ChorizoPicozo
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explain
Wolverine narrative lead leaves Insomniac for CDPR
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MiguelItUp
Member
Oh of course! But I still don't think it's worth jumping to negative conclusions until we know anything for sure.
Mmm hmm, exactly. These things happen. I just think it's worth waiting to see how things pan out before raging about hypothetical outcomes.
TastyPastry
Member
the writing team for cyberpunk orion worries me, i don't think cyberpunk 2077 had the most amazing writing ever but it was at least semi competent
iHaunter
Member
She could be cool, you don't know.
dottme
Member
I feel Orion is probably one of the best game to accept LGBT character. With the cyberpunk theme, it can work well.
But I have 0 confidence in the current woke developer to be able to do it well.
Of all the games I've played, Harry Potter was the only one with good LGBT and diversity. But it was hated by the woke community.
But I have 0 confidence in the current woke developer to be able to do it well.
Of all the games I've played, Harry Potter was the only one with good LGBT and diversity. But it was hated by the woke community.
balls of snow
Gold Member
Gonna bookmark some posts here for when the cyberpunk sequel teaser is out and people cant stop creaming their pants.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
He/She/They/Them can't......other than possibly they're an insomniac or Sony employee
MDSLKTR
Member
TGO
Hype Train conductor. Works harder than it steams.
It's probably the reason they left
Daniel_Mallorca1985
Member
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
You know that likely came from his higher ups.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
I remember that Stevenson dude that was always here in posts.....think he was an Insomniac Community person. What happened to him? Did he leave here for the site of purple and rainbows?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Hudo
Member
Can you tell me when a thread will be opened discussing the next Command & Conquer game?
Fess
Member
Oh boy ....
“We Need To Pull Every Lever We Have” - Insomniac's Narrative Director Discusses Lack Of LGBTQ Content in Video Games
We talked to Mary Kenney, associate narrative director at Insomniac Games about the lack of LGBTQ representation in gaming.www.dualshockers.com
Thankfully, there hasn't been a shortage of LGBTQ developers over the years. We have seen incredible talents coming from the minds of people like Maddy Thorson, who created the transgender character, Madeline, in the game Celeste, Cathryn Mataga, a transgender programmer and founder of the independent video game company Junglevision, who worked on X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse as well as Spider-Man 2 and also D.E. Chaudron from Larian Studios, a queer and nonbinary video game developer who worked on Baldur's Gate 3 - to name only a few.
We Need To Pull Every Lever We Have
Kenney echoes this evidence by saying "There are so many LGBTQ developers, and we want what players want - to design experiences that tell the player we're here, we're important, and we belong." This could become increasingly difficult as we see more and more pitches turned down amid one of the worst years ever for gaming. However, Kenney remains adamant that something has to give way to allow change to happen.
"We need to pull every lever we have," Kenney says. "Characters, community support, mechanics, to make it so." It's a subject she's clearly passionate about, and her insights are thought-provoking.
oh no CDPR what are you doing?
Chuck Berry
Gold Member
Every day just makes it easier and easier to avoid this game like the fucking plague.
Esppiral
Member
This reminds me when someone is new to Photoshop and wants to use all the available filters in their works, the final results is never pleasant.Oh boy ....
“We Need To Pull Every Lever We Have” - Insomniac's Narrative Director Discusses Lack Of LGBTQ Content in Video Games
We talked to Mary Kenney, associate narrative director at Insomniac Games about the lack of LGBTQ representation in gaming.
Thankfully, there hasn't been a shortage of LGBTQ developers over the years. We have seen incredible talents coming from the minds of people like Maddy Thorson, who created the transgender character, Madeline, in the game Celeste, Cathryn Mataga, a transgender programmer and founder of the independent video game company Junglevision, who worked on X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse as well as Spider-Man 2 and also D.E. Chaudron from Larian Studios, a queer and nonbinary video game developer who worked on Baldur's Gate 3 - to name only a few.
We Need To Pull Every Lever We Have
Kenney echoes this evidence by saying "There are so many LGBTQ developers, and we want what players want - to design experiences that tell the player we're here, we're important, and we belong." This could become increasingly difficult as we see more and more pitches turned down amid one of the worst years ever for gaming. However, Kenney remains adamant that something has to give way to allow change to happen.
"We need to pull every lever we have," Kenney says. "Characters, community support, mechanics, to make it so." It's a subject she's clearly passionate about, and her insights are thought-provoking.
Shakka43
Member
The same, their work is done with Insomniac now is time to diversify another studio.
TransTrender
Gold Member
It says this is the start of a thread but I can only see the first one.
Do I need an account?
Švejk
Banned
CP2077 already had it, it's to make sure Witcher moving forward has it inclusivity shoehorned in. Mark my words, Geralt WILL come across a black woman witcher, and of course will beat the shit out of him. Clear as fucking day.
solidus12
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RavageX
Member
You....you are joking about that being Jean right? Right? I dont like Jean but come on....really?Have you seen what they have done to Jean Grey?
this, with how woke Spider-man 2 is, they're dead Jim.
They're targeting this :
Seeing that shit made my eyes water.
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Especially a CDPR game lol.Remember kids, friends don't let friends pre-order games!
StereoVsn
Gold Member
BG3 was overall pretty good as well in that regard.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
Look at the first 8 responses to the post. Up until Cyclops gets punched.
