The fact a multi-million dollar studio was culturally gaslit into losing more money on a bombed film through ironic twitter memes is the funniest outcome we could have expected.
What makes it even funnier is the weekend Sony brought it back in theatres, the meme had already died off. The timing couldn't have been better. It's the big pay off to a two months long joke.
Just thinking of Yoko Taro in his office, seeing some modded Nier Automata conspiracy happening, and going "Oooh? Another excuse to troll fans that doesn't require any actual work from me? Count me in!"
I can't understate this. Akira Toriyama shaped modern anime and manga. Without him, there are people today who wouldn't be anime fans. Without him, we wouldn't have series like One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, or Naruto. This world would not be the same without Akira Toriyama's work.
PlatinumGames (Bayonetta, NieR, Astral Chain) says it is changing its approach to its games.
They will now focus on games that “can be enjoyed and loved for a longer period of time”, instead of its usual “one-off, well-designed” titles:
Since my notifications are absolutely morbed already, I'm going to ask everyone take the time and money you weren't going to spend on Morbius and throw it at the Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once. Actual cultural reset.
There is something tragically funny about a character whose whole arc is about finding ones own purpose and reason to fight in a meaningless cycle being turned into the most overused cameo character in existence.
It's like Travis from Taxi Driver being added in to Mario Cart.
The ending credits for Battle of Gods have always been a go-to for me to appreciate the sheer scope of Toriyama's work and how much love and effort was put into it over the decades. This man loved creating worlds and characters for everyone to enjoy.
I'm consistently impressed by how every video Julian does shows new bounds of creativity he can tap into. It's genuinely upsetting how talented he is and he somehow keeps upping the ceiling with what he can do.
We really came full circle by having the enemy team feel like a parody of Futurama's Atomic Supermen, which were a parody of Monstars from the first movie.
All this talk of "Xenoblade 3 robbed for best music" when the real loss was the fact Yugioh Master Duel didn't even get nominated when every track is like
People asking why RE4 Remake needs the yellow paint treatment while RE4 OG was fine without forget how the barrels/crates might as well have glowed neon with how they rendered.
“So if you defund police who you gone call when you’re in danger?”
There are a lot of resources that explains what defunding the police means but I know some of you will “hear it better” if it came out of the mouth of someone who looks like you. So listen to John Oliver
There is a lot to unpack from a Republican Rep editing the Attack on Titan OP where ICE is framed as the Military corps and immigrants are Titans while implying they are going to murder Joe Biden.
This is by far the coolest thing about experiencing art. That little "Oh." moment when you know that it's etched a little something into your own personal philosophy.
I never thought I'd say that my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh is the one with motorbikes, sinister gods commenting on the evils of classism, and robots sent from the future, so instead I made an entire video essay about it.
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FYI if the first thing you thing of saying about Miura's death is a joke like "Wow, now that's going to be one long hiatus lol" or "man, now we're really never going to get the ending to Berserk lol", please fuck off.
I gotta say, it's some pretty big dick energy going on to show off all the comments saying your game looks like shit as a way to announce that the released version is getting a graphical upgrade. Mad respect Igarashi.
It's funny/sad how people are treating this as a "political correctness" thing to "protect the shark's feelings" when it's entirely about getting people more comfortable with the fact sharks are near harmless to humans as long as you aren't provoking them, like most animals.
Sharks get a bad rap. So researchers and officials are rethinking the phrase "shark attacks" to describe the moments when sharks and humans meet — instead adopting terms like "incidents" and "encounters" to help change public perception of the animals.
For ages, I've wanted to do a short video about how games like Yakuza or Metal Gear can be stupid as hell, but because they are so earnest about everything they do, it's impossible not to become engaged with them.
My favorite ongoing arc in Yugioh card design is taking Skull Servant, the weakest monster from the first 2002 sets, and giving him a wife and kids who go on vacations
Namco Bandai is SO confident in Digimon Survive that they aren't even putting it on digital storefronts until the moment it's available for purchase JUST to make sure Xenoblade Chronicles 3 has a fighting chance in sales before they sell 20 billion copies on day 1.
Every time I see stuff like this, it just makes me respect how well Nier and Undertale handled the whole "You will regret your actions" angle that much more.
Dude spurred an entire fandom into thinking there would be a big new game reveal or some kind of ARG campaign by pretending he was aware of what was going on with a single QRT that said literally nothing.
