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  1. Comment on Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare in ~games

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    Right, sorry, it was acquire by VG Holding Corp. in 2005, which in turn was bought by EA in 2007.

    Right, sorry, it was acquire by VG Holding Corp. in 2005, which in turn was bought by EA in 2007.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare in ~games

    TheJorro
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    Right, sorry, it was acquire by VG Holding Corp. in 2005, which in turn was bought by EA in 2007.

    Right, sorry, it was acquire by VG Holding Corp. in 2005, which in turn was bought by EA in 2007.

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare in ~games

    TheJorro
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    They were bought in 2005, years before they put out Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Their first underwhelming big release was Dragon Age 2, in 2011. Mass Effect Andromeda was their first flop of a...

    They were bought in 2005, years before they put out Mass Effect and Dragon Age. Their first underwhelming big release was Dragon Age 2, in 2011. Mass Effect Andromeda was their first flop of a release (i.e. their first game which failed to score above 80 on MC) and that was 2017. So that's 12 years after EA's acquisition.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Electronic Arts to cut 400 jobs, shut down BioWare in ~games

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    Despite this constantly being bandied as the reason why Beloved Developer put out bad games, it's been shown time and time again that EA actually gives its studios a lot of rope and they end up...

    Despite this constantly being bandied as the reason why Beloved Developer put out bad games, it's been shown time and time again that EA actually gives its studios a lot of rope and they end up doing it to themselves. Maxis' scaling down of Spore and online-only approach to SimCity was all on them, Pandemic Studios was given extension after extension and couldn't produce anything in a timely manner after the PS2 era, Bioware chose to go after live service games with Anthem, and more.

    The only studio I don't remember hearing brought things down on themselves was Westwood.

    But all this is moot since EA is now owned by Saudis and Jared Kushner so none of the usual reasons have to apply. For all we know, they're getting shut down because their games have homosexuality in them. Or because they're Canadian.

    10 votes

  5. Comment on YouTube is looking to expand into audiobooks in ~books

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    Unfortunately this is the same company that shut down Google Podcasts to roll it into YouTube Music, and it doesn't work anywhere nearly as well as it did when it was a separate app.

    Unfortunately this is the same company that shut down Google Podcasts to roll it into YouTube Music, and it doesn't work anywhere nearly as well as it did when it was a separate app.

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes

    TheJorro
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    The problem with this idea of "We should just ignore all bait" after identifying anything that can be interpreted poorly as bait is that everything can be considered bait, for all kinds of...

    The problem with this idea of "We should just ignore all bait" after identifying anything that can be interpreted poorly as bait is that everything can be considered bait, for all kinds of reasons. Heck, your very comment also reads as bait from quite a few angles as well.

    The responsibility for response is entirely on the responder. If someone wants to uncharitably read something, find ways to get upset or offended about it, won't consider other interpretations, or insists on continuing to misunderstand what the author says to the point of telling the author what they really meant, that's entirely the fault and responsibility of the responder, not the person they're responding to. It does more harm than good to say that if people should respond poorly and it's the author's responsibility to hem and haw enough to prevent that, then it leads down to a path where nobody will say anything at all.

    8 votes

  7. Comment on Men in tech #YesAllMen in ~life.women

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    Do you often start conversations by mentioning your dick to women? Such an act seems at odds with the whole progressive and gender-egalitarian ideal you're claiming. Do you also find yourself...

    Do you often start conversations by mentioning your dick to women? Such an act seems at odds with the whole progressive and gender-egalitarian ideal you're claiming.

    Do you also find yourself telling women that they should contextualize their statements better and more narrowly so that all the men around don't feel as targeted by their statements when they are trying to make a point?

    If yes to either of these, I can guarantee you that these relationships you're forming are not as solid as you think.

    14 votes

  8. Comment on Non-queer men of Tildes: PLEASE consider before commenting on ~life.women and ~lgbt without careful consideration. We are losing members over this issue. in ~tildes

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    The fact that in the post about Jacob Geller's sexual assault, which he confirmed and admitted to, a comment that effectively said "I don't know anything about this situation, and I won't learn...

    The fact that in the post about Jacob Geller's sexual assault, which he confirmed and admitted to, a comment that effectively said "I don't know anything about this situation, and I won't learn about it, but allow me to soapbox about how men are falsely accused" was so highly voted that it was the top comment for a long while really showed how far Tildes has fallen. A year ago that comment would have gotten slapped. Two years ago, there would have been three people informing that user how out of pocket they were.

    32 votes

  9. Comment on Wikipedia's list of the best video games: how many have you played, and what's missing? in ~games

  10. Comment on Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore in ~music

    TheJorro
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    Now assume that Ed Sheeran knew this would be happen because he's friends with Macklemore, and knows that he's been consistently and loudly speaking about Palestine for years, and that he'd likely...

    Now assume that Ed Sheeran knew this would be happen because he's friends with Macklemore, and knows that he's been consistently and loudly speaking about Palestine for years, and that he'd likely do it as an opening act as well.

    Because that's the far more likely scenario than Ed Sheeran being completely blinded by Macklemore saying Free Palestine on stage as if it's out of nowhere. Ed Sheeran is a coward but he's not so incredibly naive that he didn't know anything about who Macklemore is or how he has been performing for years.

    5 votes

  11. Comment on Ed Sheeran’s tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore in ~music

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    Genocide can't be that wrong if you can say "Let's just forget about it for a second and enjoy 'The Shape of You' together." It is one thing to be exhausted of the topic and want to turn your...

    Genocide can't be that wrong if you can say "Let's just forget about it for a second and enjoy 'The Shape of You' together."

