One of the directors of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">The Super Mario Bros. Movie</a>” defended the decision to cast <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-pratt">Chris Pratt</a> in the lead role during an interview published Wednesday as fans continue to argue over it.
The debate has been going strong since the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment">teaser trailer</a> debuted in October, with viewers wondering why Pratt, who is not Italian and appears to make no effort to sound that way, would be picked to voice one of the most iconic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">video game</a> characters in existence.
“It’s a bit of an origin tale. It’s the story of Mario becoming Super Mario,” director Aaron Horvath <a href="https://www.gamesradar.com/super-mario-bros-movie-chris-pratt-casting">told</a> TotalFilm of the project during an interview. He noted how the casting agents were looking for someone to realistically portray “a blue-collar guy from a family of Italian immigrants” in Brooklyn.
“For us, it made total sense,” Horvath said of them landing on Pratt as the ideal choice. “He’s really good at playing a blue-collar hero with a ton of heart. For the way that Mario is characterized in our film, he’s perfect for it.”
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Pratt also discussed how focused he was on getting the voice right during an <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/columns/chris-pratt-super-mario-bros-voice-jurassic-world-dominion-1235301622/">interview</a> with Variety last year, explaining how he “worked really closely” with directors to find the best way to portray Mario.
“I tried out a few things and landed on something that I’m really proud of and can’t wait for people to see and hear,” Pratt said. “It’s an animated voiceover narrative. It’s not a live-action movie. I’m not gonna be wearing a plumber suit running all over. I’m providing a voice for an animated character, and it is updated and unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before.”
Fans don’t have much to evaluate as Pratt only spoke two lines in the original <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-funniest-thing-fans-mock-chris-pratts-voice-as-super-mario-bros-trailer-drops">teaser trailer</a>, saying, “What is this place?” and “Mushroom Kingdom, here we come!” But that was enough to send Twitter into a frenzy when the trailer dropped in October. Viewers said it sounded like the actor didn’t do anything to alter his normal voice.
“Chris Pratt saying he worked so hard on the Mario voice only for it to sound like Chris Pratt is the funniest thing,” one person responded.
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When a longer version of the trailer was released shortly after with more dialogue, Illumination Studios turned off commenting on YouTube. 
“The Super Mario Bros. Movie” lands in theaters on April 5, 2023.

Today – Season 71

‘Super Mario’ Director Defends Casting Chris Pratt Amid Backlash: ‘Really Good At Playing A Blue Collar Hero’

'Super Mario' Director Defends Casting Chris Pratt Amid Backlash: 'Really Good At Playing A Blue Collar Hero'

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Movies

U.S.

Video Games

The boycotts against the “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-potter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Potter”</a>-themed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">video game</a>, “Hogwarts Legacy,” seem to have failed miserably.
Early sales numbers for the action role-playing game (RPG) developed by Avalanche Software show that it&#8217;s a huge hit with customers. In the first two weeks of the game’s debut, &#8220;Hogwarts Legacy&#8221; sold more than 12 million units, raking in more than $850 million in sales. That makes it the biggest global launch in Warner Bros. Games history and one of the fastest-selling video games of all time.
Many trans activists were opposed to the release of the game due to its association with creator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a> and the likelihood that she would receive a portion of the royalties. Rowling is a staunch leftist feminist but has become incredibly controversial in recent years for questioning the trans agenda and accusing activists of ignoring the rights of women.
Avalanche Software had already begun working on the immersive RPG before the controversy with Rowling started. They’ve since tried to distance themselves from the drama, but the calls to boycott the game were pervasive anyway. 
“J.K. Rowling was not involved in the creation of the game,” the <a href="https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us/faq">FAQ page</a> on the game’s official site says. “While remaining true to J.K. Rowling’s original vision, Portkey game developers chart new territory by creating fresh ways for fans to immerse themselves in the Wizarding World.”
The game’s creators also included a supposed trans-identifying character who says at one point in the game: “I was actually a witch, not a wizard.”
Even with these efforts, some video game reviewers were reluctant to post their opinions about Hogwarts Legacy or to even admit they had played it, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-activists-urge-boycott-of-hogwarts-legacy-video-game-despite-j-k-rowling-not-being-involved">reported</a>.
“Hogwarts Legacy cannot and should not be judged solely on its own merits, because the end result of supporting this game financially and socially isn’t simply a matter of how much you’ll enjoy it, or how nostalgic it might be to experience the world of Harry Potter,” GamesHub reviewer Percy Ranson, who identifies as transgender, wrote of the game. 
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“If you purchase this game — if you praise its qualities and encourage others to ‘support the developers’ or ‘treat yourself to a guilty pleasure’ — you are making a choice that will harm the transgender community, whether you want to admit it or not,” Ranson continued, echoing what many other critics were saying.
Hogwarts Legacy is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It will become available for other gaming systems in the coming months.

