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Let's be honest here, you can't expect a game company to give pre-release access and grant interviews with the CEO to someone who is essentially a stranger who made a steam list. Come on.
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There doesn’t need to be everyone feeling “included” in these games. That’s one of many things that’s ruining games now. All this nonsense is making people stick to games of the past.
@@EndymionTv Same to you, my friend. You are a mouthpiece for millions of people as well as your videos are always informative. Never give up and never back down
W -0- ke ideology is merely JUST a cream on top of the already rotten corpse of Gaming *(We still have other problems like **_buggy releases + DLC spamming + Overpriced DLCs + Microtransactions + Lootboxes + Live services + Pay-2-Win progression paces + False promises for the sake of hype build-up (For example: "We're going back to our roots! Trust me bros!") + Overpriced base game price_** + much more)* Gaming has died since 2015 We're just looking at a rotten Husk of a corpse that's still walking, running, eating, and talking Edit: Yes YES, I AM AWARE THAT INDIE GAMES ARE THE GO-TO MUST-PLAY RECOMMENDATIONS NOWADAYS, STFU IN FACT HERE ARE MY 4 SUGGESTIONS: Ultrakill Night Runners *(Although it's currently available in Demo)* Gunner, HEAT, PC Hollow Knight *(Duh)*
Man, these woke devs just can’t handle the fact that the average gamer doesn’t want their propaganda. We don’t want it. We want good stories and good games. And they always misrepresent that desire as all the “ist” and “ism” words. Pathetic.
I have enough games, between indies, AA, and decades of back catalogue, to last multiple lifetimes. I don't _need_ to play every AAA game, although it would be nice. I will gladly give that up, however, in order to stop the insidious destruction of gaming and of Western society more broadly.
They call GamerGate 2 smaller and more pathetic. Then they can only get 50 people to not prove how qualified they are to do the job but instead scream like children into the air because they have nothing better to do. Meanwhile 400K people with jobs, money and options are the pathetic ones, lol.
There isnt 400K followers on SBI Detected, it is over 321K right now, 321,313 followers to be exact at the time of this reply which is 7:31 AM Eastern US time. you are overshooting BY A COUNTRY MILE here.
It's likely a much bigger number. Most people aren't going to sign up to the list. The fact these videos on the subject alone are pushing high numbers, with no ratio. Those 300k+ people are semi reflective of inflation up, bad games down. Why would you spend money on a game trying to lecture you, but also is lacking quality. I ended up buying Alan Wake 2, because it had a 50% discount plus another 20% for new users. Once I got over how great the game looks on the 4090, I still haven't completed it. Despite being something like 22$ after tax was included. I coukd have bought some wings, or my son another drum. Smh 20 bux here and there add up at the end if the month. Devs are trying to peddle this stuff for how much full price again? Game better be atleast an 8/10 in my eyes to justify the purchase to myself. I don't work at McDonald's, but I'm also not a brain surgeon.
Also, it's been literally years. A lot of us have gotten serious jobs, families, actual obligations, etc. Meanwhile these danger-hair hacks are still obsessed with oppression points, polycules, and box wine.
They tried so desperately to spin the narrative in order to make themselves look like the victims but have now realized that real gamers are wise to their act. Nobody believes them and this reaction is proof they have no real power.
there's a whole video there of a dude believing them lol. people are a lot more stupid than you think. an it's not like they haven't been doing this for decades. people are only noticing now 'cos they're not the demographic being marketed to anymore. it's not a coincidence most main characters are young white dudes right?
GG 1.0 happened at the height of their power and influence back when they controlled social media with an iron fist they even managed to censor 4chon and yet they still lost millions of dollars as a result and their influence was severely damaged, now 10 years later no one listens to them and normal people are having to deal with the same crowd from 10 years ago nationwide in all forms of media, now they are finding themselves on the wrong end of the 🔫 and im loving every second of it
Little did they know gamers have played games like Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, and many other games that make you think, they've been training for this sweet baby inc boycott saga for decades
@@KrazyLanLo199This is like when Wizards of the Coast picked a fight with a fan base whose modus operandi is to take down evil overlords in the most creative ways possible.
"The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp." Orwell 1984
Honestly, there is one thing that these DEI firms and their gaming industry allies cannot change, and I am glad for it. They, all of them, need *us*. We do not need them. No matter what victories they may hypothetically scrape out, it is our money they need, and if we refuse to buy anything from them? They will go under. This is a conflict they cannot win so long as we stand together and refuse to open our wallets to them.
@@sama34 I don't even notice anymore, I just automatically scroll right past them until I see something respectable, or at least something I don't recognize.
Kim: "Representation matters. I want to see myself in the games that I play, so we made the main character a black woman." White guy: "Ok, then I will wait for a game where someone like me is the player character: Kim: "That's racist!" White guy: "Representation matters. I want to see myself in the games that I play." This is insanity
They could solve all inclusion and diversity issues by just letting the player customize their character. Especially in single player RPG. Instead they force a poorly written black female down the player's throat and then wonder why the game tanks.
I mean I think it’s great to have diversity in games but not just for the sake of it. Unfortunately diversity quota games have all ended up being completely ass. Looking at you Forspoken.
Thats a very narcissistic way of thinking. Every time when activists or woke indoctrinated people are in charge of movies / games everything has to about them and THEIR vision. Fans do not matter.
Yes and no. Heavenly sword... badass female mixed character. Great game. I'm open as long as the story is good and gameplay is nice. Don't try fit a circle in a square.
Worked in game almost 10 years ago in the UK. The day after the brexit vote, there were several hard left members of staff loudly declaring that anyone who voted leave is and I quote "A racist, sexist, homophobic bigot."(had to edit as i forgot the bigot bit the first time) Pretty sure there were some waterworks in there too. I mostly just ignored them and put my headphones on and carried on working but they were extremely vocal and obnoxious about their political views, they would constantly mention contensious things with a rightous vitriol knowing nothing will happen to them. I had other friends in the industry at the time in other companies and heard it was alot worse at their places. My point is the games industry was invaded quite some time ago by rather toxic behaviour, it existed on both sides there were a fair few creepy dudes at that place too. Not sure if it's just the nature of the industry that there's going to be alot of odd people that get into it.
Poor Alyssa of kotaku. She thought she could write a hit piece all the way to a Pulitzer. Instead her article is taking her right to the unemployment line
Fun fact though, Kotaku has a steam curator group themselves so they clearly know that a curator group does not have any real power on steam, they can only tag games on their list as "recommended" and "not recommended" and that's it.
In fairness to the devs, the game isn't supposed to release until the Fall, so I doubt any journalists have been able to play more than a small, curated chunk of the game. Being able to play the full game this far out would be absurd. That said, they should have communicated that with SBID, and discussed the possibility of a PR copy to drum up some good publicity.
"A- aurora borealis?! At this time of day, at this time of year, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?" "Yes" "May I see it?" "... No."
@@UzarranThey could prove that the protagonist has been changed from the SBI version. Super easy to do, and it would instantly prove that at least some of SBI's major changes have been reverted.
i remember a saying from an asian: respect your elders, value your youngsters. it has two meanings, the first is literally that the youngsters should respect the elders, and the elders should value the youngers. missing one would lead to imbalance in social dynamics including abuse, as we can see the examples in nowadays' society. the second, the elders must become someone worthy of respect, while the youngsters must become someone valuable. basically we need to be both, because we do engage with people from various ages, classes, positions etc. as an elder if you're not worthy of respect, you'd be disrespected, and as a youngster if you're not valuable, you're worthless.
I think the real victims are the devs who didn't want these Sweet Baby weirdos in their studio. But had no authority to keep them out. And those devs screaming outside the building need severe mental help.
The real victims are the youth having Blackrocks political poison shoved into their vulnerable young minds, not knowing any better. Which is ultimately what it's about. Larry Fink, Blackrock CEO (paraphrasing): "You have to force behaviors. At Blackrock, we are forcing behaviors through ESG."
