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[scoobidoo112]

I genuinely wonder why it's so incredibly difficult for the people who write these kinds of articles to understand that shit like this makes them and their movements look horrible.

Nitpicking, criticizing and generating outrage about every single movie, TV show, videogame or stage presentation that does not explicitly focuses on women, POC or members of the LGBTQ+ movement, or anything that simply caters to men or straight people, does not promote a message of diversity and inclusion, it does not advance their movement in a positive way, it just makes people feel like nothing will ever be good enough.

It makes it seem like even engaging with them in the first place is an exercise in futility.

The gaming industry, among many others, has made so many wonderful strides these last few years, and there is so much more representation and diversity, and yet people like this just seem to become even more negative and extremist in their beliefs.

Can they not see that endless outrage about everything is not helping? Can we not be a bit more level-headed about this, celebrate the strides that were made whilst moving forward in a positive direction, and not assume that everything that is not explicitly about them is problematic, bigoted and rooted in hate?

 

[MetalFreak]

Needs Dylan Mulvaney next year....

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Oh hey, a thread about an Ash Parrish article.

You know what that means!

That's right, a mandatory link to Ash Parrish's best contribution to video game journalism.

Man, these cretins want to run this industry and others, and they're succeeding!

 

[Wildebeest]

I'm sure Sam Lake will issue an apology for not being a woman.

 

[oji-san]

Nobody cares.

 

[harry mason 1989]

yes

strong sexy independent woman

 

[Koenigssee]

Ok while we are at it where was Geoff's buddy, the man the myth the legend the GOAT Hideo Kojima ? The lack of Asian repersentation was disturbing and problematic.
/s

 

[K2D]

Where are all the women spearheading for industry showcases and award shows?

Edit: I.e I'd like to see someone (man, woman, whatever) do what Keighly does, because he's practically an anomaly. People should either cheer him on, or one up him. Instead we've got people putting him down to score bullshit social credit score.

 

[deriks]

lmao

Why I'm not surprised?

@thread
How many woman are in the audience? Of course is Geoff's fault for the lack of female consumers

 

[TVexperto]

Alanah Pearce is too busy sitting on her yellow cyberpunk 2077 chair

 

[RoboFu]

I wanted Lizzo on stage!

I’d watch

I can say at least she sings upbeat music unlike whatever the slow gloomy hell everyone else is making.

 

[GymWolf]

I wanted Lizzo on stage!

To cause earthquakes all around the event?

 

[Just_one]

 

[H4ze]

I feel bad for Geoff, he is always trying to bring in the good mood and I bet he has to deal with a lot of crap like this.

Nuke humanity.

 

[geary]

How does she knows no women was on stage? Does she just assume the genre of the guest?

 

[supernova8]

What's your opinion about this GAF? Should Keighley and by extension the games industry strive to do more?

Ignore it and don't even click the link.

 

[M1987]

Representation matters? it's a games show ffs,this shit is so boring

 

[hemo memo]

Seriously Ash???? Fuck you you homophobic bigot for assuming the genders of the people who went up on stage. Did you ask every single one of them what they identify as? No you didn’t. Get cancelled.

Spoiler

 

[JimmyRustler]

Cancel Goeff.

 

[winjer]

Just the usual crap from the Verge...

 

[LegendOfKage]

New rule: If you want to criticize someone or something for not including enough women, you have to be able to define what a woman is. You must also understand what circular logic is, and why you should never use it.

 

[dezzy8]

They are right, where are my booth babes....

This fucking generation of degenerates

E3 died when they got rid of the booth babes imho.

 

[VAVA Mk2]

Bonnie Ross where are you when we need you.

They can give her an award after even if the show is a complete dumpster fire..... wouldn't be the first time...

 

[Puscifer]

I honestly can't wait till the verge goes bankrupt. This overly whiny feminine energy in the press since the Trump era is fucking exhausting. It's just endless whining!

 

[Blitzmangoman]

These fucking trash sites should go out of business.

 

[hemo memo]

New rule: If you want to criticize someone or something for not including enough women, you have to be able to define what a woman is. You must also understand what circular logic is, and why you should never use it.

She obviously can’t. She just assumed their genders.

Ash Parrish

 

[Shane89]

so what?

