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[mansoor1980]

Kolbe Payne, a Level Designer at Crystal Dynamics who is working on Perfect Dark, seeming does not like gamers says they “were a mistake” and attacked those who oppose race swaps as “racist pigs.”

dude was also a campaign level designer on halo infinite


as for the jaw line , joanna dark might be based on megan boone

MOD Edit: Let's stop using a regurgitated Fandom Pulse "article" as the basis for discussing old news. Thanks!

 

[FalconPunch]

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[Zathalus]

That time again?

 

[RetroGamingUK]

What’s with these freaks?

 

[Soodanim]

Who is John F Trent, and why is an illiterate person writing for a website?

 

[Xtib81]

These mofos are literally everywhere lmao.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Another mangina getting his feelings hurt. Move along. Nothing to see.

 

[VulcanRaven]

I don't really want to click grifter videos who try to make money from things like this.

 

[digital_ghost]

Guess you don't want any sales and bonuses. Got it.

 

[Doczu]

 

[mansoor1980]

Who is John F Trent, and why is an illiterate person writing for a website?

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

Microsoft is the most infected. Sony was only chasing where they thought culture was going, but after Concord, a company full of CEOs with a car auction habit are going to make damn sure their games don’t pay the woke tax.

 

[Bridges]

In any other industry it would be common sense, as an employee, to not publicly talk shit about your clientbase.

This will not impact my decision to play the game (that last E3 trailer looked phenomenal imo), but what is it about this industry where so many feel so emboldened to make statements like this? It just keeps happening.

 

[Bloody Crow of Cainhurst]

Microsoft is the most infected. Sony was only chasing where they thought culture was going, but after Concord, a company full of CEOs with a car auction habit are going to make damn sure their games don’t pay the woke tax.

Sony got reprimanded so hard for Concord I wouldn't be surprised if there were high level meetings in Japan dissecting exactly what happened and what's to blame. $400 million (allegedly) is not something you can light on fire and not miss, not to mention the loss of face and clowning they received online. They're gonna make damn sure never to leave themselves open to ridicule like that ever again. Maybe Concord was a necessary lesson.

 

[poodaddy]

Another dev fucks over his whole team and his own project by insulting their own customers.

So I'm thinking of starting a cafe up soon. Think I'll go ahead and tell all the customers that ask for coffee that they're assholes for enjoying coffee due to how much migrant workers suffer to source the beans.... surely it'll be a big hit right? Definitely wouldn't be declaring bankruptcy in two months or anything.

Microsoft needs to start taking a much harder stance against this shit. No airing your personal politics online and no alienating fanbases. Warn them first time, second time fired. Make it a policy, and watch these idiots shut the fuck up.

 

[March Climber]

That time again?

Seems like once every 3 weeks now, some random person gets fed up and speaks out to give the grifters free monetization.

Then the arguments commence.

 

[IAmRei]

Here we go, another drama from awful dev who forgot to see if gamers are his soon to be customers. And customers have the right to not buy his product.

 

[rkofan87]

I don't really want to click grifter videos who try to make money from things like this.

i think we found the jaffe alt account.

 

[baphomet]

Shut up and release a game cuck

 

[Soodanim]

Someone please teach him how to press F7 in Word

 

[BigDeadFreak]

I think everyone is just tired of politics at this point. Just concentrate on making good games and leave the rest at the door.

 

[ahtlas7]

 

[cormack12]

Another toxic white male in a development studio

 

[Lord Panda]

 

[Fabieter]

Its like those people hate their job or something.

 

[samoilaaa]

 

[cormack12]

 

[lh032]

whats up with microsoft game studios devs? seems worse than sony devs.

 

[SkylineRKR]

Well, we know what road this game is going to take.

 

[DAHGAMING]

as for the jaw line , joanna dark might be based on megan boone

I see now, from the in game character I always asumed Dark was based on this geeza:

 

[Gp1]

And that's what Halo Infinite campaign/level designer said...

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

At this point I even wonder if Xbox is even amploy a PR team or handed the duties over to ChatGPT-O

 

[xrnzaaas]

Oh man, don't do that to Megan Boone. She's cute and rocks that short hair. When looking at her pictures you'd never say 'hey, maybe that's a man?'.

 

[Black_Stride]

Inst John F Trent already a banned source?

This article/video is about God of War Ragnarok and the dev in question made those statements in 2021 when Kolbe DIDNT work for Crystal Dynamics hell was Crystal Dynamics even called in yet?
Why is he bringing it up again now, when in truth the Angrboda controversy was petty and stupid.

Him defending Laura Bailey for her role as Abby is also commendable, what kind of loser sends death threats to Laura Bailey because shes playing a character they dont like the design of?

His "website" read as substack has weak sources less articles, i mean this article is literally 3 sentences long and he requires people to pay to read posts from 2021?