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‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Video Game Rakes In $850M In 2 Weeks Despite Boycott Attempts Over J.K. Rowling Earning Royalties

'Hogwarts Legacy' Video Game Rakes In $850M In 2 Weeks Despite Boycott Attempts Over J.K. Rowling Earning Royalties

Harry Potter

JK Rowling

Social Issues

World

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">Transgender activists</a> are furious over the release of the Harry Potter-themed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">video game</a> “Hogwarts Legacy” after labeling author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a> a “transphobe.” They don&#8217;t want anyone reviewing or playing it.
Game developer Avalanche Software began working on the immersive role-playing game long before the controversy with Rowling started and has since attempted to distance the game from her.  
“J.K. Rowling was not involved in the creation of the game,” the FAQ page on the game’s official site <a href="https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us/faq">says</a>. “While remaining true to J.K. Rowling’s original vision, Portkey game developers chart new territory by creating fresh ways for fans to immerse themselves in the Wizarding World.”
The game&#8217;s creators also included a supposed trans-identifying character who says at one point in the game: “I was actually a witch, not a wizard.”
But that effort wasn’t enough to assuage trans activists who don’t believe Rowling should earn any profits from her intellectual property and that, therefore, the game should not exist. Some game reviewers are hesitant to post their thoughts on the game because of the potential blowback.
TheGamer editor Stacey Henley congratulated herself for “not covering Hogwarts Legacy with a review,” and <a href="https://www.thegamer.com/games-media-failed-hogwarts-legacy-test/">argued</a> that taking an “all that matters is how fun a game is” philosophy to game reviews is “actively damaging to professional journalism.” 
GamesHub reviewer Percy Ranson, who identifies as transgender, also refused to review the game. 
“Hogwarts Legacy cannot and should not be judged solely on its own merits, because the end result of supporting this game financially and socially isn’t simply a matter of how much you’ll enjoy it, or how nostalgic it might be to experience the world of Harry Potter,” Ranson <a href="https://www.gameshub.com/news/opinions-analysis/hogwarts-legacy-does-not-deserve-to-be-reviewed-on-its-own-merits-40246/">wrote</a>.
“If you purchase this game – if you praise its qualities and encourage others to ‘support the developers’ or ‘treat yourself to a guilty pleasure’ – you are making a choice that will harm the transgender community, whether you want to admit it or not,” the review continued, also citing the example of Rowling’s potential royalty checks.
Some outlets did choose to review the game with reluctance. 
“As critics, our job is to answer the question of whether or not we find Hogwarts Legacy to be fun to play and why,” a disclaimer on the <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/hogwarts-legacy-review-harry-potter-ps5-xbox-pc">IGN review</a> says. “Whether it’s ethical to play is a separate but still very important question.”
The British pop culture website <a href="https://www.nme.com/reviews/game-reviews/hogwarts-legacy-review-3392991">NME</a> also gave Hogwarts Legacy a review while noting that it was “not an endorsement of Rowling’s opinions or comments,” while providing a link to LGBTQ charities.
Engadget senior editor Jessica Conditt wrote that it was “slightly frightening” to write the review, “knowing the condemnation I could receive.”
Ultimately, Conditt gave the game high marks and admitted that she enjoyed playing it. 
Rowling has been labeled anti-trans ever since 2019 when she tweeted her support for Maya Forstater, who lost her job for asserting that biological sex is real. Over the years she&#8217;s also been critical of the radical trans agenda, <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1470092815506063365">mocking them</a> for calling a rapist with a penis a woman and saying “people who menstruate” instead of “women.”
Because Rowling still holds Left-wing views on most issues, she&#8217;s been labeled by her opponents as a TERF, which stands for &#8220;trans-exclusionary radical feminist.&#8221;

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Trans Activists Urge Boycott Of ‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Video Game Despite J.K. Rowling Not Being Involved

Trans Activists Urge Boycott Of 'Hogwarts Legacy' Video Game Despite J.K. Rowling Not Being Involved

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Transgender

The soon to be released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-potter">Harry Potter</a>-themed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">video game</a> “Hogwarts Legacy” will feature the franchise’s first <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a> character.
This highly anticipated open-world role-playing game is set in the 1800s Wizarding World, which was originally dreamed up by billionaire author <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling">J.K. Rowling</a>. The new game will introduce players to the character Sirona Ryan, proprietor of the Three Broomsticks pub in Hogsmeade Village, per a report from <a href="https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/hogwarts-legacy-transgender-character-jk-rowling-harry-potter-wizarding-world-1235514416/">Variety</a>. That&#8217;s where players learn how classmates may be confused at first to find that Sirona had &#8220;transitioned.&#8221;
When the player asks Sirona about a goblin named Lodgok, the character apparently replies, “Hadn’t seen him in years when he came in a few months ago. But, he recognized me instantly. Which is more than I can say for some of my own classmates. Took them a second to realize I was actually a witch, not a wizard.”
The publication notes how this immersive game invites players to explore Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the Forbidden Forest and the surrounding Overland area as they work on spells and potions.
“Players will experience life as a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 1800s as they embark on a dangerous journey to uncover a hidden truth of the wizarding world,” the game description says. “They will grow their magical abilities by mastering spells, brewing potions, taming magical beasts and more.”
Game creators note how Rowling was not involved with the video game’s development. 
“J.K. Rowling is not involved in the creation of the game,” the <a href="https://www.hogwartslegacy.com/en-us/faq">FAQ page</a> on the game’s official site says. 
“While remaining true to J.K. Rowling’s original vision, Portkey game developers chart new territory by creating fresh ways for fans to immerse themselves in the Wizarding World.”
Rowling’s non-involvement is noteworthy as she’s become an outspoken critic of left-wing gender theory and has been labeled by the Left as a “TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) for defending the rights of women. While some of the “Harry Potter” actors came to her defense, most distanced themselves from the series creator and pledged their allegiance to the pro-trans movement instead.
Despite pushback from her fanbase and the media, Rowling has stood firm in her convictions. 
“Men defining what a woman is, what women should and shouldn’t fear, what women should and shouldn’t say, what rights women should be fine with giving up and, of course, what constitutes ‘real’ misogyny: get a bloody mirror,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/get-a-bloody-mirror-j-k-rowling-points-out-what-real-misogyny-is-in-one-tweet">tweeted</a> recently. “That’s real misogyny, looking right back at you.”
“Hogwarts Legacy” is scheduled to launch February 10 worldwide for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. It will be available later in the year on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

