#if you bought this game fuck you

[mxfrodo]

y'all for fucking real. don't fucking write slave fics or x reader fics of aventurine's slavery??? are you guys out of your goddamn minds???

#i swear half of you don't fucking think. #what makes you think it's okay or “angsty” to write fics about suffering like that #especially without nuance?? or any understanding of the ramifications #its one thing to write about it being integrated into his past #but it's another thing to write it as an *in the moment* thing #especially if you're writing it to portray him being bought again -- who gives a shit if the reader “saves” him or “treats him nicely” #that's still a perpetuation of the cycle of abuses #like it's still already brain dead of hoyoverse to write about the suffering of POC by using a fair skinned blonde man #but come on #i thought we were better than this?? #like yeahh #dont get me wrong - i love aventurine and his development. the writing is amazing despite how bad form using very white features #to portray a real race of color and it's suffering (the romani) #but you guys. come the fuck on #hsr aventurine #aventurine honkai star rail #aventurine x reader #honkai star rail #hsr #hsr x reader #i know it's “NOT THAT SEROUS” because it's a fictional game but im still putting tags for racism and slavery bro. wtf y'all #tw racism #tw slavery #random talk

[hunter-rodrigez]

Microsoft is putting its foot down when it comes to unauthorized controller use. The company has begun banning any third-party Xbox controllers and accessories that aren't part of the "designed for Xbox" hardware partner program.

Source

Wow, what a great move, microsoft... I bet all the disabled people out there who rely on custom-made third-party controllers will just looooove this change...

Or the fighting game community who like to custom build their own fighting pads...

Or the hardcore racing game players who build custom steering wheel setups and whatnot...

Or just the people who can't afford to dish out $70 for an "official" controller.

Or pretty much anyone who doesn't use one of your controllers for whatever reason...

Well anyway, in conclusion:

Go fuck yourself, Microsoft

#shit like this is why I do not trust walled garden devices #it's why I only play games on my computer because they can't pull shit like that on the PC #fucking late stage capitalism #microsoft #tech news #I am so tired of everything going to shit #we need laws that make it illegal to severely restrict the use of devices YOU ALREADY BOUGHT

[front-facing-pokemon]

#galarian slowpoke #picture this. this was the first pokémon revealed from the new DLCs for pokémon sword and shield. the pokémon company #up until this point‚ has never done DLC for a pokémon game before. you‚ having been jaded by shitty DLCs for other games in the past #now have a distaste for the phrase‚ and imagine this can't be good. then‚ in their teaser for the new DLC‚ they add a little event #into the game where they reveal one of the new pokémon that is going to be added in the DLC #and it is a galarian form. that is identical to the original pokémon. but with a yellow head #are you imagining it. now how fucking disappointed are you. how little faith do you have in that DLC that it's going to be as good as it wa #for the most part‚ the pokémon company has demonstrated that they do absolutely excellent DLCs. proper expansions #basically an entire other game on top of the game you already have. and they typically take up the release cycle of a full game #scarlet/violet's especially. WONDERFUL dlc. i never really properly finished the crown tundra just because i was so late to the party #because i avoided buying the dlc for so long because of this experience that i've just described to you #that by the time i bought it and played it‚ it was just because SV had been announced and i wanted more pokémon to tide me over #and i never finished it. one of these days‚ i'd like to go back and finish it‚ but i'm playing through pokémon xd gale of darkness right no #and i prefer to play. one game at a time. and i don't know when i'll ever really get back to it #or if i'll ever get back to it! 'cause without resetting my save file all the way i'll just have to Remember what it is that already happen #which i'm. notoriously bad at when it comes to coming back to games that i haven't played in a while #plus i know sv is like shitty performance or whatever but the movement in that game is so much better #it feels so much more freeing than going back to gen 8 where you can still just. run. and that's it #i know nobody likes scarlet/violet but i still. like it. performance aside. like yes the performance is terrible but i still had a great #time with it. i just praised its DLC for fuck's sake! its DLC was fuckin wonderful! it has kieran in it so it like can't be bad

[high-voltage-rat]

Actually I'm still thinking about it. Another interesting way in which RvB is anti-war is the way that the Director fills the role of a villain and antagonist (especially in the Recollections trilogy, where he's a faceless villain we never see but is responsible for everything that happens).

