Who killed masculinity in videogames? | Asmongold Reacts

[@zachattack245]

I mean, we all know the quote. "People who used to make fun of you for playing video games are now in charge of designing them".

[@reapersasmr5483]

Facts ..

[@h3II0MN123]

And they still hate you..

[@krellin]

where is that quote from?

[@destytayzo77]

Same with anime

[@lv1543]

@@krellin basic observation and pattern recognition

[@TurtleChad1]

Why are video games not masculine anymore? Shows developer staff Oh, now I know why

[@eugkra33]

There is no way that is all the developers on the game. They obviously had a group photo with only the women from the office. The majority of the people working in the gaming industry are still men, even if a lot of the narratives are more and more driven by an agenda driven by white liberal women. this entire video really feels like a propaganda piece.

[@AlexWayne-jc7pv]

It looks like fake honestly. Hiring an all-women team of software developers is not an easy task. And i dont think they would even be able to finish any proper game

[@OttoTtt]

I think the point of those photos was to feature female staff of the companies. It is not like it is all of their companies.

[@Red-hot_Pyro]

An absolute “🐱” fest 🤣

[@jonathanmarkham1998]

Definitely gone a bit over the top with the quotas for sure.

[@Defixio.]

"shadowbringers was written by a woman". A Japaneese woman who wasn't engaged in western deconstructionism as a religious ideology.

[@mramisuzuki6962]

Also women typically write a lot of the “novelization” of stories in Japanese video games. This isn’t rare it’s actually extremely common.

[@boocackeedquackhead8454]

Also not a general room of women, which everybody knows would lead to differences in the media being made, hence the recorded data of what media appeals to what consumer and the average employee at these studios prior to affirmative action decisions, but god forbid you spell it out in the context of videogames, and specifically the video game market of AAA violence where the majority demographic is male and the majority of the people who outwardly oppose its existence look exactly like the picture shown. Don't worry though you can still make fun of ideas like having a bunch of straight men make decisions on women's make up and fashion, but don't point out the bad experience as a consumer that comes with affirmative action hires of people who typically have different choices of entertainment and look like the ones calling your games gross and sexist on twitter.

[@mramisuzuki6962]

@@boocackeedquackhead8454 Fashion Dreamer series is made by men.

[@boocackeedquackhead8454]

@@mramisuzuki6962 good to know but why are you telling me this?

[@noxplay4906]

Deconstructionism? More like, deconstructing reality!

[@VotePaineJefferson]

Game developers deserve to go bankrupt if they can't make a decent game that gamers actually want to play. That's called capitalism.

[@lolwillow188]

yeah but your forgetting that gamers are one of the worst demographics when it comes to excorcizing their purchasing power, and are often times children telling their parents what to purchase...

[@VotePaineJefferson]

@@lolwillow188 IF you don't like it, don't buy it, and tell your friends and family not to buy it either. Beyond that, there's not much you can do about a game you don't like, unless you happen to give it a bad review on some other platform. Bad games are allowed to compete against good games. That's called having a marketplace of ideas.

[@StephanieHallberg]

Watchdogs 2 did a great game. but it had characters being not fully-fledged masculine. The helmet with emojis in WD2 was pr9b thr first time people saw that. it introduced lots of clever things but in natural progression.

[@Yourfat247]

@@lolwillow188that’s not true as children are told by parents what is available to buy. Also music is the worst demographic

[@PanzerShrek94]

And you wonder why these are the same kind of people that hate capitalism?

[@mrtango1824]

He didnt say women he said liberal women.

[@funkymunky7935]

There's a big difference between a liberal and a socialist

[@hellleon]

@Joseph11441 what the fuck?

[@snowstorm9310]

@@hellleon It's a bot. I've seen the same thing from a few different accounts across the website for the past few weeks.

[@killakilla4412]

All women are liberal dude

[@slick3996]

ah yes, the great republican women such as uhmmmm or maybe even ermmmm

[@latinEU]

"Why do grown men like to play videogames? For the same reason women like make-up. It's a nice little escape from reality."

[@martinpadilla5224]

😂😂😂

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

And sometimes it's a very big escape from reality... (for the gor1s who wear makeup that is)

[@stevenyee1055]

The ones that hate us wear make up to mask their contempt.

[@pralayaryan]

😂😂😂 epic

[@FazeParticles]

Guilty is charged 😂❤

[@PickleMonster5565]

Also to the game dev’s that hate gamers. We need a viral message to them saying “if you hate your customers, why are you in this industry making a mess. Get out. We don’t like you either.”

[@asdfbeau]

they're in gaming because they can't get paid to draw/write themselves into stories anywhere else

[@AbraCaStabra]

They have the power. They don't care what you want/think.

[@denkerbosu3551]

​@@AbraCaStabra yeah, they have the power to flop a game and lose their company money, to the point of shutting down like the Saints Row reboot devs, Volition. Stay coping

[@AbraCaStabra]

@@denkerbosu3551 Wtf do you think I'm coping about? The pendulum has only just started to swing the other direction, and there are still tons of these types of people in the industry. Video games and Hollywood might be starting to learn, but we ain't there yet, and the über lefties are still in power at all of these institutions.

[@AbraCaStabra]

@@denkerbosu3551 Explain how I'm coping.

[@Vestu]

That's why DOOM series and games like Space Marine 2 feel like an oasis in the desert and we buy.

[@Vo1kfang]

Can we talk about how these hyper-sexualized goons can't understand a non-romantic relation between people? "Sam and Frodo just have to be gay because I can't understand 2 guys having a deep brotherly bond." Kinda goons.

[@patrickboian8545]

Yeah they need to keep that bullshit on fanfiction websites.

[@iguran6035]

I mean just look at supernatural fans shipping sam and dean literally brothers....

[@lotondlegovachy1791]

Indeed, what's even more tragic, is that you can absolutely write a deep bond between two dudes, and between two women. You can also make it work between a man and a woman as well. Not every story has to be strictly romantic for the sake of it.

[@metallboy25]

Same with Deadpool

[@RantGodOfficial]

I can't help but think of the scene from Clerks II 😂

[@anyoneanyone28]

If you think masculine games are propaganda for war, then what do games portraying weak submissive men represent?

[@MALICEM12]

based noticer

[@elongatedsedation324]

They'll probably say "Peace" but in reality, it's just getting taken over and killed. War is usually between two groups ready to fight in order to fend off or conquer the other, it's hardly ever just mindless violence without purpose, although it can be. To fend off the other and attain peace, however, you require the ability to commit violence, for which you need strong men. If you don't have the capability for violence while you're being attacked, now there's only one group ready to conquer, and another group incapable of defending itself, a group of victims. If they believe games pushing for strong and masculine men is propaganda for war, then they should also think that liking games with weak and submissive men and pushing for them is propaganda for being incapable of defending yourself, they are advocating being ravaged and murdered.

[@AhmedMalaki]

If I said it I will be cancelled But it’s a people and community that starts with g

[@jkvltra804]

Not only that but the example Asmond gave was literally about a man disregarding a war to help an individual that was on the other side of it. What kind of military would propagandize by glorifying a soldier ignoring their duty to help someone on the other side?

[@MALICEM12]

@@jkvltra804 very true, it would be considered treason

[@Nerdtendo6366]

The lack of fucks given in the original video and his ability to just speak his mind is so great Edit: Ight so AndyPantsGaming did a big stupid and issued a false copyright claim. I still stand by my original comment but I definitely think what he did was stupid as hell

[@uykuykuykkuhkhukuh]

Yea that was the way people used to be before we had a crusade where people cancel whoever speaks their mind

[@vohbe]

It was so refreshing hearing a video where someone isn’t scared to just state their damn opinion. It’s impossible nowadays without being called every buzz word out there

[@-Oittz-]

future generations will think less of us. reality is that we are silenced.

[@uykuykuykkuhkhukuh]

@@-Oittz- Yup 100%

[@-Oittz-]

@@uykuykuykkuhkhukuh makes you wonder how much of our history is true.

[@L4M4B1EST]

"Go woke go broke" fact.

[@seductiveraven4895]

not true, overwatch and apex legends didn't go broke

[@carpathiandevil]

​​@@seductiveraven4895yeah but theyre sure arent doing as well as they were before all the DEI stuff started. Overwatch was way bigger before. Also, just look at Overwatch 2 vs 1 on opening day. People in general are over it.

[@seductiveraven4895]

@@carpathiandevil yes but overwatch isn't doing as good, not because they have a gay character, but because they promised stuff and didn't deliver plus really bad development.

