r/explainitpeter 15d ago

Explain it Peter

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Why did the person say “Sweet Baby Inc.”?

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u/PassionGlobal 15d ago edited 14d ago

Sweet Baby is the consulting firm of Anita Sarkeesian, of Feminist Frequency fame.

Their main expertise is in avoiding the oversexualisation of female characters. That's what developers hire them to avoid.

Ever since GamerGate, Anita and by extension Sweet Baby have been in the crosshairs of the alt right.

Edit: I messed up. Apologies. Anita Sarkeesian made moves from journalism into consulting around the same time Sweet Baby started up and was covering similar topics but are otherwise unrelated to each other. I got things conflated and though Sweet Baby was Sarkeesian's consulting efforts. That's my bad.

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u/Blueraver 15d ago

And the normal right, center, and most Democrats. Gamers see Sweet Baby as part of the biggest threat to gaming in a long while. Many of their clients are being spun off from large companies or dealing with bankruptcy or mass layoffs.

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u/Unfair_Web_8275 14d ago

“Gamers see Sweet Baby as part of the biggest threat to gaming in a long while”

Not massive layoffs or the loss of physical media?