The gaming community is arguably one of the most intelligent and under the right conditions, one of the most dangerously competent communities that exists, not to mention how expansive and diversive the community is. We are united in our desire to enjoy our games in peace all across the world. Now this entire community is finally pissed off that these people won't leave us alone. I look forward to the end results.
Don't forget that this community also includes a significant number of obsessive autists that love to hold a grudge. If there's one group I'd never intentionally antagonise, it's the gaming community.
This is like when Wizards of the Coast picked a fight with the D&D community. You know...the community who's spent decades working together, reading rules, and taking down evil overlords in the most creative ways. Same deal here, large chunks of the gaming community are based around working together towards goals, guiding, and assisting one another. And many of these large corporations decided that picking a fight with them is a good idea.
It is time for REAL fans of the nerd culture to take back what was stolen from them. Projects to be taken over by people who understand the source material and don't use to for whatever tf their political messaging is if we can't save our beloved IPS, then we could at least start anew and gatekeep harder
All of mine are dead except Tarantino films, fight club, boondock saints, things like that. Lotr, star wars, comics, everything else I disdain to even hear about. They will never be cool again.
At this point, do we really need a curator to delineate what is Sweet Baby or not? It's gotten to the point that if it checks a few boxes, odds are SB was invovled.
Pretty much sums up GDC. It's devolved into a lot of self-promoting devs trying to feel important and build themselves up as industry leaders, when most are not. I saw them promoting a designer I worked with as "Industry Guru", when that designer was fired from his last job for just flat out not working!
I used to be willing to give games a chance. Now, seeing how corrupt the industry has become, no chances. If i smell a hint of "the Message" it's a no from me.
I really agree with that. I tend to assume every game from a big game publisher is going to contain woke propaganda. If I later find out particular games escaped that agenda I'll buy them if they interest me.
This is why I skipped to PC world. No limits on who can publish what, when, and where. The indie selection is both quality, and a wallet saver as they don't charge the $80 AAA's think they're worth... oh yeah and none of them can afford 3rd party writing firms, nor do I think any of them would let another write their ideas.
@@PugilistCactus yup. Indie games are gems. Even before recent controversies, probably 75% of my playtime is indie games, or at least games that where "Indie" before the studio blew up. Now it's quickly shifting even higher. Since good new AAA games are more and more rare.
@@PugilistCactus A little caveat there, friend: Some devs are every bit as woke as the AAA studios, and they're not shy about it at all. That is, when the games aren't just a get-rich-quick scheme that the devs intend to turn into abandonware when it doesn't get them the money and accolades they're hoping for.
they know exactly what they are doing, that is why they are hiding it. Its nothing but warfare, and they are trying to keep people distracted and confused about this by their false claims of victimhood and oppression.
They have to hide the corruption and nepotism going on...because that(along with DEI) is where the real story is. Some sus things happening and Kabrutus is shedding light on it.
It's always about money. If ESG was really about helping society, why do companies avoid doing the one thing that would actually accomplish that: paying people more.
Ultimately it's an issue of us as gamers, standing collectively shoulder to shoulder and refusing to buy these games that are woke / driving feminism, alphabet content, or race / gender swapping in our entertainment. When they put out products with this type of content, if we keep refusing to buy it, we'll continue to put these companies out of business until they course correct. I will continue doing my part. Some good Steam Curators: Sweet Baby Inc detected + Woke And Censored Games Alert
Vote with your wallets. That ESG/DEI money is diluting at super sonic speeds. If I see a poc in a European fantasy setting I automatically skip, if I see masculine female character I skip, if I see rainbow-propaganda I skip. Pretty simple for me to distinguish a “woke” game from a non-woke. I don’t need to see who’s involved in a game’s development. Just look at the final product and then pass judgement.
So... this lady used studio workforce on the clock to advance her own, entirely unrelated company? Without her own company paying for it? How is that not a massive breach of fiduciary duty as the studio COO again?
I'll be blunt, just looking at the main character of that flintlock game, it's obvious the SBI influence is strong. A sassy black woman with a sideshave is an immediate red flag. The devs are probably just scared of their game flopping because of the association with SBI, so they're lying. I doubt the studio would survive a flop.
I remembee months ago getting banned from the kotaku subreddit. One of their mods was writing so much woke shit so I just pointed out a logical fallacy and a few other things. Mod didn’t take kindly to logic and banned me 😂 I was lead to that subreddit when looking for stuff on anime (if I remember correctly). I hadn’t looked up Kotaku but the post interested me… Even their mods are losers
@EndymionTv glad you covered it. Like wtf does any of this baloney have to do with optimizing or making games. Maybe if they hadn't been screaming like idiots most games wouldn't run like hot gravy on 4090s
And that's going to take discipline on our part. I think many people are already showing that. If you buy and consume their garbage you are sending the message that it's okay for them to insert their brainwashing propaganda into everything.
On Hiring Minorities: The issue with that is that the pool is smaller, so if companies focus their hiring that way the overall quality of professionals goes under.
The funny part about the screaming for me was the bewildered people walking past in the distance. You can just make out when they stop and stare for a moment in shock before quickly escaping the Insanity.
Well the GDC leaked panels were talking about Marxism and hating the white cis male so they are screaming because the harder they push, the harder they lose.
Nothing made me smile more this week than the editor n chief of Kotaku resigning in a huff because G/o media told them to lay off the nonsense and make game guides
The people that matter, gamers that actually buy your product. The people that don't matter, toxic activists and so called gaming journalists who've never played a video game and wishing they were working in 'real' journalism. Ignore the majority at your own peril publishers. Gamers will happily grab the popcorn, sit back and watch you go broke.
This is what I don't understand. If they really removed the SBI "kiss of death", and they know that information alone would boost their sales, why not be open about it? Why keep it a secret? What are they hiding?
They're hiding because it's a bogus ass-covering claim. You can't "eradicate" the SBI presence in a game in just the two weeks this has been in the news.
Grummz revealed that the SBI was responsible for changing the protagonist. So unless the protagonist is changed back, it's literally impossible for them to have "removed all of SBI's influence." That one thing, at least, will be incredibly easy to confirm. Thus far the promotional content on Steam hasn't been changed.
Well to be fair depending on how rushed the changes were, the work might not be so good. And in this day and age gamers have heard words like “we had to redo the entire thing” before and it’s rarely a happy outcome for the game in question.
The developer was never going to grant pre-release access. However, the fact they admit to removing SBI content, is worrying. It should never have been there in the first place. DEI is bigoted allegorical cancer, which is why it DOES NOT Sell.
Screaming is pretty much standard operating procedure for the woke movement at this point. Watch any debate, you'll see once people stop buying the word salad they'll just move straight to screaming, since feelings are more important than logic. However, it's time that Jo normal wakes up to the woke, and stopps caving to this nonsense! Here's hoping that books, films, and every other form of entertainment can have their own gamer gate 2.
@@gambitacio True. This is why they hate "the patriarchy!" Their worst nightmare is their father telling them to grow up and do better! that's why so many have daddy issues!
Exactly! They don't realize it, but if the world followed their politics, they be under a communist system; And nearly all of them would be either murdered by the state, or in gulags to slave away for the state. That's way Vladimir Lenin called these kinds of people "Useful Idiots".
@@SapereAude1490except it should. Its litterally the goal of a game. Its just that the way a game is fun varies, causing different people to like different types of games. Mario kart 8 is nothing like plants versus zombies and both are different from banjo kazooie, yet all 3 games are considered fun and thus completed their goal: to entertain. Would you partake in a game of tag if it isnt fun? Would you partake in hide and seek if it isnt fun? If your answer is no then you must understand the most important aspect of a game
@@jismeraiverhoeven Going by that logic, the reason Spec Ops The Line was liked and well received was because it's fun to have a mental breakdown and do war crimes. Fun is a very simplistic way of painting a whole medium. I don't think anyone would say Schindler's List is a "fun" movie. If we're treating games the same way, then I don't see why being fun would be the only metric for a successful game.
