The Tanoubliette: Pussy Hurt and Delusions or TTPHAD for short.

SiddarL "If I call someone cuckold white knight fag then it is from a desire to help that person"

Jesus Fucking Christ.

OK, so I've been playing Rayman Legends and it's awesome. Best platforming game I've played since Donkey Kong Country Returns. It's gorgeous, the soundtrack is fantastic, and the level design is top notch.

The weird part is the controls are borderline terrible, which in most cases would mean a game isn't even worth playing. Inertia is weird as fuck, hit boxes are confusing, jumping off walls is cumbersome, you always just feel like you're going along for the ride without really understanding the rules of the game. And yet, because the levels are designed with the controls in mind (awkward as they may be), it all works quite well.

There's almost no backtracking if you're trying to 100% it, there's a constant influx of unlockables that always gives you a sense of progression, there is a variety of gimmicks that make levels feel different from one another, the huge number of playable characters all play identically (which allows you to base your choices on personal preference and not what "plays" better), it includes 2/3 of the levels from Rayman Origins (which adds tremendously to playable content), the rhythm-based music levels are brilliant, the consequences for dying are minimal (you've got infinite lives and there are lots of checkpoints), the secrets are never overly obtuse (if you pay attention you can usually see where the "hidden" stuff is)... it's just an all-around extremely well-designed game. Highly recommended if you haven't played it yet. I will say that, due to the controls, the learning curve is a bit steep. If you get easily frustrated or are impatient, you might find more to criticize than I did. But WOW, I am genuinely impressed. Well done, UbiSoft.

Intrinsic: "I think the speed run of Rayman at AGDQ was really cool too. Not sure why I never bought the game. Did you find it cheap somewhere?"

Yeah, it was on sale when I bought it. I almost never buy games when they first come out, since I don't mind waiting even a couple of years to get it at a fraction of the price. It's not like I'm running out of stuff to play!

I actually love short games now. I've got more big-budget, sprawling open-world, 60 hour+ games than I can shake a stick at, so it's really satisfying to be able to clear a brief but fun game and just move on to the next one.

Sebudai: "Black people get a pass from racists like Tanoomba because they infantilize them. Soft bigotry, low expectations, etc."

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Gerb, you're apparently just as much of an idiot as Sebudai, and that's saying a lot.

I didn't give anybody a pass. In fact, I explicitly and in no uncertain terms condemned the actions of the BLM idiots who interrupted Bernie's speech. Apparently you two live in a world where you get to make baseless claims about people and just assume that something happened somewhere along the line that justifies the moronic conclusions you've jumped to. Fuck you. Seriously.

Are you still raping your infant nephew? I'm sure you said something along those lines at some point. You need to consider the possibility (not 'accept wholesale', but just consider for a moment) that it might be true that you are ruining your nephew's life before he is even able to walk. Seek professional help man, before you destroy more lives.

Alright, the bitches are yelping again, so I'll continue here.




Iannis: "This is the same woman that Colbert treated with extreme kid gloves and STILL made her cry?
It's THE Anita!!!!"

The name of the conference is the "THE Conference", as in it's actually called "THE" (not all upper-case, mind you, I'm just using upper case for emphasis). I imagine any speaker would have their name appear under "THE", just like a TED speaker might have their name appear under "TED". She was not saying "Look at me! I'm THE Anita Sarkeesian!"




Caliane: "I fail to see how she meets any of those standards. She's failed all of them. She has shown little to no knowledge or insight. Poor research, doesn't make you an expert. Valued opinion. lolwhat? That is not a standard for anything. 3 years of research... well 3 years x 5hours a day x300 days/year. 4500 hours of the "10,000 hours" of mastery. Its also laughable you think shes actually doing research, and not self promoting.
She is an expert at THAT."

She has shown tremendous knowledge and insight into how women are portrayed in video games. There isn't another person who currently even comes close. The fact that you choose to hand-wave her insight as irrelevant doesn't make it so. Similarly, the fact that her research doesn't lead to conclusions that you would find acceptable doesn't make it "poor". And yes, "valued opinion" is most certainly a hallmark of an expert. If you want to make a realistic movie about space travel, you are going to get experts in that field to be consultants. Now I agree, 3 years isn't much time to be an "expert" in anything, but she is the closest we have by a large margin.

The only thing laughable is that you think you have the authority to decide on the validity of someone's research.

Moontayle: "Claiming you're an expert is just an ego feed. Actions speak louder than words, her actions indicate she's insecure and needy. If she really were an expert she wouldn't need to say so, other people would do it for her and she wouldn't ever have to utter those words. Instead, she actively seeks validation which in the minds of many dilute her message."

Ha ha. Straw-grasp much?

Bisi: "Loved that Anita speech.

The queen of the cherry pick."

Ha ha ha! She directly addresses the most common bullshit arguments used against her, included a detailed explanation of why people claiming she misrepresented Hitman were DEAD WRONG... "Oh. Umm.... She's... ummm... Hold on, I got something.... Cherry picking? You guys'll buy that, right?"

Oh Bisi, you truly are a jester at heart. Bless you.

Soy: "She double-downed on her Hitman retardation and you praise her. Heh."

Don't be such a tease, Soy. What did she get wrong?