BladeOfCreation

@foggen: @loktarogar: Yeah, it's super weird to hear ads for this on a video game podcast. It's ESPECIALLY weird to hear it on a podcast that has talked about Stree Overlord and the like. Don't buy "performance" pills from the gas station. Buy them online instead!

It looks like they sell the generics for Propecia and Viagra, so it's not the same as Stree Overlord, of course. It's just...weird to hear it here.

@north6: Mofos double-dipping on emails, yet they still haven't read mine. Super annoying.

@dasakamov: That is (at least) the second example of that type of thinking that I've seen. I can't find it right now because Far Cry 5 searches are mostly turning up reviews, but there was a preview of the game that said essentially the same thing. I think it was Polygon as well. I guess part of the issue is that, "Montana is real." Which is true, but my understanding of the previous game is that Far Cry 4 is pretty much taking place in "totally not Tibet."

Okay, it's true that FC 5 takes place in a real country (but a fictional county), but the argument there just rubs me the wrong way. It's not literally dishonest, so much as it ignores context to make a pretty shitty point.

@kid_gloves: Man, it's been super weird to see ostensibly liberal writers talking about how Far Cry 5 is just so different because it takes place in America.

From an article on Polygon:

The problem isn’t that Americans are upset that the game is set in here. The problem is that Far Cry 5 treats the country like a cartoon background, rather than a very real and very complex place. The series has done that for other locations, of course, but Far Cry 3 and Far Cry 4 still felt like violence set amid beautiful “exotic” backdrops, with the mildest hint of a timely connection.

I mean, that's some mental gymnastics right there.

Americans should have the right to bear arms, but I draw the line at arming bears.

...did Dan just say that he would eat centaur meat? He knows that centaurs are part human, right? And sentient.

Man, I'm disappointed they didn't read my email. It would've been a lot of fun.

@rocketraccooncmro: If you want to call out nonsense on the podcasts, you have a helluva lot of work to do.

It's a helluva thing to hear Vinny read an ad that explicitly uses the "always low prices" line about Walmart on a podcast that's gone on record as saying Walmart is pretty shit.

@bisonhero: As someone who backed FTL on Kickstarter an enjoyed what I played of the game, but only ever beat it on easy, you're 100% spot on here.