In his memos to the Chairman, the Director emphasizes his sense of duty and obligation to the military- he becomes irate for the first time when he feels that it's being implied that he was derelict in his duty... or that the work he did out of that duty is being criticized for being against the military's interests. He also talks about Allison's death in a way I find... interesting.

"You see; I never had the chance to serve in battle. Nor did fate provide me the opportunity to sacrifice myself for humanity as it did for so many others in the Great War. Someone extremely dear to me was lost very early in my life. My mind has always plagued me with the question: If the choice had been placed in my hands, could I have saved her? [...] But, given the events of these past few weeks, I feel confident that had I been given the chance, I would have made those sacrifices myself... Had I only the chance."

The idea of sacrifice is central to the way he talks about his wife's loss, to the way he talks about the war in general. He talks of sacrifice with a sense of veneration- that it's something he aspires to do, that he longs for. There's a few ways we can interpret "I would have made those sacrifices myself"...

-That in Allison's place, he thinks he would have laid down his life too.

-That if given the chance, he would have given his life to save hers.

But most interestingly...

-That he would have sacrificed Allison's life for the continued survival of humanity, if that was what duty called for.

...And personally, I think all 3 are true.

In most war media, the Director's perspective on sacrifice is very common. Sacrifice is glorious and heroic- to die in battle is an honour- and it's the only way to ensure the group you serve survives. This is a tool of propaganda- nobody wants to go to war just for the sake of it, you have to give them a reason that the risk of dying or being permanently disabled isn't just acceptable, but desirable. Beyond that, most people don't want to do things they think are immoral- you have to convince them it's important, a necessary lesser evil. You teach them to sacrifice their morals, too.

The way they train soldiers to follow orders and to kill, is to convince them that they, and the people around them, and the people they care about, will all die if they don't. It's drilled into your head from day one. It's the way they ensure their commanding officers won't shy away from sending their men off to die. The message is constant- sacrifice is your duty, and duty ensures your people's survival.

In the Director's eyes, the damage Project Freelancer caused was his sacrifice. He never got the opportunity to sacrifice himself during the war- so he sacrificed others, as military brass do. The Freelancers- including his daughter. The countless sim troopers. Any people he considered "collateral damage" on missions. And when the opportunity to do so presented itself, he sacrificed a copy of himself- Alpha- and he sacrificed a copy of Allison- Tex.

The very thing that derailed his life- the loss of his wife- he made it happen again. He put her copy in dangerous situations, let her exist in the position of constant repeated failure, created the circumstances that would eventually lead to her death. He put their daughter in deadly situations that nearly killed her repeatedly, provided her with impossible expectations leading to self-destructive behaviours in the name of duty, implanted her with two AI knowing they could cause her permanent harm. He was confident he "would have made those sacrifices himself" because he did.

The Director is the embodiment of the military war machine. As an antagonist, he is a warning against buying into the glorification of sacrifice. He's a condemnation of the idea that one should be willing to do anything to win a war- that duty to the military is the thing that ensures survival... All the messages that are pushed to ensure recruitment and obedience of soldiers.

He's a reminder that swallowing the propaganda leads to you doing terrible things... and in the end, you're a broken man left mourning the losses that you suffered even as you repeated them, convinced that it was all necessary.

#late nights with ali #ali watches rvb #not video games #rvb #red vs blue #leonard church #the director #director rvb #idk why I'm so fixated on thinking about the anti-war interpretation of rvb right now but I'm apparently going ham #it's just so fucking. wild to me. listening to the director's messages in S6 always has me thinking 'oh man this guy ate the propaganda up' #the OPPORTUNITY to sacrifice yourself??? homedog you sound like the kid in high school who brags he's joining the army as soon as he's 18 #to be clear: a lot of my thoughts on this stem from the fact that I come from a military family. I spend a lot of time with people who... #...bought in to the military propaganda and indoctrination. I see an amplified version of their perspectives reflected in the director. #to the military man sacrifice is the highest calling. sacrifice of your life. sacrifice of your morals. sacrifice of your wellbeing. #the things the director did were all in line with that fucked-up form of sacrifice. #and that they're portrayed for the evil they are is an important protest against the war machine's messaging.

[galoogamelady]

Hey, might be a bit of an odd question. Have you had a chance to dive into Starfield? Will there be a Buttons IN SPAAACCCCEEE!?

