Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[filler]

edge sucks 

[Rendle]

People seriously still read magazines to figure out if they want to buy a videogame?

[Boredfrom]

People seriously still read magazines to figure out if they want to buy a videogame?

Of course not, this is just to validate their tastes.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Just got back from the cinema. I don't remember what movie I went to because they played one of the Marvel teasers beforehand. Upon viewing it my erect penis tore through my pants, now somehow measuring 10 inches (presumably one inch for each Marvel movie RDJ is in). Once the teaser ended I climaxed, experiencing the greatest orgasm in my entire life (thank you Kevin Feige). Everyone hit by my jizz clapped. Jeff Marvel was also there and he stood up and yelled "LET'S FUCKING GO!" and then everyone clapped again. Some of my cum got in Jeff Marvel's eye.

This is a true story.

[Boredfrom]

Edge's lack of bylines per article must be nice when you drop a review like that, because you don't get death threats and organized harassment campaigns

The magazine still has an address.  

In the age of gamergate we are now in, yeah it's a blessing.

Because GG invented harassment and death threats against the press.  

[Boredfrom]

Anyone would also think a 4 out of 10 score is like a product filled with bugs/glitches/crashes at launch...

Not necessary. You could put out a 1/10 game that has zero bugs.

Like… ???

[Boredfrom]

I fucking love the Metroid Prime 4 discourse… is breaking everyone’s brains.
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Despite having basically nothing in common, for some reason MP4 felt like a more polished competently made Sonic Frontiers.

They gave Frontiers a 3, so a 4 for Prime 4 is unsurprising to me

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4 out of 10 is low for prime 4 honestly. As a teacher, if I give a kid a 40% on a paper, they messed up BAD or it's unfinished. While I understand people's disappointment with the game, This game has neither messed up BAD or is unfinished/broken.

The reviewer isn't a teacher.
The game isn't a student nor a paper.
The review isn't on an academic scale.
The game isn't reviewed on the same criteria as a classroom assignment.

Strictly speaking, a review is a buyer guide. 

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What 3 out of 4 games are duds?

Prime 4 I can understand. The reviews for it are well under expectations as likely word of mouth will end up being.

But MKW, DKB, Z-A, and Kirby Air Riders all hit expectations or reasonably close to expectations. Word of mouth on all 4 is strong by perhaps any measure.

[benji]

I imagine Prime 4 will meet Nintendo's expectations since they wouldn't have ever expected it to do better than around 1 million sales. Dread's the odd ball in the franchise.

[Polident]

"New photo of Ghislaine Maxwell with her coochie out has been released in the new Jeffery Epstein files"
https://x.com/Algovich_/status/2002133571381964829?s=20 (censored)

"Quick, bomb Syria!"

Edit: Oh boy, Michael Jackson is going to get cancelled

Every goth and emo kid tried and failed to get as white as MJ is there. Incredible. Powder1995esque.

[kaleidoscopium]

If you're a stupid person, thinking the past may have been better and fetishizing nostalgia, makes you extremely susceptible to RETVRN-tier rhetoric
Because you don't have a memetic immune system to defend yourself against poisonous ideas, on account of spending your whole life avoiding people because it's less emotionally-taxing to play through Lester the Unlikely a seventh time
Luckey's first press release for the Chromatic all but screams it
It sucks being a part of this community irl and having to ask open-ended probing questions just to get the sense that this person isn't dangerously ignorant and I'd be safe alone with them

https://www.resetera.com/threads/modretro-reveals-limited-edition-handheld-made-from-attack-drone-metal.1388527/page-2#post-149142601

Why would you be spending time alone with people who discuss retro video game hardware online… 

These people are seriously dented in the head

[Boredfrom]

To me that says more about other publications than Edge, how everyone gave BLOPS 7 more than 4?

It's like a game deserves a 7 only for booting up without crashing

I actually think this is a big problem with videogame reviews. As they're both art and software, it feels like some outlets feel obliged to give it a baseline score just for working as intended -- something that's not really a thing with movies or books or music or TV. Like, no one will give a book 6/10 just because it has no glaring typos or printing issues, or a movie a 7/10 because all the scenes have decent video and audio quality.

