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Tim Schafer @ GDC: "Fuck White Supremacists"
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Man, well said. Of course I can believe these people are out there. Kind of hard not to when they're literally ruining the fucking world and, you know, killing people. But whenever I get a peek into what passes as their thought processes--when I just get hit by an unfiltered, high-octane dose of stupid, hateful bullshit--I just don't know some times. It just burns me up. Literally, I feel my face warm up like the onset of second-hand embarrassment, except it's coupled with an overwhelming desire to slap the shit out of these people.
Fuck white supremacists.
It's sad that this will probably be controversial.
Timmy you're doing great.
Psychonauts 2 day WON
Timmy you're doing great.
Psychonauts 2 day WON
Don't worry, reality has already managed to out-ridicule you.
I like his music, but there's an Alice Cooper quote that's basically this satire for real. He was like "I didn't wanna hear about all that politics growing up, so I just put my headphones on and blasted the Stones or The Who."
Like, really?
Fuck white supremacists.
The reactions to this little tidbid prove Schafer right in the first place. The really important bit he said is the safe space one. Gaming shouldn't be a safe space for racist queerhating sexists. And it's kinda awful that, right now, they think it IS their safe place.
The reactions to this little tidbid prove Schafer right in the first place. The really important bit he said is the safe space one. Gaming shouldn't be a safe space for racist queerhating sexists. And it's kinda awful that, right now, they think it IS their safe place.
Reminds me of the people crying "stop bringing politics to Persona 5" because people were pointing out the homophobic elements.
Because, like, politics should not be part of the game where the main Villian is a corrupt billionaire demagogue politician who is killing his political opposition in an attempt to grab power and promising to "make Japan great again", right?
It's not controversial. Nazis are just trying to make you think it is because it's earning them quick youtube clicks at the moment.
Brutal Legend has its flaws, but I fucking loved that game so much. The character, world, and story are great, and I actually liked the RTS parts.
Sidequests can get repetitive, but I don't think you really need to do a ton of them. Biggest issue for me was that it ended right where it seemed like a new section should start.
Cant really say anything about the others but Nier:Automata and Bayonetta definately have elements and themes in them which have political implications.I was once posed a difficult challenge on Twitter dot com:
Because calling it out is the better solution than for everyone to twiddle their thumbs, being complacent and not acknowledging the problems that lay.
because people ask "why does this even need to be said"
When you play online games or browse gaming community / steam forums, or mostly any forums that aren't ERA, you get to sight of how ugly and awful fans of games (mostly white dudes but getting better) are and can be.
It's said so people can know that game developers don't tolerate that shit.
LMAO PERSONA 5 is literally about social and political corruption euus.hzjshdj! GOD, these people are so stupid.I was once posed a difficult challenge on Twitter dot com:
Agreed.
Even the fact that there's a mod here called Ron Paul is a little strange, given that the real life Ron Paul is more than merely a loopy idealist, what with sharing images with the racist/anti-Semitic phrase "cultural Marxism" and all.
Even the fact that there's a mod here called Ron Paul is a little strange, given that the real life Ron Paul is more than merely a loopy idealist, what with sharing images with the racist/anti-Semitic phrase "cultural Marxism" and all.
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When people in position of power, authority and influence speak, many listen. This is the reason saying the right thing has become controversial.
I was once posed a difficult challenge on Twitter dot com:
Dark Souls - Why do selfish assholes think that suffering through militant trial and error is a better experience than choosing an effective difficulty to leverage your personal skill level?
Mario - Are the ideals of 'damsel in distress' plot conditioning an outdated concept?
Dragon Ball - Don't immigrants (illegal or not) posses the potential to become their new home countries greatest asset? If not the world?
Bayonetta - Could it be possible that religion has been swapped in ideals?
Nier Automata - Can a sentient AI actually begin to show signs of human conciousness?
Persona 5 - idk I haven't played it lol
Lol I tried
Remember it was less than two years ago that there was "controversy" over the fact that Bethesda was actively marketing Wolfenstein II as "anti-Nazi".
Jesus wept.
Jesus wept.
Wait, why is it bad to have "politics" in a game
Or are they just saying they don't want politics that they feel uncomfortable about? On general principle? What else are we not supposed to have? International borders? Economies? Genders? Airbags? I'm genuinely confused (about MGS too) as to why it's considered a no-no. If you took religion out of Japanese games, you'd strip about a third of themes and references - and more than that from JRPGs.
Or are they just saying they don't want politics that they feel uncomfortable about? On general principle? What else are we not supposed to have? International borders? Economies? Genders? Airbags? I'm genuinely confused (about MGS too) as to why it's considered a no-no. If you took religion out of Japanese games, you'd strip about a third of themes and references - and more than that from JRPGs.
I was once posed a difficult challenge on Twitter dot com:
Like, three of those games (Persona 5, Nier Automata, Bayonetta) are extremely political. Christ, there's more to politics than fucking taxes, jobs, and social issues. We really should teach people fucking advance civics in classrooms.
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It's the same "turn off your brain" nonsense of "my entertainment shouldn't have to make me think."
It's basically from the same vein of people who claim "comics have never been political." These are tended to be thought of as dumb, unsophisticated entertainment and having to face ideas and concepts outwardly presented in a game and asked to think about them is too challenging for some people. Or perhaps they're ideas they don't agree with/are uncomfortable with and demand for "simpler" narratives that don't challenge them in quite the way a game like say Spec Ops: The Line or the MGS series does or even Mass Effect for including LGBT relationships.
Yeah their aversion isn't really about politics in games, it's about minorities in games (and otherwise).
The bad guy in Persona 5 is a politician who assaults women and gets away with it because of his social status, for one.
Worth pointing out that this comment was on an article about HBomberGuy's DK64 charity stream, so three guesses what this dork was actually upset about
Haha at the Persona mention then. xD
Yeah, I can imagine what might have rustled his feathers...
"Bloodlines 2 being made by SJWs" i know that its being said like its a bad thing but god, im so happy that hardsuit labs and paradox are making a firm stand about being political and lgbtq+ heavy. We desperately need more devs like them.
Ha. That pic was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw Persona 5 on the list posted by MrBadger.
I mean wtf that game is full of political commentary. It is insane how some of these things can go over people's heads.
Conversely, I'm not a fan or know much about him, but in his defense, for people of that age, especially back when they were young, "politics" typically meant politicians and what they do, and more often than not, conservative politicians and the estabilishment. It's only with the advent of the internet that most left-leaning young people were able to connect with each other and realize that counter-estabilishment beliefs and ideals are also politics. This, of course, was by design: the higher powers controlled a large share of the mass media, and they wanted to keep each of these young people isolated and powerless to challenge them. Under that lens, music was not just not political, but antipolitical.
I love this picture.
Your quote reminded me of this, also.
All I have to say is I think everytime I see something about Tim Schafer I wish I knew him personally so I could buy him a beer (or I guess... maybe a coffee). Ever since seeing how cool he was in the Double Fine Adventure documentary. I'm glad he doesn't disappoint and he continues to fly cool.
