New Splash Damage has dropped, with the latest batch of takes on the ludicrousness that is woke gaming development and journalism! From the original Reddit post:
Reviewers admit kung-fu action game Sifu is awesome, but games journalists can’t resist saying the game is problematic simply because it’s about Asian culture but made by white developers. We discuss how racist it is to gatekeep fiction by skin color along with PC Gamer’s embarrassing take on video game violence, Kotaku not realizing the irony of comparing Dying Light 2’s zombie pandemic to COVID-19, Sony’s censorship of Martha is Dead, Horizon Forbidden West’s endless accessibility features, Kotaku calling out Critical Role’s newest D&D campaign setting as problematic, racebending in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and more.
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The Japanese write European fantasy themes ALL THE FUCKING TIME. And literally no one has ever complained about that!
This old chestnut? Didn’t they get tired of this shit not working back when Ghost of Tsushima came out?
Don’t back down. Honestly ignore the scum calling everything racist and move on
General takes based on the blurb:
Can't say as I'm surprised that the games journalism world is losing their shit over Sifu. Ghawd forbid that white people produce anything other than white video games, but then that'd be RAYCISS, too, due to lack of inclusivity. Guess if we're fucked either way then we'd just as well go ahead and do it and flip the bird at the wokescolds.
Not sure what he's referring to re: PC Gamer. I've pretty much quit paying attention to anything they say, since the mid 2010s.
Kotaku couldn't find their ass if they were using both hands and a map, and there was a string attached, so it doesn't shock me that they're clueless when it comes to an accidentally ironic take.
Not to put too fine a point on it, fuck Sony. Their censorship of everything under the sun thanks to the freakshows on the west coast taking over the management has ultimately screwed their audience as a whole.
Kotaku freaking out on Critical Role? Hell, it's fun to watch the woke eat their own, isn't it?
Race-lifting hobbits, elves, and dwarfs to being pee-oh-cees is why you're hearing that whirring noise coming from the direction of JRRT's grave, as he's currently spinning in it so fast if we could hook up a generator to him we'd solve the energy crisis.
"racism" is a false god