There are certain times where everyone should put their political differences aside and support a bill. This is one of them
Get these dogshit mass surveillance Flock cameras out of here
Important to distinguish 2 current stories. 1) Sony is delaying the death of physical games due to XBox going physical for Helix (rumor which we don't believe for a second). 2) Backlash/blackout cause Sony trouble from third party devs, which is confirmed through multiple sources
#PSBlackout Day 7!
IT'S WORKING! KEEP IT GOING!
The post below is all you need to know about our backlash. Don't buy. Cancel subscriptions. Stay offline. Continue to voice your opinion respectfully through all channels.
#PSBlackout Day 6!
First week almost done. To many more! Don't stand for anti-consumer practices. Fight for options! Fight for ownership! Fight for customer rights! Don't stop before the future of gaming is pro-consumer!
#PhysicalGamesMatter#NoDiscNoBuy
The same way they’re trying to convince you that physical games “don’t make sense” and engineer data to make it seem like it’s a niche market, in the near future they’re gonna gaslight you into thinking owning a “license” to digital games “makes no sense” and that you should be settle for only streaming🚀
In fact, they’re already paving the way. And they’ll push for it because it makes them charge you for life, instead of charging you a fixed rate for hardware or software.
Ending is physical media is just a stepping stone, just like how cosmetic microtransactions were a stepping stone for huge chunks of content taken from games and sold as DLC, or making games deliberately more tedious so you can buy time-saver packs.
The greed won’t stop until you face it head on and vote with your voice and your wallet. That is your basic right as a human being and customer, and it doesn’t make you “toxic”, “entitled”, “broke” or “stuck in the past”.
Don’t let them and their shills convince you otherwise.
NO DISC 💿 NO BUY
I've bracing for this one, but there could never be a bulwark high and strong enough to shelter my heart from this.
If I may take a moment to preface... As with us all, of all the worlds that captured my heart through childhood, there are a few whose influences have run deepest in me. Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Kids Next Door, Dragon Ball, Naruto, Marvel... Though those all still remain precious in my life to this day, two reign absolute. Ben 10 and Transformers.
So, needless to say, I had revered Peter Cullen's work since childhood.
I first properly met Peter in 2011, at a Botcon script reading panel for the new show, Transformers Prime. I was 16 then, in the thick of pursuing the dream of being a VA one day. I was chosen out of the audience to do Zombie-Con sounds and Bumblebee's beeps, and I showed the room what I could do. Peter was right behind me, reportedly beaming. You can't see his face, but you can see his proud leg at the end of this video:
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I got to speak to him afterward. I'll keep his exact words to myself, but he expressed his relief that the future of voiceover was secure. One of the greatest days of my life already, and his words cemented it.
Later down the line in 2023, I got my first chance to be a guest of the Fan Expo tour of conventions, and I would discover he would be there as well. The reunion was very cathartic. I reminded him who I was and was greeted with the same beaming eyes he had given me 12 years prior when I told him I couldn't have made it to where I was without him. There were some tears on both ends. This picture below was taken shortly after. I got to meet his wife, Brandi, one of the sweetest, most genuine humans I've ever had the pleasure of talking to. We would become acquaintances of the road, catching up briefly when we could on the convention circuit.
And then my run with Fan Expo ended, and I could sadly only read about him. I knew he was off the road for a bit. I didn't want to fear the worst. I didn't want to think about it. But wish as we might, deserving as one may be to transcend the great equalizer, not one thing in this reality is built to last forever.
Peter was all a true Christian should be. He was kind, welcoming to all, charitable, and lifted others up. He embodied Optimus so well beyond his voice, because he more than lived up to the example his inspiration, his brother, had set for him. He, too, was a hero. To so many.
And "icon" doesn't do this enigma of an entertainer justice. There are a scant, precious few in the history of the voiceover world that have stayed with a character in the minds, bodies, and souls of their fans so indelibly like Peter with Optimus Prime. His virtuous talent, his resonant boom, and his sheer sagacity with a monologue inspired thousands. He was of the greatest to pave the road for those after him to do the same with their own purposes. Indeed he saw Optimus as his purpose, and our love, God's love, as his reward.
Rest in peace, Mr. Peter Cullen. You've far beyond earned your seat in the sky.
Though your Spark joins the Well, your legacy is secure, and now we remain to follow your example. Your lessons of how to make the most of blessings will live on. Your soul-kindling voice will reverberate, always.
'Til all are one.
Back in the boots and shades. 😎
METAL GEAR SOLID: MASTER COLLECTION Vol. 2 is out TODAY.
Thrilled to see Peace Walker return and to hear my old friend Kazuhira Miller back in action.
“Why are we still here? Just to suffer?”
Apparently, we’re here to play it again. 😉
Proud to be part of the METAL GEAR SOLID legacy.
Welcome back, Kaz.
#MetalGearSolid #MGS #PeaceWalker #KazuhiraMiller #MasterMiller #MasterCollectionVol2
🚨 THIS IS WHERE IT MATTERS-SONY HAS A NEW PROBLEM-THE BLACKOUT JUST ESCAPED THE GAMING BUBBLE!
Things are getting interesting.
For weeks, Sony could probably look at the #PSBlackout and dismiss it as angry gamers, collectors and preservation advocates making noise on social media. You know, all of us!
Well not anymore. The Genie is out of the bottle!
The Guardian is now covering it. Polygon is covering it. TechRadar, Tom's Hardware, GamesRadar and others are talking about it.
And the conversation is getting bigger than PlayStation.
It's becoming a conversation about ownership. Consumer rights. Preservation. And how much control a corporation should have over something you paid for.
Well Sony should be paying attention to it's consumer base.
The PlayStation blackout runs through August 30, with players being encouraged to stay off PSN and stop spending money in protest of Sony's move away from physical games.
"November 5th is coming"👈
I digress...
Then, right in the middle of that backlash, Sony reminded customers that its software is licensed-not sold.
Um, Read the room, Sony.
Their answer-PlayStation is explaining why you don't really own the digital games you've purchased, Xbox just announced a disc-to-digital program that begins testing August 31.
Insert a supported Xbox disc.
Claim a digital entitlement.
Keep using the physical media. The cool thing is you can play the game across multiple platforms as long as the disc contains Xbox Anywhere.
The timing couldn't make Sony's position look much worse.
Also-there's another date worth remembering:
August 31.
That's also Sony Interactive Entertainment's current deadline to answer or otherwise respond in the consolidated federal Sony Interactive Entertainment Tariff Litigation.
None of this means Sony is suddenly going to reverse course tomorrow. But something important HAS changed.
Gamers aren't screaming into an empty room anymore. The story escaped.
And once a consumer revolt becomes a mainstream conversation about ownership and corporate control, ignoring it becomes a whole lot harder.
Sony wanted an all-digital future.
But, it may have accidentally started a much bigger conversation about whether consumers are willing to live in one.
No Disc. No Buy.
@PlayStation@Sony@Xbox
#PSBlackout #PlayStation #Sony #PhysicalMedia #GamePreservation #NoDiscNoBuy #Gaming
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A BIG FUCK YOU TO 2026.
BACK THEN FOR 80 BUCKS I COULD GET A GAME WITH A POSTER OR A STATUE!!!
I COULD GET A FULLY DETAILED MAP!!!
NOW I CAN'T EVEN GET A DISC WITH AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL!!
Peter Cullen, best known for voicing Optimus Prime in both the original Transformers animated series and the live-action films, has died at the age of 85.