• @bread@feddit.nl
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    42 days ago

    I don’t care about Ciri being the main character, I like her, but I read the books and I do care about them feeling the need to make the character a witcher when this isn’t the case in the books; she couldn’t be a witcher nor does she need to.

    It’s not like I’m writing the game off, but it’s a significant departure from the books, which makes me cautious, and I feel like challenging people to “read the books,” is a bit disingenuous here.

  • @josefo@leminal.space
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    11 day ago

    But how hyper masculine gamers are going to keep being masculine if they don’t have a role model like Gerald? This is a plot to feminize the male population and make them sex slaves of the women.

  • tenchiken
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    593 days ago

    Anyone pissed about a female lead being “woke” can’t read the books… Maybe present it in coloring book format?

    • TVA
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      123 days ago

      …and we’re back to it being woke

      • Scratch
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        93 days ago

        They want me ta color in Geralts white skin a the only crayons I didnt et was the black an brown ones!

  • Vik
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    373 days ago

    didn’t realise people were calling the next witcher game woke because of this, but it’s 2025 and there’s no bar too low.

    detractors probably never realised you could play parts of TW3 as Ciri because of skill issue

    • dhhyfddehhfyy4673
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      143 days ago

      Here’s some helpful ancient internet wisdom that’s quite obviously been lost to time: Don’t feed the trolls.

      Sure, it doesn’t account for 100% of this stuff, but how do so many people not see what’s clearly going on here?

      • haui
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        62 days ago

        Obligatory marxist theory: its all a plot to divide the working class for better exploitation. An angry, divided, exhausted populace cant stand united against oppression. Anti wokeism is all just planted by capitalists.

        • @Lodespawn@aussie.zone
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          22 days ago

          If only the media was well regulated to protect against bad actors turning it into a propaganda machine like this

          • haui
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            12 days ago

            Well regulated is an oxymoron. You cant give regulators control over the media under threat of them being compromised. Media must always be independent and democratic. Meaning all private media firms must be dismantled and only horizontally governed media collectives can be permitted. Meaning that all participants in a media outlet are equal and decide in qualified majority over their actions. Of course this doesnt mean independent journalists cant be a thing. Just not large, for profit corporations with hierarchies.

              • haui
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                12 days ago

                Nothing. Same as a hierarchical one. The chance of corrupting a democratically governed group is astronomically worse than a hierarchical one.

                • @Lodespawn@aussie.zone
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                  12 days ago

                  So wouldn’t it be better to have an independent regulator and a robust set of ethics and rules the media needs to adhere to?

    • @Tobberone@lemm.ee
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      22 days ago

      It seems to be about human rights. And when all rights are gone… The us already fought a civil war about this, but apparently it is still ongoing.

  • @vane@lemmy.world
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    42 days ago

    But I want to buy every single game that have Geralt in it. Looks like I skip buying next witcher then.

    • @watson387@sopuli.xyz
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      42 days ago

      Yeah as soon as someone says it nowadays I know they’re someone to disregard. Just another word corrupted by the right wing.