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dick's out or else

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oh my goodness its really just gone

The S.L.A. launched some RPG missles at /f/, it was a critical hit!

s0z, it's good now

>The change was obviosuly at least partially caused by the Gamergate
Gamergate was (in part) a reacton to a change, not the cause

It was a time when - for several years and in increasing quantities - games journalists, critics, judges, certain (mostly indie) outspoken game devs, etc. were adopting a more political/radfem stance that was heavily coloring their reviews, as well as acting inestuously (such as hiding the fact that certain "reviews" were paid promotions or they had conflicts of interests with the subject they were covering)

Meanwhile, the games industry (mainly publishers) were still taking review scores, metacritic scores, indie game competition results, etc. seriously, and were making content and business decisions based on these things

Gamergate was an attempt at saying to publishers and advertisers "these people don't represent those of us who actually buy and play games" - and in response, the journalist/critic/indie clique threw a shitfit and used every connection and dirty trick they had to make GG out as an evil misogynist hate group waging a war against female developers and critics. Unfortunately, they did a pretty good job of spreading that bullshit, and the rest is history

Regarding the actual changes to games:

The state of gaming circa the mid-2010s (and subsequently today) was the culmination of many changes and pushes that occurred during the previous decade(s) - not anything in particular that happened in the mid-2010s

Firstly, there was the big push for "casual gaming" that started around the early-to-mid 2000s. The core idea was that a wider demographic = moar moneez, so make games that appeal to "non-gamers". This lead to "casual games" becoming a thing - which itself isn't a problem - but it led to supposedly "hardcore" games being made easier and easier until they were practically holding your hand down a series of linear, cutscene & scripted-event-laden corridors. Press X to read the next paragraph

This also led to browser "games" (e.g. Farmville) and the big mobile gaming push circa the late 2000s and early 2010s. Since "casuals" had no real standards or strong opinions, mobile developers and publishers were able to pull off and normalize some highly scummy practices without opposition - and eventually these practices found their way into "traditional" video games

The casual push was alongside a simultaneous push from developers to make more "cinematic experiences" and to become more like Hollywood - in many cases by simply hiring the same Hollywood writers, directors, and actors. The "maek gaem liek movie" idea has been around forever (Japanese devs were experimenting with it even in the 80s, not to mention the FMV fad of the 90s), but it really stepped up a gear with GTA - namely, Vice City and San Andreas featuring the likes of Ray Liotta, Gary Busey, Burt Reynolds, Samuel L Jackson, James Woods, Ice-T, and more

Next there was the push for paid DLC and "microtransactions", infamously spearheaded by the likes of Bethesda (Oblivion horse armor), but can be traced back to EA's even earlier treatment of The Sims series with its many "expansions". They were guilty of both putting things in them that clearly could/should have been in the base games, and also releasing packs containing nothing but minor fluff while still charging "expansion" prices

MMORPGs in the 2000s (particularly WoW) popularized the idea of games as a subscription service - though again, there were dabblings with this going back to the 90s. Eventually MMOs would start adopting the "Free to Play" model, where some amount of the base game is "free" but a lot of extras, nice-to-haves, and customization options have to be paid for individually (or would oth

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>>15235
The thing about The Sims 4 is that the game is fun to play WITH, e.g. abusing the CAS to the extreme to make sim abominations, playing with mods that diametrically change the game, making pseudo movies starring your sims and uploading them to YT, etc. But The Sims 4 is NOT fun to play the "intended" way. Even with all the expansion packs, it's painfully boring and empty in comparison to the older titles. Also emotions, which EA made the main selling point in all the trailers and promotional materials, are a useless gimmick that gets annoying fast

>>15236
>>15237
I enjoyed. I feel like reading a book or something now

I think it is the rise of the commercial internet. The big rise of the 2010s was made possible by massive investment from industries into making as much high engagement, high accessibility content as possible, and we gradually become subject to shareholder growth imperatives. With smartphones, new social media, and an endless stream of content people who would never have spent so much time online were lured onto the web, and our world was a tragic casualty of that influx. You can't have mass accessibility and creative use of technology, because creative technology is often broken for at least someone. You can't play flash games on a device as weak as a phone which at the time needed to pretend it was fast and powerful so people would spend more money on them than they used to. When all these people began making demands of the internet, our old users could do nothing other than shrink away and hide in places that the normies they once hid online from couldn't see. Cringe culture made it even worse. Why make anything when you're just going to have your efforts and joys insulted?

