Swinging in with commentary on the week in gaming news, it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

Nexus Mods removed a mod that changed the pride flags in Spider-Man to American flags and banned the user who uploaded it. We discuss how players should have the right to experience games the way they want along with the failure of the new, woke Saints Row game, how The Last of Us remake looks worse than the original game, the terrible direction Dungeons & Dragons is taking, more warning signs that The Rings of Power is going to suck, the hypocrisy of She-Hulk, and more.

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Gotta love it when the woke facade cracks and they say what's really on their mind, right? Scrivonaut brings us the takes on Kuchera's meltdown and the other stories of the week in the latest Splash Damage:

Former Polygon games journalist Ben Kuchera took to Twitter recently to rant about the website, its higher-ups, vaccinations, and sexual abuse. We break down his tweet tirade and discuss other topics, including the ongoing trend of uglify-ing classic female video game characters, a pointless in-game climate march in a Ubisoft game, and yet more claims that D&D is racist.

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GTA: Wokeness is in the development mix, and we have a fresh stack of takes on it and the latest batch of eye-roll-inducing woke news from the world of gaming, courtesy of Splash Damage:

Grand Theft Auto VI is in development, but don’t get too excited; according to reports, the upcoming entry in the popular franchise will no longer “punch down” at minorities. In other words, GTA VI won’t be the Grand Theft Auto series fans know and love for being an offensive and satirical take on politics and America. We discuss this groan-inducing news along with Kotaku getting upset at Stray and Quiet, Games for Change’s warped view of reality, As Dusk Fall’s spoiler-filled trigger warning, San Diego Comic Con using the term “Filipinx,” and more.

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Reminding us how much the woke hate successful, non-liberal, minority creators that don't follow the narrative, as well as how irate they get over the sight of digital boobs, it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

Eric July is a libertarian who raised over $1.2 million in a day for an indie comic line he’s launching–one that will be decidedly not woke, like so many Marvel and DC comics are today. We discuss his wild success and what this means for nerd media along with The Watch trying to eliminate racism in gaming, Ubisoft continuing to be terrible, Bayonetta 3’s censored mode, Hideo Kojima being falsely identified as a political assassin, tokenism in the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel, and more.
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Bringing the truth about the garbage the game journos spew all over the Internet, it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

TheGamer.com has always been a terrible games “journalism” website, and today they prove it by disparaging their entire audience over the sins of the few. We discuss their awful article along with Activision Blizzard virtue signaling in Overwatch 2, G4TV’s imminent demise, scientific research that proves sexy video game characters don’t hurt anyone, a God of War Ragnarok writer who really wants Kratos to be gay, the horrible companies Ubisoft and EA, and more!
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Proving that Kotaku has zero awareness and still learned nothing from GamerGate over the years, it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

Kotaku published an article last week not only defending proven abuser Amber Heard but comparing her experience to GamerGate, an eight-year-old push against unethical journalism. We discuss the lunacy of this piece along with Kotaku being jealous of virtual women, Bungie bungling a Juneteenth cosmetic, PCGamer’s hate boner for Elon Musk, Diablo Immortal’s predatory practices, the Xbox Games Showcase, and plenty more.
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Taking on the ignorance that only "Afrtican-American" people count as "Black", it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

Kotaku writer Ian Walker got some flak recently when he falsely claimed in an article that the upcoming Street Fighter 6 would feature the series’ first black woman. We discuss Walker doubling and tripling down on this claim along with Xbox calling out Kotaku’s terrible take on Game Pass, a Halo co-creator criticizing the show, Marvel’s double standard on objectifying characters, Netflix telling woke employees to get lost, and more.
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Pointing out that Gaming "Journalists" will take every chance they can get to make an article about their talking points and not the truth, it's the latest Splash Damage:

This week, Kotaku interviewed an indie developer about how it seems a popular movie copied a scene from his game. Little did this developer know that Kotaku, being Kotaku, would write the article in their typical garbage, race-baiting style, and he called Kotaku out for it. We discuss the whole story along with former Kotaku CEO Stephen Totilo finding out more embarrassing stuff about Activision Blizzard’s ridiculous diversity algorithm and how Twitter employees are basically all commies.
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Explaining why most gaming industry pundits are dumb enough to think Roe v. Wade are the two options for how to cross a stream, it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

