No built-in battery either, which means it doesn’t rely on any conflict minerals.

I don’t know who the downvote came from, it just appeared suspiciously quickly. Apparently some people are trawling this thread for dissenting ideas that do not conform to the herd’s opinion.

I’m sure Ubisoft had some sort of consultants about cultural and historical matters, but their involvement in production of the game and marketing is dubious at best. It still fucks me up that anyone thought it was okay to use a destroyed cultural/religious object as marketing material, even without knowing its connection to the Allied bombings. I maintain my position that Ubisoft is exploiting these ideas callously and arrogantly and should not be given the benefit of doubt.

Can I interest you in a calm and respectful disembowelment of Ubisoft?

(edit) The video is nine minutes long. You Someone downvoted me two minutes after I posted the link. You really only care about pushing the message, don’t you?

Tens of thousands of republicans could be suckered into this. They stand to lose their wealth and fall into destitution. I can barely contain my glee.

Yasuke is a questionable choice for a protagonist. It breaks with the pattern of inserting a fictional character into the world, you’ll never convince me that his race was not a calculated factor in choosing him, and his status as a samurai (and portrayal in western media) is largely based on a single historian’s work with questionable credibility. Ubisoft has used the Oda family crest without permission (the family still exists today), used imagery of the Buddha without permission (retracted, may have been the Budai), used a destroyed torii gate as advertising material; and for how much they bleat about historical accuracy, their trailers are chock full of inaccuracies.

I do not believe that a character is enhanced or ruined based on their race, but Ubisoft is definitely exploiting it.

Neat, thanks!

So what’s the current state of emulation on Linux? I still have both Yuzu and Ryujinx installed, but has either been superseded by a fork?

Ooh, free biometrics!

What kinds of carcinogens a product actually contains can only be determined iff it is submitted for testing. Making the testing mandatory for all out-of-state products would be economic suicide. Assuming yes unless proven otherwise is the safest strategy that gives consumers at least some level of informed choice.

California requires products (I thought it was just foods, guess not) to undergo tests that prove they don’t contain carcinogens; otherwise they must include a warning about potentially containing carcinogens. Most companies don’t bother because the cost of getting a product tested is more than the potential revenue loss from the “may cause cancer” warning.

If the game comes in a physical cartridge, the plastic might contain a carcinogen, or it might be contaminated during manufacturing or packaging.

Proposition 65 requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposures to chemicals that cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harm. Exposure to these chemicals may take place when products are acquired or used. Exposure may also occur in homes, workplaces, or other environments in California. By requiring that this information be provided, Proposition 65 enables Californians to make informed decisions about their exposures to these chemicals.

Or Nintendo itself is the cancer. Whichever version you prefer.

Finally a publisher that knows their audience.

Low voltage: “Oh no, there is a tiny spot of corrosion on the contact surface, I think I need to lie down…”

High voltage: (rips line of coke) “I’M GONNA MAKE MY OWN WIRES WITH BLACKJACK AND HOOKERS!”

You mean this isn’t a satirical mockery of the current state of US politics?

Not, it isn’t. It was most likely a spam filter. Images and longer messages work fine.

“But they did it too!” will not fly with me as a valid defense coming from an adult person. Your behaviour is your own responsibility. If you disagree with something, either respond in a polite manner or downvote and move on. Do not accuse others, either individuals or groups, of having a mental deficiency, brain damage, or aberration; and the fact that you would try to minimize what you said shows that you understand why I have an issue with it.

Be nice, or leave.

You don’t get to speculate about that. Now drop it.

The Smorty situation is CRAZY

to bypass the guardrails the company had created

What a delightful way to say that those guardrails were worth, in effect, fuck all.

Not true. It was most likely a spam filter. Images and longer messages work fine.