What's even more sad about that group of weirdos screaming about a topic so frivolous, it's that probably just around the corner from that venue there's a whole host of fentanyl and Nitazene zombies who have lost absolutely everything and spend each and every day waiting for that next hit (it's San Fran after all!) It's not just ignorance that's bliss, it's narcissism too!
The group scream is the perfect encapsulation of the woke movement. A bunch of loud annoying idiots who want their voices to be heard yet have nothing to say and only make a disruption through nonsensical noise.
It should be recognized by now that SBI is effectively a kiss of death for any studio stupid enough to work with them and I will be keeping my eyes out for those like them though what bothers me is that you have “gamers” willing to defend them
Don’t they see the irony in their statement. They push for all this DEI stuff claiming players need to see themselves in the character. So given that premise as a white man, does that mean I avoid all games that don’t have a white lead for me to connect with. Seems pretty stupid. Man if I followed that logic, I would’ve missed out on so many good games.
Absolutely. That's what I've been doing for years. I avoid anything with a female lead or PoC lead, because that content was "not meant for me". I hope the tiny audience they're catering to enjoys the game/show/movie that panders to them.
My first character for Baldur's Gate 3 was a half-orc paladin. I don't have green skin, I don't spend my days running around in heavy armor, and I don't attack everyone with a different belief from me with a giant sword. And yet I was able to enjoy the game with the power of the suspension of disbelief. What a concept!
@@sintanan469 A half-orc! That's racist! Half anything is "problematic" according to WotC. Strangely enough, my first character was a half-elf ranger. I loved how flexible he was, being good with a bow and a sword, able to make friends with animals, and could even cast spells. I couldn't do any of that in real life, but that wasn't a problem, because I was using my imagination. Little did I know that I was actually being a horrible bigot. Bad 12-year-old me.
@@malificajones7674 Half breeds are a problem because the name, eh? Okay, then... Goblin + Human = Orc. Halfling + Human = Dwarf. Gnome + Human = Elf. Giant + Human = Firbolg. Dragon + Human = Dragonborn. Remember: humans are a race that mixes with anything. Make all your party's self insert bards happy.
Their influence was manufactured on Twitter trends and on the good will of good people. Artificially propped up and maintained by algorithm, media circus, harassment & threat. Now, most people see through it clearly and how insignificant they are.
*Kotaku writer:* joins an open discord *Also Kotaku writer:* "I barely snuck through the emotionally harmful trenches behind enemy lines. I tapped into their coms briefly, but the Fascists were hot on my tail. I have YET to see the required minimum represenration web-banners. They'll pay for that on X.
I think at this point, i would like a group that curates studios that actively reject wokeness. It would be nice if studio actively start to denounce DEI. I would happily support those studios. Edit: you know i actually commented in a flintlock gameplay reveal video about how the game didnt learn lessons from forspoken, and i got called racist. At the time i couldnt understand why because my comment was directed at the bland brown scenery. Now i understand because i was attacking a DEI project...
@@plutoniumzeppelin8164 Nah, they'd use a bot for that because they value their time too much to actually fight for the causes they claim to care about.
Being called racist, phobic, a bigot or a chud are pretty much a badge of honour to be worn proudly these days as they have lost all their power and meaning.
I've said it before and I will say it again. Good luck trying to strong arm Valve/Steam into doing anything against the interests of the people who actually play games. They know where their money actually comes from and even if you could convince every other video game company to no longer sell their games on the Steam platform, Valve would just start making their own games again. Hell, Valve might actually count to three for once.
Purposely not playing anymore games with "diverse" protagonists EXCEPT AC Red simply for the fact that Yasuke was just a fucking badass and deserved a game.
Let's be realistic. The protagonist still race swapped and without any feminine characteristic. Plus the Kepler Executive responsible for greenlighting the weird acquisition is DEI and is defending Audrea.
I would laugh if Kotaku suddenly swung completely the other way and actually began writing reviews and pieces about the wokeness in the gaming industry and began actually telling the truth- that at all levels of the industry have been hijacked by activists looking to push DEI and ESG. Nothing short of doing that and regaining their full integrity will actually save Kotaku's stocks.
You should check out the Insomniac dev who literally had a meltdown in the studio because they didn't like that Rivet from Ratchet and Clank initially had a more feminine design
@@n4ughty_knight the gameplay is still fun but the character Ratchet stopped existing after the 2016 reboot. Now he's just a boring shell of what he used to be
well, so that's where all those weird kids from the back of the class went..they all went to work for shaddy shit like sweet baby. Ofc, we should have known they'd never get a true job. They found a way to try to "get back" at their bullies. But saddly for them, now they on everyone radar, even the ones who didnt care end up sidding with us. One VERY easy parallel to make if any old folks around you don't get it. Bud Light hirring a small companie to run their campain is exaclty the same as ubisoft hiring sweet baby inc
That group scream thing reminds me of "Alien:Covenant" you know. That scene when David dumps the Black goo on the engineer settlement. Is there a longer version of this, where gruesome creatures burst out of their bodies?
Someone said that the protagonist of flintlock looks similar to kim belair and knowing what she has said about self inserting into everything she writes🤔
It's insane that these people think they can't enjoy a piece of entertainment if they aren't inserted into it, but it doesn't seem to dawn on them that most of these games are being made in the West, where 85% of the population is white. By their standards they are screwing over the majority of people in order to satisfy a small minority. I don't really agree with that argument, but it shows their utter hypocrisy and disingenuousness.
What I mean is, I don't agree that a character must look like you or be from the same racial or ethnic background as you in order to identify with them and enjoy the game. But woke ideology is something else entirely. It's the intentional demonization of certain groups and the putting on a pedestal of other groups. We need to respect each other's cultural and ethnic backgrounds, because it's inescapably a part of us. Most people just want to see characters that are believable and authentic to the setting. We don't want to see cancerous modern political messaging in games.
@@cyberedge881 "But woke ideology is something else entirely. It's the intentional demonization of certain groups and the putting on a pedestal of other groups." Or in other words, racism, sexism and the like.
I think people should be investigating more than just SBI at this point. They cant spin it as targeted harassment if every DEI being investigated or to be held accountable for things. Needs to be investigations before others try to hide their skeletons O.O
What they did is made me frown anytime I see a "not-white" (female) protagonist in a movie or a video game. It's an immediate red flag, it's guilty untill proven otherwise. Good job.
I'd take a buff black dude. He could be Asian. I don't care. What bothers me is this skinny woman is using large axe, one handed, and bashing enemies 2-3x her size. If you're gonna change it from buff white dude to skinny black woman, you gotta change some game mechanics too.
Even if a company erases everything SBI has done on their game the game will still be woke. SBI is more importantly a signal for what kind of mindset the developer/publisher has. It shows they want to be woke. SBI's actual work isn't the main problem. It's a very small component of a bigger problem. Even if you erase what SBI has done. It's still gonna be woke.
That's exactly it. The companies owners still wanted the dei bs in their game and were willing pay some woke company to basically infect their game with it. Even if they turn it back they should still be boycotted.
Yeah but it still matters that you resist I saw a video on Greg Owen’s channel today and he was talking about The Marvels and how the movie was not as feminist as he thought it would be, and he pointed out all the editing. I’d like to add that the director quit and left for Europe before the movie was finished… rage quit maybe? We know Disney and Iger love to preach this stuff but Owen’s theory is that they have a limit and maybe trying to walk back. Doesn’t mean they care about your ideology quite the opposite but they also don’t seem to care quite so much as they pretend about anyone else’s.
A44 is a bit of a different case, though. The mindset of the studio was just fine (as far as we can tell) until they brought in the new COO. It was the new COO injected the DEI mindset and brought in SBI. So with her removal, it is possible the company refund its sanity. Possible, but admittedly not likely. She most likely brought in others with a similar mindset that still work there.
Kabrutus asking for a pre-release copy of the game is over the top. Most devs will keep that close to the chest, regardless. I'm glad he's holding their feet to the fire though.
Then at the very least if I were a game dev in that case I'd respond with "due to policies, we cannot give you a pre-release copy." The last thing I would do is go completely radio silent.