So, here's what happened when I fact-checked James Somerton, the worst video essayist on YouTube. The results will shock you! And then it got worse! Enjoy, everyone!
Twitter won't let me upload a video of it, but in the span of a minute, Toons are digitally added to Austin Powers and Casablanca, and then there's a Rick & Morty cameo. I think I'm going insane.
After all this time, it's finally done!! From the Devil Breakers, to the DSD, to the final boss fight, I gush about one of my favorite games of this generation.
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I fucking hate how not only is this law going to be applied to people outside of the US, which is bullshit, but the fact that Congress was able to attach this to a COMPLETELY UNRELATED bill that was intended as a relief package for struggling Americas.
I'm gonna leak an industry secret today.
If you've ever gotten upset at a Youtuber for mispronouncing the name of something, congratulations, you've guaranteed they will misprounce it everytime from that day forward.
You've exposed your weakness and we will take advantage of it
MAPPA employees who thought they'd get to see their kids once they finished this Chainsaw Man anime, before they get sent back to the animation mines after an online petition reaches 2000 signatures
One day, Mainframe Entertainment were the premiere 3D animation studio. Now they do yearly direct to video Barbie Movies. What the hell happened?!
My video covering the rise and fall of Reboot is finally here!
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If there' was ever a video game that deserved to be adapted into a stage musical, it's Metal Gear Rising: Revengance. It's already 90% there.
I need a duet between Raiden and Armstrong of "It Has To Be This Way".
Eat my entire ass Toei.
This is one of many reasons people hate you as a production company. It's a video explaining how One Piece became the icon it is, but because it has 4 minutes of sporadic animation across 40 minutes, you dont want it around.
Sincerely, go fuck yourself.
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This is what left me wary about the whole situation. Hale is not an unknown VA, and actively fought for better VA rights a few years ago, so doubt she'd take a lowball offer. Whole thing feels off, beyond the obvious "Companies should pay their VAs!"
I know there is a lot of cool games out now, but if you even remotely enjoy 16 bit JRPGs, I implore you to check out Chained Echoes.
This shit has everything: Mechas, eldrich gods, a complex multi-character narrative dripping with nuance and pathos, and did I say mecha?
So they get extra points for style but there is no Style meter? I want to see LeBron get a SSS rank by breaking a couple ankles before nailing a 3 pointer.
So what makes these DMC Special Editions so "Special" anyway?? It's been a long time coming, but let's look into that (and spend the better part of an hour talking about how cool Vergil is).
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So it feels like this movie is making fun of uninspired corporate synergy bullshit, but then immediately forgets how that's a bad thing and proceeds to flood the narrative with it.
Platinum games has been part of my channel for so long that I was looking forward to covering Bayo 3 sometime in the near future. Now I don't even know if I'll buy it, never mind make a video about it.
The Hellena Taylor situation has just left me so emotionally numb to it.
If the reports are true, Takahashi cemented himself as a legend and a hero. It's tragic that he had to go, but he did it fighting to save someone else. Genuinely a once in a lifetime mangaka and person.
Rest in Peace Kazuki Takahashi
For real, I had 10 times more fun play this with my Among Us friend group.
Just go full kid brain running away from the killer screaming. Galaxy brain mode if someone has a soundboard for musical accompaniment.
This fan-made tag mode is so much fun (and chaos) with friends/strangers! Decided to post the rules I have used after playing it with KR players lol #어몽어스
#AmongUs
Wait, so going to different WB worlds in this universe works on Kingdom Hearts logic, where you transform your look to be relevant to that IP?
What even is this movie?
It would be great if
@PatStaresAt
had a way to donate directly to his pets rather than to him. I want to confidently know my money is going toward treats for Zangief and Elmo, and not his weird FF14 addiction or whatever food Quebecers use for sustenance.
Ngl, this is a fucking wack-ass perspective to content creation. Nearly every creator that takes their time to finish a video, especially ones that are lengthy/detailed, are constantly feeling guilt that they can't put out more at a consistent rate, but...
Ngl, I really cant understand content creators who cant make at least a video a month.
Ive worked 2 or more jobs often 70 hrs a week during most of my channels existence and still manage to do 2 videos most months.
One day in the future,
@EyePatchWolf
and I are going to finally get the chance to spar with each other, only so I have the chance to say "Why you should watch these hands!", right before he roundhouse kicks me in the head and puts me in an armbar.