GamingThread[NateTheHate] has heard that a Silent Hill 2 Remake is in the works by Bloober Team
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I hope this happens so that person with the blossom avatar provides us with a delicious meltdown thread. Then we’ll learn the blossom monster came from an artist at Bloober and it’ll be like a chef’s kiss.
Full disclosure, I enjoyed LoF and BW from Bloober so I’d be curious how’d they do SH.
EtcetEraThreadSean Duran asked me to film a scene for his OF
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TL;DR: I said no, lol
I tried to play it cool and act like I didn't know exactly who he was LOL. Of course, I was only interested in messing around with . Then he proposed that I film a scene with him and some others. To myself, I was going "Yep, he's just recruiting guys for his OnlyFans."
I said that I didn't want to be on camera. And he "reassured" me and said that I could wear a mask, and that I could make $2,500 for just one scene.
Honestly it's tempting, but I had to decline. I'm not trying to make money or a career out of this. It would be fun, but that's just a bit too much for me. My mom would shoot me like a dog in street if she found out lol.
This happened a couple of weeks ago. I was only reminded by this because I was chatting with another porn actor this morning (less well-known). We haven't coordinated anything yet; just swapped pics. I just wonder if he's gonna make the same proposition.
Would any of you do it?
EtcetEraThreadAnecdotal evidence has me afraid we are absolutely fucked for the Mid-terms and onwards because voters are too dumb to blame the right entities.
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Thought provoking reply, indeed. Keynesian economics is akin to a make believe idealogy that western governments sought after as a way to rationalize and justify endless monetary inflation to fund endless wars. Prove me wrong.
EtcetEraThreadJohnny Depp v Amber Heard's defamation trial is underway
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I honestly think this forum is a little to heavy handed with the bans and it limits discussion. I felt the same way when the initial threads were made and Depp supporters were being banned. I felt the same when I made a sarcastic joke about Xbox in a PS thread and got a 2 week ban.
I don’t think Heard supporters should be banned just because Depp supporters were banned in the past. I personally would prefer if more Heard supports were active in this thread even if I don’t believe there is much evidence in favour of Heard’s arguement.
If someone is racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic or attacking other posters, they should get banned. If someone is arguing in a thread and hasn’t fully informed themselves, I don’t think that warrants a ban.
But maybe the bans work and that’s why Era is generally a progressive forum. Idk.
EtcetEraThreadSeems like Dave Chappelle showed at a John Mulaney show and told a bunch of transphobic jokes
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I have no idea what Chappelle said, but considering the amount of people that said The Closer was transphobic when it seemed rather the opposite to me makes me doubt that he was actually being transphobic.
Gambling kills thousands of people.
Thanks for confirming you value money over human life.
This is appalling and promotion of gambling is bad enough, worse when any safeguards, little as they are, are completely ignored in the pursuit of getting more people hooked.
GamingThreadInsomniac donates $50k & sent 60-page doc to Sony urging Ryan to do better. Sony will not approve any statements from studios on reproductive rights.
We can’t get them to acknowledge Microsoft’s long history of pay equity issues and sexual harassment problems even in the lense of the AB acquisition, we can’t get them to talk more about Apple’s issues with harassment, Sony’s issues with it, etc. it’s really hopeless.
Like Im still shocked it’s been months and no one has even floated the idea/question of whether harassment at AB will get better under Microsoft when they have their own issues with it. That seems like the easiest of easy VICE news/CNN level slam dunk questions to ask or at least post in an article if PR won’t answer it directly but here we are.
Basically I’m saying all the big tech companies don’t really suffer enough bad PR about their choices/staff treatment. Facebook is undermining democracy in the US and the Phillipine elections with rampant false info that they won’t do anything about yet all our favorite gaming sites go nuts over the latest Oculus news, it’s sad. Not saying don’t talk about the gaming products too, but man, no one seems to want to ask real questions aside from Schrier and some others imo
GamingThreadInfiltration banned from ComboBreaker/CEO/EVO
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A bunch of people in the FGC say it or use to, Justin wong, TS Sabin, Yipes, basically almost everyone. Not saying it's right, but I don't understand how people pick and choose.
GamingThreadNorman Reedus on Death Stranding: ''We just started the second one''
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Will not comment on xbox after this to prevent a console war…
But DRM issues… players were not able to play games for at least 5 days due to the network being down then they delayed starfield and redfall which has gotten some extream backlash.
