what does it say about the state of this industry that our thoughts immediately spiral to ‘oh god what geneva convention is being violated today’ vs ‘oh shit that’s a little creepy’

Reject tradition, embrace modernity.

So please explain what isn’t “vulgar” about portraying transpeople as mentally ill or lending succor to paedophiles and happily becoming the public face of a movement designed to remove rights of transpeople?

Don’t be so fucking stupid.

The amount of apologists in this comment section make me wanna throw up. People who’ve internalized the exploitative mismanagement in games and software saying “that’s just the way it is” when it just... isn’t. It’s the way bad managers, which are too numerous, make up for bad project plans, which are even more so.…

i don’t think a zero crunch world exists

Seems like now would be a good time for everyone to walk off, and discuss better working conditions, but they won’t do that.

Trying to pretend like misogyny is a jock vs. nerd problem isn’t helpful. Misogyny (and racism and homophobia and...) run just as deep in most nerdy cultural enclaves as they do just about anywhere else. The lack of women on the m:tg pro scene isn't just because of this one creepy douchebag.

Except that we don’t live in a perfect meritocracy where every kind of person is treated equally. That’s why we need to highlight representation of marginalized groups. Otherwise, the system can happily continue to marginalize them.

Ugh, gross. You weren't kidding. I know this saying is getting pretty old, but what is wrong with people? I mean really. Is it in the water or caused by some sort of electric interference?

Just a friendly reminder not to ungrey the inevitable shit storm from garbage Magic players.

I’m not sure what non binary cis is but I’m very happy they didn’t make excuses for that asshole who was harassing people and just kicked him out of the tournament, replacing him with someone who, according to this article, has a solid fan base, is talented, and looks genuinely passionate about the game (from the…

Stay outta the greys. The intersection between the vocal MTG community and bigots is super unfortunate.

Oh, come on. The writer loves the series, dislikes this aspect of it, writes a piece that explains what happens in the games and what might be behind it.

Part of what Ario is exploring in this piece is why this happens in these games—the extent to which it is elements of the community, the content of the games, the culture of game difficulty, etc. Plenty of possible factors. As Ario also points out, most of the messages in the games aren’t like this.

I’m glad to see a high profile article on this subject, because this has been always been the worst aspect of these games and is a major reason I never bother reading other player’s messages past the first week or two of release. The worst part is those consistently see higher ratings than actual helpful messages or…

Its crazy to me that some people don’t think we have serious race problems in America. Go to any place where people can say things anonymously. Then let them know you’re not white. See what happens.