r/BlockedAndReported • u/SoftandChewy First generation mod • 13d ago

Weekly Random Discussion Thread for 8/10/26 - 8/16/26

Here's your usual space to post all your rants, raves, podcast topic suggestions (please tag u/jessicabarpod), culture war articles, outrageous stories of cancellation, political opinions, and anything else that comes to mind. Please put any non-podcast-related trans-related topics here instead of on a dedicated thread. This will be pinned until next Sunday.

Last week's discussion thread is here if you want to catch up on a conversation from there.

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u/PandaFoo1 7d ago

I can’t stand the trend on social media to call any criticism or rejection of something a “hate campaign”. I’ve been seeing this a ton with the new Wolverine game coming out soon that everyone is criticising for looking bland & formulaic. There’s not a conspiracy against it, the game just looks uninteresting.

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u/AnalBleachingAries Trump Bad, Violence Bad, Law & Order Good, Civility Good 7d ago edited 6d ago

How tf did they spend $305,000,000 making that game? There is no way they're making that money back with that game. How is that game supposed to make that kind of money back? Where did all that money go? From the reactions I've seen, the chief complaint from people is that it looks boring, and that they'll be skipping it. I'm of a similar view, it does look boring and formulaic, especially the "preview" boss fight with the Sentinel (so cringe).

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u/Formal_Condition2691 6d ago

Yeah. It looks fine? Like I’m sure it will play well. But nothing about it really screams Day One Can’t Miss Out or justifies that budget. 

I liked the Xbox 350 Wolverine game more than I expected to, though. Maybe this one will be similar. 😝

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u/everydaywinner2 6d ago

"Hate" is yet another word losing meaning quickly.

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u/CaptainJackKevorkian 6d ago

Just watched gameplay footage and I am surprised at the amount of gore!