Brianna Wu / John Walker Flynt - "Biggest Victim of Gamergate," Failed Game Developer, Failed Congressional Candidate

[Vaclav]

It seems too insane that he would forgo the chance to spend the rest of his life with a partner he genuinely cares about in order to abuse an emotional and physical trainwreck 24/7.

If this is Frank's fetish, this is what he genuinely cares about. This is just a theory, I suspect the truth is closer to them both being emotionally messed-up people who have formed a weird codependent bond. But Frank having a master plan to torment John actually explains a lot, like why he'd be willing to spend so much money on a project he must have known was crap from the get-go.

You allude to Frank "abusing" John, making him do degrading things, but what I'm saying is that he may never abuse him in an outright way. He's guided John into a situation where he can't avoid massive damage to his ego, all the while playing the part of the loving husband. I've heard of people who did similar things but on a much smaller scale, like a guy who joined tabletop RPG groups, played normally for a while, and then tried to get the characters killed at the climax of a major storyline.

Frank is not a dumb guy, after all. He's probably smarter than everyone in the CON chatlogs put together. But this is what he decided to do with his life. This is one of the more entertaining answers to the question of why.

 

[Keystone]

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Whoever that is would probably flip if they heard about Wu's history of animal abuse.

Yeah, it'd be a real shame if someone tracked down and informed the person in the story

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Not enough in the world for this.

 

[NoStinkingBadges]

Do you think maybe Frank is enjoying this? That this could be the ultimate expression of his sadism?

He gave John miles of rope and he still couldn't help but hang himself. I think Frank pushed to get the game released partially because he doesn't want to get accused of fraud, but I wonder if he also likes seeing John squirm. He's put John in a box whose walls are closing in. Whatever he chooses, John's facing widespread ridicule and the destruction of the SOCCON creative franchise he's spent his life building. Is there any better way to torture a narcissist?

Maybe this is Frank's fetish, maybe this is what's worth half a million dollars to him. He built up "Brianna Wu" like a mile-high Jenga tower, and now he gets a front row seat to watch it come crashing down. Frank just might be the truest kiwifarmer of all.

Frank Wu: Master Ween

 

[Rou]

Frank Wu: Master Ween

Did you ever Ween someone so hard you spent $400k just to make them feel bad

 

[Keystone]

Did you ever Ween someone so hard you spent $400k just to make them feel bad

I don't know what would be worse in that situation, spending that much money on what is the equivalent of a dumpster fire, or spending time in the same country home with Johnny boy.

Spoiler: Also another 'review'

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

The Kickstarter revolt continues.

That bottom comment is in regards to the backers only getting the basic version of the game and not the Special Edition.

And what important issue is Wu focused on while her backers demand answers?

 

[DumbDosh]

I wonder how viable it would be to mass email steam support about Revolution 60 fraudulently promising steam trading cards on the special edition DLC page. There was that twitter pic Wu sent of her making steam trading cards and emoticons, so what happened?

And will Wu ever give a shit enough to actually fix that?

 

[Batman VS Tony Danza]

Do you think maybe Frank is enjoying this? That this could be the ultimate expression of his sadism?

He gave John miles of rope and he still couldn't help but hang himself. I think Frank pushed to get the game released partially because he doesn't want to get accused of fraud, but I wonder if he also likes seeing John squirm. He's put John in a box whose walls are closing in. Whatever he chooses, John's facing widespread ridicule and the destruction of the SOCCON creative franchise he's spent his life building. Is there any better way to torture a narcissist?

Maybe this is Frank's fetish, maybe this is what's worth half a million dollars to him. He built up "Brianna Wu" like a mile-high Jenga tower, and now he gets a front row seat to watch it come crashing down. Frank just might be the truest kiwifarmer of all.

No, I don't think he's getting off on the actual shit Brianna gets. Think of a kid who purposely seeks out a pet that will be chronically ill because they know the animal will always be reliant on them and need them just to function like regular pets. Not out of pity but insecurity. They never want that animal to leave, they never really want it to get well enough to have that decision either but they don't want any additional pain for the pet. That's how I look at their relationship.

 

[Aleks]

Revolution 60 will ultimately be forgotten by anyone with an ounce of good taste

FTFY

Pot, meet kettle.

 

[Black Waltz]

I found a review on Revolution 60

Edit: Didn't realize somebody already posted this, my bad.

 

[MysteriousStranger]

Spoiler: Also another 'review'

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_6vqFgEASx8

That thing there is very funny.

 

[mrae]

I don't think it was exactly a bargain basement transition. Wu seems to have had not just a dick chop, but tonnes of surgery: nose job, boob job, forehead reduction, cheekbone implants, Adam's apple reduction...

It's just that since John Flynt was already one ugly alien-looking motherfucker as a man, no amount of money and surgery can make him into a decent-looking woman. Especially since he transitioned later in life.

Ah, you're right. I guess it's an example of "Can't polish a turd." And the fact Brianna has no lips at all always throws me.

