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@TMoralesX @shinobi602

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@Nerdrotics HBO's decision to save a few bucks on season 2 fundamentally ruined the show. It left the viewers hanging for three years, and then this episode had to spend half its run time reorienting viewers when it should have just been the battle.

That's before the Sheepstealer stuff.

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@Konstoyouralas1 @Acyn

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@Dangerbug @davidfrum

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Whatever the reason, the zeitgeist has moved on. Batman, Spider-Man, and other widely popular and established characters can have success. But general audiences aren't showing up for interconnected universes anymore.

Even Marvel has cratered since Endgame, and Doomsday will coast on developed characters.

Have fun watching Supergirl put up Mandalorian and Grogu numbers and Clayface bomb harder than that.

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@trivialqed @AngryJoeShow General audiences don't want a DCU. WB has tried and failed to create one multiple times now. Marvel caught lightning in a bottle. Get over it.

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@n0tavailablefn @AngryJoeShow I'm a normie. I don't read comics, and I'm not interested in random b or c tier characters. Give me Batman 2 with a Harvey Dent HBO show.

Nobody wants these sprawling superhero universes anymore. The MCU was a specific moment in pop culture that has passed.

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When I studied Japanese in college and studied abroad from 05 to 09, there was a healthy mix of otaku types with people interested in Japan's economy, foreign policy, etc. I then went on the JET program in 2009 and saw the same basic mix.

That shifted around 2012/13 as the second group shifted its interest from Japan to China as China's economy and importance eclipsed Japan's. Anime also grew in popularity during that stretch, so it was a double whammy. Led to a lot more otaku types being selected for JET that wanted to wear anime outfits to the office.

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@ProfMJCleveland The left saw Biden have a bad debate and forced him out of the race months before the election.

MAGA can't even admit Trump's health is failing, let alone call for his removal from office.

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I think the previous generation of consoles was probably the sweet spot between graphics and development time. At some point, I'd rather have studios making a new game every three to four years without ray tracing than waiting 6 plus years for a new game.

It's also why fans get frustrated with a God of War game without Kratos. We know it'll be 2034 before we see him again.

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@shoe0nhead We gotta enjoy the schadenfreude while we can before the reality of Iran as a regional hegemon sets in.

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@anothermarbule Who doesn't like FFX? Absurd.

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@Chronodendron Went to a bookstore when A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms was airing to pick up the book. They only had three GRRM books on the shelf, none of which was the book I needed. There was some Tolkien, but otherwise it was all romantascy. I don't see myself ever going back there.

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@kirsteinvoid @r3g4nm @StygianAdara Just go ask around for a PS4. I guarantee you know someone that would be happy to give you their old one that's collecting dust. And Until Dawn is $20. That's like birthday card money for a game that old. You might find it even cheaper on disc.

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@sleepyshaynoo Used PS4s are cheap. If this is a hobby you want to get into, save up $50 and get a used console and play ps4 era games that are also fairly cheap at this point.

You don't need the latest and greatest to be in the hobby.

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@AdamMossoff @Cornell I think this kid made a mistake, but the proper response was a measured, private reply.

Instead, a 19 year old kid got doxxed and a lot of wealthy, connected people have threatened to end his career. It has made him the sympathetic figure in this mess.

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@Zombotnic These tourists influence what studios do, so it actually impacts the people playing the games in a negative way.

Games need to be played to engage with them properly. If people don't want to or can't play the games, then the purely visual mediums of movies and TV exists.

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@JJJ89 @JakeSherman @mkraju Touche