I feel like if ArenaNet can afford Nolan every major patch of their singular game, then Capcom could surely afford to pay him.
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Reuben Langdon (Dante of DMC) blames sexual harassment victims; thinks MeToo and BLM"goes too far" UPDATE: Regrets nothing; Capcom never investigated
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I feel like if ArenaNet can afford Nolan every major patch of their singular game, then Capcom could surely afford to pay him.
Isn't Guild Wars 2 like one of the biggest MMO in the planet? Don't really think DMC out of all franchises can get that type of money.
It's big but it's far from one of the biggest money makers. Tons of f2p that make much more. Still. I feel like with how good Capcom has been as of late that they really shouldn't be cheating out.
All these DMC5 controversies are a real bummer as a longtime fan of the series.
I hope they don't recast him, because he's done such an amazing job as dante since dmc3.
Can't really do much to stop people having stupid nonsensical opinions... but i hope capcom has a word with him about it.
and I can't blame people for avoiding the game due to him either.
I hope they don't recast him, because he's done such an amazing job as dante since dmc3.
Can't really do much to stop people having stupid nonsensical opinions... but i hope capcom has a word with him about it.
and I can't blame people for avoiding the game due to him either.
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It can certainly go too far, as with every movement out there. Just take a look at the whole debacle with Amber Heard and Johnny Depp. She accused him of being an abuser with no evidence whatsoever and everyone just swallowed her tale, despite people vouching for Depp that he would never hurt a fly. Vanessa Paradis who was with Depp for 14 years confirmed that he was never violent with her, but suddenly he's violent with Heard who is a notorious liar. His career was somewhat on the downfall before this scandal, but it sure plummeted after it.
Now it seems like Heard was the abuser, who physically hurt Depp, and has been sued by Depp.
So can #metoo go too far? If you believe that a victim should be believed all the time, then you are certainly threading on deep water. Not all victims are victims, and there have been plenty of cases where women have been lying about being abused. This is why you should always be careful judging people just because of what the media writes about them. In Depp's case, he was the victim.
Now with his other drivel about women being more powerful now and that we need a shift. I think it's a good thing that women nowadays are in more power than previously and we do need more equality, especially in the higher-up's position.
Now it seems like Heard was the abuser, who physically hurt Depp, and has been sued by Depp.
So can #metoo go too far? If you believe that a victim should be believed all the time, then you are certainly threading on deep water. Not all victims are victims, and there have been plenty of cases where women have been lying about being abused. This is why you should always be careful judging people just because of what the media writes about them. In Depp's case, he was the victim.
Now with his other drivel about women being more powerful now and that we need a shift. I think it's a good thing that women nowadays are in more power than previously and we do need more equality, especially in the higher-up's position.
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Fair warning. You'll have to boycott The Last of Us, Resident Evil 5 & Resident Evil 2, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate and some of the Street Fighters games. And that's just Reuben Langdon's work.
Wouldn't matter. Reuben Landgon did the mo cap for Dante unless you just don't want to hear him.
Just because he did a great job as Dante doesn't mean someone else can't do the same. Unfortunately I doubt Capcom will care what Langdon says here and fire him as Dante going forward.
As he did in hundreds of games people boycotting DMC5 have played/will play. Like The Last of Us 2 (Probably this forum's most anticipated game), or any game with Just Cause's studio involved in general. You'd have to retire from AAA gaming if you don't want to support Reuben's motion capture.
It's not even an alt-right opinion anymore. It's literally just the default right wing opinion at this point.
Who is the one on the right? just some random young guy hanging out at the dumpster?
They also used this slide to prove their Dante is superior.
It's the villain from Chronicle.
Anti-social loner gains powers, accidentally kills his friend and then starts having delusions of grandeur and decides that as the apex predator, he shouldn't feel guilty about killing people. Basically a school shooter with powers
The self righteousness here where you're trying to have a gotcha moment is lame. His opinions are shit, and people can opt to boycott the visible aspects of his work (voice, likeness if used) if they like. Gotcha commentary for the sake of it is kinda sad. Just let people be and enjoy what you enjoy.
I'm not a fan of recasting long-established voice actors. His voice is just as iconic (to me) as nathan drake, or solid snake.
It's not just dante. he works on tons of games, is he gonna need to be blacklisted from the entire industry?
shitty situation all round. with no solution that will satisfy everyone :(
It doesn't do anything. Go do something effective instead of just patting yourself on the back because you've decided to not play this one game because you think you're not supporting him that way when you're playing all these other games that do support him.
That "self righteousness" is just the truth of the matter.
Last of Us and RE5 came out long before these revelations. Didn't pay for RE2, dont play Street Fighter or Smash. Try again. Making decisions after stuff like this comes to light is pretty common. I was psyched for Kingdom Come when it was first announced years ago, then I saw that Vavras was spouting all kinds of alt-right, white natty bullshit. SPOILER ALERT: Didn't buy it and never will.