[@carpathiandevil]

@@seductiveraven4895 it's not just the gay character stuff, it's also the toning down of the female characters like Tracer and adding the butch female character and the gay character. I'm sure the not delivering on promises was also part of it, I admit....but concord is a perfect example of people being tired of the ideologies and uglification. At the end of the day, like Asmond says, the majority of gamers want to see hot chicks and cool dudes.

[@Mushie_G]

What if I told you that not every game has to be marketed to you? You are free to ignore them and let them crumble, but most "woke" games are the most played. ITs rare that a edgy game gets publicity. Wukong, Space Marine 2, Helldivers show that both demographics can succeed in todays market alongside the "woke" titles.

[@realitycheck6333]

Not only do they hate gamers, they hate the game developers that have come before them. It's not just a lack of respect or appreciation for the people that made the game industry what it is today (or what it was a decade ago), it's a full blown disdain for them and a desire to destroy what they've created. Entitlement, narcissism, and complete b***h mode feminism.

[@Diogo85]

Where is the confirmation that they hate gamers?

[@realitycheck6333]

@@Diogo85 I'm referring specifically to the people being referenced in this video, not all game devs, the "unholy alliance" between game journos and liberal developers is pretty accurate. Also I guess it would be more accurate to say they hate straight male gamers, but that is the majority of the consumer base whether they want to admit it or not. And if you need confirmation of their hatred of those gamers it's not hard to find, either directly from their mouths in videos, on their social media, in the articles they write, or with the pretty blatant agenda that has become a central theme to the games they work on.

[@colby8104]

​@Diogo85 It's a very wide known thing.

[@scrow7752]

@@Diogo85 to quote a reply to another comment: "basic observation and pattern recognition"

[@MTGHedgefund]

Scared?

[@gejsalociN]

ppl giving too much room to a 0.1% of "gamers" rather than the 99.9% that are actually gamers

[@Oni-Di]

Problem with this statement is, hard-core gamers are NOT actually the majority of the gaming populace.

[@Gris-da-grison]

Hetero males is not 99%. Every lgbtqia person I knows is a pretty hard core gamer as well as all their friends.

[@alaricpumani5372]

And how much non lgbt hardcore game you know?r​@@Gris-da-grison

[@Gris-da-grison]

@@alaricpumani5372 good point! Most folks I know are part of the community. But my family (3 brother/3 cousins) are what id consider hetero hardcore gamers. I'd definitely say the percentage is hugely minority but not 99.9 to . 01 lol

[@alaricpumani5372]

@@Gris-da-grison well for all the players I know few are part of the LGBT, meet new gamers you'll find something else than LGBT so yeah pretty close to less than 1%

[@MacKeenziie]

I think Bill Burr nailed it when he said: "Women dont want their own shit. They want our shit."

[@radiantveggies9348]

Perfect

[@andrewyachovitz6749]

Literally perfect way to put it

[@Ballsackeruuuuuu]

It goes for women’s football/soccer, they want to take the men’s viewer ship instead of naturally making their own

[@creatorsfreedom6734]

no more boy scout's

[@McNab1986]

@@Ballsackeruuuuuu Don''t help that the majority of women don't like football, so they don't even have a very big fan base to draw from, so yet again we gotta do it for them or it's unfair

[@JudgeConviction]

Here from the future, Black Myth just proved another "they try to cancel the game, it gets stronger." I'm sensing a pattern here gamers.

[@phr3ui559]

what happened

[@mccorcky5986]

@@phr3ui559 who tf tried to cancel black myth?

[@bigshrekhorner]

@@mccorcky5986 People who believe mistranslated IGN articles

[@ItsB3enLikeThis]

Nobody is trying to cancel Black Myth lol

[@64_jhex]

Lol are the previous commenters live in a rock? or are they Bots?

[@gandalfknecht2251]

surely is a weird time.. men are told what real men are by women who never even had a father.

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

I fell off my chair and into earth's core, because of how based your comment is.

[@mattmattmatt131313]

"A generation of men raised by women. I'm wondering if another woman is really the answer we need."

[@k.w.g7058]

@@nocturnaljoe9543 that might be your weight buddy time to loose some

[@nocturnaljoe9543]

@@k.w.g7058 I'm in better shape than over 90% of people in europe. And people here are not as fat as americans.

[@ResidentRaccoon]

@@k.w.g7058 ​ here's a tissue, bud... and it's 'lose', genius

[@_Caedwyn]

one of the best, golden quotes of all time is from asmon "people want escapism, people dont want to look like THAT, if they wanted to see that they would go to wallmart"

[@Golden_SnowFlake]

That's not a Golden Quote, that's an Asmon quote... geeze.

[@IncryptDubstep]

@@Golden_SnowFlake he literally said 'from asmon' wtf are you on about

[@SirVH]

@@Golden_SnowFlake I see what you did there

[@kenobieost5476]

​@@Golden_SnowFlake it's an asmongolden quote

[@Taylor-tb8wz]

@IncryptDubstep read his name Einstein

[@GurtiusMaximus]

They killed it everywhere not just video games

[@vinayingle342]

lack of real male role models is the issue tbh

[@GurtiusMaximus]

@@vinayingle342 Which another reason why Donald Trump is so appealing. I’m not even claiming he’s a man’s man But he’s a bulldozer is a woke China shop.

[@artistryspectrum512]

Monopoly went woke. Magic... even beer. Lol. Even corn went gei 😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅😅

[@GurtiusMaximus]

@@artistryspectrum512 so the question we must ask is what does masculinity defeat?

[@pralayaryan]

​​@@GurtiusMaximus it defeats woke mentally

[@meidesuwa5262]

Does anyone really believe making gears of war about women is going to make women like the series? Just make a good game that targets the people who play the game.

[@janisir4529]

Probably not, it's still the exact same violent bloodbath. But in the defense of Gears 4 and 5, the locusts having a queen was always canon, so having a female character to explore that more fits in the lore. I won't blame you if you like Marcus more over Kait, but she ain't that bad.

[@tateselection7822]

Marcus and dom.. what a duo that was

[@fishnutz5196]

110% but tbh i thought Kate was pretty well done with the way she ties into Myrah but yeah i miss Delta and the boys. But also women were already represented well in Gears with Anya being a big player in Gears 2 and even being playable in Gears 3

[@stephenhughes5156]

​@janisir4529 Locusts are a different species though lol.

[@janisir4529]

@@stephenhughes5156 The swarm evolved from locusts.

[@wombatillo]

There is some masculinity still in games. The jawlines and chestlines of several female protegonists are definitely at least testosterone allied.

[@KT22672]

That’s because the modern dumb dei developers are unable to change core aspects of the game engine since they have no technical understanding of how it works

[@_SUPERN0VA_]

🤣

[@pocketvices]

Lmao. Zarya is cool tho

[@SizemoreMusic]

This is why Stellar Blade is called "grossly sexualized," but you can show Abby in LOU2 getting fudge packed and it's not an issue.

[@Belmont1714]

Gta 6 Lucia. That's the Jaw titan for you.

[@shenkk8357]

wait so ubisoft is doing all this DEI things in their games.. but they're like 90% white women, 10 asian women and a transgender Wednesday?

[@hadesgoncalves983]

@shenlkk8357 you're fucking right 😂

[@SWOTHDRA]

Hypocrites they are ~ yoda

[@Asymmetrical-Saggin]

Lmfao im ded bro

[@borsho9889]

You started notice it now? They have already like 10 years doing this.

[@asdfbeau]

yes. That's the joke: 'diversity' is an upper-middle-class/white issue- it always has been. Everyone else is struggling to survive, while pampered YT karens-in-training complain at us to alleviate their YT guilt.

[@whiskeyniner6416]

These game companies have forgotten the two main cores of gaming. Fun and Escapism.

[@Alastorm8]

Worse than that. They've forgotten the basic fundamentals of running a business. This is the equivalent of a Harley Davidson dealership where the salesman hates your guts, verbally abuses you and sells exclusively bright pink bikes with hello kitty decals. AAA is going to collapse and by the time they figure out how dumb they've been it'll be too late to course correct.

[@ThatCapnGeech]

I agree, but now add a dash of nostalgia (not too much)

[@KNByam]

Escapism is why I play. It's why my favorite genre in movies is Sci-Fi.

[@yashjoseph3544]

@@KNByam You do realize Sci-Fi touches on a lot of social and political issues. I bet you never watched Star Trek and The Matrix.

