In an absolutely stunning refusal to check out to space, Wales Interactive released and after that rapidly removed a trailer for a brand-new FMV (complete motion video) game called Gamer Girl. In this game, the gamer is entrusted with moderating the livestream chat of an up and coming streamer passing the name Abicake99 (played by Alexandra Burton). In addition to banning commenters and increasing the customer count, the trailer makes it clear theres likewise a hazardous path Abi can follow, as the moderator is tasked with stabilizing her streaming with the “drama” in her life, and the trailer appears to end with her getting assaulted IRL.
Watch it yourself if you have a high limit for tolerating garbage:
( image: YouTube).
According to the developers– via a string of defensive tweets posted Thursday– the video game is meant to demonstrate how Abi “fights the trolls and– conquers– the hazardous characters in her stream.” They state the story is “empowering.” Other than as is so often the case, when a group tries to “raise awareness” about distressing experiences theyve never faced themselves, the outcome generally just puts that injury on screen as home entertainment without offering any worthwhile commentary, review, or analysis to go along with it.
And when a lot of white guys get together to choose what is and isnt “empowering” to females, thats simply the biggest warning you can find. The game credits Burton as an author on the video game due to the fact that her reactions are totally improvised, which is fantastic in terms of innovative expression for a star but it doesnt sound like that in fact impacts the plot of the game or the methods which this kind of injury is checked out.
What makes this ill-timed and specifically awful is that the video games industry has actually been going through its own massive #MeToo numeration in current weeks, with lots of developers, banners, influencers, and more being called out for abusive and predatory habits.
i dont _ truly _ wish to seriously talk about the player lady thing b/c I understand everyone else already is however:
the timeless issue with em pathy games is that it constantly winds up being “this game is interesting to nonmarginalized ppl and shocking to marginalized ppl”
— Aura (@MOOMANiBE) July 17, 2020
Went to the site for the company that produced Gamer Girl.This is their group photo.Now it makes more sense how this screwed up video game made it into production. pic.twitter.com/YwietsHVAy
— Ani-Mia (@AniMiaOfficial) July 17, 2020
Oh, and if you were wondering if anybody involved in this game does have experience with the sort of toxicity female and non-cis-male players actually face every day, well …
the official PlayStation account launched a trailer for a brand-new FMV game previously quickly erasing it
i present to you: GAMER GIRL pic.twitter.com/GF477143nF
— Rod Breslau (@Slasher) July 17, 2020
love 2 monetize ladiess trauma, esp after a big industry metoo minute
— Reb Valentine (@duckvalentine) July 17, 2020
Its excellent that the trailer was pulled. Ideally, the game will be pulled. It never ever needs to have been made in the first place, and absolutely not by this team.
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Its great that the trailer was pulled. Hopefully, the video game will be pulled. It never should have been made in the very first place, and definitely not by this team.
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In this video game, the gamer is entrusted with moderating the livestream chat of an up and coming streamer going by the name Abicake99 (played by Alexandra Burton). In addition to prohibiting commenters and increasing the subscriber count, the trailer makes it clear theres likewise a hazardous course Abi can follow, as the moderator is charged with stabilizing her streaming with the “drama” in her life, and the trailer appears to end with her getting attacked IRL.