That's reasonable, the correct reply from them would have been "We can't give you a pre-release copy, but is there anything else we can do to prove our claim?" to have a dialogue about the subject, not to simply go silent.
@@Sorain1Right. For example, they could change the promotional content on Steam. Given that the protagonist was changed by SBI, the studio can't have removed all of SBI's influence, unless the protagonist is reverted as well. My guess is that this wasn't done, and the studio knew even a single new screenshot of the game would reveal their lies.
I swear metal gear solid delta snake eater better not get involved with sweet baby inc or anything like that, cause they would definitely get rid of the eva cutscenes.
As a PoC I don’t see why we need more representation of PoC in video games too. All they do is cry about not having representation in media but yet are in every commercial, every movie, and tv series. Most the time I like to play RPGs anyway and make my own avatar. But this is getting out of hand, smh.
Hiding the salary of executive from those lower in the company is what I think of when I think inclusion. Likewise diverting funds to personal interests outside the company is truly Diverse!
Why would any company compromise their own product by hiring a DEI consultant organization to undermine their product and insult their customers and fans?
It’s great to see people in agreement on how these companies are trying to destroy the franchises they’re supposed to be in charge of. They can’t hide their evil like they did before and that’s what makes them so upset.
The people that literally said "support the devs, they didn't have to give us anything" ruined gaming. They weren't smart or savvy enough to understand that those devs need gamers to buy their products. Using that power to hold developers to task now is almost pointless because it is too ingrained into the industry. Gamers have to crash the system if they want games again instead of whining hit pieces against them while still demanding they pay for said 'hit pieces' at staggering prices.
Its amazing what these people have been able to do while operating in the shadows. Of course thats why they had such a visceral reaction to the curator list, because it shined a light on them. We have to stay vigilant because I would bet my life savings a new group of companies under different names are already being formed so they can keep destroying the industry from the shadows. We can't stop at just weeding out SBI. We need to look for others as well.
Frankly, the only way to really keep at them is to know the names, and compile lists of them to watch out for. I'm sure they'll start using anonymous or pen names or some other excuse to hide their identity, but anyone asking for that is going to get a skeptical look from any employer.
@@n4ughty_knight I will probably finally grow up and get another hobby in the real world. I would rather play no games than a piece of garbage made by hateful delusional people.
@@skankhunt2025 My comment was deleted again but I agree with you. It's the best choice of action. Games, smartphones and whatever else are being made just to indoctrinate people.
Like, why? she looks so androgynous, she looks as interesting as a loaf of bread with water as a side dish. also the game looks freaking boring?! cookie cutter third person action game with no gore and boring ass gameplay.
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You could care less? So you do care, a bit? Or maybe you're just saying that backwards like a lot of yanks.
Let's be honest here, you can't expect a game company to give pre-release access and grant interviews with the CEO to someone who is essentially a stranger who made a steam list. Come on.
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@@30noiryour daddy didnt give you enough hugs when you were a kid
There doesn’t need to be everyone feeling “included” in these games. That’s one of many things that’s ruining games now. All this nonsense is making people stick to games of the past.
Gamers are discovering just how powerful they are. If we keep working together, we can fix gaming and purge the industry of this poison.
Agreed keep it up
@@EndymionTv Same to you, my friend. You are a mouthpiece for millions of people as well as your videos are always informative. Never give up and never back down
W -0- ke ideology is merely JUST a cream on top of the already rotten corpse of Gaming *(We still have other problems like **_buggy releases + DLC spamming + Overpriced DLCs + Microtransactions + Lootboxes + Live services + Pay-2-Win progression paces + False promises for the sake of hype build-up (For example: "We're going back to our roots! Trust me bros!") + Overpriced base game price_** + much more)*
Gaming has died since 2015
We're just looking at a rotten Husk of a corpse that's still walking, running, eating, and talking
Edit: Yes YES, I AM AWARE THAT INDIE GAMES ARE THE GO-TO MUST-PLAY RECOMMENDATIONS NOWADAYS, STFU IN FACT HERE ARE MY 4 SUGGESTIONS:
Ultrakill
Night Runners *(Although it's currently available in Demo)*
Gunner, HEAT, PC
Hollow Knight *(Duh)*
Amen brother
Of course Lord Vader, It's about time
Man, these woke devs just can’t handle the fact that the average gamer doesn’t want their propaganda. We don’t want it. We want good stories and good games. And they always misrepresent that desire as all the “ist” and “ism” words. Pathetic.
I respect all the developers who aren't falling in line with the corporate management.
Me as well
DEI is just a friendly way of saying DIE
if there's anything to learn from these woke morons, is how to NOT make your stories.
not many of them atleast in the AAA arena
devs have been hiring them all along, they're only dropping them because you're crying. they will just hire a different marketing company instead...
I have enough games, between indies, AA, and decades of back catalogue, to last multiple lifetimes. I don't _need_ to play every AAA game, although it would be nice. I will gladly give that up, however, in order to stop the insidious destruction of gaming and of Western society more broadly.
They call GamerGate 2 smaller and more pathetic.
Then they can only get 50 people to not prove how qualified they are to do the job but instead scream like children into the air because they have nothing better to do.
Meanwhile 400K people with jobs, money and options are the pathetic ones, lol.
looool, GG2 is even more of an embarrassment than the first, hahaha! Grow up and touch grass already! 🤣😂
There isnt 400K followers on SBI Detected, it is over 321K right now, 321,313 followers to be exact at the time of this reply which is 7:31 AM Eastern US time. you are overshooting BY A COUNTRY MILE here.
It's likely a much bigger number. Most people aren't going to sign up to the list. The fact these videos on the subject alone are pushing high numbers, with no ratio. Those 300k+ people are semi reflective of inflation up, bad games down. Why would you spend money on a game trying to lecture you, but also is lacking quality. I ended up buying Alan Wake 2, because it had a 50% discount plus another 20% for new users. Once I got over how great the game looks on the 4090, I still haven't completed it. Despite being something like 22$ after tax was included. I coukd have bought some wings, or my son another drum. Smh 20 bux here and there add up at the end if the month. Devs are trying to peddle this stuff for how much full price again? Game better be atleast an 8/10 in my eyes to justify the purchase to myself. I don't work at McDonald's, but I'm also not a brain surgeon.
Also, it's been literally years. A lot of us have gotten serious jobs, families, actual obligations, etc. Meanwhile these danger-hair hacks are still obsessed with oppression points, polycules, and box wine.
@@dangerousdays2052I bet you're 'diversity hiring
They tried so desperately to spin the narrative in order to make themselves look like the victims but have now realized that real gamers are wise to their act. Nobody believes them and this reaction is proof they have no real power.
there's a whole video there of a dude believing them lol. people are a lot more stupid than you think. an it's not like they haven't been doing this for decades. people are only noticing now 'cos they're not the demographic being marketed to anymore. it's not a coincidence most main characters are young white dudes right?
GG 1.0 happened at the height of their power and influence back when they controlled social media with an iron fist they even managed to censor 4chon and yet they still lost millions of dollars as a result and their influence was severely damaged, now 10 years later no one listens to them and normal people are having to deal with the same crowd from 10 years ago nationwide in all forms of media, now they are finding themselves on the wrong end of the 🔫 and im loving every second of it
Little did they know gamers have played games like Zelda, Metal Gear Solid, Tomb Raider, and many other games that make you think, they've been training for this sweet baby inc boycott saga for decades
The only power they have is that which we allow them to have.
@@KrazyLanLo199This is like when Wizards of the Coast picked a fight with a fan base whose modus operandi is to take down evil overlords in the most creative ways possible.
"The horrible thing about the Two Minutes Hate was not that one was obliged to act a part, but, on the contrary, that it was impossible to avoid joining in. Within thirty seconds any pretence was always unnecessary. A hideous ecstasy of fear and vindictiveness, a desire to kill, to torture, to smash faces in with a sledge-hammer, seemed to flow through the whole group of people like an electric current, turning one even against one's will into a grimacing, screaming lunatic. And yet the rage that one felt was an abstract, undirected emotion which could be switched from one object to another like the flame of a blowlamp."
