Honestly, I didn’t understand the hype. I was vaguely interested in it more than The Witcher since I prefer sci-fi/modern stuff to medieval fare (and had heard such praise for TW3 including from friends whose taste I trust), but the trailers never seemed to give a sense of what the game’s narrative was. It felt like a…
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I mean, we can discuss it being a shitty move without being “outraged.” There are way more reactions than “ok with it” and “outraged,” after all.
You’d think they’d want to celebrate it by letting people continue to buy it. Limited-edition stuff isn’t inherently a bad thing, but it’s a weird move to make the game only available for a limited time like this. At least make the print run limited and then restrict it to digital-only or something.
Considering how much of “mature” gaming is made up of in-your-face violence or sex just for the sake of being there, it makes sense. Gaming’s collective maturity is like a 16-year-old boy. Oy vey.
I’m gay and this legitimately had me guffaw.
Depends on the statistics, but yeah, most of what I’m seeing is that the average age is 35 or so. (Not quite median, but still.) That’s almost definitely part of it.
I think ignoring that corporations are made up of people does the criticism of corporations a disservice, to be frank.
Sorry, responding to another comment of yours lol. I think a lot of the reason anti-corporation sentiment has come up is that we’re seeing more and more evidence of corporations behaving badly, from underpaid workers to forced crunch (that can and has ruined lives!) to undelivered promises and even, at times, lies.
I think what the article is trying to get at is less “stop liking corporations at all” and more “stop supporting them unquestioningly.”
Ugh, that sucks. Poor employee guy; with how mad some gamers get online about things, I can only imagine the bullshit he’s had to put up with from angry gamers in-store :/
Sure, CDPR, but one of the major problems I’ve seen talked about is that the game gets buggier as you get further in. This doesn’t help anyone who has a fine time until suddenly halfway through.
I’m not sure you understand what queerbaiting actually means, if I’m honest. Queerbaiting isn’t as simple as making a will-they-won’t-they and then deciding to go with “won’t they.” It’s—even when a character is portrayed as heterosexual (or, more accurately, never displaying interest in the same sex)—making jokes…
You do realize that queer-baiting isn’t just about fanfic writers, right? Teasing a queer romance repeatedly when queer fans are saying “we hope this happens” isn’t solely the domain of fanfiction. Claiming it’s solely obnoxious shippers is silly when this is a concept that isn’t exactly new. The refusal to allow…
my dude even if you’re part of a minority you can still do things that harm that minority.
Oh, for sure he deserves the blowback. I’m just saying other people were involved too and also deserve the blame haha
We definitely need to do better at taking stalkers and threats seriously when they’re done online, especially when they’re clearly dangerous but lack the hallmarks that people will act on (aka over-the-top threats or physical damage).
I couldn’t edit my last response to you, but according to io9's coverage, the joke was improvised?
Kate Bishop and Kamala Khan are literally the only reasons I’m tempted to buy this game. The demo wasn’t terrible, but man, I love those two.
He certainly holds the vast majority of the blame, but so do the execs. The director works closely with the editor, but the editor might not be able to veto specific bits going into the movie. Executives and investors, though? They have to approve it too. Anderson wasn’t the only one to let the thing through. (This is…