Absolutely. They talk to us like we’re “others” and not just people. My boyfriend (who is half black and half chilean) has this happen to him a lot and hates it. One example he gave a long time ago sticks with me: he goes to Trader Joe’s often & a white guy that works the register there always calls him “brotha.” He’s…

Theres nothing more offensive than people who try way too hard to be inoffensive, because they talk to you as if they expect you to immediately get indignant and aggressive by virtue of being a POC.

Love to! For the record, I’m a non-black latina.

“They say things, specific things, to prove they’re totally not racist (and they end up saying really dumb shit in the process).”

I also don’t have any white friends. I didn’t grow up with white people and never meshed with any at work or in college/law school. To this day, I feel super uncomfortable when I’m around a large group of them because they ALWAYS END UP DOING THE SAME SHIT.

This is really kind (perhaps too kind!) praise that I’ll try to live up to. My hope is that Kotaku can continue to take the time to really look at games and what they’re doing.

Thank you so much for this wonderful review. I had no interest in playing Metal Gear Survive, and honestly still don’t. But this review is one of the few times I’ve thought a game journalist scratched the surface of examining games in the same way other “art” is analyzed.

Thanks. This is a really nice comment that made me smile. I’m really grateful to Stephen for letting me have the extra time to really write something with a bit more detailed analysis.

Thank you for your excellent analysis and actual deference toward some the people who slogged to make this happen. THIS is what game journalism could/should be, not a laundry list of graphics/sound/gameplay, but a keen eye to observe even a bad game as an important cultural artifact.

Fonts aren’t small and illegible enough to truly be a Darkest Dungeon ripoff.

“It’s for when the execs call the white guy to say, ‘What exactly did Kenya mean there?,’ and to be reassured.”

More devout communities are also likely to be the most isolated. When you don’t meet or interact with people of another race, ethnicity, or religion, you’re an easy mark for those who are spreading racist ideas.

I’m happy somebody relates to that, haha.

I will walk into a room on a mission, then spin around in confusion and promptly wander back out. At work, at home, all day long

Classifying gaming as an “addictive behavior,” the WHO explains that gaming disorder...

Yeah, Ferguson et al. are right. It’s the result of something else, such as depression or an obsessive or addictive personality. But those things are boring, and have already been addressed. Attaching it to gaming feels like a stunt.

You must be fun at parties...

It’s rare that a person truly understands why they were wrong, and is actually sorry for it.

At the risk of sounding weird, I love a good apology. Here’s what I did, here’s why it was wrong and here’s why it will never happen again—all with no typos and no excuses. Wonderful.

I swear, if I could’ve posted them all here, I would’ve. She’s my fave.