#with video games.

[rcsetorn]

Valentine's Day - Romance Media Edition

This is really about to expose some of my villain x heroine obsession.  Or those with angsty bits like one being a monster or being a “bad boi”. lol

Movies:

The Princess Bride Labyrinth Phantom of the Opera Stardust Beauty and the Beast The League of Extraordinary Gentleman- Mina x Dorian

TV Shows:

Hazbin Hotel- Alastor x Charlie

Anime:

Gankutsuou Kamisama Hajimemashita Bleach- Orihime x Ulquiorra

Video Games:

Legend of Zelda- Vaati x Zelda, Kafei x Anju FFIV- Cecil x Rosa x Kain FFIX- Beatrix x Kuja (don’t @ me, they had tension) FFX- Seymour x Yuna FFXIII- Lightning x Caius FFXIV- Shiva x Hraesvelgr, Ysayle x Estinien, WOL x Zenos FFXV- Shiva x Ifrit Dissidia- Emperor x Ultimecia, Kuja x Terra Kingdom Hearts- Marluxia/Lauriam x Larxene/Elrena Dark Souls- Knight Lautrec x Ash Maiden Anastacia Mass Effect- Shepherd x Garrus Code Realize- Cardia x St. Germain Pandora’s Tower- Aeron x Elena

Books:

The Forbidden Game- Julian x Jenny Lothaire- Lothaire x Elizabeth Eon- Eona x Ido

Manga/Comics:

Hades x Persephone- just them from mythology and different media in general tbh

Tagging: anyone that enjoys any of these pairings lol

[leefsnakesnake]

There's an EU initiative going on right now that essentially boils down to wanting to force videogame publishers with paid games and/or games with paid elements such as DLC, expansions and microtransactions to leave said games in a playable state after they end support, or in simpler terms, make them stop killing games.

A "playable state" would be something like an offline mode for previously always online titles, or the ability for people to host their own servers where reasonably possible just to name some examples.

I don't think I need to tell anyone that having something you paid for being taken from you is bad, which is a thing that routinely happens with live service and other always online games with a notable recent example being The Crew which is now permanently unplayable.

Any EU citizen is eligible to sign the initiative, but only once and if you mess up that's it. You can find it here. (https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home)

Even if you're not European or you signed it already, you can share this initiative with anyone who is, even if they don't care about videogames specifically because this needs a million signatures and there is different thresholds that need to be met for each EU country for their votes to even count and could also be a precedent for other similar practices like when Sony removed a bunch of Discovery TV content people paid for. EDIT: There are also some things people outside the EU can do, as well as additional things some people in specific EU countries like Germany and France can do that aim to solve this same issue as well. You can find that here. (https://www.stopkillinggames.com/)

(Note: There was a petition for UK people but the recent politics stuff there means it's on hold and has to be resubmitted and that may take some time.)

Additionally if you want to keep up with this you can check out Ross Scott (Accursed Farms on youtube or his website) who has been posting monthly about this and deserves a lot of credit for all this work.

(I hope that's all the stuff I missed)

EDIT 2: I changed the link to go directly to the form instead, this SHOULD work!

[mostly-funnytwittertweets]

[animentality]

[spitblaze]

[guy who doesnt watch shows voice] yeah ive been meaning to watch that show

[copepods]

leitmotifs never get old to me like holy shit dude there’s this melody that corresponds to this one guy and if you hear the melody it means the guy is there. holy shit. and sometimes it refers to ideas too not just guys. has anyone heard about this

[imperatoralicia]

I get a lot of entertainment thinking about how containers are used in video games sometimes.

[eridan-ampora]

baby animals move like theyre playing a new video game & havent figured out the controls yet

[bloodstainedmuzzle]

Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023) Leon S. Kennedy [ 1 / ??? ]

[bookpdf]

there should be more hours between 6 and 10pm. like even just two more hours. for my assorted hobbies & activities

[prokopetz]

Wrong: Ada Lovelace invented computer science and immediately tried to use it to cheat at gambling because she was Lord Byron's daughter.

Right: Ada Lovelace invented computer science and immediately tried to use it to cheat at gambling because that was the closest you could get in 1850 to being a Super Mario 64 speedrunner.

[y2kplaysthetics]

Nintendo DS

[artist-gogh]

The Sorrowful Truth

June of 2020

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[aroaceofdiamonds]

SAG-AFTRA IS STRIKING AGAIN

This time, for video games.

Some key information:

They are striking so all performers will have protection against AI

The struck companies are those signed to the Interactive Media Agreement

The listed companies by SAG-AFTRA include Activision Productions Inc, Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc, Electronic Arts Productions Inc, Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc, Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc, VoiceWorks Productions Inc and WB Games Inc. Though this may not be everyone.

Important things from the FAQ:

Some games from struck companies are non-struck (due to the Collective Bargaining Agreement still being in effect)

Localisations will be affected if covered under the Interactive Localization Agreement

Actors who are part of SAG-AFTRA cannot work for non-union or independent/low-budged productions during the strike unless they are signed to an Interim Interactive Media Agreement, Interim Interactive Localization Agreement or a Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement

Similarly to the previous strike, struck work cannot be promoted. This includes accepting awards for performances in struck games. This does NOT include hosting/performing a skit at an awards show and San Diego Comic Con (the latter due to the close proximity to the calling of the strike)

As implied by the point above, SAG-AFTRA performers cannot partake in panels related to struck games or companies, including finished games produced by struck companies

The best way to check if a game is struck is to use the search tool provided by SAG-AFTRA

Most importantly: You are NOT being asked to stop playing video games, as highlighted in the FAQ for creators and streamers. This does NOT cross the picket line. Though please do talk about the strike and show your solidarity

I expect to see the same amount of support from y'all that we saw in the last strike. Just because it's video games doesn't mean performers deserve any less support and protection.

Also please reblog with any additions (with sources - we are NOT here to spread misinformation)! And please correct me if anything listed here is incorrect.

SOURCES:

Video Game Strike FAQs | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org)

SAG-AFTRA Members Who Work on Video Games Go on Strike | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org)

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