Black Myth: Wukong studio requests influencers not include "feminist propaganda" or Covid-19 references in coverage

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• RunawayFixer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I was wondering what “feminist propaganda” was and apparently it’s talking about misogyny.

  Another forbidden topic seemed to be targeted at criticism of misogyny at Game Science. The company has come under fire for lewd and sexist comments attributed in media reports to its founders as well as recruiting materials from 2015 replete with sexual innuendos. Those original job postings and comments were deleted, and the company has not commented. nytimes.com/…/chinese-videogame-wukong-censorship…

  But this anti feminism attitude is not limited to this 1 gaming company, but government policy under Xi Jinping’s authoritarian rule: www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-08/…/100165360

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  • hornedfiend@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks for sharing this. I wasn’t going to buy this game,but now I’m convinced I won’t. Will wait for empress to turn denuvo intro their bitch.

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh yeah but then there will be another unhinged controversy.

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• Etterra@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Well now I wish I was an influencer so that I could get paid for giving China the middle finger.

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• PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I guess they’ve never heard of the Streisand effect in China.

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s probably easier to control that effect over there, not so much on western countries.

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• throbbing_banjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Pirate the fuck out of this game, got it

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• yamanii@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  IGN’s hitpiece was very iffy in the first place, with mistranslated “tweets” from one of the devs weibo and all, but by doing these guidelines they gave ammunition to these people, I’m glad the game is doing well at least so hopefully china keeps making good, AAA games that aren’t also gacha for once.

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  • neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Naturally, you’re getting downvoted into oblivion for recognizing a hit-piece when you see one.

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• Murvel@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fucking pathetic

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• Lianodel@ttrpg.network ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Somewhat off topic, but the names of both the publisher and the developer are also used by unrelated tabletop game companies. Hero Games makes the Hero System tabletop RPG, and GameScience (no space, so there’s a difference) make dice. It threw me for a loop.

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• Maggoty@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So a video of the game overlaid by a feminist manifesto?

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• FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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  • StoneyDcrew@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Edit: downvoted for not wanting to pay attention to stupid controversy about video games? Weird…

    It’s one thing to live peacefully in ignorance. I get it. it is exhausting keeping track of every shitty thing a company does when it’s so much easier at the end of an exhausting 9-5 shift to avoid news and play your games guilt free without thinking about who it’s hurting.

    It’s a completely separate thing to brag that your ignorance somehow makes your way of life superior.

    People caring about these issues, and sometimes leading to actions being taken because of that, all makes the gaming industry, or to be hyberbolic; the world a better place.

    It’s fine to avoid news on controversy and just blindly enjoy games, but don’t lie to yourself (and others) by pretending that it is a good thing.

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• RandomGuy79@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  So we’ve moved on from no minorities to whatever we can find?

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