[@kaapokoodaa]

They haven't forgotten anything. They know exactly what they're doing. Henry Ford tried to warn us.

[@DjimonMoz]

34:20 "It's like they're written by people who wish that everything their parents told them growing up wasn't true." That's a tragically accurate way of putting it.

[@MysteriousStranger50]

It’s weird masculinity is seen as inherently bad and gatekeeping women out of places when, ignoring the fact you can just make games for women, it implies it’s women who have an issue with masculinity and are therefore sexist. I don’t have an issue playing a game that’s fun just because it has female protagonists or feminine themes, so why is it not the same the other way around and why is it everyone else’s issue?

[@siema14123]

Instead of making games for women they change men games into women games. They don't want their own games, they want YOUR games. I have no idea why but It seems like women just hate seeing guys enjoying things

[@noxplay4906]

I don't have a problem with masculinity. Strong, masculine, virtuous men in history were warriors, inventors, pioneers, explorers, great generals and leaders of great movements of justice. Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Nelson Mandela, George Washington, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Otto von Bismarck, Jesus, Martin Luther King Jr., Buddha, Constantine the Great, all of these men changed the world, and were masculine as all heck

[@bhumibolrushing7830]

They're the same ones who preach about safe spaces yet they'll let men play women sports

[@PhilippeLachance]

I don't mind female protagonist It was never an issue the issue is that now everygame is gay. That's it no more or very few masculine games That's the issue. I don't care playing as a woman in tomb raider the games were cool or horizon but even if it's a female main characters the game is not made for women only. I don't even mind having a lesbian or a gay guy in the story as long as the focus is not on their sexuality. I don't like movies for women or lbgt movies they're not for me but I don't hate them. And It's ok if you like men only games and it's ok some men like girl only games but it's doesn't have to impact everygames now and push politics in it just because it's "toxic masculinity" like you said you still play masculine games so there's no issue in making games for men with masculine men you'll still play them so why making the change in the first place? Let Saintsrow be Saintsrow. God of war be god of war. Tomb raider be tomb raider, feminine games be feminine, barbie be barbie, etc.etc... and they will be no problem. Don't try to appeal to a audience who wasn't the target in the first place.

[@CertifiedSadBoy]

They know that female oriented games don't sell. Gaming is still a male majority hobby. I believe they don't care about gender anymore when making games. They make games with a target ages in mind specifically. This is why kids games are the biggest market now and gaming in general has become less adult. They insert lgbt agendas into games because they know kids don't care about those things so they can get away with it. Companies have to meet diversity quotas so the lgbt employees don't sue and cause bad press.

[@Exitium696]

There is a term for when a characters gender is their whole personality: Bad writing

[@katiemac546]

I believe that term would be narcissistic personality disorder.

[@Exitium696]

@@katiemac546 That's true, but I was talking about fictional characters and not real people. Although if you put it that way, you could make that work having a villain and/or side character with narcissistic personality disorder being one of their traits (just not their only trait).

[@thepowerofsand6180]

​​@markstein2845 is every man you meet very masculine? If being masculine is your main personality trait, you're boring. Your gender shouldn't be your personality

[@Bashbekersjiw]

​@markstein2845 a gay can be masculine

[@JamesGrim08]

​@@Bashbekersjiwsure but it's rare, and seems forced just about everywhere it's tried

[@darkultra9605]

Boys, how many times have we seen it now in modern media, where there's a strong masculine warrior and it just happens to be a female.

[@wizzscout959]

The thing when it’s executed right it’s sooo good. But 99% of time it’s sooooooo fucking ASSSSS

[@ssebasgoo]

In alien, it was so good that it became a classic.

[@artistryspectrum512]

​ @wizzscout959 It's unrealistic for the most part. I think the only believable woman that can actually fight is Gina Cerano, she was amazing in fight scenes.... 👏

[@ComicGladiator]

@@wizzscout959 Its never good or authentic. Ever.

[@leonnunhofer3453]

​@@ssebasgooYes, but that's different, because Ripley wasn't a Mary Sue, f.e. she had PTSD. She also had qualities of a mother. Just look how she cared for this girl. She is a strong woman, not a girlboss, and that's why it worked great 🤷‍♂️

[@AvaaSlays_Swiftie]

Notice how any popular male game character always has a daughter.

[@HyborianYT]

Kratos has a son.

[@camilorodriguez5602]

thats not a new one tho, i would say its one of the oldest clichés

[@stephenhughes5156]

​@@HyborianYTBut he has a wife that is more alpha than he is lol.

[@giakhanhvn2mc]

@@HyborianYTKratos had a daughter

[@RyuuMurasaki]

Not really true tho, i mean Cal Kestis, Jason Brody, Vaas Montenegro etc, they all didnt had a Daughter/Son, but they had a Good Character and a Girl/ Sister on there side, so pretty much to make a Male character Popular, you also need good Writing and a Female counterpart imo.

[@Tungar111-mv2hw]

"You can't write a story about how your parents were wrong" God this is such a good line, a true poet of our time.

[@MsSovereign1214]

the lead writer of acylote self admitted she wrote it as therapy for her dad issues

[@Tungar111-mv2hw]

@@MsSovereign1214 how the fuck do these people get these jobs

[@perilousintent2936]

Entertainment appeals to the the fantasy. Not political stuff that happens in real life. Yes, its how it's presented. You can have a gay character and be written well. But most of these characters aren't. They seem forced. It's not only that. How do you make a gay character appeal to the audience when majority of people in US are straight? We can't appeal to those we cannot understand. Even if you are gay. Try getting a straight person to understand how a gay persons love story feels like. A story puts you the reader or watcher in the shoes of the character. And it's very difficult to put a person who's straight into the shoes of a gay person. We don't understand.

[@haraldbredsdorff2699]

I mean, you can. You can make a story about how your parents helped you get a job. And then you try something different and shine. Or a story where you are the brother that the parents ignored because they thought the other sibling would be the one who become somebody. And then a situation comes up where you need to save the situation. It is pretty easy. Problem is that these writers, can not tell a basic story.

[@Bulettenmann]

Creativity has alway been a tool to work through ones traumata and the relationship to your parents can be the source of alot of deep trauma. Also writing a story about overcoming your parents is right there at the base of modern storytelling when Zeus and his siblings take on his father Kronos and the other titans. Realising your parents are just normal people and not gods is a common trope, especially in coming-of-age-stories. Its when you realise they are vulnerable or, get this, not infallible, can make mistakes and can be wrong. Also, you don't know what a poet is.

[@ZeallustImmortal]

Reminder: The hero in Fable being ugly is literally lore breaking. You can not be a good person and be ugly in the Fable universe. Your physical attractiveness is directly based on your morality.

[@secretname2670]

I believe here is where the woke crowd stops caring about the lore

[@snailthelostcow63]

Perfect example of "everything is so safe nowadays"

[@muneshxge]

B-but muh message

[@xTheReapersSpawn]

Just like real life amirite? /s

[@ByteSizedGamer]

If they don't have the morality-appearance system I'm gonna riot

[@Morizzey]

as a woman 100% agree, there can be good female protags (that are cool too!) but these ppl always make them political, liberal, "girlbosses", often just very very annoying and rude...and gay so bring back manly games normal male protags are awesome too and i dont think anyone even hates playing them except anita sarkeesian and her ilk...which is maybe 0.1% of gamers

[@MagnusBellatorr]

Most of them aren't even gamers. Pretty sure Anita admitted in an interview she had never played games before lol. Messing things up with politics was literally just a job for her. It worked, she earned a lot of money for it. The more ways she could discover to interpret something as sexist/racist, the more people hired her for crazy sums of money.

[@caorsi]

Thank you. I agree.

[@KookoCraft]

“as a woman”

[@vawkwardbat]

I agree

[@sup3414]

How are they "girlbosses"?

[@Valtron771]

Blackrock and vanguard. Check stock portfolios of triple a studios they always pop up and destroy them. They did it to games workshop recently

[@vincestapels2022]

I can answer that! Blackrock and Vanguard...

[@RainedOnParade]

Jews

[@Red-hot_Pyro]

What’s backrock?? I’m interested.

[@Valkrill]

Tell em coach 👏

[@jsmithy643]

​​@@RainedOnParade Ayo 💀 FAX! 🗿

[@mr.christopher79]

​@@RainedOnParadebingo

[@tommy0con2]

the biggest issue with the devs for most games these days is they are terminally online. they have not had a REAL interaction with a normal person in years(approaching decades now) they can only create 2 characters, either themselves or the empty soulless caricatures they pontificate about on twitter, knowing nothing about them other than what equipment they have and who they sleep with.

