AstroStelar [he/him]

22 y/o, autistic, AroAce, Marxist with Mega Man characteristics (also Kirby)

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  • The Mandarin-language videos are modeled on a series of videos the agency made in recent years asking Russians to spy for the United States, appeals that previous C.I.A. leaders said helped develop new sources.

    Sure…

    Last year the C.I.A. released instructions in Mandarin [on Youtube] about how people in China could safely use the dark web to contact the agency. The text-only instructional video was viewed 900,000 times. While the Chinese internet is locked down and censored, American officials believe that more sophisticated Chinese officials know how to work around those controls.

    Aren’t VPNs very common in China?

    Here is how NYT described the videos:



  • As someone who grew up with the 3DS and only recently got interested in RPGs, I’m a little curious about it. Probably only because the main protagonist bears a striking resemblance to the protagonist of the Mega Man Star Force series that means a lot to me, haha.

    Coincidentally, Star Force is also an underrated RPG series (imo) that suffered from bad timing and, as the sequel to the Battle Network series, had the curse of being simultaneously called more of the same and too different from Battle Network, and also suffering from bad timing.



  • Mega Man Star Force 1’s story has hit me more personally than any other piece of media and in general it’s well-written despite it still being a kid’s game. But it really rushed the friendship between Geo and Pat, you’ve barely even seen Pat throughout the game so Geo becoming so wrecked by his betrayal feels forced. Pat/Rey’s betrayal is also telegraphed so blatantly that it makes Geo look like an idiot.

    Pat/Rey also falls into a problematic DID trope of a “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” type personality split, with an aggressive alter ego when most people with DID aren’t dangerous like that.

    Geo falling back into depression and fear of getting close with people, and cutting off everyone would be very relatable as someone who relapses into depressive thoughts, but the setup was too rushed as just mentioned and it’s also right as the alien antagonists are starting their full-on invasion of Earth. It just made me go: “Get in the fucking mech, Shinji”.