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[Slayven]

They are rich, young and (mostly) white. You think they have the capacity for empathy and care about the consequences for others of their actions? Probably developmentally stunted emotionally and socially.

It's what happen when you have folks raised by 4chan

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Don't understand how anyone could support Trump unless you are racist or just easily misled by Fox News. It's even more shocking when you factor in that the guy is young.

money

white

straight

privilege blinds

 

[phaonaut]

Want to believe those Bethesda allegations even more now.

Which allegations?

 

[LiquidSword]

Carmack's probably a Trump guy, too.

Please don't let this be true.

 

[Pie and Beans]

Nimble was a VR tech company.

This is probably some crossed wires shit with another bunch of jokers named Nimble.

 

[MadLaughter]

Nimble was a VR tech company.

This is probably some crossed wires shit with another bunch of jokers named Nimble.

He's liked some anti-hillary and pro-trump stuff on twitter. Signs have been there for a while.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

The man has turned heel.

 

[Cartman86]

Big Smash Bros. fan too. Wouldn't surprise me what his views are on some recent happenings in that community.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

he also tweeted about how Justice Scalia protected #videogames lmao

damn

 

[EnlightenedMint]

Please don't let this be true.

We will always have Gabe though.

 

[Oersted]

petulant children getting phenomenally lucky (luckey?) by tinkering/investing/inventing the right technology at the right time and attracting the right people. google says he's worth 700 million. ayylmao.jpg

And Miyamoto 40 million.

What a world.

 

[johnsmith]

Oh, look who hangs out with gamergaters.

@nikkimoxxi
I used to be a #sjw like Randi, then I took a @Nero to the brain
#GamerGate

 

[vatstep]

VR was a mistake

 

[chrominance]

It's going to be real said if it turns out Gabe Newell is ALSO funding a pro-Trump propaganda campaign-cum-internet hit squad. Then who will we buy our high-priced VR toys from?

But more seriously, the way the Daily Beast article is worded, Palmer Luckey talked to Daily Beast reporters directly about this 501(c). There's nothing for him to "own up to," he's talking openly about it. He doesn't give a shit if you know or not. Which makes it all the more infuriating, really.

 

[jay]

Please don't let this be true.

I made it up so don't assume it's true. But from Masters of Doom, he seems very aloof and uninterested in mortals problems and his wife is some sort of libertarian.

 

[Peltz]

Well... Fuck him then.

 

[Big-E]

Which allegations?

That Occulus was mostly made with their tech while Carmack was still an employee.

 

[ClayKavalier]

People shouldn't assume anything about the guy's politics, this is strictly business. Trump's disastrous reign will leave the country in ruins and drive sales of VR-enabled escapism.

 

[Yekshemesh]

Fuck this guy. Makes choosing between Vive and Oculus much easier.

 

[jay]

People shouldn't assume anything about the guy's politics, this is strictly business. Trump's disastrous reign will leave the country in ruins and drive sales of VR-enabled escapism.

Business is politics.

Oh, it was a joke. Sorry, I read the first line and got mad.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Man, he really fell out of grace with the internet. I'm really not surprised though. Can't trust a dude that doesn't wear shoes in public.

 

[Loxley]

Which allegations?

Bethesda alleges that Carmack knowingly took important files and VR technology that he created while under Bethesda's employ at Id (which would make it Bethesda's property) and used it when he moved to Oculus to help the Rift.

 

[Geek]

Oh, look hangs out with gamergaters.

Yeah, the fact that he dates a Trump-loving, apparently racist GGer is telling!

 

[maquiladora]

If this is true....fucking wow, sickening.

 

[marrec]

People shouldn't assume anything about the guy's politics, this is strictly business. Trump's disastrous reign will leave the country in ruins and drive sales of VR-enabled escapism.

Nah, dudes a shitheel, this is known.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I honestly wonder how Zuckerberg feels about this.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Wonder what Giant Bomb is thinking right now. I thought it was weird they had him on this year with Austin there. Maybe they didn't know.

 

[Makonero]

Nah, dudes a shitheel, this is known.

