So... it has been quite a long time since gamergate; and I feel like the cultural relevance of that time has started to erode. Heck, even the GARMES URINALISTS have mostly shut up about it... and then; this happened:
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| Aphe-wat? |
I hadn't even heard of this game, it wasn't even a blip on my radar; it looks pretty shite.
So, where's the link to gamergate, then? Well... who's the writer? Yes... it is one of the glorious alumni of that terrible time: -the- Leigh Alexander. A name that had mostly faded from my memory... and then, watching an Asmongold video making fun of, what he called: the "Unsung songs of Concord (2026)"; a hilarious list by the by, and her name came up as the writer of this boring looking, 3rd person walking sim. It appears to be an extremely preachy game about climate change, ho-hum.
Well, I guess her 2014 article "Gamers' don't have to be your audience. 'Gamers' are over." was prophetic regarding her own output, rather than relevant at the time. Who could have guessed?!?
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| HAHAHAHAHAHAHA |
Hah! More like "Gamers'" don't want to be her audience, and I suspect her career would be entirely over if she weren't employed by a company that appears to get tax payer funds!
Ah! There are many problems in gaming these days, but at least I can laugh heartily as, it seems, life set up some long cure time hilarity in the form of arrogant, incompetent and self-important so-called writers, getting a little comeuppance... and just a little bit of criticism. :)
I eagerly await her next obviously brilliant contribution; regardless of what form it may take.
Now, I have to end with an important statement: I'll refrain from any more Schadenfreude; at the end of day, I would prefer a good game rather than yet another terrible one, so I hope someone learns something from this... but I doubt they will.
