BREAKING: VRFocus Might Fail due to lack of Porn Videos

Virtual Reality tech website VRFocus could very well fail and the company behind it might have to file bankruptcy due to lack of pornographic videos on the VRFocus homepage. It is a well-known fact that sex sells, so why wouldn't VRFocus have tons of porn videos on their home page? Do they think that they are some how immune to the total fact that only things that have porn succeed? Or perhaps they think that their dumb little click bait headline is going to bring them ad revenue?

Elite Dangerous: Arena

     Frontier Developments, the company behind the popular Elite franchise and its current incarnation Elite: Dangerous, has recently released what it is calling Elite Dangerous: Arena. Contrary to what some might think, this is not a new DLC or a brand new game, it is simply the CQC mode already present in Elite: Dangerous being sold as a standalone to provide new players with a cheap way to get in to the full game. Some may argue it's a demo, others may argue "WHAT THE FUCK FRONTIER WHY THE HELL ARE YOU MAKING ME PAY FOR CQC AGAIN YOU RIP OFF SCAM ARTIST SHADY  EA WANNABEE GREEDY BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH *insert more random Steam Forum rage from people who don't do their research in to what a game actually is before they decide they hate it...here*". Regardless of what you might call it, Arena is an interest method of producing more interest in the full game and giving players somewhat of a gateway drug in to Elite: Dangerous as a whole.
     Basically, Arena is a piece of Elite: Dangerous being sold by itself so players can try it out without having to invest money in the full game. This piece is already owned by players who own the full game, as it is literally just the already-present CQC mode, and so Arena does not affect anybody who already owns the full game. Players who purchase Arena get the option to upgrade to the full game for the difference in cost between Arena and the full game, meaning that they don't spend any more or any less money than they would if they had just purchased the full game to begin with. This is also a means to get more players in to the CQC mode, which has had long loading times and a lack of any real matchmaking due to lack of interest in the mode. Frontier are probably hoping that this move will spark an influx of players are going to try it out, and therefore drastically reduce wait times to get in a game, and then bring in more players who own the full game, effectively shocking life in to the half-dead husk that CQC has always been. It might work, it might not. Regardless there is now a cheap alternative to the full game that players on the fence can buy just to try it out, and for a game like Elite, I think the ability to try it out is really crucial. Elite has a specific, but large, niche appeal and you either love the game or you hate it. There isn't a whole lot of in between.

You can purchase Elite Dangerous: Arena for $7.49 here:
Frontier Store: https://www.frontierstore.net/usd/games/elite-dangerous-arena.html
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/443080/

The full Elite: Dangerous Deluxe Edition, which includes both Season 1 and Horizons (Season 2), and in-game paint jobs and a bobblehead, as well as everything Arena offers, for $59.99 here:
Frontier Sore: https://www.frontierstore.net/usd/games/elite-dangerous-cat/elite-dangerous-deluxe-edition.html
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/93682/

#TrustAndSafety: The day Freedom of Expression on Twitter Died.

