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[Putonahappyface]

I'm going to have to steal this, sorry!

 

[FrankieSab]

What kind of a woke world are we living in? Journalists have responsibility to review the game itself, not a personal opinion of the author of the universe the game is based on...! She was not even part of the game story at all.

 

[Mr.Phoenix]

This has just made me lose respect for them. Review it, or don't review it. Don't use it to draw attention to your own personal beliefs and misgivings.

It's just sad that the current cancel culture we have is so rampant these days that these idiots can justify punishing the 100s of people that put years of their lives working on material for an offense they did not make.

I will be a very happy man when I hear this game has sold more than 10M copies. Funny enough, that happening would just show how irrelevant most of these reviewers are.

fucking hypocrisy at its highest... how can anyone champion free speech but then cancel you for freely saying something they don't agree with?

 

[Robochobo]

The author:

This dude so big his shadow got a shadow

 

[M1chl]

I've hardly seen any marketing for the game and it's looking to be very successful. You're right, WB are fucking giggling right now. They might even be thinking about not entirely ditching Harry Potter. As a HP fan I hope so....I want more games like this.

Yeah their advocacy is bullshit and only thing it will create is possible next gamer gate or something like that. After all that"wokescold 4chan" is fully of PR people from companies and exec, so sorry if I am getting little bit conspirational...

But given the war twittering which I am doing since feb 22, I see a lot and currently I see a lot of small account of people who simply wants to exists, getting scared, what this outrage do to them. And that's fucked up.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Plug that wire deep in your asshole pseudo "journalist" yelling at clouds.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

And the person they gave the review to, normally reviews sex toys. To review a children's game.

You can't make this shit up.

 

[TransTrender]

^ there’s the first paragraph if you’re looking for a good laugh

I'm not clicking on the link, but is that real?
Like holy shit that encapsulates everything you need to know, but I'm guessing the body is much worse.




EDIT: Yes, good work above on that Animorphs edit.

 

[Chiggs]

Thank goodness for neo-liberal journalists! Where would we be without them?

Perhaps living in a world controlled by large corporations, with governments so aloof and detached they no longer serve or support their people?

Good thing these stalwart souls were around to prevent all that from happening. And they can render justice on insensitive video games too!

 

[SCB3]

You know my fav part of this? Sophia is TRANS and possibly one of the most level headed and unbiased people on Twitter

 

[Topher]

AI doesn't have emotion or agenda. At least not yet anyway. Very interesting to see a truly objective analysis on the situation.

I like the resident GAF bot take as well...

The woke mob is getting exposed they’re missing the point of controlling narratives, because Hogwarts legacy is selling and streaming. The woke mob is trying to derail the game and it’s motivating people and inspiring people to maybe demo Hogwarts just because.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

This "review" is nothing more than a huge rant about J. K. Rowling being transphobic and how she means nothing to him anymore.

means nothing to HER anymore!

 

[Kilau]

No dildo magic wand on the wizard game?

 

[level1]

Someone should probably let jaina know that hogwarts legacy is in fact not a dildo, and that he/she/they definitely aren't meant to be sticking it up his/her/their ass. That ought to bring the score up by at least a few points.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

These people aren't burning their harry potter books, they didn't stop going to harry potter world, they didn't trash their movie collections...

But can't buy the game... heaven forbid...

 

[farmerboy]

We knew this was coming. Move along.

 

[keraj37]

It is funny because its true.

 

[Spukc]

 

[Putonahappyface]

All because of one little sign?

Ok I'm intrigued what does the sign say, mean please?

 

[TexMex]

Describes the game as “mid” and gives it a 1.

 

[keraj37]

The authors cat:

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

These people aren't burning their harry potter books, they didn't stop going to harry potter world, they didn't trash their movie collections...

But can't buy the game... heaven forbid...

Yup. exactly.

It's not like Harry Potter stuff has made a comeback or anything. Where were these people when the Fantastic Beasts movies came out? Or when Cursed Child released? Or when the HP parks opened?

It's been a long time since 2007-2011.

Describes the game as “mid” and gives it a 1.

anyone who uses "mid" can go take a fuck to themselves, imo (not you <3)

 

[Loxus]

I just read the article and that wasn't a video game review, that was a hate speech.

The person barely mentions the game and goes talking about JK this and JK that.

I can't believe this is the same Wired that did those Mark Cerny PS5 interviews.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

If anyone has the time to compile a list of major outlets that have acted in this way (or boycotted the game) I’d love to see it so I can make sure I never accidentally click on their websites again.

