It's just a very interesting time right now where the video game culture is at odds with itself.
So in short, just because the argument is flawed doesn't mean it doesn't have its reasons. And avoids looking like pandering because it comes from an organic place. The Undyne and Alphys pairing, for example, is perfect. Games should strive to do this organically, like Undertale achieves so brilliantly. Nothing makes me more sick than seeing a character forced into a story with the sole person of pandering to the loud extremist Tumblr group, as was (and will be) the trend in the coming years. The crime is that more games aren't being made like Undertale, and maybe that is a separate argument all together.Īnd I think the real crime would be to start shoehorning characters in to meet some diversity quota like a bad 90s rainbow commercial. There's nothing wrong with the prominence of the 20 to 30 something white leading guy. I subscribe to the idea that the only thing wrong with games right now is there's not enough. Honestly, I can't say I wouldn't be one of them if I had discovered Undertale just a month later or so. They feel like this fandom has no place for them because it consists of the same people they are at odds with.
Why? Because due to their frustration, and the whole GamerGate fiasco, they are left feeling alienated and disconnected - and unable to join the fandom. Then they see the Tumblr aspect of the fandom, especially those loud and proud with their head canons, and their affinity for labeling everyone with their favorite trait (autistic, otherwise disabled, genderfluid, etc) and immediately get turned off.
The group making this argument (which comes from a place of ignorance and frustration) are the same folks who are tired of seeing their favorite franchises crucified for not featuring a woman in the lead role, a prominent minority character, or someone of a non-binary gender identity or non-straight orientation. You might ask what this has to do with Undertale and Tumblr, and the argument at hand. Especially when pertaining to sexism, the presence of minority groups (race, sex, orientation), and the prominence of white (male) characters. It's worth mentioning two things: I'm on mobile typing with one hand, and I love Undertale more than any game in the last 5 years or so.īut with that said, Undertale comes at a very interesting time in gaming where the call for diversity in games is loud, almost obnoxiously so when you have prominent personalities, media, and critics making disparaging comments about the state of video games. Well, I do think there are two ways of looking at this.
0 kommentar(er)
