Obviously, making a video or comment that discriminates a person, group or organization may result in a decrease of the karma as that kind of action is really bad. For the recent update from YouTube, making videos or comments that discriminate a person, group or organization based on race, gender, religion, etc. may result in actions taken against you for violating this updated policy. Video removal or even worse, channel termination as a result of this consequence can be punishing. Oh, criticisms are still welcome in the videos and comments as long as they sound professional though.
There were already recent cases of channel termination of some of the YouTubers over the Leafy Content Cop thing after the updated policy took effect recently. I don't know the proper reason for that happening but from some official tweets coming from YouTube themselves, the humor/satire part seems to be questionable. You need to make that the video of yours about someone doesn't seem like a free pass to the harassment. Sure, you can make a gaming news video about the dirty game developers like you've prepared evidence and criticism against them which is some kind of stuff Sidalpha does. Of course, there were times when he got attacked by the greedy game developers as if they thought that he was trolling or cyber-attacking them with the videos of his instead of addressing the criticism thrown at them. There were even worse times that some of the YouTubers were sued by the greedy indie game developers like the famous time when Jim Sterling was sued by Digital Homicide at that time. So it looks like such incidents already happened to those YouTubers even before the recent update of the Harassment Policy on YouTube. But then again, those kinds of videos fell under YouTube Gaming news videos or something, talking about all sorts of gaming topics, ranging from upcoming games, controversies that already pissed people off as well as the concerns of unacceptable features.
There are other videos I had seen as well like the diss-track videos about various YouTubers or even the MAD videos which are sort of artistic as well. So what's bad about making MAD videos of someone famous in the first place? The only bad things are that when the MAD video you make is poorly done and/or contains something disturbing in some portion or the entirety of the video that is bound to turn me off like I already was by certain videos.
About troll comments thrown at your videos on YouTube, you can try to remove/flag them and even report and block the ones typing in such non-professional comments but the problem is that they will come back and do the same shit to you with different/sock-puppet accounts. Another problem is that private messaging section on YouTube in which even if you block and report the user annoying the hell out of you a lot with troll messages, they will continue on with sock-puppet accounts.
I don't know if the updated harassment policy is the right step in the direction or a controversial one. What if someone false-reports your videos for harassment under this updated policy for LOL or some sort? Will that anger you and the other viewers in which the online search for the culprit starts? This kind of shit isn't funny and the good viewers should know better seriously as making false-reports against someone on YouTube over harassment when their videos don't cause any harm whatsoever is totally wrong. And by the way, those making kids cry or rage online in the making of such gameplay videos of whatever game they play may need to think twice before making such videos due to the updated policy as I don't know if such actions may result in violation or not.
One big concern from people is that when YouTubers make such videos of themselves ranting about greedy game developers for instance, we don't know for sure if such videos will be falsely flagged and/or taken down or some sort as if YouTube isn't siding with us or something. But of course, criticism isn't equal to trolling or even hate-speech for sure. You should instead find solutions and strategies that will help you to address such criticisms and see if you can do any better.
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019
FTC's COPPA with YouTube
Back in September, YouTube was fined for gathering information/data on kids videos which sort of violated Children's Online Privacy Protection Act or COPPA and as a result of the violation, they came up with a controversial strategy that will fine the content creators of $42,000 per video that is found to be in violation of that law. From this new strategy, you must figure out which video is kid-friendly and which one's not and if your channel has been on-going for a decade with hundreds/thousands of videos, it's going to be a challenge determining which. The thing is, most of my contents are not aimed towards kids whatsoever. I make them for teens or even adults although people my age are probably interested in viewing my stuff as proven by the demographics from my account. The viewers are mostly adults ranging from 18-34 years of age but even then, there's no way to tell if the kids have seen your videos or not in addition to teenagers and adults. Also, none of my videos are profitable as they are posted for entertainment.
If your channel is kids-friendly target audience-wise, you're going to be on the serious lookout for this change. I have a feeling that various Japanese YouTubers' channels are going to fall under that category. I don't know if this is the same for Japanese Virtual YouTubers as well but I guess that not all videos are probably kid-friendly in the first place. Some of the Japanese Virtual YouTubers won't be kid-friendly for sure as if they appeal to the nerds or some sort.
6 years ago, the COPPA was amended to expand the definition of "operators" to include content creators who publish content to ad-assisting platforms like YouTube although I don't know if this applies to other sites that are like YouTube as well like Nico Nico Douga or Bilibili for instance, or even social media websites as they have ads pasted somewhere. For six years, the enforcement didn't happen after the amendment. However, the notifications on YouTube website have been there even for content creators not from US. We have like until January next year before the actions against violating content creators will be taken. If the video is declared kid-friendly like it's Child-Directed via the check box, it won't be monetized and have personalized ads. Furthermore, comments will be disabled automatically like it already happened on such contents.
For gaming channels, it is self-explanatory to determine which game which kid-friendly or not that you may as well set the videos to match the ESRB ratings or something. Most of fighting games won't seem kid-friendly of course and the same goes for many AAA games, mostly TPS or FPS games but what about the games on mobile? Are there mobile games that don't seem kid-friendly from a closer look at the contents? I also do the unofficial music arrangement/remix stuff and I sort of know the game origins but do I probably need to set certain videos to be kid-friendly like that?
There's even the petition someone came up with at change.org for you to sign through this link: https://www.change.org/p/youtubers-and-viewers-unite-against-ftc-regulation.
Another interesting source to take a look at:
https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/11/05/youtube-coppa-adpocalypse-ftc-rules-demonetizing-child-directed/
If your channel is kids-friendly target audience-wise, you're going to be on the serious lookout for this change. I have a feeling that various Japanese YouTubers' channels are going to fall under that category. I don't know if this is the same for Japanese Virtual YouTubers as well but I guess that not all videos are probably kid-friendly in the first place. Some of the Japanese Virtual YouTubers won't be kid-friendly for sure as if they appeal to the nerds or some sort.
6 years ago, the COPPA was amended to expand the definition of "operators" to include content creators who publish content to ad-assisting platforms like YouTube although I don't know if this applies to other sites that are like YouTube as well like Nico Nico Douga or Bilibili for instance, or even social media websites as they have ads pasted somewhere. For six years, the enforcement didn't happen after the amendment. However, the notifications on YouTube website have been there even for content creators not from US. We have like until January next year before the actions against violating content creators will be taken. If the video is declared kid-friendly like it's Child-Directed via the check box, it won't be monetized and have personalized ads. Furthermore, comments will be disabled automatically like it already happened on such contents.
For gaming channels, it is self-explanatory to determine which game which kid-friendly or not that you may as well set the videos to match the ESRB ratings or something. Most of fighting games won't seem kid-friendly of course and the same goes for many AAA games, mostly TPS or FPS games but what about the games on mobile? Are there mobile games that don't seem kid-friendly from a closer look at the contents? I also do the unofficial music arrangement/remix stuff and I sort of know the game origins but do I probably need to set certain videos to be kid-friendly like that?
There's even the petition someone came up with at change.org for you to sign through this link: https://www.change.org/p/youtubers-and-viewers-unite-against-ftc-regulation.
Another interesting source to take a look at:
https://www.tubefilter.com/2019/11/05/youtube-coppa-adpocalypse-ftc-rules-demonetizing-child-directed/
Samsung SSD obtained
I forgot to blog about the SSD I obtained months ago. The HDD for the old laptop computer was so defective that it wasn't usable or some sort and it caused the delay in the computer's BIOS process but at least I learnt a few things from the retro computer YouTubers like Druaga1, LGR, 8-Bit Guy, etc. in which you can put in the solid state storage in the old computer such as the SSD or IDE Adapter for SD Card or CompactFlash card. Normally, the CompactFlash cards are used for cameras and can be inserted in the CF card slot of the internal/external card reader for computers but they can be used as HDD replacement if you have the appropriate adapter.
Things seemed to have gotten worse for me even until the present time. Prior to the bedroom maintenance this year, the old laptop computer was placed on the chair as there was no where else to place it on and the mischievous scum you call, my sibling, had been placing things on top of that computer. I don't know if that was the cause of the damage done to the hardware components or not or maybe the overheating issue might be the cause of that or something. Plus, I was already skeptical on what she would do during the bedroom maintenance which involved replacing shelves and re-arranging shit.
The only problem left is that the internal keyboard of the laptop computer won't seem to register when pressing various keys and I don't know if there will be repair services for old computers or something.
Things seemed to have gotten worse for me even until the present time. Prior to the bedroom maintenance this year, the old laptop computer was placed on the chair as there was no where else to place it on and the mischievous scum you call, my sibling, had been placing things on top of that computer. I don't know if that was the cause of the damage done to the hardware components or not or maybe the overheating issue might be the cause of that or something. Plus, I was already skeptical on what she would do during the bedroom maintenance which involved replacing shelves and re-arranging shit.
The only problem left is that the internal keyboard of the laptop computer won't seem to register when pressing various keys and I don't know if there will be repair services for old computers or something.
Sunday, October 27, 2019
Beatmania IIDX Heroic Verse First Play
The objective of attempting the remaining songs from IIDX Sinobuz and Cannon Ballers isn't over yet and I already attempted various Hardstyle, Hardcore and Trance related songs from those folders even before IIDX Heroic Verse came out. The menu where you select Single Play/Double Play was taken out as you can toggle between them in Music Select screen. Another good thing is the inclusion of language selection in Entry screen, similar to how Bishi Bashi Channel has when you start the game. As I was suggested to explore other music genres, I sort of did the same for Beatmania IIDX when browsing the song list. Needless to say, the weaknesses I have when it comes to Beatmania IIDX are still with me like I ended up failing various Level 8/9 songs.
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Facebook app uploads system data from users' devices to servers without permission
According to the app researcher from Hong Kong, only the Android version seems to be doing the data collection of system libraries from users' devices to the servers without their consent. From the app, it has the component known as Global Library Collector and there doesn't seem to be a way to opt-out. The guilty pleasure may be the same as the Chromium Embedded Framework that powered various services like Steam and Epic Games Store which have some components that collected users' data although the company that manages Facebook was in hot water before over privacy violation and yet, the app on Android itself does the data collection even deeper.
Obviously, closing the Facebook account over privacy violation is bound to tear things apart. You still have current friends to keep track of as well as the Groups you're in and the Pages you've liked. There are even those who manage their Pages as well like they're public figures.
Who knows what Facebook will do to the data they've collected through the Android app? Plus, the lawsuits were already thrown to tech companies like Apple and Microsoft over privacy violation and to Microsoft and Facebook, it may seem that the backlashes and lawsuits have not been enough like the on-going famous privacy breach through Windows 10 as well as the extended privacy violation concerns over other products like the Xbox One Kinect, Cortana, Skype Translator and even Office 365. Microsoft had a reason regarding data collection for AI stuff but I don't know if Facebook has the proper reason for collecting data through their Android app.
It's a later news than the one about Microsoft's recent actions through the Xbox One Kinect, Cortana and Skype Translator and I don't know if Facebook will learn from their mistakes and put a stop to this illegal data collection. Also, the app on Android is a battery drainer through data collection and removing things that collect data may save you the bandwidth, disk space, and even battery life.
Obviously, closing the Facebook account over privacy violation is bound to tear things apart. You still have current friends to keep track of as well as the Groups you're in and the Pages you've liked. There are even those who manage their Pages as well like they're public figures.
Who knows what Facebook will do to the data they've collected through the Android app? Plus, the lawsuits were already thrown to tech companies like Apple and Microsoft over privacy violation and to Microsoft and Facebook, it may seem that the backlashes and lawsuits have not been enough like the on-going famous privacy breach through Windows 10 as well as the extended privacy violation concerns over other products like the Xbox One Kinect, Cortana, Skype Translator and even Office 365. Microsoft had a reason regarding data collection for AI stuff but I don't know if Facebook has the proper reason for collecting data through their Android app.
It's a later news than the one about Microsoft's recent actions through the Xbox One Kinect, Cortana and Skype Translator and I don't know if Facebook will learn from their mistakes and put a stop to this illegal data collection. Also, the app on Android is a battery drainer through data collection and removing things that collect data may save you the bandwidth, disk space, and even battery life.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Iphone Airdrop related cases in Japan
In Japan, there have been cases of modesty outrage taking place in trains and things have been taking for the worst with one of the indecent words in Japanese language being added to foreign language dictionaries as one of the controversial additions. The netizens were not pleased with that word being added but I won't mention the exact word here so, the source link will be available at the end of this blog post to see that word there. Another problem is the usage of Airdrop for whatever malicious intents such as sending whatever obscene picture to any user which will appear in that user's phone as a thumbnail for instance.
Speaking of malicious intents through Airdrop, there may be multiple malicious ways and different kinds of malicious contents anyone can send to the victims. And the worse thing is, the photos may contain metadata such as your location and other private information which should be kept private. The bigger probem is, even if you disagree with whatever indecent photo that is sent to the victims, that photo may be in their phones that such damage cannot be undone.
