Z-Rune
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As someone who is a cis man who actively tries to look inward (though not as much as I should) I would like everyone to understand that the title of “good man” is causing harm. It’s a shield. More often than not, it’s an excuse to prevent self-improvement and check unresolved sexism.
December 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
As someone who is a cis man who actively tries to look inward (though not as much as I should) I would like everyone to understand that the title of “good man” is causing harm. It’s a shield. More often than not, it’s an excuse to prevent self-improvement and check unresolved sexism.
After having spent much of my life playing but not completing the entirety of Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle, I finally beat and platinum'd the game.
Do you have any idea how long I've spent thinking I would get an explicit declaration of the Dark Genie creating the Dark Element?
It didn't.
Do you have any idea how long I've spent thinking I would get an explicit declaration of the Dark Genie creating the Dark Element?
It didn't.
December 21, 2025 at 2:18 AM
After having spent much of my life playing but not completing the entirety of Dark Cloud 2/Dark Chronicle, I finally beat and platinum'd the game.
Do you have any idea how long I've spent thinking I would get an explicit declaration of the Dark Genie creating the Dark Element?
It didn't.
Do you have any idea how long I've spent thinking I would get an explicit declaration of the Dark Genie creating the Dark Element?
It didn't.
There is a somewhat popular theory I'm seeing this time of year that's getting enough steam that I'm bundling it with "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" in annoyance.
I don't personally think the Twelve Days of Christmas is all birds.
If you weren't aware of this, allow me to summarize.
I don't personally think the Twelve Days of Christmas is all birds.
If you weren't aware of this, allow me to summarize.
December 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
There is a somewhat popular theory I'm seeing this time of year that's getting enough steam that I'm bundling it with "Die Hard is a Christmas movie" in annoyance.
I don't personally think the Twelve Days of Christmas is all birds.
If you weren't aware of this, allow me to summarize.
I don't personally think the Twelve Days of Christmas is all birds.
If you weren't aware of this, allow me to summarize.
Sora's mom in Kingdom Hearts hit the event horizon after KH3 ended.
We are past the point where it's anything but mean to show this character and I think any writing done in relation to the Destiny Islands treats her like a giant fuck you landmine.
We are past the point where it's anything but mean to show this character and I think any writing done in relation to the Destiny Islands treats her like a giant fuck you landmine.
December 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Sora's mom in Kingdom Hearts hit the event horizon after KH3 ended.
We are past the point where it's anything but mean to show this character and I think any writing done in relation to the Destiny Islands treats her like a giant fuck you landmine.
We are past the point where it's anything but mean to show this character and I think any writing done in relation to the Destiny Islands treats her like a giant fuck you landmine.
So I guess PETA went after that horse girl game?
Let’s clear something up. PETA does this every couple years in order to get their name back in more mouths. They dont actually think these games they rail against are harmful to how we see animals and I can prove it pretty easily. It wouldn’t stop.
Let’s clear something up. PETA does this every couple years in order to get their name back in more mouths. They dont actually think these games they rail against are harmful to how we see animals and I can prove it pretty easily. It wouldn’t stop.
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
So I guess PETA went after that horse girl game?
Let’s clear something up. PETA does this every couple years in order to get their name back in more mouths. They dont actually think these games they rail against are harmful to how we see animals and I can prove it pretty easily. It wouldn’t stop.
Let’s clear something up. PETA does this every couple years in order to get their name back in more mouths. They dont actually think these games they rail against are harmful to how we see animals and I can prove it pretty easily. It wouldn’t stop.
It's funny as all hell reminding or teaching people that Monster Rancher 5 happened and it was Evo.
Not that it was technically the fifth game released. If we counted the Advanced games it'd be 7th. In Japan the game is explicitly called Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan.
Not that it was technically the fifth game released. If we counted the Advanced games it'd be 7th. In Japan the game is explicitly called Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan.
December 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
It's funny as all hell reminding or teaching people that Monster Rancher 5 happened and it was Evo.