If someone said "I'm going to post about the narrative designer from Insomniac leaving to go work at another studio. How do you think gaf is going to respond?" This is about how I would expect it to go.
Putonahappyface
Gold Member
Have you seen what they have done to Jean Grey?
this, with how woke Spider-man 2 is, they're dead Jim.
They're targeting this :
Angry_Megalodon
Member
Let's disregard the circumstances of WHY people react that way.
Let's pretend CD Projekt is not taking steps to become a "modern-audiences" company. This is another one.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
But given at how much woke, DEI garbage Insomniac has put out recently, and has openly said they are going to do with this dumpster fire game, is it really a surprise to you that there would be comments like what you have seen? Mindsets like that going to other studios only perpetuates that mindset and output elsewhere.
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semiconscious
Member
all i know is, i have zero expectations for wolverine. even minus the dei crap, i just don't see the character being in insomniac's comfort zone. santa monica studio, maybe...
lughnasadh123
Member
Concern trolling at LGTBQ representation in the Witcher universe when you can make a case they're all a bunch of sexual degenerates is kinda funny. Well, I guess the L part of the acronym is fine for some as long as they're fuckable.
Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
I should point out that I wasn't directly sharing an opinion on the content of the responses themselves. Just the predictability of it.
Kokoloko85
Member
Am wrong though? Since the 2016 I think there PS games have sold well and reviewed above 8.5 with critics and users
But no, Insomniac is destroyed
Kokoloko85
Member
Have you seen what they have done to Jean Grey?
They make ugly females, Wolverine is still in development.
Either way, Insomniac is doing fine
Ill be there day 1 and I dont live in San Fransisco lol
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
There will always be that market that eats up the Superhero trash from Insomniac and other devs, so implying that we are saying they are "destroyed" is disingenuous.
The fact that their entire product schedule (from that leak) all the way until the 2030's shows you that they have become unoriginal and boring and just want to keep making the same shit over and over just with different characters. That's a whole other topic, but back on topic to what's being discussed here......anyone with an objective eye can see how much the DEI, and woke bullshit has taken over Insomniac's recent releases. You can look at other Sony owned studios too and see the same trend (SSM, Naughty Dog, etc...), so is the problem Sony pushing this directive out to their studios, or is it that the studios all drinking the same rainbow colored kool-aid?
IMO, western gaming these days (with rare exception) is trash. If you want to play something that is fun, escapes reality, and doesn't go out of their way to pander to the crazy colored hair people, stick with games that come out of Japan studios.
Kokoloko85
Member
I hate woke politics, but when it comes to games I dont really give a crap tbh. If it bothers me that much, Id turn it off and I dont think Iv had to do that to any of my games have compared to TV and movie etc.
I really didnt feel it in GOW and apart Abbey being stupidly/comically muscular, I didnt even notice the other woke stuff in TLOU2, lol. It flew right over my head.
It will all balance itself in the end, sales will go down or something else if they mess up more.
When it comes to superhero trash, Ive always been a Super Hero fan. I always wanted a great studio to do an Xmen game, Spiderman etc, so I have zero complaints as long as they keep making Ratchet and Clank and maybe a new ip. When it comes to Resistance all I can hope for is a Remake one day by another studio. There output has been great too
Cyber_hunter026
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ProtoByte
Weeb Underling
Insomniac is particularly political what with their being in Burbank, but unfortunately this problem was never and will never be something you can easily isolate. Bioware is a country away and is just as bad, if not worse, and was heading in that direction a long time ago.
Progressive ideology is dominant and entrenched in educational institutions, collegiate academia especially. This goes for everywhere in the western world, and increasingly elsewhere. There's simply no way to hire new people without hiring from graduates of said institutions.
All that can be done is enough financial failures and enough time to go by where these people start to get the hint that they ought to keep their terrible politics to themselves.
Dr. Claus
Banned
Yes, because being against regressives who push and celebrate racist concepts is a bad thing?
Throttle
Member
In the Horizon VR game every woman is butt uglyOh boy ....
“We Need To Pull Every Lever We Have” - Insomniac's Narrative Director Discusses Lack Of LGBTQ Content in Video Games
We talked to Mary Kenney, associate narrative director at Insomniac Games about the lack of LGBTQ representation in gaming.
Thankfully, there hasn't been a shortage of LGBTQ developers over the years. We have seen incredible talents coming from the minds of people like Maddy Thorson, who created the transgender character, Madeline, in the game Celeste, Cathryn Mataga, a transgender programmer and founder of the independent video game company Junglevision, who worked on X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse as well as Spider-Man 2 and also D.E. Chaudron from Larian Studios, a queer and nonbinary video game developer who worked on Baldur's Gate 3 - to name only a few.
We Need To Pull Every Lever We Have
Kenney echoes this evidence by saying "There are so many LGBTQ developers, and we want what players want - to design experiences that tell the player we're here, we're important, and we belong." This could become increasingly difficult as we see more and more pitches turned down amid one of the worst years ever for gaming. However, Kenney remains adamant that something has to give way to allow change to happen.
"We need to pull every lever we have," Kenney says. "Characters, community support, mechanics, to make it so." It's a subject she's clearly passionate about, and her insights are thought-provoking.