When you think of video games, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Definitely not the divisive social issue of abortion, right? Well, apparently, some game studios thought it wise to speak in support of Roe v. Wade while Kotaku and others embarrassed themselves with terrible takes on the subject. We talk about it all along with diversity checklists in video games, including Activision Blizzard’s hilarious new diversity-measuring algorithm; Kotaku gatekeeping Elon Musk over his Elden Ring build; Demon Slayer censorship; how terrible the Halo show is; Percy Jackson’s raceswapping; and more.
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In a new "REEEE, stop liking things I don't like, you must be either mental or a shill for reposting this" episode, it's the latest hot takes on the wokies, courtesy of Splash Damage:

We’ve reached peak lunacy as Kotaku publishes an article equating game developers who refuse to leave Twitter after Elon Musk’s purchase of the social media giant to war heroes. We make fun of games journalists losing their minds over the change along with Gene Park being crucified by the games press for going on Colin Moriarty’s podcast, Frosk from G4 demonstrating what an objectifying hypocrite she is, interesting new rules for Magic: The Gathering tournaments, and more.
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Another weekly dose of sanity-based takes on The Woke, it's the latest Splash Damage:

A few games journalists and activists cried about representation in Grand Theft Auto V, so Rockstar quietly censored their own game. We discuss this cowardly decision along with a Resident Evil 4 developer’s support of censorship, Twitch’s sexism against men, a woke Cards Against Humanity clone, and Lara Croft’s slow transformation into a man.
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Poking holes in the ever-sexist "men die in war, women affected most" commentary from the usual always-woke sources, it's the latest episode of Splash Damage:

Game Rant published a bizarre article arguing that the tragedies Elden Ring characters endure are gender coded, or, in other words, women and men in the game suffer in different ways and somehow that’s a problem. We break this idea down and also discuss a popular easy mode mod for Elden Ring along with a New York Times article that claims the game is successful only due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Blizzard’s new diversity officer’s influence on games and the company’s reversal on its vaccine mandate, and plenty more.
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I saw the new episode drop in my podcatcher, but strangely enough the post over at half-KIA on Reddit has been removed. Not sure why, but I cobbled together what would be the usual episode announcement of the latest Splash Damage:

Alan Wen of VG247 says Ghostwire: Tokyo is more authentic than Ghost of Tsushima or Sifu because Ghostwire was created by Japanese developers. We discuss this racist implications of this thought process along with Sam Maggs continuing to embarrass herself and the video game industry at large by taking credit for creations she had little to do with; Anita Sarkeesian trying to remain relevant a decade later; and, by their own admission, Disney’s queer agenda. Oh, and E3 is dead, in case you didn’t hear.
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Another critical hit on the critics of the game world from Scrivonaut and Norayla on Splash Damage:

An upcoming series of adventures for Dungeons & Dragons is written entirely by black and brown folks, and Polygon just thinks that’s the greatest thing ever. We discuss why it’s racist to care so much about something as superficial as skin color along with Ash Parrish defending the new Halo TV show, Ars Technica’s article in defense of video game cheaters, and accusations of oppression against yet another video game developer.
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More slamming the brakes on the industry's hot takes, from Scrivonaut and Norayla on Splash Damage:

The developer of Lost Ark has added less-revealing outfits to the game after complaints the female outfits are too sexy, but this hasn’t stopped GameDevelopment.com from demanding the game go farther and cater Lost Ark only to Western audiences. We discuss this puritanical argument along with GameSpot’s old article about bra sizes, Elden Ring’s tendency to not hold players’ hands, awful takes on race in Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series, and more.
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Elden Ring dropped and with it came the usual hot takes from the gaming press, dutifully deconstructed on the latest Splash Damage:

Ash Parrish is back, nitpicking one of the greatest games ever made—Elden Ring—because it doesn’t have enough hairstyles for black characters. We discuss her tendency to turn everything into a race issue along with Sony’s hypocrisy regarding nudity in Horizon Forbidden West, Age of Empires III new trigger warning, open racism against white anime voice actors, CD Projekt Red stopping sales in Russia, and a God of War director’s bizarre hypothetical.
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Watch out for the AOE, you'll take Splash Damage! This week we get a look at the gaming press's hot takes on Horizon: Forbidden West. Reposting from Reddit:

Journalists are digging up the old criticism that Horizon Forbidden West is problematic because it features the aesthetics of Native American culture. We discuss how cultural appreciation is not appropriation along with references to racism in The Cuphead Show!, Kotaku being upset that attractive women exist in Lost Ark, censorship of Lost Ark for Western audiences, a female gaming pro being fired over a joke about men, and more.
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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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New weekend, new Splash Damage!

