Michael Faragher
Wormwood Studios
Actually, Fork, yes, I do worry about witch-hunts. Not personally, but professionally. Professional trolls, social media personalities, and clickbait reporting can all very drastically change a narrative.
Cyberpunk 2077. A lot of people say it sucks, but so many people say that and follow up with "I never played it because I heard it sucked." Heinlein takes a lot of flak but only from people who have never read one of his stories. Kipling and Lovecraft are posthumously tried in the court of public opinion for being average men of their time.
The narrative eclipses the work. We see that with the Enhanced Interrogation discussion, where someone pulls out rectal hydration and now every single conversation about the topic requires addressing the elephant, which only reinforces the hose up ass hydration. It's a classic way to turn nothing into attention. "Have you stopped beating your wife?"
Like this thread. One person posed a single concern and things went off the rails. I say this with all seriousness, it's only because this place is more reasonable than Twitter that this didn't turn into a dog pile.
Am I afraid of iconography? No. Am I afraid someone may be offended? Only professionally. One does not harass the opposition (and everyone is potentially the opposition). As much as it may amuse me to tip some sacred cows to get more eyes and hopefully more sales, I'd rather the game stand on its own.
Sorry for the utter wall of text. I just wanted to point out that at some point, if you're doing business, you must become the ambassador to your product. Otherwise you just end up with Daikatana level advertising.
Cyberpunk 2077. A lot of people say it sucks, but so many people say that and follow up with "I never played it because I heard it sucked." Heinlein takes a lot of flak but only from people who have never read one of his stories. Kipling and Lovecraft are posthumously tried in the court of public opinion for being average men of their time.
The narrative eclipses the work. We see that with the Enhanced Interrogation discussion, where someone pulls out rectal hydration and now every single conversation about the topic requires addressing the elephant, which only reinforces the hose up ass hydration. It's a classic way to turn nothing into attention. "Have you stopped beating your wife?"
Like this thread. One person posed a single concern and things went off the rails. I say this with all seriousness, it's only because this place is more reasonable than Twitter that this didn't turn into a dog pile.
Am I afraid of iconography? No. Am I afraid someone may be offended? Only professionally. One does not harass the opposition (and everyone is potentially the opposition). As much as it may amuse me to tip some sacred cows to get more eyes and hopefully more sales, I'd rather the game stand on its own.
Sorry for the utter wall of text. I just wanted to point out that at some point, if you're doing business, you must become the ambassador to your product. Otherwise you just end up with Daikatana level advertising.