As of today xbox has no games releasing in 2022, can change after the showcase, but the news cycle until then wont be good for them.
Sony during this time frame have announced:
Ps+ tiers
Classic games get trophys (syphon filter)
God of war accessibility
The last of us remake leaks
Now death stranding 2 leaks
Final fantasy news incoming leaks
News cycle for sony is very positive right now and as i mentioned, the timing of all this is a huge momentum shift similar to the ps4 xbox one DRM game sharing days in my opinion
EtcetEraThread10 dead & 3 wounded in mass shooting event in Buffalo, NY (Self-Identified white supremacist suspect in custody)
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The weird thing is that he did this in a black neighborhood and didn't get shot. In my state we don't have a concealed carry law. I probably would of just shot him dead but others would of also. Maybe in a suburban area you can just get away with killing people. Going to a middle / low class area and not being harmed doing it is weird. I live in a decent neighborhood and I assume most people around me are carrying.
GamingThreadThe Callisto Protocol: release on second-half of 2022
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According to latest financial report by , and are planned to be released on second-half of 2022
New info coming on May 24th
Trailer Gameplay at Summer Game Fest
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This show being extremely polarizing is also very fitting for the material. It's like the reception is also being viewed from two different lenses.
I really loved it. My favorite D+ outing so far. Steven/Marc and their relationship was unique for Marvel, and unlike Eternals, it was unique in an engaging way. At least for me.
I can see why people might not love the blackout sequences, but they really sold the broken aspect of Marc's psyche for me. It puts you in his (or Steven's) shoes and is a pretty gutsy move from the writing and/or directing team. It denies us, as the viewer, some of the most frenetic and action packed experiences, but it's all in service of that feeling of a fractured mind.
I feel kind of gipped out of a proper Jake reveal at the end there, but we'll see if that pays off in another season or not.
EtcetEraThreadIn 2020, Cops fire plastic bullets on man without declaring themselves. Man defends self, is beaten. Now city pays him, but no admission of guilt
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Sorry, but anyone who gets hit with a plastic bullet and fires a metal one back deserves a beating and more.
Reminder: lots of people in society and this site feel that voting for some for president is far too much to ask of them in order to stop autocracy and fascism.
GamingThread[Techraptor]Sony forced Salt and Sacrifice price increase on PC (Epic Store)
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I love how the lowpost accounts come out of the woodwork to defend Sony in threads like these. I see at least three such ITT. It's hilarious, especially when they start interacting with each other.
EtcetEraThreadFirst Velma Images Reveal an Adults-Only Scooby-Doo Reimagining turning ‘Velma’ Into Story About South Asian Crime Solver
ReasonUser Banned (2 Weeks): Hostility over Representation Concerns over Multiple Posts
Yeah I'm done with you, clown. AGAIN putting words in my mouth, I don't give single fuck what color she is, in this show or otherwise. Jesus Christ get a clue
EtcetEraThreadHey was Bill actually "wrong" within the narrative of the Kill Bill films?
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Sometimes I don't understand movies.
The last chapter of vol.2 (face to face ) paints Beatrix as a real ass and Bill as a vengeful, heartbroken son of a bitch but his honesty make it plausible that he was just being himself and she was in the wrong. (Wrong as in leaving with out a trace and not telling him about his baby) They are both scumbags in the narrative of the film but he was an honest scumbag
EtcetEraThreadJohnny Depp v Amber Heard's defamation trial is underway
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What do people here make of this argument? Also that time line in the twitter thread was eye-opening but not sure if has been discredited re: kicking, hair pulling evidence.
ReasonUser Banned (1 Week): Dismissing Concerns of Representation over a Series of Posts
So I know this is a really, really common reply to criticism and I want to reply to this:
Me criticizing a show for it's writing doesn't invalidate anyone feeling, well, validated by said writing. Nor is something that makes someone feel validated in their identity impossible to criticize. These responses consisting merely of quotes of people feeling validated by something, insinuating that being critical of the same content is somehow an attack on those people is incredibly reductive and hurtful to any kind of discussion that goes beyond "This is something that someone enjoyed. Therefore it is good".
Your reply to me only makes sense if I would have criticized the concept of diversity and inclusion, the fact that there is someone who isn't a white middle aged man in the show at all. Which isn't the case, of course. I'm criticizing the writing and the structure. That Marvel doesn't actually have an Egyptian woman star as the main character in the show about Egyptian super heroes, but that it's a show about a US Hollywood star starring opposite himself, with the Egyptian character also being allowed to be the super hero for one scene, for which the show then pauses, only to tell the audience: "Hey. This is an Egyptian super hero. Did you notice? Please clap." And OF COURSE everyone who is Egyptian claps. Because it's dope that there is any kind of representation. That doesn't make the scene impervious to criticism. Or even good.