Orwell 1984
Woke devs screaming at the sky has to be my favorite GG2 meme. Jesus. What a fucking clownshow
Is a damn cult. Cults behave this way. Is indeed quite insane.
@revolverjesus98That's the maturity of the woke. Toddler-level.
Its almost as if they're trying to parody themselves.
Liberal Hivemind always uses a wojack meme like this, didn’t expect that to end up becoming a reality.xD
I have no head and I must scream.
Honestly, there is one thing that these DEI firms and their gaming industry allies cannot change, and I am glad for it. They, all of them, need *us*. We do not need them. No matter what victories they may hypothetically scrape out, it is our money they need, and if we refuse to buy anything from them? They will go under. This is a conflict they cannot win so long as we stand together and refuse to open our wallets to them.
I have NEVER met a person who said that they took Kotaku seriously. Almost every article they publish contains their horrendous takes
I used to read them back in like 2008 when they were a totally normal website. But now? Lol no
Almost? Have you ever seen anything on Kotaku that didn't just make your eyes bleed and your brain ooze out of your ears?
@@lareolanKFP I hate how Google forces them on the main page of my homepage
@@sama34 I don't even notice anymore, I just automatically scroll right past them until I see something respectable, or at least something I don't recognize.
Ya I have had Kotaku banned in my hosts file for quite some time. Same with IGN.
Kim: "Representation matters. I want to see myself in the games that I play, so we made the main character a black woman."
White guy: "Ok, then I will wait for a game where someone like me is the player character:
Kim: "That's racist!"
White guy: "Representation matters. I want to see myself in the games that I play."
This is insanity
They could solve all inclusion and diversity issues by just letting the player customize their character. Especially in single player RPG. Instead they force a poorly written black female down the player's throat and then wonder why the game tanks.
I mean I think it’s great to have diversity in games but not just for the sake of it. Unfortunately diversity quota games have all ended up being completely ass. Looking at you Forspoken.
Thats a very narcissistic way of thinking. Every time when activists or woke indoctrinated people are in charge of movies / games everything has to about them and THEIR vision. Fans do not matter.
Yes and no. Heavenly sword... badass female mixed character. Great game. I'm open as long as the story is good and gameplay is nice. Don't try fit a circle in a square.
The flintlock thing shows that all that pandering means nothing if people don't buy your product
If it ends up being a true SBI product it’s cooked
@@EndymionTv it has kim Belair on it. Im sure you saw the link that shows the devs reached out to her
6:35 No. No. White children have a right to be proud of, and celebrate their own people.
Enough of this "muh-meritocracy" kumbaya B_S.
Think I'll replay greedfall instead of flintlock
It was never about selling games. It's about selling a message to undermine American culture.
Worked in game almost 10 years ago in the UK. The day after the brexit vote, there were several hard left members of staff loudly declaring that anyone who voted leave is and I quote "A racist, sexist, homophobic bigot."(had to edit as i forgot the bigot bit the first time) Pretty sure there were some waterworks in there too. I mostly just ignored them and put my headphones on and carried on working but they were extremely vocal and obnoxious about their political views, they would constantly mention contensious things with a rightous vitriol knowing nothing will happen to them. I had other friends in the industry at the time in other companies and heard it was alot worse at their places. My point is the games industry was invaded quite some time ago by rather toxic behaviour, it existed on both sides there were a fair few creepy dudes at that place too. Not sure if it's just the nature of the industry that there's going to be alot of odd people that get into it.
Poor Alyssa of kotaku. She thought she could write a hit piece all the way to a Pulitzer.
Instead her article is taking her right to the unemployment line
If she wins a Pulitzer or whatever that would be hilarious
Oh noes! But there, look up to the Sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! It's Mr Crabs, playing a sad song on earth's smallest Violin. 🤩
Oh no, how terrible, oh no.... anyway I will go watch Sosou no Frieren. Something interesting that keeps me entertained. Good luck out there fellas.
@@EndymionTv You could literally replace her and 2 other entitled land whales and do a better job. OK, that would be a low bar.
Fun fact though, Kotaku has a steam curator group themselves so they clearly know that a curator group does not have any real power on steam, they can only tag games on their list as "recommended" and "not recommended" and that's it.
It's rather poetic that Arkham Batman died & ironically help the gamers open their eyes to this woke deceptions throughout game industry...
- We remove SBI from our game.
- Oh great! Can we check it?
- No.
But the journalists can do that. They can play games before sales.
In fairness to the devs, the game isn't supposed to release until the Fall, so I doubt any journalists have been able to play more than a small, curated chunk of the game. Being able to play the full game this far out would be absurd.
That said, they should have communicated that with SBID, and discussed the possibility of a PR copy to drum up some good publicity.
You mean the liars and shills, right? No one who gets promotional copies of a game are actual journalists, in spite of what they claim.
"A- aurora borealis?! At this time of day, at this time of year, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen?"
"Yes"
"May I see it?"
"... No."
They have become the Rotten Tomoes of reviewers. If the reviewers give something 90 percent scores you can pretty much guarantee it's gonna back crap.
@@UzarranThey could prove that the protagonist has been changed from the SBI version. Super easy to do, and it would instantly prove that at least some of SBI's major changes have been reverted.
i remember a saying from an asian: respect your elders, value your youngsters.
it has two meanings, the first is literally that the youngsters should respect the elders, and the elders should value the youngers. missing one would lead to imbalance in social dynamics including abuse, as we can see the examples in nowadays' society.
the second, the elders must become someone worthy of respect, while the youngsters must become someone valuable. basically we need to be both, because we do engage with people from various ages, classes, positions etc. as an elder if you're not worthy of respect, you'd be disrespected, and as a youngster if you're not valuable, you're worthless.
I think the real victims are the devs who didn't want these Sweet Baby weirdos in their studio. But had no authority to keep them out. And those devs screaming outside the building need severe mental help.
The real victims are the youth having Blackrocks political poison shoved into their vulnerable young minds, not knowing any better. Which is ultimately what it's about. Larry Fink, Blackrock CEO (paraphrasing): "You have to force behaviors. At Blackrock, we are forcing behaviors through ESG."
Yup. Silenced and erased. Marginalized even….
The gaming community is arguably one of the most intelligent and under the right conditions, one of the most dangerously competent communities that exists, not to mention how expansive and diversive the community is. We are united in our desire to enjoy our games in peace all across the world. Now this entire community is finally pissed off that these people won't leave us alone. I look forward to the end results.
Don't forget that this community also includes a significant number of obsessive autists that love to hold a grudge.
If there's one group I'd never intentionally antagonise, it's the gaming community.
This is like when Wizards of the Coast picked a fight with the D&D community. You know...the community who's spent decades working together, reading rules, and taking down evil overlords in the most creative ways.
Same deal here, large chunks of the gaming community are based around working together towards goals, guiding, and assisting one another. And many of these large corporations decided that picking a fight with them is a good idea.
It is time for REAL fans of the nerd culture to take back what was stolen from them.
Projects to be taken over by people who understand the source material and don't use to for whatever tf their political messaging is
if we can't save our beloved IPS, then we could at least start anew and gatekeep harder
I think gatekeeping is definitely going to be more of a thing
All of mine are dead except Tarantino films, fight club, boondock saints, things like that. Lotr, star wars, comics, everything else I disdain to even hear about. They will never be cool again.
They make gatekeeping seem like a dirty word, but in reality it's the only way to make sure our favorite properties don't get infested with the rot.
@@ChiefGore429 Only thing of mine that hasn't totally been infected is Warhammer 40k, but they've tried and will likely continue to.
@@Spongemonkey26exactly
At this point, do we really need a curator to delineate what is Sweet Baby or not? It's gotten to the point that if it checks a few boxes, odds are SB was invovled.
How does screaming help those people with their cause if anything they come off as annoying, immature, and crazy.
Because they’re insane it’s just performative arts
But they are annoying, immature, and crazy.
