How did we arrive at the point of Cancel Culture?
Stop being outraged at Cancel Culture until you help address the inequalities and injustices that it stems from.
Stop being outraged at Cancel Culture until you help address the inequalities and injustices that it stems from.
Earlier this week, the small team of developers for the breakout hit Mordhau, Triternion, came under fire for comments they’d made in an interview with PC Gamer. In that interview, they said there were plans to implement race and sex toggles, allowing those who wanted it to only come across the currently available, default white men models in the game, ignoring people’s own custom-character creations in the future.
The online medieval brawler Mordhau has come under fire due to a community that’s largely been left unchecked and unmoderated by the game’s developer. Look, it’s no secret that every online game will have some part of the community that just “doesn’t get why all games have to be so PC, broooooooooo”. Racism, sexism and just general bigotry are unfortunately …
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Firing back at allegations last month, Quantic Dream has denied all instances of toxic behaviour within its studio. And called on the justice system to take action against what they deem a smear campaign.
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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