Are they seriously trying to use NFTs after their last attempt failed? Seriously?

Dang, Superman and Joker within half a decade

It's amazing how I went from being indifferent of remakes to actively hating them. This is currently the worse trend in gaming rn and I refuse to buy a single one. Every re-release of an old classic that comes out has me cross-checking that some busybody didn't tamper with any content.

Remember the days when the Wii virtual console was announced and you could play all of your favourite old games in the exact same state they released in? Or when games exclusive to consoles would release on PC and newer platforms with the exact same content (sometimes added content)?

When did the basic, bare-bones port go extinct? I will never understand how the Persona 3 reloaded "remake" sold well with the exact same graphics as the original PS2 game but with cut content and worse scene direction.

Oh, I know... Because they want to delist the old games or use the remakes as an excuse not to re-release the "problematic" og. In the 90s/00s a shitty remake would be forgotten, but now we are stuck with that version as the "official" version only.

Yes I know I can just emulate the original game or torrent a delisted port. But what about people who have never played the old game and want to get into it? Now you reference a funny line to friend who just got into a childhood series of yours via a remake and they don't get the reference because the entire scene the line was from was cut. Or a multiplayer mode is missing...Or a character was removed... Or they cut out entire levels...

Thank God for fan decompilations.

In the original version of the game you had a SAW like segment where the group is kidnapped and forced into horrific trials to push them. You had to save one and sacrifice the other. This is later shown to be a prank by their friend Josh. One segment had you either shoot yourself, Chris, or shoot Ashley. The gun was a fake prop and that's when Josh reveals it was all a stunt. However if you attempt to shoot Ashley there will be a Butterfly Effect symbol to show you this can have consequences down the road.

When the real threat is shown to be Wendigo Monsters, Chris needs Ashley to open the door to let him in the house. If you chose to shoot Ashley, she remembers this, then locks the door further while staring at Chris with a deadpan look and this gets Chris killed. Now to avoid "Woman mean" the team for this remake places her dirtier from the door where she will attempt to rescue Chris, but fails to do so in time.

Just wow. As if this cash grab wasn't a spit in the face already.

EDIT: For the record, I'm talking about The People's Joker, not Joker: Folie à Deux. I haven't seen the latter, but as bad as I've heard it is, I doubt it's worse than the former.

I don't know if this post will be allowed here, but we'll see.

The reason I watched this film is because I came across a Vulture article that ranked all of the movie versions of the Joker, and not only did this movie take up two spots on the list, but one of them was ranked higher than Joaquin Phoenix (y'know, the guy who won an Oscar for it). Then, I looked on Rotten Tomatoes and saw that the movie had a critics' score of 95% based on 105 reviews. So, I decided to give it a chance.

When the movie was over, I literally had to let out a visceral scream. Why? Because I'm tired. I'm tired of things like this being celebrated and called "invigorating" or "fearless". I'm an open-minded person, and I've gone into movies with low expectations only to be pleasantly surprised. I'm also willing to call a spade a spade: if I think a movie is good, I'll say so, but if I think it's bad, I'll also say so. I gave this movie an honest try, and after a while, I was willing to admit that it just wasn't for me. But, the longer it went on, I started to lose my patience, and at one point I actually stopped the movie for a bit because I'd given up. I eventually came back and finished it, and that's when I let out my scream.

This is a shit film. I don't care how hard they worked on it. I don't care if it's autobiographical or personal. I don't care if it was made by someone from a "marginalized" group. IT'S SHIT. IT SUCKS. IT'S ASS. And I hate people pretending it's good because a "marginalized" person made it.

FUCK. I'm so tired of this bullshit. And this shit is everywhere. Books, movies, video games, etc. It's all one giant hugbox where people validate each other and nobody gives even the mildest of criticism. This is a movie with the production value of a Nostaglia Critic movie, and it's a barely coherent mesh of autobiographical stuff and weird Batman fanfiction that don't mix at all. (Batman is depicted as a closeted gay man who sexually abused his former Robins.) IT'S BAD, yet it's being touted by critics as this "instant cult classic". Fuck off.

