I started getting the dreaded anti-adblock pop-ups on Youtube when they started ramping up their efforts a month or so back, and I initially went through the whole rigamarole: First it was just the pop-up, then it was the pop-up with the timer, then the 3-video countdown finally leading to the video player being disabled...
Logged into my banking app for it to tell my that my version of Android is outdated, leaving me vulnerable to attacks, and that I need to update my system. I see no updates and sure enough, the manufacturer just recently declared my phone EOL....
You could probably make some incredibly on-the-nose game about anti-colonial transgender communist prison abolitionists but as long as there were big pairs of yabbos and large butts on screen at all times gamers would probably not notice
My first dedicated gaming system was the PS1, and in general I have no trouble going back to the sprites and chunky polygons of the mid-to-late 90s, whether on consoles or computers...
Two d-pads, one analog stick, three triggers and two face buttons? What were they smoking in Kyoto in the early 90s stalin-stressed I have only seen a Nintendo 64 in real life like twice back in the 90s so I have no clue what all these buttons do in most games....
I watched a Japanese video about the awful classic 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie since I was curious about how it was viewed from a Japanese perspective. Disney’s involvement in the movie’s production is mentioned at which point the author jokes that “if today’s Disney was in charge, Mario would probably be made into a...
(I mean, at least in the Metropolitan area) Earlier I waited in line at a shop in Helsinki and behind me was a large group of schoolkids, all various people of colour and all speaking American English with each other. It’s a fairly common occurrence in Eastern Helsinki and makes you feel like you’re in the US or Canada...
I don’t think it can be emphasised just how negatively some people react to JRPG storytelling, or anything too “animey” in general. I think the reason why overtly Japanese franchises like Final Fantasy achieved the massive mainstream status they still hold today is because in the PS1 days they were the only game in town, with Western devs lagging far behind in terms of cinematic story-heavy console game development.
Now that the industry is dominated by titles developed both by and for Westerners, the average gamer has no reason to bother with games where cartoon teenagers with stupid names and even stupider hair yap about nonsense for hours when they can just play whatever CD Projekt Red or Bethesda game is out. This is not to say that Japanese games don’t have a large fanbase in the West, they definitely do! They just don’t have the same kind of broad appeal
Ublock users who got hit by Youtube's anti-adblock effort- how's your experience been?
I started getting the dreaded anti-adblock pop-ups on Youtube when they started ramping up their efforts a month or so back, and I initially went through the whole rigamarole: First it was just the pop-up, then it was the pop-up with the timer, then the 3-video countdown finally leading to the video player being disabled...
Looking at the uBlock Origin subreddit and reading the struggles people have with Youtube's new anti-adblock measures
Can’t wait until Google flips them on globally for all users doomer
I hate how disposable smartphones are
Logged into my banking app for it to tell my that my version of Android is outdated, leaving me vulnerable to attacks, and that I need to update my system. I see no updates and sure enough, the manufacturer just recently declared my phone EOL....
Remember to thank emulator devs for their service (hexbear.net)
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AI Can Ruin Movies Now, Too - Aliens and True Lies on 4k (youtu.be)
Here’s another reason to hate AI...
Command & Conquer meme (hexbear.net)
No please Bayo and 2b do not deserve this (hexbear.net)
twitter.com/momiji_doa/…/1775263456956121259
This ad for Interplay from 1999 (hexbear.net)
BY GAMERS, FOR GAMERS...
I consider myself very familiar with the Japanese culture (hexbear.net)
It’s just scientific fact that they love being slaves to corporations unlike us, the proudly independent and individualistic Westerners smuglord...
You may not like it, but this is what peak survival horror combat looks like (cdn.imgchest.com)
wimpy player character...
How can you care enough about covid to mask after 4 years but not enough to know IT GOES OVER YOUR NOSE
Come on grandmas picard-annoyed
This might be the lamest tacky geek collectible I have ever seen (hexbear.net)
What if your favourite 80s movie characters were VHS tapes of the movies they appeared in so-true...
It snowed even more (hexbear.net)
Last time I complained about snow it was just a light dusting of snow that melted in a few hours dean-frown...
Watching a video about a game, author mentions being a little kid when the Gamecube/PS2/Xbox were relevant
pain...
What are the oldest video games you can enjoy?
My first dedicated gaming system was the PS1, and in general I have no trouble going back to the sprites and chunky polygons of the mid-to-late 90s, whether on consoles or computers...
I got an air fryer
Me when I see an air fryer for cheap pog-fish...
Any tips on how to map a standard modern controller to this ...thing (hexbear.net)
Two d-pads, one analog stick, three triggers and two face buttons? What were they smoking in Kyoto in the early 90s stalin-stressed I have only seen a Nintendo 64 in real life like twice back in the 90s so I have no clue what all these buttons do in most games....
Japanese nerds are complaining about woke Disney too (hexbear.net)
I watched a Japanese video about the awful classic 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie since I was curious about how it was viewed from a Japanese perspective. Disney’s involvement in the movie’s production is mentioned at which point the author jokes that “if today’s Disney was in charge, Mario would probably be made into a...
These days a lot of kids just speak English
(I mean, at least in the Metropolitan area) Earlier I waited in line at a shop in Helsinki and behind me was a large group of schoolkids, all various people of colour and all speaking American English with each other. It’s a fairly common occurrence in Eastern Helsinki and makes you feel like you’re in the US or Canada...
Skipping the story in a JRPG to get to more combat is so backwards to me lmao (hexbear.net)
Just look at this smoothed out PS1 T-Rex from the upcoming Tomb Raider remaster collection (hexbear.net)
He looks like a plushie michael-laugh...
Lightning bugs (mander.xyz)
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel (www.youtube.com)
I was just wondering where Jenny Nicholson had gone when this video popped up...