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submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

Mahler caught wind of the article and responded to it on social media, going on a rant against ‘the press’ and those who hate against him and his brand on social media because of past events and opinions.

He slipped a bit, making some inflammatory comments:

I’ve been hated on Twitter by a few crazies for years now, and I also saw the calls for review bombing because, according to those folks, I’m a ‘Nazi.’

These days, apparently anyone who doesn’t include five trans characters in their game and doesn’t let their products be influenced by political bullshit is a Nazi. What a world we live in.

When the Russia/Ukraine war broke out and I replied on Twitter saying that Moon Studios wouldn’t be taking a public stance—because we’re a video game company, not a journalistic outlet—the next day a threat letter with a picture of Putin was taped to my office door, full of insults from top to bottom.

Well that went from whiney to a bigoted WTF tangent in zero seconds flat.

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

We've been sayin'...

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Hmm office door would imply it was an internal grievance

[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My guess is the CEO himself put it there (if it happened at all).

[-] nullpotential@lemmy.dbzer0.com 92 points 2 days ago

Yes it's because you don't put five trans characters in games. Not because you complain about wokeness and cancel culture in a way that is not so much a dog whistle as it is a fucking foghorn of rightwing nutjobbery.

[-] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 2 days ago

Imagine making a Souls-like and then spending all your time complaining about the tr*nnies. Pathetic bastard. What a way to eliminate half your audience. That said, I'm more of a New Vegas girlie myself so it's not like I'd ever buy it.

Go anti-woke go broke

What's the connection between souls-like and trannies?

[-] StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 7 hours ago

Just in case you didn't know, if you are cis then you shouldn't be saying tranny (otherwise ignore me). I thought I should reiterate that since I said it without making it particular clear.

This reddit thread on /r/TransSouls seems to cover the different reasons. (Alternative Front End) I'm not into it myself so I can't really say.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Dark Souls 2 had the gender change coffin.

I don't know what OP was going for but that came to mind.

[-] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 1 points 20 hours ago

Gwyndolin in Dark Souls 1 is a semi major lore character and is trans(?)

[-] overload@sopuli.xyz 12 points 2 days ago

Urgh, I really like the Ori games and was looking forward to the new one once it came out of early access. Not anymore unfortunately. I don't even care about representation in games, but this is just blatant transphobia.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

Looks like Ori has been added to the boycott list.

[-] celeste@kbin.earth 24 points 2 days ago

Is this all a weird ad for his game, to get eyes on it, or is he just like this?

[-] Agent_Karyo@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Honestly this sounds like a guerilla marketing campaign of sorts.

[-] SolOrion@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 days ago

The game is mostly positive? If it's getting review bombed, then it isn't a very effective review bombing.

[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago

From what I can tell they recently got a few negatives that put them into "mixed" briefly because players were critical about QoL features, difficulty and whatnot, seemingly pretty valid types of reviews.

[-] Glide@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 days ago

"Everyone who is critical of me is woke."

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Is he purposefully trying to get the comoany shuttered for tax reasons? Maybe he owes a lot and wants to declare bankruptcy?

[-] yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 2 days ago

Oh thats some more info of this drama that I didn't knew... unsihlisted.

Thx for the news.

[-] dragonfucker@lemmy.nz -3 points 2 days ago

Wow fuck that guy. Drag is going to think about how to get Will of the Wisps refunded

this post was submitted on 12 May 2025
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