‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/feb/16/bigotry-steam-pc-moderation-developers-speak-out
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/feb/16/bigotry-steam-pc-moderation-developers-speak-out
14 Comments
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 21 pts · 173d
Imagine getting upset because, fictional character in video game has a less restrictive personal gender expression then you deem acceptable.
We have a near infinite of games that revolve around committing violence an murder. But oh lord please heed us from these satanic developers expressing themselves trough their own artistic work.
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 173d
In other words, gamers are mad because pp ain't hard when playing with female character.
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 173d
Either that or its jealousy.
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 173d
On the plus side, those butthurt "antiwoke" curators are a great way to find cool games
ellypony@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 173d
That, and it's a genuine comedy goldmine. Microsoft Flight simulator and Garry's Mod are listed by the official woke detector steam curator. Their reasoning litterally sounds like a Key & Peele sketch.
mub@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 173d
Never heard of woke detector before so went and had a look. Omg it reads like satire, but unfortunately it isn't. Crazy.
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 173d
exactly, lmao. I read the article and ended up wishlisting one indie game they criticized for being "woke".
Thanks, incels.
RetroHax@feddit.org · 1 pts · 167d
Holy Shit what a Bunch of Time Wasting Idiots like urgh -.-
Imagine getting upset over non Gender Norm Characters or even gaps PLAYING AS A WOMAN?! D:
Oh no how can be i wanna play my Testorone Fully Pumped Man in my Video Game tho :(((((((((((((
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 173d
Maybe they could implement a filter system? "Do not ever show me games that use "them/they". "Never show me games where a black person is the protagonist" etc.
People shouldn't be like that, especially in a medium where double-jumping over a bipedal tortoise is normal, but if they care that deeply and wont change, I dont want to hear their opinions.
meta4@retrolemmy.com · 18 pts · 173d
Fuck that. Add bigotry filters to appease the bigots? No offense, but that's a terrible idea. These people need to get out of their ignorant bubbles, not have more tools to stay in them.
It's just as easy for you to skip reading their rants about a game as it is for them to not play the game in the first place.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 173d
Its less about appeasing them as it is giving them the options to fuck off. I'm already fed up of seeing games "spark controversy" as people review bomb them for being too woke. You accidentally fall for the bait and open a thread and you know all about the character customisation options and that its possible to romance the characters regardless of what gender you chose and how its indicative of a society that forces a broken doctrine of multicultural white guilt down your throat and you still haven't found out what genre of game it even is.
I know those cunts will just choose to do it anyway, but if we have the tools we can know for a fact, without any defence of it being forced on them, that they're seeking it out to troll and create outrage.
You tell them "just dont play it then" and theres a slight chance that they think theyre right, the games front and centre on the home page, blasting its rays of gay mind washing at them. If they've got the option to not even see it, they can fuck the fuck off.
AntiOutsideAktion@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 173d
4chan's /pol/ board was such a success for internet and real world culture that the strategy should be repeated
eldavi@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 173d
it is
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 173d
Dude, this would backfire so hard at Valve. I don't think this is a good idea at all 😂