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‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Video Game Includes First Transgender ‘Harry Potter’ Character: ‘J.K. Rowling Is Not Involved’

‘Hogwarts Legacy’ Video Game Includes First Transgender 'Harry Potter' Character

The following is a transcript excerpt from Dr. Jordan Peterson’s conversation with Dr. Del Paulhus on the Dark Tetrad: Machiavellianism, narcissism, psychopathy, and the newly added sadism. You can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/tbd-dr-del-paulhus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listen to</a> or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/tbd-dr-del-paulhus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watch</a> the full podcast on DailyWire+.
Podcast time: 10:54
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:
I know that the Dark Triad has morphed into the Dark Tetrad to some degree, and I am also curious as to what you have to say about the overlap between the Dark Tetrad qualities and personality disorder categories, especially in the histrionic, antisocial, and narcissistic categories. Obviously, that shades into personality pathology. (to Dr. Del Paulhus) Can I define the three traits and have you correct my definitions, if you would?
As you pointed out, Machiavelli was an advisor to princes who was really interested in some sense in the outright maintenance of instrumental power. I would not say he was driven by any intrinsic ethic. Machiavelli gave advice to princes who wanted to maintain their position by hook or by crook. So Machiavellians are willing to use manipulation to obtain their personal ends, and narcissists seem to be driven by a high desire to obtain unearned status from others. The most important thing for them is not status in relationship to competence or in relationship to performance but just in status for its own sake.
Then the psychopaths. I spent a lot of time looking at Hare’s research and thinking about the relationship to the Big Five. Psychopaths seem to be something approximating parasitical predators. They are very, very low in agreeableness and that makes them callous and non-empathetic. Then they also seem to be very low in conscientiousness. That seems to accord reasonably well with the two factors of the psychopathy scale. So a real psychopath is someone who is willing to take what you have, and use it – that might be the predatory aspect – and also to live off the earnings and efforts of others. That is also an element of criminal behavior. 
You are looking at the nexus of all three of those: Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Recently, you and other researchers have added – I think this is so interesting because I think it was a real lack – sadism to that, which is positive delight and pleasure-taking in the suffering of others. So, can you expand at all upon the definitions of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy? And we can segway into sadism.
Dr. Del Paulhus:
I agree with all of your definitions, although what we did was spent a lot of time trying to find what is different among each of the characters and what the overlap is. Why is it that the literature and the measures that were available always overlapped to a dangerous degree in trying to understand what is going on. The key thing for psychopaths, in our opinion, is impulsivity and sensation-seeking which is what gets them into trouble.
They may not have worse motives than the others, but they cannot help it. That is why they – at the extreme levels – spend their lives in prison. They cannot help responding to temptation. Whatever the temptation is, they go for it, and often they get what they want right away, and they keep on doing it until they get caught. And they do not seem to learn from it. That answers a qualification to the definition of psychopath. 
Now, what is underlying it, we think, is callousness for all of them. They are overlapping because at the core is a failure to have empathy. And if you have a deficit in empathy, it seems inevitable that you’re going to exploit other people in one way or another because you are not getting the feedback that people with empathy get in seeing other people suffer at your hands.
And the story of sadism is quite a long story, but if you want me to get into the details, I can do that.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:
Please do. Please do.
Dr. Del Paulhus:
I do not know whether I am more sensitive to these things than other people, but I started seeing sadism in regular people. And not only is it there in everyday people, but people seem to wallow in it when the circumstances allow it. For example, violent sports: one of my favorite sports, hockey. It is kind of pathetic watching a hockey game. The cheers are larger for the fights than for the goals. People love to see their fighter pummel the fighter of the other team – or pummel anyone – and the cheers that go up in a hockey stadium are incredible.
The cheers only stop when the victim falls to the ice and starts twitching, and a hush falls over the crowd, showing the dual nature of positive and negative motivations that human beings have. But the fact that they love seeing the fighting no matter how much blood and teeth end up on the ice is disappointing in a way. We learned a long time ago from the Europeans, they do not have to do that to make hockey a wonderful sport. That was just one. But then watching the undergraduate students at UBC (University of British Columbia), what are they doing for fun?
Well, if you recall way, way back, they used to play these archived games, and there were some gentle ones – Pac-Man, Asteroids, I do not know if you remember those – but going down into the arcade, you see that people are gathered around one of the arcade games. So I wandered over to see it, and it was called Mortal Kombat, which by today’s standards is not that bad, but the heads are torn off and the blood spurts out. And that is why the crowd was there because it was so much more appealing than the silly little Mario Brothers. It just struck me as the beginning of my interest in what people do, especially young males, when they have time on their own. So if it’s not porn, then it seems like it’s violence, and it’s somewhat horrifying. But it has gotten worse.
I do not know if you have been following the video games that are now available on your home computer. You do not need to go to an arcade and be embarrassed by what you are playing because you can sit at home and play whatever games you want. So now, Grand Theft Auto, you can kill innocent bystanders, step on their heads, et cetera. And there are actual torture sites where you can go and torture people. You can torture animals. It is all there.
So people are paying to do this stuff. They pay for violent sports. They pay for violent movies. What is the most popular television program these days? It’s called ‘Game of Thrones,’ and it’s the most sadistic kind of television program that you have ever seen. People are paying for this in one way or another, and they’re attracted to it; they relay stories with their friends. So putting this picture together suggested to me that some, not all – in fact, the variance again is there which excites a personality researcher – some people are highly attracted to this stuff. Other people are horrified.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson:
I know that neurophysiological anger is a multidimensional emotion. It activates positive emotion systems and negative emotion systems simultaneously. So you can think about that, perhaps, as the core element of something like aggression – maybe both defensive and predatory aggression. Then you could imagine that people are wired differently as individuals so that for any given person, being angry might be associated with a predominance of approach motivation – positive emotion – and a relative decrement of negative emotion, and for other people that would be reversed.
I am trying to account for what the positive pleasure is in the observation or participation in the aggression. Hypothetically, you could associate it actually with predatory behavior, with hunting and with combat. But it also might be a consequence of differential wiring at the neurological level in relationship to the balance between positive and negative emotion experienced by any given person with anger.
You see this variation in people. I know some people who are real fighters, let’s say, on the political front, and some of them really enjoy a good scrap. It really seems to get them motivated. And this is not a criticism of them necessarily. Then other people – and I think I fall more into this camp – I am not really very interested at all in conflict. It bothers me a lot. Although I do not like delayed conflict, so I am likely to engage in it relatively upfront.
So we could go into that. What do you think is the fundamental biological and then also ethical difference between people who are taking positive delight in aggression and those who are not? Well, I guess we could start with those questions.
To hear Dr. Del Paulhus’s answer and the rest of the conversation, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast/tbd-dr-del-paulhus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listen to</a> or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/tbd-dr-del-paulhus" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watch</a> the full podcast on DailyWire+.
<a href="https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dr. Jordan B. Peterson</a> is a clinical psychologist and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. From 1993 to 1998 he served as assistant and then associate professor of psychology at Harvard. He is the international bestselling author of Maps of Meaning, 12 Rules For Life, and Beyond Order. You can now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/the-jordan-b-peterson-podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">listen</a> to or <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/jordan-peterson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">watch</a> his popular lectures on DailyWire+.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the authors and not necessarily those of The Daily Wire.

