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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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Jaimas said:
Laura Hudson doesn't really get this book. I'm not saying that in the hipster douchenozzle way, either. She legit does not understand this book or its appeal, going on for about five pages about how it's a reference to the mindset that nothing's more important than nostalgia when the book is a fucking shameless joking stab at 80s schlock and cheese. While saying it's going to be a bestseller somehow for.... Reasons. Never explains why, either. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, goddamnit.
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Everything is bad because vague moral miasma swirling around our culture and people love it because well, they're evil and stuff. Feel guilt! Buy my book!
 
Yes I'm sure GamerGate will freak out that someone who calls himself a game developer is developing a game
 
Elegantisimo said:
LOL!
[MEDIA=twitter]619172155725582337[/MEDIA]LWu I don't even understand how is that a win or a loss, nobody will buy it anyways so its actually irrelevant.
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So when do they plan on releasing the first "product" they, and by they, I mean the people other than Brianna Wu who actually made it, shat out in any format that makes money?
 
Did you know that Brianna and friends are also working on a children's game called "Cupcake Crisis"?

http://www.giantspacekat.com/games-1 (scroll halfway down)

Giant Spacekittens was founded in the fall of 2014. After the successful launch of Giant Spacekat's first game Revolution 60, we turned our eyes to the ideas and dreams of other staff members.

Having a daughter at home now old enough and able to open her iPad and launch apps on her own, Amanda pitched a toddler game. Thinking that, rather than fight the inevitable, she'd find games for her. While she found a few gems, there were design elements in most toddler-aged games which she felt she could improve upon.

While that was the initial motivation behind Giant Spacekittens, the further we explored the world of marketing to kids, the more aggravated we became at how gendered we found it to be. We saw a need, echoed by a growing chorus of parents, of giving kids freedom of playspace and not forcing them into society's boxes.

OUR PHILOSOPHY WHEN IT COMES TO PLAY TIME IS, PLAY WITH WHATEVER CATCHES YOUR FANCY, DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT'S NOT FOR YOU.
In keeping with Giant Spacekat's ideals of 'Stories for Everyone,' we wanted to make fun games with positive underlying messages. Our first game, Cupcake Crisis is built around a girl named Mia who loves to build things. We wanted to show that girls can enjoy, thrive, and love engineering and science, which unfortunately can be all too easily discouraged in day to day life.

Our mission, as our games library grows, is to entertain, teach and encourage little ones to explore their world and feel that it's limitless, because that's how it should be.
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(the tank model in the cupboard is actually a Chessboard vehicle from the R60 backstory)

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It's about a little girl who is an inventor. Should I be worried that - much like R60 is sexist and offensive in many ways - it will frighten girls away from STEM fields instead of sparking their interest in them?
And am I being overly conservative in thinking that little children shouldn't be playing vidya at all and should rather be outside or reading books or playing with touchable, material toys?
 
vertexwindi said:
Yes I'm sure GamerGate will freak out that someone who calls himself a game developer is developing a game
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Her word choice leads me to believe that it's not another game. Brianna got what she wanted out of the industry and now she's looking to jump ship. I expect some sort of social media bullshit project like what Zoe Quinn and others have done because Wu doesn't have an original bone in her body.
 
Alan Pardew said:
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Doesn't she ever take a break? I mean i like politics as much as any other racist women hating gay basher but sometimes i just get fed up with it. Doesn't she feel the same way?

DykesDykesChina said:
Did you know that Brianna and friends are also working on a children's game called "Cupcake Crisis"?

http://www.giantspacekat.com/games-1 (scroll halfway down)



1426880204842


CC_LabBackground.jpg

(the tank model in the cupboard is actually a Chessboard vehicle from the R60 backstory)

Photo+Mar+20%2C+3+28+06+PM.png

It's about a little girl who is an inventor. Should I be worried that - much like R60 is sexist and offensive in many ways - it will frighten girls away from STEM fields instead of sparking their interest in them?
And am I being overly conservative in thinking that little children shouldn't be playing vidya at all and should rather be outside or reading books or playing with touchable, material toys?
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Where's the money coming from? That's all i wanna know.

Elegantisimo said:
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I don't know if she's just hyping it or if she's really that optimistic. I can't remember a single thing that has freaked GG or me out.
 
AnOminous said:
If that was a successful launch I'd hate to see an absolute gargantuan failure of a product they literally can't even give away for free.
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So successful that she was pretty much forced to try to get it on a platform didn't want it on and then had to redesign the game to address the criticisms she faced when trying to get it on said platform. Then again, the fact that R60 was even finished at all might have been enough of a success for Wu considering her past history with projects.
 
DykesDykesChina said:
It's about a little girl who is an inventor. Should I be worried that - much like R60 is sexist and offensive in many ways - it will frighten girls away from STEM fields instead of sparking their interest in them?
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Even if the content doesn't, the artwork sure as hell will.
 
DykesDykesChina said:
Did you know that Brianna and friends are also working on a children's game called "Cupcake Crisis"?

http://www.giantspacekat.com/games-1 (scroll halfway down)



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CC_LabBackground.jpg

(the tank model in the cupboard is actually a Chessboard vehicle from the R60 backstory)

Photo+Mar+20%2C+3+28+06+PM.png

It's about a little girl who is an inventor. Should I be worried that - much like R60 is sexist and offensive in many ways - it will frighten girls away from STEM fields instead of sparking their interest in them?
And am I being overly conservative in thinking that little children shouldn't be playing vidya at all and should rather be outside or reading books or playing with touchable, material toys?
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I imagine the target audience will respond by thinking "If STEM subjects are as horrible as this game I don't think I'll bother".
 
DykesDykesChina said:
Did you know that Brianna and friends are also working on a children's game called "Cupcake Crisis"?

http://www.giantspacekat.com/games-1 (scroll halfway down)
(the tank model in the cupboard is actually a Chessboard vehicle from the R60 backstory)

It's about a little girl who is an inventor. Should I be worried that - much like R60 is sexist and offensive in many ways - it will frighten girls away from STEM fields instead of sparking their interest in them?
And am I being overly conservative in thinking that little children shouldn't be playing vidya at all and should rather be outside or reading books or playing with touchable, material toys?
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Can't wait for it to go live on Mafa.com.
 
so she's making another game that looks like something you'd find in the discount bin at your local toys store in the early 2000's?
 
Giant Spacekat said:
OUR PHILOSOPHY WHEN IT COMES TO PLAY TIME IS, PLAY WITH WHATEVER CATCHES YOUR FANCY, DON'T LET ANYONE TELL YOU IT'S NOT FOR YOU.
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Then why do you throw a bitch-fit each time someone plays a game you deem "problematic?" Gods forbid I play fucking Dragon's Crown.

Alan Pardew said:
1. lol
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All right, I've had about enough of this canard of Wu's. I want it either confirmed or drowned in fire.

Someone. Anyone with familiarity with Wu.

What certifications does she have in a STEM field? I ask because her collegiate major was fucking business, and I don't think she has any fucking certifications. If she does, more power to her, but if she doesn't, that information is going in the fucking wiki.
 
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