Corruption in gaming journalism discussion and update thread.

[Reimu]

[QUOTE=KillerJaguar;45868656]What's stopping you from making a character now? You don't $2k to design a character.[/QUOTE]

Their art team designs the character and is officially implemented in the game. It's really pretty nice. Albeit that's true, but its more fun to brainstorm if you know the goal has been reached.

[Miya]

[QUOTE=Reimu;45868689]Their art team designs the character and is officially implemented in the game. It's really pretty nice. Albeit that's true, but its more fun to brainstorm if you know the goal has been reached.[/QUOTE]

wish i read this before i drew this quick thing

[URL]http://i.imgur.com/0Wwor9X.jpg[/URL]

oh well fuck it, its amateur anyway

[Nomad]

Donated 60 dollars using the FP referral link.

[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16349584/i%20don8ted.PNG[/t]

I was on the fence of giving 100 dollars but I think 60 is a good round number for a good cause.

[gudman]

[QUOTE=Wii60;45868778]wish i read this before i drew this quick thing

[URL]http://i.imgur.com/0Wwor9X.jpg[/URL]

oh well fuck it, its amateur anyway[/QUOTE]

Yeah, [b]subtle[/b] connection to FP.

[coup]

im actually terrified right now because my ex looks fucking identical to maya kramer

[Miya]

[QUOTE=gudman;45868991]Yeah, [B]subtle[/B] connection to FP.[/QUOTE]

i missed that part too?

fuck i suck

i can do a quick edit tho

edit:

[URL]http://i.imgur.com/9Gls1md.jpg[/URL]

did i atone for my sins now

i mean its shit amateur work but at least its good shit amateur work right

[Ziron]

[QUOTE=ForgottenKane;45869076]im actually terrified right now because my ex looks fucking identical to maya kramer[/QUOTE]

This whole debacle has taught me that you should never trust anyone with crazy-colored hair, messy short hair, and/or major sidecuts, much less sleep with them.

[Miya]

this furry guy is great

hes been doing this shit since the start of gamer gate

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YsYerME.jpg[/IMG]

in other news

[URL]https://archive.today/8OMCB[/URL]

[TheJoey]

[QUOTE=Wii60;45869187]this furry guy is great

hes been doing this shit since the start of gamer gate

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YsYerME.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]

been following him for a while. definitely my favorite furry. he's even been shitting on other furries for being such shit in this whole situation.

[Miya]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/P7wg6Ci.png[/IMG]

[warneccruid]

Goddamnit this is turning to be illuminati shit.

I don't want to post the image just look at the link

[url]http://i.imgur.com/OBEVdd1.png[/url]

[Miya]

[URL]http://thathipsterdoofus.wordpress.com/2014/09/01/what-gamergate-means-to-a-black-gamer/[/URL]

great blog post

[QUOTE=warneccruid;45869238]Goddamnit this is turning to be illuminati shit.

I don't want to post the image just look at the link

[URL]http://i.imgur.com/OBEVdd1.png[/URL][/QUOTE]

kojima plz

Darpa scares me and excites me at the same time.

it's like watching a demented doc brown

[coup]

[QUOTE=Wii60;45869187]

in other news

[URL]https://archive.today/8OMCB[/URL][/QUOTE]

I knew at some point or another IGN was going to be attached to all of this. That site is just too pathetic to not be involved somehow.

[Miya]

more about the immerse program from darpa

[url]https://games.soe.ucsc.edu/immerse-project-job-opening[/url]

[QUOTE]OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT

IMMERSE is a projected funded under the DARPA Strategic Social Interaction Modules program. The goal of the project is to produce a game-based training environment that teaches people how to be “good strangers”, supporting the practice of skills necessary to have successful social interactions when in novel culture and language contexts. This will be accomplished via virtual dramatic scenarios, realized within the Unity game engine, in which the player interacts with computer-controlled autonomous characters in high-consequence social environments, learning how to quickly recognize and navigate the social interactions norms in these environments. At UC Santa Cruz, the project is run within the Expressive Intelligence Studio, one of the research groups within the Center for Games and Playable Media. Our approach will build upon the autonomous character and story management technologies successfully demonstrated in the interactive drama Façade, and the social simulation system successfully demonstrated in the experimental game Prom Week. Both these games were previously developed within the Expressive Intelligence Studio. The UC Santa Cruz team will be coordinating with four other teams working on IMMERSE – the other teams are developing the pedagogical AI, the full-body immersive interface, and art assets.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

In coordination with the Principle Investigator, the Senior Technical Lead/Project Scientist is responsible for leading the design of the character AI, social simulation and character animation architectures, leading and participating in implementation of these architectures, leading development of internal authoring tools to create character and social simulation content, understanding the training needs of potential users, managing the UC Santa Cruz IMMERSE team (8-10 people including grad students and postdocs), and coordinating with the other IMMERSE teams. The senior technical lead has fully mastered a broad overview of the project, including all software modules and their APIs, and has a specialized deep understanding of one or more major subsystems on which s/he is the technical expert.[/QUOTE]

[Jaguar]

[QUOTE=warneccruid;45869238]Goddamnit this is turning to be illuminati shit.