     It's official, ladies and gentlemen. Freedom of Speech on Twitter is dead. Twitter has created a "Trust and Safety Council" to dictate what is and isn't acceptable behavior on the social media platform. Every single person on that council is a special interest group that seeks to further their own agenda and nothing more. Among them is counter one Anitsa Sarkeesian, who is infamous for attacking gamers over and over again and then screaming "HARASSMENT" when they inevitably fight back. It would seem that if you cry harassment enough that you get invited to twitter to destroy free speech! Twitter has a long history of pandering to the extreme left and political correctness at the expense of their own stocks and value as a company out of fear of being the latest target of the Social Justice Nazi harassment brigade. In a way...poetic. In every way...absolutely despicable. What Twitter has done is give a bunch of people who consider criticism in any form to be harassment the ability to make it harassment. These people all want the same things: to have their ideals go completely unchallenged and for Twitter to be made in to their personal "safe space". For years, ever since the Gamer Gate controversy began, these people have shown over and over again that they want to censor everything they deem "problematic", silence anybody that disagrees with them, and force people in positions of power to give them what they want. And now, Twitter is actually doing it.
     Allow me to explain exactly what is going to start happening. Trust and Safety council gets founded, people complain and express their frustrations at Twitter and everybody involved, and then it just kind of sits there for a while. Waiting. Then, when it all dies down and people think nothing is really going on. Whoops! A well-known figure who openly denounces SJ culture gets banned for "instigating harassment" and "hate speech" and "being problematic". People are going to flip, it's all going to be blamed on the Trust and Safety council, and rightfully so. Then, with all the rage and frustration, the council is going to go to Twitter and say "Look! Look at all these people who are angry! This is all mass harassment! They're from a terrorist group called #GamerGate!". And then over the next several weeks, you're going to start seeing major figures in Gamer Gate get banned. And then less major figures will start getting banned. All for "instigating harassment" regardless of what they actually did. Then you know what will happen? Major right-wing political figures will start to get their twitter presence removed all in the name of "safety". After all! You don't like gay marriage, that makes you problematic! And we can't have ANYBODY that is...problematic... And then what's left? You ever told an SJW to fuck off? Banned. You follow somebody who posts to Gamer Gate who got banned? Banned. You get blocked by Sarkeesian in the past? Banned. Don't like feminism? Banned. Ever said anything that could ever be considered offensive by anybody ever? Banned. Banned, banned, banned, banned. BANNED.

BANNED

     It might take a while. It might not happen for months, maybe a year or two. But this is merely the first step towards total censorship of anything the extreme left doesn't agree with. When you give people who's entire purpose online is to push a political agenda the tools and power to do so...it doesn't matter what their "intentions" are, they will always... ALWAYS abuse their power to ensure that their narrative remains unchallenged. The people on this "Trust and Safety" council are in it for their own sakes. They don't care about anybody unless that person shares political ideals with them. Don't believe me? Just watch. How much you willing to be that if a Social Justice Nazi doxes somebody and sends them death threats...that nothing will happen to them? Oh but God help them if a white christian male who's voting for Donald Trump does it...they'll be banned instantly. "It's okay when WE do it, because we're the RIGHT people doing it for the RIGHT reasons."

#RIPTwitter 

#RIPTwitter: Because apparently we don't know what we want to see

     The current number one trend on Twitter is #RIPTwitter. That seems a bit drastic, as what could possibly kill the social media juggernaut? Some new system that take what twitter does right and makes it better? Nope. Could it be something to do with Anita Sarkeesian showing up to tell twitter how to improve? Doubtful. How about Twitter itself? Ding ding ding. It would seem that Twitter has decided to get rid of the sensible chronological timeline, and replace it with one that uses an algorithm to essentially tell users what they want to see.
     There hasn't been any official word of this yet, but it would seem that it was leaked to several news sources that Twitter intends to release and algorithmic timeline as soon as next week. This would essentially spell disaster for the social platform, as it has been one of the only real-time focused sites out there. Many users have stated in the past that Twitter has saved their lives due to easy access to news reports and instantaneous messaging. Now, if that crucial tweet from your local weather station warning you to stay indoors gets put at the very bottom of your feed because the algorithm decided that you dont really want to see it...you're kinda screwed.
     This is just the latest attempt from the platform, who's obsession with pandering to the political correctness crowd is well documented, to attempt to arbitrarily dictate what people see. The algorithm (if it comes in to effect because let's be honest here, nobody is pleased, at all) might start off harmless, with just showing you the most popular tweets among those you follow, but what's to stop twitter from using their algorithm to detect things you say they don't like? Speak negatively against radical feminists? Flagged. Make a joke about ISIS? Flagged. You associate with the right wing? Flagged. And if you're flagged the algorithm decides that "nobody really wants to see anything you tweet..." and will shove you down to the bottom of every timeline. And if that starts, whats to stop them from shoving all their promoted tweets at the top, or ignore who youre following and just fill timelines with people who share twitters flawed political beliefs?
     When social media starts using algorithms to dictate what people can and can't see...they are essentially stating "we have a narrative we want to push, and you are going to listen whether you like it or not". Social Justice Nazis have in the past stated they want twitter to be turned in to a safe space, and this could very well be the first step to making that happen.

