a g*mer i know just posted about this with vitriol, and it really tickles me bc i met him on a site where the dominant viewpoint was "games are art actually, and they should be treated that way!" (don't bully me, this was like 15+ years ago now)
sometimes if you give children what they want, they will hate you for it
lmao p much, i hit him with the "yeah it's crazy that gamers flooded the earth with their collective shit over the mildest possible libfem critique after begging for games to be treated seriously for years" and he appreciated it about as much as a swift kick in the balls
a g*mer i know just posted about this with vitriol, and it really tickles me bc i met him on a site where the dominant viewpoint was "games are art actually, and they should be treated that way!" (don't bully me, this was like 15+ years ago now)
No, no, not THAT kind of criticism! The other kind!
lmao p much, i hit him with the "yeah it's crazy that gamers flooded the earth with their collective shit over the mildest possible libfem critique after begging for games to be treated seriously for years" and he appreciated it about as much as a swift kick in the balls
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christ this describes an uncomfortable number of people i know
"You have access to lifetimes of media but no literacy or curiosity to think about it" is a monkey's paw ass situation.
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They wanted all the respect and none of the criticism.
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