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submitted 5 months ago by Frank@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Gamer's traditionally have less political sophistication than a dead dog. Recent highly visible gamer moves have included review bombing Helldivers, screaming about not being able to see both labia t the same time in Stellar Blade, and whatever that Sweet Baby/DEI thing I haven't bothered to look at is. Idk what the scale of this roblox bs is, but i am interested in the phenomena of game rage campaigns where they get extremely self righteously mad over strange, often trivial shit and make it their entire life for a few days. Wtf is happening? Is this echoes of gamegate a decade later?

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[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago

Recent highly visible gamer moves have included review bombing Helldivers

That was unironically cool and good though. Fuck Sony for being scummy.

[-] Dessa@hexbear.net 16 points 5 months ago

Even thr dev specifically encouraged it.

Lil background for the uninitiated: Sny tried to force freeze-gamers to sign up to their service to continue playing a game theyd already been playing for months. Besides the annoyance to US gamers, in dozens of nations, that service doesn't even exist, so many players were simply locked out of the game for no reason.

Sony relented after huge negative press and a returns campaign

[-] Homme_Tanks@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

That's true and I agree, but just before the Sony incident there was also a culture war thing going on about "wokeness" in helldivers https://vxtwitter.com/OnlyAWorldAway/status/1776372868273647715

That Grummz freak is 56 years old btw

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