That quote is somewhat out of context when you read the whole tweet. Sandy Petersen's a Mormon, so him being a lefty struck me as off.
"Back in the day game companies were generally left-wing just as they are now. However, the left has moved further, more radically leftwards. I could voice support for George Bush in the early 2000s and while my co-workers disagreed, I wasn’t made a pariah. Now the forces of progressiveness seem to be literally threatening game companies to toe the line or be cancelled.
But look at what’s happened. Groups like Sweet Baby have been pilloried and nearly destroyed. Fans, driven to the edge, are fighting back. I hate all this. I don’t want fans to HAVE to 'fight back' against game companies. I don’t want game companies to pander to a tiny percentage of players who probably hate their games anyway.
It's still just wrong, though. They're not close to destroyed and they're not the core issue. Plus they weren't pilloried enough.
My calling him a 90's liberal was not to say that he's a lefty. As other's have said, 90's democrat = 2026 equivalent of far right, but still a clueless boomer misidentifying the landscape, at best.
In my opinion, there was no choice but for the boomers to be trapped in that kind of thinking. Every normies I see these days now fondly look back at 90's yet they never realise that was the height of philosemitic era especially after Schindler's list getting released in 94. I didn't really know how bad everything was until last year or so.
I was caught up in it myself, as a 90s teen. They did a number on all of us. There were well-meaning people caught in the psyop and still are but, unfortunately, as time progresses, those who haven't broke free become less and less distinguishable from bad actors.
We're well past the point of lamenting 'wouldn't it be nice if gamers didn't have to fight' and 'when will companies realise who their real market is' - those stuck saying that serve as useful stabilisers for a captured industry. That's the nature of the limited hangout. Anyone who really recognises the situation could instead choose to be of real use by stating 'pirate all AAA games from now on' or 'purge all commie and jew influence from your companies'.
That quote is somewhat out of context when you read the whole tweet. Sandy Petersen's a Mormon, so him being a lefty struck me as off.
"Back in the day game companies were generally left-wing just as they are now. However, the left has moved further, more radically leftwards. I could voice support for George Bush in the early 2000s and while my co-workers disagreed, I wasn’t made a pariah. Now the forces of progressiveness seem to be literally threatening game companies to toe the line or be cancelled.
But look at what’s happened. Groups like Sweet Baby have been pilloried and nearly destroyed. Fans, driven to the edge, are fighting back. I hate all this. I don’t want fans to HAVE to 'fight back' against game companies. I don’t want game companies to pander to a tiny percentage of players who probably hate their games anyway.
I look forward to games becoming the priority."
It's still just wrong, though. They're not close to destroyed and they're not the core issue. Plus they weren't pilloried enough.
My calling him a 90's liberal was not to say that he's a lefty. As other's have said, 90's democrat = 2026 equivalent of far right, but still a clueless boomer misidentifying the landscape, at best.
In my opinion, there was no choice but for the boomers to be trapped in that kind of thinking. Every normies I see these days now fondly look back at 90's yet they never realise that was the height of philosemitic era especially after Schindler's list getting released in 94. I didn't really know how bad everything was until last year or so.
I was caught up in it myself, as a 90s teen. They did a number on all of us. There were well-meaning people caught in the psyop and still are but, unfortunately, as time progresses, those who haven't broke free become less and less distinguishable from bad actors.
We're well past the point of lamenting 'wouldn't it be nice if gamers didn't have to fight' and 'when will companies realise who their real market is' - those stuck saying that serve as useful stabilisers for a captured industry. That's the nature of the limited hangout. Anyone who really recognises the situation could instead choose to be of real use by stating 'pirate all AAA games from now on' or 'purge all commie and jew influence from your companies'.