I guess I don't see the point in this stance from Valve then. Some product placements are so jarring that they might as well be direct ads, which is obviously the whole point in including them in games in the first place.

Keanu Reeves' motorcycles. Part of his extremely lucrative contract to work on the game was he got to advertise his real-life motorcycle company in-game. "Arch" or whatever it's called.

That's good. That was the most fourth-wall breaking thing I'd ever seen in a game to that point.

So ban that garbage walking simulator Death Stranding then. Also that Cyberpunk 2077 trash.

I'm sure Israel can find a way to do even more damage to the US than they already have.

Soul Calibur 2. Taki.

"Working"

We might have to do a better job railing against this mess than we did with KCD2. This has dipshit normie success written all over it.

And you still had to pay for the game, which is the most important downside. Zzzz.

I think you should know I've been joking the whole time. Thought it was pretty clear.

If muslims took over Israel, could it ever be worse for the West than it is now? I might be starting to wish for that timeline...

I suppose so. Veilguard was fully out of the closet, whereas KCD2 is deceptive and the whole bait + switch thing is a betrayal.

No O'Brien, I must reach warp speed.

Thank you. I named one of my KCD2 homosexual single player files 'Beefy' to honour your gesture of goodwill. If, for some reason, this displeases you, I'm willing to rename the file after a KIA user of your choice. I promise it will be the gayest KCD2 campaign possible.

I agree, that's why l've now bought 10 copies. Your wise words have shown me the error of my ways, so I am now motivated to buy an additional 10 copies. I will send you a copy if you continue to be so charitable.

Thank you for your sincerity. For every downvote I have purchased a copy of the game. I am currently speedrunning gayness on 10 different machines at once. It's horrible but I'm in too deep.

This shit is on the same tier as Veilguard for idpol retardation. It's so much worse than the leaks suggested.

"Truth is not measured in mass appeal."

Your meme convinced me to buy KCD2. Good job.

Do you remember those fun rainbow flairs? I had one... but then I got a sitewide ban. :(

there is always that moment where they hedge their bets and have to toss in some mealy mouthed genuflecting towards the very thing they're ostensibly making an argument against.

This dissembling happens in most cases and it undermines arguments against leftism. Even the most rabid anti-leftists are guilty of this, as though they're still scared to be called names and their little disclaimer will protect them when the opposite is true. Those concession statements give authority and superiority to leftist positions that haven't earned them and that empowers the cunts you're arguing with. They won't make the same concessions for you or your positions, so don't choose to start an argument from a position of disadvantage.

I think what bugs me the most is that the kind of people we're talking about know this but they do it anyway. I think it's a form of cowardice and deference.

Dark Cloud 2

Fuck yeah, brother.

Other than a bug, could it be deliberate interruption of the calls to violence? Maybe Reddit is concerned about liability but wants to hedge their bets and/or doesn't want to piss off its user base. I've never heard of a bug on Reddit that results in subs being banned.

"Bye, Felicia."

Overall, the left is still winning the war, but almost all the battles you listed are total defeats for them.

I doubt it had many viewers. More people will talk about it after the fact, thus ensuring that the Grammys garner sufficient social attention to remain "relevant" for advertisers next year. From the comments I've seen, the show was just a pandering leftist circlejerk publicity stunt designed to rile up "conservatives" so they keep this garbage in the news/outrage cycle.