#gamergal

[elethab3269]

Whiterun is the way -Skyrim (youtube.com)

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[eldritch-elrics]

obsessed with the new google docs feature that ai generates a doc summary for you. what the fuck is this

(context is i am writing a paper on gamer culture)

[bikiniarmorbattledamage]

This is truly stiff competition for the worst case of willful false equivalence we've ever seen.

So, for those not aware: Ongoing embarrassment to gamers and the gaming industry, Mark Kern (former lead on FireFall), has been desperately trying to get Gamergate 2 going on X/Twitter... well after others have given up. If you need to get caught up on Mark, I recommend this video by documentary maker and experienced game developer, Dead Domain:

One of the latest fiascos in this mix has been the comparison of responses to character designs from Hades 2 (Aphrodite, left) and Stellar Blade (protagonist Eve, right). The post isn't by Mark, but is part of the general harassment campaign he's trying to lead.

If you're somehow not familiar with Aphrodite, she's the Ancient Greek goddess of love, lust and hot girl shit. It is absolutely perfect characterization for her to show up to a battle (or anything else) nude but for her hair teasingly covering the intimate parts of her body. But the buried lede here is, you don't fight her in Hades and nothing about Hades 2 indicates she'll fight there either, she just likes the aesthetic and has no reason not to indulge.

Stellar Blade will release on 26 April 2024, so we can't really give an informed discussion of her character. But what we do know is the studio head is the illustrator from Blade & Soul, Eve is described as being a member of "the 7th Airborne Squad" engaged in an "operation to reclaim the planet from the Naytiba", and the promotion material promises "an enthralling narrative filled with mature themes, mystery and revelation. Embrace the relentless pace, with no time to pause between moments where critical, story-changing decisions are made."

It's to be compared to games like Nier: Automata, Devil May Cry 5, Jedi: Fallen Order and Sekiro. And the screenshots look like this:

And yeah, unlike Bayonetta she's not supposed to be an unstoppable force of nature (and fashion) who is immune to self-doubt, she's supposed to be the scrappy underdog last survivor of her team.

Weird they gave her a costume that conveys... the opposite of literally everything they're supposed to be trying to tell you about her.

-wincenworks

[bunabi]

Prepping myself for the absolute worst takes on this entire situation as though it’s fans or grifters or devs at fault and not people higher up the production chain strangling the absolute shit out of Dragon Age with bad call after bad call.

Follow ex-BW staff to their next projects. Keep an eye on the Motive team. Check out Exodus. Try out Eternal Strands and Nightingale. And support RPGs like Avowed.

[madame-helen]

[siryouarebeingmocked]

Ironic that quantum-dragon is supposedly against "unreasonable" bigotry, but apparently a) blocked everyone who replied, and b) pre-blocked me.

Doesn't seem very reasonable.

The supportive notes are still there, of course.

[gamer2002]

Mark Waid has repeatedly abused his position within the industry to hurt businesses of indie comics authors he didn't agree with. Examples are Alison Tieman and Richard Meyer.

He can kindly leave.

[redstonedust]

i dont think gen z are more stupid or any more radicalized than any other generation thats just like. what being in your teens to mid 20s is like. influencers spreading right wing conspiracies in 2024 wouldve been harassing feminist videogame reviewers in 2014. i think the only reason todays teens appear worse is because more of them have twitter/tiktok/etc accounts to be publically stupid on but like. this is just how it always is and always has been.

[futurebird]

What is a gamergate?

Friendly reminder about the word #gamergate

A "gamergate" (pronounced like "gamete") is a mated worker ant with the potential to become a queen of the colony. This is believed to be how early ant colonies worked before the physical differences between queens and workers became more pronounced in the majority of ant species. Diacamma, Harpegnathos and Ophthalmopone genus ants still have this ability.

This is the *only* significant meaning the word "gamergate" has had and will ever have.

I'm sorry... but look at her. She's like a cartoon character. "harpos" are very popular among antkeepers and their ability to choose new queens makes for interesting colony dynamic. They duel each other with their long mandibles to decide who will be queen.

And they can jump!