Like, games should absolutely be dinged for their performance/bugs if it severely hinders the experience, but it's silly that there seems to be a widespread belief that a game deserves a decent score just for working. If something is technically flawless yet dull as hell, a score like 4/10 is more than justified.

WTF are talking about? Films get free passes for technical aspects all the time. There is a lot of slop in cinema that gets 3 stars because “is entertaining enough, whatever”.  

And here is the thing, many of the AAA games have no offered bug free and optimized experiences so… in that regard, maybe we should encourage bigger standards in the technical aspects? While I will take a fun and interesting game that is janky as hell over a bad game but very good optimized and bug free… there is still an effort in doing this, an effort that doesn’t get rewarded that much in the review scale.

[Boredfrom]

Almost like reviews are opinions. Weird.

While that's true, folks are very clearly treating these as more then that across the board. You wouldn't have people acting like Nintendo's output is in trouble just because of some numbers aren't big enough otherwise.

Because Nintendies never jerk off when a Nintendo’s game gets a high score.  They never use good reviews to passive aggressive attack games and industry trends that perceive as a threat.

I think is not controversial to say that, review wise, Nintendo had a pretty mediocre output compared with other years.  That doesn’t mean Nintendo is doomed, because we cannot say the PS5 first year was not mocked with “PS5 has no games”. But is concerning that very anticipated games underperformed critically or with fans.

[Boredfrom]

I've been banned in one total stream on Twitch and it's Justin's when i called him out on an US Army sponsorship he was doing with ChrisT who is a Trump supporter.

  

https://www.resetera.com/threads/fgc-commentator-sajam-will-no-longer-be-attending-evo-due-to-saudi-ownership.1387948/page-2#post-149151253

[kaleidoscopium]

Boycotts doing well 

[benji]

It's because a whole bunch of fascist companies with malicious intent are pushing it hard to try and make it look like it's not a dying IP that everybody wants nothing to do with. This kind of thing is right out of the Nazi Playbook and very typical for when genocides move past Stage 8.

[Garfield]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/green-flags-strong-signals-from-potential-romantic-interest-and-completely-misread-them-experiences-story-inside.1387837/

**IMPORTANT note - romantic interest misread = A.O.K. Used to it. Not phased. But even friendship "backfire" after all of this? :/"

So, the facts.

I met a girl at work.
We usually work from home, but we started chatting more and more. At first it was standard work talk, then it naturally turned into longer conversations and personal topics like what you do in your own time, music you like, travel, background, etc.

Important context. I would have genuinely been fine if this stayed platonic. I have plenty of female friends. Even a "hey, I like you but not romantically" outcome would have been totally fine. I did start developing romantic interest, but friendship was never a deal breaker.

Over time we got closer. We had several in office days and group settings where we gravitated toward each other. One day I casually said, "Hey, do you want to do dinner just us in a few weeks? You can choose the place."
She sounded super enthusiastic. Happy, vibrant, clearly positive. Even then, I was still thinking this could just be friendly and that would be fine.

Fast forward to our work Christmas party. We basically stuck together the whole night. Ignored most other people and just talked to each other. It was very touchy feely. Her hand on my lap, my hand on her arm. Nothing that would raise eyebrows at work, but definitely closer than strictly platonic coworkers.

I was a bit tipsy. She was not drinking because she said she was on medication. She then suggested changing our January dinner plans to "how about we go for drinks that night and then wherever the night takes us," (because she said she will be off the medication by then) plus comments like "you haven't met the other side of me, she's fun," and similar things throughout the night.

At that point, even as someone who admits he cannot read women well, I thought okay, these feel like very strong signals. Not guaranteed, but at least something beyond pure friendship.

Then today, our last day before shutdown. I asked if she was up for a quick call, mainly to confirm we were all good for January.