To send and receive stuffs through Airdrop will require that you're in range of another user but what stinks about it is that even unknown users you don't know of may end up something bad to your phone. I don't know if they may send you something on your phones like it's part of a scam, threat or even trolling which is nearly impossible in person.
How can Apple prevent such cyber-criminal acts through the use of Airdrop on Iphones from happening? What if Android has the similar feature? Plus, there have been arrests made in various parts of Japan that are related to this crime that is an on-going problem. Lastly, when it comes to business use, I bet that Airdrop isn't quite recommended for the sake of privacy.
Source Article: https://soranews24.com/2019/08/24/japanese-man-changed-name-of-his-iphone-to-please-send-cat-pictures-and-it-worked/
Speaking of malicious intents through Airdrop, there may be multiple malicious ways and different kinds of malicious contents anyone can send to the victims. And the worse thing is, the photos may contain metadata such as your location and other private information which should be kept private. The bigger probem is, even if you disagree with whatever indecent photo that is sent to the victims, that photo may be in their phones that such damage cannot be undone.
To send and receive stuffs through Airdrop will require that you're in range of another user but what stinks about it is that even unknown users you don't know of may end up something bad to your phone. I don't know if they may send you something on your phones like it's part of a scam, threat or even trolling which is nearly impossible in person.
How can Apple prevent such cyber-criminal acts through the use of Airdrop on Iphones from happening? What if Android has the similar feature? Plus, there have been arrests made in various parts of Japan that are related to this crime that is an on-going problem. Lastly, when it comes to business use, I bet that Airdrop isn't quite recommended for the sake of privacy.
Source Article: https://soranews24.com/2019/08/24/japanese-man-changed-name-of-his-iphone-to-please-send-cat-pictures-and-it-worked/
Microsoft-hired contractors listening in through Xbox One Kinect, Cortana and Skype Translator
It appears that Microsoft isn't the only one involved in the recent privacy violation incident through the personal assistant service, like Siri, Google Assistant, Alexa, etc. Who knows the motive and reason behind this? Plus, you're going to disable Siri/Google Assistant on your mobile device over this situation, though?
To train the AI through data collection through various products like Cortana, Kinect and even Skype Translator engine seems to be a dangerous excuse or a lousy one. So, it looks like Microsoft might have lied or something that the Xbox One Kinect wouldn't collect data when the console was revealed at the time that the data collection thingy through Kinect resumed sometime later. I don't know if this may seem accurate or not but then again, who the hell uses Cortana on their computers and Xbox One anyway?
To disable Cortana completely from Windows 10 will be no easy feat even when there were feature changes in Windows 10 1903 update which separates Cortana and Search feature as well as the fact that Cortana will be on the Microsoft Store in the future. It may seem like an acceptable change but don't go asking us that don't we even use Cortana at all or something. The worse thing is, there's still lack of support for other unlisted countries but it shouldn't be difficult asking Cortana something in the same vein you ask Siri or Google Assistant which is obviously more popular.
To train the AI through data collection through various products like Cortana, Kinect and even Skype Translator engine seems to be a dangerous excuse or a lousy one. So, it looks like Microsoft might have lied or something that the Xbox One Kinect wouldn't collect data when the console was revealed at the time that the data collection thingy through Kinect resumed sometime later. I don't know if this may seem accurate or not but then again, who the hell uses Cortana on their computers and Xbox One anyway?
To disable Cortana completely from Windows 10 will be no easy feat even when there were feature changes in Windows 10 1903 update which separates Cortana and Search feature as well as the fact that Cortana will be on the Microsoft Store in the future. It may seem like an acceptable change but don't go asking us that don't we even use Cortana at all or something. The worse thing is, there's still lack of support for other unlisted countries but it shouldn't be difficult asking Cortana something in the same vein you ask Siri or Google Assistant which is obviously more popular.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Facial Recognition Technology at new Funan mall
Not counting Sim Lim Square, where else can I buy the replacement computer accessories by then? Plus, I shouldn't have delayed any further until the time the new Funan mall opened as I discovered the fact that of the implementation of facial recognition technology at the mall. It is said to be performing query searches on a customer in which various categories will be stored in the query results depending on their preference. So, if you want to buy computer stuffs for instance, mostly computer shops will be part of that query.
It's a shame that they had implemented that and supposedly, there are some stores that will provide replacement laptop power adapters at Sim Lim Square but I don't know which one has that and there's no guarantee that my previous computer will work correctly in the future with the replacement. There was a past time where I went to Funan Digitalife Mall to buy the laptop power adapter but it seemed that things have changed with the new Funan mall.
The implementation of facial recognition technology elsewhere was unspeakably controversial and people were demanding that idea to be scrapped as they were concerned of privacy violation, false accusation based on false database search and other technical errors that may occur due to inaccurate implementation. The technology implemented at the new Funan mall, I don't know. It's a shopping mall, I get it, but I don't know this may seem effective or not.
It's a shame that they had implemented that and supposedly, there are some stores that will provide replacement laptop power adapters at Sim Lim Square but I don't know which one has that and there's no guarantee that my previous computer will work correctly in the future with the replacement. There was a past time where I went to Funan Digitalife Mall to buy the laptop power adapter but it seemed that things have changed with the new Funan mall.
The implementation of facial recognition technology elsewhere was unspeakably controversial and people were demanding that idea to be scrapped as they were concerned of privacy violation, false accusation based on false database search and other technical errors that may occur due to inaccurate implementation. The technology implemented at the new Funan mall, I don't know. It's a shopping mall, I get it, but I don't know this may seem effective or not.
Thursday, August 8, 2019
Ooblets Epic Game Store Controversy
Look, I cannot be mad or something over the fact that an indie game so good is released on the gaming platform that has been so controversial. Cuphead which is one of the indie games has extremely good presentation although it is an extremely hard game. The reason for mentioning it here is that it was first released on Xbox One as the console exclusive and the developers could plan to release it on other platforms if they wanted to. Fast forward to 2 years after Cuphead's release, there's the Switch version but that was obviously requested by Microsoft as a move to bring Xbox Live service to that console. Speaking of console exclusive, Ooblets was released to be released on Xbox One as the only console version. However, the big trouble began when it was announced to be Epic Games Store exclusive for PC.
To insult the consumers and gamers like the developers of Ooblets did was extremely offensive and they were already on Sidalpha's Dirty Developers list as a result. Not to mention that someone faked some evidence to frame the developers that caused various misunderstanding and even attracted their defenders and the defenders of the Epic Games Store platform. Calling gamers 'Entitled Babies/Children" or some other shit is what you'll attract more hate and it can ruin your reputation as a game developer whether you're professional or indie type. What makes the controversy worse? That is making political comparison and of course, thinking that consumers don't understand one particular thing or two or maybe thinking that consumers have bad attitude that they need to be "re-educated" or something. If there's an EVIL EDUCATION about Epic Games Store for consumers, I can imagine that the scummiest game developers may organize some lessons like that and if someone signs you up for some Attitude Reform style educational speech like the speaker there teaches you on how to LOVE such scummy gaming platforms, it's best to avoid attending that brainwashing bullshit or try to run away from the venue if backing out is available. Plus, what if some of THOSE CONSUMERS ARE PARENTS THEMSELVES, like they have their own children and the house owned by them, for instance?
I remember the time that PatTheNESPunk thought that the gamers were entitled to him over the Diablo Immortal announcement and he was thrown the amount of hate comments on that video about that. I also can remember the comments that say that "he is a shut-in dinosaur surrounded by toys" or something because of that video. WE HAVE CONCERNS about Free-To-Play mobile games that have Microtransactions and Loot Boxes as well as how controversial the Epic Games Store is! Plus, the harassment towards the developers of Ooblets has gone too far.
So, who are in the wrong in the end? Well, the game developers of Ooblets themselves for insulting consumers as a way to defend the announcement as well as those who have been harassing them. If you want to rant about something, do it with professional reasons. Don't just say that that particular product sucks or the other product is better than this one and that's it! That 's not criticism at all! And don't even try to make a useless troll comment to any game developers whose reputation is quite good either. I had seen those in the past and the backlash was caused as a result of them.
To insult the consumers and gamers like the developers of Ooblets did was extremely offensive and they were already on Sidalpha's Dirty Developers list as a result. Not to mention that someone faked some evidence to frame the developers that caused various misunderstanding and even attracted their defenders and the defenders of the Epic Games Store platform. Calling gamers 'Entitled Babies/Children" or some other shit is what you'll attract more hate and it can ruin your reputation as a game developer whether you're professional or indie type. What makes the controversy worse? That is making political comparison and of course, thinking that consumers don't understand one particular thing or two or maybe thinking that consumers have bad attitude that they need to be "re-educated" or something. If there's an EVIL EDUCATION about Epic Games Store for consumers, I can imagine that the scummiest game developers may organize some lessons like that and if someone signs you up for some Attitude Reform style educational speech like the speaker there teaches you on how to LOVE such scummy gaming platforms, it's best to avoid attending that brainwashing bullshit or try to run away from the venue if backing out is available. Plus, what if some of THOSE CONSUMERS ARE PARENTS THEMSELVES, like they have their own children and the house owned by them, for instance?
I remember the time that PatTheNESPunk thought that the gamers were entitled to him over the Diablo Immortal announcement and he was thrown the amount of hate comments on that video about that. I also can remember the comments that say that "he is a shut-in dinosaur surrounded by toys" or something because of that video. WE HAVE CONCERNS about Free-To-Play mobile games that have Microtransactions and Loot Boxes as well as how controversial the Epic Games Store is! Plus, the harassment towards the developers of Ooblets has gone too far.
So, who are in the wrong in the end? Well, the game developers of Ooblets themselves for insulting consumers as a way to defend the announcement as well as those who have been harassing them. If you want to rant about something, do it with professional reasons. Don't just say that that particular product sucks or the other product is better than this one and that's it! That 's not criticism at all! And don't even try to make a useless troll comment to any game developers whose reputation is quite good either. I had seen those in the past and the backlash was caused as a result of them.
Sunday, August 4, 2019
Tetris Effect on Epic Games Store - Controversial? (Updated)
We do have the on-going concerns regarding the on-going controversy of Epic Games Store and yet certain game developers have the guts to defend it like we have no proper manners, understanding or attitude or something. What if the shadiest of all want to come up with the Attitude Reform video about Epic Games Store or something? To me, that will be like brainwashing the hell out of people with that! Even if the name of the term is changed while the term does something evil to the gamers, we still won't be fooled for sure like Loot Box being renamed to Surprise Mechanics according to EA for instance. This is like denying the fact that there are gambling elements in video games or privacy violation in services or products like Epic Games Store and Windows 10 do with illegal data collection although the data collection thingy through Epic Games Store is due to some of the components from the Chromium-based browser or some sort which uses the Chromium Embedded Framework.
In case of Tetris Effect which came out first on Playstation 4 with VR support as one of the best VR games, the PC release via Epic Games Store had gotten the gamers angry or interested. However, Tetris Effect is not the only game made in Japan that will be released on Epic Games Store. Shenmue III has caused a bigger controversy than this when it comes to PC release. This is like an epic betrayal from YS.NET and Enhance Games or something that people may well go for the console version if that's the case. The console releases are not part of the controversy, however.
In case of Tetris Effect which came out first on Playstation 4 with VR support as one of the best VR games, the PC release via Epic Games Store had gotten the gamers angry or interested. However, Tetris Effect is not the only game made in Japan that will be released on Epic Games Store. Shenmue III has caused a bigger controversy than this when it comes to PC release. This is like an epic betrayal from YS.NET and Enhance Games or something that people may well go for the console version if that's the case. The console releases are not part of the controversy, however.
Cytus II obtained
At the time I obtained Cytus II, it was free for a limited time and I guess that I obtained the original Cytus for free from the official app store at the time. Cytus II was already at version 2.x at the time I obtained it, hence the animated opening and the new character available with no charge. There will be story for each character including the character conversation and instant messenging elements where you can unlock songs as you level up the characters. Needless to say, this is tedious and grindy like trying to unlock all the story portions but grind-iness obviously doesn't count as a flaw.
The gameplay in Cytus II has additional notes and you're introduced to them on the first play via the Tutorial screen which doesn't explain anything like it doesn't make any sense unless you had played Cytus before, seen the gameplay videos or both. For me, I knew what to do as I had experience in playing the original Cytus but there should be explanation on how the gameplay works in the first place. The amount of experience points depends on how well you do at the end of the song and getting the Million Master will give you the highest amount you can get.
Then, there's a problem with the game's age rating due to the story. Things get brutal on further parts of the story and one of the fictional states called Node 03 is a dangerous place as there are various criminal organizations there. The one performing as PAFF is not the original person you know of but rather, a replacement that took over as PAFF and that original person. What this means is that the car accident occurred on the car the original person named Aroma White, was in and then someone was dragged in to the hospital and then experimented on with memory transfer from Aroma's brain to the victim's which is painful and brutal, hence having memories of two persons. The worse thing is that, anyone can be taken away for such evil experiment and then look identical to the other person, no wonder the case of missing person is still on-going and the person who got caught for looking for PAFF was actually a childhood friend of that victim who took over as PAFF entirely.
