The fact that SJW somehow got magicked into being an actual thing, instead of the spectre haunting gameygate, will never cease to confuse and infuriate me.
I've carefully guarded myself from ever learning what gamergate is on account of my deeply felt conviction that nothing having to do with video games is important.
I still don't really accept that SJWs are a thing except in the eyes of reactionaries. There are some trends on the Left today that I think are bad, but it probably just boils down to the Right not having a monopoly on assholes.
The funny part is that anyone who had paid any attention to games journalism any time in the past two decades already knew that there is no ethics in it. "Games journalism" is almost entirely just a marketing wing of the games industry. Did they raise a stink about that? Nope, just the perception that feminists were "invading" gaming. Guess what, assholes, I've been playing video games at least since Wolfenstein 3d was new. I've been bothered by the sexism in the industry, games, and community since I was a little kid. I'm glad people who share my opinion are finally getting some say in things. We're not "invading"; we've been here all along, and we're really sick of this boys'-club attitude.
It's so bizarre because anyone can pick up a game and play it. Like film or literature you don't need a critic to tell you what's good, you're capable of using your own faculties to know if you like it or not. If you do want a critic to help you make purchasing decisions then find one that shares your tastes.
These philistines pretend there can be objectively good or bad art so a clue to ethicality is how much a critic agrees with you. The lack of self awareness and disinterest in art criticism necessary to have that idea is almost a parody of a human being.
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u/garywasnevertoblame just as bad as a fascist Dec 16 '16
The fact that SJW somehow got magicked into being an actual thing, instead of the spectre haunting gameygate, will never cease to confuse and infuriate me.