This article perfectly sums up the issues with this way of writing. Unfortunately people often don’t acknowledge the nuance there, and will jump down this reviewer’s throat for the take I imagine.
It’s icing on the cake that apparently there was even an in-lore term for something like a trans character of this species that they didn’t use. That makes it seem like they didn’t even study their own lore well enough. Never what you want to be thinking about a writing team. 🫤
My version of this is 4X games. I always was intrigued by them as a kid, but I wasn’t nearly patient enough or willing to put in the time to understand them. As an adult I’ve finally been able to enjoy them.
Holy moly this thread got a lot of comments! Is Lemmy growing up? Are we big now?
What the heck is a live action Lego movie
I mean look at him! Jesus doesn’t seem like he has much of a shot against that beast of a deity.
Can’t wait to see the third act where alucard gets stun locked by gold Medusa heads in the clocktower
Well of course I know him, he’s me (not anymore thankfully, but I have had to write that kind of copy before)
I can’t speak for OP, but personally it makes my bullshit detector kick into high gear any time a corporate channel talks in a casual, friendly tone like that. It comes across as very insincere and infantalizing to me.
Funny how the key stakeholders are never on the chopping block, huh?
Wow, that letter to employees was even soulless by corporate non-apology standards.
It’s not their fault they’re gatekeepers, it’s a symptom of their success. The biggest platform will have a much greater pull inherently, and it should be their responsibility to act fairly because of that position. Thankfully they seem to take that seriously so far. We can only hope it stays that way.
Having the biggest audience to the degree that they do absolutely makes them a gatekeeper. If Steam became predatory tomorrow it would have a catastrophic effect on the consumer friendliness of the current PC market because you wouldn’t have anywhere else to turn for many games. GOG and Itch don’t have nearly as large of a selection of mainstream stuff.
Right, that’s the article that doesn’t explain why they’re doing it.
I’ve seen so many edits of this comic I realized I no longer remember the original
Why are they doing it? Legal troubles? I didn’t see any explanation in the article.
Now I need to find a let’s play for this…
What is this animation from?
“Nor in any future presidential election.”
“Until it’s someone Jeff wants, then we will definitely do it again.”
You’re not wrong, but I’d still encourage everyone to celebrate the small victories. If we wait for perfection it may never come.
This meme is selling shovels, and the comments here are more than happy to dig holes it seems.