Robo-Head and Nora have terrible pasts and according to the final conversation or OS Log from Nora's story, she had made a supreme policy on him against returning to Node 03 and that he can have better time at Node 08. Why does he come back to look for her like it's beyond me?
One surprise encounter is that Neko has found Aroma White wandering around in the street but then, the clues still have yet to be found to the on-going situations. The true culprit behind the Aesir hacking incidents still has yet to be found and the replacement Aroma is looking for answers on who she is and I don't know what the other characters like Joe, Connor, Xenon and Cherry are up to.
The story has tons of momentum and an animated or a live action drama/movie based on this game may or may not be good idea for me it looks like it has lesser things to do with the game other than its story. Plus, the story may remind me of the foreign dramas I had watched but you may need to keep in mind that it is incomplete at this moment and there will be future updates to the game.
The gameplay in Cytus II has additional notes and you're introduced to them on the first play via the Tutorial screen which doesn't explain anything like it doesn't make any sense unless you had played Cytus before, seen the gameplay videos or both. For me, I knew what to do as I had experience in playing the original Cytus but there should be explanation on how the gameplay works in the first place. The amount of experience points depends on how well you do at the end of the song and getting the Million Master will give you the highest amount you can get.
Then, there's a problem with the game's age rating due to the story. Things get brutal on further parts of the story and one of the fictional states called Node 03 is a dangerous place as there are various criminal organizations there. The one performing as PAFF is not the original person you know of but rather, a replacement that took over as PAFF and that original person. What this means is that the car accident occurred on the car the original person named Aroma White, was in and then someone was dragged in to the hospital and then experimented on with memory transfer from Aroma's brain to the victim's which is painful and brutal, hence having memories of two persons. The worse thing is that, anyone can be taken away for such evil experiment and then look identical to the other person, no wonder the case of missing person is still on-going and the person who got caught for looking for PAFF was actually a childhood friend of that victim who took over as PAFF entirely.
Robo-Head and Nora have terrible pasts and according to the final conversation or OS Log from Nora's story, she had made a supreme policy on him against returning to Node 03 and that he can have better time at Node 08. Why does he come back to look for her like it's beyond me?
One surprise encounter is that Neko has found Aroma White wandering around in the street but then, the clues still have yet to be found to the on-going situations. The true culprit behind the Aesir hacking incidents still has yet to be found and the replacement Aroma is looking for answers on who she is and I don't know what the other characters like Joe, Connor, Xenon and Cherry are up to.
The story has tons of momentum and an animated or a live action drama/movie based on this game may or may not be good idea for me it looks like it has lesser things to do with the game other than its story. Plus, the story may remind me of the foreign dramas I had watched but you may need to keep in mind that it is incomplete at this moment and there will be future updates to the game.
Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever obtained
I must admit that I have never played the source game before which is Crash Fever but then, I made a discovery of the spinoff game from Mihaya Gaming YouTube channel showcasing all the songs in the highest difficulty. Needless to say, both the spinoff game and the source game have unoriginal gameplay but the music from Crash Fever which is the source game was what sparked the developers' interests and ideas in making a rhythm game based on Crash Fever.
The spinoff rhythm game, Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever recently came out at a price of a few dollars which sort of has 10 songs, 8 characters with 3 different variations each and those songs and character variations may have come from the later updates of Crash Fever. It's too bad that the spinoff rhythm game has insufficient amount of songs to begin with when comparing the songlist to the multiple soundtracks of Crash Fever. Who knows if there will be additional songs added to Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever in the future? I sort of expected more songs after making some realization.
The performance was sluggish on my smartphone but I set the phone's resolution to 720p for smoother game performance and even then, the gameplay experience is plagued with another problem like there's no way to turn off the Fever Mode effect for instance. That effect made the performance really sluggish like there was a delay in the timing but the effect should remind you that it is a reference to the source material. When the Fever Mode is activated in Crash Fever, you tap on those things that are falling, causing the shatter effects and adding attack points in the same vein as in Puzzle & Dragons. For resolution switch on Android, this is possible but you'll need to look up online on how to do that and ensure that your Android device is connected to the computer. It requires a tool that is supposed to be for developers as well as some mathematical calculation as incorrect settings may ruin the experience. I don't know if the same solution exists for IOS devices though.
The gameplay and Music Select screen are unoriginal like they are total ripoffs or something but I can imagine an unofficial commercial-style animation of a character playing Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever on the phone in a public place and jumping out of the seat with joy upon getting Full Combo although the only differences are the game and portions of the Crash Fever commercial which is difficult to imitate as well. In that commercial, the biggest moment is that the board is 100% full of the panels/pieces of one color and you tap on them to start an elimination although one of the commercials can be annoying in my opinion, I mean the one with the salary man asking some young man something in such a nerdy way.
Then, comes the Character Selection screen which looks promising but this is all grindy to unlock all the variations. The real problem is that some of the character variations may have caused the game rating to be misleading. I guess the same may go for the in Muse Dash in a sense although both Muse Dash and Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever have differences in character variations. It is about how each character variation does to the gameplay for instance but in case of Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever, the character variations are more like Challenge options where choosing a variation that is like originally a more rare item from Crash Fever may give you more challenge for more points as you gain lesser HP during gameplay.
So, what are the flaws then? Here are the following:
The spinoff rhythm game, Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever recently came out at a price of a few dollars which sort of has 10 songs, 8 characters with 3 different variations each and those songs and character variations may have come from the later updates of Crash Fever. It's too bad that the spinoff rhythm game has insufficient amount of songs to begin with when comparing the songlist to the multiple soundtracks of Crash Fever. Who knows if there will be additional songs added to Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever in the future? I sort of expected more songs after making some realization.
The performance was sluggish on my smartphone but I set the phone's resolution to 720p for smoother game performance and even then, the gameplay experience is plagued with another problem like there's no way to turn off the Fever Mode effect for instance. That effect made the performance really sluggish like there was a delay in the timing but the effect should remind you that it is a reference to the source material. When the Fever Mode is activated in Crash Fever, you tap on those things that are falling, causing the shatter effects and adding attack points in the same vein as in Puzzle & Dragons. For resolution switch on Android, this is possible but you'll need to look up online on how to do that and ensure that your Android device is connected to the computer. It requires a tool that is supposed to be for developers as well as some mathematical calculation as incorrect settings may ruin the experience. I don't know if the same solution exists for IOS devices though.
The gameplay and Music Select screen are unoriginal like they are total ripoffs or something but I can imagine an unofficial commercial-style animation of a character playing Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever on the phone in a public place and jumping out of the seat with joy upon getting Full Combo although the only differences are the game and portions of the Crash Fever commercial which is difficult to imitate as well. In that commercial, the biggest moment is that the board is 100% full of the panels/pieces of one color and you tap on them to start an elimination although one of the commercials can be annoying in my opinion, I mean the one with the salary man asking some young man something in such a nerdy way.
Then, comes the Character Selection screen which looks promising but this is all grindy to unlock all the variations. The real problem is that some of the character variations may have caused the game rating to be misleading. I guess the same may go for the in Muse Dash in a sense although both Muse Dash and Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever have differences in character variations. It is about how each character variation does to the gameplay for instance but in case of Sonic Beat feat. Crash Fever, the character variations are more like Challenge options where choosing a variation that is like originally a more rare item from Crash Fever may give you more challenge for more points as you gain lesser HP during gameplay.
So, what are the flaws then? Here are the following:
- Insufficient amount of songs.
- Gameplay taking up more resources than other rhythm games I've played with no way to turn off the Fever Mode effect, causing sluggish performance on my smartphone when the game is played in 1080p resolution.
- Some character variations from both Crash Fever and its spinoff may increase the game rating to Teenage rating or something so the game is like aimed towards teenagers and above in my opinion, hence the misleading game rating as seen in the App Store.
- Unoriginal gameplay and Music Select screen - There will be tons of free-to-play mobile games with unoriginal looking gameplay and I don't know if this is like a waste of developers' time and resources or not due to lack of differences.
Saturday, June 15, 2019
Vritra obtained
Vritra is one of the indie shmup games that started on mobile before getting PC release via Steam. It's alsos one of the games that will be coming to the arcades based on the PC release and the arcade release will have the arranged soundtrack, announcer and of course, multiplayer support. The mobile version has like three stages and that's that and the PC version adds two additional stages, additional weapon-types and additional enemies.
The Boost feature is one of the important aspects of the gameplay that is useful for survival in the game in higher difficulties. Well, that's a Boost-To-Win title in a nutshell released 7 years ago with MUGEN Vritra to follow on mobile 4 years ago. At the time the game was released, there was bare information about it until the PC release increased the attention. Needless to say, the game is difficult and there's no continues in the mobile version whatsoever and I don't know if there's a TLB out there in this version or not.
The Free Digest version takes portions of all stages from the full version and assembles them in one whole stage but that is more or less a demo version.
I'm not going to show the gameplay video of the game being played in Normal or Hard difficulty for mobile version. Instead, I had plans for making and posting one of the game being played in Very Hard difficulty but the furthest portion of the game was somewhere in Stage 3 which is the final stage and that stage is also the final stage in PC version as well so the plans were like scrapped or something. In the meantime, here's the gameplay video of MUGEN Vritra from my YouTube channel.
The Boost feature is one of the important aspects of the gameplay that is useful for survival in the game in higher difficulties. Well, that's a Boost-To-Win title in a nutshell released 7 years ago with MUGEN Vritra to follow on mobile 4 years ago. At the time the game was released, there was bare information about it until the PC release increased the attention. Needless to say, the game is difficult and there's no continues in the mobile version whatsoever and I don't know if there's a TLB out there in this version or not.
The Free Digest version takes portions of all stages from the full version and assembles them in one whole stage but that is more or less a demo version.
I'm not going to show the gameplay video of the game being played in Normal or Hard difficulty for mobile version. Instead, I had plans for making and posting one of the game being played in Very Hard difficulty but the furthest portion of the game was somewhere in Stage 3 which is the final stage and that stage is also the final stage in PC version as well so the plans were like scrapped or something. In the meantime, here's the gameplay video of MUGEN Vritra from my YouTube channel.
Monday, June 10, 2019
Tetote X Connect for arcades
I don't know if I'm going to have a mixed or bad impression about the upcoming Tetote X Connect from Taito that will be coming out in the arcades this year after seeing the preview video of the gameplay in action from 4Gamer's Official YouTube Channel. It's quite concerning to me when it comes to the gameplay concept like who's going to it when it comes out sometime this year? Also, the location test will be taking place late this month as of this writing.
From the game's official website and Wikipedia article, it mentions something like Ballroom Dancing as the implemented concept technology-wise but this kind of dance is more difficult to replicate than the standard dance that is doable in dance games using the Kinect. Is the partner character doing all the spinning for you when you're holding that Hold Note without release? Well, that's my imagination as I don't know if there's a special Hold Note like that or not. I also don't know if the body turning is recognizable by the Kinect or something. Will that count as a miss if you don't turn your body around to the Body Turn Note?
Then, there's what going's to turn the others off, the game where you dance close to the screen with the partner character like you're doing Ballroom Dancing. The game uses touch screen feature along with some technology that detects your posing. There may be times throughout the song where you're supposed to strike a pose and even before the song starts, there will be calibration tests that require that you strike poses as well. It's kind of comparable to the Yankee Doodle/Patty Cake minigame from Project Diva F series on PS Vita except that the on-screen arrows/circles are not on-screen notes whatsoever in that minigame.
I don't know if there will be people doing the Ballroom Dance in the arcades to whatever Groove Coaster song that is playable in Tetote X Connect or not. As of this writing, there's the preview video from 4Gamer's YouTube Channel of Taking Off by Sato which you can play in Groove Coaster in the arcades, mobile or PC.
In Fit Boxing for Switch, you're doing the boxing moves to the beat according to the on-screen notes and the vocal guides by the coach, INDIRECTLY using the Joycons. You don't need to play that close to the TV or the tablet unlike the upcoming Tetote X Connect where you have to play close to the screen as it uses touchscreen for the notes.
You know what else is controversial? The usage of GP system similar to the one in Sega's Border Break and you have the options to go for higher amount of GPs for more credits. In fact, I don't know if there's a Continue box telling you if want to continue the game or not that brings you to the Main Menu screen. By continuing, I mean inserting additional credits and answering "Yes" and then selecting the amount of GPs.
As of this time, it seems that Arcade Heroes already had an article about this upcoming game although things seem to be quite deep for me. Taito will have a livestream on the day the location test takes place.
Even if the game comes out in the arcades, I have no plans to play it as there may be concerns about how gross I can be if I play it.