 

[Brock2621]

Summer Game Fest featured no women onstage

Geoff Keighley, for one dollar, feature a woman.

www.theverge.com

What's your opinion about this GAF? Should Keighley and by extension the games industry strive to do more?

OP, post an archive of this article so they don’t earn clicks from this. Save us all the headache

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

OP, post an archive of this article so they don’t earn clicks from this. Save us all the headache

Good point. I'm going to edit the OP right now with a link to the archived article.

 

[Setsuna Mudou]

Petition for Geoff to have (exclusively) hot women on the stage next time.

Now that's a cause I can get behind of...

 

[mcjmetroid]

Thanks to the OP for the archived link because these fringe websites are getting desperate

On topic... honestly... I didn't notice.. but some of the usual language:


"representation".....like you're women .....not a sports team that needs to be advertised? What is this language?

 

[Sub_Level]

I kept tryin to tell u guys it was a better show than last year but yall just kept whining even tho this is objectively the best year for gaming since 2017. Smell the roses and appreciate the present for once.

 

[mcjmetroid]

I kept tryin to tell u guys it was a better show than last year but yall just kept whining even tho this is objectively the best year for gaming since 2017. Smell the roses and appreciate the present for once.

Honestly I think stage shows don't work. People become very bored very fast and have little to no attention span and they tend to judge the show AS A SHOW rather than what was announced.

I think in terms of gaming announcements and first time footage this was a very good show but the actual presentation could do with some improvements but it probably has to be padded out to 2 hours.

This is not to mention articles like the one above which just cause massive headaches that wouldn't be there with an edited video.

The directs and showcases are a much better idea overall I think.

 

[Lunarorbit]

This is ash parrish's thing. Get angry about representation and write articles about it. Kotaku and it's writers are shamefully hypocritical.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Good for them. They got to miss out on all the mobile game and TV show commercials.

 

[jm89]

I can't even remember half the people who were on stage, most the time i was like please just show me the game. Heck most the people on stage didn't even need to be on there, like the guy from insomniac.

 

[SirTerry-T]

But wouldn't all the women be backstage making cakes and coffee and stuff?

(The above is a joke, just incase)

 

[Kindela]

yes

Me on the right

 

[Kvally]

He should have brought his Game Awards host

 

[Captain Toad]

Did they just assume the gender of self those people without asking!?

 

[Bernardougf]

People are never going to be tired of this shit ?? Damn living like this must be fucking exhausting...

 

[CGNoire]

I wanted Lizzo on stage!

Im sure the person who wrote this looks like Lizzo.

 

[MH3M3D]

How do they know there wasn't a woman onstage? Did they ask all of em how they identify as?

 

[crackajack]

Me, myself and I was also not represented, I am in therapy now because of that.

Do these people really have to obsess with all their labels and cancel threats in the name of perverted inclusion over every BS?

Where there enough Chinese, Indians, Nigerians, Brazilians to represent the world's demographics?
Enough atheists, Muslims, satanists?
Enough bigots, wife beaters, racists?
Enough legasthenics, sociopaths, professional athletes?
Either we do actual representation or we do some proper batshit insane uno reverse fascism. Instead of what actually happened and should happen: People selling products.
WTF has any of that to do with what they are supposed to represent? The games, the developers of those, just be a PR spokesma... er...sorrrrryy... spokespeople. No matter what they are as a person, what they belief, what crimes they might have done or will and whatnot, they are supposed to represent first and foremost a product and not themselves? Even Nic Cage did not actually represent himself on stage. He just sold something, something with his face in it. In his particular case he of course was the best choice but so were probably the other people that were not chosen to fill some arbitrary dumb quota.

 

[mrmustard]

Just bring back the Gamescom bikini babes.

 

[Topher]

Agreed. Next year....

 

[StueyDuck]

Games media gotta games media

So the verge is gonna get the axe when?

We've won the fight against vice/waypoint. Kotaku can't be much further behind

 

[Oh The Travesty]

How does she know that!?

Geoff could have identified as a woman. This hipster trash is being transphobic as hell!

 

[elegantgamer]

Link to the archived article https://web.archive.org/web/2023060...mmer-game-fest-women-diversity-geoff-keighley






What's your opinion about this GAF? Should Keighley and by extension the games industry strive to do more?

man no one cares if there's a woman or not. it's about games not pussy. it's a man dominated field deal with it.

 

[cash_longfellow]

I’m more concerned with the lack of quality games.