Yeah I thought the same thing.

They were quicker to change the name of the fictional character named after the shitty employee than they were to address the actual shitty behavior of the actual shitty employee.

Deep Blue: “In September of 1939, World War II began after this event in Eastern Europe.”

That what my assumption about the game as well when it was first revealed. Seemed like a cool concept. Too bad it turned out to be ..... this.

This. I mean the intersection of games and wider cultural issues is an interesting topic when done well, but some Kotaku articles just feel like a mid-2000s emo kid’s LiveJournal blog.

This. Some games have story (or even gameplay) twists that are so central to the experience that it is virtually impossible to review the game without revealing a major spoiler.

The plot of this game sounds like a particularly-shitty M. Night Shamalyan film.

The “hate” for Skyward Sword comes from a small but very vocal minority. The original release sold nearly 4 million copies and has a 93% Metacritic average. Most people who played it thought it was a very good game. Not the best Zelda game ever, but certainly above average.

The foundational premise of this entire article is incorrect. Skyward Sword was not a “controversial” game and it was actually very well received. The original Wii release sold 3.7 million copies and had a 93% metacritic score from professional reviewers, along with an 8.3 average score from users. Those are very…

White People: “Ummm, you guys really shouldn’t use the swastika anymore.”

Americans telling Asians to censor one of their millenia-old religious symbols because Americans are too ignorant to understand the difference between it and a similar symbol used by the Nazis is the most American thing ever.

Americans telling Asians to censor their millenia-old eastern religious symbol because Americans are too ignorant to understand the difference between it and a similar symbol used by the Nazis is the most American thing ever.

They’re not “brining it back” it’s been in continuous, non-controversial use in Asia for thousands of years. The only people outraged by this are westerners who are too ignorant to understand the difference between this and Nazi symbolism.

Similar thing happened with the Pledge of Allegience. Prior to the mid-1930s, the customary gesture Americans gave towards the flag while reciting the Pledge was almost-identical to the Nazi salute. As the extent of Nazi atrocities became more known in the US, this was changed to the "right hand over the heart"…

Americans telling Asians they need to stop using a millenia-old religious symbol because it’s similar to one used by the Nazis (and Americans are too ignorant to understand the difference) is the most American thing ever.

Americans telling Asians they need to stop using a millenia-old religious symbol because it’s similar to one used by the Nazis (and Americans are too ignorant to understand the difference) is the most American thing ever.

Americans telling Asians they need to stop using a millenia-old religious symbol because it’s similar to one used by the Nazis (and Americans are too ignorant to understand the difference) is the most American thing ever.

This is like telling Christians they need to stop using the cross as their symbol because Nazis and the Klan also used it. 

Grow up.

Seriously. The people spending hours trying to track down the newest GPU probably have a massive backlog of Steam games they bought but haven't played yet. Just play those, guys. You already paid for them and they don't require the latest tech.