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Characteristics Of A Psychopath And The Making Of The Dark Tetrad

Jordan Peterson

Readers Pass

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The life simulation <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">video game</a> “The Sims 4” just released a free update that includes multiple customization options aimed at players who wish to appear <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">transgender</a>.
This new patch adds to the array of body customization options to include breast removal surgery scars along with garments such as chest binders, “packing” underwear, and other medical wearables, per <a href="https://mashable.com/article/the-sims-4-trans-top-surgery-binder-hearing-aid">Mashable</a>.
The publication noted that the “Create a Sim” character creator now offers users a “Top Surgery Scar” in the &#8220;Body&#8221; category&#8217;s new &#8220;Body Scars&#8221; subcategory. These scars can be added to any male Sims character &#8220;aged Teen or older,&#8221; according to the report, regardless of their base body model’s gender. The “Top Surgery Scar” distinction was made to show that a character had breast removal surgery. 
Also in the “Create a Sim” options, under the “Tops” subcategory “Tanks,” players can opt to put on chest binders. Other shapewear like “tucking underwear” is found in the “Bottoms” section in the subcategory “underwear.”
The official Sims account celebrated these additions with a post on social media.
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A base game update is here with new content including medical wearables, binders, shapewear, a light switch &amp; more including bug fixes &amp; console gameplay improvements 🥳💚
Read more about today’s update in the latest patch notes! <a href="https://t.co/4c4vZdfWBY">https://t.co/4c4vZdfWBY</a> <a href="https://t.co/GYbQYijIIm">pic.twitter.com/GYbQYijIIm</a>
&mdash; The Sims (@TheSims) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1620491816721342464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2023</a></blockquote>
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These additions aren’t the first time the popular video game creators adopted pro-transgender standards. The Sims players of both genders have been able to mix and match masculine and feminine traits since 2016. In 2022, an update allowed users to choose their Sims character’s sexual orientations and pronouns. 
Preset pronouns include she/her, he/him, or they/them, or users can add custom entries for their Sims.
Per <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/05/24/sims-4-pronouns-update/">The Washington Post</a>, game developer Maxis collaborated with the LGBTQ advocacy groups &#8220;It Gets Better Project&#8221; and GLAAD to determine how to add the pronoun feature. “The Sims 4” producer John Faciane called the partnership between the game and these groups “a step in the direction of a more inclusive experience for Simmers.”
“While this update isn’t the be-all end-all of representation of nonbinary and other gender diverse folks, we strongly feel that it’s important for us to approach better inclusivity over time as we figure out ways to work within the limitations of our code,” Faciane said of the pronoun update in 2022.
“Making ‘The Sims 4’ more inclusive of gender neutrality is an ongoing learning and development process for us and we will continue to update this feature over time,” game publisher Electronic Arts wrote at the time, referencing the fact that the game still included gendered language such as “mother” and “father.”

