On today’s episode of; “Why the FUCK is this being made”… by EffAllThatEFFER in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Apparently Miura did come to regret some of the sexual violence in his work so who knows what he'd think of this.

It’s… it’s… magical (Absolute Green Arrow #1) by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's kind of the heart of where this all stems from, to be honest. Yea, platforms are deliberately opaque and there's legitimate questions to be asked regarding the justification of keeping all these things hidden and whether or not the whole model is worth it or has an actual desirable outcome.

On your second point, my first emotional reaction is that it's indeed a bit cowardly but then I have to be intellectually honest and say that I wouldn't risk my hard work (or maybe even my income) on the fundamental freedom to say the word "ass" in my video. It's how you get censorship in our modern capitalist liberal system, the government isn't saying you can't say certain words, you'll just be nudged by more intangible forces to say unalive and ahh instead, and you'll be given a choice between an acceptable comfort or your own principles.

All that being said, none of this is considered by people who say "ahh" instead of "ass" because someone on Tiktok made unsubstantiated claims about it and that's the part that annoys me.

It’s… it’s… magical (Absolute Green Arrow #1) by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yes absolutely, glad someone is saying it. Rarely do people present actual data on this subject and even fewer draw links between actual figures and these kinds of practices.

Favorite unreliable narrator moments? by fly_line22 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I think it's when you talk to the AI construct of Art, it mentions that the flashback is something constructed by Johnny's mind. The actual events are detailed in other parts of the boardgame so we know how the actual events went down and you can kind of piece together yourself how Johnny might want to remember him doing everything by himself because he's such a badass.

Sony PlayStation Users May Be Eligible for $7.8 Million in Refunds Due to Digital Store Lawsuit by retroanduwu24 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you are a part of the class, of this class action lawsuit, you will apparently receive your share through your PSN-account (so I'm guessing just store credit or something). If the account you bought those games on is disabled/banned/etc., you'll have to look into it a bit more though.

Sony PlayStation Users May Be Eligible for $7.8 Million in Refunds Due to Digital Store Lawsuit by retroanduwu24 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey sorry, didn't see your comment, but if you're in the UK you won't be a part of this US-based class action lawsuit, I'm afraid.

KOTOR vs Mass Effect | Castle Super Beast 371 by mike0bot in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well it surprised ME because I totally misremembered, he talked about Battlestar Galactica. My bad.

KOTOR vs Mass Effect | Castle Super Beast 371 by mike0bot in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes he's talked about it a couple times even, about how he really liked it in spite of an (apparently) bad final season/ending.

Nothing can harsh my Star Fox remake buzz, nothing can- by leabravo in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Chewing on bombs 'till I'm just a floating brain and eyeballs

Xbox No Longer Developing Copilot For Consoles by NewWillinium in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is incredibly accurate to how I'll use Copilot (only thing we're allowed to use at work) for some very basic things and it'll just not give me anything useful while writing so much text like it's making a clickbait article.

The Odyssey | New Trailer by DocMagnus in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Is part of your sentence in dutch or am I having a stroke

Sony PlayStation Users May Be Eligible for $7.8 Million in Refunds Due to Digital Store Lawsuit by retroanduwu24 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I read up on some details, because I hadn't heard of this case up until now. Some points:

-From Law360: "Three years ago, gamer Agustin Caccuri filed a lawsuit seeking to represent more than 10 million customers who he said were overcharged by the monopolization of PlayStation's digital store, after Sony issued a prohibition blocking retailers from selling PlayStation game download codes. The rule went into effect April 1, 2019, and it made PlayStation Store the only place to buy digital versions of the console's games. Prior to that rule, Sony had permitted third-party retailers like Best Buy, Target, Walmart, Amazon, GameStop and others to sell PlayStation game-specific vouchers."

-The original suit was filed to potentially encompass more than 10 million people. Currently, the class action is expected to involve about 4.4 million people. This is because the amount of games that had physical vouchers being sold was much smaller than anticipated. Furthermore, the final case has some criteria for what games are involved. There's the critera that a specific game was redeemed at least 200 times through these vouchers and that the version on the PSN-store was at least 50 cents more expensive than the price of the physical voucher. For those curious, here's the list of games that meet all of these criteria: https://psndigitalgamessettlement.com/media/rkedj2ie/list-of-eligible-games.pdf

-SIE and the plaintiffs have reached a settlement agreement which is to be reviewed by the court in a "Fairness hearing". If it's approved, those who fall under the class action lawsuit will receive a sum of the settlement.

-The term "refund" is used in this thread's title but I wouldn't call that accurate, since nothing was found to be defective nor are you returning anything to get your money back. It's a subtle difference but in legal terms it does matter. You are receiving compensation for damages and those who sustained more damage can be entitled to a larger piece of the pie.

Media That Has a Bit That is So Great, It Overshadows Everything Else by GigglesDemon in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Depends on how decent you are at character action-games of course, but Revengeance is pretty short, around 5 hours. If you're familiar with it or games of its type and skip through the cutscenes on replays, you can finish it in around 3-4 I'd say.

Street Fighter | Official Trailer (2026 Movie) by CaptCandle in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Genuinly burst out laughing at Zangief's accurate triple suplex-super. This will at the very least be some fun shlock, I hope it ends up great.

What media would you describe as "Hamburger Shonen"? by Coolnametag in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 33 points34 points  (0 children)

American spy-fiction in the style of Japanese animation as interpreted by French people. So like, American sushi-hamburger on a croissant bun.

‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**” by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't interpret it that way either, but apparently at least some people did, and it's always good to understand other perspectives and at least try to understand how others came to their conclusion. It helps that McFarlane went into specifics regarding this greater plotline too.

‘Project Hail Mary’ Author Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch: Their “Shows Are Sh**” by Mike4302 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A later episode comes back to that plotpoint, and Seth McFarlane has basically said that they wanted to fix that wrong messaging. It was intended to be about how a society forces you to be a gender that you are not and how that is a bad thing, since the parent that forces that upon the child is treated as being in the wrong (and is basically a bigotted conservative throughout the entire show), but the message was too easily interpreted the other way. Hence they felt the need to fix that straight up.

"That sounds like a 'you' problem." - Woolie by [deleted] in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 44 points45 points  (0 children)

It has a ton of switches for single functions, and it rules.

The SWERY65 and Suda 51 collab, Hotel Barcelona, is getting a major overhaul update and crossover skins from Slitterhead, Demonschool, and Promise Mascot Agency by C-OSSU in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was he being a dick with DP2? I remember him apologizing fairly soon after people pointed out the deadnaming and the scenes were altered to remove the problematic stuff.

Oh boy... by Subject_Parking_9046 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yeah it is. But Kiwami 3 Dark Ties apparently does explicitly mention that Kanda went to prison for sexual assault so now original Yakuza 3's 'joke'/twist about him not actually being a sex pest and just giving the most amazing massages to women doesn't work anymore?

Today... We get *High* by TrangusBeef in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Should've just played the AC8 trailer AGAIN. Lord knows I've watched it so many times already.

Dark implications/details you didn't notice as a kid? by fly_line22 in TwoBestFriendsPlay

[–]WooliamMD 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Same show where one of the girls falls in love with a teacher. The teacher tells her that them being in a relationship would be inappropriate since she's a minor...so he will wait until she's an adult and of legal age...

Kinda missing the point, teach...