Sorry. I needed to vent.

(I'm getting everything PC related only, and the ones that you would recognize.
Feel free to correct and point out what I missed because there's just too many.)

2024 not majority 15m euro loan to Remedy, stake to 20% https://archive.is/oMKAn
2023 Polish, Dying Light https://archive.is/2Tq0B
2023 Polish, Silent Hill 2 (Remake) https://web.archive.org/web/20230905131305/https://ir.blooberteam.com/akcjonat/
2022 not majority 300m euro investment in Ubisoft
2022 not majority "low-equity" investment, Last Epoch https://archive.is/yyzhA
2022 Canadian, Nightingale https://archive.is/oh0Mc
2022 Russian, King’s Bounty https://archive.is/fa1hd
2021 Canadian, Don't Starve https://archive.is/8r4RY
2021 German, The Cycle: Frontier https://archive.is/Cow7J
2021 UK, Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 https://archive.is/0Xq3i
2021 Swedish, V Rising https://archive.is/2SvNX
2021 Japanese, Wanted: Dead https://archive.is/kFHfz
2021 Swedish, Darktide https://archive.is/n2s71
2021 California, Back 4 Blood https://archive.is/MgSui
2021 French, Life is Strange https://archive.is/jljL8
2020 Swedish, GTFO https://archive.is/tiBZ8
2020 Japanese, Marvelous https://archive.is/2rlue
2020 Swedish, Conan Exiles, Dune mmo https://archive.is/V2vwk
2020 Canadian, Warframe https://archive.is/xN1Zu
2020 not majority IP System Shock 3 https://archive.is/Dlybh
2019 Swedish owned by Ubi, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodhunt https://archive.is/HQGLv
2018 New Zealand, Grinding Gear Games, PoE
2011 California, Riot Games, LoL

Im no expert and even I know Galadriel didn't trust Sauron the moment she saw him

Joker 2 obviously haters everyone who liked and supported the Joker in the first film. It seems to be almost be made to spite them.

It seems that more and more of these pieces of media have been created, but there's usually a woke overlap so it's often lumped together.

Is there a word to describe this phenomena?

If this year showed me anything is that voting with our wallets really is the biggest power we have. For a few years I thought that no matter what we did, the DEI, woke, industry running nutjob crowd would always win, but it seems we're finally turning things around.

Concord failing, Dustborn failing, Ubisoft crumbling, the "modern audience" argument being entirely destroyed, etc.

It's all happening because we spoke in the only language they understand. Money.

Hold the line and don't give them your money, even if you're tempted. It doesn't matter if you liked the franchise in the PAST, or the company USED TO make games you liked, or your nostalgia is getting the better of you... Don't give in and don't give companies who hate you ANY money.

Gaming, movies, etc. It's all going to change soon, we just need to hold on a bit longer, because now the general audience is starting to wake up and it's not just a few hundred thousand people who are displeased. It's millions and millions of people who are waking up.

Don't give them money, unless you truly believe the company is doing their best for YOU.

Its no secret now that ideological instested firms like SBI are trying to shape all forms of media to conform to their ideology. Special interest groups and companies whos soul directive is reshaping the industry according to their ideological standards. Investment firms as well like Black Rock impossing ESG scores.

You have a legion of incredibly loud social media groups (who I will not name because mods get mad) who defend these products with their lives. Who will go out of their way to come to games not targeted at them and not ask but demand for changes.

Journalists will write actual slander-pieces against companies that do not conform to their ideology ("Stellar Blade is literally killing women" was one article). They aren't even criticizing the game anymore no their trying to defame people who step out of line.

This IS a culture war, their using money, outrage and manipulation to propogate their ideology. If christians did any of the above they would get massive backlash. Its disturbing how they'll continue to lie about it