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‘The Sims 4’ Game Update Adds Trans-Friendly Breast Removal Scars, Binders, Tucking Underwear To Character Options

'The Sims 4' Game Update Adds Trans-Friendly Breast Removal Scars, Binders, Tucking Underwear To Character Options

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender">trans activist</a> lobbied to get a woman fired from her job as a community manager at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">video game</a> company Limited Run Games and appears to have been successful.
Social media user Purple Tinker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/twitter">tweeted</a> several grievances against a woman named Kara Lynn on January 6.
&#8220;The community manager for @LimitedRunGames, @/KaraLynne0326, is a transphobe who follows a veritable who&#8217;s who of right-wing transphobic creeps. Unless and until she is fired from the company permanently, I am not giving them another single dime. (CW: Transphobia),&#8221; the tweet from the now-deleted account said.
<a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1611780031864528896">Screenshots</a> included evidence of Lynn questioning men who identify as transgender using women&#8217;s restrooms, plus committing offenses such as following Libs of TikTok on Twitter and looking forward to a Harry Potter game coming out.
On that same day, Limited Run Games announced on its official Twitter account that an employee was fired, though it didn’t mention Kara Lynn by name.
&#8220;LRG respects all personal opinions, however we remain committed to supporting an inclusive culture. Upon investigating a situation, an employee was terminated,” their tweet said. “Our goal as a company is to continue to foster a positive and safe environment for everyone.&#8221;
Replies were limited on the LRG post, but many users were able to express outrage over what happened. 
&#8220;Nerd Culture Content Creator&#8221; Melonie Mac and streamer replied to a tweet from conservative social media influencer Ian Miles Cheong, who brought attention to the firing. &#8220;This is so messed up. @KaraLynne0326 is amazing and deserves better. Shame on you, @LimitedRunGames,&#8221; she shared.
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A video game company called <a href="https://twitter.com/LimitedRunGames?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LimitedRunGames</a> fired <a href="https://twitter.com/KaraLynne0326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KaraLynne0326</a> because some nut job got offended over the fact that she follows me and <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@libsoftiktok</a>. <a href="https://t.co/OvrTiyd73J">pic.twitter.com/OvrTiyd73J</a>
&mdash; Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href="https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1611780031864528896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You do not respect all personal opinions else this decision would not have happened, and if you were committed to an inclusive culture you wouldn&#8217;t have fired a Christian woman for her beliefs,&#8221; Mac wrote in reply to LRC’s tweet.
“In other words, you are infected by the Woke Mind Virus―firing someone because they follow people (that other people don&#8217;t like) on Twitter! Unbelievable,” another reply <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfessorF/status/1611807954872979459">said</a>.
“Fired for wrong-think,” a third person <a href="https://twitter.com/boowiebear/status/1611919131351056385">echoed</a>. “Your product and company will suffer for your lack of concern for diversity of thought, values and experiences. That is the only diversity that matters.”
Purple Tinker is a biological male who identifies as a transgender woman and a known activist who founded BronyCon, a convention for adults who like dressing up as My Little Pony characters, per an Observer <a href="https://observer.com/2012/10/bro-no-scandal-rips-through-brony-community-as-bronycon-founder-purple-tinker-cries-slander/">article</a> from 2012.

