Not at the moment, we have a discord but it's currently exclusive to writers/contributors and patrons beginning at the $5 tier.

You're writing that in bad faith if you're claiming that people are just arbitrarily searching for reasons to be mad, rather than indigenous represnetation in american culture being an actual topic that's rightfully talked about by indigenous groups.

@@alphasword5541 Unlike you, I made no claim about any specific person acting in bad faith. I speculated about why Josh seems to have changed his position. Again, the groups in the game are not indigenous groups. If you disagree, I'm willing to have a good faith discussion.

@@JonathanRossRogers The groups in Honest Hearts are still based on and function in the same way as many stereotypical representations of native americans. It's not an act of pure irreedeemable evil that they exist like that, but it's still a faux pas. It's equivalent to if you created a character or group in a piece of fiction that was based on anti-semitic tropes, but then removed the label of "Jew" - even if the intent isn't bad it would still be antisemitic. Because for all intents and purposes the stereotype has been fulfilled. Josh himself mentioned that an aspect of the groups in Honest Hearts' representation being poor is that they didn't actually end up representing them as multi-ethnic, what the end product was ends up mattering more when discussing this rather than it just existing as a factoid.

@@alphasword5541 First, I appreciate that you mention native Americans, though that label covers many groups with different histories. Which stereotypical representations are you referring to? AFAICT, the three main groups in Zion are quite distinct. The Sorrows are nearly pacifist. The White Legs are entirely oriented toward raiding and war. The Dead Horses are somewhere between those extremes. Is there any particular group in the real world that each could be associated with? More generally, Is it necessary to avoid all stereotypes when creating fictional characters or groups? For example, was it wrong to use Italian stereotypes to create the Omertas? What about the people that populate Arroyo in Fallout 2?

It's unfortunately somethimg he feels he probably needs to do given the state of the peoole in the games industry and the overton window swinging so far each year

Stellar Blade is a clear rip-off of the passion of the Virgin Mary.

of course you were. The game shows the Church in a horrific light and is based on the name of the rose, a thoroughly anti-catholic novel.

I agree that I would absolutely love to know how this happened. Good for y’all though, 174 subscribers and interviewing Josh Sawyer? Good get.

Sometimes you just take a shot and people respond to it! Josh had always seemed open to answering questions, so I figured there was nothing to lose asking him for an interview

@@pbnjustice5504 mad respect. Josh is the closest thing I have to a hero.

@@pbnjustice5504 thanks! And great job taking the time to gather thought provoking questions

Thank you guys for watching! We enjoyed thinking up these questions, and hope to be doing more like this in the future

I figured, it would be on the nose if he weren't. I was surprised to see those types in the writing religious characters well. I liked the Christian depiction in arches despite it being made by gay non-Christians. I think the ones who do it without nuance just do it out of their bad experience with religious people. I guess its important to be nice for that reason.

I was pretty sure before asking to interview him that this was the case! But considering how rich Pentiment and Honest Hearts are, I knew it'd be a fruitful discussion regardless of his personal beliefs

As a Catholic leftist Josh Sawyer is my goat you can tell he deeply values showing the authentic humanity in all people.

He's literally me

@@tacoman3725Why would you be a leftist Catholic? The first leftists(from the French Revolution) literally tried to replace the Catholic Church with the “Cult Of The Supreme Being”!

Hey, no guarantees! But current sentiment among the team suggests it will make a return :)

Context: 40:30

Thanks! It's difficult to keep up with the time sink that heavily edited videos can demand. Hopefully smaller things like this can help keep the channel more active. -Catoons

If you’re talking about the U.S., it was rated E10+ by the ESRB www.esrb.org/ratings/38489/Stray/

lol

@@catholicgamereviews Appreciate it, tho it was just an inside joke for Jose. We are good friends.

and so is your pfp