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What are you opinions on GamerGate and Brianna Wu / John Flynt?

  • I am of no opinion towards either.

    Votes: 104 8.6%

  • I am neutral on GamerGate, but think that Brianna Wu is a bad person.

    Votes: 631 52.1%

  • I am neutral on GamerGate, and think that Brianna Wu is just trying to get by.

    Votes: 9 0.7%

  • I am ANTI-GamerGate, but still think that Brianna Wu is a bad person.

    Votes: 112 9.2%

  • I am ANTI-GamerGate, and think that Brianna Wu is just trying to get by.

    Votes: 37 3.1%

  • I am PRO-GamerGate, and think that Brianna Wu is a bad person.

    Votes: 309 25.5%

  • I am PRO-GamerGate, but still think that and think that Brianna Wu is just trying to get by.

    Votes: 9 0.7%
  • Total voters
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AnOminous said:
It's like she's unaware of the existence of Portal 2 or other games where the depth of them has depended on the emotional resonance of the storytelling, without which it would just be a clever but otherwise disposable puzzle game.
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And Portal was a big hit with women gamers even though it lacked Bratz dolls as characters and grrl powr.
 
MayMay said:
As far as diverse dialogue options and such? I doubt based an entire game around only emotions (srs, there's probably about 20 Japanese dating sims some people could pull up in a minute that does that) it would be nice to have some more in-depth variations on stuff like Morality.
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The Morality system is very simple: man=bad, woman=good.
 
Ugh I think Mr Wu has crossed the lolcow event horizon and is now just boring and embrassing.
SkeletonBias said:
And Portal was a big hit with women gamers even though it lacked Bratz dolls as characters and grrl powr.
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Well to be fair Portal was a big hit with everyone because...well...it was a good game. Man or woman, young or old could enjoy it.

Wu's going to try to make game play based on emotion? I cant wait to see how he tries to pulls that shit off.
 
Sweet and Savoury said:
Wu's going to try to make game play based on emotion? I cant wait to see how he tries to pulls that shit off.
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Remember me, bitches?

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Dork Of Ages said:
R60 was basically that, excluding the lesbians part. That's one of the innumerous reasons why it's boring. I would crack up if there was HolidayXMinuette OTP. But sex is oppresive, right?
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You know, any lesbian relationship in the world of R60 would classify as "sexual narcissism" because it'd basically be two women having sex with themselves.
 
I'm just going to jump in: Is anyone, other than Brianna Wu, actually employed by Giant Spacekat?

I have little interest in GamerGate and haven't followed it closely. Her name and company came up at some point on my twitter feed as someone who had been hassled and I put it in the back of my head. Mostly because I thought it was interesting that there was a developer that was staffed primarily by women in Boston (not far from where I live). But when I looked at the Giant Spacekat website the only info I could find was a long biography of Wu. I've seen statements from her on her passion for finding and celebrating female talent in game dev but no examples of her praising individual members of her team. She has a blog about her talent as a leader and philosophy behind the set up of their studio. Nothing from any employees that could vouch for this.
The whole thing has kind of weirded me out and I'm hoping I'm overlooking something.
 
We cannot prove they are not employees and we cannot prove they did not work in the game.

However, Frank Wu worked in the game and she did everything she could to hide him.

Giant Spacekat is just a vanity project for Wu, except Wu wants to be loved and receive lots of attention from the media over it.
 
mrae said:
I'm just going to jump in: Is anyone, other than Brianna Wu, actually employed by Giant Spacekat?
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Giant Spacekat is basically an alter ego of Wu.

The "women" "empowered" by it consist of Wu.

Having a "job" there is basically smearing shit all over your resume.
 
I, for one, am deeply excited to see Wu's emotion game. Relaxation through escapism being a major part of the reason I enjoy games, I can think of no better way to unwind from a day of dealing with whiny bullshit than to sit back and play a simulation of whiny bullshit.
Perhaps a rough starting point, Johnboy:
 
First she makes a game with sexualized bratz dolls, and now she's going to make a game where it's all about emotions? Way to fight stereotypes, Wu! What next, a Bring Your Man A Sandwich Simulator to prove that women are the REAL providers in the world? That'll show them!
 
mrae said:
I'm just going to jump in: Is anyone, other than Brianna Wu, actually employed by Giant Spacekat?

