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squirrel, 1 month ago

If you are in the mood for another game and have half an hour of time, I recommend checking out “What’s your gender?”. It’s a short experience that made a big difference for me.

squirrel, 2 months ago (edited 1 month ago)

Neither did Olivia Colman: Her mother was a nurse, her father a surveyor. Decidedly middle class, but she was not born into wealth, nor the children of famous people. She studied to become a teacher, before she got a few small roles in British TV and build a career out of that. She went the long way.

squirrel, 2 months ago

In my experience one should never underestimate the spitefulness of gamers who think that game devs should suffer for their entertainment.

squirrel, 2 months ago

Yeah, Majestic was incredibly interesting because it was an attempt to create an Alternate Reality Game (ARG) that was more than just a marketing campaign and could support itself financially. Its failure led to ARGs being abandoned as standalone games and ARGs mostly remained marketing which - ultimately - led to a slow, but inevitable decline of the ARG as a genre when the marketing money dried up.

squirrel, 2 months ago

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squirrel, 2 months ago

George Lucas introduced evil guys wearing SS uniforms who conduct genocide before the viewers’ eyes and somehow people still pretend that Star Wars is apolitical.

squirrel, 2 months ago

Oh, I have… I have…

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squirrel, 2 months ago

The enbys get the best class.

squirrel, 2 months ago

Yeah, it’s horrible, though - to be a little bit optimistic - I think it can also be seen as a sign that the capital-G Gamers and misogynerds have noticed that they are outnumbered and have to make a shitshow like this in order to have any relevancy.

squirrel, 2 months ago

TBH I understand you perfectly. There are too many bad news these days, but - for whatever it is worth - I attempt to see the good in the bad, even though I am not all that convinced myself most of the time.

squirrel, 2 months ago

Thank you for the kind words, but I don’t think I am particularly brave. The main difference between you and me may be that I was around for GamerGate 1.0 and I recognize some of the differences between then and now. While GamerGate 2.0 is - without doubt - dangerous and terrifying, it is far less chaotic than 1.0 and that makes is somewhat easier for me to deal with it.

squirrel, 2 months ago

They also leave out half of the story: The whole thing already started in October. After months of harassment one of the employees snapped and called their shit out. But they leave that part out, claim they got attacked out of nowhere and play the victims.