[@YandereDevSings]

That’s deep

[@metallboy25]

Well, they consider themselves to be normal. 🤷

[@MagcargoMan]

@@tommy0con2 Meanwhile, people who spend their free time watching culture wars videos totally have a healthy social life.

[@tommy0con2]

@@MagcargoMan you do know that would mean you as well...

[@XablazedX]

@@MagcargoMan lol, projection.

[@drakealexander6668]

Fcking consulting companies making strawman conflicts to shape the way video games are made.

[@Marinealver]

All getting funded by Blackrock, and the World Socialists Forum

[@Anonymous-mp2ln]

And grift millions doing it.

[@metallboy25]

They dont do it on their own. Investment firms make companies to do it. And if they dont comoly, they wont get their investment.

[@MagcargoMan]

What strawmen exactly?

[@drakealexander6668]

@@MagcargoMan - Lack of representation in video games - Gamers being this group of people that we need to change for "the better" - Video game stories that represent society All nonsensical ideas

[@hanchiman]

Honestly, even back then when rare games that was written and made by a woman like Jane Jensen or Roberta Williams, their main characters was male who was really good written, but they were mostly Point and Click adventure that rely on a good written script

[@picsandpencils]

As a girl/teen I loved playing the first 3 gears of war. I never needed or wanted to play a female in the game, it was scary enough being a man against the monsters. Marcus and dom were inspiring, and I cried every time I completed it

[@Redcloudsrocks]

yup, and as a boy/teen I loved to play girly or cozy games AND manly games because they were good games. the perfect version of this was jrpg's where you goth BOTH girls and boys, fathers and mother and villains and heroes intermingling their emotions, cooking meals and killing monsters and solving puzzles.

[@husky3g]

@@Redcloudsrocks It really makes you think. As a young teen, I fantasized about every "attractive" video game woman from every story. They make every female character "non-binary"/gay/masculine now. There's no attraction for straight men (99% of men) for most female protagonists anymore. Men like feminine women and women (by-and-large) like masculine men. These companies keep making games nobody wants to buy.

[@Als749]

❤

[@ZergleJerk]

RIP Carmine, Carmine II, and Carmine III-V.

[@simeonwashington8592]

​@@husky3gplease name all the masculine non binary female heroes. Female shepard was straight. The new alien game had a hot girl Yes they were Lesbians but the last of us girls looked cute. Far Cry had some good looking females. Like what big budget game are you talking about?

[@roberts3423]

We almost got a DEI hire in our industrial workplace. They wanted to put this tiny woman on a large press machine, were even the men complain of heavy lifting. She gave up after a week.

[@MWBalls]

Different types of people naturally gravitate towards and are naturally suited for certain types of jobs. Go to a grocery store. There will be "diverse" women in the deli, less "diverse" women in the bakery, very likely zero women in the meat department. And the "men" working in the jewelry department look a lot different then the ones cutting meat. DEI is unnatural and tries to shove people into positions they are not naturally suited for or qualified for.

[@Cardan011]

Damn she lasted a whole week?

[@ketothor]

I look at it like she survived a week. If the guys are complaining thats a dead woman walking

[@koktszfung]

I feel like she was hired to prove a point

[@Tetrathegod]

aw maaaan arent we equal why she giving up hahahahahhahahaha

[@funkymunky7935]

Propaganda is the main problem. Games are now being used to push propaganda

[@vinayingle342]

that's the actual issue

[@EskilBagge]

What are you talking about, its not just now. Like that sins the start

[@Pursu777]

To be fair this is the same thing, just in an opposite direction.

[@leonnunhofer3453]

Media always was used for propaganda. Just look at James Bond, or games after 9/11. The problem now is, it's used for woke propaganda, and people can relate to James Bond, it's for over 90% of people, but woke stuff is just for a few percent, so it fails and people hate it 🤷‍♂️

[@leonnunhofer3453]

​@@Pursu777I agree, they changed it from making propaganda 90% of people agree with to making propaganda just a few percent of people can relate to.

[@Chemike21]

its not just videogames. Its literally every indeustry and aspect of society. We used to call this fascism and brainwashing.

[@VRGamingTherapy]

Tired of having EVERYTHING exploiting sexuality as if nothing else matters.

[@noxplay4906]

Ikr? Why not make games about honor, virtue, courage, family, overcoming adversity, uniting together, altruism, nobility, honesty, integrity, and all that good stuff?

[@resentfuldragon]

@@noxplay4906 Its also ironic that they portray gamers as hateful to other cultures, when some of the greatest games were steeped in the lore of other cultures. Take assassin's creed for example, whose first setting and whole story is based off of the middle east's nizari assassin order. Zero complaints about wokeness then.

[@justingovas415]

​​@@resentfuldragonbecause people bitching about wokeness was bitching about something else back then. People who bitch will always find something to bitch about. Shadows is fine get over it

[@rRekko]

@@noxplay4906 you forgot about making just some bizarre fun shit, stuff like earthworm jim or pizza tower. Just random funny nonsense that's fun to play.

[@Tetrathegod]

@@justingovas415I bitch about wokeness since 2018-19 and I’ve never bitched about anything else before this. Wokeness is just too much

[@wewlad598]

"It's not about telling a good story, it's about validating themselves." Exactly.

[@DieHuntsmanShow]

This is why movies like, John Wick, The Grey Man, The Equalizer etc are so popular. We need the battle, to feel like the hero and fight for something more important than ourselves.

[@larsthemartian9554]

It's true. A lot of dudes have an innate love for violent action. I know I do lol

[@Techtonix954]

LET'S ADD DEADPOOL AND WOLVERINE TO THAT LIST!!!

[@martinlopez2816]

Wow... that's pathetic and cringe 🤭

[@DieHuntsmanShow]

@@martinlopez2816 maybe to you guy. But as someone who's interviewed over 50 men, it's a common thread. Men, real men, are called to lay down their lives for those around them. I'm not saying those movies are good, I'm saying it's what resonates with men, even if it is extreme examples.

[@lancewilson5980]

​@@martinlopez2816you're an AI, you don't get opinions

[@ultimaofelsewhere]

The customer is always right in matters of taste.

[@123Handbuch]

Before all that DEI crap, I never thought of race etc.. I played SSX and saw the black dude with dreadlock and was like "Hehe he's dope, dreadlocks and shit", fav char. Now everytime you see something like that you instantly think "Oh here comes the politics"

[@camraid9]

It's the whole point. Division.

[@courtneyharris1006]

yup. People LOVED tell tales the walking dead game. The main characters were a black man and a young blackgirl. No one gave a shit, those characters brought us to tears. Now when we see these characters in a trailer its like smelling shit before laying eyes out it, everyone just clears the room.

[@_MaZTeR_]

There's also Crysis. Or Crysis 2 and 3 specifically. Those games reek masculinity and have a black guy as the lead character. The thing is that the games aren't about some stupid social commentary, it's about blowing the aliens the hell back to their own galaxy. I'm glad Crytek has nothing to do with EA because they'd bastardize it into another bullshit game with an extremely safe direction let alone the fact that the optimization would be down to hell. Crysis 3 was already leaning more into the open world trope games were devolving into back in the early 2010s.

[@ARandomLetterA]

Its not just the dreads, but the killmonger hairstyle too.

[@NicotheMerchant]

Facts

[@ericoftheotherworld1525]

Dang, as soon as he said “fat white liberal woman” I couldn’t hold back my laughter, straight to the point 🤣🤣🤣

[@Lazydino59]

Honestly could’ve ended the video there

[@SemperValor]

Nothing but facts I appreciate that.

[@drumlion2005]

😅😅

[@skxlter5747]

Ghost of tsushima was another masculine adrenaline filled game in the last 4 years

[@zichithefox4781]

There really are still good games with good masculine virtues and morals, hell even good feminine virtues. The thing is, they're buoys floating in a growing ocean of propaganda.

[@miguelgonzalez6495]

And they had great female characters that were good. Like Asmon said, it’s how the characters are written. But also, how they are designed. Stellar Blade had a hot protagonist and she kicked ass. Good game too.

