That’s conservative logic, not gamer logic. Some rather loud and obvious conservatives happen to be gamers. I know plenty of gamers that are extremely progressive.
“”“Normal”“” people logic: The infinity symbol next to everything
Surely that’s truly normal and 100% reality and definitely the most popular sane opinion with average people IRL :)
Got beat up in rocket league or something?
I play video games, but my “identity” as a “gamer” is not important enough to me to care about defending the label.
If someone says “gamers are trash,” you either know exactly the type of person they’re talking about, or you are the type of person they’re taking about.
I have no desire to argue “well I’m a gamer and I’m not like those people” because I don’t give a damn about the “sanctity” of such an arbitrary label. Also, not only are there tons of toxic gamers who are guilty of all the -isms, but there are also a lot of gamers who are all-to-eager to minimize the shitty actions of the former group and I don’t want to be associated with them either.
“That’s just how online gaming is” or “You think that’s bad? You should’ve seen call of duty lobbies back in the day” are common refrains from people who may not be hyper-toxic themselves, but they’re completely adjusted to bigotry being the status quo for the hobby and they don’t even see it as a problem to be corrected.
Also, I’m white. Seeing people criticize racism in gamer culture and jumping to the defense of the label as if that’s the problem feels very on brand for the way that white people tend to prioritize things. The bigotry is a much bigger problem than my “right” to call myself a gamer without the extra baggage. It feels a bit like still trying to defend twitter. I play video games, but yes, gamers are trash.
playing Dark Souls 3
EVERY time a female character, npc, or even artwork appears
without fail
message on the ground
woman therefore beating to a pulp required ahead
200+ likes
I was expecting a spot with “souls”, and a message joking about periods.
I feel like there’s a lot of white dudes in here that are like “what do you mean? I’VE found it so easy to avoid the toxic minority of chuds. Must be a you-problem? If anything, YOU’RE discriminating against ME by bringing this up.”
Look, just don’t bring your damn politics to my game about war and politics. We are just here to shoot ̶b̶r̶o̶w̶n̶ people and relax. I don’t want to think about the implications behind the media I am consuming.
Yeah! Why are modern games so political?! The classics were so much more nuanced. I remember when Wolfenstein 3D came out… My favorite part playing that game was how ambiguous the creators were about the inspiration for the bad guys.
It is a very offensive and exaggerated meme for the gaming community, by the way.
It’s not just games anymore. Hence all the chuds losing their minds about “The Odyssey”.
It’s never been just games, it predates videogames
I think the funniest part about the Odyssey conservative backlash is that Ben Shapiro of all people actually liked the movie because it “has clear conservative messaging with the law of Xenia”
He also for some reason thinks that Xenia is a biblical addition to the film by the director. Not sure how he ended up with that conclusion.
How can it be a Greek epic? They didn’t cast the most famous Greek hero of all!? Where’s Kevin Sorbo?! DISAPPOINTED
Funny enough, Kevin is a conservative chud, too!
Wasn’t that the joke?
I’m sure it was in there somewhere
There is nothing like republican Xenia:
- bathing guests in tear gas
- gifts of insults and oppression
- exchanging gifts such as children to appease the gods
- lodging guests in jail
- safe escort to their next ICE prison camp destination
- it’s considered rude to ask who the guests are before they have finished the meal offered to them. We don’t know who’s in the camps.
Do you realize that you’re currently doing precisely what you’re trying to mock? — Discriminating and generalizing a group of people based on their hobby.
G*mers aren’t people.
(Also, seriously. Trying to equate racial and gender discrimination, two things that a person can’t influence. To a hobby)
i don’t want colored folks in my historically accurate game about dragons and wizards!!!
Wat
Is this about chess?
Yep, it is political because the queen is better than the king.
and white goes first
ITT: G*mers trying to pull the “I’m one of the good ones” card
