This is shit. Fuck you, gaz. These devs were amazing, and put themselves through shit for us players, this should not have gone down like this.

Just started playing this, and it is wonderful. It has room to grow and I cant wait

I completely agree. But framing it under some kind of “oh woe as me, poor zelda is a victim of sexism” is not reasonable.

Its not about that shit. Like I said, I’d love a Zelda focused game and I’m sure Nintendo has it on their radar, but to suggest her story in BotW is a bummer because she isnt the direct character…

It didnt work.
But it *can*. And it probably will.

But again, telling artist what to do is bullshit and im tired of people deciding their political agenda *should* influence artistic direction.. or the directive of a milti million dollar franchise.

Because that isnt the narrative they chose...

If they made a Legend of Zelda where you played zelda rescuing link, I’d play it and love it. In fact, I think they’d be smart as hell to do something like that.

But does that mean they have to? Or should? Or that its some kind of “bummer” that Zelda isnt the main…

People play MMO’s for deep, involved content. A lack of content is the number 1 thing that kills an online multiplayer game.

So yes, removing *having something to do* in an MMO and removing the platforms from mario are very much the same thing.

And ya know what, shooters should move away from having to move, I dont have time to move.

Lets get rid of levels in mario games too. Shits tedious.

My point is this gives people the scapegoat to be like “oh I didnt know my vote did this!”. The more people who see this the more people can claim ignorance and vote better next time.

This isnt about changing hearts and minds, its naive to think you can do that on a large scale. This is about shaming, and giving…

Bingo.
You wanna make an expensive and risky movie? You’re casting a big name. Its a shame, but its how money works. They didnt cast a white woman because racism, they cast a white woman because they want to appeal to a target demographic that someone in a suit with a calculator and a list of trends and pie charts…

Meh, maybe thats true.

Still, I saw nothing offensive until they tried to justify it with a bullshit story injection lol, I dont care how much sense it made.

And I’d love them to do an article on the blogger in vietnam whose going to prison for 7 years for reporting on government toxic dumping. Or the terrifying state in Ukraine.

But thats not what this article is about... thats not the message. Thats like asking for a beer at a coffee shop. I dont understand your…

And you dont see an issue with that?
Or the fact that a movement like that would inherently attract exactly the people our minority friend is afraid of?

Is your understanding of humanity that deluded? 

Okay, we’re all here to be like “come one NYT”..
But now I’m like “come on, bassguitarhero”. Really? Thats how you interpenetrate an article explaining that terrible nazis can be your next door neighbor and you should be aware? Come on.

Get a hold of yourself.  

So if they used white people for the entire movie, it wouldnt be offensive?

The attempt to explain it away was real weird. They should have just left it.

That said, this situation is the exact same practice as white washing.. there is no excuse. The only difference is, white people dont give a fuck. Frankly, it makes less sense in this movie due to the important ties to location and…

Its called racism. Use the name that exists. Calling it a double standard is sugar coating it. Kotaku wouldnt accept that, neither should you.

The nonesense is strong.

You know what they call cherry picking arguments you agree with that concern skill colour?

Racism.

There was a post about it on the games forums, but it was taken down super quick. So I guess I have no proof of that, but it seems evident to me.

Uh, that is not how that works.

Why would they?
They probably didnt assume the worst of their players. That seems like a reactionary thing.