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Double Fine Casts Erika Ishii, And The Reaction Is Sadly Predictable (www.thegamer.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Quokka@quokk.au to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Replies were bombarded with harassment and enbyphobia, trotting out the usual, "Why did you say their? Is she a group?" talking point, like a wall of Buzz Lightyear toys repeating their stock phrase. Others ask how to un-back the project, some describe the announcement as a "threat," and then come the usual buzzwords: Erika Ishii is a "toxic activist," a "woke idiot," "Antifa terrorist," and a few blatantly racist descriptors we obviously won't repeat here. Understandably, Double Fine turned off the comments.

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[–] DdCno1@beehaw.org 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yup. Noticed this with plenty of "fans" opening thread after thread of hateful drivel on Steam forums, e.g. for Paralives. These people are clearly not interested in the game. Some even confessed to having been incited by alt-right streamers.

[–] Almacca@aussie.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I'm no more likely to read Steam forums than X for the most part. The only exception is if a post comes up as a search result when I'm troubleshooting some issue with a game, and even then it's an odds-on chance it'll be useless. Otherwise, stay away!

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah, zero chance people like that were actually going to play paralives to begin with.

Not too long ago, I ended up randomly on one of those "curator" lists where they review basically everything in terms of wokeness. You know, so you can buy responsibly or something. That shit is hilarious.

Like half of the "nope" have no reason but "there's gay marriage in it", but wait, Skyrim has that too... "Err yeah, but we like that one so, it's okay. For... reasons."

And I remember one game getting a "Not Recommended" with the only line in the whole review being "In the trailer, you can see a man who's knitting".