Respect!!! She have “balls of steel” :) I will placed a pre-order for this game.
If you’re anti antifa you are FA!
Please always link this glorious clip from public German broadcast
That shit goes hard. And I do mean “shit”! nyuck nyuck nyuck
Seeing them live soon. :)
Didn’t her wife build an irl Gundam? If there was ever a contemporary voice actor to portray a Japanese person, it’s fucking E.I.!
If you like Erika Ishii, they’re a frequent contributor on Dropout. It costs money, but they encourage password sharing and like 7 different people sre using my subscription. I think paying for independent media like this is the only way forward if advertisers keep ruining the rest of the Internet. These guys don’t have advertisers so they don’t give a fuck about censoring their content to make them happy.
Damn, thanks for this comment — it was doing my head in trying to remember where I knew the name Erika Ishii from
Dropout and Nebula (well… before I found out they were „discouraging“ people from talking about Palestine on there) make up most of what I’d normally watch on YouTube.
Thanks for reminding me to not renew my annual subscription!
I feel like there’s a ton of pro Palestine content on there. The only this Reddit thread is where I’m sourcing more thoughts.
Dropout is the only subscription I have.
same here
They also have a YouTube channel with episodes of their shows on it so you can try it and see what it’s like.
Personal recommendations: Game Changer, Breaking News, Dimension 20.
Dropout is easily a worthwhile subscription for anyone looking for good comedy
It’s the streaming service my wife and I use the most.
Gamechanger alone is worth it.
Um Actually and Dimension 20 are extra foundation. Crowd Control is slowly getting up there as a staple.
EDIT: Erika also makes appearances on Make Some Noise which is like the Dropout version of Whose Line.
I get a lot of second hand embarrassment so shows with a lot of audience interaction sometimes make me uncomfortable but Crowd Control has been pretty good. More than anything it just makes me wish they had a live audience for more shows since it really energizes the guests.
They do profit sharing with their team too, not royalties.
And when the strikes happened, Dropout supported the strikes and was given an exemption from the SAG-AFTRA strike. They are pro-union and happily work with the unions to meet the needs of the employees.
Dropout is a rare gem in a field of streaming garbage.
Monty Python fans know…
WHAT??? PLEASE, bestow upon us the knowledge!!!
My coworker just told me about Ghost of Yotei today. That’s awesome that Erika is in it
I’m conflicted. Let’s not forget that Sony/Sucker Punch just fired a longtime trans employee for expressing relief at the loss of a dangerous oppressor. Or that the firing was done while this person was being subjected to a campaign of rightist terror and harassment. That must not be forgotten, it must not be forgiven, and it must not be tolerated.
If you’re conflicted over ordering: Don’t pre-order anything period.
And the choir said “Hallelujah! Amen!”
I’m conflicted about supporting Sony or Sucker Punch in any way whatsoever, not only preorders. What they did to Drew Harrison is beyond unacceptable. Studio head Brian Fleming has made it clear that he is a nazi and fascist sympathizer and collaborator, and a violent enemy of the trans community. Ghost of Yotei and Sony should be boycotted indefinitely until Fleming and everyone else responsible for the attack on Drew is removed and Drew given a public apology and offered their job back with interest.
I cannot stress this strongly enough, Brian Harrison and Sony Interactive Entertainment helped nazis attack and harm a trans employee. Fuck them with rusty metal razor wire.
She’s easily my favorite little bisexual gargoyle.
Hate to be that person, but I didn’t know who they were and went to the Wikipedia page and found the they prefer to go by they/them.
According to their twitter they go by “all pronouns”
that means you have to use all pronouns when referring to them/her/him/me… not just choose amd pick
/j
Erica Ishii is fantastic; all/another/any/anybody/anyone/anything/as/aught/both/each/each other/either/enough/everybody/everyone/everything/few/he/her/hers/herself/him/himself/his/I/idem/it/its/itself/many/me/mine/most/my/myself/naught/neither/no one/nobody/none/nothing/one/one another/other/others/ought/our/ours/ourself/ourselves/several/she/some/somebody/someone/something/somewhat/such/suchlike/that/thee/their/theirs/theirself/theirselves/them/themself/themselves/there/there/they/this/those/us/we/what/whatever/whatnot/whatsoever/whence/where/whereby/whereform/wherein/whereinto/whereof/wheresoever/whereto/whereunto/wherever/wherewith/withwithal/whether/which/whichever/whosoever/who/whoever/whom/whomever/whomso/whomsoever/whose/whoseover/whasever/whosoever/you/yours/yourself/yourselves when doing some TTRPGing for us!