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Modern virtual reality pioneer Palmer Luckey claims he created a VR headset that would instantly destroy the user&#8217;s brain with explosive charge modules if the player&#8217;s character dies in the game.
&#8220;If you die in the game,&#8221; Luckey wrote in his Monday <a href="http://palmerluckey.com/if-you-die-in-the-game-you-die-in-real-life/">blog post</a>. &#8220;You die in real life.&#8221;
Luckey, the founder of Oculus VR and designer of the virtual reality head-mounted display Oculus Rift, said tying the life of a gamer to their virtual avatar has always fascinated him.
&#8220;You instantly raise the stakes to the maximum level and force people to fundamentally rethink how they interact with the virtual world and the players inside it,&#8221; Luckey wrote. &#8220;Pumped up graphics might make a game look more real, but only the threat of serious consequences can make a game feel real to you and every other person in the game.&#8221;
Futurism <a href="https://futurism.com/oculus-founder-vr-headset-kills">reports</a> Luckey&#8217;s device pays homage to NerveGear, a helmet coated in dark blue worn by a fictional killer in the VR-themed manga series &#8220;Sword Art Online,&#8221; a new technology that allows players to be inside the game where thousands of people get trapped by a mad scientist and work to escape.
Oddly enough, the futuristic series created ten years ago began in the near future — 2022.
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&quot;This might be a game, but it is not something you play.&quot;
To commemorate the Sword Art Online Incident of November 6th 2022, I made the OQPNVG, the first virtual reality device capable of killing the user &#8211; if you die in the game, you die in real life.<a href="https://t.co/F3nkP5EU61">https://t.co/F3nkP5EU61</a>
&mdash; Palmer Luckey (@PalmerLuckey) <a href="https://twitter.com/PalmerLuckey/status/1589391326118039552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The popularity of [Sword Art Online] led to massive otaku enthusiasm for Oculus, especially in Japan, which quickly became our 2nd largest market,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;In turn, the existence of the Rift made [Sword Art Online] itself seem far more plausible and grounded — a story that had been written in a world where VR was a dead technology was now straight out of the gamer hype headlines.&#8221;
Luckey made tech headlines four years ago after announcing his startup Anduril created surveillance technology with a defense company that acts as a virtual border wall loaded with sensor towers, cameras, and lasers that could detect people and animals moving within a two-mile radius of the border between Mexico and the United States.
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) signed a five-year contract deal with Anduril, the &#8220;virtual border wall&#8221; startup launched by Luckey, in 2020.
But while Luckey and the federal government try to solve President Joe Biden&#8217;s southern border crisis and develop loitering munitions, anti-drone tech, and underwater drones, the American entrepreneur — often referred to as the father of modern virtual reality — said more trials are necessary before perfecting the new VR headset.
&#8220;The good news is that we are halfway to making a true NerveGear,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;The bad news is that so far, I have only figured out the half that kills you. The perfect-VR half of the equation is still many years out.&#8221;
Luckey said the NerveGear technology contained microwave emitters that could reach lethal levels, which the original creator of Sword Art Online and NerveGear — Akihiko Kayaba — concealed from his employees, regulators, and contract manufacturing partners.
&#8220;I am a pretty smart guy, but I couldn&#8217;t come up with any way to make anything like this work, not without attaching the headset to gigantic pieces of equipment,&#8221; he wrote.
Such equipment contains three explosive charge modules tied to a narrow-brand photosensor that would instantly destroy the user&#8217;s brain after &#8220;an appropriate game-over screen is displayed&#8221; from detecting a red screen flashing at a specific frequency.
While admitting the system isn&#8217;t perfect, Luckey said he has plans for an anti-tamper mechanism that would make it impossible to remove or destroy the headset — much like NerveGear.
&#8220;Even so, there are a huge variety of failures that could occur and kill the user at the wrong time,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;This is why I have not worked up the balls to actually use it myself, and also why I am convinced that, like in [Sword Art Online], the final triggering should really be tied to a high-intelligence agent that can readily determine if conditions for termination are actually correct.&#8221;
But for now, Luckey said the headset accentuates his office art collection.
&#8220;It is also, as far as I know, the first non-fiction example of a VR device that can actually kill the user,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;It won&#8217;t be the last.&#8221;