[@thekreativeculture9642]

They put a lesbian couple in it. Its also gone woke

[@sirpieman300]

@@thekreativeculture9642 Thats not how this works

[@Seraphina_FF14]

@@miguelgonzalez6495 I love pretty much everyhing in Stellar Blade. Such a great game. The different endings also just scream "Part two when?!"

[@stevendouglas3781]

I’m a gamer myself, but it’s wild so many think that this is some niche issue affecting their hobby. This is the world now, guys.

[@FanSeitz]

0:06 Yes that's true.

[@alz397]

🤣

[@PatLund]

I don't really play any Blizzard games. What is he referring to when he says that?

[@FanSeitz]

@@PatLund Maybe Overwatch, or there could be a game that released close to before it, he's alluding to.

[@Skennedy-n7m]

U mean 0:04

[@bmc3301]

Here’s a hint. It’s the same people every time, in every country throughout history

[@xxnihloxx]

The complex and true answer to the question is Blackrock, vanguard and statestreet did. Aka our true owners of the nation. Their ESG scores dictate which political narrative the companies follow. Gaming and all other things died the moment republic/ democracy and capitalism died. It's so strange to see people blame "capitalism" as the reason things happen. They either ignore or don't understand how we are no longer an economically capitalist society. Capitalism was meant to create competitive situations, to drive up the quality of an item or service and lower the price of it, while also driving up the wages of workers. That isn't a thing anymore because our government is in bed with corporations. The one job the government had when it came to the economy was to break up monopolies and that isn't a thing anymore and hasn't been for decades.

[@asdfbeau]

gaming was feminized before any of these players were on the scene. Every single "i just like to look at their ass" non-gamer/tourist contributed to the elevation of the female figure over the hero's journey. It's the irony of the whole situation: masculinity died, in gaming, the minute the most-masculine men started playing them. It's the same cycle with everything: 'normies' ruin interesting hobbies.

[@SWOTHDRA]

True

[@20puskinas1992]

Esg thing should be completely demolished. Its basicaly like mafia organisation and politicians are doing nothing.

[@OlekDeejay]

Bingo! Winner! Winner! This is the correct answer!

[@asdfbeau]

these games were feminized before any of these players were on the scene. Feminization and normalization are the same things. Every 'i just like to look at the main characters ass' tourist/CoD/madden-er opened the door for another tourist, eventually attracting the hordes of 'normal' people, who ruin _every_ hobby.

[@makeupminx6103]

I'm a girly girl and I love playing as the male protagonists! So no, not even us girls want "girl bosses" or feminized men in their video games.

[@cosmossci4883]

Tbf he said liberal women which definitely overwhelmingly have a hatred for masculinity.

[@Rrrr101-x9l]

I mean there’s clearly nothing wrong with having a variety lol. Girl bosses are dope asf a lot of the times.

[@Ansalion]

Haven't you heard? People want characters they can relate to in their games. That's why dudes want to play manly men characters! Stop going against the narrative!

[@toametru]

you are a based lady then and I salute you o7

[@brokenhanz-o4m]

Sarah Connor is a girl boss that I can root for as a straight man. She’s endearing, has a great backstory, and knows her limits as a female despite the odds stacked against her favor with gigachad Schwarzenegger chasing after her. I love stories that aren’t afraid to explore weaknesses of the main character. Some of the best shows like Good Time, Mr Robot, and Fight Club really explore those weaknesses and it makes for compelling storytelling. They just have really dumb writers at these media corporations nowadays. One could argue it’s a side effect of gen z and millennial brainrot. I really related to Asmon calling out the millennial generation (my generation) for being antisocial and inauthentic. Inauthentic obnoxious people seem to thrive in the corporate setting.

[@claytonfenton3207]

There are few things more masculine than an assault rifle with a chainsaw.

[@andryuu_2000]

any shooter game with plain soldier = good everything else = bad

[@Richard3rd665]

"Second Company! We hold this ground in the name of the Primarch!" "If we die, we die with vengeance on our lips!"

[@jay-ti4bt]

​@@andryuu_2000wrong

[@carlstevenwilletts]

Video games are meant to be escapism. They are not meant to replicate the warped view of society that social media attempts to present.

[@Kr1egsmesser]

Based Porco Rosso

[@speedforce8970]

Why not? Video games can be anything you want them to be really. Infinite money makers(live service slops with few hits like Helldivers), incredible single player rollercoasters(Uncharted, God of War) and reflections of our existence(Nier Automata, 13 Sentinels). Maybe I didn't phrase the last one very well but I hope you get what I mean. I don't mind some games being this warped version that Social media has if they're done well, I don't think video games should be stopped at the point of escapism and reality because some truly amazing stories can be told beyond just good old escapism. I personally learnt some life changing stuff from playing games and I don't want that to be lost.

[@perilousintent2936]

@@speedforce8970 Video games needs to appeal to their core audience. If you make a character gay. a straight man cannot relate their experiences and likely don't want to. The comparison would be making a man watch a chickflick in which we cannot understand why women love these types of movies or shows. The reason why is because a game will place you the audience into the characters shoes. And something like their sexuality comes into the mix. straight men cannot understand. It's not because we hate gay people that's not the case at all. It's just we cannot understand because it's not our appeal. The game does not appeal to the people they are trying to sell it to. I'll give you an example. Master Chief. What makes him appealing? He represents hope, survival, etc. Men can see and appeal to him because they themselves can relate. Asterion. What makes him appealing? His sassyness appeals to the female fantasy. Every good written character has something that the audience when placed into their shoes can relate to. And if the character is openly gay and acts gay when you're asking a straight person to place themselves into their shoes. They can't understand it. Because we cannot relate.

[@carlstevenwilletts]

@@Kr1egsmesser You mean biased? We're all biased. Forcing a bias on your customers is wrong, in my opinion, especially if it's not what they want or expect from your franchise.

[@speedforce8970]

@@perilousintent2936 I get that but if you can relate to Asterion, a guy fucked up in many ways, but not a gay man who's identity might not even be important to his character, I don't think the issue is with the character. I don't care about the identity of a character unless it's a core part of the overall story, if the character is well written, I couldn't care less about anything else. Also, what happened to needing uniqueness in the industry? I have seen plenty of videos about how the industry is stale now because of every company just doing the same thing in slightly different ways, isn't it good to deviate a bit from the norm? Again, using the identity of a character as a excuse for bad writing is stupid and I don't support it but if the character is well written, I don't care what identity the character has. If every game appeals to the core audience like Sony games, I find it hard to enjoy them because I don't see them doing anything that unique but I love games like The Ascent, Journey, Elden Ring, BG3, Alan Wake 2 etc. Even Forspoken had some great unique magic combat and I enjoyed it for that even if the rest was kind of shit. TLDR; If you write a good character, give it whatever gender or race you want, I don't care. Even if I don't fully relate, I can empathize atleast a little.

[@NALogik]

How to make a gay character not suck: 1) Don't shove it in our face that they're gay 2) Make them look like a normal human being and not like they just came from the Met Gala

[@johnjack3578]

"normal" accroding to what?

[@WellWellWelt]

nah just make them look and act like a JoJo character

[@skabradyn3663]

@@johnjack3578 "conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected." the average clothes of the working class lmao dense

[@High_Gamer191]

Dion from FF16 was a pretty good character

[@forund]

Another take: Make games that trancend the political malarkey they're pushing, just be smart about it. It's an issue when works get streamlined for elevating certain opinions, especially when it becomes more and more like a cultural shift, or war, you could say

[@greensmurf221]

And the thing with Cortana, is that Master Chief would not have been able to complete his mission without her. They were compliments to each other.

[@taylorcorbett8848]

I mean she's half the reason he's so damn capable right? Reaction times, split second decision making

[@greensmurf221]

@@taylorcorbett8848 He would have fired Halo in CE if it wasn't for her :/

[@twoface9959]

Also, didn’t Cortana choose MC when she first saw him as a young boy?

[@noxplay4906]

Yeah, it's almost like men and women are inherently different but still equal in value, and complement each other very well!

[@BringerOfD]

​​@@twoface9959wasn't that Halsey?

[@Karp_Dominion]

Asmongold is on the right track, but he seems like he falls short when pointing out what the issues actually are. Kinda like he’s too afraid to take that last step and call a spade a spade.

[@christianjustin20]

Soldier 76 was not originaly gay that was a complete retcon after the fact.

[@Golemoid]

They did that because overwatch audience hated him. He was the only straight white guy who wasn’t a freak in the game.