The call starts totally normal. Work talk, joking, laughing, gossip. All fine. Then I casually ask something she herself had previously mentioned. Since she had said her current role is a means to an end and not a forever thing, I said, "Have you thought about what you want to do instead?"

She suddenly freezes. Completely different energy. And says, "That's a totally life-changing decision and I don't think you should be asking me about that."

I was genuinely thrown.
She had already opened up in the past about:

• a failed engagement
  
• travel
  
• minor past trauma
  
• unhappiness at work
  

Personal topics were not new territory.

I said, "Oh, okay, no worries." Then tried to move on: "What do you have planned during shutdown?"
She mentions her mum visiting. I say, "Oh cool, you mention your mum a lot — do you speak to your dad?"

Her response: "Um… yes? Why wouldn't I?"
Then dead silence.

At this point I'm seriously confused, so I say, "Sorry, did I ask something inappropriate?"

She replies: "Oh no, I'm just not an open person unless you're the right person."

I didn't know what to say, so I shifted topic again. She mentions travelling to her home country next year. I ask if she speaks the language.
Again: "Why are you asking me these questions? I feel like you're trying to paint a picture of me and get to know me."

And internally I'm thinking… yes? That's literally what conversations are?

Up until this point we had discussed:

• personal finances
  
• social circles
  
• hobbies
  
• breakups
  
• background
  
• music
  
• travel
  
• work history
  
• light family stuff
  

So I finally say, calmly:
"Look, I'm sorry if I've asked questions you didn't like. But honestly, I felt like we were getting to know each other — we've talked about a lot already. I'm not sure why it's an issue now, but that's fine. I won't ask anything personal again."

Dead silence.

I thanked her for the call and ended it.

I'm not really hurt — rejection doesn't hit me that hard. I'm just… confused. And honestly a bit disappointed that even a friendship seems off the table now, because the whole thing feels so weird that I don't even want to engage anymore.

What gets me is that it wasn't like she was having a bad day. Work talk was light, funny, normal. But the moment it went personal — something that had happened many times before — it was like I was talking to a completely different person.

If she'd drawn that boundary from day one, fair enough. Totally understandable. But this sudden shift after so many signals just makes my brain hurt.

So yeah.

Went from:
"she seems cool" →
"oh, I think I like her" →
"wait… maybe she likes me too?" →
dead, instantly, before it even became anything.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of whiplash?

Huge IF here, but if that whole scenario happened exactly like he said, she absolutely led him on. However, as we know, most of the remaining resettis are extremely autistic, so there's no doubt in my mind he's misrepresented the whole thing. Hand in lap was probably just an accidental brush of her hand on his leg etc.

She was probably interested but he didn't strike when the iron was hot, and rather than escalating, or even staying flirty, he started to ask too many serious/boring questions

[Rendle]

I'm assuming based on nothing but the ResetEra account and the thread he made about not understanding why a woman suddenly doesn't want to fuck that he's a loser. Take that with a grain of salt even though i've never been wrong before, ever.

[Nintex]

It strikes me as a girl who just replaced her ex or the guy she is actually chasing with this guy. Had a couple of those they would self open up, drop random names and events as if I knew them. They hope that you can pull them out of it not be judgemental and change the topic.

But it's hard if they’re both stuck in that loop and play hard to get at the same time.

It either ends in a good reflection or conversation and we both learned something or she frustratingly leaves. If you're a real pro you can break that with "Find another therapist thanks for wasting my time bitch" followed by "sshhh it's ok baby just suck my dick behind a dumpster" ghost after and add to her trauma and poor decisions.

[Daffy Duck]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/green-flags-strong-signals-from-potential-romantic-interest-and-completely-misread-them-experiences-story-inside.1387837/

Huge IF here, but if that whole scenario happened exactly like he said, she absolutely led him on. However, as we know, most of the remaining resettis are extremely autistic, so there's no doubt in my mind he's misrepresented the whole thing. Hand in lap was probably just an accidental brush of her hand on his leg etc.

