I used to ask why they do shit like this knowing there will now be repercussions?

Jesus, this is the patheticness of white people, can’t even be truthful about being someone whose black in a mural but in life, you point it out, make slurs, burns crosses, make laws again black people and poc but since they are doing better than you and serve the public, you can’t stand to state their race.

Since the comments keep coming, just want to let you all know that I edited this piece, including the headline. I, like all the others Kotaku editors, are the final call on what gets published, and sometimes we get things wrong. But this is not one of those times.

The people that the article bothers are bothered because it’s a black writer celebrating a black woman’s accomplishment. They wouldn’t be any less bothered if she had been more subtle about it, they’re upset that Ash had the audacity to be black and talk about this woman’s accomplishment from that perspective.

Y’all, let Black women write about Black women the way they want to see Black women be written about. Jesus Christ.

If you think me shouting out a black lady for her guinness world records is objectifying her: how does it feel to never have to look for yourself in the media you consume and the hobbies you participate in?

Ash, I understand that I’m just a stranger on the internet and this will be an absurdly long comment and you may skip it, it’s fine, I won’t be offended.

Okay how about; “White man wins best hip hop album of the year!”  It’s interesting because it’s unusual.  For you.  For us, it’s exciting because WOW, recognition!  It wasn’t that long ago that black kids were bullied for being into nerdy stuff while black.  On top of the regular nerdy kid bullying.  And a WOMAN on…

Yeah that she uses her collection is what was most beautiful to me.

That’s one of the most aesthetically pleasing collections I’ve seen of anything, let alone just gaming. And she has stuff that people can play? Furthermore she doesn’t say that “it’s worthless” throughout the video? Why aren’t we crowning her “queen” yet? I’d rather have her represent just how wholesome, collecting…

Water is wet is usually to mean stating the obvious. Dunno if you know (or even read the blog) but a Black woman getting world records for her video game collection isn’t an obvious thing.

I understand what you mean but usually when Black writers write about other Black people it’s to bring attention like “we in here!” It comes from a history of being excluded from places so now when we do it, it’s to show ‘we are not excluded here’. It’s the same thing when say an athlete does it like Simone Manuel…

I am feel uncomfortable when we are not about me.

Ash and I are the exact same age and they are 100% correct in this statement. Black women in gaming are an afterthought. Whether is in development or from a player standpoint.

No, they aren’t why she got the records but that she got those records being who she is is important. It’s okay, not everything is for you. When I speak like this, I’m talking to my people, not you, who need to see this. Right now we could name several white male devs. To us, they are household names. We could not do…

Most of the article is about how the author took a particular interest in this person and this record because they were both Black women, and that was significant to her. That’s why the article exists. So it’s a key piece of information. If it was a random person she didn’t relate to, she wouldn’t have written a story…

What an awesome collection. I love that she has some of the games out so they can be played. I hope museum curators in the future understand the importance of having playable models so people can experience the game, and not just learn about them

allow me to explain you why:

Hey! Totally understand your concern, especially because of way women get erased, but for a bit of journalism inside baseball, unless a person is super well known (and I mean really well-known) names don’t often go in heds. My colleague Zack put it better in a tweet of his:

“Someone Did Something Cool
“Put their name…

Call me pedantic, but her collection is just so much more aesthetically pleasing than most, and I respect that to pieces because my biggest issue with collectors is that so many seem to use the cheapest, ugliest shelving for their collections.