@nessisonett@Anke haha, the podcast was always done by The Ben(s) just for fun (it wasn't paid). I imagine Ben is looking for a full-time paid role at the moment, and it isn't something we can fund for the podcast, unfortunately! But me and Ben do catch up from time to time.
@antdickens I'd happily Patreon, just saying. Might be worth a poll or a trial run?
Oh and let Ben know we love him and miss him next time you get together
I miss the sidebar on the main page that lists upcoming live streams of interest to PS owners and their dates/times. I'm terrible at remembering these things 😉 Any chance of that coming back?
@antdickens Ah, I see. No, I have no idea how many events are confirmed or on the cards, as there is no handy PushSquare guide to tell me
I've already forgotten when Summer Game Fest was, but isn't it next week or something? (this was how I noticed the feature was missing; I was looking to refresh my memory on this particular event )
Thanks, though, I will now rest easy knowing that once you guys are aware of interesting events, they will show up on the main page and that's all I need to know
I feel like the site's growing fixation on the trashier elements of games such as Stellar Blade is hurting the community.
If you look at today's 'What are you Playing this Weekend?' article, the comments are full of people exchanging thoughts and ideas in a good-natured way, something I've always liked about this site. If you compare that to the article on a South Korean bloke talking about arses, well that's the complete opposite.
Today's Stellar Blade article doesn't feel particularly relevant to the actual game itself, and the date on the twitter post it's taken from suggests that either a) it has been dredged up through lack of anything else to post or b) it has been saved for a slow day. Possibly knowing full well that it would result in a comments section barney.
I created a Push Square account ten years ago, drawn to it by the intelligent, smart writing and friendly community. I don't like seeing it go this way, with articles every other day about skimpy clothing DLCs and inevitable arguments in the comments.
Just my two cents, sorry if it sounds like I'm ranting. Hope this is the relevant place to express such sentiments, I didn't know where else to put it.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
Not a rant at all. It's why I don't bother looking at the comment sections for the more inflammatory "Bait" articles such as this. It's just not worth the mental energy.
Everyone may not agree with what @nessisonett says but I have to admire him for always being willing to speak his mind and sticking to his morals despite the pushback he so often gets for doing so.
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@HallowMoonshadow I agree, and I think a lot of the pushback he gets is simply due to people misunderstanding his point. Hence the arguments we then see unfold.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
While the initial point raised was sound and appropriate, the ensuing conversation hasn't been. It's not acceptable to discuss other members of the community in this manner.
100% agree it said more about the publication asking the question, rather than the poor fool answering it in his awkward manner (which people have abundantly mentioned, based on their own experiences, how he is answering in a weird logical way in terms of how art is taught, rather than a normal human engaging in regular conversation)
But also there definitely is a need for everyone, absolutely everyone to take a f***ing day off every now and then. If silliness and humour can't be found anywhere and everything has to be turned in to some morality argument (on a gaming website) then I don't know what the point is even bothering with it.
Every single article doesn't have to be turned into an argument to fight for or against people's core beliefs. I'll happily shout down anyone being openly racist, homophobic, sexist etc on here, but the rest of the time, I'd like to think I can talk to anyone about anything regardless of whether we see eye to eye on every single matter in life, because it doesn't f***ing matter most of the time because the subject at hand is gaming, sports, entertainment and so on.
The Internet is a tiring place though, everyone has to be right all the time, everyone has to be endlessly fighting for their cause, and it seemingly spans every single comments section here now too.
I'm not sure what can be done, unless they just ditch the comment section on most articles that aren't community based, but that would take away some funny moments, and some quality comments. Maybe remove all comments that are geared politically, or are skewed towards other social or political topics that are mostly unrelated to the actual articles to stop any of this happening in the first place? Rather than waiting and removing comments that then go on to attack or counter those posts. It's difficult though, it is.
All I know is we are losing more and more active members in the forums as well as in the comments section, so that is not great.
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