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SJWs attack developers of new video game
2016-08-11
The upcoming video game Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has seen no end to controversy lately. With release just a few weeks away, the perpetually offended raised issues over the game’s use of the term “mechanical apartheid,” and the horns of outrage have been sounded in light of the game’s supposed appropriation of Black Lives Matter within its themes.

More recently, self-described “pop culture critic” and Feminist Frequency producer Jonathan McIntosh took issue with the amount of freedom the upcoming game offers its players. It should be noted that player choice has long been a staple of the RPG genre, which allows players to decide the outcome of the story through their actions and deeds within the game. This, apparently, is a problematic thing for anyone who insists video games should be pedagogical and instruct players with a certain set of views.

“Devs say it’s up to players to decide if internment camps are good or bad?! No. The question itself is political!” wrote McIntosh. “Game developers like to pretend their narratives, scenarios and mechanics are politically neutral but that’s never really the case.”

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Posted by:badanov

#4  That, I would pay money for.
Posted by: Pappy   2016-08-11 19:36  

#3  Game developers like to pretend their narratives, scenarios and mechanics are politically neutral but that’s never really the case.

We stop for a minute, while grom indulges in a fantasy "Grimgore Ironhide meets SJW 'people'".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2016-08-11 19:10  

#2  I honestly do not know why these companies even care, other than so much money invested. If anything, this Ghostbusters deal should be a lesson.

Your Happy Camp movie tonight is Ghostbuster. Laughter is encouraged.

Ah man, can't we just play pong or something.

Attendant #568429, shame, shame, shame. Pong is a game where white pieces get to play ball while black is in the background. Take xer to....the Comfy Chair!

You'll never break me you bad smelling no fun trigglypuff!

Send xer to Detroit.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2016-08-11 18:50  

#1  took issue with the amount of freedom

OMG could there ever be a more canonical SJW, progressive, Democrat, fascist complaint than that?

These scum are all tyrants at their core and hate individual freedom with all their shriveled souls.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-08-11 08:07  

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