Nah we need to ban him if he isnt already and people sourcing him also need to get serious.

as for the jaw line , joanna dark might be based on megan boone

Ive had a crush on her since Law and Order....jawline be damned.

 

[mansoor1980]

Oh man, don't do that to Megan Boone. She's cute and rocks that short hair. When looking at her pictures you'd never say 'hey, maybe that's a man?'.

she has a chiseled jaw line , not complaining btw

 

[TheGodfather07]

Just shut the fuck up and finish making the game, you dumb cunt.

 

[Black_Stride]

At this point I even wonder if Xbox is even amploy a PR team or handed the duties over to ChatGPT-O

He made the comments in 2021 when he didnt work for Crystal Dynamics.....and its over God of War Ragnarok and The Last of Us Part 2......both Sony games.
Alot of developers came to the defense of both titiles when the "controversy" was happening, John F Trent is a grifter so hell keep rehasing old controversies to get people riled up, when in context he is absolutely right.
People against Angro and Abby just needed something to be angry about and generate engagement, both titles were critically and commercially successful so clearly making her Black and Jacked respectively didnt actually hurt the games.
Dont feed the trolls



He also doesnt actually work for Microsoft, he is on contract like all the members of Crystal Dynamics working on Perfect Dark.

 

[hemo memo]

They wonder why they get more layoffs.

 

[Akuji]

its gonna be interesting how long these people can develop stuff until they run out of money.
Eventually its gonna happen. When the day comes i will sit back and drink a nice whiskey.

Lol, luckily gaming is so big, we still have a shitton of quality games every year. just dont waste ur time with this bullshit.
XBox sadly became a place where this stuff is spreaded and the quality of games has been dropping for the better part of a decade now.
I dont think they can turn around anymore. They have infinite money but at some points the returns are just not there anymore and they gotta
reduce size by alot. Having only the profitable stuff left.

 

[Skitso]

Who's gonna tell Elon Musk?

 

[Akuji]

He made the comments in 2021 when he didnt work for Crystal Dynamics.....and its over God of War Ragnarok and The Last of Us Part 2......both Sony games.
Alot of developers came to the defense of both titiles when the "controversy" was happening, John F Trent is a grifter so hell keep rehasing old controversies to get people riled up, when in context he is absolutely right.
People against Angro and Abby just needed something to be angry about and generate engagement, both titles were critically and commercially successful so clearly making her Black and Jacked respectively didnt actually hurt the games.
Dont feed the trolls



He also doesnt actually work for Microsoft, he is on contract like all the members of Crystal Dynamics working on Perfect Dark.

this might very well be true, but its still clearly a trend that every microsoft game has these problems and quite strongly as well.
Every team with 100+ people has weirdos. The amount of them is a problem. Some weirdos in the right place, are exactly the person u want to do the job. Others ... not so much.

 

[deriks]

Microsoft is the most infected. Sony was only chasing where they thought culture was going, but after Concord, a company full of CEOs with a car auction habit are going to make damn sure their games don’t pay the woke tax.

Because most heads of Sony are in Japan, while Microsoft is full west - wokeshit got popular

Microsoft got a bad week with those devs...

 

[Black_Stride]

Just shut the fuck up and finish making the game, you dumb cunt.

He hadnt started working on the game when he made the comments about gamer being racist for hating on Angrbodas design.
He was also talking about gamers who sent death threats to Laura Bailey (the voice actress) over Abbys design.......they were clearly a mistake.

this might very well be true, but its still clearly a trend that every microsoft game has these problems and quite strongly as well.
Every team with 100+ people has weirdos. The amount of them is a problem. Some weirdos in the right place, are exactly the person u want to do the job. Others ... not so much.

He must be a decent level designer cuz Crystal hired him and promoted him in the last 2 years.
Again he didnt and doesnt work for Microsoft and was defending Sony titles with his comments.

The whole article and video are clickbait and people are falling for it.
Even when the controversies were "fresh" it was stupid how many griters came out of the wood work to hate on God of War Ragnarok and The Last of Us Part 2 even before actually playing said games.

 

[LectureMaster]

 

[vkbest]

This is the problem with DEI. Those people not only are hired. They get promoted to responsibility positions and we have the games we have lately (not talking about this person in particular)

This is going to happen for 1 or 2 years more because people only began to reject this in 2024 and those projects has been developing for years

 

[N0S]

Another Game Pass banger!

 

[hemo memo]

If Western developers and their games vanished from all history, the video game industry would likely shift to Asian and Japanese developers, leading to a more unique and refined direction. So more accurately, Western devs were a mistake.

 

[ShaiKhulud1989]

He made the comments in 2021 when he didnt work for Crystal Dynamics

Oh, never knew this. An error on my part, I guess.

 

[damiank]

They have interesting names I must say.