Metacritic and Opencritic should be thrown into trash. We need a politic-free megacritic website.

 

[ThisIsMyDog]

Ok I'm intrigued what does the sign say, mean please?

Arbeit macht frei - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

(this screen was photoshopped for lols)

 

[xiskza]

 

[Mibu no ookami]

This might be the cringiest thing I've ever seen in gaming... right up there with gamergate.

 

[Gambit2483]

And here I thought "videogame" journalists wanted to be taken as "professionals"...silly me

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

The authors cat:

Yikes.... I think you'll find that "cat" identifies as a dog. This ain't it...do better! /s

 

[Madflavor]

But you know? It's a great way to get clicks. I guarantee that's why this person did that. I don't believe for a second this guy really thinks the game is a 1/10.

 

[Physiognomonics]

This is pure political virtuous signaling.

 

[ahtlas7]

The game is a master piece of art and engineering! Wired iis absurd and I wonder if there is legal precedent to sue. 1/10 is slander and false reporting.

 

[Sybrix]

Won’t make a difference.

Kids today watch YouTube and Twitch to see what games they want…. Hogwarts is currently the most streamed game on Twitch.

Any prospective buyers will see how amazing and fun this game is and buy it.

 

[Kusarigama]

Wired losing ts credibility. How silly it is.
Blunderous failure on the part of EIC. It's their job to see absurd and outright incorrect information is not published. It is very much clear that it is done to rake in clicks. They are not that thick headed to even dare imagine that their review (of all media outlets) is going to impact the sales of the game.

Just boycott everything steam, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo for letting the game on their platforms, Warner bros. for developing, the sellers/retailers who are selling and distributing the game, Epic too just because they let their engine used for the development.

 

[Makoto-Yuki]

Won’t make a difference.

Kids today watch YouTube and Twitch to see what games they want…. Hogwarts is currently the most streamed game on Twitch.

Any prospective buyers will see how amazing and fun this game is and buy it.

And most people breathe fresh air so won't be paying attention to these online weirdos.

 

[midnightAI]

Reading that (ugh, why did I read that), they make the assumption that all trans/queer people will stand together and boycott this game, it couldn't be further from the truth, plenty of trans and queer people will play this game and love it, but then, I guess they are just bigots also

 

[JackSparr0w]

They could release 100 reviews like this and it wouldn't matter.

Hogwarts is already an enormous hit.

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

I was waiting for one of these, but even I, in my jaded cynicism, didn't predict the sex toy reviewer plot twist.

 

[Impotaku]

She(?) is also their resident sex toy reviewer

Looks at reviewers pic, yup no wonder she's reviewing sex toys as there's no way she's gonna get it from another human.

 

[nbkicker]

Was waiting to buy this game as got a backlog of games to complete, but think ill go buy online now to show my support

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

And the person they gave the review to, normally reviews sex toys. To review a children's game.

You can't make this shit up.

It's literally a Babylon Bee headline.

 

[Fbh]

Funniest part is that, given her profile and the type of stuff she usually does for the site, I'd bet $1000 this person was fully into that Kotaku article about Harry Potter porn (published in 2019, before JK Rowling became public enemy n1)

 

[rofif]

It’s kinda crazy how many psychos following reee are coming out of the woodworks with this.

 

[keraj37]

Yikes.... I think you'll find that "cat" identifies as a dog. This ain't it...do better! /s

 

[TTOOLL]

They stopped being a tech website a long time ago. Go check some of their articles and you’ll see.

https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-vibrators/

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

If you let stupid nonsensical politics get in the way of reviewing a video game you're in the wrong business.

What a cunt

 

[SCB3]

Reading that (ugh, why did I read that), they make the assumption that all trans/queer people will stand together and boycott this game, it couldn't be further from the truth, plenty of trans and queer people will play this game and love it, but then, I guess they are just bigots also

Wait til you find out that a lot of Trans people actually agree with JK Rowling

 

[Saber]

Guess what people, whatever the heck is this thing is being roasted/destroyed by everyone on twitter. Not a single person defended that shit.

Who would guess a clown virtue trash dressed as a review would do any good?

 

[Ezekiel_]

The 'anti-semetic trope' I don't get, but I'll be damn if I'll click that link and read that garbage.

If they had any integrity, they simply wouldn't given it a review.

 

[fart town usa]

The author:

"YFW someone says buffet"