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[Bartski]

 

[samoilaaa]

and people still say that it isnt forced but implemented naturally , when you need to focus on it its forced

 

[SJRB]

Now you understand why the diversity and inclusivity stuff felt so incredibly forced in Spider-Man 2: it literally is.

I feel for the people at Insomniac who have to deal with this on a probable daily basis because they're making a videogame. Actual brainwashing.

 

[RagnarokIV]

This gon be good lol

 

[Chuck Berry]

Fuck all of these companies

 

[Punished Miku]

I watched like 6 min of it and turned it off.

There's one hilarious part where they very bluntly and proudly state they arent making this for white people. I just had to face palm on that one.

 

[Varteras]

 

[Radical Dreamer]

Lmao imagine being Sony and wasting money for this xDD braindead company

 

[Impotaku]

Every time this garbage appears it’s nearly always western devs.

 

[Slothbeing1209]

And still got the Puerto Rico flag wrong lmao.

 

[rofif]

Insomniac is one of the worst. They started this with 2016 ratchet by turning him into mid bitch.
Then next games speak for themselves.
Sadly, Santa Monica is starting to do the same. It's probably a wide playstation thing...

 

[Fabieter]

What the actual ungodly, what?

 

[deriks]

South Park once made a joke "make it more lame and gay"

 

[lh032]

that explains why there is a huge amount of non-caucasian npcs in spiderman 2.

I just take a look at the screen with full of npcs and i straightaway figure something was wrong.

*im asian btw.

 

[RoboFu]

" this could be a white room!"

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Ah yes, another token minority recognition coming from a predominantly white and male top management. I’m sure all the immigrants trying to make their life in the US are thrilled to constantly being reminded being an immigrant is a cornerstone to their identity, whether they like it or not.

 

[Portugeezer]

ND and Insomniac leading the way...

 

[tommib]

They lost me at Latinx.

 

[LordOcidax]

And still got the Puerto Rico flag wrong lmao.

lol

 

[rofif]

ND and Insomniac leading the way...

Don't put ND in bed with insomniac. It's not there yet.
TLOU2 is by no means woke like insomniac games.

 

[Varteras]

I really want to know who this training is actually for. Because anyone who actively hates gays or non-whites isn't going to suddenly be swayed by this. In fact, it's just going to piss them off even more. I don't hate them at all, and this kind of shit makes me want to burn down Insomniac. You get people in a room and have them work together. Get to know each other. Judge one another on their personal merits. Not be told someone is incredibly special because they're not you. If someone DOES harass or be shitty to someone because of sexual preference or skin color, you do something about THAT person. Not tell basically everyone else they're secretly bigots who need to be reformed.

 

[Gaiff]

*Video starts with Wakanda salute*

Me as a black man:

 

[Nvzman]

I watched like 6 min of it and turned it off.

There's one hilarious part where they very bluntly and proudly state they arent making this for white people. I just had to face palm on that one.

Yea I'm all for people from different backgrounds working together but when it becomes "fuck white people" you know the ulterior motive isn't actually something positive, it's thinly veiled racism.

 

[j0hnnix]

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Every time this garbage appears it’s nearly always western devs.

100 years ago the white man was uplifting blacks in Africa.
Now the white man is uplifting blacks in the US.

 

[Bojji]

Insomniac is one of the worst. They started this with 2016 ratchet by turning him into mid bitch.
Then next games speak for themselves.
Sadly, Santa Monica is starting to do the same. It's probably a wide playstation thing...

It's probably forced on every developer at this point. You can see this shit in almost every game.

 

[StealthGoblin]

that explains why there is a huge amount of non-caucasian npcs in spiderman 2.

I just take a look at the screen with full of npcs and i straightaway figure something was wrong.

*im asian btw.

40% of New Yorkers aren't white. That's even higher in places like Harlem.

So in a group of 5 NPCs, 2 would be statistically non white.

 

[Gaiff]

Don't put ND in bed with insomniac. It's not there yet.
TLOU2 is by no means woke like insomniac games.

The game that has a transgender character in the middle of an apocalypse? The game that has this evil white male insult Elie for her sexual orientation and her calling his sandwich, "a bigot" sandwich after he offered it to her to apologize? The game that has super buffed up Abby somehow finds supplements in a barren wasteland and manages to get the physique of a pro athlete? The game that has the evil white male Joel executed in the most unceremonious and gratuitous way possible.

I hope you're joking.

 

[Woggleman]

Diversity is good but the way some of them go about it just comes across as so cringe. Also somebody should tell them that most Hispanics hate the word latinx.

 

[Portugeezer]

Don't put ND in bed with insomniac. It's not there yet.
TLOU2 is by no means woke like insomniac games.

Pregnant woman going in to battle zones was pretty much up there.

 

[gaming_again]

I really want to know who this training is actually for. Because anyone who actively hates gays or non-whites isn't going to suddenly be swayed by this. In fact, it's just going to piss them off even more. I don't hate them at all, and this kind of shit makes me want to burn down Insomniac. You get people in a room and have them work together. Get to know each other. Judge one another on their personal merits. Not be told someone is incredibly special because they're not you. If someone DOES harass or be shitty to someone because of sexual preference or skin color, you do something about THAT person. Not tell basically everyone else they're secretly bigots who need to be reformed.