From the game's official website and Wikipedia article, it mentions something like Ballroom Dancing as the implemented concept technology-wise but this kind of dance is more difficult to replicate than the standard dance that is doable in dance games using the Kinect. Is the partner character doing all the spinning for you when you're holding that Hold Note without release? Well, that's my imagination as I don't know if there's a special Hold Note like that or not. I also don't know if the body turning is recognizable by the Kinect or something. Will that count as a miss if you don't turn your body around to the Body Turn Note?
Then, there's what going's to turn the others off, the game where you dance close to the screen with the partner character like you're doing Ballroom Dancing. The game uses touch screen feature along with some technology that detects your posing. There may be times throughout the song where you're supposed to strike a pose and even before the song starts, there will be calibration tests that require that you strike poses as well. It's kind of comparable to the Yankee Doodle/Patty Cake minigame from Project Diva F series on PS Vita except that the on-screen arrows/circles are not on-screen notes whatsoever in that minigame.
I don't know if there will be people doing the Ballroom Dance in the arcades to whatever Groove Coaster song that is playable in Tetote X Connect or not. As of this writing, there's the preview video from 4Gamer's YouTube Channel of Taking Off by Sato which you can play in Groove Coaster in the arcades, mobile or PC.
In Fit Boxing for Switch, you're doing the boxing moves to the beat according to the on-screen notes and the vocal guides by the coach, INDIRECTLY using the Joycons. You don't need to play that close to the TV or the tablet unlike the upcoming Tetote X Connect where you have to play close to the screen as it uses touchscreen for the notes.
You know what else is controversial? The usage of GP system similar to the one in Sega's Border Break and you have the options to go for higher amount of GPs for more credits. In fact, I don't know if there's a Continue box telling you if want to continue the game or not that brings you to the Main Menu screen. By continuing, I mean inserting additional credits and answering "Yes" and then selecting the amount of GPs.
As of this time, it seems that Arcade Heroes already had an article about this upcoming game although things seem to be quite deep for me. Taito will have a livestream on the day the location test takes place.
Even if the game comes out in the arcades, I have no plans to play it as there may be concerns about how gross I can be if I play it.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Filip Miucin's actual apology?
At least, it had taken months for Filip Miucin to come up with a proper apology and realize his mistakes for the bad actions he had done including dismissing whatever recent criticisms that had been thrown at him after he was fired from IGN.
Prior to this, he had been comment-bombed on his videos after making a non-proper apology video as if people had been bashing him for further plagiarism or something. Not to mention that he had made a few of those videos with some period pauses in between and he even claimed that his critics had made the defamatory articles or something when they had actually done the proper job in reporting his actions. He also claimed that things were 'Original' when most of the reviews he had done were actually exact copies of other reviews. It was a total shame on him even after he got fired until the time he made a proper apology video, hoping that the mistakes would be corrected, right?
Well, he could apologize and realize his mistakes but after that real apology video, I hope that he'll know what he's doing as a proper adult under the Internet's watch as that video can be for naught if he does the same shit that is described above again.
This apology of his should be a lesson for him and everyone and citing out references is a must when it comes to those making online news articles for instance. Playing victim instead of admitting to your mistakes when it comes to plagiarism may annoy people even more like he did the last time.
Prior to this, he had been comment-bombed on his videos after making a non-proper apology video as if people had been bashing him for further plagiarism or something. Not to mention that he had made a few of those videos with some period pauses in between and he even claimed that his critics had made the defamatory articles or something when they had actually done the proper job in reporting his actions. He also claimed that things were 'Original' when most of the reviews he had done were actually exact copies of other reviews. It was a total shame on him even after he got fired until the time he made a proper apology video, hoping that the mistakes would be corrected, right?
Well, he could apologize and realize his mistakes but after that real apology video, I hope that he'll know what he's doing as a proper adult under the Internet's watch as that video can be for naught if he does the same shit that is described above again.
This apology of his should be a lesson for him and everyone and citing out references is a must when it comes to those making online news articles for instance. Playing victim instead of admitting to your mistakes when it comes to plagiarism may annoy people even more like he did the last time.
Sunday, April 21, 2019
Epic Games Store controversy
Well, it's a rant about the Epic Games Store after it's caused a big controversy. Of course, it's not the only launcher for PC games that does that. The EA's Origin has a bigger controversy and the reputation of EA has been getting quite bad. Here are the following two big problems Epic Games Store has caused.
The first problem is that future AAA games will be on PC via Epic Games Store that caused review-bombing on Steam to occur and especially for how the exclusivity is handled. Metro Exodus on PC is one controversial example for timed-exclusivity and there was some kind of apology going on for that mistake. Plus, the Epic Games Store is not the only launcher for modern digital PC games. There may be other launchers out there like the ones from Bethesda, EA, etc.
The second problem is the cyber-spying issue coming from Epic Games Store itself and people often accused it of spying on people for the Chinese government. Of course, the accusation taking place on Reddit is inaccurate when someone else tried to correct the person who came up with that accusation. Even EA's Origin is guilty of spying on people but in case of Epic Games Store, it is Epic's relationship with Tencent. Even the corrector of course is not supporting Epic Games Store as it is inferior when compared to other competing launchers like Steam. The culprits behind the data collection are the tools the corrector mentioned. They are debug tools used to monitor activity on software. The worse thing is that the Epic Games Store is an app based on the web browser as if it likes to read the root certificates. Even other applications like Discord and Steam are guilty of this.
Another worse thing is that Epic Games Store has violated the GDPR and at this rate, the company running this launcher may risk getting fined although you may have to keep a look out for the defenders of the controversial launcher. Also, going anti-Chinese just because of this controversy is unspeakably wrong and immature. I don't know the reason behind the tech companies in Beijing doing the cyber-surveillance thing but stereotyping things like that is one way of isolation.
I can say that this is more or less a summarized rant about the Epic Games Store but there are tons of YouTubers out there who have been making news about this like Yongyea, ReviewTechUSA, SidAlpha, etc. If you seriously despise the Epic Games Store based on the controversy it's caused, perhaps, buying the other versions of the same AAA games is the alternate option.
The first problem is that future AAA games will be on PC via Epic Games Store that caused review-bombing on Steam to occur and especially for how the exclusivity is handled. Metro Exodus on PC is one controversial example for timed-exclusivity and there was some kind of apology going on for that mistake. Plus, the Epic Games Store is not the only launcher for modern digital PC games. There may be other launchers out there like the ones from Bethesda, EA, etc.
The second problem is the cyber-spying issue coming from Epic Games Store itself and people often accused it of spying on people for the Chinese government. Of course, the accusation taking place on Reddit is inaccurate when someone else tried to correct the person who came up with that accusation. Even EA's Origin is guilty of spying on people but in case of Epic Games Store, it is Epic's relationship with Tencent. Even the corrector of course is not supporting Epic Games Store as it is inferior when compared to other competing launchers like Steam. The culprits behind the data collection are the tools the corrector mentioned. They are debug tools used to monitor activity on software. The worse thing is that the Epic Games Store is an app based on the web browser as if it likes to read the root certificates. Even other applications like Discord and Steam are guilty of this.
Another worse thing is that Epic Games Store has violated the GDPR and at this rate, the company running this launcher may risk getting fined although you may have to keep a look out for the defenders of the controversial launcher. Also, going anti-Chinese just because of this controversy is unspeakably wrong and immature. I don't know the reason behind the tech companies in Beijing doing the cyber-surveillance thing but stereotyping things like that is one way of isolation.
I can say that this is more or less a summarized rant about the Epic Games Store but there are tons of YouTubers out there who have been making news about this like Yongyea, ReviewTechUSA, SidAlpha, etc. If you seriously despise the Epic Games Store based on the controversy it's caused, perhaps, buying the other versions of the same AAA games is the alternate option.
Saturday, April 20, 2019
Capcom Home Arcade controversy
The controversy should take you back to several years ago when SNK manufactured Neo Geo X with Final Burn Alpha which is not for commercial use. However, it looked like SNK went with it and after some time, the console was eventually discontinued. There might be flaws in the emulation at the time and people have concerns about inferior emulation of the games on the upcoming Capcom Home Arcade because it uses the same emulator.
The good thing is that some CPS-1 and CPS-2 games can be played at home legally via the Capcom Home Arcade as they never have the console releases. Shame that there's no CPS-3 games there but then, MAME and Final Burn Alpha should already have accurate emulation for them. The emulation of 32-Bit arcade systems onwards is not easy, mostly for MAME but for other emulators emulating 128-Bit consoles and arcade systems onwards have more accurate emulation than what MAME has today. Even in the present time, the emulation of 128-Bit arcade systems is still super-inferior on MAME. Various graphical effects are missing and inaccurate and the actual blur effect is missing for textured and enlarged 2D stuffs, hence the pixellated textures for 3D models.
Even the boot process for CPS-3 and NAOMI is not an easy stuff as it takes time for data to be transferred from optical disc to memory. However, there should be a way for emulators to skip that process. The only CPS-3 game that never gets a console port is Red Earth and even then, other fighting games like Jojo series and Street Fighter III series are the reasons to discover the CPS-3 arcade system.
The controller case design is quite silly. Somebody must be stupid enough to come up with that like it's shaped like a Capcom logo. You may as well swap the case with a proper controller case for a fair play. The system is basically like Pandora's Box except that the games are legal this time.
People are already suspecting that Soulja Boy might be the cause of the controversy as if he manipulated someone from Capcom to do even more shady things of his like taking the Final Burn Alpha emulator source code and then putting it in the actual product without permission. The authors of that emulator are NOT happy about it and blaming Soulja Boy this time for this controversy seems ridiculous.
The good thing is that some CPS-1 and CPS-2 games can be played at home legally via the Capcom Home Arcade as they never have the console releases. Shame that there's no CPS-3 games there but then, MAME and Final Burn Alpha should already have accurate emulation for them. The emulation of 32-Bit arcade systems onwards is not easy, mostly for MAME but for other emulators emulating 128-Bit consoles and arcade systems onwards have more accurate emulation than what MAME has today. Even in the present time, the emulation of 128-Bit arcade systems is still super-inferior on MAME. Various graphical effects are missing and inaccurate and the actual blur effect is missing for textured and enlarged 2D stuffs, hence the pixellated textures for 3D models.
Even the boot process for CPS-3 and NAOMI is not an easy stuff as it takes time for data to be transferred from optical disc to memory. However, there should be a way for emulators to skip that process. The only CPS-3 game that never gets a console port is Red Earth and even then, other fighting games like Jojo series and Street Fighter III series are the reasons to discover the CPS-3 arcade system.
The controller case design is quite silly. Somebody must be stupid enough to come up with that like it's shaped like a Capcom logo. You may as well swap the case with a proper controller case for a fair play. The system is basically like Pandora's Box except that the games are legal this time.
People are already suspecting that Soulja Boy might be the cause of the controversy as if he manipulated someone from Capcom to do even more shady things of his like taking the Final Burn Alpha emulator source code and then putting it in the actual product without permission. The authors of that emulator are NOT happy about it and blaming Soulja Boy this time for this controversy seems ridiculous.
Sony's censorship policy in games (Part 2)
Last year, there had been news regarding Sony's controversial censorship policy in video games but this time, there's a confirmation on where did the reason come from. Someone from the radicalized MeToo movement had manipulated Sony into censoring stuffs in mature games, mostly the mature Japanese games like Senran Kagura series, various visual novels, Omega Labyrinth-Z, etc. Those kinds of games are famous for the large amount of fanservice stuffs as well as the fact that there are some mini-games or modes where you can interact with the characters in anyway you want including things that are distasteful to certain people. Seriously, if you find this kind of stuff distasteful, why do you want to take a look at those games or even buy/try and play them in the first place? It's not like video games may cause negative influence on grown adults. Grown adults already know the difference between reality and fantasy.
To put a blame in movies, video games, dramas, cartoons and other media contents over 'negative influence' is already bullshit enough. Plus, to take actions of false justice like censoring those things in those Japanese-made games is going to anger the fans and it's already wrong. And don't even be stupid enough to play the same games on the laptop computer, PS Vita or even the Switch elsewhere as if your home is probably the safe way although there's still no guarantee in my opinion.
Even some of the AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Devil May Cry 5 are affected by this situation as well like some even parts are censored for the same reason but this is mature atmosphere for a mature game, mind you. I don't know if this is okay like that for those AAA games or not but it seems that it's not as Sony has gone too far in the censorship policy, ranging from censoring things in those niche Japanese games to even some AAA mature games. I also don't know if even the Playstation Vita is affected by the same policy as well.
For Cyberpunk 2077, there's one part where the main character goes to the scavenger base to stumble upon a bunch of naked bodies there, both male and female. That's something to do with the trans-human concept stuff like it's some kind of an experiment. Again, I don't know if people may find real evil experiments distasteful or not if there are ones in existence in the future. The story seems to be dark like it's taking place in a dark future. As this is one of the AAA games that's going to be affected by the on-going censorship policy, the alternatives will be to buy the same game on the other platforms which have everything intact.
