What a waste of good tea it was too.
Colin Moriarty is leaving Kinda Funny Games.
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Imp the Dimp
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So...what is it with popular gamers being hateful? Is there an article on that?
His Colin Was Right videos just added to my distaste for his views on politics and games. I'm glad he's decided to resign, and that they hired a Community Manager- it almost felt like he was falling out with gaming as the years went on. He'll probably spin off and do his own thing, with the support of all types of Gamer Gate aficionados.
Hope the KF team finds someone who is knowledgeable and educated.
Hope the KF team finds someone who is knowledgeable and educated.
Nothing like the diversity of having alt-right shitheads in our midst.
Goose_Se7en
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To be fair to me I haven't been quoting tweets every other post to correct folks on this not just being about a single tweet. And I'm just upset Colin won't be on KF anymore. Irrelevant of the tweet and his political views I liked his take on games and how he tried to call it as it was. Just a lil salty is all. I can admit that.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Fucking perfect
I generally enjoy Polygon, but I'm just sad that despite the talent involved, they're really no better than the average videogame website when using clickbait titles/articles, made for a reaction opinion pieces and multi headline use for the same article. I guess it's the depressing fact that you have to do this, unless you're really part of the big boys : the NYT, the Economist, etc.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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So do you have anything to add besides little unfunny quips?
Ninja Scooter
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That's fair enough.
Darryl M R
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No they literally cannot.
SomedayTheFire
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But that's not clickbait.
Protesting is the American way. There is nothing more patriotic than protesting a right-wing Nazi.
Human Trashcan
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I'm definitely "bigoted" towards Colin Moriarty, whatever the fuck that means
gow3isben
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No he doesn't just like Horizon. He celebrates the DIVERSITY in horizon. Also:
"He said there is nothing wrong with using the term brave in the game, he must be anti-diversity"
Nope. And if I was american I would have voted for Hilary. But this terrible prejudice is revolting.
Clearly what I said is beyond your comprehension so don't bother.
Ploid 3.0
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Not that I'm following this quote chain, but being called a useful tool just as much of a compliment as being called a useful pawn. Being thankful for that makes you seem silly, unless you are trolling for replies or something (don't accept being called a tool, come on. Have some self respect).
TenCentCoast
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DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Did he not tweet out one? If not, I stand corrected, I thought I read a statement from him. Maybe it was Greg and not him. Still, I don't wish someone losing their job over something unless it is really full of deep hatred. What Colin did was insensitive and I think he did it to make a point, and it was ill-timed. Think the hate for him over it was more extreme than his actual tweet was.
thekiddfran
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Yeah the headline is bullshit.
Why not have "Kinda funny Co-Founder Colin is leaving the company"
Or something to that degree
Well in the same breath he would also say representation isn't important in the medium. That discussion made me angry that no one was there to actually argue against him.
I wouldn't know I'm British, although was around when we rioted over the poll tax.
In a discussion about a man who has been as problematic as Colin has, him loving the diversity in a video game doesn't stop him from believing things that could harm me in real life.
Frozenprince
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Literally this morning he had an interview with Glenn Beck where he said "Nobody was offended".
Yeah. The Sess was one of my favorite game people. Just having him on any podcast would be great
It's confusing seeing all the "you gotta to stick up for your boy no matter what" tweets in response to Greg's statement.
Not how it works in my circles at all. Someone does something shitty, they get called out on it, act like an adult, and apologize and everyone moves on. We're as closer for it, I can always rely on my closest friends to be honest and set me straight not just pat me on the back and tell me I'm the best and it's gonna be okay. If anyone does something to hurt us, we're all there to back each other up, but this is Colin's words and Colin's choices. He has to deal with the consequences (which he apparently is).
Not how it works in my circles at all. Someone does something shitty, they get called out on it, act like an adult, and apologize and everyone moves on. We're as closer for it, I can always rely on my closest friends to be honest and set me straight not just pat me on the back and tell me I'm the best and it's gonna be okay. If anyone does something to hurt us, we're all there to back each other up, but this is Colin's words and Colin's choices. He has to deal with the consequences (which he apparently is).
MrS
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Fuck!
I'm in shock rn. Can't believe Colin has left. Such a shame.
The fans should be allowed to vent their frustrations, as Greg has just said.
You realize these are just words, right? Like if I label myself pro-gay but support regressive policies that harm LGBT people, I'm not actually pro-gay. You can't be pro/anti that stuff in word and then behave in a contradictory way. It's why progressive libertarianism is generally a farce. You can't really be pro-vulnerable group rights and against government intervention required to protect those rights. Imagine a pro-black individual in the Jim crow south - "I fully support the rights of people of color, but the civil rights act is an oppressive burden I don't support." It's just soft bigotry, at best. Even pretending this is the case for him is extremely generous to Colin.
Tom Nook Sawyer
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Because it was obviously in response to the fallout of the tweet, and everything that lead up to it? And even if it wasn't, it followed that event chronologically, which is all the headline claims
And you exposing yourself as an intellectually and ethically inferior human being. I'm sure your loss of support will be an improvement to their community of fans.
Darryl M R
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No he did not apologize. He didn't lose his job, he left.