Don't assume anything yet, as there is no official word, and twitter could very well back off with this move due to the mass outrage, but that doesnt mean don't be weary. If this does come to fruition, mark my words, nothing but predetermined "safe" tweets from "designated safe tweeters" will show up for anybody in the not so distant future.

#Pawtendo: The Furry Fandom's Resident Ball of Abuse and Anger

     A Furry that goes by the name of "Pawtendo" has a long-standing history of generally being to other furries what furries are to regular people. Pawtendo has quite a history of being abusive, with a lot of controversy surrounding him that is documented in his WikiFur article, as well as an Encyclopedia Dramatica page that covers a lot more but in an equally abusive manner, so we'll ignore that for the purposes of this article. He has been banned from major furry websites numerous times, as well as appeared on Artists Beware frequently. He has had to change his Twitter handler (which is at the time of writing @PawtendoPlays) frequently as he can not seem to stop abusing people to the point where he gets a hate mob on his trail. I personally have seen him harass people for saying "feet" instead of "paws", attempt to get others to harass on his behalf to circumvent preemptive social media blocks, and attempt to con artists in to giving him free art (and when it doesn't work he resorts to more harassment). This person is already well-known for being extremely abusive so it should come as no surprise that he is now targeting a 14 year old artist.
     As documented here, Pawtendo has set his sights on trying to con a 14 year old out a measly $10 by insinuating that the artist (who isn't even old enough to legally receive payments) request payment for free art, which did not happen. In addition to this, Pawtendo was actually hitting on the kid claiming that he has a crush on them and trying to guilt trip them when they didn't express the same feelings back. It's a sad day indeed when a 14 year old is being the mature one when a 24 year old expresses romantic feelings. Of course, Pawtendo is desperately trying to deny all of this, but given that he has a history of lying and trying to cheat people out of money, as well as has been caught numerous times in the past flirting and trying to roleplay with underage kids (and subsequently throwing a fit when they reject him), most people are on the side of the young artist. I personally find it quite sad that this is even happening. The Furry Fandom prides itself on being inclusive and understanding to anybody that associates with the community, but unfortunately that means that a few bad eggs can and will show up every once in a while. Sometimes...it's the same bad egg multiple times. The fandom tries to police its own however, but sadly that can just result in a harassment war (which reminds me, please do not go and try to harass Pawtendo because you read this article. That just makes matters worse. This article is meant as a signal boost, so that people know to avoid this highly toxic individual, it's not meant to start a flame war. So please, be the bigger person.)
      This is all just one more mark on the list of shitty things that Pawtendo has done, and it certainly won't be the last. If you're part of the furry community or just on twitter in general...do yourself a favor and block Pawtendo. Even the people close to him have admitted multiple times that they tolerate him out of pity more than anything, and he attacks anybody for trivial things (I mean really...getting pissy over somebody saying feet and not paws? This is why people think furries have mental disorders). Keep him out of your life, and you will have a much more positive time. Trust me.

 

Harry Styles and his Secret Obsession with the Nazi Regime

hahahahahahahaha you see how easy it is to make some bs clickbait headline to whore out for views?

You gotta stop falling for this it's the oldest trick in the book.

Harry Styles does not (as far as I know) have an obsession with the Nazi Regime. But all I would have to do is write an article that talks about a hypothetical situation in which he did based on some photoshopped tweets and rumors from 4chan and have THAT be the headline and now I'm the spitting image of Gawker.