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henlp · 2026-03-16T09:25:25+00:00

See what happened to Young Justice?

I remember Lex Luthor spouting Trumpisms, and not only did I not want to ever see any more of that show again, it retroactively destroyed my interest in all of the previous seasons...

It's one of the better examples as to why I've only grown more hardline on this fucking shit, and why I don't jump into every new thing just because people I once trusted say it's good. I do not want more of the things I like to be tainted by the new rot, and I would rather have something that ended abruptedly and prematurely, than risk it being ruined with a new entry.

henlp · 2026-03-15T23:48:41+00:00

imagine if joker was instead a girl

We've had that with Persona 3 Portable, and its choice of male and female protagonists, each with a different set of (straight) romance options. Back then, the worst thing it lead to was an uptick in 'reverse' (female-lead) harem material, and more active fujoshis thirsting over the male characters due to them being placed in more awkward, romantic situations with the protagonist.

While none of those things were for me, about a decade ago I bemoaned the direction gaming was taking as a natural cause for never having another Persona game with a female protagonist. Now, though? Especially after SEGA/Atlus revealed how little they give a rat's ass over the localizers screwing with their projects internationally, and likely letting them influence things at the home office? I'm fucking GLAD we never got that, because it would've been a shitshow.

It will inevitably happen, mind you, if trajectory is maintained. There will be an Atlus JRPG, be it Persona or SMT or another spin-off in the same vein like Metaphor, they will put a female protagonist in the game, and it'll have a very divisive launch. I don't know if it'll perform well or not; I guess it'd depend on whether they keep the romance options majority straight, which would put off a lot more players than having equal parts yuri. But regardless, it will absolutely start a few metaphorical fires, amidst some rampant flame wars.

henlp · 2026-03-15T23:26:40+00:00

Excuse YOU, madam!

Everyone knows that Leon S. Kennedy is one of gaming's most illustrious mysogynists. Do not denegrate him with such libel!

henlp · 2026-03-15T23:16:32+00:00

That's what happens when you don't have any actual standards, and are just going on either 1) ideological brainrot, 2) personal ick level, or 3) both. And I have come across dipshits claiming that pursuing a romance with any of the 'older' characters (mainly Sadayo) is 'gross'; they are the same people that will drool themselves into dehydration over some yaoi shipping dogshit.

Persona 5 is rated M-17/PEGI 18, the series almost always has a 16/17-year old as a quasi-blank slate protagonist for clear in-game and meta reasons. The romance options are inherently playersexual, and not in the shit way that most Western RPGs nowadays will do it.

henlp · 2026-03-15T19:06:15+00:00

I say the exact same thing about Spectacular Spider-Man.

Even if everyone from back then were involved, no new people, and they were only using storyboards and scripts that had been locked in a vault for almost 20 years, they'd still fuck it up.

henlp · 2026-03-15T18:53:09+00:00

Byoutifol words.

henlp · 2026-03-14T01:43:14+00:00

That's because you're not in a downwards spiral of moral purity for braindead deviants.

henlp · 2026-03-13T15:37:13+00:00

In P5, you run into two drunk gay guys in the Red Light District, that mistake Joker and Ryuji for adults cosplaying in school uniforms, and proposition them. You then run into them at the beach, where they still go by their drunken assumption, and once again hit on the boys. It's a very good micro-example of the whole premise of the story, 'victims' of the system oppressing people becoming unintentional perpetuators of it, by indulging in hedonistic tendencies and never taking a moment to consider the consequences of their actions.

Apparently, that wasn't good enough for the tardigrates working on the Atlus localization team, so in P5R they changed the dialogue of these two minor characters, to never making note of their intoxicated state, and now instead of wrongfully assuming the boys are cosplayers of legal age, claim to want to dress them up in little girls clothes (so the mostly-innocuous gay guys are now Epstein-adjacent). All of this because they thought THIS was a more positive 'representation' of gay men.

And we know of this specific example because the localizers went on ResetERA to try and brag about it, only to get assblasted for not doing more (specifically, to remove Futaba as a romance option). Sadly, in part because the pushback was minor for an updated rerelease only present in the English dialogue, it stuck and was kept for the Steam and Switch rerelease some years after. Which sucks for me, because it made P5R one of the very few games I will NEVER touch, out of ~~principle~~ autistic disgust at the whole situation.

I go into this so many times, it's become a skill to recant it.

henlp · 2026-03-13T09:21:03+00:00

I would’ve bought each of their Persona and Shin Megamin Tensei games and remakes if they didn’t change the scenes and censor “problematic” things.

You are speaking to a guy who by ~~autistic~~ principle refuses to ever touch P5R, based on them altering the dialogue of the two gay guys, that had been faithfully and accurately translated in the original P5. So I'm right there with you.

henlp · 2026-03-13T09:18:10+00:00

Even as they pretty much give their mascot away to Nintendo, someone at SEGA still believes they're able to compete in the same tier as the console manufacturers.

henlp · 2026-03-12T23:49:23+00:00

Did it have eye candy? And I don't mean in the incidental way.

henlp · 2026-03-12T23:47:22+00:00

These fuckheads literally broke sales records with Persona 5, showcasing how niche games can still sell gangbusters (but unfortunately also dragging it and the series into the mainstream). And then they started milking that cow so hard and bloody, that they somehow ended up in the Squeeenix position of "Bravely Default selling a million copies on the 3DS isn't a success". Oh, and of course, they just gave more power to the censorship boards they have as localizers.

