While I get what you’re trying to say, just gonna throw this out there; a lot of the “everyday” activities described here are still escapism for someone like me, who has only ever lived in an American suburban sprawl environment where these are absolutely not common everyday occurrences that I can relate to.

And you have folks like Turbotastic in the comment section of every. single. article. about this game being a dipshit to people not fully against this game. But sure, “false flag”. LOL

Yeah.. they’re glossing over the large number of straight up ‘KYS”, death threat and doxxing attempts that she and Silvervale both received over this. LGBT person myself, and I won’t be touching anything related to JK. But the outright vitriol for clout that these people on Twitter are throwing at anyone who doesn’t…

I saw some of the stuff being thrown at Pikamee, it definitely wasn’t “just threatening to unsub”. In both her original tweet and her reply she was constantly called a transphobe, told to off herself, sent death threats, told that she was directly killing trans people, and had trans and ‘ally’ accounts celebrate her…

I wouldn't take much of what Sisi says at face value. I'm a queer person, and find a lot of her takes pretty unnuanced. (Which isn't to say I think people should support JKR. I won't be buying this game and tell people I know I don't think they should, either.)

Just 100% agreed. No notes.

Regarding Iron Bull, I think the problem isn’t Iron Bull or “Demands of the Qun” so much as it is a more general issue with how the Qunari have been portrayed.

I’m just media outlets like Kotaku Telling us the audience we should feel outraged.

A lot of Kotaku Articles are centered around inciting outrage and getting clicks. It’s fine to be informative about topics for sure, but too many of Kotaku’s articles as of late have just been about moral condemnation and outrage about…

Imagine complaining about product placement when the scene is set in a mall - a building where the literal reason for its existence is product placement.

What a cynical way to look at things, lol.

Yeah, what a blatant ad for a game that came out 30 years ago...

My biggest gripe is how the hell Riley found out about the fatalities

Mortal Kombat 2 on store shelves now!

Mortal Kombat’s huge impact is far more likely to ignite some sort of emotional response from TV viewers than a fake game that is mentioned a couple times on a videogame they probably didn’t play.

Agreed. Feels more like Kotaku authors these day most write contrarian articles just as click bait to generate traffic.

Yeah no, it was a cute scene that didn’t feel like an ad, more like nostalgic food for 90's kids.

This feels like a blatant over reaction.

What a cynical way to look at things, lol. It didn’t feel like an ad, and I think they enhanced the moment from the game by doing it this way. Plus, whether intentional or not, it’s fun to watch characters play a video game within a video game adaptation. Obviously it’s different, but in a way, it reminded me of when…

Sorry, not buying it.

Mortal Kombat scene doesn’t feel like an Ad at all. For actual people who grew up going to arcades in the 90s and 00s its one of the most iconic games.

Here’s my, probably controversial, Hot Take: Forcing your idea of someone’s sexual orientation on someone is the same as misgendering them. It’s disgusting, gross, people don’t realize it’s just as harmful, and it’s hypocritical.