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