Overall, the policy Sony came up with is more controversial than before and it's not a good idea to begin with. For a strictness like this, you can't tell if it is real or not. And for protection of children stuff, this policy is going in a wrong direction. You can come up with a house policy against your children playing those kinds of games even when they're fully grown but to get a company like Sony to come up with a policy like that is already causing outrage among the players. To the west, there are people who may find that sort of fanservice kind of weird or distasteful but that's cultural difference for you.
And because of that policy, there might be delays for the release of such games on Playstation 4 in the west or even worse, cancellation and people got pissed as a result. The ESRB rating had been there for review of the games to see if they are mature or not ever since the time the controversy went on about the past games like Mortal Kombat and Night Trap for instance although Night Trap seemed to be rated T for some reason.
Then, there are additional questions below.
To put a blame in movies, video games, dramas, cartoons and other media contents over 'negative influence' is already bullshit enough. Plus, to take actions of false justice like censoring those things in those Japanese-made games is going to anger the fans and it's already wrong. And don't even be stupid enough to play the same games on the laptop computer, PS Vita or even the Switch elsewhere as if your home is probably the safe way although there's still no guarantee in my opinion.
Even some of the AAA games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Devil May Cry 5 are affected by this situation as well like some even parts are censored for the same reason but this is mature atmosphere for a mature game, mind you. I don't know if this is okay like that for those AAA games or not but it seems that it's not as Sony has gone too far in the censorship policy, ranging from censoring things in those niche Japanese games to even some AAA mature games. I also don't know if even the Playstation Vita is affected by the same policy as well.
For Cyberpunk 2077, there's one part where the main character goes to the scavenger base to stumble upon a bunch of naked bodies there, both male and female. That's something to do with the trans-human concept stuff like it's some kind of an experiment. Again, I don't know if people may find real evil experiments distasteful or not if there are ones in existence in the future. The story seems to be dark like it's taking place in a dark future. As this is one of the AAA games that's going to be affected by the on-going censorship policy, the alternatives will be to buy the same game on the other platforms which have everything intact.
Overall, the policy Sony came up with is more controversial than before and it's not a good idea to begin with. For a strictness like this, you can't tell if it is real or not. And for protection of children stuff, this policy is going in a wrong direction. You can come up with a house policy against your children playing those kinds of games even when they're fully grown but to get a company like Sony to come up with a policy like that is already causing outrage among the players. To the west, there are people who may find that sort of fanservice kind of weird or distasteful but that's cultural difference for you.
And because of that policy, there might be delays for the release of such games on Playstation 4 in the west or even worse, cancellation and people got pissed as a result. The ESRB rating had been there for review of the games to see if they are mature or not ever since the time the controversy went on about the past games like Mortal Kombat and Night Trap for instance although Night Trap seemed to be rated T for some reason.
Then, there are additional questions below.
- How did Nintendo allow a bunch of mature games on the Switch?
- Isn't Nintendo supposed to be a family-friendly game company to begin with?
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Controversial Steam game, R*** Day, pulled by Valve
Update: It appears that Sidalpha had a video with R*** Day and other games in it posted earlier than the time the blog article was published. There is an article from Bounding Into Comics that was posted a week later regarding R*** Day as an additional news.
This is probably a challenging news for parents, schools, game jam venues, conventions and even workplaces when it comes to setting up a new policy against inappropriate stuffs in video games whether it's about playing them or perhaps, developing them. The indie game development studio, Arcane City Game Studios, were the subjects of the public outrage and they even attracted those who were against Vic Mignogna, the famous voice actor who was fired over false allegations or whatever but I should intend to steer clear of any topic involving him as you may risk getting attacked for siding with him or going against him. It's like two sides have been fighting each other like there's no way to know which one is the real truth to the other side. The same battle takes place between people who were PISSED over whatever inappropriate stuffs depicted in the Steam game, R*** Day, that was pulled by Valve and the game developers and publishers of that game.
In that game developed by Desk Lamp, you control the "most dangerous rapist in town" during the zombie outbreak. The kind of protagonist surely says it all and no gaming platform manufacturers like Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft are going to welcome this kind of indecent shit like that. The only gaming platform that allows this shit to be published will be Nu***u game console or the Nu***u game service. It can be ridiculous if someone comes up with the copyright warning message saying that R*** Day should be used only in the polar regions like Antarctica for instance only as a replacement to the Auto-Save message as if playing it outside of those is equal to copyright infringement.
What happened what that someone by the name of Spencer had reported the Let's Play videos of the previous game, The V****n, to YouTube to have those videos taken down as well as reported the official Twitter account of Arcane City Game Studios for indecent game development. What about Desk Lamp, had that person reported them as well? Following the reports, Spencer eventually made some tweets that drew tons of attention including the attraction of critics. Unfortunately, the way the attention was drawn was going to remind you of the past gaming days as if people were ignorant about the plot or some sort according to Arcane City Game Studios but in case of R*** Day, the controversy had gone to the next level. Following the attention, Arcane City Game Studios had the guts to attack back anyone who was pissed including Spencer by calling them some type of warrior. To get the other games taken off Steam just because of something offensive is already questionable in the first place as R*** Day is not the only game taken off Steam over that reason.
To call this kind of criticism or report "whiny" or some shit is childish in my opinion and Arcane City Game Studios should be ASHAMED, not calling back out those who called them out. Sure, there might be attacks between those two groups as well as the fact that the game was pulled from Steam but the development game studio should not continue to come up with such disturbing games like R*** Day.
The cyber-scoldings delivered to Arcane City Game Studios were REAL but to dismiss the scoldings like you've done nothing wrong and reporting them as abuse is epic bullshit. Even the Q&A answer of theirs from the game's official website pissed me off as well as if they may get banned from going back to their parents' home if they have their own homes. Also, the petitions to get the game pulled from Steam had gotten a victory and bravos to those who had made ones. However, to include the hashtag related to the Vic Mignogna case is WRONG. You can't compare this controversy to whatever that has been happening to him. Funny thing is, Arcane City Game Studios is siding with him even though they are obsessed with disturbing stuffs in games and cartoons. Not to mention that they have called certain fictional characters spouses or whatever and their overall actions are enough to score a permanent block from me on my accounts.
Sure, you can be a game developer/designer when you grow up which is fine but you need to know which kind of studio to work at and especially for looking at the list of games published/developed by them before you decide. Punishments may occur on you should you get caught playing the indecent and disturbing kinds of games like R*** Day or The V***** in homes, schools, conventions or even the game jams. I hope the game jams do not condone the disturbing kinds of game like those by Arcane City Game Studios. Get caught developing the disturbing and disgusting kind of game for the game jams, and you'll be BOOTED OFF THIS INSTANT! Nobody's warning you about this but I should be sure that Arcane City Game Studios should know better. Plus, I don't support, condone nor defend that kind of game like R*** Day or The V*****. Even certain movies, books, TV dramas and cartoons have that sort of fictional offenses like what goes on in R*** Day and it's a shame that someone emulated whatever actions from some AAA game and there was a news like that in which he drove his parent's car as if the whole thing was like that AAA game and caused a bunch of collisions or something.
Some links from Bounding Into Comics website to take a look at for viewing Spencer's tweets:
This is probably a challenging news for parents, schools, game jam venues, conventions and even workplaces when it comes to setting up a new policy against inappropriate stuffs in video games whether it's about playing them or perhaps, developing them. The indie game development studio, Arcane City Game Studios, were the subjects of the public outrage and they even attracted those who were against Vic Mignogna, the famous voice actor who was fired over false allegations or whatever but I should intend to steer clear of any topic involving him as you may risk getting attacked for siding with him or going against him. It's like two sides have been fighting each other like there's no way to know which one is the real truth to the other side. The same battle takes place between people who were PISSED over whatever inappropriate stuffs depicted in the Steam game, R*** Day, that was pulled by Valve and the game developers and publishers of that game.
In that game developed by Desk Lamp, you control the "most dangerous rapist in town" during the zombie outbreak. The kind of protagonist surely says it all and no gaming platform manufacturers like Sony, Nintendo or Microsoft are going to welcome this kind of indecent shit like that. The only gaming platform that allows this shit to be published will be Nu***u game console or the Nu***u game service. It can be ridiculous if someone comes up with the copyright warning message saying that R*** Day should be used only in the polar regions like Antarctica for instance only as a replacement to the Auto-Save message as if playing it outside of those is equal to copyright infringement.
What happened what that someone by the name of Spencer had reported the Let's Play videos of the previous game, The V****n, to YouTube to have those videos taken down as well as reported the official Twitter account of Arcane City Game Studios for indecent game development. What about Desk Lamp, had that person reported them as well? Following the reports, Spencer eventually made some tweets that drew tons of attention including the attraction of critics. Unfortunately, the way the attention was drawn was going to remind you of the past gaming days as if people were ignorant about the plot or some sort according to Arcane City Game Studios but in case of R*** Day, the controversy had gone to the next level. Following the attention, Arcane City Game Studios had the guts to attack back anyone who was pissed including Spencer by calling them some type of warrior. To get the other games taken off Steam just because of something offensive is already questionable in the first place as R*** Day is not the only game taken off Steam over that reason.
To call this kind of criticism or report "whiny" or some shit is childish in my opinion and Arcane City Game Studios should be ASHAMED, not calling back out those who called them out. Sure, there might be attacks between those two groups as well as the fact that the game was pulled from Steam but the development game studio should not continue to come up with such disturbing games like R*** Day.
The cyber-scoldings delivered to Arcane City Game Studios were REAL but to dismiss the scoldings like you've done nothing wrong and reporting them as abuse is epic bullshit. Even the Q&A answer of theirs from the game's official website pissed me off as well as if they may get banned from going back to their parents' home if they have their own homes. Also, the petitions to get the game pulled from Steam had gotten a victory and bravos to those who had made ones. However, to include the hashtag related to the Vic Mignogna case is WRONG. You can't compare this controversy to whatever that has been happening to him. Funny thing is, Arcane City Game Studios is siding with him even though they are obsessed with disturbing stuffs in games and cartoons. Not to mention that they have called certain fictional characters spouses or whatever and their overall actions are enough to score a permanent block from me on my accounts.
Sure, you can be a game developer/designer when you grow up which is fine but you need to know which kind of studio to work at and especially for looking at the list of games published/developed by them before you decide. Punishments may occur on you should you get caught playing the indecent and disturbing kinds of games like R*** Day or The V***** in homes, schools, conventions or even the game jams. I hope the game jams do not condone the disturbing kinds of game like those by Arcane City Game Studios. Get caught developing the disturbing and disgusting kind of game for the game jams, and you'll be BOOTED OFF THIS INSTANT! Nobody's warning you about this but I should be sure that Arcane City Game Studios should know better. Plus, I don't support, condone nor defend that kind of game like R*** Day or The V*****. Even certain movies, books, TV dramas and cartoons have that sort of fictional offenses like what goes on in R*** Day and it's a shame that someone emulated whatever actions from some AAA game and there was a news like that in which he drove his parent's car as if the whole thing was like that AAA game and caused a bunch of collisions or something.
Some links from Bounding Into Comics website to take a look at for viewing Spencer's tweets:
- https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/03/15/arcane-city-game-studios-targeted-by-outrage-mob-due-to-subject-matter-of-their-visual-novel-the-virgin/
- https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/03/07/after-steam-bans-controversial-rape-day-game-european-government-officials-call-for-government-regulation-of-the-industry/
Friday, March 15, 2019
Neo Geo Mini obtained
I sort of had the mixed opinion about the Neo Geo Mini even before I bought it for real. Firstly, the picture quality isn't that sharp when the console is hooked up to the TV which displays 720p. Secondly, the controller seems to be missing the click-iness as that component seemed difficult for SNK to produce but it is still fine nonetheless. Third, is the lack of the battery feature for the console. People were affected by such opinions but at least, the experience is still enjoyable.
As of this writing, I sort of enjoyed playing the Neo Geo Mini and this is probably my first step in legalized collection of Neo Geo games. Other legal ways to obtain Neo Geo games would be to buy them for PS3, PSP and PS Vita via Neo Geo Station, PS4, Xbox One and Switch via Hamster Arcade Archives, Wii and Wii U via Virtual Console, PC via Steam and so on. The Asian version of Neo Geo Mini is based on the Japanese one but the copyright warning screen obviously applies to the Neo Geo MVS games like there's no need to worry about copyright issues or something as if the stores had the rights to sell the Neo Geo Mini in the first place.
In the sea of Classic/Mini lines of consoles, the Neo Geo Mini suits me the most with tons of arcade games in stores for me although I may be a big sucker at them, mostly fighting games for instance. Needless to say, the boss fighters may be quite tough and the difference of the move lists between the games in the series may be a big confusion. Indeed, there are already differences in the command lists for the same character in the KOF series. Later KOF games have the EX-Mode that is activated by pressing certain buttons at once. Unlike the Neo Geo Station, there doesn't seem to be an official way to look up the move lists for the Neo Geo Mini system. I have to look up online for those moves and see if there are moves that I can pull of.
