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It looks like someone at Activision is leaking Slack screenshots to right-wing X users
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Yeah, having a poc or queer character in your shitty video games is the biggest example activism since the Civil Rights Movement.
It’s more about the messaging. The mere presence of a POC or trans character isn’t bothersome to most people. But when that character comes with dialogue lines that make the political messaging obvious, then they’re no longer a character that happens to be non-White or trans; they’re a political prop inserted into a game to send a political message, and that can be quite irksome when all you’re trying to do is play a fantasy RPG and escape from the world for a bit, even if you actually agree with the message.
Exactly. Don't lecture us about being trans or etc.
We honestly don't care. (Yes, a small percentage of people are actually bigots and hate gays/trans for being who they are). The rest of us just don't want it shoved down our throats.
It's like making a game and having the main character proclaiming: "look how straight I am! Wow I sure do love women! I'm so straight and anyone who isn't should do pushups".
And yet, from the downvoting here and everywhere else this comes up, it’s clear: some people can’t take nuanced opinions on topics like this. If you object in any capacity, you’re the worst possible objector.
Because they're all leftists/activists. They don't know what sells games yet they scream and shout that it's our fault that the games didn't sell well
shrug The Right does pretty much the same thing. It's all fucked.