I don't want to post the image just look at the link

[url]http://i.imgur.com/OBEVdd1.png[/url][/QUOTE]

Now we just need FEMA death camps to complete it

[Miya]

The President of [URL="http://www.gaymerx.com/"]GaymerX[/URL]

[URL]https://twitter.com/tonitonirocca/status/506638453808062464[/URL]

[QUOTE]To summon an insecure lonely nerd just look in the mirror and say #gamergate #gamergate #gamergate[/QUOTE]

im glad a convention about being open and tolerant is throwing intolerant shit

[blackachu]

Wait, did I miss something? What does DARPA have to do with all this?

[Invadernouga]

[QUOTE=Wii60;45869218][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/P7wg6Ci.png[/IMG][/QUOTE]

His twitter handle says "Iraq Veteran and PC Gamer" give me a fucking break, like he was ever in Iraq fighting ISIS.

[Miya]

[QUOTE=blackachu;45869316]Wait, did I miss something? What does DARPA have to do with all this?[/QUOTE]

Darpa is making some social game thing called project immerse.

probably isn't involved in all this but it's fun to imagine.

[JtRtheRiPPeR]

The funny thing is, on the most part, both sides of this battle are full of hipocresy. No one is going to deny there is still mysoginy in gamers and feminazis in feminists.

I prefer to stay aside this battle and spectate how this goes. Minding my own business and playing the games I enjoy.

Now, I don't follow all of this as good as any of you, so anyone up for a shorter recap just in case I miss something?

[Miya]

Super best friends talk about it:

[URL]http://superbestfriendsplay.com/podcast/sbfc-056-live-pax-nonstop-infinite-ass-dumping/[/URL]

32:40 in the podcast.

[QUOTE=JtRtheRiPPeR;45869332]The funny thing is, on the most part, both sides of this battle are full of hipocresy. No one is going to deny there is still mysoginy in gamers and feminazis in feminists.

I prefer to stay aside this battle and spectate how this goes. Minding my own business and playing the games I enjoy.

Now, I don't follow all of this as good as any of you, so anyone up for a shorter recap just in case I miss something?[/QUOTE]

It isn't about misogyny/feminazi bullshit, it's about corruption in the industry.

[Nomad]

What's the general consensus on that open letter?

[Miya]

[QUOTE=nomad1;45869375]What's the general consensus on that open letter?[/QUOTE]

Im glad devs are signing a letter that is basically common sense and does absolutely nothing

i mean the letter basically says "I won't be a dick, if i see someone be a dick, report em"

[editline]2nd September 2014[/editline]

also boogie2988 is on 4chan right now

he posted this change.org petition and asked people to sign it

[URL]http://www.change.org/p/the-gaming-industry-please-stop-the-hate?recruiter=147447955&utm_campaign=twitter_link&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=share_petition[/URL]

[editline]2nd September 2014[/editline]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/UA199Mo.png[/IMG]

[uber.]

[QUOTE=Reimu;45868528][b]Here's the referral link for Facepunch.[/b]

[url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-fine-young-capitalists--2/x/8560087[/url]

It's $2k for a character. Feel free to spread it around, we have 25 days, and even a few spare bucks help. Feel free to make a separate thread for this too, or so.[/QUOTE]

Just donated $20. Cheers.

[Miya]

[url]https://twitter.com/lowtax/status/506165306767966208[/url]

finally a person i can fully agree with

[G-Strogg]

[QUOTE=Wii60;45869187]
[URL]https://archive.today/8OMCB[/URL][/QUOTE]

[url]http://pastebin.com/jrLJyp0W[/url]

That along with this link proves the insane amount of connections, and that Russias plan to demoralise the US is succeeding.

[phlexiglass]

[QUOTE=InvaderNouga;45869320]His twitter handle says "Iraq Veteran and PC Gamer" give me a fucking break, like he was ever in Iraq fighting ISIS.[/QUOTE]

Yes because "Iraq veteran" totally meant hes was fighting ISIS during his tour instead of the 8 or so fucking years we were there. Do you realize how dumb your post is?

[Dermock]

[QUOTE=Wii60;45869570][url]https://twitter.com/lowtax/status/506165306767966208[/url]

finally a person i can fully agree with[/QUOTE]

this is such a lowtax thing to do, amazing

[editline]2nd September 2014[/editline]

for those that don't know, lowtax is the owner of something awful, and he is partly responsible for why SA has brewed such an amazing site culture. mega cool guy

[Deathbane]

From the latest bullshit Kotaku article. Debated with this mod, I didn't realise how far they had their heads up their arse untill started participating in the debate for real.

Glad i had adblock on! One guy patently gets told to fuck off, rather than his point debated. Wonder how long it is until I get the same message!

Bear in mind this guy had been civil and polite throughout his entire conversation.

[url]http://www.donotlink.com/bghe[/url]

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Xi7ejMy.jpg[/img]

Quite spineless individuals :/

[warneccruid]

Boogie created a petition

[url]http://www.change.org/p/the-gaming-industry-please-stop-the-hate[/url]