Kotaku feels like that angry Ex who just can’t get over it, in terms trying to take swipes at CP2077 whenever they can think of it.

Who else are you supposed to write for? People who aren’t fans of the show? They’ve got Discovery for that.

I mean, have you seen their attempts at doing something new?

Buying temporary exclusivity from a developer/publisher on a single game (or just buying a single studio like Insomniac or Bungie) is nowhere near the same as just outright buying one of the top three largest publishers in the world. Not to mention, the ink was still drying on the purchase of one of the other top ten…

Oh my fucking god. NO IT IS NOT THE BEST END CREDITS SCENE EVER. Everything about this mediocre series so endlessly overhyped. And the rage im going to get over this comment is gonna be an example of what i mean. And I like the movies, theyre ok-but if you dont heap mountains of praise on it people jump to all sorts…

“Nakia’s story is completed in the credits.”

I thought they would explain Shuri’s antivaxxer plot twist *shrug*

Why is it a bad thing though? Why does every piece of media coming out need representation?

While Japan is definitely not the shining example of diversity or representation, I do feel like not absolutely every piece of media needs diversity or representation.

We agree on the spirit of representation and both want to see more diversity in games. It would definitely be nice to see in an FF game.

Look, I really do enjoy Kotaku overall, and I adore that it’s such a prominent outlet and continues to be explicitly on the side of progress rather than the usual gamer sexism/racism/queerphobia/toxicity/etc. etc. etc. As a Latine gay guy, it’s important to me, and I can only imagine what Black (and Asian, and other…

plus they can make the game however they want, and anyone can choose not to purchase it if they do not want to

Except... this fantasy world *isn’t* connected to the world in that same sense.  It’s geographically isolated and there’s no means to readily get to it from the outside.  

My therapist has a term for this. It’s a “reason”, not an “excuse”. Just because they do it, doesn’t mean it’s right, but understanding the reason can help to understand the people.

We don’t have to like it, but we do have to accept that not all cultures share the same values. That has always been true and always will…

I fail to see the issue.

I love how Kotaku left out the last part of his answer from the article completely. Taking things out of context and only providing snippets. Here is the second half of his answer:

As a cis man I don’t think I have related to a Main protag since maybe Zack tho Rikku comes close. Being cis or white has very little to do with my identity tho I understand it might for others.

No. They’re afraid of getting the POC characters “wrong” according to Kotaku, Polygon or Vice and end up being raked across the coals by all game journalist for it. 

You do know that other people have different backgrounds, perspectives, visions, and goals, yes?  It’s fine that your hype for this game is dead and I would absolutely encourage you to play Skyrim if you, you know, want to play Skyrim. 

Maybe in theory, but I have never played a game that had “sufficient” levels of diversity and felt MORE satisfied than I would have otherwise.  I think that a lot of people give it more thought than they should.