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Subject: Re: So, who is playing that new Black Myth: Wukong game?
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2024 09:11:52 +0100
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On 27/08/2024 18:38, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> Also, there apparently is a sizeable contingent of right-wingers who
> have fallen in love with the game because the developers have a
> history of misogyny and the game is 'not woke'. You know, the usual
> Gamergate crowd. How true these accusations are, and whether this
> group is numerous enough to make that much of an impact, I've no idea.
> Still, I wouldn't be too surprised if there's a contingent of them
> who, having more money than sense, are buying multiple copies just to
> bolster the sales of a game that (they believe) champions their cause.

I find the whole anti-woke brigade rather tedious with their attitude 
that they somehow own the games industry so only their 'needs' should be 
catered to and that seems to include such highlights as a game is woke 
if women aren't portrayed as weak and don't have the breasts half 
hanging out.

The other part is it's the same crowd that bangs on about freedom of 
expression and being anti-cancel culture. What they actually mean is 
freedom of expression is only good if we agree with what you say and 
'cancelling' anything we don't like is absolutely fine.

There is a flip side though, Kingdom Come:Deliverance II has had 
accusations of lack of diversity due to in particular the lack of 
non-white NPC's. It's a historical setting, that's one of its selling 
points. What do you expect?