I'll be honest, I've seen a bit of Starfield (Cam bought it) and I'm not impressed. Can't say I've expected anything different either unfortunately, with how Bethesda has been conducting business lately. I don't feel any particular way about it and I doubt I'll be playing it anytime soon.

#I don't really expect to be excited for a new Fallout game again to be honest #I still enjoy the ones already made I just don't think Bethesda at this point is willing to do anything to shake up their game design #instead of penny pinching and trying to SOMEHOW make cash off of modders #I'm more saddened to see what they've done to Arkane tbh #I saw a few vids on Redfall... man I can't believe they did that to the studio that did DISHONORED!!! fucking dishonored! #can you imagine if Microsoft bought the rights to Vampire the Masquarade instead and gave it to Arkane #we'd be eating so good #personal #text #I'm not putting the Starfield tag on this

[shinshoyu]

i'm so sick in the head over the stupid men that go beat each other up i haven't had a hyperfixation this bad since i watched stranger things this is Bad.

#mk1 #johnshi #johnny cage #kenshi takahashi #s_speaks #erm...... #literally can't focus on my schoolwork i keep thinking about gay men #i'm about to write a christmas fic abt them #like it's bad #it's bad #i made a playlist a day after seeing 2 minutes of gameplay #bought the game too #i'm bad at it #but it's so fun to play johnny #fucking love the ball buster #all i can think about is kenshi and johnny pledging themselves to each other #but in their dramatic way #ugh #they're so gay and stupid #kenshi; i'd die for you #johnny: i'd become a normal person for you #by god.... #how silly #how so very silly

[sunshinediaz]

wip wednesday, mwah

hi, friends 🫶🏼 pls have a very late, semi-horny snippet from my 5+1(+1) fic

Shutting his eyes, Eddie tucks his face in the hollow of Buck’s throat and breathes in Buck’s sweaty, sleepy-soft scent. He hooks one of Buck’s legs in the bend of his arm, reaches down to grip the base of his length, and rubs the head of his cock against Buck’s slick, swollen hole before shoving all the way inside in one go.  Buck takes him easily, eagerly, wet and warm and fingered loose enough Eddie could’ve fit his whole fist if he tried. He arches up with a pretty sigh that hangs in his throat, raking his fingers through Eddie’s hair and grabbing tight to bring Eddie’s mouth down to his.  The kiss is dirty, deep and wet and messy. Eddie frames Buck’s face with his elbows, sucks on Buck’s tongue like it’s his lifeline, and Buck gives over a rush of perfect mewls that make Eddie’s tummy boil.  Fuzzy yellow light filters through the tall windows of their bedroom, warming Eddie’s back and ass and legs. He shivers, comfortable and held tight, held close, wrapped all up in Buck he’s not sure where either one of them begins and ends. Smiling, Eddie pulls away from Buck’s dirty kiss. “Hey, pretty boy,” he whispers softly, licking away the string of spit stretching between their mouths. Buck’s so cute when he’s full of cock, cross-eyed and slack-jawed and a little stupid with pleasure, like he’s good for nothing else except getting fucked. He shifts his hips back and fucks forward, hard, just to watch the way Buck’s lips part on a sigh of his name.  A little grin stretches across Buck’s lips because he knows how perfect he looks when he’s taking it. “Don’t have to flatter me,” he says, looping his arms around Eddie’s shoulders. “I’m a sure thing.”  “Asshole.” Eddie laughs, leaning into Buck’s touch. He’s warmer than the morning sunshine on his back. “You piss me off so much.”  “And yet you can’t keep your dick out of me.”  Eddie nuzzles along Buck’s cheek, across his chin and up, till he can kiss the tip of Buck’s nose. “Keep it up,” he says, pinching the back of Buck’s fat thigh, “and I’ll withhold my dick for a whole month.”  “Liar. You can’t resist me.”  “I can so resist you.”  Buck snorts, rolls his eyes, and pulls Eddie back down for a giggly, goofy kiss. 

it's so late so, but i was tagged by @watchyourbuck, @jesuisici33, @wildlife4life, @wikiangela, @exhuastedpigeon, @eddiebabygirldiaz, @try-set-me-on-fire, @honestlydarkprincess, @loserdiaz, @callmenewbie, @daffi-990, and @ladydorian05 🫶🏼

