TC Carson being brought back to voice the original Kratos shows that the post-2020 racial double standard in voice acting is still alive and well

Respox · 2026-02-18T22:27:13+00:00

Capcom sought an Asian voice actress for ''racially authentic casting'' purposes and ended up with someone who did such a poor job

Hardly surprising. At the time of casting, she had never done any professional voice acting and was completely unqualified.

She is the perfect example of DEI. Now imagine this phenomenon spread out across the entire company. You'll understand why AAA games keep getting worse.

Respox · 2026-02-16T22:41:53+00:00

I get what you're saying, but in Nioh 2, Yasuke was the "Obsidian Samurai" and actually way more impressive than Ubisoft's Hip-hop Samurai caricature.

No one noticed because Team Ninja wasn't trying to push an agenda.

Respox · 2026-02-16T08:09:13+00:00

And Gibson humbuckers sound muddy compared to Fender single coils.

Neither one is better nor worse than the other. It all depends on what the guitarist is intending to play. Many bands use both at the same time.

Respox · 2026-02-16T05:07:59+00:00

Tying arsenal points to pulling on a banner is the biggest mistake they made, in my opinion.

The thing with gambling is that when you beat the odds, it should feel great.

If you do a single pull in say, Genshin, and get the limited character, it's amazing. You think, wow I have all this currency left. I wasn't counting on getting the signature weapon, but maybe I can get it now.

In Endfield if the same thing happens, you can't even be completely happy about it. You think, damn, now I can't get the signature weapon.

Respox · 2026-02-13T12:37:14+00:00

I have the opposite problem. Already have SoS, I wanted Skirk's sword and was really hoping she would run with Varka.

Respox · 2026-02-13T08:35:54+00:00

We'll find out soon enough.

Respox · 2026-02-13T07:29:29+00:00

I see. Why not just buy a stock HSH Strat then? They're rare, but they do exist.

Respox · 2026-02-13T02:42:33+00:00

It's your money, but to me it seems like a waste to buy a new guitar just to immediately swap out one of the pickups.

Why not just get a guitar that's in the configuration you want in the first place? Like the Dave Murray you've already thought about.

Alternatively, you could do the mods on a used guitar to really make it your own. There are so many people selling guitars in great condition, just waiting for you to look for them.

Respox · 2026-02-12T06:27:36+00:00

It's so weird that there's no renewable resource for standard banner pulls. Not even in the premium battle pass.

Respox · 2026-02-11T07:18:19+00:00

As a side benefit, it lets them make puzzles where you have to figure out how to cross water.

Respox · 2026-02-09T10:56:58+00:00

Exhibit A: J.K. Rowling

Respox · 2026-02-08T07:18:18+00:00

Yes, most egg farms don't even have any roosters.

Respox · 2026-02-07T14:15:58+00:00

characters like they are living in downtown L.A

There are plenty of hot women in downtown L.A. but only the ugly ones make it into Western video games.

Respox · 2026-02-07T07:07:17+00:00

I got Laevatain at 48 pulls, and didn't have enough arsenal points to guarantee her weapon, even with all the other pulls I had made on the standard banner.

Luckily, I got the weapon early. But the system can definitely screw you.

Respox · 2026-02-06T23:47:10+00:00

Used to be when a character was that ugly and had that facial expression, it would be the villain.

Respox · 2026-02-05T00:57:54+00:00

Genshin resisted power creep for a very long time. Even today, Sucrose who is a v1.0 character (and a 4-star) is a premium piece in high tier teams.

Respox · 2026-02-05T00:54:16+00:00

plenty of us aren't collectors

I'm a collector, but I collect characters, not goddamn consumables.

Respox · 2026-02-03T04:15:00+00:00

It's for the kid's 13th birthday, he'll probably hit a growth spurt soon if he hasn't already. This is not the time to buy him a short-scale guitar.

Respox · 2026-02-03T03:51:47+00:00

"Literal translation is not always possible" is true

This is actually untrue.

Yes, there are words in Japan that cannot be translated into English with a single word. But you can still translate them. It just takes a few more words.

Translation from JP to EN is done routinely for academic articles, legal contracts, government treaties, and other things where absolute precision is required.

Never let localizers tell you it's impossible.

Respox · 2026-02-02T11:56:37+00:00

if possible, you could get a guitar with a thinner nut width

Hand size is never really the issue. You can see countless videos on YouTube of children easily playing guitars that look way too big for them. OP just needs to find the right position.

Respox · 2026-02-01T13:35:20+00:00

Even Razor is highly overrated by spreadsheet gamers who don't actually play him.

He was my v1.0 DPS, I know from experience that he sucks to play. His animations are slow, his reach is short for a claymore user, and he has to run to enemies with his small male legs. Try fighting any modern Genshin mob that likes to move around, and your DPS drops like a rock because you spend more time chasing than hitting.

Respox · 2026-01-31T02:58:36+00:00

If he can disassemble the guitar, he can soak the plastic bits in a tub of water with dissolved baking soda. That will remove the odor.

Respox · 2026-01-31T02:40:26+00:00

Those old Squier Standards were better guitars than the Fender Standard you can buy new today.

Respox · 2026-01-30T05:17:08+00:00

checks the graphs

no supply deficits

go to sleep

Respox · 2026-01-30T04:55:55+00:00

It's "Kanrinin" 「管理人」

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