It’s baffling how bad they fucked this up. This is Netflix levels of hilarity. Finally make a Samurai game set in Japan? Great. Main character’s black.
The only explanation is the existence of hard and fast written rules against traditional entertainment. These big companies absolutely refuse to just make the obvious correct decisions. Not even the profit motive can guide them. So what gives? Is it really just a combination of ideological possession and ESG bucks?
Who knew that blackwashing Japanese history and then gaslighting people about it would be poorly recieved.
It’s baffling how bad they fucked this up. This is Netflix levels of hilarity. Finally make a Samurai game set in Japan? Great. Main character’s black.
The only explanation is the existence of hard and fast written rules against traditional entertainment. These big companies absolutely refuse to just make the obvious correct decisions. Not even the profit motive can guide them. So what gives? Is it really just a combination of ideological possession and ESG bucks?
The internet algorithms show you two things. 1) what you already agree with, 2) what will get you riled up by the other side.
Everyone lives in a bubble. Socially, geographically, digitally, idealistically, it's all in self-reinforcing bubbles.