As someone who once regretfully described himself as a gamergater in 2016, and trust me, I wish I was closer to 14 rather than 18 back then, this is a curious look into how this movement has fared...
As someone who once regretfully described himself as a gamergater in 2016, and trust me, I wish I was closer to 14 rather than 18 back then, this is a curious look into how this movement has fared over the years.
The Stellar Blade "Controversy" is a fantastic example of just how insulated you can become in your little social media bubble, and looking back on it now, how outright cringe it all was back then too. People posting multiple videos a day, all just reurgitating the same uninformed hot takes for an on-screen audience that has nothing better to do than watch a guy known for shit like being good at WoW or having worked at Blizzard 20 years ago trying to find purpose in being angry.
Reading all of the content shown in the video, especially the main character of Grummz, always updating this "culture war" narrative like it's the marvel cinematic universe is one of the worst deja-vus I've had the displeasure of experiencing. It reminds me of falling into r/KotakuInAction and checking it daily for the newest updates on how something completely irrelevant not impacting my life at all was evolving, especially because most of the controversy was just made up to get angry and drive engagement, because holy shit do people love being angry.
I think Shaun does a really good job laying out the underlying reasons this group of "culture war" guys react the way they do to certain games, without being too oversimplified or reductive. I'm...
I think Shaun does a really good job laying out the underlying reasons this group of "culture war" guys react the way they do to certain games, without being too oversimplified or reductive. I'm also honestly impressed that he played Stellar Blade for the video -- I don't think he had to do that but it lends him a solid ground to stand on, since most of the "discourse" is from guys who never play it.
Wish he'd let himself go into his multi-hour tangent about Kim Kitsuragi though. I'd watch the fuck outta that.
As someone who once regretfully described himself as a gamergater in 2016, and trust me, I wish I was closer to 14 rather than 18 back then, this is a curious look into how this movement has fared over the years.
The Stellar Blade "Controversy" is a fantastic example of just how insulated you can become in your little social media bubble, and looking back on it now, how outright cringe it all was back then too. People posting multiple videos a day, all just reurgitating the same uninformed hot takes for an on-screen audience that has nothing better to do than watch a guy known for shit like being good at WoW or having worked at Blizzard 20 years ago trying to find purpose in being angry.
Reading all of the content shown in the video, especially the main character of Grummz, always updating this "culture war" narrative like it's the marvel cinematic universe is one of the worst deja-vus I've had the displeasure of experiencing. It reminds me of falling into r/KotakuInAction and checking it daily for the newest updates on how something completely irrelevant not impacting my life at all was evolving, especially because most of the controversy was just made up to get angry and drive engagement, because holy shit do people love being angry.
I'm so happy I got away from it.
I think Shaun does a really good job laying out the underlying reasons this group of "culture war" guys react the way they do to certain games, without being too oversimplified or reductive. I'm also honestly impressed that he played Stellar Blade for the video -- I don't think he had to do that but it lends him a solid ground to stand on, since most of the "discourse" is from guys who never play it.
Wish he'd let himself go into his multi-hour tangent about Kim Kitsuragi though. I'd watch the fuck outta that.