Not that it was technically the fifth game released. If we counted the Advanced games it'd be 7th. In Japan the game is explicitly called Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan.
Not that it was technically the fifth game released. If we counted the Advanced games it'd be 7th. In Japan the game is explicitly called Monster Farm 5: Circus Caravan.
There are folks around the US that are of the impression that the only way true change will happen is for a bloody and violent revolution to occur.
Here's the thing. I acknowledge that if we did our best French impression, things would absolutely change. But no one is doing it.
Here's the thing. I acknowledge that if we did our best French impression, things would absolutely change. But no one is doing it.
December 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
There are folks around the US that are of the impression that the only way true change will happen is for a bloody and violent revolution to occur.
Here's the thing. I acknowledge that if we did our best French impression, things would absolutely change. But no one is doing it.
Here's the thing. I acknowledge that if we did our best French impression, things would absolutely change. But no one is doing it.
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why do i have to see the inside of so many youtubers' mouths?? get a different thumbnail, for the love of god
December 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
why do i have to see the inside of so many youtubers' mouths?? get a different thumbnail, for the love of god
It’s… like… we all know that essay girl is just trying to jumpstart her road to being a conservative pundit, right?
To put it briefly, a girl was assigned an essay, didn’t engage with the assignment and spewed uncited transphobia under the word requirement.
To put it briefly, a girl was assigned an essay, didn’t engage with the assignment and spewed uncited transphobia under the word requirement.
December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s… like… we all know that essay girl is just trying to jumpstart her road to being a conservative pundit, right?
To put it briefly, a girl was assigned an essay, didn’t engage with the assignment and spewed uncited transphobia under the word requirement.
To put it briefly, a girl was assigned an essay, didn’t engage with the assignment and spewed uncited transphobia under the word requirement.
I know social media tailors stuff for us based on what we put out and engage with but I absolutely love that we’re societally trapped in a 90’s sitcom learning the same lesson over and over again.
But instead of it being responsibility, it’s that AI isn’t actually smart.
But instead of it being responsibility, it’s that AI isn’t actually smart.
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I know social media tailors stuff for us based on what we put out and engage with but I absolutely love that we’re societally trapped in a 90’s sitcom learning the same lesson over and over again.
But instead of it being responsibility, it’s that AI isn’t actually smart.
But instead of it being responsibility, it’s that AI isn’t actually smart.
I personally don’t get why we as an internet feel the need to make up shit about already shitty people.
If someone is a serial abuser, corrupt politician, rapist, child predator, ect., we don’t need to make shit up for whatever reason. Let their actual shitty actions stand for themselves, dude.
If someone is a serial abuser, corrupt politician, rapist, child predator, ect., we don’t need to make shit up for whatever reason. Let their actual shitty actions stand for themselves, dude.
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I personally don’t get why we as an internet feel the need to make up shit about already shitty people.
If someone is a serial abuser, corrupt politician, rapist, child predator, ect., we don’t need to make shit up for whatever reason. Let their actual shitty actions stand for themselves, dude.
If someone is a serial abuser, corrupt politician, rapist, child predator, ect., we don’t need to make shit up for whatever reason. Let their actual shitty actions stand for themselves, dude.
I love alternate and secret areas in JRPG's. I love getting to experience more monsters, better treasure, and even secret bosses. This is different from an endgame dungeon or one you get to access after getting a clear file. That's a bonus dungeon or area. Very different.
I hate how FF12 does it.
I hate how FF12 does it.
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I love alternate and secret areas in JRPG's. I love getting to experience more monsters, better treasure, and even secret bosses. This is different from an endgame dungeon or one you get to access after getting a clear file. That's a bonus dungeon or area. Very different.
I hate how FF12 does it.
I hate how FF12 does it.
So I'm gonna preface this with a confirmation that I do not like a manipulative propaganda plotline because I the viewer will see it coming a mile away. I saw Vox's overall game very quickly because I've seen this plot a lot and, very frustratingly, in real life.
