James Caufield

@DanDawkins @HoegLaw You implied that you can only think it's a great story if you've never read a book or watched a movie. I used myself as an example of that being wrong. I'm not alone. There are millions of people who thought the same thing. I challenged you to explain that. Try again. :)

@justcausality @HoegLaw Now what? I read this reply and smile You return to intense literary research

Not to be a snot (which I’m sure I’ll be accused of anyway), but if TLOU2 changed your perspective on story telling I can only assume it was the very first time you thought about the craft at all.

@Y0den @madcap412 Jesus. You have totally lost any semblance of ability to discern what is attractive and what isn't. The Last of Us has plenty of attractive characters. As I said, you want sex dolls. As for characters being altered, yeah some have been made to look more realistic.

@justcausality @madcap412 For the record, I think it’s completely fine to have unattractive characters, especially in a setting like The Last of Us. What people are pointing out, though, is a noticeable pattern where not only new characters but also existing ones being altered.

Gaming Journalists: "The games industry is in trouble! We need to do advanced math to save AAA studios!" Eh...ACTUALLY, only the WESTERN AAA industry is struggling Asian gaming is doing well We all know why, but you don't want to say it - Shift Up just upgraded from dev to publisher - NetEase is printing money with Marvel Rivals and Where Winds Meet - Capcom is dropping hit after hit - Pearl Abyss just delivered one of the most successful games of 2026 - Cygames, MiHoyo, Kuro games, NetEase, etc are all drowning in money with their waifu Gachas The HARD TRUTH is that China, Japan, and Korea are not as worried as the California gaming studios, and the reason is obvious But journalists don't want to address this because they lowkey want to push the California slop

@Y0den @madcap412 It is. You don't want attractive characters, you want overly sexualized female characters. Most characters in Western games are still clocking as attractive. If you disagree with that, you're either blind or trolling.

@justcausality @madcap412 It’s not about “gooning” or having an explicit adult game. People enjoy watching or playing as attractive characters no matter the medium. Film, comics, trading cards, or video games it really doesn't matter.

@Garybjjca @Somniss @Fishpig003 @HoegLaw On the surface it seems silly, I know. However, once you go deep into why each side thinks the way they do, you realize there's not much backing up the haters' arguments. This is not "oh I like Pepsi over Coca-Cola because the taste is a little more sweet".

@Somniss @justcausality @Fishpig003 @HoegLaw My opinion is the only correct opinion

@Somniss @Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw I mean X is not the best place to explain to people like that why the story is so well made. Plus, most of them don't come in with an open mind. They want to dislike the game and the story.

@justcausality @Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw I really hate bringing "media literacy" as an argument for these people, but there's only so many ways of going around it before giving up and realizing that they really really should read more. Kudos for trying, my man.

@Somniss TLoU Part II should stand in as the Empire Strikes Back in a TLoU trilogy. :) The darkest iteration. I'm hoping that the third game will involve both Ellie and Abby again.

From a former hater of the *idea* of the game, of the unceremonious spoiler that was shared, the dishonest trailers (no, I haven't forgotten the bait-and-switch for making us believe that we'd play with Joel too), I hope we get a third one, and Sony doesn't close Naughty Dog.

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.” The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 I think you might just be a bot. Shameful for me if so :o

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 You are NOT the decider of what her canonical age is, just because YOU FEEL like she looks 12, or sometimes 15-16 does not make her that. YOU HAVE NO POWER HERE. Your sad attempt to smear and cancel ShiftUp isn't going to work, just like it didn't work the first time.

