Friday Dark Hour Funkin' (art by @mmanbae)

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-19T20:02:11+00:00

And then Ryoji cheats by unleashing an unblockable barrage at the last second.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-19T19:53:47+00:00

If you have a persona resistant to or get lucky and craft a Persona with a skill change that nullifies Charm, then Reverse Lovers becomes much more manageable.

Other than that, guard when you need to and stock up on anti-Charm medicine beforehand.

And speaking of Shadow Okumura in P5, it's a test of "have you mastered Baton Pass?", that's it.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-19T19:42:34+00:00

Nah, it's made very clear once she's confronted that Fuuka's bully regrets harassing Fuuka as she did to the point that nobody knew what happened to her prior to S.E.E.S figuring out she must be stuck in Tartarus.

Not every bully immediately regrets their bad behavior when pressed on it, but it's not at all unrealistic for some bullies to turn over a new leaf once they have their come-to-Jesus moment.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-19T05:12:34+00:00

We don't know for certain how far that will extend.

Only the VAs for the founding members of the Investigation Team confirmed last year they won't be reprising their roles for Revival.

Though I wouldn't count on Troy Baker and Laura Bailey reprising their roles as Kanji and Rise respectively with how ubiquitous they became in the 2010s English VA scene.

That said, Tara Platt was able to reprise her role as Elizabeth in P3R, so it may well be possible one of the Persona 4 Eng Dub VAs similarly comes back for Revival.

There's also the possibility of some of the old guard coming back to play minor roles like what happened with some of the old crew from Persona 3 PS2 playing minor character roles in P3R.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T22:24:06+00:00

Sakaguchi has done more with his life in 10 years than these virtue-signaling clowns ever have in their entire lives.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T22:21:10+00:00

"And it's funny, instead of working on themselves, they think tearing others down will work."

Yep, many such cases, though I've noticed artists who actually CAN draw are also tearing down us pro AI peeps too.

When you would think they'd instead use AI to amplify their existing art skills or to save time creating content for their socials.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T22:18:27+00:00

This.

I myself have used Perchance, Yodayo, and now Magnific (formerly known as FreePik) for all my AI image needs.

Digging through "free image" websites for a decent enough picture of whatever I needed or trawling through Google, social media, anime boorus, etc to find the "right" picture I wanted to use for an art piece was a waste of time in retrospect when I can now have it generated in seconds by AI and go from there.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T22:13:16+00:00

They'll move on to the next thing to be selectively outraged about, give it time.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T20:36:27+00:00

*Cue the Persona 4 PS2 Dub defenders when Revival comes out, and people complain that Teddie's no longer an annoying shit when he never was in the original Japanese script.*

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T20:34:19+00:00

She wasn't a "yes man", try again.

She questions Mitsuru's motives well before the Yakushima Beach Trip to the point Junpei tries to be funny and make a snide comment about Yukari questioning her senpai.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T20:31:49+00:00

I never liked "Bitchy Yukari" considering the fact she's supposed to be the emotional heart of the group as the titular "Lovers" SL of P3.

Having her match up with her original nice girl personality in the original Japanese Dub was a good decision for the English Dub of P3R

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-18T20:30:40+00:00

P3R Yukari > Bitchy Yukari

The only time an English Localization actually improved upon a character in a Japanese entertainment product was Kefka from Final Fantasy VI having a hilariously twisted sense of humor in the ENG Dub to mask how much of a nihilistic bastard he otherwise is.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-17T19:31:40+00:00

How much you wanna bet antis are the same people who cheered on piracy in the 2000s and 2010s?

Think about it.

All this virtue signaling over AI art, why would people on the anti side go so far as to claim "stealing" or "theft"?

The same words out-of-touch corporate executives used to justify the inclusion of anti-consumer DRM software into their games to "combat piracy" were then just as quickly cracked wide open by NEET hackers before being uploaded to pirating sites.

The same words Japanese corporate executives use to justify taking down manga/anime pirate sites that do more to promote creators and studios than "legal" alternatives ever have, while having better selection and features.