I can like the little bit of representation happening and also dislike the way Disney capitalizes on it and fails to make it a natural part of their movies and shows. It's not immoral or inappropriate to voice that I disliked it and saying that it is puts an incredible moral obligation on liking (or at least not voicing displeasure for) very specific, often pretty badly written blockbuster entertainment tailor made to extract as much money as possible from as many people as possible by an unfathomably rich US company whose bosses are well known to actively support politicians trying to cut back on the human rights of and hurt non-white cis men as much as they can.
I'm also really, really not a fan of using excited fans as this buffer zone to try to invalidate opinions differing from them, no matter how common that is. I have a partner and friends of different backgrounds and identities and sexual orientations - I know that some of them love this exact kind of scene, some of them strongly dislike it and some are utterly indifferent to it. I could now pick the ones that share my opinion and use their identities to bolster my own opinions and make them impervious to differing opinions...but I don't think that is a very good idea.
GamingThreadSony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida has said the company’s planned acquisition of Bungie “represents a major step forward in becoming more multiplatform”
Ok, I see its useless. You are just a stubborn PC MasterRace andy who is not interested in a discussion. Have fun in your bubble where everything fits your narrative I guess lol.
GamingThreadBungie Senior Staff On Sony Reproductive Rights Saga: "There will never be a muzzle big enough to stop us from standing up for what's right"
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Exactly... that's your position. What if you are of the anti-abortion crowd. Clearly, they exist. Hell there are even countries where there are country-wide laws against stuff like that.
My position is that I have no qualms with a company matching donations to any common-law charity. It's just all-around better for companies t to be neutral, especially when you consider that they would usually have people on either side of the fence working for them. Or should we also say, if take for instance you are anti-abortion, based on your faith, the company shouldn't even employ you?
EtcetEraThreadFirst Velma Images Reveal an Adults-Only Scooby-Doo Reimagining turning ‘Velma’ Into Story About South Asian Crime Solver
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What i'm hearing is you're too obtuse to understand that different shows have different goals, themes, tones, etc. and can also exist under the same IP.
EtcetEraThreadFirst Velma Images Reveal an Adults-Only Scooby-Doo Reimagining turning ‘Velma’ Into Story About South Asian Crime Solver
ReasonUser Banned (2 Weeks): Dismissive Commentary Around Representation Over Multiple Posts
Do I really need to say it...
And that will forever suck.
I've always hated when they change a character for the sake of "change". It's stupid.
Also, no Scooby Doo but calling it Scooby Doo? That's just disrespectful to the best character out of that gang.
They could've made an entirely new character from South Asia and even made her a love interest to Velma. Now that would've been great in my opinion.
GamingThreadSony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida has said the company’s planned acquisition of Bungie “represents a major step forward in becoming more multiplatform”
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you are right. At this point gamepass cures cancer.
EtcetEraThreadJohnny Depp v Amber Heard's defamation trial is underway
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One of the things I absolutely love btw is that not only is Camille Vasquez absolutely fantastic at doing her job, but the fact she is at the same time also an attractive woman gives her that little extra edge to really get under Amber Heards skin.
Amber being an absolute narcissist is getting that extra smack in the face by Camille questioning her.
EtcetEraThreadJohnny Depp v Amber Heard's defamation trial is underway
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I have not paid much attention to this trial so far. I find the memefication, the live-streaming, the reaction videos, etc pretty damn disgusting. But now I've been recommended a video by Princess Weekes on the subject, where she both criticizes the spectacle surrounding this trial and expresses support for Amber Heard and I'm not sure what to think about it all. YouTubers I really like and trust to be good faith like Yhara Zayd, Tee Noir, Sarah Z, and Jessie Gender are supportive in the comments.
Everyone here seems completely convinced that Depp was primarily the victim of abuse and that Heard is a heartless liar. But what if that's not the case? What if Heard is telling the truth. Or what if it is a more complicated situation. Do we really want to join in on this circus? Aren't we risking participating in the kind of media/pop culture behavior that has victimized women like Monica Lewinsky, Amy Fisher, Lorena Bobbitt, Britney Spears, etc?
