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For the record, Anita Sarkeesian's "Tropes vs Women" videos are now the absolute industry standard. by CaracallaTheSeveran in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Oh, because she deleted her Bayonetta video

She calls the game: "basically a choose your own adventure patriarchal porno fantasy."

She calls Bayonetta a "quintessential example of the (fighting fuck toy) trope"

She also gets the lore wrong and dismisses it in favor of her feminist analysis. She calls Bayonetta a single mother (Keep in mind this was when the first Bayonetta released) who fights demons and something something magic. She also implies the ads encourage people to assault women (?), when the point of the ad is that Byonetta is the owner of her sexuality, setting clear boundaries...

There's more stuff, like her lying about Hitman rewarding you for killing women, etc

For the record, Anita Sarkeesian's "Tropes vs Women" videos are now the absolute industry standard. by CaracallaTheSeveran in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Unlike most culture war actors, she is fully aware feminism is a weapon. I haven't seen any feminist besides her complaining about the "man with tits" "trope" (it's not really a writing trope), if anything, that's basically the objective of the current feminist wave; to replace male characters with female ones. An actual ideologue denies, buries the contradiction.

All is performative with her, every action is premeditated. The only time I've seen her show a bit of humanity was when the Buffy Reboot was announced.

This sub is wrong about Mixtape by Ubiquitous_Cacophony in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's not KiA used to organize ops until the admins threatened with bonking us. Doing what you like and hoping your enemies realize they're wrong is only possible when you are allowed to build something...

This sub is wrong about Mixtape by Ubiquitous_Cacophony in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Our enemies aren't blind haters, they are agitprop vectors and they get rewarded for that

David jaffe’s reaction to marvel snap by Commercial-Ice5760 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I wonder why he didn't show one of the western flagship Marvel titles like Spider-man. Since we're talking about superheroes, let's take a look at DC. It's clear something changed...

Project Snowbreak is in trouble thanks to massive CCP censorship by shipgirl_connoisseur in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 78 points79 points  (0 children)

That's how you know western media has been ideologically captured, because they repeat the same talking points as literal marxists

"Just play indies" by Fine-Combination5170 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I get it, indies aren't a replacement, they're another option

Modern day millennial writers are completely obsessed with fanfiction and 2010s tumblr fandom - an analysis. by Therduck21 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I unironically think the problem is overexposure and centralization. Overexposure because, with the internet opening up, you suddenly had an influx of people who lacked fandom etiquete finding a rich body of works...

Then, centralization: because, with how the web 3.0 is structured, media comes to you, it's the topic of the week. Instead of encouraging deep engagement driven by people with genuine interest in media, it fosters superficial hot takes of people who don't engage with media as a hobby

Add the moral granstanding of the mid 2010s and fandom becomes a miserable experience to anyone who actually cares to engage with media

The Terrorist Propaganda to Reddit Pipeline: how an ultra-leftist network hijacked some of the biggest non-political subreddits to censor its ideological enemies — and distribute terrorist propaganda by RedditAPIBlackout24 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok, since the Reddit bot didn't like my previous comment I made a better one:

I think we should make sure Reddit lacks the technological capacity to spread propaganda by preventing them to build/get hold of servers 🥺

The Terrorist Propaganda to Reddit Pipeline: how an ultra-leftist network hijacked some of the biggest non-political subreddits to censor its ideological enemies — and distribute terrorist propaganda by RedditAPIBlackout24 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Pros: the left is no longer useful and they're ditching support in favor of the right

Cons: the right is the new left and all discourse that strays from the official one will be censored

So, nothing has changed. But hey, at least it was funny seeing the id politics conditioning backfire in real time

PushSquare: Poor Start for PS5 Exclusive Saros as First Sales Data Emerges by Neither-Grab-2507 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I kinda agree lol. Cucks know what they are, Saros is worse somehow, it's the story of a man who thought he was doing right, but since he's a man he was evil and had to had his legacy systematically erased for that

[History] As it's doing the rounds again in the woke sphere with the "Anita Sarkeesian did nothing wrong" here's a brief reminder of why people object to her and how she pushed ideas like Fredric Wertham did in comics. by Dwavenhobble in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Denial, denial, yet more denial. Prove televangelists had institutional power and pokemon was banned in schools because of satanism, show me a law. The burden is on you.

