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.
Tuesday, April 30, 2019
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?
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