It's simply in-group status signalling. It's not for anybody real.

 

[Kikorin]

Imagine using Wakanda as an opener for an "inclusivity training video (?)"

 

[Fake]

Comet please strike Earth this moment. Never saw a video so much cringe in my life.

Sony Studio are literaly trying to brainwash consumers. Embarrassing.

 

[Punished Miku]

Yea I'm all for people from different backgrounds working together but when it becomes "fuck white people" you know the ulterior motive isn't actually something positive, it's thinly veiled racism.

Grifting and power accumulation. I dont think most people are racist towards white people, but its just the easiest thing to point to to keep focus on being a victim / special.

I'm not even opposed to some of this in theory. I dont mind seeing more character variety. Its just done so clumsily and insincerely. Just straight propaganda instead of art broadening to be more inclusive. Its a fine line.

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Lmao imagine being Sony and wasting money for this xDD braindead company

Congrats on the worst post in the thread.
Inclusivity training isn't exclusive to Insomniac, Sony, or even the video game industry.

 

[PharaoTutAnchAmun]

that explains why there is a huge amount of non-caucasian npcs in spiderman 2.

I just take a look at the screen with full of npcs and i straightaway figure something was wrong.

*im asian btw.

I advice you to look in the streets of Cities in the rest of the world ..they are everywhere

 

[gaming_again]

Congrats on the worst post in the thread.
Inclusivity training isn't exclusive to Insomniac, Sony, or even the video game industry.

For some reason it's particularly bad at Sony and Microsoft. The latter doesn't get nearly enough focus for how awful it is in this regard.

 

[cormack12]

The grift is strong. Got to respect the hustle. They've created a problem and - having absolutely no talent - created a world they can sell consultancy to. What a miserable existence.

People who have no creativity but want to feel they do, by bastardising everything else with over the top, obvious 'progressive suggestions' to other people's ip.

 

[Tomofdahook17]

The fact they are talking about Aquafina in this is just fucking disgusting.

They go hard with inclusivity that they make these characters the most stereotypical and racist caricatures.

You want to see how to write a black character, women and be inclusive to different races? Play CoD: Infinite Warfare. That's the best I've seen. I never questioned any of it once.

 

[Fake]

Now you understand why the diversity and inclusivity stuff felt so incredibly forced in Spider-Man 2: it literally is.

I feel for the people at Insomniac who have to deal with this on a probable daily basis because they're making a videogame. Actual brainwashing.

I can't see better a description of the term 'fanboys'. Spider-Man 2 literally split diversity in your face, but BRUH no they said.

They are all dellusional.

 

[Nvzman]

The game that has a transgender character in the middle of an apocalypse? The game that has this evil white male insult Elie for her sexual orientation and her calling his sandwich, "a bigot" sandwich after he offered it to her to apologize? The game that has super buffed up Abby somehow finds supplements in a barren wasteland and manages to get the physique of a pro athlete? The game that has the evil white male Joel executed in the most unceremonious and gratuitous way possible.

I hope you're joking.

Yea you even forgot to mention how you go through a Temple and Ellie's gf straight up says "at least in here I don't just burst into flames", a stupid dig against Christianity.

That was one of the many reasons TLOU2's writing was fucking awful, felt like Druckmann's Twitter politics came out full swing at times.

 

[nkarafo]

Yeah... I know the game is about a popular superhero and it looks amazing technically but you had to resist buying it. Keep buying their shit and you will see more of this.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

If they continue doing this Insomniac, making things forced, Rift apart will be the last video game I buy from that company... In fact it is the only one I have ever made in my life.

 

[OCL]

As an "minority" i find this shit so fucking weird. What's wrong with you guys in America with all of this bullshit

 

[Tomofdahook17]

I watched like 6 min of it and turned it off.

There's one hilarious part where they very bluntly and proudly state they arent making this for white people. I just had to face palm on that one.

This is blatantly obvious with a lot of these multiplayer games especially.

 

[gaming_again]

Yea you even forgot to mention how you go through a Temple and Ellie's gf straight up says "at least in here I don't just burst into flames", a stupid dig against Christianity.

That was one of the many reasons TLOU2's writing was fucking awful, felt like Druckmann's Twitter politics came out full swing at times.

Just take solace in the thought that before long that writing will look hilariously out of date and -omg maybe even offensive (perish the thought) - and Cuckman will have moved onto the next thing of the moment and feel total shame at every single part of that game he was involved with. The 'right side of history' assumption does make forethought impossible, but such is the life of the low IQ person.

 

[Chiggs]

Did they not look to Gears of Wars' "Cole Train" for guidance on how to write nuanced African American characters?

 

[intbal]

I assume this means that Insomniac took some of Larry Fink's dirty ESG money prior to being acquired by Sony.

 

[Dick Jones]

And still got the Puerto Rico flag wrong lmao.

Puerto Rico identifies as Cuba.

Anyone who watched it, did they consult minorities in New York or was it outside NYC? If outside NY they might as well consulted Gordon Ramsey.

 

[Dazraell]

This video explains a lot about their last games