#i wasn't going to show up for wip wednesday since i finished and posted heart attack fic FINALLY #but then after dinner i opened my wip folder and remembered this fic and looked at it and you know what? #it's genuinely so cute and a little silly #established relationship buddie who bought a house together and the next logical step is marriage but buck won't say yes to eddie? #fucking fantastic for me (not eddie tho that silly boy is going through the 68 stages of grief every time he's shot down) #(spoiler alert it ends with yes AND the goofiest sappiest cringiest wedding ever) #eddie loves it so fucking much #tag games

[majimassqueaktoy]

#This gifset bought to you by: I miss Zhao and Joon-gi #like yes im seein Zhao in ishin all the time but its tainted bro- i cant truly enjoy it bc im just think bout ultra HD Baba model we coulda #had #but i DO love zhoa and joon-gi #they were my faves in y7- I felt like such a rat for it too like Oh the pretty pretty pretty boys are your faves? #Okay generic bitch #BUT Zhao is charming and fun and yk gun. and Joon-gi is weird as fuck and funny and gun. okay? #Not to say i dont love everyone else too i do i love saeko and ichi as much too #these two just my good mates tho #yakuza: like a dragon #Joon-gi han #zhao tianyou #tianyou zhao #yakuzaedit #rggedit #video game gifs #y7edit

[pocketgalaxies]

the tlou2 director's commentary is Phenomenal but also they are wild for thinking i will literally re-buy the same game just for that and some other random shit. this should be DLC you absolute bullies

#thanks youtube user TLOU Explained for uploading the commentary <3 #although there are a lot of abby haters who bought the remaster even while actively hating abby which i find hilarious. #text #nova shh #tlou #i see now that you can just spend $10 if you have the ps4 version. HOWEVER i do not have a ps5 #so i'm still fucked and i still think it should be ps4 dlc but i guess that's not how the gaming industry works l m a o.

[xdraon]

getting this letter hits different as Vaan tbh

#sun haven #bought all the elf transform potions from scuzzy to commit shenanigans and that was several hundred tickets well spent. #went to withergate as vaan ONCE and Xyla has fucking HAD IT with my ass. #the fact that she literally actually pays you? cream on the top of the shenanigans milkshake #X plays games #Vaan #vaan sun haven #sun haven vaan

[dontmindme2600]

As a huge behind-the-scenes nerd the concept art sections in remasters/collections of Shu Takumi’s games always make me fucking NUT. The one for AA chronicles actually has commentary from the characters designer too??? I was gonna skip on the Apollo Justice remaster/collection but if it has this kinda stuff for one of my favorite entries in the series then god.DAMN. I hate to say it but I might have to drop those 50 dollars. Half of my Nintendo switch screenshots are literally from the Ghost Trick concept art section I’m not joking

#ace attorney #ghost trick #shu takumi #visual novel #gaming #ace attorney chronicles #ace attorney apollo justice #godddd and I remember getting an Ace attorney art book #like a physical one that was super expensive and someone else bought it for me for Christmas #AND I FELT SO BAD BC IT WAS SO FUCKING LAME #all illustrations you could see in game and no commentary whatsoever. at all #BORING AS HELLLLLL #these collections feel so good after that experience

[oh-meow-swirls]

it's kind of weird to me that they didn't bother releasing sushi and tempura internationally at all but at the same time i'm kinda glad they didn't cuz like. yo-kai watch was financially failing in the west by the time 3 released. i feel like if they had released sushi and tempura the franchise would've completely tanked before we got sukiyaki which would've sucked. honestly if anything i feel like it's more surprising that we got all three versions of 2 instead of them just releasing psychic specters but tbf i think yo-kai watch was doing well in the west when 2 released. 2 is just inexplicably what killed the franchise despite being a masterpiece-