    It is one thing to be exhausted of the topic and want to turn your brain off to it for just a second. It's another to see this news, and this act of kicking Macklemore off the tour for saying this statement of "genocide is bad" and the ensuing fallout, and say that Ed Sheeran is the one most deserving of sympathy for just joining with pro-genocide billionaires in trying to make people forget about an active genocide that the billionaires, who own the venues he's performing in, are enabling.

    This isn't a situation of politics being inserted in from nowhere. This has been made political directly by political actors. Ed Sheeran has made a conscious choice about the acknowledgement of this genocide. The politics are unavoidable, they are the news. It is a choice to now look at this situation of active silencing of calling a genocide what it is and say "C'mon guys, let's just forget about a genocide for a second. Macklemore is wrong, Ed Sheeran was right, we should be able to forget about the systematic destruction of a people for a bit".

    20 votes

  12. Comment on Tim Curry, outlandish star of ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ dies at 80 in ~movies

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    He's been out of the limelight for a while but he had this video with the Academy (i.e. the Oscars people) 6 months ago where he told a lot of interesting stories about movies he worked on, and it...

    He's been out of the limelight for a while but he had this video with the Academy (i.e. the Oscars people) 6 months ago where he told a lot of interesting stories about movies he worked on, and it is an absolute delight. He is downright hilarious in the video with a lot of great stories.

    3 votes

  13. Comment on Control Resonant has gone gold. Physical release date for the game has been moved to October 15th. in ~games

    TheJorro
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    It's from the studio that made Max Payne and Max Payne 2. All their games have been very playable with mouse and keyboard.

    It's from the studio that made Max Payne and Max Payne 2. All their games have been very playable with mouse and keyboard.

    6 votes

  14. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    Please refer back to the links above that are all about how scrutinized Canadian university professors regularly are. This isn't about me and my coworkers at the small-town yogurt-tasting facility...

    Please refer back to the links above that are all about how scrutinized Canadian university professors regularly are.

    This isn't about me and my coworkers at the small-town yogurt-tasting facility and the things we say among ourselves.

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    Yes, which makes it all the more unlikely that saying something equally, or more, wild goes by unchecked.

    Yes, which makes it all the more unlikely that saying something equally, or more, wild goes by unchecked.

    3 votes

  16. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    You're making as big of an assumption as I am with as little evidence. Even if that's the case, it still doesn't immediately jump over to the "likely" side of things given how Canadian...

    You're making as big of an assumption as I am with as little evidence. Even if that's the case, it still doesn't immediately jump over to the "likely" side of things given how Canadian universities have been operating around this issue.

    If you don't believe it, move on to the next quote.

    I don't know if you noticed, but I don't have a parent level comment disbelieving this one specific comment specifically and hyperfocused on it a propos of nothing else. Believe it or not, I was replying to someone else and there's actually some context for why this is the statement in question, and it wasn't set by me. And my actual point isn't about this one specific anecdote being real or not, but rather about why "racism being on the rise" isn't a good enough reason to deem such anecdotes as likely by default, a point which applies to more than just this one anecdote in the report.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    The likelihood of that "could be" is very low. This is the place where the universities were secretly working together to shut down pro-Palestine student groups, where there are networks of...

    The likelihood of that "could be" is very low. This is the place where the universities were secretly working together to shut down pro-Palestine student groups, where there are networks of pro-Israeli media watching like a hawk for pro-Palestine support, where there are significant consequences for daring to say Hamas and Hezbollah should get arms funding, where professors are targetting by national conservative newspapers for not being pro-Israeli enough.

    In such an environment, what is the actual argument that the odds are pretty good that a professor would openly declare "Hitler was a hero" and it would go unreported until it was quietly brought up as an anecdote in a study? Racism being on the rise doesn't make this so likely by itself.

    9 votes

  18. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    We're getting lost in the sauce about Musk here. The point isn't if Musk did or did not have a hard time, the point is in asking how a Canadian university professor saw what Musk did (because...

    We're getting lost in the sauce about Musk here. The point isn't if Musk did or did not have a hard time, the point is in asking how a Canadian university professor saw what Musk did (because Henry Ford and Andrew Jackson were definitely not immediately influential here, let's be real), saw Musk get some level of pushback (which inarguably existed), and decided "Now's my time to reveal I am a neo-Nazi and have even less consequences than Elon Musk!" in a place where university professors get in trouble for saying much less.

    This line from "People saw Musk give a Nazi salute" to "People are now openly idolizing Hitler" is not as short of a trip as what's being claimed, especially when this is the premise to suggest that this story definitely happened.

    5 votes

  19. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    There was a very public "That's not what I meant!" campaign in the weeks after. This is not something that is done when someone is coasting by unfettered. It may not be a tangible punishment for...

    There was a very public "That's not what I meant!" campaign in the weeks after. This is not something that is done when someone is coasting by unfettered. It may not be a tangible punishment for the act but it's still not an easy time.

    The question isn't about whether or not hate speech is on the rise. The question is why, in a place where there are news articles for less, there was no reporting on this supposed even of a professor saying "Hitler was a hero", and why would a Canadian professor even feel so emboldened as to drastically escalate on top of Musk after Musk saw plenty of pushback for doing less?

    This just does not sound like a plausible story at all, even if racism is on the rise.

    8 votes

  20. Comment on Antisemitism on campus is 'systemic' and going unaddressed, says new report in ~society

    TheJorro
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    A university professor outright saying "Hitler was a hero" is incredible even with all that in mind. It's not like Elon Musk had an easy time after throwing up his Nazi salute, so why would a...

    A university professor outright saying "Hitler was a hero" is incredible even with all that in mind. It's not like Elon Musk had an easy time after throwing up his Nazi salute, so why would a Canadian university professor be so much more brazen? Why would students not report that en masse when we've had entire news stories here about students taking issue with professors for saying much more benign things, like reading out the n-word in a historical context from a historical document?

    11 votes