• ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world
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    Because they’re fucking awesome and people tend to love em’

    May as well ask why sugar and fat are so popular in food

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      Because they’re fucking awesome and people tend to love em’

      May as well ask why porn and cat videos are so popular online

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      1 year ago

      There’s truth to this. I recall an old saying, went something like “Chicks dig giant robots.”

  • TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    The first Armored Core in a decade comes out and it got someone asking existential questions?

    Feh! Just play Armored Core, it’s great!

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    I personally prefer big, clunky, stompy mechs (ala mechwarrior) over the super nimble ones (Armored Core, Gundam), but they’re all great nonetheless.

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    Because human combatants means blood and gore and censorship or brutality.

    Robots allow extreme violence, without the moral issues.

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    Because they increase the scale of combat to allow for michael bay like moments without having to write a character with nuclear weapon power levels