[@xiNerdLordix]

​@@GolemoidJesse Mcree exists

[@EntitySteel]

@@Golemoid Being gay doesn't make you a freak 🤡

[@StupidAnon-gn8ih]

@@EntitySteel That's very true. But when they make a character gay, it appears to a certain group of people as though that character is 'part of their group,' and that group, is indeed a group of freaks.

[@Murikhor2310]

​@@StupidAnon-gn8ih You spoke my mind nicely explained.

[@darrinEH]

It's not sexism. Its the truth.

[@aahzmandiaz2767]

I did try to tell that to a woman,too. It may be sexist in your eyes, but it is still the truth. And is it really sexist, if it is the truth and reality? In the end you cannot change reality.

[@paulw5039]

The thing that gets me is why they aren't making their own games and IPs? Why muscle in on already established IPs, with an already established (mainly male) audience, and then proceed to trash them? Let us have our stuff and you can make and have your own stuff. What's so difficult about that? It's almost like it's not about creating, but destroying out of envy and spite.

[@obinneji]

@@paulw5039 those pictures are lying to you. its from womens day at those companies that isn't a picture of the game development team. Just look up halo infinite credits to see who worked on the game its obviously not those women in the picture.

[@LeKaiser1231]

not really this dude just crying about games was not made for him

[@pizzaaFAEN]

@@aahzmandiaz2767 pointing out facts and reality isnt sexist, racist or phobic. the problem is that a lot of people cant handle facts and reality, which hurt their feelings. this is why people are so dramatic about it and try to twist everything into their favor by saying you are offensive or hateful to make everyone else look bad. truth is, facts dont give a fuck about your feelings 😂

[@jaydubs7068]

The fact we are shocked and surpised that the creator of the video is speaking his mind and saying what he is saying shows that we have been conditioned to view the topic as being sensitive and if we say anything about such topics we are now viewed transphobic incels who are instantly canceled.

[@gladiatorscoops4907]

It's a weird dichotomy because you're totally right and I am guilty of this when viewing YT or any other social media yet when I'm with my mates who I've spent a lifetime together we basically talk without giving an F

[@ChuckLorris]

@@gladiatorscoops4907 nothing wrong with that dichotomy imo. its called being polite/respectful towards people you dont know. you talk that way with your friends because you know eachother so well. i can kinda respect the dude for speaking his mind but still to me he just comes off as an asshole

[@NeekoGood]

@@ChuckLorris Yep, no middle ground. He states everything as matter of fact and is acting as if every major game coming out is liberal propaganda, doesn't even bother mentioning well-implemented LGBT representation.

[@mounchgraph1407]

The creator is a Genius and a clown himself. He tricked you in believing that he is how he is. But he is not, he is a populist, that gained views and milking this topic out now. He got private videos where he talks about the games that he found good and also had a fav game that is woke. He is just milking the views from all of u.

[@Souls_25]

“Everything is so gay now” lmao im laughing my pants off man hahah❤❤❤😂😂😂😂

[@adamwehri]

I was in the Marines still when gears of war came out. It ran the barracks . You were either drinking, rubbing one out , or playing that game

[@GorramT]

And sometimes all at once, I bet

[@Japanimal1992]

Can confirm. I was also in the army during that time.

[@saddestcat]

Game developers hate games Gamers don’t buy their game Game developers blame the people they hate for not buying their games.

[@kennymichaelalanya7134]

Right. It's what's happening to the Movie and Music Industry to an extent. But this is all by design of course. They want a slow economic decline for (I can't even mention the reasons why on here)

[@TitanPheniox]

The same goes for their TV shows and movies.

[@stephenhughes5156]

​@kennymichaelalanya7134 Unfortunately the music industry is the one industry where poor quality is generally rewarded most.

[@inner__]

when you see a woman with a nosering on the dev team you know its over

[@sean7221]

Or they wear a star of david

[@zachattack245]

A nosering, tattoos, and/or purple/green hair

[@Cyber-Rain]

Giant frame glasses.

[@pko1683]

or there a dude wearing a dress

[@BigHailFan]

don't forget the hair dye

[@KWL1VE]

We need more games like this Black ops one MW3 Black ops 2 Cod Ghosts Black ops 3 CSGO Rainbow 6 CS2 Geometry dash

[@pridefall3304]

I can never forget the quote that goes something like "men make aspirational characters and women make representative characters" every time I see stuff like this edit: I'm not saying one is better than the other. I'm saying it's no wonder that representative characters don't appeal to most men the way it does to most women and vice versa

[@MagcargoMan]

You can never forget being a bitter incel.

[@aleksic123_real]

​@@MagcargoManhmm, no likes, wonder why

[@pridefall3304]

@@MagcargoMan I'm a woman but ok

[@aj.j5833]

I noticed women need to gossip and complain about gossiping to be happy. I don't know how many times I heard women complain about other women gossiping to much and being to nosy. Then when you go OK we can move somewhere else look place where no to gossip and they go but I love it It, they are all so nice and my friends I don't want to leave here and move.

[@Darth_Conans]

@@MagcargoMan Women will always call you names, but they never say you're wrong.

[@fakharahmadrasul]

“35year old guys in a lot of cases are still 15year old guys” so fucking true

[@Trentcast]

That part made me actually chuckle as a 32 year old who has the soul of a 15 year old lol

[@ssheikh3598]

20 yo stuck in 32 yo body 😂😂😂

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@Trentcast Same! The spirit endures regardless. There's a reason the saying "boys will be boys" has no age limit. Hand me a shovel at the beach and I'll dig a bunker with a fire pit in it and a place for cold drinks to be stored. Fuck yea

[@kadmus78]

Life's a bitch and if you lose that side of you, you'd become something not many people want to be around.

[@jarodp1027]

@@kadmus78 amen to that

[@Mayoegg]

I unironically believe that this stuff is gonna make people have more of an aversion to gay stuff now than in the 40s lmao

[@MeanBeanComedy]

We will return to what's more typical in history.

[@cryptdk2400]

It already has

[@CH4NN3L_o_o]

It already has, there's stats to prove it. Gen Z's acceptance rates TANKED. I'm a 'white liberal woman' and I am honestly ashamed of the damage that these performative women have done. I never had an issue with a regular masculine guy as a video game protagonist, because it's all fantasy. Who cares if the protagonists are like me?

[@denkerbosu3551]

​@@cryptdk2400 i used to be pretty liberal back HS. Even pro abortion. Now I want to repeal some amendments.

[@nebuchadnezzarsaucedo1798]

I knew it he gonna react to this video. That’s why I comment on the original video 2 weeks ago saying he’s gonna react to this cause that’s how he is.

[@zartic4life]

Stardew Valley is a cozy game and its great. Besides cozy games are meant to be "boring" (subjective).

[@tmauntler]

My biggest gripe is that they refuse to make their own IPs

[@old_liquid]

Because they know nobody will buy

[@babayaga102]

Yeees exactly I'm sure people wouldn't have mush issues with them if they could build their own audience that is interested instead of infiltrating an audience that was already established and has different expectations

[@old_liquid]

@@babayaga102 self assertion

[@radityapoerwanto7018]

They did. None of them sells

[@elongatedsedation324]

They did, look at concord, and can you take a gander at how that went?

[@arcticxhan]

My gripe with the culture is, when did sexuality become so important in society?

[@Abdool777]

thousands of years ago

[@TheCentralScrutinizerAgain]

When it was weaponised by extremists to `break duh paytreearchie`, instead of them minding their own business and letting people live regular lives whatever their preference.

[@metallboy25]

When you let whaamen do whatever the F they want. Then they start using their governmental power to fight for all sorts of dеgеnerаtes.

[@Third_eyee]

That’s why everyone said “gay marriage is a slippery slope” when they were saying “who cares what we do in our bedroom?!?!” Now look where we are.

[@MythosMaster333]

Look up “the best 30minute explanation of Marxism I have ever heard” all this progressive woke shit is just a facade or container for their distortion attacks on capitalism and the primacy of the individual instantiated by Aristotle at the bedrock of our democratic beliefs

[@Russian_Waifu]

2008-2019: gaming 2020-2024: gayming

[@SWOTHDRA]

​@@superbrobor6458atleast they were not gey

[@vohbe]

@@superbrobor6458at least they didn’t shuv gay propaganda down our throats back then..

[@yeeyee5057]

​@@superbrobor6458percentage of shit games have gone up lmao

[@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames]

​@@superbrobor6458 Of course, there were shitty games too, just with the difference that we didn't play them. Today it looks like you have no other choice. And don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit how many characters are gay, I've only ever cared about the gameplay.