Controller-wise, the arcade stick felt more like the console controller's analog stick and the same goes with the buttons which are like recycled from the Neo Geo AES controllers.
As of this writing, I sort of enjoyed playing the Neo Geo Mini and this is probably my first step in legalized collection of Neo Geo games. Other legal ways to obtain Neo Geo games would be to buy them for PS3, PSP and PS Vita via Neo Geo Station, PS4, Xbox One and Switch via Hamster Arcade Archives, Wii and Wii U via Virtual Console, PC via Steam and so on. The Asian version of Neo Geo Mini is based on the Japanese one but the copyright warning screen obviously applies to the Neo Geo MVS games like there's no need to worry about copyright issues or something as if the stores had the rights to sell the Neo Geo Mini in the first place.
In the sea of Classic/Mini lines of consoles, the Neo Geo Mini suits me the most with tons of arcade games in stores for me although I may be a big sucker at them, mostly fighting games for instance. Needless to say, the boss fighters may be quite tough and the difference of the move lists between the games in the series may be a big confusion. Indeed, there are already differences in the command lists for the same character in the KOF series. Later KOF games have the EX-Mode that is activated by pressing certain buttons at once. Unlike the Neo Geo Station, there doesn't seem to be an official way to look up the move lists for the Neo Geo Mini system. I have to look up online for those moves and see if there are moves that I can pull of.
Controller-wise, the arcade stick felt more like the console controller's analog stick and the same goes with the buttons which are like recycled from the Neo Geo AES controllers.
Thursday, February 28, 2019
Nu***u game console
Well, a game console that is targeted for adults-only and the shape of it is already turning me off and sickening me. If you're a parent, how would you feel when you found out that your child worked at the company that produces something as filthy as the Nut**u game console that is Windows-based and uses the Nu**** desktop application? Are you going to angrily tell them to stop working there in favor of working at a more decent company instead? Or maybe another scenario is that your child is still living in your house and you've found a game system that is as unspeakably disturbing looking as the Nu***u game console that actually belongs to them. What are you going to do, throw it away as a punishment?
Whatever that game console is, it was released this year and sold-out quickly due to the fact that it used hand-made manufacturing. It was time-consuming when compared to automated machinery that does the assembly of the complex-looking boards and stuff. Not to mention that the console is shaped like one sensitive portion of the body with the power button being the most distasteful looking of all. The specs are more or less incomplete or something but the console is said to have HDMI, audio jack, 2 USB ports, AC power jack and I don't know if that console is a Plug-and-Play type or perhaps a PC-based console like the Atari VCS is. If the console is PC-based and runs Windows, there must be a knowledge of what kind of storage it uses. Is it the traditional computer storage device like SSD, HDD? Is it the Compact Flash? Is it the internal storage that is part of the board like Android devices are? Also, can alternate OSes be installed on that console? Well, the technical information is like little and there's not much copies of this console sold. Here are the possibilities/guesses below:
Your best bet will be to make use of the 3D printer to print a NON-DISTURBING AND DECENT LOOKING CONSOLE CASE and then fit the board of that console into it while tossing away the original console case but that doesn't seem to be enough and one of the technical possibilities above is correct.
I may or may not consider this product a controversial topic as the company has been around for a few years running the service that is similar to Kongregate except that it is aimed for adults since the games there are mostly Adults-Only kinds of stuff and it's the site you SHOULDN'T even go there. Kongregate is the decent site you should go to instead but I bet that Nu***u Games is one of my definitions of a fraudulent gaming industry and NO ONE wants to work there when it comes to starting their career at the game industry.
Funny thing is, if this console is PC-based and fully modifiable ranging from swapping console case to installing a different OS after formatting the disk, it could have been another standard computer that you can even install Crysis on it.
Whatever that game console is, it was released this year and sold-out quickly due to the fact that it used hand-made manufacturing. It was time-consuming when compared to automated machinery that does the assembly of the complex-looking boards and stuff. Not to mention that the console is shaped like one sensitive portion of the body with the power button being the most distasteful looking of all. The specs are more or less incomplete or something but the console is said to have HDMI, audio jack, 2 USB ports, AC power jack and I don't know if that console is a Plug-and-Play type or perhaps a PC-based console like the Atari VCS is. If the console is PC-based and runs Windows, there must be a knowledge of what kind of storage it uses. Is it the traditional computer storage device like SSD, HDD? Is it the Compact Flash? Is it the internal storage that is part of the board like Android devices are? Also, can alternate OSes be installed on that console? Well, the technical information is like little and there's not much copies of this console sold. Here are the possibilities/guesses below:
- Console is PC-based and runs Windows Embedded/IOT on SSD/HDD: Boy, you may as well wipe out every game on that storage and then put a bunch of decent and non-disturbing games on it if technically possible.
- Console is PC-based and runs standard Windows OS on SSD/HDD: You may as well turn that thing into a standard PC by wiping out all data on that storage and then installing whatever OS you desire. I don't know if you can do this to the console that belongs to your child as a technical punishment or not but of course, technical punishments like this can be risky and there should NOT be any single educational video on how you make this console decent again through that kind of OS re-installation.
- Console is PC-based and runs Windows Embedded/IOT on Compact Flash: Normally, the compact flash cards are probably for cameras but they can also be used as solid-state storage as used in even the embedded PC-based devices. I don't know if this is as applicable as the first possibility.
- Console is Plug-and-Play type all along: Purifying this console by ridding it of all the distasteful garbage isn't going to work if it's a Plug-and-Play type. Perhaps, it's best to avoid buying it in the first place.
- Console is Windows-based and runs on internal storage that's part of the motherboard: Perhaps, modification is already difficult that way as there doesn't seem to be anyway to remove any garbage from that storage as if it is read-only like the storage on NES Classic/SNES Classic/PS1 Classic/Neo Geo Mini.
Your best bet will be to make use of the 3D printer to print a NON-DISTURBING AND DECENT LOOKING CONSOLE CASE and then fit the board of that console into it while tossing away the original console case but that doesn't seem to be enough and one of the technical possibilities above is correct.
I may or may not consider this product a controversial topic as the company has been around for a few years running the service that is similar to Kongregate except that it is aimed for adults since the games there are mostly Adults-Only kinds of stuff and it's the site you SHOULDN'T even go there. Kongregate is the decent site you should go to instead but I bet that Nu***u Games is one of my definitions of a fraudulent gaming industry and NO ONE wants to work there when it comes to starting their career at the game industry.
Funny thing is, if this console is PC-based and fully modifiable ranging from swapping console case to installing a different OS after formatting the disk, it could have been another standard computer that you can even install Crysis on it.
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Fight of Gods (Part Two) (Updated)
Boy, at the time Fight of Gods, the indie fighting game was announced, the concept was unspeakably controversial and it was about gods fighting each other to prove who's the best in the tournament in that game. I don't know if this is disrespectful or not but the worse already happened when the game came out on steam. Apparently, some of the countries like Malaysia had already banned the game or even the Steam website but the easily recognized fact is that the Steam website was banned in Malaysia temporarily for a few hours all because of an indie fighting game about gods being the fighters so I'm not sure if even other countries would end up banning this game or not.
The man of Arcade Heroes was correct about how controversial the game was when it was announced during the talk about the upcoming Exa-Arcadia arcade system. I don't know if even the Switch version was banned in Malaysia as well and if that is true, not even the arcade version will be allowed there. Maybe there should be a copyright warning message for the arcade version stating that it's illegal to operate that game in the arcades in Malaysia.
Supposedly, the Exa-Arcadia would come out in the forth quarter last year but there were delays and eventually, you got to see the arcade system in action through the official livestream. From there, you could see the hardware with four cartridges in it and each cartridge is like an estimated 8GB. That's like a Dual-Layer DVD-ROM that can be fitted on standard PCs. They're basically the removable storage types or whatnot. As an arcade system that takes you back to the past root, there won't be online patches whatsoever and it can be difficult to know where the correct destination partition can be since the cartridges are insertable in any slot. The only reason for online connectivity is probably Twitch streaming but there isn't so much information about it as of this moment. Maybe the Twitch account belongs to the arcade center or something. Who knows?
The man of Arcade Heroes was correct about how controversial the game was when it was announced during the talk about the upcoming Exa-Arcadia arcade system. I don't know if even the Switch version was banned in Malaysia as well and if that is true, not even the arcade version will be allowed there. Maybe there should be a copyright warning message for the arcade version stating that it's illegal to operate that game in the arcades in Malaysia.
Supposedly, the Exa-Arcadia would come out in the forth quarter last year but there were delays and eventually, you got to see the arcade system in action through the official livestream. From there, you could see the hardware with four cartridges in it and each cartridge is like an estimated 8GB. That's like a Dual-Layer DVD-ROM that can be fitted on standard PCs. They're basically the removable storage types or whatnot. As an arcade system that takes you back to the past root, there won't be online patches whatsoever and it can be difficult to know where the correct destination partition can be since the cartridges are insertable in any slot. The only reason for online connectivity is probably Twitch streaming but there isn't so much information about it as of this moment. Maybe the Twitch account belongs to the arcade center or something. Who knows?
Saturday, February 2, 2019
Fight of Gods on Steam (Updated)
A fighting game that stars various gods from various myths and beliefs and started on Steam two years ago on PC. My first discovery about this is due to the fact that it will be released in the arcades via Exa-Arcadia. More information was revealed so far for Exa-Arcadia arcade system in action. The game select screen displays the trailers off the cartridges and the selection of the game out of four executes the program file or something while closing the game select screen.
Fight of Gods is one fighting game where you can determine which one is the best god out there. It was a little bit controversial at the time according to Arcade Heroes.
Sure, the arcade version of Fight of Gods may have additional stages and characters and the arcade enthusiasts can know better about the rules of Exa-Arcadia game development in which the arcade version should contain exclusive stuffs.
Fight of Gods is one fighting game where you can determine which one is the best god out there. It was a little bit controversial at the time according to Arcade Heroes.
Sure, the arcade version of Fight of Gods may have additional stages and characters and the arcade enthusiasts can know better about the rules of Exa-Arcadia game development in which the arcade version should contain exclusive stuffs.
Allowance of kids to spend money on Facebook
If things weren't enough when it comes to kids spending their parents' credit cards on microtransaction stuff on mobile games, what about the ones for Facebook games? The case of gaming-whale has been endless or whatnot and the microtransaction feature is what makes gaming nowadays quite dangerous like you can buy the same few hundreds of the virtual premium currency countless times in which each few hundreds may cost $20 for instance. It's unlike a DLC item which once bought, it is available for download on any device.
This is basically termed "Friendly Fraud", in which a kid keeps on spending off the credit cards from parents/siblings/uncles/aunts/friends. I don't know if this is the same case for one of the addicted gaming parents or something but this is like gambling addiction in which an addict takes people's money and use it to gamble even more although the term, Friendly Fraud, doesn't definitely apply to that addict.
Maybe there should be a solution to the parents once the complaint is filed against one of their children spending too much off their credit cards whether it's a mobile game, PC game, console game or even an online game that is played on social media or any other web.
This is basically termed "Friendly Fraud", in which a kid keeps on spending off the credit cards from parents/siblings/uncles/aunts/friends. I don't know if this is the same case for one of the addicted gaming parents or something but this is like gambling addiction in which an addict takes people's money and use it to gamble even more although the term, Friendly Fraud, doesn't definitely apply to that addict.
Maybe there should be a solution to the parents once the complaint is filed against one of their children spending too much off their credit cards whether it's a mobile game, PC game, console game or even an online game that is played on social media or any other web.
Modding game consoles and game save files is illegal in Japan
The cases of rigged PvP challenges/competitions have been on-going and there are many reasons on why things can occur that way such as the usage of bots, mods, impersonation, and even other things that make the challenges unfair. It's also the same case for the hacks that allow you to obtain items that are difficult to get through Loot Box feature in mobile games. Sure, having bots, gameplay modification that makes things unfair and impersonating someone are the definitions of wrong deeds and you may be in trouble in risking a ban normally. But what if a ban isn't enough for an immature-ass culprit as if he thinks he's done nothing wrong and the reporters and investigators have messed with him or something that he continues the same offense in the gaming world? One solution that causes mixed opinions is the harsh punishment by fine and jail time for modding game consoles and game saves.
As part of the updated Unfair Competition Act law in Japan, it makes modding game consoles and game save files illegal for recent reasons. Firstly, a modded game console can open doors to custom GUI, more games sthat are obtained other ways as well as things that mod the controllers so that the controllers can be used for gameplay, etc. The Classic Edition/Mini lines of consoles are the examples of the fact that you can add additional games on them but what stinks about this workaround is that it has a dark side in addition to light side. The dark side is obviously piracy of course as well as the sales of modded consoles. Tthere was already a case of a man being arrested for selling hacked SNES Classics/SFC Minis. Even the sales of hacked game software should be illegal in my opinion like I've seen the copyright warning messages for those hacked games made by the fans. I don't get on why would people modify the game save files though?
