Gayming in 2024
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Clearly there is no agenda. I’ve been attacked or called a snowflake for “whining” about a gay character. I simply questioned the over representation. As for trans, that is a legit mental disorder and it’s seems that’s all who gets hired by gaming companies
Is not political is just basic human rights. Also everything is political and you are a bigot.
This was not made for you, get over it. Also why aren't you buying it bigot.
Exactly. I love the puzzled expression when they explain they are not being political
I know a straight, white, married father who used to have a decent gig working on a F2P game that shut down. He was out of work for almost a year.
So he changed all of his social media/work profiles, changed his ethnicity to Latinx, changed his genders to non-binary and "other", and changed all of his profile photos to a him with a trans
fagflag background, and removed mentions of his children and wife.Dude ended up with multiple offers since he had a really good resume and now gets to work from home (in a different state entirely) and only has to attend virtual meetings a few times a week.
Absolutely crazy.
He got a better gig, less demanding work environment, better work schedule, more money... Just had to pretend to be a member of the alphabet mafia.
Ridiculous he had to do that but glad he found a good job. Honestly someone needs to have the guts and point out that straight people make up the vast majority of gamers so catering to them would be much smarter
They know that but there are two main groups:
So I guess number 2 would be people who use “heteronormative” unironically not understanding that heterosexual people are the norm
I suggested he write an anonymous editorial about the experience but he laughed it off and said he's not going to be the one making waves because his old job was very specific and his new job is as well.
But his last few months out of work were rough, him and his wife were eating ramen trying to save their house. They quit drinking coffee too. Idk if it was multiple daily trips to starbucks that they gave up or just folgers, but either way it was enough that it helped them stay afloat.
They love to co-opt language. Call you snowflake, pretend you’re the one overreacting, etc.
What sane employees would spend 100’s of hours a week coding for minimal pay? Game companies are too stingy to pay good devs and usually have a ton of turnover but the people that stay for those bread crumbs are the only people thinking they are heroes on the front lines winning an impossible battle.
The companies, in turn, get to save that money that should go into a salary, good project leads, promotions for good employees, or PTO and instead promote gay slop so the employees remember how “important” they/them are so they won’t ask for more than the comfortable amount of bread crumbs.
Young starry-eyed graduates who think it's the coolest job in the world and have enough energy to work 80+ hour weeks for a lousy salary that's still better than food service.
Then they burn out after a couple years and need at least a whole year to restore their health. But hey, they got to work on a AAA title!
Yep and they just refuse to accept that lgbt pushed to a mass audience doesn’t work. A well written story with someone who happens to be gay works every now and then but just like the rest of the trifecta (lgbt/black/girl power) I’m so tired of it being pushed.
It’s over the top absurd how they see themselves as some grand heroes fighting injustice