It currently sits at an 84 on metacritic. The mainstream review sites have predictably sold out, and the ranks of the “professional reviewers” have been wildly inflated with a large number of extremely small and niche progressive websites giving insanely over-the-top praise.

But the real tell is how many fairly big YouTube reviewers didn’t receive review keys at all. Fextralife and ACG were both denied. And some of the ones who did get keys, like SkillUp and Matty, have absolutely shit all over the game. It’s not even close.

Watching SU’s painstakingly well-sourced video review after glancing through metacritic really shows the insane gaslighting that is still possible in the written media space. Also, the number of recognized pro reviewers who obsess over leftist politics on gaming has only grown.

Edit: the IGN reviewer who gave it a 9/10 is a tranny.

Edit again: I paged through a few more critic reviews, and I can honestly say I’ve never even heard of at least half these websites. I think big publishers are directly funding overly positive fly-by-night game review websites in order to manipulate metacritic. These are tiny ass websites with next to no readership, and yet they’ve received review codes ahead of massive YouTubers with millions of subs? It’s obvious bullshit.

And who was the most popular player in the league by far? Who generated legitimate public interest, ratings, and attendance?

A straight white woman. Whom they targeted with physical violence and widespread disdain for the entire season.

Is there a more despised demographic in America than black women? I feel like the only people who like black women are leftist white women.

The mere appearance of a black female protagonist is enough to sink any video game at this point.

I noticed it with Starfield. The game was obviously objectively shit, but there were still tons of people defending it online. Dig a little deeper and you quickly discover that most of them were just Xbox fanboys who were mindlessly shilling for their first big “next gen exclusive” over Sony.

Now I’m seeing the same thing with Astrobot. It is, by all indications, a solid platformer with very nice graphics. Look around the internet a bit and you find people calling it the best game of the generation, which is completely unhinged. But I guess that’s what happens when the console exclusives have been utter dogshit for almost an entire hardware cycle.

Seriously, this has been the worst condole generation of all time. They let the old systems anchor development like 3+ years too long, and what few big games they’ve developed for new hardware have been either woke trash or live service trash.

PC indie gaming is the only place to be.

Closest rooftop is unsecured plus there’s a fucking ladder? No social media presence for a 20 year old leftist? They magically can’t get into his phone?

“Muh diversity hires, amirite?”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVbGeG7qV00

It's a longer video with a lot of rambling, but the title really says it all.

Western women used the franchise to usher in a gynocentric feminist society, which in turn gave them the "freedom" to pursue high paying careers at the expense of creating their own families. Those same women also voted for higher taxes, open borders, and massive welfare programs.

The end result of all this "progress"? All of the money they make in exchange for not having their own families is being heavily taxed by our governments in order to financially support hordes of lazy illegal immigrants (who multiply like rabbits).

Instead of Western women having their own husbands and kids and grandkids, they work 40+ hours a week for an uncaring corporate master only to then turn around and hand off half their paychecks to the government, who then distribute it to unemployed economic tourists from all over the non-white world (none of whom bother with "family planning" - unless you count planning to have 5+ children on the taxpayer's dime).

It would honestly be hilarious if it didn't also represent the impending collapse of Western civilization.

Dragon’s Dogma 2, despite catastrophically bad optimization and very negative reviews, has already broken 200k concurrent players on Steam.

Horizon Forbidden West, a purportedly flawless port with very positive reviews, has so far topped out at just over 25k concurrent, roughly half the peak achieved by the first Horizon.

Things can certainly change. Also, Horizon is a two year old game at this point, although still one of the best looking games in existence.

But those numbers are anemic, especially in the wake of Sony’s last PC release (Helldivers 2) hitting almost half a million concurrent players.

Is it possible that the Sweet Baby Inc. story penetrated the mainstream far enough to influence consumer behavior? I’m not aware of any formal connection between HFW and SBI, but it does seem like gamers are becoming more conscious of both the woke taint on AAA and their own ability to avoid it.

Who knows. Maybe it’s just a mirage. A man can dream.

When I revisit media from the 00s and 10s, I sometimes wonder why a certain actor or movie didn’t take off. Then when I look up the actor or movie in question, I find that the mainstream critics were overly harsh. The contrast with today’s critics, who wildly over-praise anything with a non-white lead, is pretty stark.

Knowing what we know now about the radical leftist orthodoxy that has dominated these spaces for decades - first in relative secret and now in far more brazen fashion - I sometimes wonder how many good actors and movies were squashed by the critic cartel simply for being white.

I guess I’ve lately started thinking less about all the subversive garbage being made and more about what has been denied us by those who control the levers of power in media. “We should be on Mars” applies to more than just space travel.

Predictably, leftists are pushing for rainbow and tranny capes in HD2.

If the devs refuse, they will be branded as bigots.

If the devs relent, lgbtq players will be mercilessly team killed on an industrial scale.

I’m pulling for door number two.

On principle, I have never blocked or reported anyone until now. It is not in my nature.

