An Elder Scrolls Online Developer Was Allegedly Denied Health Coverage for Being Trans
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Faren was allegedly gaslit, deadnamed, and denied coverage for gender-affirming care while at the company...

Yes, I have played Bethesda games for decades, going all the way back to Elder Scrolls 1: Arena.

Yes, I play Elder Scrolls Online even to this day, though I am now reconsidering that.

That does not and should not have any consequence whatsoever when it comes to my, or anyone else's, opinion when it comes to how fucked up Bethesda/Zenimax are as corporations, and the corporate ownership at Microsoft for that matter.

My interest in Starfield has diminished significantly and the hype wave is already putting me off. Yes, it's only one individual's story and not the first from the company, but I'm not reddit-logo enough to LARP as a perfect logical machine that only does perfectly Rational(tm) calculations regarding whether I should care about something or not.

I expect Hexbear to have a lot of "let people enjoy things" discourse about Starfield in the upcoming weeks and months, and a lot of it will ride on the "everyone does these bad things in game development" thought terminating cliche that primarily serves as a palate cleanser so the consumer can avoid feeling as much guilt or disgust for what they're now consuming.

Fuck that.

And fuck that corporate empire.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      caring about it makes you an inconvenience, and being an inconvenience makes you a liability.

      Very similar brainworms wriggle around in freeze-gamer that claim that difficulty options or even accessibility options are a "waste of resources" and somehow threaten their treats.

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          1 year ago

          I see this shit everywhere, including here: "The way the game is intended to be played is Ultra Hardcore MLG Prepare To Die Edition and everyone in the world should play that way or they're having badwrongfun, also any attempt to have accessibility options takes away from the quality of my treats." wojak-nooo

          • autismdragon [he/him, they/them]
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            1 year ago

            I remember being shocked that there was a pushback against SF6's modern controls on this very website. It was only one person but still. I didn't expect it out of people who post on Hexbear.

            • UlyssesT [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              IT IS NOT THE WAY IT IS INTENDED TO BE PLAYED EVERYONE IN THE WORLD MUST PLAY THE WAY I DEMAND THEY PLAY frothingfash