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A Defense of Saints Row: Dark Elf Sim

You know that Saints Row reboot everyone hated? SabrinaTVBand thinks it's a good game! And she has a bunch of things to say about the ramifications of hyperbolic internet criticism and how those gamers suck!

https://neetozma.com/2025/02/13/saints-row-2022/

The story of Saints Row (2022) is the story of a videogame that was released in a very buggy state by a reputable, but understaffed, developer. It’s the story of that same developer having a shitty parent company. It’s the story of a game that was torn apart by critics who couldn’t stop circlejerking about the bugs that they knew were going to be patched out of the game within a few months. It’s the story of how nobody wants to talk in a venue where neo-nazis are pissing and shitting themselves, which essentially made all public discourse about the game skew negative.

It’s the story of one of the most unfairly maligned videogames ever released.

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The Third Month of NEET Ozma

NEET Ozma, unabated by the cosmic pressures of the universe, continues into its third month.

NEET Ozma is a media criticism / analysis site where the contributors are exclusively transfeminine people, created to try and solve a problem of transfem people being underrepresented in the media crit landscape.

Month 1 Month 2

NEET Ozma: January 2025 - Jan 1st The monthly update post announcing what articles are upcoming; kind of inessential if you're reading this.

Extreme Ghostbusters is Extremely Good - Jan 2nd SabrinaTVBand talks about Extreme Ghostbusters. You know, the Ghostbusters cartoon with the goth girl.

13 Characters Who Should Be Force Feminized - Jan 3rd Oblivion Aesthetic and SabrinaTVBand have crunched the numbers, and discovered which thirteen characters would benefit our culture the most if they were feminized.

Canceled Open World Games - Jan 6th SabrinaTVBand has created a listicle of open world videogames that were canceled for a variety of reasons.

What WORLD OF HORROR Is Doing Right - Jan 8th Oblivion Aesthetic talks about how WORLD OF HORROR's elements have a cohesiveness that some other games unfortunately lack.

Immortals Fenyx Rising: Better Than AC Odyssey - Jan 9th Remember that Breath of the Wild clone Ubisoft made? SabrinaTVBand decided to review it.

The Queerotica 2025 Bundle is Live - Jan 11th Did you hear that the Queerotica 2025 Bundle is live?

The Tale of The Darksiders Trilogy - Jan 13th Sabrina TVBand reviews the numbered Darksiders games, and talks about the shitty executives that fought its creators every step of the way.

Maid RPG and Her Sisters - Jan 16th SabrinaTVBand talks about the history of Maid RPG, the first Japanese TTRPG to be translated into English.

I Don't Care About Nintendo Anymore - Jan 17th SabrinaTVBand doesn't care about Nintendo anymore, and it's not because the new Switch is basically going to be a stronger version of the old Switch, and it's not because Nintendo is excessively litigious.

Arkham Asylum reflects the ambitions of a different era - Jan 20th SabrinaTVBand thinks Batman: Arkham Asylum focuses too much on heavily scripted sequences.

The Pop Rock / Power Pop Playlist - Jan 23rd SabrinaTVBand talks about old people music you don't give a shit about.

Gamepads for the PC User - Jan 27th SabrinaTVBand has created a consumer guide for people who are looking for new gamepads.

Spider-Man 2: Treyarch's Seminal Open World Classic - Jan 30th SabrinaTVBand's series of articles about open world games continues with a retrospective on Spider-Man 2, possibly the second most influentual game in the genre after GTA III.

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13 Characters Who Should Be Force Feminized

SabrinaTVBand and Null Nomenclature have created a list of 13 characters who should be force feminized. #10 will SHOCK you.

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The Second Month of NEET Ozma

Here's what we published during our second month online.

NEET Ozma is a media criticism / analysis site where the contributors are exclusively transfeminine people, created to try and solve a problem of transfem people being underrepresented in the media crit landscape.

[Editor's Note: It's kind of awkward how I'm presenting NEET Ozma as a collective and I wrote almost every post this month; we're still in the early going and so there aren't a lot of contributors yet.]

NEET Ozma: December 2024 - Dec 1st The monthly update post announcing what articles are upcoming; kind of inessential if you're reading this.

What Happened to Open World Games? - Dec 2nd SabrinaTVBand inagurates an ongoing series about open world videogames by questioning why a once-beloved genre of game has declined significantly in acclaim.

Mad Max: Fun in the Post Apocalypse - Dec 5th SabrinaTVBand reviews the 2015 Mad Max game.

The Orville Deserves a Second Chance - Dec 9th SabrinaTVBand thinks The Orville got off on the wrong foot with a poorly-executed trans episode, but managed to correct course in a big way over its subsequent two seasons.

Extreme Strong Female Characters and the Transfem Gender Callus - Dec 12th SabrinaTVBand discusses how she often doesn't find "relatable" female characters relatable, and analyzes a largely abandoned trope.

Wario World: GameCube Treasure - Dec 16th SabrinaTVBand reviews Treasure's flawed Wario platformer.

Steam Sale Guide Winter 2024 - Dec 19th Oblivion Aesthetic and SabrinaTVBand recommend games on sale for less than $10 on Steam.

The Genre Comics Graveyard - Dec 20th SabrinaTVBand talks about how the kinds of comics that should be saving the industry -- one-and-done graphic novels not about superheroes -- aren't being given a chance to succeed.

