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Leave sex workers out of your NPC TikTok discourse

Every time a woman monetizes the absurd, she’s accused of making fetish content. It’s a symptom of the anti-sex moral panic sweeping pop culture — and this time, it’s coming for TikTok’s NPC creators.  Snippets of these creators’ livestreams keep going viral, and because the internet loves to hate on women, the nonsensical mannerisms that these creators use in their content has been written off as disturbing, cringe and definitely a sex thing. Sex workers, meanwhile, are unfairly dragged into dehumanizing…

What Is an NPC Girl? How Pinkydoll Kickstarted a TikTok Live Trend – Rolling Stone

“Hi Joselynn! Hi Joselynn! Hi Joselynn! Hi Joselynn! Hi Joselynn! Hi Joselynn! Hi Joselynn!,” Trisha Paytas says in a high-pitched, sing-song chant. She then pantomimes a basketball: “Dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble dribble. Rose smells so good. Look at my muscle! Ice cream. Peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches.” What Trisha is speaking is not the English language in the recognizable sense; there are none of the typical building blocks of grammar, no subjects or verbs or gerunds in sight. She is on…

Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 3 NPC Locations – All 16 Characters And What They Sell

Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 3 brings back NPCs, which you could've guessed since they've now been in the game consistently for more than two years. Each season of new Fortnite characters to meet and greet means new dialogue lines, new items or services to buy from them, and debuts of recently revealed characters. This season is no different, with a sweet group of 16 Fortnite NPCs to meet. Here's every character's location plus what goods or services they can offer you to help claim your next Victory…

Ubisoft develops Ghostwriter A.I. tool to ‘first draft’ NPC dialogue – Destructoid

‘What was that noise?.. Guess it was nothin” Ubisoft has revealed that it is working on a new A.I. scriptwriting tool, which the publisher claims will help the studio’s writers by providing a “first draft” of the dialogue to be used by NPCs within its many, many, many open-world adventures. Ubisoft Ghostwriter, for that is its name, has been developed by Ubisoft’s in-house research & development department, La Forge, and is intended to auto-create various in-world chatter and “barks” utilized by the dead-eyed…

Rude Tales of Magic Podcast: Most Ridiculous NPC Names

Image: Rude Tales of Magic/Fortunate HorseWhile funny actual-play Dungeons & Dragons podcasts like Critical Role and The Adventure Zone get more attention, I need to make you aware of Rude Tales of Magic. DMed by Branson Reese and produced by Taylor Moore, it’s a comedy podcast first and foremost, and I cannot truly convey how funny it is with mere words—but I can come close. And that’s because Rude Tales of Magic has the greatest Non-Player-Character names of time. My proof? Amber-Ale Assembleaux, Professor Outside,

Fortnite Characters In Chapter 4 Season 1: All 15 NPC Locations

Fortnite Chapter 4 is here, and in Season 1, you'll want to meet all 15 characters, often called NPCs, to take advantage of their sold items, services, and other special features. Heck, even the unique story dialogue is pretty cool. We're actively seeking out all 15 Fortnite NPCs in Chapter 4 Season 1, and since we're moving through the list pretty quickly, we're publishing this guide now and updating it frequently. Here's every NPC we've found so far, with the promise of mapping them all out very…

‘Guild Wars 2’ adds NPC based on real-life hero

Developer ArenaNet has announced that Guild Wars 2 will be introducing a brand new story event featuring an NPC based on a real-life hero. Supported by the charity organization Children Miracle Network, the free-to-play, massively multiplayer online role-playing game will see 10-year-old April Arellano join Guild Wars 2 during the Extra Life 2022 Game Day event on November 4. While the event is ongoing donations can be made and all proceeds will go to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. April will also remain a…

Fortnite Characters In Chapter 3, Season 4 – All 22 NPC Locations

Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 4 is here, which means you have a whole new cast of characters to meet and greet at various named locations and landmarks alike. Meeting Fortnite NPCs is an important part of each season, because they not only gift you free stuff just for talking to them, but they also sell goods, such as weapons and throwables, or services, such as allowing you to instantly redeploy from a rift or even hire them as bodyguards. Naturally, knowing all Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 4 NPC locations is…

Fortnite Chapter 3 Season 3 NPC Locations

It's Fortnite Chapter 3, Season 3, and alongside major new features like the battle pass, new weapons, and map changes, there's also a host of new NPCs to meet and greet. Fortnite NPCs are important because they offer quests, Exotic weapons, and sell loot and services such as guns and rifts. Even if you don't want to fill out your collection book in-game by having met all new Fortnite NPCs, you should do it simply for the gameplay advantages they offer. Here's a rundown of all Fortnite NPCs in Chapter 3,…