What about the old consoles and games for them then? That 's the gray area topic but to distribute something that allows you to alter game save data or even a service that offers similar stuff is said to be illegal. What makes the law considered broken is that you're playing the game online on the modded console or with edited game save.
Then, there was an episode of Game Center CX which showed off both the original and modified versions of Gradius on Famicom. Of course, only the original could be shown but the modified one couldn't as the game was modded without consent from the original game developers. Even if the modded version was praised by them, the legal issue is what's making things hold back. You expect M2 to be given an assignment to make an existing classic Famicom game even better and closer to the superior counterpart as a legal solution? Better yet, how did someone find time, resources and solution to improve that classic game even better? How did they allow the grey area stuff to be in the TV show? The same question can pretty much go for some AAA games on PC with 4K textures and other shaders. Of course, for modern games, the same risk is there when it comes to playing modded games while online.
As part of the updated Unfair Competition Act law in Japan, it makes modding game consoles and game save files illegal for recent reasons. Firstly, a modded game console can open doors to custom GUI, more games sthat are obtained other ways as well as things that mod the controllers so that the controllers can be used for gameplay, etc. The Classic Edition/Mini lines of consoles are the examples of the fact that you can add additional games on them but what stinks about this workaround is that it has a dark side in addition to light side. The dark side is obviously piracy of course as well as the sales of modded consoles. Tthere was already a case of a man being arrested for selling hacked SNES Classics/SFC Minis. Even the sales of hacked game software should be illegal in my opinion like I've seen the copyright warning messages for those hacked games made by the fans. I don't get on why would people modify the game save files though?
What about the old consoles and games for them then? That 's the gray area topic but to distribute something that allows you to alter game save data or even a service that offers similar stuff is said to be illegal. What makes the law considered broken is that you're playing the game online on the modded console or with edited game save.
Then, there was an episode of Game Center CX which showed off both the original and modified versions of Gradius on Famicom. Of course, only the original could be shown but the modified one couldn't as the game was modded without consent from the original game developers. Even if the modded version was praised by them, the legal issue is what's making things hold back. You expect M2 to be given an assignment to make an existing classic Famicom game even better and closer to the superior counterpart as a legal solution? Better yet, how did someone find time, resources and solution to improve that classic game even better? How did they allow the grey area stuff to be in the TV show? The same question can pretty much go for some AAA games on PC with 4K textures and other shaders. Of course, for modern games, the same risk is there when it comes to playing modded games while online.
Sunday, January 27, 2019
Blazblue Cross Tag Battle arcade version controversy
Ever since the release on consoles and PC, there have been flaws plaguing the game such as the lack of Arcade Mode, incomplete character roster, recycled assets and lack of proper opening in terms of animation.
If you've known the entire main series of Blazblue that started out in the same arcade system, you can probably suspect the fact of recycled assets. The character sprites from Blazblue series and Persona 4 Arena are in 720p although there are newer ones exclusively for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. The backgrounds from Blazblue series and Persona 4 Arena are more or less the same. Even the effects are recycled from Blazblue series of games as well although some of the effects are redone exclusively for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle such as the new slash effects, the knock out effect, etc. Even the Distortion Drive backgrounds and Super Finish backgrounds are new as well, so are the new stage backgrounds. What people didn't know is that the stage backgrounds from Under Night In-Birth are redone or something in addition to the character sprites from that game.
In regards to the game opening, it's fully animated but it uses the opening theme that is suitable for arcade opening. Blazblue Continuum Shift II has one opening as its own which is the console opening and it's the same exact opening sequence for the arcade version. Well, I don't know if there will be an arcade opening for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle with Ver 1.5 update or something since the update has the altered HUD and balance changes or whatnot. There are rumors of the additional character, Naoto Kurogane, being added to the game as part of the update but for now, nobody knows if he'll be playable or not.
If there's no Arcade Mode for the arcade version, perhaps, the Training Mode is one of the free timing Single Player modes as the workaround for that absence. Also, like other fighting games in the arcades that offer nationwide online matches and local network matches, Blazblue Cross Tag Battle has those modes that cost the respective session points kind of like Sega's Border Break series.
The choices are as follows:
For the location test, the Nesica X Live 2 version will be used but the interesting thing about the game is that it is released for both Nesica X Live 2 and All.NET P-Ras Multi Version 3. All.NET P-Ras Multi Version 3 is Sega's superseding answer to Nesica X Live 2 with headphone volume adjustment, touchscreen for UI interactivity and support for external game controllers. Even Street Fighter V arcade version will have support for external game controllers although presentation-wise, it may fit Nesica X Live 2 platform even better instead of being a standalone arcade game. Also, regardless of the arcade platform, you can even view your combat data if you have played the game with the player IC card. Obviously, an universal player IC card seems to be recommended to avoid confusion but it appears that Street Fighter V arcade version is the first one to support that card with the Nesica logo on it so the confusion is assumed to be there as of this writing.
Speaking of the arcade game released on multiple arcade systems, the ones of the past were already released on multiple platforms with minor difference of graphics, sound and music. And no, I'm not talking about the arcade game having two versions with the latter one having additional stuffs or with the player IC card support as that doesn't count here.
The arcade version will be released in Spring this year in Japan and who knows if things are linkable between two arcade platforms for this game? Will there be a cross-play feature in between those two?
If you've known the entire main series of Blazblue that started out in the same arcade system, you can probably suspect the fact of recycled assets. The character sprites from Blazblue series and Persona 4 Arena are in 720p although there are newer ones exclusively for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle. The backgrounds from Blazblue series and Persona 4 Arena are more or less the same. Even the effects are recycled from Blazblue series of games as well although some of the effects are redone exclusively for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle such as the new slash effects, the knock out effect, etc. Even the Distortion Drive backgrounds and Super Finish backgrounds are new as well, so are the new stage backgrounds. What people didn't know is that the stage backgrounds from Under Night In-Birth are redone or something in addition to the character sprites from that game.
In regards to the game opening, it's fully animated but it uses the opening theme that is suitable for arcade opening. Blazblue Continuum Shift II has one opening as its own which is the console opening and it's the same exact opening sequence for the arcade version. Well, I don't know if there will be an arcade opening for Blazblue Cross Tag Battle with Ver 1.5 update or something since the update has the altered HUD and balance changes or whatnot. There are rumors of the additional character, Naoto Kurogane, being added to the game as part of the update but for now, nobody knows if he'll be playable or not.
If there's no Arcade Mode for the arcade version, perhaps, the Training Mode is one of the free timing Single Player modes as the workaround for that absence. Also, like other fighting games in the arcades that offer nationwide online matches and local network matches, Blazblue Cross Tag Battle has those modes that cost the respective session points kind of like Sega's Border Break series.
The choices are as follows:
- The Nationwide Battle mode has four choices:
- The one that costs 50pts but I don't know the description of that feature.
- 3 matches for 100pts
- 6 matches for 200pts
- 9 matches for 300pts
- The local network match/Shop Battle costs 50p.
For the location test, the Nesica X Live 2 version will be used but the interesting thing about the game is that it is released for both Nesica X Live 2 and All.NET P-Ras Multi Version 3. All.NET P-Ras Multi Version 3 is Sega's superseding answer to Nesica X Live 2 with headphone volume adjustment, touchscreen for UI interactivity and support for external game controllers. Even Street Fighter V arcade version will have support for external game controllers although presentation-wise, it may fit Nesica X Live 2 platform even better instead of being a standalone arcade game. Also, regardless of the arcade platform, you can even view your combat data if you have played the game with the player IC card. Obviously, an universal player IC card seems to be recommended to avoid confusion but it appears that Street Fighter V arcade version is the first one to support that card with the Nesica logo on it so the confusion is assumed to be there as of this writing.
Speaking of the arcade game released on multiple arcade systems, the ones of the past were already released on multiple platforms with minor difference of graphics, sound and music. And no, I'm not talking about the arcade game having two versions with the latter one having additional stuffs or with the player IC card support as that doesn't count here.
The arcade version will be released in Spring this year in Japan and who knows if things are linkable between two arcade platforms for this game? Will there be a cross-play feature in between those two?
Monday, January 21, 2019
Soulja Boy's interview at Breakfast Club
Apparently, there was a lawsuit or whatever that got to Soulja Boy and the interviewers told him things like they knew from people that he was selling bootleg game consoles with pirated games in them like it is true but he dismissed that fact in the interview like it is false to him with his lying statement saying that he has the licenses for all the games inside those things.
It's like he's never admitted to his mistakes and continues on that stupid statement even in the interview! And I don't know how he did something wrong to DJ Akademiks that he eventually apologized to that DJ. What's even MORE INSULTING from Soulja Boy was that he wanted Fortnite to be on his game consoles. Would Epic Games give a shit about his request? And better yet, it's even SICKENING for people to keep praising Soulja Boy over the game console stuff despite his RECENT WRONGDOINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON-GOING.
Another thing was that Soulja Boy's Soulja Watch website was compromised and it has been down even today. Well, that moment deserved to happen and don't even think of offering him the goddamn solutions to restore that online shop of his.
Admittedly, I don't even want to show the video of that sickening interview here via an embedded video to watch from here or even a link to go to but you should be able to locate it yourself on your own. Madlittlepixel had shown portions of the interview video in his own video and the interview sort of disgusted the true gaming people alike.
The closest console of Soula Boy's that will have Fortnite will be the Fuze, something else that is Android-powered or even none which is the better word. The mobile versions such as the IOS & Android are the closest experiences to compare. I don't know if the external controllers are compatible with those versions through USB or bluetooth but if compatible, there should be an unofficial chance of playing Fortnite on Fuze but I still don't recommend that you sideload that game on Fuze console.
There were even questions on whether the Soulja Boy products HAD ARRIVED or not to anyone who had ordered them. Also, there are videos stating that Soulja Boy is probably trolling on us by faking sales or something. Another evidence some YouTubers found was the amount of money he had made. Something wasn't right with the graphs and where did the BIG AMOUNT of money he had got come from? Indeed, the interviewers mentioned the criticisms to Soulja Boy but he still keeps that defense and denial out of his on-going bad attitude. He should best know what he said but then again, to me, he's not even reflecting on his mistakes even after he apologized to DJ Akademiks. When was there a time he felt sorry about his actions? Is there any other solution that can be used as a better apology? The consequences and troubles are bigger than ever and there's no way he can run away from them and put the blame on us through his various slurs.
The more you rant about Soulja Boy, the more annoying things can be to certain people like they're more interested in something else. There's even a possibility that you may be viewed as a hater for continuous rants but I hope that's not the point for you and various YouTubers who ranted about him. And if you want to ask Epic Games about putting his dance in Fortnite, the best thing is that they'll ignore that pointless request of yours and to work together with a fraud like Soulja Boy is going to do your studio more harm.
What else is worse? E-begging, in which anyone donating to Soulja Boy may get the game consoles of his but even then, it's a controversial campaign that dupes his fans into doing this shit when he already has tons of money from his music and live performances.
It's like he's never admitted to his mistakes and continues on that stupid statement even in the interview! And I don't know how he did something wrong to DJ Akademiks that he eventually apologized to that DJ. What's even MORE INSULTING from Soulja Boy was that he wanted Fortnite to be on his game consoles. Would Epic Games give a shit about his request? And better yet, it's even SICKENING for people to keep praising Soulja Boy over the game console stuff despite his RECENT WRONGDOINGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON-GOING.
Another thing was that Soulja Boy's Soulja Watch website was compromised and it has been down even today. Well, that moment deserved to happen and don't even think of offering him the goddamn solutions to restore that online shop of his.
Admittedly, I don't even want to show the video of that sickening interview here via an embedded video to watch from here or even a link to go to but you should be able to locate it yourself on your own. Madlittlepixel had shown portions of the interview video in his own video and the interview sort of disgusted the true gaming people alike.
The closest console of Soula Boy's that will have Fortnite will be the Fuze, something else that is Android-powered or even none which is the better word. The mobile versions such as the IOS & Android are the closest experiences to compare. I don't know if the external controllers are compatible with those versions through USB or bluetooth but if compatible, there should be an unofficial chance of playing Fortnite on Fuze but I still don't recommend that you sideload that game on Fuze console.
There were even questions on whether the Soulja Boy products HAD ARRIVED or not to anyone who had ordered them. Also, there are videos stating that Soulja Boy is probably trolling on us by faking sales or something. Another evidence some YouTubers found was the amount of money he had made. Something wasn't right with the graphs and where did the BIG AMOUNT of money he had got come from? Indeed, the interviewers mentioned the criticisms to Soulja Boy but he still keeps that defense and denial out of his on-going bad attitude. He should best know what he said but then again, to me, he's not even reflecting on his mistakes even after he apologized to DJ Akademiks. When was there a time he felt sorry about his actions? Is there any other solution that can be used as a better apology? The consequences and troubles are bigger than ever and there's no way he can run away from them and put the blame on us through his various slurs.
