Black Myth: Wukong streamers asked not to mention “feminist propaganda” and COVID
Black Myth: Wukong streamers asked not to mention “feminist propaganda” and COVID
Game Science’s first major console game, Black Myth: Wukong, is set to be released on Tuesday, and many players are excited for its release. Unfortunately, the
Weird, I have a sudden urge to talk about nothing but feminist propaganda, covid and China's game industry policies.
Fuck right the fuck off, dude. I get the part about using offensive language and insulting other streamers/players but actively forbidding them from mentioning politics, feminism, whatever is weak. Tf is feminist propaganda even?
Oh, ok. I'll wait for a mod that allows me to play through as Winnie The Pooh and just bootleg the game.
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Could add a reference to the coup against Xi, too. Dunno if it's true, but it's probably something whoever is in control of the CCP would want to censor either way, at least until they are ready to openly replace Xi if it is true (though even then, they probably won't be calling it a coup).
TAIWAN #1!!
What does all the chinese text say?
I assuming it says the same thing as the English before it, but in Chinese.
TAIWAN #1!! CHINA #4!!
Is mentioning Barbara Streisand in this context feminist propaganda? 😄
So hope this backfires and everyone lays into these fuckers hard.
"The gamers will be on the right side this time"
CCP having a heated gamer moment
I haven't wanted to pirate a game this much since Hogwarts.
So this is a request made in the context of emails sent out gifting streamers promotional copies of the game, not a condition of paid promotional streams, am I getting that right?
Maybe they're going with the "there's no such thing as bad publicity" approach.
CohhCarnage said something about this.
Game Devs often include requests along these lines for sponsored segments of a stream (and only the parts of the stream paid for), including talking about COVID during the high point of the COVID pandemic.The odd part that he noted is some of the specific wording, that he attributed to mistranslation - like "feminist propaganda".
I have no idea about the parts relating to Chinese game dev.
The benefit of the doubt in me says: this is some bad translation and culture disconnect.
The pragmatist in me says: this guides content creators. So, take such content with a pinch of salt in these regards - play the game if it actually seems decent.I feel like the pragmatist is pretty much default these days, all content guides you to some conclusion. So do what the fuck you want.
🦜☠️ (Idk what the emoji is. I'm sure you understand) If it really rubs you the wrong wayNevermind
By "feminist propaganda" they are probably referring to the false sexism allegations that game journalists have been using to slander the company.
https://www.ign.com/articles/how-black-myth-wukong-developers-history-of-sexism-is-complicating-its-journey-to-the-west Is this the sort of article you mean?
Yes. This article is one of them. There is no evidence of sexism. Just a bunch of mistranslated messages that once properly translated aren't sexist at all. IGN has already been called out for this, and the tweets have been community noted.
IGN did actually make a non-apology along the lines of "well they should have just commented on the accusations", but the studio has no obligation responding to accusation from a bunch of people of some dying medium. Ignoring them is no doubt the best thing the studio can do.
Other journalists have since also made stories covering this and know that the statements are false so they started using weasel wording such as "sexist remarks being attributed to" instead of "they said". It is so obvious that they're doing this on purpose to hurt the reputation of the studio.