But Imp’s act has really degraded since 10/7. Every other word out of his keyboard is “stormfag”. He’s gone from local misogynist rascal to obnoxious forum slider, replying to every comment in some threads just to amplify his visibility (despite the consistent down votes).

Now, whenever I see a post with more then ten comments, I know it’s just Imp sperging out. This deflating experience is probably his actual goal.

Anyways, I’m blocking the retard for now. Gonna see how my forum experience goes without the shit-flinging monkey.

Women have always had inherent value owing to their ability to birth children. By contrast, men have always had to accrue value unto themselves by their works and deeds. I think this fundamental reality is reflected in our media depictions of male versus female protagonists.

The hero’s journey is essentially the coming-of-age story of boys becoming men via trials and suffering. We become worthy of our stations in life, and our women and our families, through accomplishment and overcoming challenges. Or we fail, and we die, literally or spiritually. Either way, it’s interesting.

Women don’t experience the same climb. They begin the game with tremendous, society-sustaining value. It literally cannot be overstated. It is, however, automatic and requires no effort. There’s no progression or arch or triumph. The only potential for drama is the tragedy that results when a woman squanders her greatest value.

Injecting women into traditionally masculine “hero’s journey” stories is a recipe for boredom. Because women begin the story with all of the value they require to be accepted and promoted by the tribe. Whatever motivations are concocted for these female protagonists are inevitably shallow and pointless. Their arcs are flat and uninspiring. The most they can muster is obnoxious and entitled subversion; they rebel against the “unfair restrictions” placed upon them by nature - as if men are so privileged in their mandatory pain and labor.

I think this theory maps pretty well onto modern girl boss characters. I’m sure it has been explored. Just connecting my own personal dots on this one.

90% of the posts on patriots.win are hyping up Israel’s incoming war on Iran. I knew the site was mostly pozzed on Israel, but good lord.

In the wake of Trump’s motorcade driving through the Atlanta ghetto - in order to film a few black people cheering for a conservative - we’re once again seeing a bunch of conservative talking heads rehash the same tired bullshit about blacks waking up to the corruption and degeneracy of the left. These pundits are claiming that black support for Trump is now at 20% and climbing!

Nonsense. The reality is that we have a cottage industry of black content creators, influencers, and reactors who promote conservatism not for a black audience but rather for a white conservative audience. Because white conservatives are absolutely terrified of being labeled racist, so black creators are ready to cash in with content that serves that demographic.

Blacks are never going to support republicans.

The video: https://youtu.be/4-G3j00RQ1U

The Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/diablo4/comments/15p5v8j/devs_play_the_game/

Fat, purple-haired butch lesbian with insane vocal fry is playing Diablo 4 co-op alongside clueless younger colleague. Highlights include:

• spamming basic attacks almost the whole time while resource bar is full

• dying on the easiest difficulty level

• talking about how both women are products of university game design mills

• they are both dungeon designers (dungeons are possibly the worst designed aspect of the entire game)

It’s a complete dumpster fire of a video. Tons of people are taking it as total confirmation that diversity hiring practices are what ruined Diablo 4. There are a few detractors in the comments, but they are mostly getting roasted.

Huge mistake by Blizzard. The interviews with various diversity hire devs were bad enough, but there was some plausible deniability there. This is two clear diversity hires, with rubber-stamped credentials, struggling to competently play their own video game. They’re showing off the terrible dungeon design while boasting that their sole contribution to the game was dungeon design. It’s like every anti-woke turbo hitler’s dream come true.

The study:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S016028962200023X

The stated purpose:

we investigated whether individuals with IQs ≤ 90 who completed college experienced the same social and economic benefits higher-IQ college graduates did.

The hilarious accidental money shot:

Although most individuals with IQs ≤ 90 did not have a college degree, the rate at which they completed college had increased approximately 6-fold in men and 10-fold in women relative to rates in the previous generation.

So the researchers were trying to instill confidence in their sample size, but they inadvertent revealed what most of us have suspected for years: colleges are rubber stamping degrees for stupid people in general and stupid women in particular.

Given average white IQ is ten points higher than 90 while average black IQ is five points lower, it’s probably safe to assume that most of these cognitively challenged college grads are black women a.k.a. the most insufferable and belligerent demographic on the planet.

We’re fast tracking literal retards into positions of authority and influence because muh racism. Bodes well!

No matter our differences, we can all agree that belligerent midwit atheists are the most insufferable of all cunts.

The live action Little Mermaid is at $543 million globally. Chances are good it won’t crack $600 million.

Reports put the cost of production at around $250 million. The break even point for such a budget is typically $700-750 million. So this movie is on track to lose a cool hundred million dollars, which is bad enough already.

But consider the fact that three previous live action remakes have broken the billion dollar barrier at the box office. In terms of established expectations, Little Mermaid is leaving as much as a quarter to a half a billion dollars on the table.

