I get that you’re probably just pretending to be such a jerk, but maybe you can do that elsewhere?
Are you suggesting that the sorts of comments this game is miming don’t actually exist in the wild or is it that they represent totally reasonable utterances undeserving of the game’s mockery?
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that every single one is literally a direct quotation. So…do you somehow find those comments not totally gross?
Yeah, unfortunately all those comments are real (and not even the worst of them, really). I got into arguments with a couple of those guys until I stopped because I was about to have a rage stroke. (Yes, I am an idiot for even attempting to engage them/read Kotaku in the first place. That was the article that finally made me learn my lesson. Kotaku comments: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and misogyny.)
^ that part about all the comments being real adds to the impact of the game – i wonder if having some kind of ‘context’ blurb post-game would help out with explaining why the game was made, for those who are unfamiliar with kotaku or the whole #1reasonwhy events
As damning as Kotaku and it’s patrons are, there’s never going to be an end to this back and forth. The only thing we can do is call each side out for their bullshit equally when it crops up.
While sexist comments are loathable, I didn’t find much interest in this *as a game*. And being called an idiot just because I wanted to find out how long it would last is not very pleasant either.
Well, it probably doesn’t help that I don’t even know what kotaku is.
Yes, sir, both postmodernism and — especially! — fascism are predicated upon tarring those who disagree with you by literally quoting their words back at them.
It should also be noted that each of your quotations seems to be in fact a paraphrase or a sanitized excerpt.
The comment that includes “Deal with it,” for example, in full reads “Who cares? Deal with it hags.”
I came in hoping for a game that grapples with that age-old question: why are people such jerks on the internet? Where does our desire to tear down those different from ourselves come from? Are Kotaku commentators motivated by insecurity? Apathy? Actual hatred of people without Y chromosomes?
Instead, I got a clever take-down of people who absolutely deserve to be mocked, and a delicious-looking recipe.
I guess the best thing for female game developers to do would be to completely avoid and ignore the comments section of any internet article ever and just focus on making games that are better than the ones already out there? Right?
And theres no way to say this without looking like or being called a sexist, but i think a big problem women run into with things like this is caring more about what other people think about what theyre doing, rather than just doing what they want to do for its own sake and their own enjoyment? I mean i can understand being pissed off and frustrated when people within the industry are actively blocking your success and progress, but on the other end, no successful person has ever given one shit about what some 15 year old kid said about them on a video game website.
I wonder if my ForumWarz account is still active.
There was no option to not check Kotaku. I feel violated.
Kinda funny that the “good” ending is to literally shut up and get in the kitchen.
It’s a clever concept, but awfully short, and feels like it’s preaching to the choir.
Please submit the minimum length of time a game must be and we’ll add it to our list of guidelines. Much appreciated, god bless.
lol
Briefish to Medium-lite
you are not describing anything that exists within reality
I get that you’re probably just pretending to be such a jerk, but maybe you can do that elsewhere?
Are you suggesting that the sorts of comments this game is miming don’t actually exist in the wild or is it that they represent totally reasonable utterances undeserving of the game’s mockery?
Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that every single one is literally a direct quotation. So…do you somehow find those comments not totally gross?
(Oops, to forestall any potential misreading there, the above was in reply to “Oh no haters” and not to Porpentine!)
Yeah, unfortunately all those comments are real (and not even the worst of them, really). I got into arguments with a couple of those guys until I stopped because I was about to have a rage stroke. (Yes, I am an idiot for even attempting to engage them/read Kotaku in the first place. That was the article that finally made me learn my lesson. Kotaku comments: You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and misogyny.)
yeah all the comments are real too, if i’m unmistaken
that’s a good icon for “oh no haters.”
Good game, but great recipe.
^ that part about all the comments being real adds to the impact of the game – i wonder if having some kind of ‘context’ blurb post-game would help out with explaining why the game was made, for those who are unfamiliar with kotaku or the whole #1reasonwhy events
I think I kept commenting because it was curated vitriol.
As damning as Kotaku and it’s patrons are, there’s never going to be an end to this back and forth. The only thing we can do is call each side out for their bullshit equally when it crops up.
While sexist comments are loathable, I didn’t find much interest in this *as a game*. And being called an idiot just because I wanted to find out how long it would last is not very pleasant either.
Well, it probably doesn’t help that I don’t even know what kotaku is.
Some comments made me really scratch my head.
“Deal with it!” “If you want to change something, you should stop complaining and do something.” “Nobody cares.”
Fucking idiots! So much hate and sexism!
Is that postmodernism? Everybody who does not explicitly support a movement is against it? Everybody who does not share my viewpoint is an enemy?
Or was that fascism? Sometimes it’s hard to tell.
Yes, sir, both postmodernism and — especially! — fascism are predicated upon tarring those who disagree with you by literally quoting their words back at them.
It should also be noted that each of your quotations seems to be in fact a paraphrase or a sanitized excerpt.
The comment that includes “Deal with it,” for example, in full reads “Who cares? Deal with it hags.”
Is that what you’re defending?
This is the problem with expectations.
I came in hoping for a game that grapples with that age-old question: why are people such jerks on the internet? Where does our desire to tear down those different from ourselves come from? Are Kotaku commentators motivated by insecurity? Apathy? Actual hatred of people without Y chromosomes?
Instead, I got a clever take-down of people who absolutely deserve to be mocked, and a delicious-looking recipe.
This is the problem with expectations.
I guess the best thing for female game developers to do would be to completely avoid and ignore the comments section of any internet article ever and just focus on making games that are better than the ones already out there? Right?
And theres no way to say this without looking like or being called a sexist, but i think a big problem women run into with things like this is caring more about what other people think about what theyre doing, rather than just doing what they want to do for its own sake and their own enjoyment? I mean i can understand being pissed off and frustrated when people within the industry are actively blocking your success and progress, but on the other end, no successful person has ever given one shit about what some 15 year old kid said about them on a video game website.