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Fans are mostly impressed with the new trailer for the “Super Mario Bros.” movie, but many are not happy about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-pratt">Chris Pratt</a>’s voiceover work.
The Universal Pictures <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/movies">film</a> in conjunction with Nintendo has a lot of eager fans excited for the 2023 release. Overall, the trailer is getting high marks for the animation, but viewers piled on to say Pratt did nothing to alter his normal speaking voice to more closely resemble Mario, who is supposed to be an Italian plumber with a noticeable accent.
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Pratt only has two lines in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/entertainment">trailer</a>, saying, “What is this place?” and “Mushroom Kingdom, here we come!” However, that was enough to send Twitter into a frenzy.
“You can tell Jack Black put a ton of love and heart into his Bowser voice, while Chris Pratt just uh&#8230; spoke? Kinda weird but the visuals are absolutely f***ing stellar, and I love the general vibe of the whole thing,” one person shared. “I&#8217;m excited for this dang Mario movie.”
“Good to know that Chris Pratt was hired to voice Mario as Chris Pratt,” another joked.
“Chris Pratt saying he worked so hard on the Mario voice only for it to sound like Chris Pratt is the funniest thing,” another Twitter user wrote. 
What makes the backlash even more surprising is that the actor specifically mentioned how much work he had put into getting the voice right.
Pratt told <a href="https://variety.com/2022/film/columns/chris-pratt-super-mario-bros-voice-jurassic-world-dominion-1235301622/">Variety</a> earlier this year that he “worked really closely with the directors” to create the perfect Mario voice, saying, “[We tried] out a few things and landed on something that I’m really proud of.”
“It’s an animated voiceover narrative,” Pratt told the publication at the time. “It’s not a live-action movie. I’m not gonna be wearing a plumber suit running all over. I’m providing a voice for an animated character, and it is updated and unlike anything you’ve heard in the Mario world before.”
Some fans were already annoyed to see Pratt cast as Mario, saying the studio should have opted for an actual Italian voice actor instead. Several of these critics are hoping the studio sees all the backlash and changes the movie before it gets released like they did when “Sonic the Hedgehog” got redesigned after the trailer was mocked.
Pratt&#8217;s co-stars include Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, Keegan-Michael Key as Toad, Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, Fred Armisen as Cranky Kong, Kevin Michael Richardson as Kamek, and Sebastian Maniscalco as Foreman Spike.
The “Super Mario Bros.” film is slated to hit theaters in April 2023.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/video-games">gaming convention</a> Gen Con is under fire for introducing a “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/segregation">BIPOC Lounge</a>” for black, indigenous, and other people of color who attend. 
“The BIPOC Lounge is a dedicated space for BIPOC attendees to connect, relax, network, and utilize for career focused endeavors. With the intention to build, assist, and provide resources for the growth of the community, we encourage BIPOC attendees to visit the space,” the Gen Con Instagram description <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cfo4gTApn0w/">said</a>. 
“This space was created to follow through on our goals of spotlighting underrepresented voices, supplementing convention experiences, and supporting new opportunities for those seeking to enter or move further into the tabletop industry. Gen Con is committed to maintaining this goal and will ensure this space is used for this purpose throughout the show.”
Comments were disabled on the Instagram post, but reactions on Twitter were brutal, especially after the popular account Libs of TikTok <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1545069629210591233">shared</a> a screenshot of the post announcing the BIPOC Lounge.
“So inclusive,” the account for The Daily Wire&#8217;s &#8220;Candace&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/thecandaceshow/status/1545073100504670213">wrote</a>.
“They’re so progressive that they’re actually regressive,” another Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/PrimeSC30/status/1545070523373199361">shared</a>.
While the BIPOC lounge at Gen Con is optional, leftists have been accused in the past of advocating for segregation in certain settings, mainly schools. Last September, Texas Tech University canceled a so-called anti-racism seminar that segregated students by race, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-cancels-anti-racism-seminar-that-segregated-students-by-race">reported</a> at the time. 
“Upon reviewing materials from the ‘Deeply Rooted Conversations’ discussion series, we learned that some of the content does not align with our university values, and we have discontinued this program,” Texas Tech spokesman Matt Dewey told The Daily Caller News Foundation. This was after Young America’s Foundation revealed the segregation through a Freedom of Information Act request.
The groups for the event were divided up as “BIPOC affinity space” and “Ally affinity space” before the seminar got canceled.
In August, black parents in Atlanta became furious upon learning that their elementary school children were being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-parents-outraged-after-learning-atlanta-elementary-school-segregated-classes-by-race">segregated by race</a> in their classrooms. 
“[The principal] said, ‘That’s not one of the black classes.’ And I immediately said, ‘What does that mean?’ I was confused,” mother Kila Posey told the local news outlet. “I asked for more clarification. I was like, ‘We have those in this school?’ And she proceeded to say, &#8216;Yes, I have decided that I’m going to place all of the black students in two classes.’”
“We’ve lost sleep trying to figure out, like, why would a person do this? First, it was just disbelief that I was having this conversation in 2020 with a person that looks just like me, a black woman,” Posey continued. “It’s segregating classrooms. You cannot segregate classrooms. You can’t do it.”

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Gaming Convention Slammed For Creating ‘BIPOC Lounge’

Gaming Convention Gen Con Slammed For Creating 'BIPOC Lounge'

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Late football legend John Madden has returned to the franchise with the &#8220;Madden NFL 23&#8221; video game; he will be featured on the cover and more for the first time in 20 years following his death last year.
The broadcasting legend and former NFL head coach passed away in December at the age of 85. In honor of the person who influenced the creation of the popular football video game, the upcoming “Madden NFL 23” features a cover that reads &#8220;All Madden Edition&#8221; and includes a picture of the late coach busting through a poster while holding a football, <a href="https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/01/john-madden-returns-to-cover-of-the-madden-game/#l3vr7uarf2193gxj408">ProFootball Sports.com</a> reported in a piece published Wednesday.
The official trailer drops on Thursday, and can be seen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv6G_w8RUOo">here</a>.
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The <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Madden23?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Madden23</a> cover… Coach‼️ 
Full reveal June 2nd: <a href="https://t.co/M3Il0XW40c">https://t.co/M3Il0XW40c</a> <a href="https://t.co/DTI9FqA5bL">pic.twitter.com/DTI9FqA5bL</a>
&mdash; Madden NFL 23 (@EAMaddenNFL) <a href="https://twitter.com/EAMaddenNFL/status/1531998509624328192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2022</a></blockquote>
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EA Sports is promising fans of the game, which features professional football players, more than just Madden on the cover, including that players will see Madden himself every single time they turn on the game and learn more about the coach who helped create the game, the outlet noted. Game fans will even get to hear Coach Madden&#8217;s voice thanks to the help of &#8220;remastered audio clips that call back to his legendary days as a broadcaster,&#8221; according to EA Sports.
The founder of EA Sports, Trip Hawkins, pitched the idea of a video game franchise centered around Madden in 1984, <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32953839/nfl-hall-fame-coach-broadcasting-icon-john-madden-dies-85">ESPN</a> reported. The first Madden edition was released on June 1, 1988.
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Thanks, Coach <a href="https://t.co/wnv8W1pIjJ">pic.twitter.com/wnv8W1pIjJ</a>
&mdash; EA SPORTS (@EASPORTS) <a href="https://twitter.com/EASPORTS/status/1476007230902353921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 29, 2021</a></blockquote>
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After news about Madden&#8217;s death, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell offered his condolences on &#8220;behalf of the entire NFL family&#8221; to &#8220;Virginia, Mike, Joe and their families,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-nfl-hall-of-fame-coach-broadcasting-legend-john-madden-dies-at-85">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;We all know him as the Hall of Fame coach of the Oakland Raiders and broadcaster who worked for every major network, but more than anything, he was a devoted husband, father and grandfather,&#8221; Goodell shared.
&#8220;Nobody loved football more than Coach,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;He was football. He was an incredible sounding board to me and so many others. There will never be another John Madden, and we will forever be indebted to him for all he did to make football and the NFL what it is today.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jon-gruden-to-be-scrubbed-from-video-game-that-already-came-out">Jon Gruden To Be Scrubbed From Video Game That Already Came Out</a>