[@superbrobor6458]

@@yeeyee5057 Source? I need citation that's a pretty specific claim. I've been gaming for decades and shit seems the same.

[@battfinkz]

You say games were more masculine back in the 2000's and made for men etc, but the thing is my wife absolutely loved splinter cell and gears, she even cried when Dom died lol. And I love tomb raider and control Men and women both enjoy good fucking games, these cabbages forcing their woke bollox into games and focusing the content around genders and sexual preferences etc has been disastrous and I flat out refuse to buy any garbage with it in

[@bsherman8236]

No wonder a lot of people still play gta san andreas, dark souls and doom mods frequently, hard to beat perfection

[@sallybags9090]

Yup, i still play those. I play mostly older games these days. I broke out my ps3 dude lol. Im currently playing games from 05-2014. Most of the new stuff is just terrible.

[@bsherman8236]

@@sallybags9090 i keep finding good old games i wish i had played before, god bless whoever makes those emulators

[@GE0attack]

I'm still playing GTA san and bully on my phone. Id rather play those 2 over other garbage

[@bsherman8236]

@@GE0attack ps2 was the golden age of rockstar and gaming in general

[@camilorodriguez5602]

that and they can run even on a toaster now, hell gta sa has a mobile port

[@Hahahanoyes]

Look at Bungie when Halo 2 was made and now look at it. All these layoffs. They didn’t need 1300 employees to make a great game in less than 2 years. They needed less than 50

[@e-tean-son4146]

Yeah, and it's considered one of the worst developments of a AAA game

[@Funewter]

Still better than most shit today

[@OmegaF77]

@@e-tean-son4146 It was not because the devs sucked but rather they tried to bite more than they can chew and paid for it. They had to rewrite their game engine and haphazardly put together Halo 2 in about 8 months. But even then the game came out a success because the devs have actual talent/skill.

[@AkiRa22084]

I miss Oni. So sad we never got Oni 2.

[@jf2849]

People are saying this guy is based and he doesn’t give a F. That’s how indoctrinated into being overly sensitive and afraid of hurting someone’s feelings society has become. I am a bit older and to me what he’s saying isn’t that surprising or bold of him to say. People need to be free to speak their minds my opinion is he’s just a straight shooter telling it how it is. Somehow that’s become rare these days I think it’s bs and we need to go back to before this woke crap took over.

[@ItsyourboyPenguinboy]

It’s a slow social engineering process. You think the Nazis gain influence by simply marching and shooting? No they gaslighted people and brainwashed children over the years into supporting their shit.

[@highlander6573]

Being normal is the new strange

[@szeltovivarsydroxan9944]

We ALL spoke like this just 15 years ago. People tend to forget life that is older than 5 years though.

[@Ligmaballin]

It boggles my mind how people get offended from the internet... I'm guessing they've never been punched in the face or faced any real issues

[@andryuu_2000]

this guy is trolling

[@tobi1173]

Ultramarine 2 is returning masculinity

[@skyleranderson5757]

they dont write their own stories they take over beloved ips then immediately crucify everything good about kill ur favorite characters then replace it with garbage.

[@arkhost224]

Evil cannot create, only corrupt.

[@Nostradevus1]

Marika isn’t trans. In old occult lore and alchemy divinity was considered the union of masculine and feminine in a single being aka a hermaphrodite. The masculine representing the physical and feminine representing the spiritual self.

[@alessandrobaggi6129]

Just defining these aspects as "spiritual" and "physical" should have sufficed. I blame GRRM for the baffling choice of opposing masculine and feminine in a story where it doesn't matter... AT ALL. 😤

[@Nostradevus1]

@@alessandrobaggi6129 I think it adds to the story due to our own history with these concepts.

[@Pillowcasethegreat]

@@Nostradevus1 yeh, the opposing natures of female and male characters in the game is a very important and im my opinion very well done theme.

[@kobeguy2595]

It's also somewhat informed by hinduist belief systems based on ego and reincarnation. Marika and Radahn are just two separate splinters of a higher conscious arguing over who's real or not.

[@fakekomeil4084]

​@@alessandrobaggi6129 no gender is really important in alchemy. But it's more like how moon and sun are feminine and fire and iron is masculine

[@DietersYT]

I want my video game characters to be capable of backing into a parking space.

[@damianramirez5292]

With a trailer hooked up

[@StrikeBolteafc]

What does this have to do with the video?

[@bsparks9172]

Based

[@FrawgfithAmblose]

Luckily God Of War is still going strong even though they tried to put some few woke things in it, the property is just too strong and masculine for it to be taken over by wokeness like gears of war, zelda and halo has

[@wheeeeeha]

I want them to at least be able to back up without an alarm blaring.

[@hughmungus2760]

the big reason why military shooters aren't popular anymore is because they've been done to death by COD and people are just sick of it. How many normandy landings can you remake? Slapping new graphics on the same old game which was already perfected 10 years ago won't sell.

[@martinrosendahl9134]

Best Asmon quote in recent times : "there's not enough games out there like DOOM!" I agree 1000%

[@nebuchadnezzarsaucedo1798]

I knew it he gonna react to this video. That’s why I comment on the original video 2 weeks ago saying he’s gonna react to this cause that’s how he is.

[@harrisx420]

Am I the only one that misses the doom 3 feel to doom though where your character wasn’t an overpowered demon slayer and it was more for jumpscares but still a badass marine miss that doom

[@TheObicobiHD]

​@@harrisx420 Doom Guy before Doom Slayer

[@martinrosendahl9134]

@@harrisx420 I love(d) all DOOM titles.. and actually I really enjoyed D3 for being a different take on the franchise... and for looking great...

[@Trigonxv1]

This guy didn't go from 0-100 he started at 1000000 and never stopped. Saying whats on your mind is always cathartic lmao

[@TheShitpostExperience]

This guy has the woke mind virus lol.

[@someperson9998]

No, it's just pathetic. Especially when you're retorting literal middle school arguments. "Why is everything GAY?" Dude, is this the fucking playground?

[@MermaidCooter]

@@someperson9998He means gay in its most literal form. It’s not an insult but purely an observation. Games undercut creative storylines and resort to creating minority characters that literally provide nothing meaningful to the game they’re in lmao. Nobody would give a shit if the game was actually captivating. Also deviating from what made your franchise successful Ex: (Call of Duty) to placate to a small percentage of people has really worked out…

[@someperson9998]

@@MermaidCooter Then the problem isn't with minority characters but just the fact that the game sucks. With a lot of these games, movies, and shows, I don't like them either but not once have I thought the reason to be that there's a gay person involved. People on the right are obsessed with any minority within entertainment to an unhinged degree. It's kinda boring at this point; there's no creative arguments and instead they shout "WOKE" at anything they slightly don't like. I wish I was making this up but there's literal channels and accounts dedicated to whining about women or gay people existing on screen. Every single day. I get you're annoyed by bad writers, but to me it just seems like an excuse to shit on minorities at this point. Also, he is still childish. Retorting "masculinity" is beyond absurd to me. That word is absolutely meaningless, as it should be, yet these people try and make it their defining trait. All for a slight sense of false superiority I assume. It's pretty sad.

[@bingobangobongo425]

@@someperson9998took the hrtpill

[@yuity81]

Just as it is not a man's place to tell a woman about femininity, it is not a woman's place to tell a man about masculinity.

[@FutureLaugh]

how is this man able to produce such honest youtube videos without being strucken down by censorship gods and community guidelines

[@jinx8624]

im shocked usually freedom of speech isn't this free

[@yardblah5161]

everyone played "The Ballad of Gay Tony" expansion for GTA4....he is LITERALLY called Gay Tony...everyone loved it why? because he was an interesting character and he wasn't designed to be a political talking point for people to shove their sexual preferences down other peoples throats...same reason men have supported characters like Aloy and Lara..make a good game with a good story...THATS what we are here for...

[@BM_100]

1997 Lara Croft = 👍 2020s Lara Croft = 👎

[@train_go_boom2065]

​​@@BM_100 the tomb raider reboot was going strong with first game and then it just went downhill

[@overshottyler]

Dude if it was a bad story and the dlc sucked you would say they were shoving it down your throat. Every story is political cause our society had made every aspect of existence political.