Well, that's what they are....
It's a physical display of how regressed their brain functions have diminished.
Pretty much sums up GDC. It's devolved into a lot of self-promoting devs trying to feel important and build themselves up as industry leaders, when most are not. I saw them promoting a designer I worked with as "Industry Guru", when that designer was fired from his last job for just flat out not working!
*"Because I said so."* And _that_ kind of workplace bullying sits at the heart of the taint we're seeing in every industry. How do we weed that out?
I used to be willing to give games a chance. Now, seeing how corrupt the industry has become, no chances. If i smell a hint of "the Message" it's a no from me.
Same here! I've basically given up modern gaming as a lost cause!
I really agree with that. I tend to assume every game from a big game publisher is going to contain woke propaganda. If I later find out particular games escaped that agenda I'll buy them if they interest me.
This is why I skipped to PC world. No limits on who can publish what, when, and where. The indie selection is both quality, and a wallet saver as they don't charge the $80 AAA's think they're worth... oh yeah and none of them can afford 3rd party writing firms, nor do I think any of them would let another write their ideas.
@@PugilistCactus yup. Indie games are gems. Even before recent controversies, probably 75% of my playtime is indie games, or at least games that where "Indie" before the studio blew up.
Now it's quickly shifting even higher. Since good new AAA games are more and more rare.
@@PugilistCactus A little caveat there, friend: Some devs are every bit as woke as the AAA studios, and they're not shy about it at all. That is, when the games aren't just a get-rich-quick scheme that the devs intend to turn into abandonware when it doesn't get them the money and accolades they're hoping for.
If they feel they have to hide their involvement in game development, it means they know they are doing something wrong.
they know exactly what they are doing, that is why they are hiding it. Its nothing but warfare, and they are trying to keep people distracted and confused about this by their false claims of victimhood and oppression.
They have to hide the corruption and nepotism going on...because that(along with DEI) is where the real story is. Some sus things happening and Kabrutus is shedding light on it.
“hide the salaries of top executives”, oh so it’s all about money? what a surprise! who would have thought.
It's always about money. If ESG was really about helping society, why do companies avoid doing the one thing that would actually accomplish that: paying people more.
Ultimately it's an issue of us as gamers, standing collectively shoulder to shoulder and refusing to buy these games that are woke / driving feminism, alphabet content, or race / gender swapping in our entertainment. When they put out products with this type of content, if we keep refusing to buy it, we'll continue to put these companies out of business until they course correct.
I will continue doing my part.
Some good Steam Curators: Sweet Baby Inc detected + Woke And Censored Games Alert
I suggested to Alyssa that she write a guide on stellar blade, she didn't like that and blocked me 😂
Hahahaha!
Vote with your wallets. That ESG/DEI money is diluting at super sonic speeds. If I see a poc in a European fantasy setting I automatically skip, if I see masculine female character I skip, if I see rainbow-propaganda I skip. Pretty simple for me to distinguish a “woke” game from a non-woke. I don’t need to see who’s involved in a game’s development. Just look at the final product and then pass judgement.
Kotaku is already in the grave, they are never making a comeback
They’re the internets punching bag for a reason
So... this lady used studio workforce on the clock to advance her own, entirely unrelated company? Without her own company paying for it?
How is that not a massive breach of fiduciary duty as the studio COO again?
I heard the asylum called about some missing nutjobs...luckily staff was able to track them down at GDC '24 😆
Their level of security must be Arkham Asylum terrible.
I'll be blunt, just looking at the main character of that flintlock game, it's obvious the SBI influence is strong. A sassy black woman with a sideshave is an immediate red flag. The devs are probably just scared of their game flopping because of the association with SBI, so they're lying. I doubt the studio would survive a flop.
Money talks and social justice walks
Go woke go broke
Money doesn't talk if it isn't backed by gold
@@n4ughty_knight I will take your money if you don't want it.
Let's make it limp.
@@n4ughty_knight Gold is just other form of stuff. Money isn;t backed by gold, its backed by people's servitude.
I remembee months ago getting banned from the kotaku subreddit.
One of their mods was writing so much woke shit so I just pointed out a logical fallacy and a few other things.
Mod didn’t take kindly to logic and banned me 😂
I was lead to that subreddit when looking for stuff on anime (if I remember correctly). I hadn’t looked up Kotaku but the post interested me…
Even their mods are losers
Did u see that silly gdc scream fest where those sweet baby simps yelled in a public park? When did adults turn into children
Yup! It’s in the video it’s so dumb
@EndymionTv glad you covered it. Like wtf does any of this baloney have to do with optimizing or making games. Maybe if they hadn't been screaming like idiots most games wouldn't run like hot gravy on 4090s
@@ninja1man4u It has nothing to do with any of that and everything to do with being an actual, literal cult/religion.
They are just displaying their actual lack of power, a tantrum indicated weakness.
Pure toddler mentality. Would love to know what Japanese devs quietly think when they see such cringe behavior.
The group scream is beyond creepy.... what kinda psycho would do that?
Loss of money is the only thing that speaks loud enough to penetrate their deafening screech.
I agree
And that's going to take discipline on our part. I think many people are already showing that.
If you buy and consume their garbage you are sending the message that it's okay for them to insert their brainwashing propaganda into everything.
*Loss of secretive funding
You’d think, huh?
Trouble is gamers have a severe FOMO problem.
On Hiring Minorities: The issue with that is that the pool is smaller, so if companies focus their hiring that way the overall quality of professionals goes under.
Wow kotaku, being forced to actually DO YOUR F***ING JOB??? Oh boohoo, let me play you a sad song on the world's smallest violin.
*the world's saddest song on the world's smallest violin"
The funny part about the screaming for me was the bewildered people walking past in the distance. You can just make out when they stop and stare for a moment in shock before quickly escaping the Insanity.
GDC 2024 proved that devs had given up on Sweet Baby Inc by screaming like banshees.
It’s so ridiculous
Well the GDC leaked panels were talking about Marxism and hating the white cis male so they are screaming because the harder they push, the harder they lose.
Great video Endymion
Thanks for that!
Nothing made me smile more this week than the editor n chief of Kotaku resigning in a huff because G/o media told them to lay off the nonsense and make game guides
The people that matter, gamers that actually buy your product. The people that don't matter, toxic activists and so called gaming journalists who've never played a video game and wishing they were working in 'real' journalism. Ignore the majority at your own peril publishers. Gamers will happily grab the popcorn, sit back and watch you go broke.
This is what I don't understand. If they really removed the SBI "kiss of death", and they know that information alone would boost their sales, why not be open about it? Why keep it a secret? What are they hiding?
They're hiding because it's a bogus ass-covering claim. You can't "eradicate" the SBI presence in a game in just the two weeks this has been in the news.
Grummz revealed that the SBI was responsible for changing the protagonist.
So unless the protagonist is changed back, it's literally impossible for them to have "removed all of SBI's influence."
That one thing, at least, will be incredibly easy to confirm. Thus far the promotional content on Steam hasn't been changed.
Well to be fair depending on how rushed the changes were, the work might not be so good. And in this day and age gamers have heard words like “we had to redo the entire thing” before and it’s rarely a happy outcome for the game in question.
The developer was never going to grant pre-release access. However, the fact they admit to removing SBI content, is worrying. It should never have been there in the first place. DEI is bigoted allegorical cancer, which is why it DOES NOT Sell.
Screaming is pretty much standard operating procedure for the woke movement at this point.
Watch any debate, you'll see once people stop buying the word salad they'll just move straight to screaming, since feelings are more important than logic.
However, it's time that Jo normal wakes up to the woke, and stopps caving to this nonsense! Here's hoping that books, films, and every other form of entertainment can have their own gamer gate 2.
They’re sheltered little brats. But when shit gets real, they run.
@@gambitacio True. This is why they hate "the patriarchy!" Their worst nightmare is their father telling them to grow up and do better! that's why so many have daddy issues!
Exactly! They don't realize it, but if the world followed their politics, they be under a communist system; And nearly all of them would be either murdered by the state, or in gulags to slave away for the state. That's way Vladimir Lenin called these kinds of people "Useful Idiots".