I really need to copy all that for the next person who us all pronouns.
You missed the neopronouns, you bigot!
Aw fuck. It was an innocent mistake!
Don’t look at me that way
It was an honest mistake!
Okay, but giving Sony money is not the most effective way to express that sentiment.
I mean, what’s the reverse of a boycott?
ttocyob
Girlcott
yikes, talk about gifs that didn’t age well
“Will Smith just slapped the shit out of me!”
That shit still slaps though
Boycotts don’t work either, for that matter.
It’s weird that we so often see political/social problems and think “I know, I’ll help solve this by giving (or withholding) my money from some for-profit corporation and hope the influence will trickle down to the cause I actually care about!”
Instead, you know we could just support activists working to advance that cause (or outlaw that bad corporate behavior) directly, right?
I just think it’s myopic and counterproductive that so many people seem to think “vote with your dollar” is the only strategy to consider, especially when they’re working-class and have negligible numbers of dollars to vote with.
Edit: I have been boycotting Sony for 20 fucking years now, ever since they put rootkits in music CDs. I’m not saying “don’t boycott things;” I’m just realistic about how effective they are. Getting Kimmel back on the air is the exception, not the rule.
If there is enough will, boycott works. It worked to help end the apartheid in South Africa.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was also famously effective.
Boycotts don’t work either, for that matter.
Dude, the internet just bullied Disney into rehiring Jimmy Kimmel. Do you know how? Boycotting Disney’s subscription services, unsubscribbing, and stating that it’s because they fired Kimmel.
A for profit corp will absolutely change course if their wallet takes a big enough dent.
Only to have him immediately bring on Gavin “hug-a-nazi” Newsom.
And yet it did fuck-all to solve the underlying problem of Trump shitting on the First Amendment and getting away with it.
The solution to that can only be political.
The underlying problem is that like half of Americans only pay lip service to the First Amendment.
it did fuck-all to solve the underlying problem of Trump shitting on the First Amendment
You: “I want a rocket ship to go to work!”
Everyone: “How about we start you off with a car, and we’ll work our way up to a rocket ship?”
You: “Fuck that bullshit, Imma walk instead!”
The two are not mutually exclusive. For-profit corporations react to, well, changes in profit. It’s not about the influence ‘trickling down’, it’s about punishing bad behavior on the part of corporations in the only way that they actually understand - something which other corporations, desperate to please their shareholders, take note of.
Boycotts, performed by a sufficient percentage of the consumer base, do what they are intended to do - adjust corporate behavior. Nothing deeper - but far from pointless. And considering how fucking difficult it is to pass regulations, and how even with a friendly legislature such things take considerable amounts of time and must avoid violating corporate ‘rights’, boycotts are not a tool to be discarded out-of-hand.
As long as for-profit corporations exist - and they appear to be well-established to continue to do so for the near-future - we must deal with them as they are, not as we wish them to be (ie well-regulated or gone).
I just think it’s myopic and counterproductive that so many people seem to think “vote with your dollar” is the only strategy to consider, especially when they’re working-class and have negligible numbers of dollars to vote with.
It’s not the only strategy, but pretending that corporations don’t affect society, or that consumers don’t affect corporate behavior, is foolishness. Corporations, as a class of entities, vacuum up most wealth in our society, but individual corporations still rely on relatively narrow consumer bases with small individual consumer purchasing power - a chip company that suddenly loses 20% of its sales for a year is in deep shit - with the shareholders if nothing else, and that’s what corporations care about. For that matter, one of the few advantages of our ultra-fucked capitalist society in the states is that there are plenty of meaningless choices - there are half a dozen different brands of fucking cereal. It’s not about having ‘more’ or ‘less’ dollars to vote with - allocating those dollars differently still can send a message - assuming the boycott is widespread and narrowly targeted.
On top of that, this is about a video game, an extraneous expense to begin with.
As long as for-profit corporations exist - and they appear to be well-established to continue to do so for the near-future - we must deal with them as they are, not as we wish them to be (ie well-regulated or gone).
Too many people have gotten so accustomed to “deal[ing] with them as they are” that they’ve lost sight of the real problem entirely.
Look man, “Abolish for-profit corporations, and all that implies” has significant support on here, but not so much in meatspace America. Most of us are trying to play the cards we have with the players we have.