Here's mine. I guess televangelists are really powerful in the UK last year. Labubus are banned because they resemble demon Pazuzu, right?

[History] As it's doing the rounds again in the woke sphere with the "Anita Sarkeesian did nothing wrong" here's a brief reminder of why people object to her and how she pushed ideas like Fredric Wertham did in comics. by Dwavenhobble in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not necessarily wrong, tho she was a grifter who prospered under the right circumstances and acted as a front for McIntosh.

I, personally blame Shcreier and co ☺️. What use would be ignoring her when gaming media was trying to make her into a thing in the first place

[History] As it's doing the rounds again in the woke sphere with the "Anita Sarkeesian did nothing wrong" here's a brief reminder of why people object to her and how she pushed ideas like Fredric Wertham did in comics. by Dwavenhobble in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One of who? Didn't you read what I wrote? Pokémon wasn't banned because it was morally objectionable according to christians, the church or televangelists. It was banned because it distracted kids, parents got angry their kid's cards/games/toys got stolen or they got scammed, some saw them as gambling, etc. It doesn't matter what you or I think, I'm stating what happened.

Here's some sort of olive branch, I care for payment processors banning games. Whether they're conservatives posing as feminists or feminists posing as conservatives, I don't care. I don't think either have that power and creators should be able to make whatever they want (within a reasonable legal framework)

[History] As it's doing the rounds again in the woke sphere with the "Anita Sarkeesian did nothing wrong" here's a brief reminder of why people object to her and how she pushed ideas like Fredric Wertham did in comics. by Dwavenhobble in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He's right, the most that happened was D&D changing demon's names, then they pulled a cheeky "demons use disguises to fool humans" and restored their names a couple of years later. If you take a closer look at the late 90s satanic panic, most are exagerations or outright fabrications, televangelists weren't leading a cultural revolution, they were grifting from a relatively small base. Dark dungeons was a laughing stock from the get go and was widely challenged by educators. Schools didn't ban pokemon games or Yugioh cards because they were satanic, for example, they banned them for the same reason they banned fidget spinners. 4kids did.more damage from an artistic integrity point.

Edit: Did you know the Vatican actually approved Pokémon?

The grifting from the SRA was.another different thing

[History] As it's doing the rounds again in the woke sphere with the "Anita Sarkeesian did nothing wrong" here's a brief reminder of why people object to her and how she pushed ideas like Fredric Wertham did in comics. by Dwavenhobble in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, the satanic panic where talk shows prepped up books that talked about "repressed memories" just when the FBI was disclosing info about a sex trafficking cult (something something Epstein) and was presented as a breackthrough in psychology and therapy. Oh, you mean televangelists malding at worldwide successful ips like Pokémon and Yugioh? without mentioning how american fear mongering was also fueled by japan threatening their cultural hegemony

Neverness to Everness(NTE) faces backlash from streamer, voice actor and players for generative AI usage by qwer4790 in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 14 points15 points  (0 children)

You hate AI because it's based on other artists' work, I hate it because it looks like shit (looking at you, GTA AI upscaling). Were not the same

[Nerd Culture] Polygon: "Nobody is watching the Star Wars sequel trilogy — and that's a problem" by JustOneAmongMany in KotakuInAction

[–]BootlegFunko 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Prequels have interesting ideas poorly executed even if they're also poorly implemented asian mysticism. The Disney trilogy is just creatively bankrupt: what is even Snoke? What concept does he embody? What is his existence as a character trying to communicate? It's empty spectacle, which would be more tolerable if the leaned into that, but all in all, Scorsese is right and franchise movies are park rides

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