Kotaku threw us for a loop after writing an article defending gamers Cloud Imperium Games called “noisy” for daring to care about the development of Star Citizen. We discuss this ironic sentiment along with Sony buying Bungie, Waypoint calling Pokemon Legends: Arceus colonialist, a false copyright claim Riot Games made against an independent artist, how much the upcoming Halo and Lord of the Rings TV series are going to suck, Elden Ring’s difficulty, and more!
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New week, new Splash Damage, with takes on everyone's favorite commentator, "Foreskinn" :

Indiana Black of the recently relaunched G4 went on a tirade about the sexism she faces in gaming, basically blaming her audience for the comments she gets because she is not as sexy as previous hosts. We talk about how Black has doubled down on her victimhood along with claims that Chinese company Tencent is influencing the races and breast sizes of characters in movies it funds, Dungeons & Dragons getting more streamlined and woke, censorship of Genshin Impact’s outfits, Elden Ring’s impending release, and a video game developer going above and beyond for a fan.
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Back from the post-holiday hiatus, Scrivonaut and Norayla return for more hot takes on the woke gaming world in a new episode of Splash Damage!

The collective internet mocked Kotaku after they published an article claiming that Halo: Infinite hurts players’ feelings by tracking individual scores. We join in on the mocking and also discuss Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard, people claiming it’s racist that a Dead by Daylight cannibalistic murderer wears a black victim’s face as a mask, Bloomberg’s complaint that games are sexist and Horizon Forbidden West is not because its hero is ugly, Kotaku’s angst that non-black people are making a game with a black protagonist, a G4 host’s tirade about sexist gamers, Polygon really wanting Frodo and Sam to be gay, and plenty more.

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I wasn't sure if we'd see one more before the start of the new year, but Scrivonaut and Norayla managed to get a new episode out. This week's SPLASH DAMAGE:

There have been recent changes to Dungeons & Dragons, stripping certain races and monsters of their lore because apparently even fictional evil is exclusive. We also discuss how The Witcher actor Henry Cavill seems pretty based, Splinter Cell getting rebooted, the decision to not include NFTs in S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, Back 4 Blood developer Turtle Rock selling out to Tencent, Cowboy Bebop’s failure possibly spelling the end of live-action adaptations of anime, and more.
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New weekend, new episode of SPLASH DAMAGE!

An IGN editor last week tried to justify why the games media had not covered a PlayStation executive being caught soliciting sex from a minor. Meanwhile, games sites are quick to jump on “news” about conservative game developers simply existing. We discuss this lack of journalistic integrity along with Kotaku calling gamers “toxic a-holes,” highlights from The Game Awards, the mainstream media falsely associating video games with a Michigan school shooting, Kotaku being upset that a right-wing group agrees Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick should resign, Nintendo trying to hire more women for no reason, gamers’ hate for Ubisoft’s NFT announcement, PlayStation Spartacus, and much more!
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New episode of Splash Damage announced over on Reddit. From the post over there:

With so many inexcusable problems in recently released blockbuster games, has the golden age of gaming come and gone? Will major games ever redeem themselves, or are we stuck with pathetic, half-finished cash grabs? We ponder this question and also discuss the heat rising around Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick, Kotaku’s sad take on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, IGN’s blatant paid advertisement for Battlefield 2042, sexualized costumes in Arcane and Cowboy Bebop, and more.
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New episode of Splash Damage just dropped, and this time we're looking at the latest installment in the long line of Call of Duty shooters - and the usual bullshit from the usual sources over what should be a bunch of non-issues. From the original post over at half-KIA:

Call of Duty: Vanguard has gotten flack this past week, and not just for being another totally boring cash grab of a shooter. Kotaku and others called the game Islamophobic for daring to use pages of the Quran as set dressing, despite the fact entire games openly mock Christianity without so much as a complaint from anyone. We discuss this hypocrisy along with Kotaku’s ironic complaint that Vanguard is too woke, Animal Crossing: New Horizons fans’ bizarre and desperate desire to see two animal characters officially become gay lovers, GamesBeat’s surprising advocation for diversity of thought in the games industry, and more.

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