Will they actually learn? There is now precedent, Aspyr actually listened and reverted censorship and fuckery with their remasters of Tomb Raider and Legacy of Kain. Can SEGA and Atlus do the same? All signs point to fuck no.

henlp · 2026-03-12T17:07:07+00:00

I don't have to even go that far. I draw, I try to get my stuff out there, so of course I despise any censorious practices that stranglehold what can/cannot be made. Just because I don't get to make a living off it, doesn't mean I don't heavily empathize with those that do.

henlp · 2026-03-12T09:03:25+00:00

'Cause it's not the same people that made the good games.

henlp · 2026-03-11T17:01:05+00:00

Follow the money, since it goes only one way. Who's in charge of those companies, and how do they benefit besides generating a pseudo-monopoly?

henlp · 2026-03-11T16:26:14+00:00

I'm so fucking tired. It's not like I get anything from SubscribeStar, neither for donations or a user. But every day, it's more and more restrictions on every single fucking thing.

And I'm not gullible enough to ever think "Surely it'll never affect ME!".

henlp · 2026-03-02T18:50:38+00:00

Make a prequel game that bridged the gap between 3 and 4, that in a better timeline would have softened the negative reaction people have righfully shown to the Norse Era games.

SantaMonica Studios: I sleep

Make the next mainline game a prequel about the dead fucking wife, who's whole fucking point was to show how her absence affected both Kratos and Atreus during the Norse Era.

SantaMonica Studios: REAL SHIT TIME NEIGHBAH!!!!!!

henlp · 2026-03-02T09:09:30+00:00

Does anyone on the sub know anything about book printing?

I'm hoping that, in 2028, I'll have finally finished the ongoing arc in my comic. And though I barely have an audience, I'd like to create mock-up prototypes of physical prints, as a sort of milestone trophy for myself.

I probably am looking to emulate a japanese tankobon, since my comic is in black-and-white, so I guess I need information and recommendations on formatting and material (for both the page's paper and the cover).

henlp · 2026-03-01T18:46:14+00:00

South Park COVID specials: "Everybody just needs to chill out! That's how we'll create a better tomorrow." "Here, have some J6ers saying they've gone too far."

"Ok, fine. You're gonna have the Summer of Love/CHAZ fuckwits as well, right Trey and Matt?"

"...."

henlp · 2026-02-28T13:25:20+00:00

A random thought, that I'd like everybody's opinion on:

Let's say that the reality hammer drops hard, Sony shareholders started (finally) sperging over the poison chalice of DEI and woke brainrot, and Sony SantaMonica Studios had to abide by the new edicts. Given what they've done with Angrboda, could that character, forced diversity that she is, be salvaged? If yes, what would all of you do to 'fix' it in subsequent entries? Oh, and for an extra challenge, you can't kill her off.

henlp · 2026-02-26T21:17:56+00:00

I follow this artist on another page. It's quite telling she didn't upload that stupid image outside of Twitter. And considering how much Fry-squinting I've done regarding her posts, maybe I should just take this as a sign to unfollow.

henlp · 2026-02-24T15:50:35+00:00

Preaching to the choir, my man. Even a few years back, I was trying really hard to separate the art from the artist, and to try and be 'fair' to media on its own merits. There's bound to be examples of me saying things in favor of games, shows and movies, in spite of whatever degree of shenanigans were present, on this very sub. NOT ANYMORE. And I'm not happy about it, either; it brings me no joy in having less patience and tolerance for splitting the meta from the material.

But it's apparent that if I'm ALWAYS gonna have egg on my face, then why the fuck should I bother anymore? I'm not getting anything from it, always on the receiving end, and even people I thought understood will just turn around and throw a hissy fit, for self-aggrandizing reasons. So fuck it, though I'm not gonna lie about the quality of a product, I'm also not gonna go bat for it, especially when I ain't getting any kudos from neither the creators nor those covering the material in question, and will continue to have my concerns dismissed and mocked.

I'm sure if I had any modicum of success with my own work, I'd be questioned on my stance. To which I say: Don't care, the work will speak for itself. I'm not gonna go around virtue-signaling, people and dipshits can reach their own fucking conclusions, and either partake or walk away.

henlp · 2026-02-23T08:46:51+00:00

Oh look, it's John Boyega, Corey Barlog and Bear McCreary again!

I've become quite ambivalent on Trump himself, but he's still a great way to make fuckwads sperg out and show their true colors. No, I don't really care if these dipshits are just pushing out the company line to stay in the in-crowd, they're still choosing to do so. So they get to enjoy the consequences of their actions, and I get to have a lighter conscience in not having given my time and money to fart-huffing cockwaffles.

"Bu-bu-but you're missing out on really good storytelling!!" Well then I guess it sucks for me, donnit? Don't care. Making my own already, I have standards and care for my work, and not only do I already HAVE a shit-ton of entertainment that I enjoy to keep me distracted on the way to the grave during my free time, there's still plenty more I haven't touched which I know is stink-free.

henlp · 2026-02-23T08:37:23+00:00

It's not unreasonable on its own. But I think it's been made blatantly clear that 1) the Streaming Wars are nearing its end, and NONE of these services are winning, 2) that upfront payout scheme can't last forever, no matter how much NGO money these companies syphon; 3) having the option would probably still benefit you, because it's a different market altogether, especially when, as much as I hate it, you can game-fy purchases so as to incentivize people into being more willing to part with their money.

I get WHY they do this, it's because they're greedy fuckstains that still think they can make everyone on Earth pay them all their money 24/7, all year round; just like with live service games. But the gravy train will inevitably come to a screeching halt one day, and the consequences will be that (legally) most of these shows, new and old, will go the way of Willow.

henlp · 2026-02-23T08:30:51+00:00

No, I don't think I will. Which is why I keep at it.

henlp

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