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By: Tony

Tony — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 01:34:36 +0000

It's a shame that the inevitable backlash towards this game occurred. But then again, what do you expect from Kotaku. If you really want to Go that route, it's hilarious that a grown man who says he doesn't mind fanservice games and has a tattoo of a scantily clad "anime" girl on his body critique the game while not playing the whole thing or knowing the backstory. He's baiting the pubic with such a lame review. Preaching to those who judge such games and condemning those who like these sort of games. Imagine if there was a "sex-positive transgender game" and people complained how disturbing/sick the subject matter is and how it's sexual agenda is blatantly in one's face. They'd point fingers while ignoring the hypocrisy. It's not real, it's fake. I hate Steven Universe but you don't see me nitpicking every little thing about it or judge it's message.

By: DS

DS — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 22:15:40 +0000

In reply to Fred. I'm not interested in trolling. I actually like these games. Complaining about their reception really does no good though.

By: Fred

Fred — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 18:42:17 +0000

In reply to DS. You mean 'become an unintelligent troll'. Thank God some people aren't interested in that.

By: DS

DS — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:02:30 +0000

In reply to Pete Davison. Go hang out on 4/8chan for a while, get the empathy burned out of you. You'll feel better about the net.

By: Pete Davison

Pete Davison — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:22:25 +0000

In reply to DS. Or, OR, maybe you could live and let live, not be a total cunt towards people who are into different things to you and just get on with your own thing. I'm not saying people who like SK or Japanese games in general are special. Quite the opposite. We don't want to be picked out by people who are unwilling to even attempt to understand what it is we find meaning in. And likewise, we don't have any desire to do the same to people who are into different things to us. Everyone has different tastes. Someone having different tastes to you doesn't make them a "freak show". However, if that is what you believe, that does make you an insensitive, intolerant asshole. Good day to you.

By: DS

DS — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 12:10:36 +0000

When you go to the freak show, you're not there to talk with the freaks. You point, laugh, and move on. They probably have tragic backstories and they're growing up in a community and blah blah no one cares. Point. Laugh. Move on.
When you go to fanfiction.net, you don't engage with that either. You dig up the shittiest, most Twilight-meets-Sonic fics you can find, post them somewhere, laugh at them, and move on.
Your fandom is not special. It is not absolved of being hilarious just because you find meaning in it.

By: judsgamereviews

judsgamereviews — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 03:40:59 +0000

I don't play these games myself, but can appreciate the titillating pics of the characters via Twitter that I see – some amusing, some risque, some coy, some twee, and some OTT. I do appreciate your steadfastly objective and subjective views on these games, and on the nature of the narratives and their affect on those playing and viewing the games. Carry on Pete . . . . 😀

By: Chris Caskie

Chris Caskie — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 23:16:07 +0000

In reply to Chris Caskie. Also, this just occurred to me from my old Kotaku community days . . . I'm pretty sure Fahey's wife either is, or at some point was an actual burlesque dancer. So if there's anybody who should understand that explorations of sexuality can be presented for entertainment value without necessarily being dirty, pornographic, or prurient, you would think that it'd be Fahey.

By: Chris Caskie

Chris Caskie — Wed, 16 Mar 2016 22:43:37 +0000

The thing that cracks me up most about this whole episode is that it was Fahey of all people who wrote the article. Fahey has a fucking tattoo of Etna from Disgaea. Etna is one of the most questionably designed characters in terms of her sexualized presentation in the game industry. I of course don't have a problem with that fact, per se, nor do I have a problem with Etna's design. But I do take issue with somebody who has a tattoo that, to a non-gamer, simply looks like a little girl in dominatrix gear, getting on his high horse about SK making him uncomfortable. These people are all a joke.