- Firestorm Druid ( @v4ld1z@lemmy.zip ) 54•1 month ago
Fuck right the fuck off, dude. I get the part about using offensive language and insulting other streamers/players but actively forbidding them from mentioning politics, feminism, whatever is weak. Tf is feminist propaganda even?
- magic_lobster_party ( @magic_lobster_party@fedia.io ) 66•1 month ago
Feminist propaganda = women are people too
Probably
- HeckGazer ( @HeckGazer@programming.dev ) 35•1 month ago
Woah there, let’s not get too political /s
- parpol ( @parpol@programming.dev ) 22•1 month ago
By “feminist propaganda” they are probably referring to the false sexism allegations that game journalists have been using to slander the company.
- apotheotic (she/her) ( @apotheotic@beehaw.org ) 6•30 days ago
Maybe say that then? Rather than saying something that can only be construed as bigoted?
- parpol ( @parpol@programming.dev ) 5•30 days ago
Maybe it was mistranslated? (Again)
- celeste ( @celeste@kbin.earth ) 5•30 days ago
https://www.ign.com/articles/how-black-myth-wukong-developers-history-of-sexism-is-complicating-its-journey-to-the-west Is this the sort of article you mean?
- parpol ( @parpol@programming.dev ) 4•29 days ago
Yes. This article is one of them. There is no evidence of sexism. Just a bunch of mistranslated messages that once properly translated aren’t sexist at all. IGN has already been called out for this, and the tweets have been community noted.
IGN did actually make a non-apology along the lines of “well they should have just commented on the accusations”, but the studio has no obligation responding to accusation from a bunch of people of some dying medium. Ignoring them is no doubt the best thing the studio can do.
Other journalists have since also made stories covering this and know that the statements are false so they started using weasel wording such as “sexist remarks being attributed to” instead of “they said”. It is so obvious that they’re doing this on purpose to hurt the reputation of the studio.
- littlecolt ( @littlecolt@lemm.ee ) 9•1 month ago
I haven’t wanted to pirate a game this much since Hogwarts.
- xep ( @xep@fedia.io ) 8•1 month ago
Maybe they’re going with the “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” approach.
- Reality Suit ( @Reality_Suit@lemmy.one ) 7•1 month ago
Nevermind
- chicken ( @chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 6•1 month ago
So this is a request made in the context of emails sent out gifting streamers promotional copies of the game, not a condition of paid promotional streams, am I getting that right?
- towerful ( @towerful@programming.dev ) 6•29 days ago
CohhCarnage said something about this.
Game Devs often include requests along these lines for sponsored segments of a stream (and only the parts of the stream paid for), including talking about COVID during the high point of the COVID pandemic.The odd part that he noted is some of the specific wording, that he attributed to mistranslation - like “feminist propaganda”.
I have no idea about the parts relating to Chinese game dev.
The benefit of the doubt in me says: this is some bad translation and culture disconnect.
The pragmatist in me says: this guides content creators. So, take such content with a pinch of salt in these regards - play the game if it actually seems decent.I feel like the pragmatist is pretty much default these days, all content guides you to some conclusion. So do what the fuck you want.
🦜☠️ (Idk what the emoji is. I’m sure you understand) If it really rubs you the wrong way