She was probably interested but he didn't strike when the iron was hot, and rather than escalating, or even staying flirty, he started to ask too many serious/boring questions

He asked her if she speaks the language, hahahaha I can just imagine the  cringe on the call when he asked that.

What with everyone being on the spectrum these days I’m not surprised these kids spurged out to each other.

[Polident]

She was probably interested but he didn't strike when the iron was hot, and rather than escalating, or even staying flirty, he started to ask too many serious/boring questions

Based on the story he’s telling, she’s at this Christmas party fully sober saying “huh, there’s an empty broom closet over there.” And he’s responding with “do you think I should bring an umbrella next month?”

[Snoopy]

Woman - We should fuck

Ree - I can't believe people are criticizing a Nintendo game.

[clockwork5]

“Do you speak to your dad?”

Nice one, guy.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dave-chappelle-the-unstoppable-new-netflix-special-out-now.1388950/#post-149153248

OP missed the memo of how Era has had countless threads about how much they hate Chappelle.

By phrasing it like this, it kinda feels like you're implying there isn't valid reasoning for that.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/jason-schreier-naughty-dog-has-enacted-mandatory-overtime-for-staff-to-finish-an-internal-demo-of-their-next-game-intergalactic.1387576/page-16#post-149134249

 User Banned (3 months): Antisemitic commentary

"Im a director from Israel and this is my studio culture"

[kaleidoscopium]

Amazing how certain people will come into the thread just to subtly troll people who are bothered by transphobia and then bounce.

Not slick. We see you.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/dave-chappelle-the-unstoppable-new-netflix-special-out-now.1388950/page-3#post-149155675

[Hap Shaughnessy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/bloomberg-%E2%80%98baldur%E2%80%99s-gate-3%E2%80%99-maker-promises-%E2%80%98divinity%E2%80%99-will-be-%E2%80%98next-level%E2%80%99-turn-based-rpg-early-access-gen-ai-for-idea-exploring-placeholders.1384537/page-16#post-149148019

 User Banned (1 Week): Inflammatory commentary, history of antagonizing other users

Lol there's no need to be nasty. But I'll happily dip out of this toxic conversation.

Dont let the gen AI door swing into you on the way out lmao

The "reasonable" AI argument sounds so much like those "I'm just asking questions" soft racists lmao

"Make peace or die in the dust" yeah okay buddy. Just like crypto right? Just like nfts? Hope you like your bored ape avatar lol

Probably because they all use AI to write for them.

Honestly. It's always the same mealy mouthed bullshit that they're putting across too. Its never really any different from the more aggressive AI arguments either. Just softer and somehow more pathetic

[Snoopy]

On a more positive note. I was watching Channel 5 guy interview some off grid retards. Apparently they regard us Scots as being one of the racially pure breeds. Fuckin result. We’ll be getting reparations before Nep.

[DavidCroquet]

So, I just looked this clip up on social media and the joke starts off with a solid foundation. The idea was basically, "If white people kill someone like Charlie Kirk, then I'm definitely screwed."

Except it didn't end up being about racism, as you might assume. He instead made it about trans people: "And the news said, 'Apparently there were transgender messages on the bullet,' and I said, 'Oh no! I'm dead!'"

Get it? He attacks trans people, so trans people are going to try and kill him. Isn't that hilarious?

Well, trans people or their boyfriends

[Shecky Fragbaum]

So, I just looked this clip up on social media and the joke starts off with a solid foundation. The idea was basically, "If white people kill someone like Charlie Kirk, then I'm definitely screwed."

Except it didn't end up being about racism, as you might assume. He instead made it about trans people: "And the news said, 'Apparently there were transgender messages on the bullet,' and I said, 'Oh no! I'm dead!'"

Get it? He attacks trans people, so trans people are going to try and kill him. Isn't that hilarious?

Well, trans people or their boyfriends

Zeo is the hero no one wants or deserves.

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Moved to members only at some point:
https://www.resetera.com/threads/jasmine-crockett-launches-texas-senate-bid-with-a-vow-to-trump-%E2%80%98i%E2%80%99m-coming-for-you%E2%80%99.1376767/