Dude, THIS is what your avatar is taken from and you're shocked when people are being judgmental? I don't even feel comfortable posting the full image here.
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Dude, THIS is what your avatar is taken from and you're shocked when people are being judgmental? I don't even feel comfortable posting the full image here.
Keyser Soze
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It's true, William's car is totally boss...
Cultural sensitivities, no matter how hypocritical they may appear, are still very relevant when discussing media.
Also, young women/girls drawn provocatively are pretty much socially unacceptable everywhere outside Japan.
TheBaronOfNA
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And that is another debate that is not as simple as you think and is no mentioned in the actual review.
And they kind of are, given that are small parts of a game. Not even 5 minutes stuff.
Because I didn't agree with Patrick and I think they are not issues blowed out of porpotion? He is pretty judgamental of that stuff. Not the first time I complained about it, also.
God damn that's borderline child animated pornography.
drew hosting something? must check it out.
it makes me uncomfortable because the proportions are out of whack, but i have a danganronpa avatar so what do i know
it makes me uncomfortable because the proportions are out of whack, but i have a danganronpa avatar so what do i know
A Sentient Keyboard
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Yep, I like it more too. More fun to shout when correcting someone.
By the way, not to derail this thread too much, but since you mentioned avatars; your avatar (if it is who I think it is) reminded me that Attack on Titan is a good example of an anime that doesn't deal in unnecesary fanservice. (That is, unless I'm forgetting something or missing obvious subtext).
I still think some of the font stuff and the abbreviations are kind of ugly. And hey Vinny c:
MiniBossBattle
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I am just glad FGW and the GiantBomb thread understand my dislike of Anime.
TheBaronOfNA
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Is not like I have the full image in my Avatar (I like the character and the picture)
lol, no sure if serious.
God damn. When someone decides "Yup, this is what I'm going to take my avatar from", it's safe to say they're too far gone to have any meaningful discussion about the subject.
Jimmyfenix
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You guys started Weekend giantbomb gaf early it is only Tuesday!
TheBaronOfNA
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Sigh. Dude, I'm not being the one being dismissive of your opinions. I even expanded why I disagree with Patrick.
No fair.
oh sweet that means the australian thongcast is today
I agree but it can be refreshing to take yourself out of the cultural sensitivity norms from time to time. Thinking about these types of issues on a more broad human level and compare them to those we deem as acceptable in our own culture.
SteveWinwood
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Would you be okay with someone having an avatar with just the face of a 14 year old girl, but in the full picture was actually her in an extremely skimpy swimsuit?
Keyser Soze
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I am going to keep talking about F1 till the other discussion stops!
firehawk12
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Yeah, that's a whole other can of worms though.
I think in that case, you just have to choose which games to review. Like, unless you want to write a review that takes the piss out of it, there's no reason to ever review the Senran Kagura 3ds game if your audience is some broader gaming audience. I have no idea how it is as a brawler, but it is the most anime of anime games.
I do find it curious that there was no coverage of the Phoenix Wright game that came out last year. No QL, no review. That's an anime game that's relatively "safe".
Fuck you Sydney Max!
TheBaronOfNA
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What the fuck... You even know what character is actually is?
I love wandering into this thread sometimes.
I'm not one to knock Brad's game playing as I am frequently terrible, but.
SteveWinwood
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It doesn't matter who she is. To an outsider she looks underage.
That's again what the larger point to a lot of this is. How things can be presented in a certain way to outsiders in that they feel comfortable instantly judging it.
slightconfuse
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Anyone else looking forward to what Australian beef on the bombcast this week?
A Sentient Keyboard
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Jeff mentioned on twitter that the emails he received this week were getting crazier and crazier.
TheBaronOfNA
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It looks like a fucking cartoon. Also, I have not seen a 14 year old with that kind of body.
PsychoSoldier
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Obviously, and as much as there are examples of non-fanservice-y anime out there, it's not as if the reputation it has for having a lot of this kind of content comes out of nowhere.
Even when I was of the fandom, I was a little annoyed at the sheer amount of this content there was relative to the whole. I have no clue if it's gotten worse but from what I gather it has.
Holy shit I about fell out of my chair. Come the fuck on.
He's so brad at games
Keyser Soze
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Legit, the swim suit contest was more than just "stare at anime booobz" and was a funny as hell section.
Yeah, that argument went off track real quick.
Backfoggen
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This is how video websites are discussed in 2014.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
It's gotten worse inasmuch as the studios are chasing the easy, niche dollar. It's like how everyone in the game side is trying to make a "CoD killer" or a "WoW killer". So there's still lots of good stuff, but there's also much more fanservicey harem stuff as well.
But if people get annoyed when Jack Thompson says all video games are rape and murder simulators, then surely these people could understand why anime fans would get annoyed as well.
UpsideDownAce
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Holy shit that must have hurt!
Is this the new John Woo movie?I am going to keep talking about F1 till the other discussion stops!
nckillthegrimace
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Oh no, girls in swimsuits.
Why do some people suddenly become puritans when cartoons are involved?
TheOnePercent
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I wonder how Patrick felt about the completely out of nowhere and completely unnecessary scene of Alice Eve in her underwear in Star Trek Into Darkness. Based on his reaction to DanganRonpa, one would assume he walked out of the theater in shame and immediately when to twitter to say how embarrassing it was.
Hmm....
Hmm....
Fuck, right in the back of the head.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
See, that scene was essential to understanding the depth of Carol Marcus' inner conflict. She was stripping bare to reveal herself to Kirk and the audience.
you can't actually have a rush limbaugh avatar. you can't
Why, exactly?
Only the extra onsen cut scene is really over the top. Vanilla P4 is plenty tropey.
SteveWinwood
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everyone called out that dumb as hell star trek scene tho
Damon Lindelof apologized for that scene because it was unnecessary and tasteless, especially for the Star Trek universe. I'd imagine Patrick had the same opinion as most others about the scene.
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