radiatoryang
Robert Yang
radiatoryang

LOL duuuude. The huge, colossal difference is that internet nazis actually did succeed in forcing women and minorities out of games? Remember that?... and meanwhile I’m just some clueless guy who makes free content for anti-gay YouTubers to monetize

No offense to Kotaku, but a streamer sends like 2x-10x more traffic to a game than any article anywhere. This is a truth universally acknowledged by game developers — YouTube and Twitch now define gamer culture much more than publications. I wish it weren’t so, but it is.

I don’t respect their opinions — my problem is that other people do, and unfortunately I’m not the sole arbiter of what my work means — hostile homophobes have more influence, and people end up believing their (really simplistic, IMO) interpretation more.

“Gay VR” is partly a joke to make VR slightly more interesting, but it’s also a response to the last two years of watching YouTube dudes warp and exploit my work. You’re saying that’s my fault? I “didn’t do enough”? The burden is on me to fix them? If anything, I’m actually the only one listening to the bigots: they