Professor Squid

35. Aspie. Ace. Humanist. Hedonist. Leftertarian. Optimist.
My opinions are my own.

[Professor Squid @professor_squid]

All I can say at this point is this.

If Trump was a good man and leader, he would step down simply from the optics of the Epstein files, rather than allow the country to tear itself apart.

He could re-establish a long forgotten thing called "decorum".

[Professor Squid @professor_squid]

Waiting for @HunterBiden to make some kind of HunterBot to answer every tweet evoking his name.

I suspect in a few more days or weeks, X will be full of messages that say "@HunterBiden is this true?", just like they did with Grok.

[ALUTHEDON @Mbakaza4L]

MORE than three million pages from the Epstein files are now public

Cannibalism, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia,
Not a single arrest, Not a single investigation

Z.E.R.O

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@AzulBlitz @Nothsonv1 @Onepeg That's six replies to one. But let's see here.
My reply to 1 and 2. Yeah? Nobody knew the hero would change, and yet sales skyrocketed. GoW is being up front about it.
Reply to 3, 4, and 5:
Reply to 6: Yes, I know there was outrage, my point is sales exceeded in spite of it.

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@AzulBlitz @Nothsonv1 @Onepeg People were pissed about Metal Gear Solid 2 and Metal Gear Solid 5, huh?

Well, if people being pissed has anything to do with sales, this God of War game should do pretty well.

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Is anyone else looking at life, politics, economics and social media and beginning to think the movie Cast Away looks more like a nice, spontaneous, unplanned vacation and less like a harrowing story of survival?

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@SteezyyTommyy @lilyally98 Do we also get to blame the man who left because his wife doesn't know how to pump her own gas or snake a drain?

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games Ya'll are trying to estimate sales numbers for a game with no release date.

And to my earlier reference. The cube has been cropped out of this image. It's not about the cube. It's about the fact that you can't stand having a female protagonist.

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@HasuNoShitsuji @lilyally98 That is the point being made. I've seen women who don't even know how to pump their own gas, because for 50 years, their husband always pumped their gas.

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@SteezyyTommyy @lilyally98 "What happens if the man leaves or dies?"

Your response is the blame the woman for picking the man who left or died?

You ACTUALLY found a way to blame the woman for a man's decisions or untimely demise?

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games It's weird. You called Laufey a "housewife" When I mentioned that was the view of a minority of some with sexist views, you pivoted to the cube.

Then you sent me three videos. Only one of them referenced Pharanque. The other two were AI generated women

It's not about the cube.

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games Are you seriously referencing a @DrClownPhD post with a serious face?

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games My friend, you haven't played the game yet. None of us have. You have no basis for saying they've turned a serious game into a joke.

Everything in the Valhalla storyline led up to this. Laufey's story and intent was subtextual throughout the plot.

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@GmIsOnPt360 @_Deez_Games I don't know what you meant by "His freeze dominated by females." but what I read before that was because historically, men played more games, we had more male leads.

This statement is probably correct, but it just underlines my original statement.

It's because she's a woman.

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@GmIsOnPt360 @_Deez_Games Well, at least you're being honest here by saying you wouldn't play a game about Atreus. That's more than most would admit.

However, as the OP pointed out, there wasn't any backlash at the time.

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games So you've sussed out where Phranque's mythological significance and back story are from from the videos and the cover, huh?

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@GmIsOnPt360 @_Deez_Games So what you're saying is...

It's because she's a woman.

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games We know almost nothing about the sidekick. Too early to say.

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@GmIsOnPt360 @_Deez_Games I would understand the push back if you were asked to play a completely random character, but Laufay is a cannonical character in the franchise and the gameplay looks similar enough to main entries. The ONLY difference here is you're playing a female character.

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@GmIsOnPt360 @_Deez_Games By making it about "Have you ever seen a game transition from a female protagonist to a male protagonist?" Ignores the fact that historically the VAST majority of game protags are male.

... It also hinges entirely on the gender of the protag...

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@Jiujitsu45 @_Deez_Games Correction: The core audience (18-35 male) are asking for a hack-and-slash action adventure, which this is.

A small minority of that core audience are hung up on the fact that the main character is a woman.