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  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialtoRPGMemes @ttrpg.network•A little fear is goodEnglish
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    12 days ago

    No seriously. What context am I missing? You’ve done nothing this entire thread except scream plagiarism and call everyone who isn’t you a moron.

    In the chain I linked to, you say it’s a blatant ripoff of another comic, Samus12345 says it’s a play on the same idea referencing elden ring, someone else says what the original was about (adding nothing), Samus12345 says it’s clearly meant to be a parody although since the original isn’t well known the parody should be presented in context, and you chime in again saying it’s been called out for plagiarism, so clearly it is well known.

    In the chain we’re now in, you and Samus12345 go back and forth, with you saying it’s a blatant ripoff and Samus12345 (correctly) arguing it’s a parody (although it should show the original for context), and you ask how something can possibly be a parody if no one except you and two other people have ever seen the original.

    We could have a whole other discussion about why the number of people who know about the original is a fucking stupid definition of plagiarism, and how now that everyone reading this thread has been made aware of the original’s existence and the ways that the “rip-off” innovates on it, the claims of plagiarism no longer really hold water (unless you want to argue that since it wasn’t OP who linked the original they were trying to steal credit, which… just… no), but I still don’t see how something can be well-known enough to be recognized as plagiarism but not well known enough to be recognized as parody.

  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialtoRPGMemes @ttrpg.network•A little fear is goodEnglish
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    13 days ago

    I can follow a conversation just fine. In one thread, someone says it’s more parody than plagiarism, although the original isn’t super well known so people might not recognize it as parody, to which you reply that it obviously is since three people have called it out for being plagiarism. In this thread, you ask how something can possibly be parody if the original isn’t well enough known.

    Funny though that you gripe about a comic not being well known enough to be effectively parodied in reply to a comment saying the original has its own KnowYourMeme page, then accuse me of not being able to follow a conversation.

  • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialtoTransfem@lemmy.blahaj.zone•Any cozy game recommendations?English
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    3 months ago

    I recently discovered this adorable little indie point and click adventure game called Read Only Memories. The basic plot is that you’re a struggling freelance journalist living in a crappy apartment in Neo-San Francisco in the year 2064. Human genetic and cybernetic modification is widely available, and some jackasses have decided to spend their time protesting outside the clinics that provide it. They claim it strips away the very things that make us human, whatever that may mean (editorialism mine – the game, strangely, goes to great lengths to allow the player to choose either, or neither, side in this conflict through dialogue options, although the vast majority of characters you meet will have the same opinion I did). Also, ROMs (personal voice-activated robots – think ChatGPT with legs) are fairly commonplace and can be seen everywhere from individual households to the police force. They’re highly conversational though not particularly human.

    Anyway, one day, you wake up, and one of these robots is standing at the foot of your bed. You’re somewhat surprised by this, since you’re way too broke to afford one. The robot introduces themself as Turing, a top-secret project to create a truly sapient ROM, who has just witnessed their creator being kidnapped and broke into your apartment during the night to ask for your help to solve the case.

    I’ve only gotten to the second chapter so far, but I’m loving it. It is very cute and very queer and does not shy away from the gritty realities of its subject matter. I don’t want to spoil too much, but there’s one conversation where you find out why the genetically modified person who’s been a bit of a dick to you got genetic modifications and the major struggles they went through to get it, and I do not think the allegory could have been more obvious if the entire screen turned into a giant trans flag.

    Also Turing is adorable. And you can hug them. Also the music is incredible.

    It’s an incredible game and you should totally play it ^^