whoever signed off on this, i beg to God Above that you don't have a normal bowel movement for the next decade
JD Thorne is just... so tired.
@jdthorne.howtootaku.com
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cohost of @howtootaku.com, movie nerd, gamer (sorry), leftist, woke mind virus advocate, dr pepper strawberries and cream fan. pronouns: he/him (for now 😏)
![Meme of man holding middle finger to the sky, towards a floating Democratic Party icon. Text reads "If nobody wants democracy to die, I know establishment democrats want democracy to die, Can i get an [Toht's face melting from Raiders of the Lost Arc]?"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anarxgsvojabimui6vou5epa/bafkreibo3jnq3rxq6jbbrfqz6kxtlurwi66y5us74kge2yzvra74ttfjw4)
![Sean Fennessey on X:
"The 13 [Oscar] nominations for Emilia Pérez is the second most for any film ever, tying:
Gone with the Wind
From Here to Eternity
Mary Poppins
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Forrest Gump
Shakespeare in Love
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Chicago
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Shape of Water
Oppenheimer"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anarxgsvojabimui6vou5epa/bafkreibzisc4w4crwadpnbpergwg2snhqor6pwhwoen3j2pjf2vyomnv7i)
![Grummz on X: "Western Game Devs have lost the plot in pursuit of their woke agenda. Only ONE of the Game of the Year nominations goes to Western Studios. They [sic] rest come from Japan and China. Games are doing well, but not Western games who are focused on the Narrative."
Below is a screenshot of the Game of the Year nominees, with the flags of their native countries below: Astro Bot (Japan), Balatro (Canada), Black Myth Wukong (China), Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree (Japan), Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Japan), Metaphor ReFantazio (Japan).
He does not mention that Metaphor is an extremely woke game about fixing systemic oppression of minorities, or that Astro Bot celebrates many of the Western-developed games that Sony has published and that chuds like to rail against, or that Erdtree is a DLC for a previous winner.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anarxgsvojabimui6vou5epa/bafkreihk3mmr4nbifw3riqjf4vwlkbllhptz2d4iwggal3xgy6gljrzmde)
![Grummz on X: "Nobody thinks the [Helldivers 2 Community Managers] team did a good job, and it's [sic] inclusion seems like a troll to gamers. The CM team:
"-Completely mishandled the game changes and feedback. [fair]
-Completely mishandled the PSN account debacle [also fair]
-Has documented anti-white, anti-gamer community managers. [🙄]
"Their conflicting messages, gaslighting of gamers [??????], and mishandling of game feedback make this the WORST community management team in gaming, not one of the best."
Below is a screenshot of Helldivers 2's four nominations, including for Best Community Support.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anarxgsvojabimui6vou5epa/bafkreigq26f52hpylrbb6lue6cnoikja4dcl5t7j3rr4quvxnpxb73pbxq)
![Grummz on X: "Star Wars Outlaws [tagged] fails to secure Ubisoft [tagged] Game of the Year nominations, and only has three categories:
"Best Action/Adventure
Best Performance (by a single voice actor) [weird clarification but ok]
Innovation in Accessibility
"This is not what Ubisoft wanted or expected at all from the title. Another massive blow for them."
This disregards that 1: Ubisoft probably doesn't care too deeply about how many awards they get; 2: Ubisoft doesn't actually get GOTY nominations very often so this isn't an anomaly; 3: three nominations is actually pretty good, especially in Action/Adventure which is often a crowded category.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anarxgsvojabimui6vou5epa/bafkreiasouijm7ykxkypsfybl4zim5d2ofmefyu7wl4s4bcmxe6kdtkv3q)
![Grummz on X: "Stellar Blade only makes 2 categories for The Game Awards [tagged]
"-Best Action Game
-Best Score and Music
"Stellar Blade is a gorgeous game and was not included for the Art Direction or Best Game Direction categories.
"Why do you think?
"[StellarBlade tagged]"
The obvious implication is that The Game Awards doesn't like games about scantily-clad women (because woke ig) so it didn't get more nominations. Anyone gonna tell these guys that porn exists?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:anarxgsvojabimui6vou5epa/bafkreieccg55563cob6vhwrlj3fly7r4akpahjtckt54oeowb5x4iyxepu)