I have little interest in GamerGate and haven't followed it closely. Her name and company came up at some point on my twitter feed as someone who had been hassled and I put it in the back of my head. Mostly because I thought it was interesting that there was a developer that was staffed primarily by women in Boston (not far from where I live). But when I looked at the Giant Spacekat website the only info I could find was a long biography of Wu. I've seen statements from her on her passion for finding and celebrating female talent in game dev but no examples of her praising individual members of her team. She has a blog about her talent as a leader and philosophy behind the set up of their studio. Nothing from any employees that could vouch for this.
The whole thing has kind of weirded me out and I'm hoping I'm overlooking something.
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Giant SpaceKat consisted of about 5 employees, not counting Frank Wu, all of whom were paid solely out of Wu's Patreon according to most accounts. Here's a more cohesive breakdown:

Wu herself isn't a programmer, and has never claimed to be, though she says constantly that she's a Developer and allows this to imply that she's the one primarily responsible for operations at Giant Spacekat. She's an aimless nobody who knows fuck all about game development who squandered $200,000 from her parents that was intended to start a start-up company, which ultimately failed. If you read the ABOUT THE TEAM dossier from Wu's own website, she essentially explains that Rev60 became the game it is because HEAVY RAIN IS THE BESTAST GAME EVAR YOU GUYS. Fittingly enough, Wu has scrubbed the existence of her other team members from the website. This is because Wu is an egomaniac and a narcissist that makes OPL look subtle in contrast, and feels she is the only one that matters.

Fittingly enough, Wu lost two people from Giant SpaceKat over time - Wu fired the combat system coder, Maria Enderton, literally right after the game shipped for the i-devices, and Wu's main programmer, Carolyn VanEseltine, fucked off soonafter. This means that Giant SpaceKat now consists of Wu, her main animator, Amanda Werner, and Frank Wu. The only people likely to get on-board with any further Giant SpaceKat games are going to be raging lunatics who aren't put off by Wu's nuttiness, because Wu herself is a maniac who has systemically managed to piss off both pro and Anti-GG alike.

When Revolution 60 finally releases for Steam, and gets reviewed publicly by a userbase that Brianna herself cannot sockpuppet or lock down, then we'll finally have the ultimate carpet-bombing of her ego, played out for everyone to see. It's going to be fucking glorious.

EDIT: Got right names, in wrong spots. Now fixed.
 
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Time to get educated, shitlords!!1

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1. Wu and Bloodborne. ALSO WOWWW THIS GAME IS RIGGED

2. This was retweeted by Brianna Wu. Have some laughs. :story: TRANSPHOBE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER

3. LOOK AT MY STATS, SO PLEASSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE UNDERSTANDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

4. SJWs just have to be offended at anything.

5. Sorry Wu, your jokes are just as bad as Homer

6. And do you know what day it is as well, Wu? April Fool's!

7. LOOK AT THAT TWEET WHICH HAS ONLY 2 FAVORITES. IT MUST BE THE ACT OF THE GOOFYGOOBERS AND TOTALLY NOT PROBABLY SOMEONE ELSE
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/583161589525790720

8. Wu and Chan Culture
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/583165289501757440
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/583166201012068352
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/583167184869986304
https://twitter.com/Spacekatgal/status/583167974883897344
 
Jaimas said:
The only people likely to get on-board with any further Giant SpaceKat games are going to be raging lunatics who aren't put off by Wu's nuttiness, because Wu herself is a maniac who has systemically managed to piss off both pro and Anti-GG alike
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So was there no truth behind that claim she's hired a full time Twitter account PA? Here's the tweet she talks about the position, day or so later someone was tweeting from her account claiming to be the hire (Twitters search sucks so I can't find that tweet).

Weird she's such a fan of Danganronpa
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and it's actually a good game…
 
tepid said:
So was there no truth behind that claim she's hired a full time Twitter account PA? Here's the tweet she talks about the position, day or so later someone was tweeting from her account claiming to be the hire (Twitters search sucks so I can't find that tweet).
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She's contradicted herself about six times on it, alternating between claiming she has a hired slave-boy who manages her twitter and admitted she doesn't when backed into a corner.

Conclusion: She doesn't, she has no life outside of Twitter.
 
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