Gaming may be cyclical, but there are a few key elements of storyline or gameplay that may have popped up one time too many.
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Nintendo Has Acquired Shiver Entertainment From Embracer Group
Great news it shows that Nintendo intends to continue developing ports of AAA games to its next gen platform
Buying studios from embracer now is a great deal, they must be dirt cheap at this point, Nintendo is a opportunist, they wait until someone fall so they get their best deal
I hope someone buys Piranha Bytes, their future isn't looking good right now. I love their RPGs, they're janky as f***, but they have heart and soul.
Nintendo saw the Mortal Kombat 1 Switch port and were like, "Yeah, these guys are worth acquiring."
You can't make this crap up lol
The gaming industry have only been around 40 odd years; whereas the film industry has been around over 100 and uses these tropes. Point being as long as the writing is good tropes won't matter, and when we start expecting them that's when a writer will surprise us.
But what if I like those tropes?
5 pages you have to scroll through, typical bullshit
I disagree with everything. Especially the last part. Because depending on the context of the storyline, I may or may not enjoy a "damsel-in-distress" situation in games. That may be horrifying to hear for the Anita Sarkeesians of this world, but it is what it is.
For example, rape is a thoroughly disgusting and despicable act in real life. So why is it that almost every so-called Women's sex studies have listed "rape" as one of the more common sexual fantasies for women? Because it is a fantasy, not reality. Just like the "damsel-in-distress" situation in games. No woman really wants that to happen in real life. There is nothing romantic, stimulating or desirable about being held hostage in a life or death situation. However in fantasies, it can be all of that given the right plot and writing.
That's the thing with feminists. They have a problem separating fantasies from reality. They think everything in games is literal. How many men have whined incessantly that the muscles of Kratos or Marcus Fenix are too big and that they're not accurate representations of the average man in the real world? How many have gone on and on about the fact that not all men have a deep bass voice, perfect square jaws, perfectly sculpted body figures with near-zero percent body fat, and don't walk around in only loincloths and fur shoes all day long like they are usually made to do in games?
to be fair the dream trope is rarly used