Porn. You want porn.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Damn that's quite a mouthful there at the end. Did you pack up enough adjectives in there to reach your 'anti-woke' quota? 🤣 Are you even a real person? I don't care if ShiftUp is canceled or not. I just said their new protag looks like a child.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 @justcausality When will you morons get it through your thick skulls that you are NOT ever going cancel ShiftUp, the more you attack Stellar Blade, the more SUCCESSFUL it will get and the shitty woke feminist anti-straight, white male propaganda game will flop.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 More shadowboxing against people that aren't here. 🤣 I don't care about that DA sequel. I didn't play it. I don't know much about it, aside from idiots like you bringing it up all the time.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 That really sums up how you think with your made up genders, orientations and sexualities. Which is why you attack games like Stellar Blade while you prop up shitty dead on arrival woke games like Dragon Age: The Veilguard.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Man, stop fighting against shadows when you're talking to me. I didn't complain about Eve's proportions. I was aware that she was a character made for gooners. Also, I don't know what age I'd give Evie. She looks different across the various shots. Sometimes 12, sometimes 15-16.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 How can you look at Evie and immediately think she is 10 years old? Thats what YOU personally think, doesn't mean she is actually 10 years old. You idiots were whining about how Eve's proportions aren't accurate to how a real woman looks, its not about Evie's age or proportions.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Dude, stop adding fluff to everything I say. All I said is that she... looks... like... a... child. I'm not alone to have noticed that. Everyone across the political aisle have pointed it out. I'm not even calling anyone anything. I'm just stating a fact.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 "Younger, shorter and smaller" does not mean she is underaged. Evie is a tomboy. Lots of adult women are young, short and petite, doesn't mean any man who likes young looking Asian women is a pedophile. Lots of 30yo Asian women get mistaken for 20yos. Your argument is dumb.

@Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw Or you could just tell me what the hell was your point in the first place. 🤣 You no like Abby, even after living her perspective is my understanding. Great. Do you think you have to like Abby to appreciate this storytelling masterpiece?

@justcausality @Garybjjca @HoegLaw How am I gonna explain a 50 min video in a few words? Nah I won’t. Fuck that. Research it yourself cuz I did for years before I let it all go and moved on

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Nah. That's just you assuming everyone fits in tight little boxes where if they believe one thing they must also believe this other thing.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Really cause all the people crashing out over Evie are the same type of people crashing out over Pragmata, trying to label anyone who likes the game as pedophiles cause of their own fucked up thoughts and I mean you think Evie looks like a 10 year old.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 I think you're the one projecting, my friend. You want her to be an adult or else you'd feel awful about yourself. So you'll look for every reason to deny the fact that she looks like a kid.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Bro if you think Evie looks 10 then you need to get your eyes tested, lots of people who are in the 20s get mistaken for younger, especially Asian women. Just because YOU want her to be underaged, and YOU believe she is underaged, doesn't mean she IS underaged. You project.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 We definitely are! Once your ilk slowly fade away or change, society will be in a much better place. I don't hate men. I don't even hate you, despite your hateful beliefs. You're misguided. Probably had a bad relationship with your mother. It's alright, though, goon on, friend.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 You aren't doing anything to make society better, you just hate men and want to destroy society. Dating is worse because of assholes like you, women are toxic and narcissistic because of assholes like you, court systems are biased and misandrists because of assholes like you.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 We talking about her face here, duder. And, yes, the lead developer for the game has said that they purposefully made Evie "younger, shorter, and smaller". And she definitely does not look like the average 20 years old Asian woman. 🤣Maybe a few idols who got surgery.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Do you have single fact to back up your claims Evie is supposed to be underaged? She does not look underaged in the slightest, she looks like every 20 year old Asian woman ever. I never seen a child that wide ass hips like that. Just admit it dude, you are a child predator.

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 That's like me calling you a blueberry. What's the point? 🤣 I'm attracted to women, while you're solely attracted to their body parts.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 Just admit you're gay dude, obviously you ain't attracted to women with tits and ass

@Fishpig003 @Garybjjca @HoegLaw What's your point? That Abby was a flawed character? Of course. How is that connected to anything exactly?

@justcausality @Garybjjca @HoegLaw What if we try and make the antagonist likable? How you ask? We make her a home wrecker for her ex who has a pregnant girlfriend/wife. We have her kill the protagonist in abt 2 hours of gamepla-sorry cutscenes. She’s so unlikable to her friends. And is a Joel-Ellie 2.0 figure

@Wander4532 @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 You mean the dad simulator sci-fi game? No I have no issue with that.

@justcausality @FreundKami49387 @RawbertBeef @Batman_2020 @justcausality Are you also one of those weirdos who immediately thinks sexual thoughts about Diana from Pragmata, cause if you do, then brooooooooooo, normal people don't think like you do, normal people just see Hugh and Diana as a normal dad/daughter relationship. Seek help.