I have given up hope for the modern web. I truly believe we will eventually no longer be using HTTP or similar technologies without at least some form of additional network like TOR in 10 years time because there will be nothing left of interest that can survive the rise of commercially backed bots.

i didn't see this thread!

>>165386
but shotas dont make loads

This is why you don't mix work and play ..

>>165404
well lucky for her it wasnt the cock edit XD

cute!

Real

lol

I wish we had more couples in media, period.
I have this weird feeling like the romance is leaving our world and being replaced with synical sex-havers and power-couples attracted only to the benefit of their position.

illumi is very cool. I love him.

i forgot how badass this one was

I mostly meant regular old BL

If you were sad that /f/ died, check out our /f/. It's probably the last BBS producing original flashes. Liek 2 were posted just today...

Also, check out /o/. It's great because it has alot of amazing artists. and was also the topic of a recent flash... (https://img.heyuri.net/f/koko.php?res=3947&page=0)


Welcome

>>165454
If only I was good at art

Welcome!
Heyuri is non-stop flourishing, but we already have an history of *checking notes* 5 years. At this point I spent more time on Heyuri than I ever did on any other BBS myself
We have a wiki I suggest any newbie to read
https://wiki.heyuri.net/index.php?title=Main_Page
And can't skip our old archives!
https://museum.heyuri.net/
https://museum.heyuri.net/pre-koko/b/

>>165458
the best part of art is that everyone can do it!

>>165443
no, /j/ is for fujoshi and girly topics - shotas would fit best here.

>>165447
I'm not quite a girl or a boy, would it bother people if I posted yaoi there?

first things first, we need a /v/ board. then we'll have a shota board.

>would it bother people if I posted yaoi there?
Noep, that's what it's there for

>>165447
>no, /j/ is for fujoshi and girly topics - shotas would fit best here.
srry... by "here", i meant /j/. didn't notice this was off-topic ^^;

I LOL'd
Number one news network in all of kazahkstan..

This is horrible news , hope those wounded recover.

Most of them were already here b4 Heyuri-tan even existed, and we decided against modifying them into Heyuri-tan once she did exist

We do have unique ones though

>>165331
becuz most "reaction images" are done to death and don't really fit the feel of the site. Most of them are evocative of post 2013 4chan because that's around when the site became the place for reaction images in the mainstream.

Por ejemplo, what feeling does this image evoke?

Theoretically it could count as Rule 8: nu4chan like 165425 said.
From what i recall they're very rarely used and generally frowned upon. Especially when posted without any comment or when quoting someone's post.

>>165427
>>165425
>>165376
Im not talking about these reaction images, but stuff like the OP pic. They were popular long before the 2010s too

If that's the case then personally i save them only for the best occasions. Maybe others won't agree with me

merry christmas and remember to keep going even when you're too much for others to handle ☆⌒(>。<)

>>165402
>daughter
Look at those hands. That's a grown ass woman...

>>165406
because of course, after a certain age, she stops being your daughter and becomes a filthy hag!

>>165383
and a happy new year!

Merry Christmas to You too! Enjoy your stay!

Hawt!! I look forward to the stream

>>165394
chico x pico

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the shota-loli war has begun! (;ﾟДﾟ)

>>165389
i think maruruk is cute~

say goodbye to your PENISes

>>165414
suck on my PENIS instead