The Will Ferrell Retrospective: Part 1 - Dec 23rd The Will Ferrell Retrospective: Part 2 - Dec 26th A look at every stage of Will Ferrell's career, with reviews of over 20 films.

The 10 Best Movies SabrinaTVBand Saw for the First Time in 2024 - Dec 30 SabrinaTVBand shares her favorite films that she saw for the first time this year.

If you're interested in writing something for NEET Ozma, submissions are open!

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Extreme Strong Female Characters and the Transfem Gender Callus

I wrote a piece about how, as a trans woman, I often don't relate to "relatable" female characters in media.

There’s nothing that precludes an Extreme Strong Female Character from being a non-static character, but most writers simply don’t know what to do with them in that context. Character arcs usually end badly for EXSFCs; character growth for surly, angry, and promiscuous female characters often means calming down, learning to smile, and finding a man. “Growth” for an EXSFC usually means becoming more normative. The hero’s journey is often a veritable Stepfordization process.

Remember that girl from The Breakfast Club? - SabrinaTVBand

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DOOMer Pilled

Doom just doesn’t have any of those failings. Movement is clean, and rarely inhibited. Obstructions in level designs are intentional. Monsters appear and move as intended and Doomguy is able to move around and target them appropriately. There are zero draw distance issues, and gameplay is very intuitive and straightforward. These are huge wins for anyone coming back to try to play but, more to the point, they were also huge wins when it first dropped. - Oblivion Aesthetic

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This series on open world games starts in earnest with a review of the 2015 Mad Max game.

What Happened to Open World Games?

Open world games used to be scrappy and fun. There was often something silly about them; if games like Halo 3 were comparable to a meal at a Michelin restaurant, games like Prototype were more comparable to a really good frozen pizza. And it’s maybe time that the industry tried to redirect open world games back towards that mentality, instead of trying to create lobsters that take 90 hours to eat. - SabrinaTVBand

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What Happened to Open World Games?

Open world games used to be scrappy and fun. There was often something silly about them; if games like Halo 3 were comparable to a meal at a Michelin restaurant, games like Prototype were more comparable to a really good frozen pizza. And it’s maybe time that the industry tried to redirect open world games back towards that mentality, instead of trying to create lobsters that take 90 hours to eat. - SabrinaTVBand

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The First Month of NEET Ozma

Here's what we published during our first month online.

NEET Ozma began on November 1st. If you don't know what NEET Ozma is, it's a media criticism / analysis site where the contributors are exclusively transfeminine people, created to try and solve a problem of transfem people being underrepresented in the media crit landscape.

Here's a list of everything published on NEET Ozma during its first month; enjoy!

NEET Ozma is Live - Nov 1st A piece explaining what NEET Ozma is.

Thoughts on The Craft - Nov 4th SabrinaTVBand talks about the misunderstood second half of The Craft.

Stardew Valley's Utopian Capitalist Grindset - Nov 6 Oblivion Aesthetic dissects how Stardew Valley can't imagine a utopia that doesn't fit within the confines of capitalism.

Orcs Must Die 1 and 2: Good Games! - Nov 7 SabrinaTVBand reviews the first two installments of the Orcs Must Die series.

The Queer Horror Aesthetic - Nov 8 Eldritch Hat talks about motifs in queer horror and challenges some conventional wisdom.

Fifteen Movies You May Have Missed - Nov 11 SabrinaTVBand talks about fifteen solid movies that, according to Letterboxd, are unpopular. Coincidentally, all of them are also under two hours long.

Reflections on a Mirror's Edge - Nov 13 Oblivion Aesthetic talks about how reviewers brought faulty expectations with them to the original Mirror's Edge, and how its sequel that aimed to respond to those criticisms was worse because of it.

Destroy All Humans: The Remake and the Original - Nov 14 SabrinaTVBand talks about how the remake of Destroy All Humans stacks up to the original, and the history of Pandemic Studios.

A Message to Trans Readers in Light of the 2024 Election - Nov 15 SabrinaTVBand talks about what might be coming ahead in America, and what trans people can do to prepare for 2025.

Orcs Must Die 3: More Orcs, Dead. - Nov 18 SabrinaTVBand reviews the third entry in the Orcs Must Die series.

DOOMer Pilled - Nov 20 Oblivion Aesthetic talks about what makes DOOM hold up and endure over 30 years later.

Destroy All Humans 2: Disappointing - Nov 21 SabrinaTVBand reviews the remade sequel to Destroy All Humans 2, which is a surprising step-down from its predecessor.

The Gender Minefield of Ranma ½'s Greatest Filler Episode - Nov 25 SabrinaTVBand walks through Ranma's Declaration of Womanhood, the best filler episode of the series, and analyzes its unique focus on actual gender stuff.

If you'd like to write for NEET Ozma, submissions are open!

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The Gender Minefield of Ranma 1/2’s Greatest Filler Episode

When I hear cisgender allies talk about Ranma ½, it’s not unusual to hear them say “I’m not sure an anime like this could be made today”, with some comments about how some of the gender-related content may come off as objectionable, specifically for trans people. I appreciate that these people care, but I also lament how cis people generally have no idea what trans people enjoy or find offensive. Ranma’s Declaration of Womanhood is, perhaps, an object lesson in how it will probably always be impossible for a cisgender audience to understand the difference. - SabrinaTVBand