Would be nice if this place could refrain from sliding into reactionary conservatism even ironically.
Gooner game of the year Stellar Blade's mods are 41% smut, ensuring gamers will never see the light of heaven
Submitted 1 month ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to gaming@beehaw.org
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PatheticGroundThing@beehaw.org 1 month ago
JillyB@beehaw.org 1 month ago
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
If screeching puritans are going to get mad about some people liking to look at pretty ladies saving humanity from monsters (but who is the monster, really), maybe reconsider playing into the reactionary gameplan so enthusiastically.
It’s hardly a patriarchal work. Eve is a badass respected for her skills working on behalf of The Mother Core… And who only wears stripper gear if that’s what the player wants.
Now, if you want to talk about how they very clearly edited out some serious homophobia for the English release that’s another thing but Korea gonna Korea
Eggyhead@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
I couldn’t make it through the whole 2hr essay, but I can’t disagree with some of his criticisms of the game. It’s just that they never bothered me, and I found the AAish quality of the game really cozy.
I completely agree with him about just how manufactured the “woke outrage” seemed to be, though. I just fundamentally believe “woke” lost its meaning some time ago and doesn’t really define anything anymore. It is really handy for letting mindless culture-warrior types flag themselves, though. I certainly doubt the IGN article was the ONLY article criticizing eve’s character design, but I think it served as a great example of just how far up their own asses the anti-woke crowd love to be.
Zaleramancer@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
I’m forced to agree. It feels weird to do so, but, I guess yeah- the thing which should be focused on is the how and why of this and not just focus on the puritan disgust angle.
I’ve seen the Shaun video (linked in these replies somewhere) so I’m familiar with what’s going on socially around this video game. Being upset because of misogynistic objectification is appropriate, but sex isn’t inherently bad.
DmMacniel@feddit.org 1 month ago
What a stupid article. But hey, I now know that Stellar Blade has been released on PC.
luciole@beehaw.org 1 month ago
I’m with you. Very puritan, kinkshaming article. Stellar Blade might not be my thing, but I know not to yuck people’s yum. One could take the opportunity to discuss sexual objectification, but apparently that’s off the table.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
I have a complaint for sure, there wasn’t a slutty outfit for Adam. This is outrageous and unfair.
Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Gooner detected
prof@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Josh’s articles seem to be bangers most of the time.
SnortsGarlicPowder@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
41% is way less than I was expecting.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 month ago
I bet compared to the base game outfits it’s not even that high
terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
And this is a problem, why? Mods are from the community. It’s what they want to add or change in the game. You could probably get similar numbers for a lot of games.
Hell, forget Nexus, look at lovers lab (or don’t if you wanna stay pure lol).
itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
Just took a look on Nexus, and yeah… They’re down bad
datavoid@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Gooner is my word of the year for 2025, it’s an instant classic
Eggyhead@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
Conservatives should be banning mods if they’re banning books. Games are for children, right? Right???
KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
This is the same team that made Nikke they know exactly what kind of audience this game is pulling
PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
This is the best artictle title of this year too for sure. I love it.