Anyone wondering if they lost patreon subs.
FYI, every Patreon loses a ton of subs at the end of every month from all the people whose cards bounce. They lost 472 patrons lost march 1st are from that, not anything Colin said.
It's hard to really gauge what impact what he said had since the people cancelling are being negated by people updating their payment information and resubbing.
gow3isben
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Congratulations on the sharp comment!
Nothing he has said will harm you in real life. Good God.
It's pretty prevalent in the gaming industry. It's one of the reasons I never want to work in that industry again.
He has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way but it does go both ways for the other end of the spectrum (e.g. Samantha Bee and the Nazi joke with the kid who has cancer). Society has stated you're either with me or a Nazi/Cuck. Someone else made a comment about how the internet creates a barrier between you and your target, so it limits the acknowledgement of that person you're trying to destroy is real in some way.
Regardless, I think this could be good for him. He definitely had short-timers syndrome on the shows I watched and it could be refreshing for his ideas/platform to reboot.
Frozenprince
Banned
Y'all still arguing with juniors with a few hundo posts huh
harrisk954
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I wonder what was going on behind the scenes. This can't all be as a result of that unfunny tweet, although I do believe that much too much was made of it.
Sure as shit seems sudden if it didn't have anything to do with him leaving. He even just started a new show and talked about its future as early as last week. Come on. The tweet had to do with him leaving this soon. Polygon's headline is fine, and both KF and Colin should look at themselves in the mirror here.
Pops Maellard
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Are you delusional? It's very clear how Colin's rhetoric is unequivocally harmful to others.
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GlamFM
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Fuck what? Even if you ignore his far right bullshit he's still aggressive, condescending and ignorant.
Just watch him go bananas for 30 mins over the PS4pro announcement.
Glad that his attempts to turn KF into video game's Breitbart News failed.
Colin was fucking right? How self centered can one person be? Glad he's out, enjoying that Polygon are making fun of him.
He probably thinks he has a big career in politics ahead of him because he was on the radio twice.
He should soon find out that he's just another white supremacist with a hint of conspiracy theorist in there and not as fucking special as he thinks.
gow3isben
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Please let me in on your insight a bit.
I hate that book so much.
Colin was an excellent games commentator and historian. I always enjoyed hearing (but rarely, if ever, agreed with) his political views as a sort of side note in things like Conversations with Colin, Colin Was Right, etc.
But once these two things started colliding and he started holding himself out as some savior of free speech and "creativity" in games because he was brave enough to say white men can have opinions too, I couldn't stand him. Like many have said on this thread, he was always advocating for free speech, listening to different opinions, and having "civil" (my god how I hate how people use that word) conversations about politics, but never hesitated to drag anyone who had the gall to express dissatisfaction with representation in video games or dare to venture into the realm of identity politics (see the most recent episode of PS I Love You, where he spends half the time yelling about how stupid and childish a Native woman is for starting a conversation around the use of certain historically oppressive words in Horizon: Zero Dawn).
The first video game podcast I ever listened to was the Podcast Beyond episode recorded after their first live show (back when it was Greg, Colin, and Ryan). I remember Colin talking about how humbled he was by all of these strangers being so happy to see him in person. Now Colin goes on the Rubin Report and Glenn Beck. Now he spends time on his podcast (albeit humorously) discussing whether he is one of the most famous people to come from Long Island. Colin Was Right used to be a self-deprecating inside joke, but now it's turned into a single-minded worldview.
I'll miss hearing Colin's commentary on everything Playstation, his interest in the history of games, and his chemistry with Greg. I'll even miss his obsession with sales numbers and general know-it-all attitude relating to video game industry business decisions. I won't miss his negativity and constant crying over the opinions of "PC Police" or "SJWs." I'm sad that Colin is gone, but I'm happy to see him leave.
But once these two things started colliding and he started holding himself out as some savior of free speech and "creativity" in games because he was brave enough to say white men can have opinions too, I couldn't stand him. Like many have said on this thread, he was always advocating for free speech, listening to different opinions, and having "civil" (my god how I hate how people use that word) conversations about politics, but never hesitated to drag anyone who had the gall to express dissatisfaction with representation in video games or dare to venture into the realm of identity politics (see the most recent episode of PS I Love You, where he spends half the time yelling about how stupid and childish a Native woman is for starting a conversation around the use of certain historically oppressive words in Horizon: Zero Dawn).
The first video game podcast I ever listened to was the Podcast Beyond episode recorded after their first live show (back when it was Greg, Colin, and Ryan). I remember Colin talking about how humbled he was by all of these strangers being so happy to see him in person. Now Colin goes on the Rubin Report and Glenn Beck. Now he spends time on his podcast (albeit humorously) discussing whether he is one of the most famous people to come from Long Island. Colin Was Right used to be a self-deprecating inside joke, but now it's turned into a single-minded worldview.
I'll miss hearing Colin's commentary on everything Playstation, his interest in the history of games, and his chemistry with Greg. I'll even miss his obsession with sales numbers and general know-it-all attitude relating to video game industry business decisions. I won't miss his negativity and constant crying over the opinions of "PC Police" or "SJWs." I'm sad that Colin is gone, but I'm happy to see him leave.
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