I blame some of this on the inherently flawed concept. Live action versions of people are obviously fine, and simulated live action versions of cuddly animals are popular. Simulated live action versions of dead-eye fish and creepy sea insects? Not as appealing.

But there’s simply no denying that the unnecessary race swapping of white ginger Ariel to yet another black actress did not go over well with non-woke foreign markets. Asian countries in particular roundly rejected this movie, which is why the international box office fell well short of domestic. This trend was completely reversed with the previous live action remakes, btw.

So yeah, don’t run your retard mouth about shit you don’t understand, whoever you were lol

All of the headlines suggest The Little Mermaid is a huge hit, but this isn’t remotely true.

The 2019 Lion King remake made $191 million domestic on opening weekend.

The TLM remake made $118 million domestic on opening weekend.

The Lion King finished at $1.6 billion with two thirds of that being international.

The Little Mermaid only took in $68 million international on opening weekend.

Napkin math says Mermaid will make $350ish million total domestic. If international percentage holds, that’s only another $200ish million.

Projected total? $550 million. On a $250 million budget, that’s a gigantic flop.

1. Putin was holding back the entire time

2. the only rational explanation for his restraint was that he wanted to minimize civilian casualties and damage to critical infrastructure

3. this desire to minimize collateral damage makes Putin a better man than all of the Western commanders who indiscriminately carpet bombed their enemies in virtually every major conflict since WW2

4. at this point, if Western media are speaking, they’re lying

5. everyone on this board who thought the Ukraine was winning this war, or that Russia was somehow outmatched, is a fucking retard

Spoilers ahead, if anyone cares. Spoiler: you shouldn't.

The three primary male characters in this series are Rand, Mat, and Perrin.

In the TV show, Rand is dating and fucking Egwene. Mat comes from a broken home with a lecherous and alcoholic father. Perrin is married, and he accidentally slaughters his wife in the very first episode.

None of this happens in the books.

Rand and Egwene seem like a thing initially, but it never happens. Mat's dad is a stand-up dude and a pillar of the community. Perrin is very single and doesn't accidentally murder anyone.

Let's summarize the changes:

• Rand goes from having no physical relationship with Egwene to fucking her in the first episode

• Mat's father goes from good and decent member of the community to drunken adulterer

• Perrin is given a fucking wife out of nowhere, and he accidentally kills her for cheap effect

I've never seen such radical, unnecessary, and terrible changes to a beloved series. I've also never seen the sheer cope I witnessed when surveying the WoT communities online. People are glossing over these massive, character-wrecking alterations like they're somehow part and parcel for adapting anything to TV/film. No, retards, this is not normal. This is fucked.

Brandon Sanderson, the dude who finished writing the books after Robert Jordan died, is on record saying that he tried to fight these changes, and that the fans would be upset about them. He of course moderated his position because you can't burn any bridges in the industry - especially not when you've got a whole bunch of your own books you'd like to see adapted. But even with his tacit permission to hate this nonsense, people are still posting about how they cried when they finally saw their favorite books on TV.

I'm rambling. I knew it would be bad. But Jesus Christ, I never expected it to be this flagrantly disrespectful. Robert Jordan is turning over in his grave.

God damnit, theimpossible1 lol

What does it say about your reboot strategy when the best way to preserve fan interest is to deliberately lie about what is in the show? Instead of embracing the woke feminist direction as something he believes is legitimately good and worthwhile and attractive to viewers, Kevin Smith ran from it as decisively as he could. That's a pretty direct acknowledgement that such content is largely unwanted.

So they know this shit isn't popular, and yet they once again chose that direction. Sorta confirms the notion that most of this leftist idiocy in entertainment is ideologically motivated even to the utter detriment of profit.

With that in mind, I'm thinking maybe the lie wasn't just about duping more people into watching the show. Maybe leftist subversives can't get off unless the old school fans are actually ambushed by the destruction of their favorite franchises. I mean what joy is there in tearing down a man's childhood favorites if he's already resigned to your subversion? If he sees you coming from a mile away, you won't be able to extract the same satisfaction from his muted disappointment and frustration.

Sounds almost insane, but would you really put it past these people? One of the more choice critic reviewers even says that she enjoys the show primarily because she knows it pisses off the old school male fans. That's the level of petty spite and envy we are dealing with here.

The decision had not been scheduled ahead of time.

Two jurors were dismissed as a result, citing their belief that the city had signaled Chauvin's guilt with their payout. These jurors were both men. One of them was white.

Two more jurors acknowledged that they had learned of the payout, but both pinky-promised it would not impact their judgement in the case.

The latest seated jurors are a black man, a biracial woman, an unmarried white female nurse, and a retired elderly woman who volunteers to help underprivileged children.

I suspect the Minneapolis City Council deliberately timed this payout in order to influence the makeup of the jury.

Anyways, our judicial system is now much like our election system: operating on expectations of good faith and honesty between parties who view each other as existential threats.

Reminder that one of the OJ Simpson jurors is on record stating that their not-guilty verdict was payback for the decision in the Rodney King trial.