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Video game publisher Electronic Arts is removing Russian teams from its soccer and hockey video games amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In two announcements Tuesday, EA Sports, the sports division of Electronic Arts, announced that it would be pulling the Russian national and club soccer teams from its 2022 line of FIFA games, and the Russian and Belarusian national and club hockey teams from its NHL 22 video game, after the governing bodies that oversee the two sports suspended Russian teams from international competition.
&#8220;EA SPORTS stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people and like so many voices across the world of football, calls for peace and an end to the invasion of Ukraine,&#8221; EA Sports FIFA said in a statement posted to its official Twitter account. &#8220;In line with our partners at FIFA and UEFA, EA SPORTS has initiated processes to remove the Russian National Team and all Russian clubs from EA SPORTS FIFA products including: FIFA 22, FIFA Mobile and FIFA Online.  We’re also actively evaluating related changes to other areas of our games. We will keep our communities up to date on any actions taken, and thank players for their patience as we work through these updates.&#8221;
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A statement from EA SPORTS FIFA: <a href="https://t.co/v3pZvpblgS">pic.twitter.com/v3pZvpblgS</a>
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) <a href="https://twitter.com/EASPORTSFIFA/status/1499057030857777154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
EA Sports NHL followed with an announcement shortly afterward on its own Twitter page. &#8220;Following the IIHF&#8217;s suspension of all Russian and Belarusian national and club teams from IIHF competitions, we will be removing these teams from NHL 22 within the coming weeks,&#8221; the publisher said. &#8220;We stand with the people of Ukraine and join the voices around the world calling for peace.&#8221;
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A statement from EA SPORTS NHL: <a href="https://t.co/2uX4h55ok4">pic.twitter.com/2uX4h55ok4</a>
— EA SPORTS NHL (@EASPORTSNHL) <a href="https://twitter.com/EASPORTSNHL/status/1499057313730101248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
EA joins a growing list of companies that have taken action against Russia after its invasion of Ukraine late last month, including credit card giants <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/visa-mastercard-block-russian-banks-from-payment-networks-amid-ukraine-invasion">Visa and Mastercard</a>, as well as international oil companies <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-global-oil-titans-announce-divestment-from-russia-over-ukraine-invasion">BP and Shell</a>.
On Monday, both the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which oversees European soccer competitions, and International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the international governing body for the sport, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uefa-fifa-suspend-russian-national-soccer-teams-and-clubs-from-competition">banned Russian soccer teams</a> from all competitions. “Following the initial decisions adopted by the FIFA Council and the UEFA Executive Committee, which envisaged the adoption of additional measures, FIFA and UEFA have today decided together that all Russian teams, whether national representative teams or club teams, shall be suspended from participation in both FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice,” UEFA and FIFA said in a joint statement.
“Football is fully united here and in full solidarity with all the people affected in Ukraine,” the statement continued. “Both Presidents hope that the situation in Ukraine will improve significantly and rapidly so that football can again be a vector for unity and peace amongst people.”
Additionally, the <a href="https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32301/iihf_council_announces_decisions_over_russia_belar">International Ice Hockey Federation</a> banned all Russian and Belarusian National and Club teams from participating in all IIHF competitions or events in every age category. The hockey governing body also withdrew the 2023 IIHF World Junior Championship from Russia. In the U.S., the <a href="https://media.nhl.com/public/news/15859">National Hockey League</a> suspended its relationships with Russian business partners and announced a pause for its Russian-language social and digital media sites. The NHL also removed Russia from consideration as a location for any future NHL competitions.
A number of other sports leagues have taken action against Russia, including the International Olympic Committee, Formula One, and national soccer federations for Sweden, Poland, and the Czech Republic.

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