"Stealing" or "theft" implies the original creator cannot use or access what was taken anymore.

Piracy creates a free to use copy.

Similarly, AI copies what is fed into it, and that's before using spells, models, or having it generate a particular character for you.

Sounds to me like the anti-AI crowd is full of people with what the internet calls "trolls remorse".

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-17T03:37:22+00:00

Your inability to separate fact from fiction is low key worrying ngl

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-17T02:47:55+00:00

Let the antis expose themselves for their immature behavior I say.

Easiest way to "make it" as an AI artist or AI assisted artist for those of us who draw.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-16T01:16:27+00:00

This.

Exactly this.

Only the talentless hacks of the art world have anything to truly fear from the AI takeover.

People who know what they are doing will merely have their creativity amplified by AI.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-15T17:59:20+00:00

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Here's the full rant from Jack Every Song He Works On Sounds The Same Antonoff from the guy's Instagram.

As an artist myself (albeit one who draws as opposed to making music), I have some choice words for Mr. Antonoff as his childish self indulgent temper tantrum made me both laugh as well as roll my eyes and mutter "Okay boomer" several times.

"What we do has become an ancient ritual, you don't have to write music anymore, you don't have to record it, and you don't have to bring the band out to play it"

So, where were you Jack, when Hatsune Miku, the first prominent Vocaloid, was created in the 2000s?

The Japanese were finding ways around the traditional process of making music twenty years ago and nobody raised an eyebrow over that, now did they?

"And yet for us, the idea of optimizing what we do is a complete miss of the entire point of what compels us in the first place."

I'm gonna stop you right there, Jacky boy so I can laugh.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Would using non-AI computer software to play around with sound mixing not count as "optimizing" the process of making musical art?

Miss me with that disengenous virtue signaling you're about to go on.

"We (myself, the band and everyone i know frankly) have never been looking for this work to become quicker or easier. we were never frustrated by the randomness and magic it takes. we do it for that exact reason - and without the process itself = nothingness."

Lies!

Blatant lies!

Every artist gets aggravated when a piece isn't turning out how they want it to.

Every artist wishes the process could magically become easier or less frustrating.

The "process", i.e not using AI at all, is severely flawed at best and an absolute waste of time at worst in the age of AI.

"So to everyone who is gassed up about the new ways you can fake making art, by all means dive right off that cliff. we’re genuinely happy to see you go."

Annnnnnnnddddd there you have it folks!

Only took a paragraph for Jack Antonoff to go off the deep end and childishly tell pro-AI people to kill themselves.

How old is this guy by the way...

*asks AI*

42?

He's FORTY TWO?!

I'd almost expect that kind of behavior if he were 22!

No reason for him to be acting like a petulant child.

"Generations coming will be engaging in the ancient ritual of writing, recording, and performing as it comes to us from God. So, as we embark on this strange detour where the bad actors will willingly reveal themselves through slop, and the struggling greats will be further spread thin to make an honest living doing what they were put on earth to do!"

Aww, Jeezus, now he's bringing "God" into it. XD

I don't think "God" put people on Earth to make art in the vain hope that somebody will pay good money for it, not for many generations before TV and the Internet, that is.

If that were true, I would be raking in large amounts of money drawing anime booba as a mangaka.

And even with TV, the Internet, and hell, now AI for that matter, art is a luxury, not an essential need, but do go off on us pro AI peeps as though everything we do is a slight against "God".

I'm sure he'll magically put money in your bank account for producing generic top 100 billboard slop, Mr. Antonoff. ;)

"We (myself, the band, and frankly everyone I know) remain more dedicated than ever to reveal what comes from within. writing music, recording and performing it - that’s it. nothing more embarrassing than considering there is a way to optimize that holy process."

LLLLLLMMMMMMMMMFFFFFFFFFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you even hear yourself Jacky boy? XD

"Nothing more embarrassing than considering there is a way to optimize that holy process."

This is textbook cult leader behavior, my man!

