Ramblings of a Filipino Nerd
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>Disses on anime and manga as problematic >Pulls the "akstually MY stuff is parody/satire!" card >Appropriates manga for his comics anyway What did Meatcanyon mean by this? https:...
TLDR in English: VISA has suspended services to a matchmaking site for Japanese otaku. And NO reasons are given, nor is there any indication of criminal/illegal activity of any kin...
Just in on Substack: While a conflagration of financial hijinks and the resurgence of a familiar puritanism poses fresh challenges, history may not repeat itself. These are intere...
You're right. You're not on anyone's side, gaming or otherwise. Welcome back, 1990s-2000s moral panic. https://t.co/bd5hd8mT75 https://t.co/bKc7P9VsJT
"I've been fighting against D.E.I. relentlessly and was one of the very first people to defend him when Mercante was going after his wife." And the solution's a culture in which a...
For those who think that going back to the "good old days" of those scolds because they had "morals" or they were outsiders vs. the "woke infiltration"...tread carefully. For the e...
JRPG as an insult if anything was the result of a persistent stream of slanderous hitpieces coming from certain Western journos and industry figures. It didn't really stop, even if...
While there is as yet no immediate response from Japanese authorities, the mere fact that "abuse of dominant bargaining position" and "consumer protection" are considerations at al...
For those who want a TLDR, a free expression rally was held at Japan's House of Councilors (the "Lower House" of the Diet), with multiple in-house meetings. It notably stressed ho...
As it turns out the credit card/payment processor censorship issue goes much further, being traced to both a California district court ruling and "blocking lists" sent by the Singa...
This seems to have gone under the radar, but here it is, straight from the horse's mouth: Seetan Kitney, President and Representative Director, Visa Worldwide Japan. TLDR: Visa is...
Most Anti-SJWs/woke activists would not have fought for those games if people didn't promote them TO BEGIN WITH as alternatives. And there's a lot out there ignored amidst the outr...