 

[The Flynt's Stones]

And the fact Brianna has no lips at all always throws me.

You have no idea how successful John's vaginoplasty was, don't make shit up.

 

[mrae]

You have no idea how successful John's vaginoplasty was, don't make shit up.

 

[Elbe]

Serious question: has a game released on Steam ever flopped this badly?

Is there any way to find out?

I guess the sole player is Frank trying to fix the fucked up boss fight while stunning and brave Brianna Wu goes off to save America from Donald Trump.

 

[soliloquyR]

"LOL I'm so quirky and random!"

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LEL MY HUSBAND BLEW 500,000 DOLLARS ON MY WASTE OF SPACE SHIT GAME THAT PROBABLY HASN'T EVEN HIT 50 SALES YET! LOOK AT HOW STUPID HE IS! KEK
For real though, he doesn't look like he's actually sleeping.

Spoiler: extra posts

I only played it for a while. Is there any adult content I should know about before letting my 11 year old grandchild play it? He loves old, clunky, retro style games and knows nothing of Wu so I want to see if someone "innocent" playing it will like it.

Don't. It'll make him hate video games, especially since the final boss is unbeatable.

If this wasn't about a trans person, Wu wouldn't give two shits.

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So, leaking classified documents is okay if you're trans, and you're entitled to free SRS despite being forced to spend 35 prison for leaking classified documents?

It's so depressing when people go along with Wu's bullshit.

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To be fair, Rev60 is the worst, most hilarious failure I have ever seen.

So much for not acknowledging the media frenzy with a response...

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What fucking news channel does John watch? All you ever fucking see on channels like MSNBC and CNN is them shitting on Trump in a newsroom directly after a flashy CGI transition.

Although John has probably only sold somewhere in the region of 50 copies of his magnum opus aka the biggest abortion of a game since E.T., it's incredible to me that his Patreon is still at a fairly robust $1,600 or so per month. Despite very clearly having done nothing the last two years, he is making the functional equivalent of 160 sales of R60 per month (assuming Patreon and Steam take the same kind of cut).

I know his Patreon has been slowly bleeding out every month (a sort of electronic surrogate to a real period perhaps), but even so, John has raked in at least $40,000 in the last two years, which is more than triple the kickstarted money. This is where he has really taken his supporters/enablers for a ride, not the kickstarter itself.

The bit I find particularly telling is that now it's so demonstrably clear his Patreons have indeed been taken for a ride, they still sit in place as willing participants. Cognitive dissonance is a powerful drug.

So, Flynt has actually "sold" several thousand copies of his game, and will continue to "sell" the equivalent of over a hundred copies a month. This might seem quite galling until you remember three key things.

1. It is likely the case that a huge percentage of the Patreon cash is actually from John himself, puffing up the figure with some kind of weird self-applied fractional reserve banking type of scenario.

2. Even if all funds were legit, John has spent an order of magnitude more money to make what little he has done (and $40,000 in two years is pretty pathetic).

3. His professional credibility to all but the most dyed in the wool SJW acolytes is irreparably damaged.

Of course, technically it's all been Frank's money. It's a bit like a parent putting a dollar into those small, coin operated little rides outside stores while the kid sits there pretending to be an F1 driver or an astronaut. Except instead of a dollar it's half a million dollars. And the parent is Frank. And the kid is a 40 year old, severely mentally disturbed man. And the ride never ends.

The biggest mystery for me is why Frank has chosen to marry John and spend all this money. He's clearly a massive sped, but he's self-imposing such a monstrous existence on himself.

Frank's a known (alleged) wife abuser, and all abusers love having people totally submissive and dependent on them.
They like knowing that they're the sole base on which their victim clings onto, and take pleasure in knowing that they can remove that pillar whenever they want to and watch their victim crumble.
Maybe Frank's just waiting for the right moment? Or maybe he's too afraid of leaving John because he'll be forced to pay John alimony and give him half of what he owns.

 

[Norvic]

The part I love best about everyone having their own unique take on the why Frank sticks with BriBri conspiracy theory is that not a single person can believe that Frank genuinely loves her, 'cos she looks like the creature from the black lagoon and has a personality like a rabid poodle.

 

[GabeRegan]

The part I love best about everyone having their own unique take on the why Frank sticks with BriBri conspiracy theory is that not a single person can believe that Frank genuinely loves her, 'cos she looks like the creature from the black lagoon and has a personality like a rabid poodle.

Given what we know and have seen, that is the hardest scenario to believe (even though it's probably true).

 

[randomfarmer]

If McBain was telling the truth, he morphed from a trailer park husband to Brianna's goofy sidekick who doesn't know how to handle money. It doesn't compute.

It could also appear to be a prison bitch relationship. You lock two men in a room and one will dominate the other eventually.

 

[Peace and Harmony]

Just keep on slapping your cocks on that narrative you dumbfucks.