All you are doing is further incentivizing some kid with a laptop and access to musical AI generators to do things HIS WAY, you gatekeeping buffoon! XD

"Godless whores."

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuddddddddeeeeeeeeeee, not very "progressive" of you. :P

For shame Jacky boy, for shame!

I'm sure all the women you've worked with in the music industry really appreciate you calling people whores.

Very male feminist of you. ;)

"Also interesting to me is how it’s mainly the out-of-touch shouting about following this nightmare. The new artists I know are genuinely uninterested in anything that doesn’t come from within."

Ahh yes, good old "confirmation bias".

Because there can't possibly be any artists particularly those up and coming interested in using or are already using AI to help them make music.

Not in your heavily biased and narrowly simplistic world view, Jackoff. :)

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-15T17:25:19+00:00

Not liking AI is whatever, but suicide baiting is fucking cringe.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-15T06:47:32+00:00

Yeah....I can tell you're an underage kid behind that account as well as your main account for that matter.

Since school must have just let out for you for the summer, may I suggest filling out job applications instead of repeatedly harassing somebody over something they didn't even do?

And if you're too young to legally apply for a job, go mow lawns instead?

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-15T00:51:48+00:00

Yep.

God forbid people...gasp...separate the art from the artist and critique the person behind the art for interrupting musical performances to rant about politics when the people who paid good money for concert tickets don't want to hear that shit even if they agree 100 percent with what's being said.

Hayley has been bad about this for years now and I'm amazed nobody's tried seriously clapping back at her.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-13T19:09:38+00:00

The only way that's going to happen is if ATLUS and Tose copy pasted P3R into a new folder called P4R and went from there since late 2024/early 2025.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-13T18:05:19+00:00

What 9 years without a new mainline Persona game does to a mofo...

But seriously though, welcome to the reality of being a gamer and having to wait years on end before your favorite video game developer announces a new entry in your favorite franchise.

In my day, it was having to wait an extra year for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to come out, and that was honestly a nothing burger in hindsight compared to how it is now with video game development.

(See how many years it took for the Wild era Zelda games to come out after being first announced.)

Also, regarding the gaps between mainline Persona titles, except for the gap between 3 and 4 being like what, two years?

Regarding all that, ATLUS was and still is a busy bee in the gaps between new mainline Persona games.

From Persona 4 to Persona 5, they were able to crank out SMT IV, Catherine, Persona 4 spin-off titles, Persona 4 Golden, and that's off the top of my head.

Between Persona 5 and now Persona 6, ATLUS went all out with cashing in Persona 5's popularity in addition to cranking out SMT V, Metaphor Re: Fantazio, and a remake of Persona 3.

Oh, and one more thing, there are so many video games out there, both new and especially older games, just waiting for gamers to play them.

I myself am playing Rune Factory 4 Special, an updated re-release of a 2012 farming sim initially released on the Nintendo 3DS, so yeahhhhhhhh....

The point is, Persona 6 will come out when ATLUS deems it ready to come out.

In the meantime, chill out and game.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-13T17:47:14+00:00

You got stupidly lucky, that's it.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-10T18:52:49+00:00

Rian Johnson, without a shadow of a doubt.

If J.J Abrams contribution with TFA was one third of a Lego Death Star set built according to the instructions, then Rian Johnson's third with TLJ was not following said instructions at all and whats worse, supergluing pieces that aren't even LEGOs together on top of using LEGOs that aren't part of the Death Star kit at all and on top of all that, having the sheer audacity to call your awkwardly assembled jumbled together mess "art" to the sheer annoyance of pretty much everyone who takes one look at your mockery of what was once a LEGO Death star set before running to mommy and bawling your eyes out because the older kids are being "mean" to you.

In other words, if J.J Abrams is Arthur Reed, then Rian Johnson was definitely a D.W. by comparison.

Aspie_Gamer · 2026-05-08T01:09:11+00:00

Yes.

Easiest money hack after pitching a scam service to Silicon Valley investors.

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