There’s a middle ground between the Ubisoft “over-explain everything” and the FromSoftware “explain nothing” approaches. Personally I think the ideal is something like Horizon ZD/FW where all the UI elements are very clear about what they are and what they mean, but mostly stay hidden until you ask for it or enter…

Hell yeah! It’s great to see that y’all came through victorious!

Congrats to you all. I did my (tiny) part by not reading on any GMG sites. I’m really glad the strike is over because I missed the articles.

Super happy AND proud of you all!

That’s really fucking dope, congrats. :)

Replying to my own post here to just point out that this, what you’re seeing here in real time, has been a part of Russian geopolitical disinformation strategies for *checks watch* over 70 years.

“ A common, copy-pasted sentiment rightly points out that many responding negatively to the invasion cared little about the United States bombing countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Somalia, at least when compared to the massive outcry against Russia.”

I´d love to see that whataboutism if Russia decided…

idk what the best response to whataboutism is, but I’m pretty sure it isn’t *defending the war on terror*.

Holy crap, can you please not feed into the whataboutism? At least not yet?

And yet disgusting sentences like that ^ are okay but what she said was over the line. Shitty double standards towards a woman, while theres already very few women in pro-esports.

Yes, you’re right, the most vocal contingent are ALWAYS correct. What a thoughtful point.

Easy tip to not being accused of appropriation: don’t set your game in a SWANA-inspired setting and then invite your one brown friend, pop on a “safari hat” and call it a day. It’s really not that hard.

How is thoughtful critique “eating” anyone? I’m a white person, and goddamn are we embarassingly thin-skinned. If any of y’all whining in the comments could muster half the thoughtfulness that this post required, maybe an interesting discussion could happen. But it never will because you’re so inordinately upset by…

You really think the only two options are “costumes of historical colonizers” and “traditional attire of the local culture”? You’re either arguing in bad faith, or suffer from a sad dearth of imagination.

Yeah but you can’t just paint all white people costumes with the same brush.

I’m a longtime diehard fan of Critical Role. I also appreciate the perspective & opinion of this article, and I’m more than a little bummed to see other CR fans responding with open hostility to such insightful and measured criticism.

Psst, the author is the woman in the picture. 

I’m a man and I’m definitely on the shorter side - around 5'6 or 5'7. I appreciate someone writing in support of us short kings, but I also feel the need to say that there’s absolutely nothing wrong with someone having a physical preference that includes height. I’ve definitely had a bit of a harder time dating…

You must be lonely, up there in your own asshole.

Really? that’s the take you are going to go with?