#puppy rambles #yo-kai watch #yw3 #yw2 #idk. i have a lot of thoughts on this stuff #still upset i didn't find out 3 released in america until a while after it did :/ could've gotten a physical copy if i'd found out earlier #but alas. i'm just stuck with a boring digital version. i mean the digital versions of yo-kai watch games are better but like. still #i never got maginyan in blasters even though i could've. the code or whatever was on the receipt but my mom bought it for me #from the nintendo website. and i don't think she checked it and i don't think i found out that was where it was until a bit after i got it- #i did get machonyan and jibanyan t/komasan t's codes entered though so i can get them on any playthrough now #unless i put the sd card in another 3ds since apparently it's system-based instead of sd card based??? which is really stupid #but you can probably bypass that with cfw and i do plan on modding my 3ds eventually #it'll just be a process cuz i don't have an sd card slot on my computer and idk if my moms would be willing to help #so i'll probably have to get a separate sd card reader or whatever. which i do think my moms would be okay with i mean #it's my system and they're cool with piracy lfskdjfjkfsdkljfd- #my moms are so cool <3 i just wish i could get them interested in yo-kai watch but they don't seem to care lfskdjfkjsfdjlksfd- #they determined the battle system doesn't sound fun but i might've just described it badly #i mean tbf. it is very annoying sometimes. especially when my healer just will not heal the other yo-kai #''DO YOUR FUCKING JOB TATTLECAST STOP LOAFING'' -me playing 2 #that being said if 1's switch port ever releases in america i am totally playing it on the tv #i WILL force my moms to watch me play funni ghost game whether they like it or not /lh #if we do ever get 1's switch port i hope they make it a collection of some kind with 2 and 3 remasters too i would buy that in a heartbeat #i mean obviously i will buy any american-released yo-kai watch stuff in a heartbeat aside from maaaaaybe y-school heroes #(i'm sorry y-school heroes fans i just cannot get into it. from concept alone it sounds like i would not enjoy it) #maybe sangokushi too if we ever get that but i feel like we probably won't #idk if the franchise it's a crossover with is popular enough in america for that #i hope we get more english yo-kai watch content once ghost craft releases. kinda feel like it's testing the waters tbh #i know it's seemingly just a spiritual successor but still #i do hope that it being a spiritual successor doesn't mean yo-kai watch is over. i doubt that it will since like #punipuni still gets semi-frequent updates

[z-grist]

Another storyboard I got to work on recently, this one focusing more on drama.

This one is a Persona 3 storyboard! Featuring Aigis and Akihiko. Big content warning for mention/discussion of an Eating Disorder. This is based on a story by @halfpennyjones, "Inversion" on ao3.

Done on Storyboard Pro, and (most) backgrounds were done on Blender 3D. Thanks for watching!

#persona 3 #cw: ed mention #cw: eating disorder #akihiko sanada #aigis persona 3 #p3 aigis #i got this storyboard out right on time for the reload remake lol which was totally not intenional #really #actually i havent even bought the game #played p3p #i have no interest in it rn.....im playing re4 LOL #zgrist #2024 #also my absolute favortie part of this is when aigis mentions that koromaru (the fucking dog) gossiped to her about akihiko.... #and him just being like. are you fucking kidding me. the dog snitched on me. what world do i live in #Youtube #also me n my friend did the voices lmaooooo we struggled

[lokh]

oh my god. as it turns out i have approximately one million more unplayed games than i thought i did

#<- itch.io doesnt have a good way of viewing all the bundles u have bought #so i just. keep buying fucking bundles and never playing anything LMAO #i have GOT to start streaming again. anything to get thru all these fucking games #HOW MANY FUCKING BUNDLES HAVE I BOUGHT???????? #like ok i dont mind i dont regret it they were for a good cause #but??????? ill click on a game and itll say 'u already have this game it was in 3 OTHER BUNDLES YOU ALREADY HAVE' #OH WAIT NEVERMIND YES U CAN VIEW THEM LOL <3 I MAY BE STUPID!

[edgepunk]

I think we should be making a bigger fuss about this. I'd also rethink buying any Ubisoft games in the near future.

Full article here

#t #fuck ubisoft #fuck them #yea it's an online game but it's still scummy #they said earlier this year that they might take away ANY game you bought

[andrew-nobody]

I WANT TO SCREAM AND THROW MY COMPUTER OUT THE FUCKING WINDOW!

#rimworld is NOT WORKING #i have cut my mod list down BY LIKE 80% #factions aren’t generating!! #the game crashes on load 9 times out of ten! #rimworld #why have you betrayed me?! #i just wanted to relax #torture some little guys #i just bought the new DLC #but FUCK ME I GUess