Cheers for the information
Gaming is about fun, not politics.
Agreed
Games exist as an escape from clown world, now clown world has invaded our games.
I disagree. What about Spec Ops The Line? Fun shouldn't be the only metric for games.
@@SapereAude1490except it should. Its litterally the goal of a game. Its just that the way a game is fun varies, causing different people to like different types of games. Mario kart 8 is nothing like plants versus zombies and both are different from banjo kazooie, yet all 3 games are considered fun and thus completed their goal: to entertain. Would you partake in a game of tag if it isnt fun? Would you partake in hide and seek if it isnt fun? If your answer is no then you must understand the most important aspect of a game
@@jismeraiverhoeven Going by that logic, the reason Spec Ops The Line was liked and well received was because it's fun to have a mental breakdown and do war crimes.
Fun is a very simplistic way of painting a whole medium. I don't think anyone would say Schindler's List is a "fun" movie.
If we're treating games the same way, then I don't see why being fun would be the only metric for a successful game.
I love how this guy always puts Tifa front n center in his thumbnails.
We making it out of the woke agenda with this one
We mush push back
@@EndymionTv And to think all this could've been prevented had Chris Kindred just kept his mouth shut.
What's even more sad about that group of weirdos screaming about a topic so frivolous, it's that probably just around the corner from that venue there's a whole host of fentanyl and Nitazene zombies who have lost absolutely everything and spend each and every day waiting for that next hit (it's San Fran after all!) It's not just ignorance that's bliss, it's narcissism too!
The group scream is the perfect encapsulation of the woke movement. A bunch of loud annoying idiots who want their voices to be heard yet have nothing to say and only make a disruption through nonsensical noise.
It should be recognized by now that SBI is effectively a kiss of death for any studio stupid enough to work with them and I will be keeping my eyes out for those like them though what bothers me is that you have “gamers” willing to defend them
But we need to keep in mind that SBI is just one of many such companies. The woke infestation of gaming goes far beyond SBI.
We should have never stopped gatekeeping.
Agreed
Don’t they see the irony in their statement. They push for all this DEI stuff claiming players need to see themselves in the character. So given that premise as a white man, does that mean I avoid all games that don’t have a white lead for me to connect with. Seems pretty stupid. Man if I followed that logic, I would’ve missed out on so many good games.
Absolutely. That's what I've been doing for years.
I avoid anything with a female lead or PoC lead, because that content was "not meant for me". I hope the tiny audience they're catering to enjoys the game/show/movie that panders to them.
That sums up the way that leftists think. They've have zero common sense and only think through their feelings and emotions
My first character for Baldur's Gate 3 was a half-orc paladin.
I don't have green skin, I don't spend my days running around in heavy armor, and I don't attack everyone with a different belief from me with a giant sword.
And yet I was able to enjoy the game with the power of the suspension of disbelief. What a concept!
@@sintanan469 A half-orc! That's racist!
Half anything is "problematic" according to WotC.
Strangely enough, my first character was a half-elf ranger. I loved how flexible he was, being good with a bow and a sword, able to make friends with animals, and could even cast spells. I couldn't do any of that in real life, but that wasn't a problem, because I was using my imagination.
Little did I know that I was actually being a horrible bigot.
Bad 12-year-old me.
@@malificajones7674 Half breeds are a problem because the name, eh?
Okay, then...
Goblin + Human = Orc.
Halfling + Human = Dwarf.
Gnome + Human = Elf.
Giant + Human = Firbolg.
Dragon + Human = Dragonborn.
Remember: humans are a race that mixes with anything. Make all your party's self insert bards happy.
Far Woke - "Do what we tell you or you are canceled".
Gamers- "No, You!"
Far Woke- "HARASSMENT!!!"
Their influence was manufactured on Twitter trends and on the good will of good people. Artificially propped up and maintained by algorithm, media circus, harassment & threat.
Now, most people see through it clearly and how insignificant they are.
*Kotaku writer:* joins an open discord
*Also Kotaku writer:* "I barely snuck through the emotionally harmful trenches behind enemy lines. I tapped into their coms briefly, but the Fascists were hot on my tail. I have YET to see the required minimum represenration web-banners. They'll pay for that on X.
I think at this point, i would like a group that curates studios that actively reject wokeness. It would be nice if studio actively start to denounce DEI. I would happily support those studios.
Edit: you know i actually commented in a flintlock gameplay reveal video about how the game didnt learn lessons from forspoken, and i got called racist. At the time i couldnt understand why because my comment was directed at the bland brown scenery. Now i understand because i was attacking a DEI project...
I would bet money that the person that called you a racist was literally just Alyssa Mercante on an alt account
Meh, I just want devs to go back to writing their own shit. Hire a writing team ffs, enough with this 3rd party bs.
@@plutoniumzeppelin8164 Nah, they'd use a bot for that because they value their time too much to actually fight for the causes they claim to care about.
@@Sorain1or run away. look at the “feminists” in Ukraine. ran by the millions.
Being called racist, phobic, a bigot or a chud are pretty much a badge of honour to be worn proudly these days as they have lost all their power and meaning.
I've said it before and I will say it again. Good luck trying to strong arm Valve/Steam into doing anything against the interests of the people who actually play games. They know where their money actually comes from and even if you could convince every other video game company to no longer sell their games on the Steam platform, Valve would just start making their own games again. Hell, Valve might actually count to three for once.
Valve: "im giving you to the count of 3. 1... 2..."
"Sweet baby ink" is probably the nickname of the goo they liquefy children into before they absorb their essence
Adrenochrome
Haha probably.
I wonder if it's diverse goo, or just white male baby goo.
Lol love it.
Damn, brutal. Hilarious though.
Purposely not playing anymore games with "diverse" protagonists EXCEPT AC Red simply for the fact that Yasuke was just a fucking badass and deserved a game.
Let's be realistic. The protagonist still race swapped and without any feminine characteristic. Plus the Kepler Executive responsible for greenlighting the weird acquisition is DEI and is defending Audrea.
I would laugh if Kotaku suddenly swung completely the other way and actually began writing reviews and pieces about the wokeness in the gaming industry and began actually telling the truth- that at all levels of the industry have been hijacked by activists looking to push DEI and ESG. Nothing short of doing that and regaining their full integrity will actually save Kotaku's stocks.
You should check out the Insomniac dev who literally had a meltdown in the studio because they didn't like that Rivet from Ratchet and Clank initially had a more feminine design
Running around yelling “Lombax titties” or some idiot shit
He had a meltdown because He, in all the studio, didn't like it. Until the others gave up.
I really liked the idea of Ratchet and Clank into the Ratchetverse but making Ratchet female and LGTVHD+ was a bad choice.
@@n4ughty_knight the gameplay is still fun but the character Ratchet stopped existing after the 2016 reboot. Now he's just a boring shell of what he used to be
@@manynukes11 Right in my feels. So true!
well, so that's where all those weird kids from the back of the class went..they all went to work for shaddy shit like sweet baby. Ofc, we should have known they'd never get a true job.
They found a way to try to "get back" at their bullies.
But saddly for them, now they on everyone radar, even the ones who didnt care end up sidding with us.
One VERY easy parallel to make if any old folks around you don't get it.
Bud Light hirring a small companie to run their campain is exaclty the same as ubisoft hiring sweet baby inc
That group scream thing reminds me of "Alien:Covenant" you know. That scene when David dumps the Black goo on the engineer settlement. Is there a longer version of this, where gruesome creatures burst out of their bodies?
Someone said that the protagonist of flintlock looks similar to kim belair and knowing what she has said about self inserting into everything she writes🤔
It's insane that these people think they can't enjoy a piece of entertainment if they aren't inserted into it, but it doesn't seem to dawn on them that most of these games are being made in the West, where 85% of the population is white. By their standards they are screwing over the majority of people in order to satisfy a small minority.
I don't really agree with that argument, but it shows their utter hypocrisy and disingenuousness.
