Tag: Social Media
Sony Changes an Image in Stellar Blade Amid Controversy
Games journalists have found a new way to attack Stellar Blade. Their outrage over the lead character, Eve, being a curvaceous woman didn’t hurt the game’s sales – it actually may have helped them – but this time, they got Sony to relent. At one point in the game, Eve comes across some graff...
Read MoreEiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes Gets Localized
Do you want to see localization in action? There’s been a lot of talk lately about the practice, which should be simply translating a game from a foreign language into English but actually involves making it more in line with American culture – or what the localizers want American culture to be....
Read MoreWarhammer 40K Wiki Lore Changed, Discord Telling Longtime Fans to Leave
Warhammer 40K is gaslighting its longtime fans. A few days ago, the popular tabletop game – or, more specifically, the company that owns it, Games Workshop – introduced female Custodes into the game, something that longtime players pointed out broke with the game’s intricate lore. Games Works...
Read MoreIGN Misrepresents Post From Palworld Designer Pocketpair’s CEO
Remember Palworld? It’s the “Pokémon with guns” game from Japanese indie developer Pocketpair that made a big splash when it was released in January. The sheer fun gamers had playing Palworld propelled the game to massive profits and peak player counts. Palworld has been so successful that...
Read MoreSocial Media User Targets Mrs. Nerdrotic and the Critical Drinker’s Family
We all know “haters gonna hate,” but it still feels jarring when you see the extent to which some people will take that maxim. This past week saw the annual Friday Night Tights Las Vegas Meet-Up, and it looked like a great time was had by all. But that didn’t stop some social media malcontent...
Read MorePerson Who Accused JK Rowling of Holocaust Denial Forced to Apologize
JK Rowling is following through on her threats to take legal action against some of her more deranged slanderers. On March 14, 2024, Rivkah Brown, a commissioning editor at some nutty left-wing news outlet called Novara Media, said that because the Harry Potter author questioned whether the Nazis t...
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