Do a little more research next time. The etymology shows that savage means nothing more than wild, things in history put other references to it, but savage is wild, period. That was literally the reason the “bad version” of the word exists, as pioneers called people “savages” because they were, in their minds, “Wild.”

Kinda difficult when the author/site is perfectly able (and worse, willing) to Shadowban unwanted replies/users, with no right to appeal. There is a word for that but I won’t risk my non-gray privilege.

Yes, it is unfortunate that the word “savage” was ever tied to any indigenous peoples, and whatever land was stolen from them by force,....but that has nothing to do with correctly using the English language. “Savage” is absolutely the correct word for both the context and tone here. It means brutal, lawless, violent,…

What is there to debate? Kotaku is entering the realm of self-parody. Thank god for Tim Rogers.

The word “Savage” has never conjured up any ideas as you present them in your article. I think “ferocious” or “dangerous” mostly comes to mind. Now, I understand that there’s a bit of history here but seeing the devil in every detail makes the contemporary human being come across as a little immature. We can remember…

First I was trying to understand if this was a joke article but it is not.

The word “savage,” furthermore, probably isn’t even that high on the list of pejoratives that Indigenous people want others to stop using, seeing as how hardly anyone uses “savage” in reference to them now.

This article reads like somebody had to write a 2,000-word essay for some 2000-level sociology class, then realized that they could throw an extra 400 words about a video game onto the top of it and turn it around to Kotaku for some beer money.
The beer is a locally-sourced IPA, of course. Bud Light is the drink of…

Savages, the lot of them!

Unrelated, but in Ireland the word ‘Savage’ basically means ‘Awesome.’

As a person with indigenous ancestry, savage doesn’t bother me at all. Too many virtue signaling, white knight,sjw's  these days.

Oh god Paul this is a crime man.

To call a group of brown, Spanish speaking people “The Savages” is obviously a use of the word in a derogatory manner and an association that colonizers would’ve used. That’s ignorant. However, the word savage originates from meanings like ‘wild’ or ‘of woods and animals’ or…

For the record I have not commented on any Kotaku article or any other news site that I go to for that matter, but I feel like this needs attention. Paul Tamayo should not be allowed to write for this site. The use of “savage” in a game title is not news. This is what I would consider to be click bait to rile people…

I use “savage” in reference to animals; not people. A lion is savage. A T-Rex is savage. A bear is savage. A silverback is savage. People are not savage. Unless they bite? I associate the adjective “savage” with the verb “savage”, and I use the adjective to indicate propensity for the verb. This also applies…

There is a meaningful, logical difference between “this term has been used in some contexts in ways that were harmful” and “this term is harmful in all contexts”. This article seems to be implying that the former conclusion should always lead to the latter. I do not believe that is a rational viewpoint.

Savage as an adjective is just a way to describe something. Using it as a noun is where you get in trouble. But, describing a planet as savage is perfectly fine. I find it quite alarming that anyone would think otherwise.

Aand unsurprisingly a word that can be offensive to people in AMERICA mainly, is deemed offensive for everyone.

This won’t get past the grays, since most people are piling on at this point. But I’ll say this much as a counterpoint:

adjective =/= noun

man that seems like a lot of trouble to go through.