What I mean is, I don't agree that a character must look like you or be from the same racial or ethnic background as you in order to identify with them and enjoy the game. But woke ideology is something else entirely. It's the intentional demonization of certain groups and the putting on a pedestal of other groups. We need to respect each other's cultural and ethnic backgrounds, because it's inescapably a part of us. Most people just want to see characters that are believable and authentic to the setting. We don't want to see cancerous modern political messaging in games.
@@cyberedge881 "But woke ideology is something else entirely. It's the intentional demonization of certain groups and the putting on a pedestal of other groups." Or in other words, racism, sexism and the like.
I think people should be investigating more than just SBI at this point. They cant spin it as targeted harassment if every DEI being investigated or to be held accountable for things. Needs to be investigations before others try to hide their skeletons O.O
Incredibly vile for what they had done to an unfortunate gaming studio.
I hope the rumors are true that they rejected it. If not…it’s over for em
@@EndymionTv also didn't Kotaku essentially threw their own leader under the bus?
What they did is made me frown anytime I see a "not-white" (female) protagonist in a movie or a video game. It's an immediate red flag, it's guilty untill proven otherwise. Good job.
"We removed all changes made by Sweet Baby Inc" So why's the main character still black? Any involvement includes character changes as well.
I don't see how the race of character matters. it changed during the design process I am sure it's happens in many games over the years.
I'd take a buff black dude. He could be Asian. I don't care. What bothers me is this skinny woman is using large axe, one handed, and bashing enemies 2-3x her size.
If you're gonna change it from buff white dude to skinny black woman, you gotta change some game mechanics too.
That's the sneaky thing we have to look out for, the devs that SAY they took out the changes, but are lying.
@@JazINaBoXit matters if she’s black as a political tool. Even if the game look good, I’m boycotting everything woke and you should too. :)
We can know if they "reverse" SBI involvement by making the main character white. Short of that, they aren't getting my dollars.
Even if a company erases everything SBI has done on their game the game will still be woke. SBI is more importantly a signal for what kind of mindset the developer/publisher has. It shows they want to be woke. SBI's actual work isn't the main problem. It's a very small component of a bigger problem. Even if you erase what SBI has done. It's still gonna be woke.
That's exactly it. The companies owners still wanted the dei bs in their game and were willing pay some woke company to basically infect their game with it. Even if they turn it back they should still be boycotted.
Yeah but it still matters that you resist I saw a video on Greg Owen’s channel today and he was talking about The Marvels and how the movie was not as feminist as he thought it would be, and he pointed out all the editing. I’d like to add that the director quit and left for Europe before the movie was finished… rage quit maybe? We know Disney and Iger love to preach this stuff but Owen’s theory is that they have a limit and maybe trying to walk back. Doesn’t mean they care about your ideology quite the opposite but they also don’t seem to care quite so much as they pretend about anyone else’s.
A44 is a bit of a different case, though. The mindset of the studio was just fine (as far as we can tell) until they brought in the new COO. It was the new COO injected the DEI mindset and brought in SBI. So with her removal, it is possible the company refund its sanity. Possible, but admittedly not likely. She most likely brought in others with a similar mindset that still work there.
Thanks again for your hard work, much appreciated
Kabrutus asking for a pre-release copy of the game is over the top. Most devs will keep that close to the chest, regardless. I'm glad he's holding their feet to the fire though.
Then at the very least if I were a game dev in that case I'd respond with "due to policies, we cannot give you a pre-release copy."
The last thing I would do is go completely radio silent.
That's reasonable, the correct reply from them would have been "We can't give you a pre-release copy, but is there anything else we can do to prove our claim?" to have a dialogue about the subject, not to simply go silent.
@@Sorain1Right. For example, they could change the promotional content on Steam.
Given that the protagonist was changed by SBI, the studio can't have removed all of SBI's influence, unless the protagonist is reverted as well.
My guess is that this wasn't done, and the studio knew even a single new screenshot of the game would reveal their lies.
He can let him sign an ndr.
I swear metal gear solid delta snake eater better not get involved with sweet baby inc or anything like that, cause they would definitely get rid of the eva cutscenes.
Kotaku rejects and does not want to accept the truth what is the point of convincing them if we know their true faces
As a PoC I don’t see why we need more representation of PoC in video games too. All they do is cry about not having representation in media but yet are in every commercial, every movie, and tv series. Most the time I like to play RPGs anyway and make my own avatar. But this is getting out of hand, smh.
Hiding the salary of executive from those lower in the company is what I think of when I think inclusion. Likewise diverting funds to personal interests outside the company is truly Diverse!
How is it she wasn't fired for that right away, isn't that like illegal 🤷
At this point the gloves are off, and I wouldn't be surprised if enough dirt comes out to put individuals before a judge.
Why would any company compromise their own product by hiring a DEI consultant organization to undermine their product and insult their customers and fans?
It’s great to see people in agreement on how these companies are trying to destroy the franchises they’re supposed to be in charge of. They can’t hide their evil like they did before and that’s what makes them so upset.
I don’t comment often……this was an outstanding video! Thank you!
9:30 basically, that thing just barged into the studio, took people to work for free on its company's assets, did the damage and fleed.
Push back, everyone.If not, all will be lost.
Gaming lately is getting crazy. Keep up with the awesome videos, man. You're an inspiration.
Thank you very much for watching I appreciate it greatly
The people that literally said "support the devs, they didn't have to give us anything" ruined gaming. They weren't smart or savvy enough to understand that those devs need gamers to buy their products. Using that power to hold developers to task now is almost pointless because it is too ingrained into the industry.
Gamers have to crash the system if they want games again instead of whining hit pieces against them while still demanding they pay for said 'hit pieces' at staggering prices.
This seems to really have gone nuclear. I hope Kabrutus and his staff will be ok.
I just wish people would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character
Its amazing what these people have been able to do while operating in the shadows. Of course thats why they had such a visceral reaction to the curator list, because it shined a light on them. We have to stay vigilant because I would bet my life savings a new group of companies under different names are already being formed so they can keep destroying the industry from the shadows. We can't stop at just weeding out SBI. We need to look for others as well.
Frankly, the only way to really keep at them is to know the names, and compile lists of them to watch out for. I'm sure they'll start using anonymous or pen names or some other excuse to hide their identity, but anyone asking for that is going to get a skeptical look from any employer.
@@Sorain1find where they live.
I like having a fellow Canadians perspective on this whole situation, thank you for your hard work.
Kotaku is having a meltdown in the title. I click "like". I'm a simple man.
Everyone hates kotaku & thank you for watching
@@EndymionTv Thank you for everything that you do. Never bow down to the woke crowd. Keep our hobby healthy and alive.
It’s more likely they just removed the credit given to SBI.
These spoiled brats have to be stopped. People will not buy your games if your game sucks.
But if all of them become woke, guess who you're going to buy from. 🙃
@@n4ughty_knight Indie? Go back to older games?
@@yurichtube1162 They'll ban the indies.
@@n4ughty_knight I will probably finally grow up and get another hobby in the real world. I would rather play no games than a piece of garbage made by hateful delusional people.
@@skankhunt2025 My comment was deleted again but I agree with you. It's the best choice of action. Games, smartphones and whatever else are being made just to indoctrinate people.
Herb is kind of a slur like soy-boy but a bit more encompass spinelessness. Saying a person less than a sheep because herbs a what sheep eat.
2:37 , 4:18 - You can tell that SBI was part of this, based on the fact that the main character has zero ass definition. Like, uncanny valley levels.
She is a woman of colour in a clucky Soulsbourne clone. You could've smelled the SBI turd, without looking at it.
Like, why? she looks so androgynous, she looks as interesting as a loaf of bread with water as a side dish. also the game looks freaking boring?! cookie cutter third person action game with no gore and boring ass gameplay.
😂 if you wanna force your diverse women protagonists at least make them look appealing.
Replacement theory isn't a theory it's happening in all areas.
I didn't imagine that the time would come when we can easily tell if the game is bad just by looking at the cover. lol