So the PS5 is pretending to be a 360, the Series S is pretending to be a Wii, and the Series X is pretending to be a cinder block. But seriously, it looks like there's potential for some creativity to be applied to the relatively featureless Xbox design and what seems like a relatively moddable PS5 design, if people dislike either of them so much.
I honestly think the Series X might be just a little too tall (horizontally) to fit in the shelves of my entertainment center, though. Like, 15.1cm for a 15cm space.
I think Kojima's predictions of the future work just like Nostradamus's do: say a hundred crazy things in a vague and general manner, then people latch on to the three things that were accurate instead of the ninety-seven that weren't. One of the themes practically reduces to "people can say whatever they want to on the Internet", which wasn't a groundbreaking theory even back then.
That said, just once I'd like to see Kojima produce something straightforward, because revisiting this series really emphasizes that his games are clearly more than the sum of their parts. But all the extra wacky stuff that makes it a more exciting ride also prevents you from reaching the thematic core of his work—if there even is one. To this day, we still don't know whether Kojima is an onion or an artichoke.
"Indoor use only" seems like a real missed opportunity, although I understand the technical difficulties outdoor tracks would create for something like this in its early stages.
That aside, I'm not sure what kind of vetting machine people think exists, but even as of right now, putting "merritt k" into various search engines doesn't bring up any allegations or controversies—with the exception of the Giant Bomb reddit thread that was created just yesterday. I'm not saying it's excusable or a ticket to freedom from responsibility, but the producer's note seems completely understandable. Something that was louder in other circles is now louder in this one as well.
That might not, but "merritt k abuse" will definitely get you some things! And that's the kind of thing you should probably be searching if you want to vet for this stuff. Just their name is kinda silly as that would be way way more likely to just get you their social media pages, articles they've written, and other stuff just generically about them, y'know?
Duly noted, but please understand how obscure or hidden this controversy may be. This is like if the "missing stair" was on a step that most people unconsciously skipped anyway. There are other people in the comments saying they had difficulty finding information about this, so it may be easier for you to get results based on your search history and previous interactions on the Internet. But from a vanilla, clean-slate search, even including terms like "abuse" and "allegations" only brings up that reddit thread and (further down) two links to discussion boards that mention merritt k along with a flood of other people back when the Alec Holowka story broke. Granted, one of those is the Waypoint discussion that would definitely raise red flags if it were seen, but you do have to actively search for it if you're uninitiated. Like, you have to intentionally step on each stair even if it's inconveniently placed or easily skippable.
Thanks for sharing this otherwise hidden information and bringing the inequity into light, as it were. There's something to be said about how now if you just put plain old "merritt k" into a clean-slate search engine, these allegations show up with more visibility. Ultimately, people have to decide on their own what is (not) acceptable, and it's arguably easier to make an educated decision when the information and/or evidence is readily available.
Feigning allegiance with people making constructive and valid conversation so you can shield your own baseless faux outrage is a transparent tactic and it's not going to accomplish anything here.
This is a "once bitten, twice shy" kind of issue, where it immediately seemed suspect that people were bringing up some kind of controversy the moment GB produced a podcast featuring only women. There were some people who seemed bent on using this as an opportunity to "get Abby in trouble" or something, but there were enough other people who seemed genuinely concerned enough to focus on the issue itself and drown the instigators out. If there's one thing we've learned in recent years, it can be really tough to prevent your cause from being co-opted by agent provocateurs.
That aside, I'm not sure what kind of vetting machine people think exists, but even as of right now, putting "merritt k" into various search engines doesn't bring up any allegations or controversies—with the exception of the Giant Bomb reddit thread that was created just yesterday. I'm not saying it's excusable or a ticket to freedom from responsibility, but the producer's note seems completely understandable. Something that was louder in other circles is now louder in this one as well.
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