But god damn Season 2 was great.
But god damn Season 2 was great.
So I'm gonna reserve full judgement for next week, but I'm kinda... not super impressed with Hazbin season 2?
I guess the biggest thing that's irking me is I have zero affection for the manipulative propaganda plot and it's basically been four episodes of the TV head playing everyone with it.
I guess the biggest thing that's irking me is I have zero affection for the manipulative propaganda plot and it's basically been four episodes of the TV head playing everyone with it.
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
So I'm gonna preface this with a confirmation that I do not like a manipulative propaganda plotline because I the viewer will see it coming a mile away. I saw Vox's overall game very quickly because I've seen this plot a lot and, very frustratingly, in real life.
But god damn Season 2 was great.
But god damn Season 2 was great.
Look. I personally didn’t play Expedition 33 and presently I have no plans to but can we go one year without the chuds losing their minds about who is likely to (or already won) game of the year claiming “no one played it”?
This goes beyond narrow tastes. This defies logic and reality.
This goes beyond narrow tastes. This defies logic and reality.
November 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Look. I personally didn’t play Expedition 33 and presently I have no plans to but can we go one year without the chuds losing their minds about who is likely to (or already won) game of the year claiming “no one played it”?
This goes beyond narrow tastes. This defies logic and reality.
This goes beyond narrow tastes. This defies logic and reality.
Folks rag on Tidus and I kinda get it. He can be grating and his character arc is he goes from a spoiled jock to a selfless hero.
But also, the poor kid got thrown from a hedonistic city to a post-apocalyptic world full of monsters and any attempts to explain where he’s from are met with offense.
But also, the poor kid got thrown from a hedonistic city to a post-apocalyptic world full of monsters and any attempts to explain where he’s from are met with offense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Folks rag on Tidus and I kinda get it. He can be grating and his character arc is he goes from a spoiled jock to a selfless hero.
But also, the poor kid got thrown from a hedonistic city to a post-apocalyptic world full of monsters and any attempts to explain where he’s from are met with offense.
But also, the poor kid got thrown from a hedonistic city to a post-apocalyptic world full of monsters and any attempts to explain where he’s from are met with offense.
So Target is in free fall, barely holding on. Their original base that was almost entirely comprised of people left of center and beyond shopping there has abandoned them because the instant we got Trump: The Sequel, they take an active stance against DEI.
What's a great solution to this?
What's a great solution to this?
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So Target is in free fall, barely holding on. Their original base that was almost entirely comprised of people left of center and beyond shopping there has abandoned them because the instant we got Trump: The Sequel, they take an active stance against DEI.
What's a great solution to this?
What's a great solution to this?
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Time for another boss battle...
youtu.be/h3_Mi-k5RU4
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Pax Deorum (2009 Remaster)
YouTube video by Enya - Topic
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November 26, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Time for another boss battle...
youtu.be/h3_Mi-k5RU4
youtu.be/h3_Mi-k5RU4
I'll be the first to admit that my desire to watch anime has kinda waned in the last decade, so I can say I probably sound like a curmudgeon about this but why are the titles so damned long?
I don't need the plot summary to be the title and I kinda hate it when the shows do that.
I don't need the plot summary to be the title and I kinda hate it when the shows do that.
November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I'll be the first to admit that my desire to watch anime has kinda waned in the last decade, so I can say I probably sound like a curmudgeon about this but why are the titles so damned long?
I don't need the plot summary to be the title and I kinda hate it when the shows do that.
I don't need the plot summary to be the title and I kinda hate it when the shows do that.
I guess I’m just kinda… confused… about the counters you see both online and offline about Trump being on the Epstein list because most of the time they bring out Clinton’s likelihood of being on there like it’ll shut us up but like… does that mean we’re finally mask off about it?