Well yeah dude doesn't wear shoes

He probably steps in shit all the time

Also, he's a giant piece of shit so there's that

 

[MadLaughter]

Wonder what Giant Bomb is thinking right now. I thought it was weird they had him on this year with Austin there. Maybe they didn't know.

My guess is that they didn't know.

 

[j_k_redtail]

If his PR skills haven't improved since this past summer, the effort is doomed.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

I'm now sorry I bought a DK2. Vive it is then.

 

[entremet]

Hmm. I think I'll support PSVR on PC instead

?

 

[Balb]

Wonder what Giant Bomb is thinking right now. I thought it was weird they had him on this year with Austin there. Maybe they didn't know.

Context? Why would Austin have potentially been offended?

 

[Chmpocalypse]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/22/palmer-luckey-the-facebook-billionaire-secretly-funding-trump-s-meme-machine.html

Vive is way better anyway.

 

[RPGCrazied]

Loser. Look at that money he is wasting from that facebook deal. And seems like an awful person too.

 

[acheron_xl]

Everything will be fine when all the old people die, they said. Future generations will continue to spread tolerance and peace, they said.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

If his PR skills haven't improved since this past summer, the effort is doomed.

He doesn't need PR skills when the biggest Donald Trump subreddit is helping him out.

I honestly cannot wait for Trump to lose *fingers crossed* so all of these fucks can go fuck themselves.

Fuck Oculus.

 

[Mr. X]

If I didn't think VR was a fad, I'd definitely boycott this fucks product and all who are affiliated in it for profit.

 

[Oersted]

Yeah, the fact that he dates a Trump-loving, apparently racist GGer is telling!

Scratch the telling. He is very blatant about it. Nothing subtle about it, no in between lines.
He is a shitty human. And proud about it.

 

[Charles Alan Ratliff]

Well, this is disappointing, but not totally surprising based on the stuff he likes on Twitter. I think it's time to unfollow him.

My Oculus Rift literally had cobwebs on it the other day because I hadn't touched it since getting the Vive, but this certainly does want me to support them even less. That won't be difficult.

 

[ghst]

Carmack's probably a Trump guy, too.

carmack is nobodies guy. when it all gets too much he's going to teleport himself to mars and come up with a unified field theory just so he can run a real time ray tracing engine on a colecovision.

 

[Aselith]

I made it up so don't assume it's true. But from Masters of Doom, he seems very aloof and uninterested in mortals problems and his wife is some sort of libertarian.

Yeah, Carmack is Mekani Party to his core. Make circuit boards great again!

 

[j_k_redtail]

He doesn't need PR skills when the biggest Donald Trump subreddit is helping him out.

I honestly cannot wait for Trump to lose *fingers crossed* so all of these fucks can go fuck themselves.

Fuck Oculus.

Well that's just it. They aren't helping him out. They were less-than-impressed with his post. Which answers my own question, really.

 

[Garrett Hawke]

Well, this is disappointing, but not totally surprising based on the stuff he likes on Twitter. I think it's time to unfollow him.

My Oculus Rift literally had cobwebs on it the other day because I hadn't touched it since getting the Vive, but this certainly does want me to support them even less. That won't be difficult.

time to change avatar!

 

[phaonaut]

That Occulus was mostly made with their tech while Carmack was still an employee.

Bethesda alleges that Carmack knowingly took important files and VR technology that he created while under Bethesda's employ at Id (which would make it Bethesda's property) and used it when he moved to Oculus to help the Rift.

Did they sue for this? Seems like a huge deal.

 

[TemplaerDude]

Wonder what Giant Bomb is thinking right now. I thought it was weird they had him on this year with Austin there. Maybe they didn't know.

They've never been political, to the best of my knowledge, and it's probably best they keep it that way.

 

[maquiladora]

Context? Why would Austin have potentially been offended?

Really?

 

[Cartman86]

Did they sue for this? Seems like a huge deal.

They are right now.

 

[Balb]

Really?

Is there something I'm missing? How would they have known at the time that he supports Trump?

 

[marrec]

Why are we at all surprised at this point when rich white nerds turn out to be racist/bigoted shitheels?