The more you rant about Soulja Boy, the more annoying things can be to certain people like they're more interested in something else. There's even a possibility that you may be viewed as a hater for continuous rants but I hope that's not the point for you and various YouTubers who ranted about him. And if you want to ask Epic Games about putting his dance in Fortnite, the best thing is that they'll ignore that pointless request of yours and to work together with a fraud like Soulja Boy is going to do your studio more harm.
What else is worse? E-begging, in which anyone donating to Soulja Boy may get the game consoles of his but even then, it's a controversial campaign that dupes his fans into doing this shit when he already has tons of money from his music and live performances.
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Return of repeat offender, Soulja Boy? (Rant)
I bet that DreamcastGuy may come up with an angrier rant video as the repeat offender, Soulja Boy, has the guts to come back to sell more bootleg game consoles after the time of the California mudslide in which he got affected. It seems like he's never learnt his lesson or something and his mistake admittance was like fake or something. Last time, when people thought that he was going to be in deep trouble for his actions, he had the guts to use race card and homophobic slurs on us when legality is everyone's concern.
And if that trademark infringement wasn't big enough of a consequence for Soulja Boy, what about the jacket plagiarism for his latest album or something? I'm sure that even other companies will be after him for that just like what happened to Filip Miucin when he got fired from IGN for years of plagiarism. The jacket background was taken from some Disney animation UNALTERED! I don't know if that was a TV animation or an animated movie but that doesn't look redone whatsoever. It may be the same case for The Slaughtering Grounds by Digital Homicide on Steam in which it contained stolen assets. Talk about a rapper becoming a fucking garbage who wants to gain attention recently.
In fact, Soulja Boy even had the guts and worse attitude to make one more attention out of his jealousy saying that the other rapper had made a bigger comeback of last year than him. If you've made a comeback AND done the right thing, that comeback is positive enough that you get tons of praise but for Soulja Boy, that's the opposite for him.
To teach us to be kind to Soulja Boy is like fixing our attitude illegally and mind controlling us to speak good things and other bad things disguised as good things to him without any resistance. Scoldings thrown to us by his defenders are probably childish and in the end, they will probably lose support when he lands in jail for the repeat trademark infringement by sales of the next bootleg game console which is more or less a Chinese Playstation Vita knockoff. Even his fans will feel angered and concerned of his actions, not overprotective of him like they're Social Uncles/Aunties to him. Don't get us to be kind to him abruptly with your stupid-ass scoldings when he still has yet to realize his serious mistakes! It's like telling us to be kind to the person who assaulted someone without any apology of sometime after causing the incident. Of course, nobody may let that assaulter off the hook for sure and I'm sure that this kind of attitude fixing during the time of backlash is one aggressive solution of yours.
Speaking of that Playstation Vita knockoff system, I can probably guess two kinds of user interface as Madlittlepixel still has yet to buy, review and smash that thing.
And if that trademark infringement wasn't big enough of a consequence for Soulja Boy, what about the jacket plagiarism for his latest album or something? I'm sure that even other companies will be after him for that just like what happened to Filip Miucin when he got fired from IGN for years of plagiarism. The jacket background was taken from some Disney animation UNALTERED! I don't know if that was a TV animation or an animated movie but that doesn't look redone whatsoever. It may be the same case for The Slaughtering Grounds by Digital Homicide on Steam in which it contained stolen assets. Talk about a rapper becoming a fucking garbage who wants to gain attention recently.
In fact, Soulja Boy even had the guts and worse attitude to make one more attention out of his jealousy saying that the other rapper had made a bigger comeback of last year than him. If you've made a comeback AND done the right thing, that comeback is positive enough that you get tons of praise but for Soulja Boy, that's the opposite for him.
To teach us to be kind to Soulja Boy is like fixing our attitude illegally and mind controlling us to speak good things and other bad things disguised as good things to him without any resistance. Scoldings thrown to us by his defenders are probably childish and in the end, they will probably lose support when he lands in jail for the repeat trademark infringement by sales of the next bootleg game console which is more or less a Chinese Playstation Vita knockoff. Even his fans will feel angered and concerned of his actions, not overprotective of him like they're Social Uncles/Aunties to him. Don't get us to be kind to him abruptly with your stupid-ass scoldings when he still has yet to realize his serious mistakes! It's like telling us to be kind to the person who assaulted someone without any apology of sometime after causing the incident. Of course, nobody may let that assaulter off the hook for sure and I'm sure that this kind of attitude fixing during the time of backlash is one aggressive solution of yours.
Speaking of that Playstation Vita knockoff system, I can probably guess two kinds of user interface as Madlittlepixel still has yet to buy, review and smash that thing.
Monday, January 7, 2019
Recent S***c setbacks of last year
I wouldn't expect a bunch of setbacks happening late last year about the S***c franchise and as of even the present time, I still have yet to finish developing the derivative S***c game that I started a few years ago with Game Maker Studio 1.4 which was already obsolete in August last year and yet I'm still using that version with no plans to upgrade to version 2.0 whatsoever. I suppose that fanmade game to be my last straw for the franchise before being a former fan for good. In fact, the deconstruction stuff started a few years ago, ranging from Deconstruction Remixes/Mashup Remixes and other stuffs as I've had enough of the mockery state of the franchise and things had gotten worse for it late last year.
So here are the following recent S***c setbacks of late last year:
And those were what happened against the S***c franchise in the negative ways.
So here are the following recent S***c setbacks of late last year:
- Screwattack's special episode of Mario vs S***c: I'm sure that they did this episode with research and stuff and unlike the previous battle involving the same characters, the outcome was the opposite in which Mario had won the battle. Of course, this pissed off many fans of the S***c franchis.
- Story's intro of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Pretty much all the characters except Kirby are turned into spirits as if they're all caught by those things unleashed at them. Even hiding in the liquid doesn't help either but Kirby is somehow able to outrun those things at WARP-SPEED! It's no joke that he's going at WARP-SPEED, that's the speed even FASTER than S***c's Speed of Sound. Of course, certain fans of the S***c franchise are pissed about this.
- The upcoming live-action S***c movie: A live action movie based on the game franchise like this is already a waste of time and resources and ineffective as an idea to begin with. Maybe, an animated movie SHOULD DO instead although some of them happen to have positive reviews. From the poster, the character is closer to looking like a Werehog or something due to the amount of fur, realism and creepiness. Not even the mascot outfit may look like the one in the poster. Well, they can shoehorn the franchise all they want like there's no problem but a live action movie based on it is a bad idea in the first place
- Gamehut's Coding Secrets - Fire effect with S***c sprite on it: Jon Burton, a former game developer from Travelers' Tales had come up with the Coding Secrets series of videos on how things were made for games developed by the company back then in creative ways but this one is superseding the fire effect used for Mickey Mania. The video title sort of caught me the attention and especially for the thumbnail for the S***c R prototype model video which had the prototype model of A** cutting S***c with the saw from her car.
And those were what happened against the S***c franchise in the negative ways.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Update on Soulja Boy's bootleg game consoles
The gaming YouTubers had been making news and reviews about Soulja Boy's bootleg game consoles and somehow, he had the guts to accuse them and gamers out of his ignorance and lack of realization as if there's no intention to repent his actions. The way he accused those gamers and YouTubers was with the use of homophobic slurs and getting racially biased as if he thought that they were preventing him from doing well in the game business when in actuality, HE WAS DOING ILLEGAL STUFF by selling those consoles which were actually Chinese-made consoles containing pirated games although the Fuze console was a different story like it was an answer to genuine modern consoles that even China has Playstation 4 and Xbox One sold there legally. Another thing he was biased about was that people including me had the knowledge that Nintendo is going to sue him although I don't know if the lawsuit had really happened or not. Not to mention that the site, souljagame.com, led you to the Nintendo 3DS official webpage but I don't know if Nintendo did this redirection or not.
There had been challenging times Nintendo dealt with piracy ever since the 1990s. There were unofficial addons for Nintendo consoles where you can load games from floppy disks or CD-RWs on the consoles. Of course, at that time, Nintendo took action against those who produced those addons but what about the Everdrive series of cartridges for consoles? I don't know if that legal action was a good move or not but apparently, those addons would allow you to bypass regional restrictions. There were even sites containing ROMs of Nintendo games taken down and the couple running one particular site was FINED like nobody's joking. This kind of action by Soulja Boy can make him held REALLY LIABLE or some sort and yet he tried to DENY the consequences that would come to him and especially for the troubles he's been outrunning like they are black holes or something.
Then, there were workarounds for the limitations of NES Classic and SNES Classic in which you are able to add additional games there but again, this is questionable and especially for the hacked Nintendo Switch consoles which open the same opportunity for playing retro games on them. You're already better off with playing retro games on Virtual Console, NES Classic, SNES Classic or even the online service on Switch that allows you to play NES games on it LEGALLY if we're talking about the modern times. The same goes for Neo Geo Mini which is kind of okay although you can play Neo Geo games legally on Switch through Hamster ACA service.
To scold us and other gamers retarded and other shit for whatever reason is unacceptable as if Soulja Boy had a bad attitude. Not to mention that he didn't even see what's inside the consoles in action and especially for Fuze which is entirely in Chinese and should REMAIN in the Chinese market only. Try importing Fuze like some reviewer did and you will have a hard time getting stable network connection. Not to mention that it is like other Android boxes that are controlled via remote-control or game controllers. So if he gets scolded over this illegal shit he did, don't blame us because we know he had fucked up his future. Furthermore, music career or not, his reputation as a rapper can be ruined because of that.
Talk about lack of honesty of what the product is like in action, lack of repenting, bad attitude towards YouTubers, not fearing consequences and even running away to Dubai for a tour with some of his fans defending him on social media. It's a total fraud and he can be held liable for trademark infringement as he did not have the rights and license to sell those game consoles in the first place. What is his music career for for a decade when he did this illegal shit?
There have been endless NES clones taking shape of other game consoles whether it's portable or home console and this has been happening even today globally. Even some booths containing NES clones in action happened to be in the IT roadshow made me wonder if that was an illegal display or not. But even then, Nintendo is some company you shouldn't mess with ever since although they had done a bunch of wrong things like taking down fanmade games for instance as if the company's overprotective of their IPs. Maybe they are right about protecting their IPs but they sort of tackle piracy in both wrong and right ways.
This was a bad way to end the year 2018 for Soulja Boy and who knows if he will land himself in jail for trademark infringement or not?
There had been challenging times Nintendo dealt with piracy ever since the 1990s. There were unofficial addons for Nintendo consoles where you can load games from floppy disks or CD-RWs on the consoles. Of course, at that time, Nintendo took action against those who produced those addons but what about the Everdrive series of cartridges for consoles? I don't know if that legal action was a good move or not but apparently, those addons would allow you to bypass regional restrictions. There were even sites containing ROMs of Nintendo games taken down and the couple running one particular site was FINED like nobody's joking. This kind of action by Soulja Boy can make him held REALLY LIABLE or some sort and yet he tried to DENY the consequences that would come to him and especially for the troubles he's been outrunning like they are black holes or something.
Then, there were workarounds for the limitations of NES Classic and SNES Classic in which you are able to add additional games there but again, this is questionable and especially for the hacked Nintendo Switch consoles which open the same opportunity for playing retro games on them. You're already better off with playing retro games on Virtual Console, NES Classic, SNES Classic or even the online service on Switch that allows you to play NES games on it LEGALLY if we're talking about the modern times. The same goes for Neo Geo Mini which is kind of okay although you can play Neo Geo games legally on Switch through Hamster ACA service.
To scold us and other gamers retarded and other shit for whatever reason is unacceptable as if Soulja Boy had a bad attitude. Not to mention that he didn't even see what's inside the consoles in action and especially for Fuze which is entirely in Chinese and should REMAIN in the Chinese market only. Try importing Fuze like some reviewer did and you will have a hard time getting stable network connection. Not to mention that it is like other Android boxes that are controlled via remote-control or game controllers. So if he gets scolded over this illegal shit he did, don't blame us because we know he had fucked up his future. Furthermore, music career or not, his reputation as a rapper can be ruined because of that.
Talk about lack of honesty of what the product is like in action, lack of repenting, bad attitude towards YouTubers, not fearing consequences and even running away to Dubai for a tour with some of his fans defending him on social media. It's a total fraud and he can be held liable for trademark infringement as he did not have the rights and license to sell those game consoles in the first place. What is his music career for for a decade when he did this illegal shit?
There have been endless NES clones taking shape of other game consoles whether it's portable or home console and this has been happening even today globally. Even some booths containing NES clones in action happened to be in the IT roadshow made me wonder if that was an illegal display or not. But even then, Nintendo is some company you shouldn't mess with ever since although they had done a bunch of wrong things like taking down fanmade games for instance as if the company's overprotective of their IPs. Maybe they are right about protecting their IPs but they sort of tackle piracy in both wrong and right ways.
This was a bad way to end the year 2018 for Soulja Boy and who knows if he will land himself in jail for trademark infringement or not?
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