Huh. I always thought Yahtzee was at the very least chud-adjecent just based on vibes but he makes a pretty strong rejection of Rowling and TERFs in general in this. Cool to see.
Having a kid is interesting that way. Its like a coin flip whether it makes you a better or worse person but it seems to fairly frequently make a significant impact that way. Some people become absolute demons because of it but for others it gives them a lot of perspective.
Apparently the former owner or manager or something of the escapist was a big gamergate guy, but now he doesn’t work there and the current staff disavow him pretty frequently. Yahtzee seems pretty on board with trans rights and stuff but clearly doesn’t want to talk about. Whenever he brings up politics in his reviews though it’s always shitting on right wingers
Started out as a lib, but was at the very least entirely opposed to the invasion of Iraq for mostly-coherent reasons (aka reasons you formulate before you feel confident in saying the word Imperialism). Honestly, I think he’s at a good spot for a media critic–makes sure to mention that he is just a media guy and not an expert in political theory. Also he didn’t fall for the weird loop that a lot of gamergate adherents fall for, where they develop a strong anti-corporate mindset but manage to keep hating LGBT because they conflate corpo pandering with some kind of gay conspiracy.
Huh. I always thought Yahtzee was at the very least chud-adjecent just based on vibes but he makes a pretty strong rejection of Rowling and TERFs in general in this. Cool to see.
He’s gotten better the last few years, particularly after having a kid
Having a kid is interesting that way. Its like a coin flip whether it makes you a better or worse person but it seems to fairly frequently make a significant impact that way. Some people become absolute demons because of it but for others it gives them a lot of perspective.
tbf his old stuff was full of various slurs
he doesn’t do that any more though
Apparently the former owner or manager or something of the escapist was a big gamergate guy, but now he doesn’t work there and the current staff disavow him pretty frequently. Yahtzee seems pretty on board with trans rights and stuff but clearly doesn’t want to talk about. Whenever he brings up politics in his reviews though it’s always shitting on right wingers
Started out as a lib, but was at the very least entirely opposed to the invasion of Iraq for mostly-coherent reasons (aka reasons you formulate before you feel confident in saying the word Imperialism). Honestly, I think he’s at a good spot for a media critic–makes sure to mention that he is just a media guy and not an expert in political theory. Also he didn’t fall for the weird loop that a lot of gamergate adherents fall for, where they develop a strong anti-corporate mindset but manage to keep hating LGBT because they conflate corpo pandering with some kind of gay conspiracy.
Yahtzee hates games as much as he hates everything thats not the first portal game