I agree, but also Blizzard's been a wholly owned subsidiary for longer than most people realize. It stopped being an independent studio even before it was renamed Blizzard in 1994 and released Warcraft 1, the founders sold the studio to Davidson and Associates earlier in that year when it was still called Silicon and Synapse. And then various buyouts and mergers over the years eventually lumped it into Vivendi, before eventually Vivendi went defunct and merged with Activision.
I agree, but also Blizzard's been a wholly owned subsidiary for longer than most people realize. It stopped being an independent studio even before it was renamed Blizzard in 1994 and released Warcraft 1, the founders sold the studio to Davidson and Associates earlier in that year when it was still called Silicon and Synapse. And then various buyouts and mergers over the years eventually lumped it into Vivendi, before eventually Vivendi went defunct and merged with Activision.
I have a problem with this argument, in that it dodges the hard questions for the easy answers.
Or to put it simply, Bobby Kotick is as much symptom as he is cause. That doesn't mean that he doesn't hold responsibility for allowing this environment on his watch - but at the same time, we need to acknowledge that the rot at Blizzard predates Activision, predates Vivendi, and was there when they were an independent darling. What happened there is emblematic of deeper issues in the industry that go beyond the boardroom.
You're not exactly wrong, but Jim goes hard after capitalism itself. You don't need to bring up underlying causes to them, of all people.
I have a problem with this argument, in that it dodges the hard questions for the easy answers.
Or to put it simply, Bobby Kotick is as much symptom as he is cause. That doesn't mean that he doesn't hold responsibility for allowing this environment on his watch - but at the same time, we need to acknowledge that the rot at Blizzard predates Activision, predates Vivendi, and was there when they were an independent darling. What happened there is emblematic of deeper issues in the industry that go beyond the boardroom.
You're not exactly wrong, but Jim goes hard after capitalism itself. You don't need to bring up underlying causes to them, of all people.
Capitalism isn't the root cause of misogyny, though - leftist systems have a long, ignoble history of it as well.
It's not the direct root, however capitalism directly encourages attacks against marginalised groups, any and all of them including women, because doing so allows those on top to remain there while those under are busy fighting those below them.
That said, while acknowledging that it's shit, and that misogyny is a systemic issue, is important, it doesn't actually do anything to fix it. You're never going to have enough people convinced to just throw out an existing system wholecloth, no matter how shit. Removing those with the power to stop it that hadn't until you get people who do so is an actual practical result that begins fixing the mess (and you're never going to accomplish anything before that happens, because if the top is rotten all good will be undone below them).
I like that one because he's actually brutal about how fake it is, I feel like some of them are trying to be good sports with it and he's like lol uh...no
How many more sonic things are going to be made? How much can you fuck over one brand without it losing value entirely?
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Sonic has a ravenous fanbase that will demand additional installments, pay for and then hate each one as it comes out, and attack perceived "ruiners" of the franchise mercilessly via cyberbullying. The franchise is truly all grown up, like Star Wars or DBZ.
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sonic has an entire generation of fans born after sonic '06 that have known basically a single good sonic game in their lifetime, and they still eat that shit up
sonic has an entire generation of fans born after sonic '06 that have known basically a single good sonic game in their lifetime, and they still eat that shit up
Colors, Generations, and Mania are three good games...
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I never liked Sonic games even when they were good (the Genesis ones), so I've just accepted that it's not for me, at least gameplay-wise.
The culture around it is pretty fun to peek in on from time to time tho, with stuff like the cutscene redubs and "Top Ten Hottest Sonic Female Characters" video
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Pretty sure saying all those names back to back is how you unlock the Necronomicon
https://youtu.be/zgvXtexdgAM
You're not exactly wrong, but Jim goes hard after capitalism itself. You don't need to bring up underlying causes to them, of all people.
Capitalism isn't the root cause of misogyny, though - leftist systems have a long, ignoble history of it as well.
That said, while acknowledging that it's shit, and that misogyny is a systemic issue, is important, it doesn't actually do anything to fix it. You're never going to have enough people convinced to just throw out an existing system wholecloth, no matter how shit. Removing those with the power to stop it that hadn't until you get people who do so is an actual practical result that begins fixing the mess (and you're never going to accomplish anything before that happens, because if the top is rotten all good will be undone below them).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAHn3SilhQ
this whole section about the run of terrible games between 4 and 7 is just real good
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sonic's brand is only going up hth
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Colors, Generations, and Mania are three good games...
sonic is a successful media franchise and the internet is not prepared for that
There's two facets to sonic
The games, which are pretty middling with a few gems
The fandom, which is hive of scum and villainy
https://youtu.be/sT-mlWm_mag
The culture around it is pretty fun to peek in on from time to time tho, with stuff like the cutscene redubs and "Top Ten Hottest Sonic Female Characters" video