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I guess I’m just kinda… confused… about the counters you see both online and offline about Trump being on the Epstein list because most of the time they bring out Clinton’s likelihood of being on there like it’ll shut us up but like… does that mean we’re finally mask off about it?
So I'm gonna reserve full judgement for next week, but I'm kinda... not super impressed with Hazbin season 2?
I guess the biggest thing that's irking me is I have zero affection for the manipulative propaganda plot and it's basically been four episodes of the TV head playing everyone with it.
I guess the biggest thing that's irking me is I have zero affection for the manipulative propaganda plot and it's basically been four episodes of the TV head playing everyone with it.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So I'm gonna reserve full judgement for next week, but I'm kinda... not super impressed with Hazbin season 2?
I guess the biggest thing that's irking me is I have zero affection for the manipulative propaganda plot and it's basically been four episodes of the TV head playing everyone with it.
I guess the biggest thing that's irking me is I have zero affection for the manipulative propaganda plot and it's basically been four episodes of the TV head playing everyone with it.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
On one hand, we should absolutely be a little concerned that moralists on the left can’t understand writing a villain isn’t the same as being one.
But the real media literacy crisis is right wing nut jobs pretending art only just now took a leftist swing some six years ago. It hasn’t.
But the real media literacy crisis is right wing nut jobs pretending art only just now took a leftist swing some six years ago. It hasn’t.
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
On one hand, we should absolutely be a little concerned that moralists on the left can’t understand writing a villain isn’t the same as being one.
But the real media literacy crisis is right wing nut jobs pretending art only just now took a leftist swing some six years ago. It hasn’t.
But the real media literacy crisis is right wing nut jobs pretending art only just now took a leftist swing some six years ago. It hasn’t.
It’s tricky. Having principles generally means you have values you won’t bend on.
But being absolute about every little thing is how cryptofascists use our values against us to stall and outright revert progress.
We won a lot of cool stuff today, but we’ve been trapped in a frustrating cycle.
But being absolute about every little thing is how cryptofascists use our values against us to stall and outright revert progress.
We won a lot of cool stuff today, but we’ve been trapped in a frustrating cycle.
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
It’s tricky. Having principles generally means you have values you won’t bend on.
But being absolute about every little thing is how cryptofascists use our values against us to stall and outright revert progress.
We won a lot of cool stuff today, but we’ve been trapped in a frustrating cycle.
But being absolute about every little thing is how cryptofascists use our values against us to stall and outright revert progress.
We won a lot of cool stuff today, but we’ve been trapped in a frustrating cycle.
In Pokemon, the modern games will program NPC trainers to save their best Pokemon or "ace" for the final stage of the battle.
This is where Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, Dynamax/Gigantamax and Terastalizing comes in.
However, earlier games just... didn't do that.
This is where Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, Dynamax/Gigantamax and Terastalizing comes in.
However, earlier games just... didn't do that.
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
In Pokemon, the modern games will program NPC trainers to save their best Pokemon or "ace" for the final stage of the battle.
This is where Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, Dynamax/Gigantamax and Terastalizing comes in.
However, earlier games just... didn't do that.
This is where Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, Dynamax/Gigantamax and Terastalizing comes in.
However, earlier games just... didn't do that.
So I’m already seeing people misunderstand the reason Pentious was sent to Hell in his backstory of s2e2.
He wasn’t just minding his own business. He knew the identity of a serial killer who would eventually be Jack the Ripper. His inaction resulted in the murder and mutilation of several women.
He wasn’t just minding his own business. He knew the identity of a serial killer who would eventually be Jack the Ripper. His inaction resulted in the murder and mutilation of several women.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
So I’m already seeing people misunderstand the reason Pentious was sent to Hell in his backstory of s2e2.
He wasn’t just minding his own business. He knew the identity of a serial killer who would eventually be Jack the Ripper. His inaction resulted in the murder and mutilation of several women.
He wasn’t just minding his own business. He knew the identity of a serial killer who would eventually be Jack the Ripper. His inaction resulted in the murder and mutilation of several women.