[jaggedwolf]

reading the interviews with LMM and Eisa Davis about the Warriors concept album and I really did not expect fucking GamerGate of all things to be an inspiration for the gender swap???

[subwaylesbians]

the way it’s not only the warriors who can’t escape being seen as “girls” - he’s talking about cyrus here. head of new york’s most powerful gang, “the street’s Jesus”, and yet luther views her as a plaything. would he have killed anyone working to organise the truce, regardless of gender? probably! but the specific condescension that comes through here, the way that there’s no level of achievement or authority that could have moved him to respect her - definitely gender-based

[gingerswagfreckles]

Like we can make it a joke but it is genuinely terrifying how fast misinformation and conspiracy theories spread on this website because no one is willing to do a basic Google search. No, the FBI isn't framing a random person for the United Healthcare CEO assassination while also not even bothing to make sure their fall guy is wearing the same jacket. Actually this is the guy who shot the CEO and he's wearing a different jacket because the picture is from the day before when he was checking into his hostel. This is outlined in every single news article publishing the picture. You people would believe that the moon is a big ball of cheese if someone on the internet said it was true.

[bunabi]

No..... I dont think its crazy to have sales expectations for a highly-anticipated game you believe can succeed & is the direct follow-up to a title that won GOTY

I get the frustration but blaming EA for everything nonstop is killing me

[ktempestbradford]

Yet Another Thing Black women and BIPOC women in general have been warning you about since forever that you (general You; societal You; mostly WytFolk You) have ignored or dismissed, only for it to come back and bite you in the butt.

I'd hoped people would have learned their lesson with Trump and the Alt-Right (remember, Black women in particular warned y'all that attacks on us by brigading trolls was the test run for something bigger), but I guess not.

Any time you wanna get upset about how AI is ruining things for artists or writers or workers at this job or that, remember that BIPOC Women Warned You and then go listen extra hard to the BIPOC women in your orbit and tell other people to listen to BIPOC women and also give BIPOC women money.

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it.

Give them money via PayPal or Ko-fi or Venmo or Patreon or whatever. Hire them. Suggest them for that creative project/gig you can't take on--or you could take it on but how about you toss the ball to someone who isn't always asked?

Oh, and stop asking BIPOC women to save us all. Because, as you see, we tried that already. We gave you the roadmap on how to do it yourselves. Now? We're tired.

Of the trolls, the alt-right, the colonizers, the tech bros, the billionaires, the other scum... and also you. You who claim to be progressive, claim to be an ally, spend your time talking about what sucks without doing one dang thing to boost the signal, make a change in your community (online or offline), or take even the shortest turn standing on the front lines and challenging all that human garbage that keeps collecting in the corners of every space with more than 10 inhabitants.

We Told You. Octavia Butler Told You. Audre Lorde Told You. Sydette Harry Told You. Mikki Kendall Told You. Timnit Gebru Told You.

When are you gonna listen?

[siryouarebeingmocked]

I’ve also seen loads of people complain that political writing in modern media is a lot more hamfisted and “preachy”. Often within the same franchise that used to be better.

So they are explicitly complaining about bad political writing.

For some reason, smugsters like TOL up there seldom address those people. Even when they responded to TOL’s post, TOL and their fanclub just doubled down on the smug mockery and strawmanning.

Heck, you can find one of them smugging on Taf’s post;

Also, it’s kind of hilarious that TOL used Bioshock, when a bunch of leftists assumed Infinite would be about aiding the glorious proletariat revolution. Presumably because they were unfamiliar with the series.

Or they were ignoring contrary facts, as leftists often do.

Or the people these days who think the first game is about “capitalism bad!” when Ryan is a tyrannical head of state who restricts private trade and free speech because they don’t fit his beliefs.

[handkinkbis]

Far right millionaires can pay to make posts trend. It's called social engineering.

What you see on your youtube or other social media front page isn't always organically there. Rich content creators can pay for more visibility. They can buy views. Google is complicit with this tactic, as is facebook, instagram and every other greedy social media platform.

Comments and takes that become 'popular' (have top upvotes or reinforcing comments) are not always organic either, but they're designed to socially engineer public opinion with their seeming popularity. That's what PR companies and government astroturfers do.