Think about it: It's guaranteed income with lesser chances of failing. It's steady and reliable income for the state. And that doesn't even touch the money laundering that is lobbying.
The lack of competing grids is itself the result of regulation. That makes it inherently excluded from being "natural", due to government control over the supply of market competition.
You can support this, you can oppose this, it ultimately doesn't really matter where you stand on it. But it's not a natural monopoly.
I think the issue is that as difficult as game design can be, it's still not as difficult as many within the industry make it out to be. And it should be noted that many of the biggest successes in recent history either started or were overwhelmingly single person efforts. Things like Minecraft, Stardew Valley, Papers Please, Undertale, FNAF, Spelunky, Braid, and plenty more. And no, these games aren't the pinnacle of game design, and they're not for everyone. They're also the exception for success. But the idea that it's some gargantuan task that cannot be achieved, considering just how many have happened over the past 15+ years? Well, it's just a bit silly to discount it. And sure, many will fail. Most will probably barely get any traction (just take a look at itch.io to see what I mean there). But if you're a creative type and you want to make something, why not try? Hell, even if you're not a creative type, why not try something? There are more resources now than ever before. So why not cut your teeth on something and have a little fun making what you want?
Missy was definitely testing the waters to see if they could get away with the whole gender change stuff for Time Lords. And that too sucks because they got really lucky by having an actress that did a pretty good job of the character. That said, they did do the predictable thing of trying to redeem The Master/Missy, but only for the female version, and once the Master regenerated again, he was back to being full blown evil because he was a man.
But yeah, going off with someone like The Rani, or a new original character, River, or even someone like Jenny from The Doctor's Daughter would have been better than this, and if I'm honest, better than Whittaker. She might be able to do other scenes really well, but even for the good episodes, her acting is still subpar for the type of shop Doctor Who ultimately is.
I admit, I did watch Jodie's finale months later out of curiosity with bringing the other Doctors back, and what annoyed me was that it wasn't a terrible episode. It wasn't great, but it was at least passable, and it was annoying because it showed they were capable of something of acceptable quality and continually fucked it up over and over and over instead.
As annoying as Bill was, I didn't mind her season, because it brought Capaldi back into the limelight a little more compared to with Clara who Moffat kept pushing further and further to being someone on par with the Doctor, and it was just completely retarded.
So yeah, Bill was annoying, but her ineptitude let The Doctor be The Doctor again, rather than taking a back seat like in seasons prior to that.
And yeah, shame what happened with Dr Who. Maybe I'll be wrong and RTD will fix it, but I highly HIGHLY doubt that with his history (writer for fag-fest "It's A Sin") and the abysmal casting choices.
Kinda sucks that Dr Who is probably going to go through that very soon with the Tennant episodes come up.
It's actually surprising how many elsewhere are defending this. I even went looking for other remasters that were close to their original release, and all that I found going back to 2015 were also major porting opportunities, like Persona 5. This really is disgraceful levels of money grabbing, and people are lapping it up with the "but it's just a $10 upgrade" crap, as if that isn't still money grubbing.
Can't boycott what I was never intending to buy.
I can guarantee that "man" is not happy in the slightest. They might get the occasional thrill, but happiness is foreign to them.
To be fair, Gman has been on that trajectory for a while. Never quite as blatant with the pearl clutching, but still.
It's amazing how effective severing ties with NAMbLA was for the LGBT movement in the 90s. Too bad that it doesn't change any trends. There was a reason those ties existed in the first place, and no amount of PR will change the underlying truth of the situation.