*headdesk*

[alectoperdita]

There are days when I think I should just take Kotaku off my RSS feed.

Korea Might Ban Steam

I should have known not to read the comments. I really should have. But like a moth to a flame, there I go. Which ensues in the comments (besides the overly sensationalized image of armed troops accompanying the article) is what happens in any Kotaku article that even mentions race, gender, or any other types of inclusion.

There's always been the kerfuffle with Australia and their game rating system (which excludes M-rated games from sale in the country), but I don't remember such broad strokes being painted of an entire people being facist/sheep to authoritarian regime like in these comments. Because in their minds, if Americans choose to ignore a law here, they're protesting an inane and unfair restriction placed upon them. But if some other country/government did the same, they need to learn and follow the law or GTFO.

What is it with the larger online gamer population and the inability to accept even the mildest amount of criticism? Oh, they can go to war and digital hell over which is the better Metroid game of the series. But if you so much as point out that something someone said or the representation in a game carries sexist, racist, ableist, homophobic, etc meanings, you are a terrible human being trying to hurt them with that horrific label (see recent deletion of girl_gamers  for reference); because your experiences and thoughts as part of a marginalized group means nothing. Get back in your hole, you silly non-existent person, why should gaming bother to cater to you? So many are quick to see anything as an attack upon themselves personally, they refuse to see beyond of the scope of what only affects them personally.

And no, I make it a policy to no longer engage with Kotaku commenters. Having done so once or twice to no effect, I have all but given up. And no, it's not my crusading duty to educate them all. I'm done wasting my spoons.

Required 101 reading before engaging:

• "Check my what?" On privilege and what we can do about it.
• Derailing for Dummies

Comments

[alecto-chan.livejournal.com]

One of the mods of the comm made a transphobic remark. When commenters started pointing out that that language was not appropriate, it just kind of dissolved from there. After a while, the mod decided to just delete the comm rather than deal with the fallout or issue an apology.