The only reason you would come in here playing that 'HAHA BUT YOU STILL TAKE PART IN SOCIETY' defense force nonsense is if you yourself are trying to defend the argument to begin with. And QANON, anti-blm and anti-metoo are odd ODD things to come and make your piece concerning.
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That is an absurd leap in logic, and you should feel silly for saying someone is defending anti-blm, anti-metoo, and qanon shit because someone presented you a list of games you will also have to boycott.
That's a real conversation you people need to have, there are a lot of shitty people working on some exceptional ass games. And the people that most get effected by the boycott in this situation (vs say kingdom come), are folks who have nothing to do with a voice actors/mocap studio leads world view.
It's not some gacha shit, it's not some "disguised defense of alt right shit". Worst case scenario it's a defense force for the game itself, because yeah people are invested in niche franchises to continue.
Believe it or not you can be pro blm, pro me too, and anti qanon, and still want the game and other games that are going to use langdons mocap studio supported.
It's not a one or the other scenario.
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Even that's putting it lightly, those comments... phew
And why the fuck did he bring up 8chan in this though? QAnon is typically noted as its own separate thing these days and no one even brought up the 8chan aisle
Newsweek reporting
Here is the newsweek article
https://www.newsweek.com/dmc-5-devi...yLC7QSs6vgp-vwKgkiB9xZStsD6yWPo_yHMOM02y43BP8
Resetera mentioned.
Camen deleted some of his youtube vids.
https://www.newsweek.com/dmc-5-devi...yLC7QSs6vgp-vwKgkiB9xZStsD6yWPo_yHMOM02y43BP8
Resetera mentioned.
Camen deleted some of his youtube vids.
So now he's straight up defending Q and 8chan. Less than a week after the NZ mosque shooting.
But sure, it's an overreaction to say there's any connection between the two.
But sure, it's an overreaction to say there's any connection between the two.
Eurogamer reporting
Eurogamer is also bringing this up: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/...ansphobic-videos-from-his-own-youtube-channel
And also, the comments are unanimously disappointing (the usual "Well, he is not wrong" shit)
And also, the comments are unanimously disappointing (the usual "Well, he is not wrong" shit)
He's actually pretty liberal guys, he posts anti-Trump stuff all the time when he isn't promoting hate speech
The constant refrain of comments similar to this is really quite startling. Take your defeatist bullshit and go somewhere else. I'm sick of reading fallacious nonsense like "if you can't do everything you can't do anything." Kindly piss off with this logic. It's harmful, cynical and frankly just plain shit. People can choose for themselves what they want to do and how they want to support or pull support from various titles. They don't need to adhere to your particular stringent requirements in order to be recognized as being woke or something. Goddamn this shit is fucking infuriating.
Yeah he's classically liberal like Dave "Koch Bros." Rubin.
I'm never surprised at any comments by hardcore gamers. They are some of the most indifferent, most entitled shitheels on the planet.
"I look at the evidence." Article goes on to detail his obsession with multiple whackadoodle conspiracy theories.
whenever I read comments like this, I kind of assume that the person saying them is a sociopath that thinks people only do good things performatively instead of because they think it's the right thing to do.
Capcom's response to Eurogamer
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Really important bit towards the end of this article:
That's a very disappointing follow-up from him, and very damning to defend QAnon and 8chan, especially in the wake of what's happened recently. What an idiot.
Newsweek: We'd like to ask you about Vic and this interview
Reuben: 8chan and QAnon are great
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I am so incredibly disappointed that Langdon doubled down on this. I know it was a long shot, but I truly hoped he'd acknowledge his problematic views and decide to change.
I assume they found the wrong forum, because they would probably fit right at home on /v/ or kotakuinaction.
Probably will just cut ties with Rueben, and find a new Dante for next game.
OK. This is going to sound like whataboutism. And I swear it's not intentional. I've just been trying to understand what the goal here. Specifically regarding Reuben's shitty opinions. Are people who have shitty opinions not allowed to have jobs? I mean we literally have a thread on the same page where an actor committed a crime and the comments are exact opposite. People are mad at Sega for dropping an actor...
https://www.resetera.com/threads/up...-team-in-the-west.106221/page-2#post-18993871
EDIT: As a disclaimer because I know I will be accused of something. I don't like DMC, I didin't know who this guy was until yesterday, I strongly disagree with pretty much every opinion he has.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/up...-team-in-the-west.106221/page-2#post-18993871
EDIT: As a disclaimer because I know I will be accused of something. I don't like DMC, I didin't know who this guy was until yesterday, I strongly disagree with pretty much every opinion he has.
