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TIL: The director of Factorio (shown during Nintendo Direct) has a history of sexism, homophobia and racism; claimed that "statutory rape" is an "SJW term" (www.resetera.com)

submitted 14 hours ago by [email protected] to c/factorio

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TLDR: The creator of factorio is scum. Don't support this shitbag with your cash. Pirate the game if you want to play

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Notch back in the day, now this dude who I had immense respect and admiration for. At least we still have Kyzrati (please no jinx). And I swear to God if Tarn or Zach ever fall from grace...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

This article is written with a very serious slant - the situation is more complex than it lays it out. There are more neutral sources that have written in depth on Uncle Bob's comments and Kovarex's response. I think it's always wise to query a few different view points on such heated topics.

Edit to Add: sag linked a pretty good article above, I'll relink it here: https://nichegamer.com/factorio-founder-kovarex-interview-cancel-culture-and-secret-support/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

The political views of a recommended lecturer, and even his own views on cancel culture aren't the issue in my mind. In fact I agree with some of the nuances there.

The notion of rejecting a software lecture for the views of the presenter is kinda dumb. I don't know the content of the lectures, to be fair, but I assume any irrelevant personal views aren't part of it. Lashing out at Kovarex for the recommendation is dumb too, arguably more so.

It's the statutory rape comment that I don't like, which affects the benefit of the doubt as far as his other stances go. Still, I don't think Factorio, or even Kovarex necessarily, should be "cancelled" here. Any backlash for his own comments is fair though.

I see now my comment didn't reflect that as I only meant to convey my own disappointment, which is also nuanced.