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by wholinator22 days ago |
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upvoteby ryandrake2 days ago|
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Yea, I'd love to hear specifics. OP is all over this thread vaguely insinuating about "political content" but notably hasn't yet pointed out any specific examples that are objectionable.
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upvoteby tracker12 days ago|
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upvoteby ryandrake2 days ago|
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None of those examples are political. They might be things you don't like, which is fine, but that doesn't make them politics. What makes the attractiveness of a 3D game character "politics"? What makes a useless gay side quest politics, but a similar useless straight side quest not-politics?
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upvoteby tracker12 days ago|
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Injecting LGBTQ+, then excluding it for certain markets is absolutely political.
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upvoteby Dylan168072 days ago|
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Having a realistic amount of LGBTQ people/interactions in a big story shouldn't qualify as "political". Removing it for certain markets is much more political, and they should not do that, but I get the impression that isn't the outcome you want.

Edit: Also the average level in the real world is a lot more than 1%. 1% is like just the trans portion.

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upvoteby account421 days ago|
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They are political and being outraged at gp pointing it out doesn't change that they negatively affect the commercial success of the games.
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upvoteby pyth02 days ago|
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Just so I understand your objection, they are woke because in the game one of their studios made, the woman in the game wasn't attractive enough for you?
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upvoteby tracker12 days ago|
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And you totally skip the "self-insert"... But I'm sure you'd cast Lizzo as Helen of Troy.
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upvoteby Dylan168072 days ago|
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Who was the "self" being inserted here? That's a confusing term for a game made by so many people.
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upvoteby tracker12 days ago|
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https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelmemes/comments/17h76ej/so_a_i...

Of course, it's not like you couldn't have done a google search yourself, if you really cared.

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upvoteby ryandrake2 days ago|
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The top Reddit comment there pretty much sums this whole discussion up. I can't believe I dragged myself into this. It's just Gamergate again and again. I should have known.
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upvoteby tracker12 days ago|
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So you think the character looks like a fashion model? Really?
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upvoteby debugnik2 days ago|
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Not even their studio, his example is from Sony.
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upvoteby newaccountman22 days ago|
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What do editorial decisions in some specific game have to do with the news item?
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upvoteby debugnik2 days ago|
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It's not even a game by a Microsoft studio, but a Sony one.
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upvoteby jamiek882 days ago|
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Anyone else deeply deeply weary in their bones about people doing this?

I hate this timeline. We can’t even talk about fucking corporate margins without some chud shoehorning some of this shit in.

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upvoteby account421 days ago|
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The corporate margins are the result of this shit being shoehorned into games.
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upvoteby ToucanLoucan2 days ago|
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It's by design. The outrage merchants post day in and out to signal allegiance to this bizarre cult.

People also don't respect how WILDLY influential GamerGate as been. There's good arguments to be made that Trump and his shitty White House would never have come to pass if not for moot re-enabling political discussions on 4chan at the behest of some combo of Epstein and Bannon, explicitly to stoke reactionary rage at anything "gay" in games.

Like don't get me wrong it's deeply stupid and perhaps respect is the wrong word, but it's crazy how much those old events are shaping current culture war nonsense.

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upvoteby vel0city2 days ago|
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I agree. A lot of people assume rational actors and don't understand "meme magic".
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upvoteby ToucanLoucan2 days ago|
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Even calling it memes is overly charitable. It's deliberate stoking of rage at scale to accomplish political ends.
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