They haven’t ‘lost sight’ of the real problem, they disagree that there is a problem to begin with. And we, as leftists, have to work against that being the dominant view. But that’s groundwork, and boycotts are action for more immediate purposes. Two entirely different undertakings.
Still weird that you’re white-knighting for Sony, though.
Weird that you’re on here arguing with people instead of changing the laws. If they’re not doing enough, then what the fuck are you doing?
Which companies PR department wrote this?
Not Sony’s, that’s for sure, since the point of my comment is advocating against giving them money.
I have absolutely no idea how you could misunderstand me so badly to think that this was somehow pro-corporate. If anything, it only supports my argument about how fucked up it is that people see things only from a capitalist perspective!
No, either you’re arguing in bad faith or your rhetoric is seriously lacking. You open with “Boycotts don’t work”, then go on a rant about how people give/withhold money from corporations and then babble something about activists as if you couldn’t do both, boycott a company AND support activism. It’s clear you’re not in favour of corporations but your argument is essentially to not even bother doing the bare minimum because it’s not as good as a fundamentally different economical system.
I opened with “okay, but giving Sony money is not the most effective way to express that sentiment.”
Don’t accuse me of bad faith when you’re the one lying.
Also, I’ve been boycotting Sony for literally decades (and have no intention of stopping). I’m speaking from bitter experience when I tell you it’s not the best strategy, but I also never said not to do it!
If you’re saying it won’t work, why do it at all? Do you want us to waste our time?
???
Boycotts work when people actually do them rather than just say they will. Gamers are notoriously weak-willed when it comes to boycotts.
Boycotts worked in protesting apartheid South Africa. Boycotts have also had tangible impact on Israel’s economy, and given that it seems that internationally, the tides have changed in terms of countries actually recognising the genocide.
You’re right that it’s more powerful to identify what activists are doing and to join in their efforts, but this isn’t an “either/or” kind of problem. I agree that it’s not productive if people boycott a thing and go no further — we do need people pushing back in more active ways. However, boycotts can have an impact if enough people do it. Furthermore, I think that boycotts can act as an easily accessible first step towards more active support of a cause, as well as a way of keeping an issue in people’s minds.
Wait… I thought “antifa” wasnt a group?
And Brian isn’t the messiah.
Antifa is shorthand for “anti-fascist.”
Anyone that opposes fascism is Antifa.
You can get your membership cards here: antifa.org
Antifa isn’t an organization.
Antifa is a loose classification which amounts to “Anyone who is antifascist and active”
I still consistently see/hear people saying/writing “I am antifa”. Not “I am against fascism for these reasons…”
Ok, yes, its shorthand. But it also has implications of being “active” like you say. With the implications that our current president and administration are “fascists”, it all implies that you are an active agent working against our current government and system (be it fascist or not).
Had us going in the first half:
but the second made it better
erika gives off insane levels of horny gremlin energy, which is really funny when she’s on a show like game changer with a bunch of nerds. i’m assuming the reason she hasn’t been on an episode with jess ross is that the studio would collapse into a thirst-singularity.
It’s a highly contagious energy.
I think my favorite clip of hers is when Brennan’s prompt was “A Dom DM” on “Make Some Noise”. Just straight up went into a fugue state.
Preordering in 2025
I was really lucky to see Erika last week in Chicago while she was performing in the 20 sided tavern.
(It’s a D&D game on stage with improv comedians and interaction from the crowd)
It’s really fun, and it was the final performance for her run there. During the adventure the audience effects things by voting on their phones, naming characters and completing challenges for skills checks.
Anyways, the audience chooses Erika to be a himbo barbarian. hilarious.
Later the someone in the crowd is asked for a name for an enemy we came across. The man picked in the audience says “Erika Ishii”. So now the bad guy is named after the actual person playing one of the characters, hilarious.
Later, in the second half we again need to name a character, and a different person on the other side of the theater says “Berkeley Mayor”.
There was a moment of confusion, until Erika shared that her sister is really the Mayor of a Berkeley California. So now the adventure becomes absolutely insane, super meta and one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
There was clever word play by the other cast members about the various characters Erika had voiced. The apex coming when The Himbo Barbaran, played by Erika Ashii, called the “mayor of Berkeley” to drop and air strike on the bad guy “Erika Ashii”. Pretty amazing.
Photos: The Himbo Barbarian and The Mayor and Berkeley meet on the docks.
The entire cast and the evil Erika Ashii in the background.