[@DonnieYei]

He’s speaking the truth, tired of of the over run of female characters when you know it should’ve been a male in that spot

[@StrikeBolteafc]

Don’t buy the game, simple as that

[@xyjff4447]

Can u give some examples, i barely play new video games but i have never played a game with a majority female characters

[@Ahmed24-tt9ow]

Liberal game writers who write women characters in itself is a disrespect to women. You think most of us would complain if we have a Sarah Connor, or a Ripley?

[@robabahanii4469]

Yes stop complaining and start actions ​@StrikeBolteafc

[@alexescorza8120]

@@StrikeBolteafcI mean yea game devs are complaining we don’t buy those type of games so… we are already doing this

[@drZarqawi]

I am a game developer for a small studio and I had a casual conversation with one of our designers (she has a lot more experience in the industry than me) and she told me, like it was a normal thing, that most designers and publishers in fact hate video games with a passion... The whole concept is insane to me...

[@kylewhite2985]

They just see it as a vehicle to pump ideology in unsuspecting brains.

[@Gameking40]

What even is the logic behind this? Why work in an industry you hate so much?

[@slaapliedje]

It would be like an actor hating his fan base. It is so weird. Your fans, ultimately, are going to be your harshest critics. Or at least they are unless you are a cult leader. This is why they call the Star Wars fans as 'toxic', because they are fans instead of cult members.

[@asdfbeau]

@@Gameking40 because they love to draw, write, and design. Gaming has been the fastest growing media for the better part of a decade now, so it's likely the only industry they could get hired in.

[@drZarqawi]

@@Gameking40 I asked our designer the very same thing. Her answer wasn't too enlightening - we are on 2 completely different ends of the political spectrum so having a productive conversation about that wouldn't work. Though we did agree, when it comes to publishers. Publishers don't give a shit about games.

[@romanterry7215]

19:54 I'm a trans person who is just as disgusted by the woke mob as everyone here, and I feel like Marika is excellent representation of transexuality, particularly in the ways where the two halves of herself are at war with each other and in many ways irreconcilable while also undeniably part of the same whole. Excellent character concept imo

[@devhxpg]

People need to realize how this works. These game developers have 2 choices, make a good game and make money through sales or make a DEI game and get guaranteed ESG fund money from Blackrock. The latter is lower effort, less risky and probably more profitable.

[@sempersteel2799]

I think people fail to realize just how massive these ESG funding machines really are. If Blackrock was nationalized, we could pay off nearly half of the US federal debt instantly. If Blackrock was a nation, they'd have a seat at the G20, being the 17th or 18th richest nation in the world. They have more annual profits than the gross national product of 178 countries in the world.

[@brandonbecker5948]

@@sempersteel2799Absolutely mental…. 🤯

[@bogdonbogdonovic5381]

“Make it gay and make it lame!”

[@mac1bc]

And it's true lol. I was playing the old Batman Arkham games recently, and I realized no one is going to have dialog like this anymore...

[@blackreaperkaneki9900]

@@mac1bcwe’ll never get a Superhero trilogy like the Arkham Trilogy.

[@sweethoneymustard7661]

Member. . . I MEMBER. They called all this stuff happening in South park. . The pewdiepie episode were it's just a dude in the corner of your screen. . . Were watching it right now in this vid. . Dang.

[@raics101]

I guess it's that shit asmon keeps repeating, if your game is good it won't be destroyed by adding frills to it and if your game is crap it certainly won't make it good. It's the same with characters, you can just tell your writers, 'write me a good character' and some of the time they will naturally happen to be gay if the writer thought it might be interesting, the problem is they're saying 'write me a gay character', and then they probably say 'no, this isn't gay enough'.

[@AI.Musicx91]

LGBTQ+ & feminism.

[@bsherman8236]

"Tolerance"

[@jy5886]

Big Mike

[@CakeMelons]

Asmon likes to downplay it, but 100% this crap is inherently objectively problematic at this point.

[@JJ-oh3lv]

I'm gay myself, I hate how 'gay' became a word to describe what became of gaming, woke is more fitting imo, and I'm sure most gay men hate these types of new male characters, they're too effeminate, and that's what happens when women take charge, men want real men and that's about it.

[@Dulk9]

Juice.

[@0undo0o_00oo]

Masculinity is eternal 💪

[@Ron_Junkman]

God I just love the dumb idea to make MR. Freeze a woman... when Killer Frost is RIGHT THERE.

[@andrew8168]

They don't know who that is.

[@OwenC08]

Literally.. Amanda Waller SHOWS UP from Batman: Assault on Arkham, and instead of using Mr. Freeze OR even Killer Frost FROM THAT UNIVERSE, they decide to make “Mrs. Frias.” Who wrote these projects? 😂

[@chaoticduk7515]

It took me two seconds of googling to find out this was a small cameo in Suicide Squad (which is still a dogshit game but not because of "wokism" or w/e the fuck people wanna call it) and it's an alternate universe version of the character. "What if alternate universe but genders are swapped around" has been a trope for like, literally as long as pop culture has existed. Mr. Freeze having a Popsicle wife was introduced *after* the original debut of the character, several decades after. He was named Mr. Zero originally and then swapped for the cartoon. Not the 90s one. The 60s one. It wasn't until the 90s that he was reinvented as the tragic character that's popular today- I don't see people complaining and going "UGH WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST MAKE A NEW CHARACTER THEN-" Shit bro, Killer Frost is a different character entirely. That's why. They just wanted a small cameo and people are up in arms about it when Mr. Freeze already appeared in several Arkham games.

[@OwenC08]

@@chaoticduk7515 they could literally have used Killer Frost from that universe though, and it would’ve been way cooler. This season showed Amanda Waller from “Batman: Assault On Arkham” so why not use a character that’s popular from said universe instead of “Mrs. Frias” ???

[@chaoticduk7515]

@@OwenC08 Because she fucking died lmao?? And Assault on Arkham was supposed to take place IN the Arkhamverse, yet we don't see this acknowledged at the start of the game despite this meaning these characters have canonically worked together before, King Shark was also redesigned, I don't see people complainin about that shit.

[@realxlogicx]

It was BlackRock. They invested in the studios.

[@kaapokoodaa]

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[@larsabiphram78]

​@kaapokoodaa can you give me some sources? Because I want to learn more on this topic but I barely understood half the words you wrote

[@captaindanger13]

0:40 he said liberal white women not just women in general

[@jlhutchison91]

Bro is still a bigot

[@Lachugah]

​@@jlhutchison91The entire world that isn't the US is 20x more bigoted than the US. You gonna go preach your high horse mentality to then to? Gonna go ridicule Muslims for hating all infidels?

[@MrOK-fx2ep]

I love this guys channel! Glad to see you cover it.

[@elephantum4067]

Claire and Jill Valentine from the Resident Evil series, they are strong female leads that EVERYONE wants to play... Why? because the characters aren't fake and contrived

[@soullesstaco9897]

Dude true I love Jill and Claire more than Chris, but not Leon him and Jill are tied but I love them all!

[@Red_Ryan_Red]

The special forces zombie killers?

[@BasedOverflow]

it's bc they're hot, simple as

[@ngultrum1]

They tried to girlboss them in the remake too, specially Jill. But it was still in moderation enough to not be annoying.

[@j.dragon9936]

Ada?

[@LucifeRxGoSu]

i love how asmon acts so surprised by this guy just saying the obvious truth

[@jacob-2271]

Dementia react content meta

[@penzorphallos3199]

If Asmon said what he really thought on twitch, he would be banned.

[@SWOTHDRA]

Needs those youtube dollars coming in.....

[@austinkeever1387]

It’s because he’s afraid of the system. He needs his 200 bucks a month from KZbin

[@locus2427]

It’s because most people are afraid to speak their mind. It’s refreshing hearing someone talk like this

[@leonnunhofer3453]

They try to "educate" us and to change us, instead of giving us, what we want. That's a huge problem with modern games, but also with movies and entertainment, in general 🤷‍♂️

[@christianalanwilson434]

That's the problem with modern feminism, its engineered to undermine men and masculinity in order to make women more successful instead of trying to elevate everyone together.

[@therandomcommenter6629]

Its the new form of propaganda indoctrination tactic no one uses newspapers anymore no one uses any of the old methods anymore so they've moved on to the digital age they've adjusted when someone wants to play a video game they let their guard down because they're just having fun they're just trying to escape from reality and of course while it has spread beyond this modern forms of media are usually consumed by The Young and impressionable

[@absolutevable]

It all changed since 2018

[@Realgigclin]

Mass effect Andromeda in 2017 was the last new video game I bought. It really started to get bad there