Splash Damage

As is their custom, Kotaku published a stupid piece saying including white cis women characters in games isn’t progressive enough, adding more proof to the never-ending pile of evidence that video game journalists will never be satisfied with their social justice agenda. We also discuss Dia Lacina’s terrible takes on politics in Returnal and Nier’s auto-battle system, Jeffrey Grubb simping for Lacina and his history of being not a good guy, Respawn’s jab at Polygon’s error-riddled article on Titanfall lore, a Riot developer’s based take on critical race theory, Polygon pushing the idea that people have body dysmorphia over Wii Fit, and a World of Warcraft voice actor being canceled over fruitless sexual misconduct allegations.

Wokies are accusing a game where you play as a Native American chief fighting colonialists of being racist. I break down the completely ridiculous controversy and discuss other recent news, including Diablo II censorship, more Six Days in Fallujah nonsense, a Kotaku story about “black pain” I actually kind of agree with, Marvel comparing Jordan Peterson to Red Skull, and Twitch’s new offsite conduct policy.

Extra Credits recently released a video that implies that evil, ugly orcs in video games are an obvious stand-in for real black people, among other hilariously terrible takes. We watch and break down the video along with their take from last year that WWII shooters will turn players into Nazis. We also discuss some of the cringe writing in Outriders, Kotaku writing a story based on an obvious troll, a senator calling Gina Carano a Nazi, and how Sony is dropping the ball.

Cancel culture has reached a new peak with prominent games journalists and developers alike calling on the government to censor the upcoming Six Days in Fallujah. We recap the events leading up to a petition to cancel the game along with Eurogamer getting offended over It Takes Two’s love story, Ghost of Tsushima getting made into a movie, and Kotaku defaming the developer of Super Seducer 3.

IGN recently published a piece criticizing the unreleased Six Days in Fallujah because a very specific clique in the gaming sphere is upset it doesn’t have the "right" politics. We talk about critics’ reactions to the upcoming game along with Kotaku calling passionate Dying Light 2 fans “toxic,” woke Twitter crying over a jiggle physics mod for Super Smash Bros., Super Seducer 3 being outright banned from Steam, and White Wizard Games changing their name to placate outrage mobs.

Troy Leavitt has revealed why he left the development of Hogwarts Legacy. We discuss his response to the games press’s attempted character assassination along with other examples of “propaganda press,” including Kotaku’s piece about developers being forced to work during a natural disaster and Polygon implying Six Days in Fallujah is apolitical.

Troy Leavitt, a Hogwarts Legacy developer who has made YouTube videos critical of woke nonsense, announced he is leaving the project after games journalists’ attempt to cancel him. Leavitt hasn’t unveiled why he quit, but we discuss the development along with the fact Hogwarts Legacy will include trans options in its character creator, Twitch’s screw up calling women “womxn,” Attack on Titan being falsely labeled as pro-fascism, and Sucker Punch being honored by Japan for Ghost of Tsushima.

Troy Leavitt, the lead designer of the upcoming Hogwarts Legacy, is being accused of sexism and other nastiness all for having a YouTube channel that doesn’t toe the woke line games journalists demand the industry follow. We discuss the attempt to cancel developers over “thoughtcrimes” along with the hypocrisy of women, such as Anita Sarkeesian, who claim to oppose harassment, Sony’s censorship of violence, Super Seducer 3 being rejected from Steam, Pyra and Mythra being covered in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Jezebel not knowing anything about video games, Colin Moriarty still suffering consequences of his innocent dad joke, and more.

Gina Carano, known for playing Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, has been fired from her role and agency. Her crime? Comparing her political opponents to Nazis, something the left has been doing without consequence for years. We break down this story and all its juicy details and rehash the Mass Effect butt shot controversy and talk Steam’s censorship of Super Seducer 3.

Game journalists this week were quick to shame Mass Effect fans who are upset the upcoming trilogy remake will remove camera angles that focus on Miranda’s butt. We discuss the double standard the gaming industry has when it comes to sexualization (see: Jin Sakai’s celebrated naked cheeks in Ghost of Tsushima), Stephen Totilo’s departure from Kotaku, IGN rehashing the Rowling transphobia controversy, The Gamer complaining about fat shaming in Resident Evil Village, the backfire of The Medium’s trigger warning, and hypocrisy about the term “blind playthrough.”