Man, I honestly feel bad for Warhorse as a studio. They found themselves in the midst of a culture war for no real reason. Yeah, the lead dev wanted a straight-passing, white male protagonist in medieval Bohemia in the first game for historical accuracy. Whatever, that's what the envisioned... - ThreadSky

the-squirrel-king.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Man, I honestly feel bad for Warhorse as a studio. They found themselves in the midst of a culture war for no real reason.

Yeah, the lead dev wanted a straight-passing, white male protagonist in medieval Bohemia in the first game for historical accuracy. Whatever, that's what the envisioned...

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the-squirrel-king.bsky.social•2 days ago

But now, because they dare acknowledge that gay and black people historically existed, they're being called "woke" because of it.

I've always firmly believed in artistic vision for a game. And Warhorse wanted a historically accurate, warts and all, depiction of medieval Bohemia in KCD 1.

the-squirrel-king.bsky.social•2 days ago

They got it, that game, in spite of all its issues, was fantastic. Now they're tackling a game where there's a bit more diversity (because of historical accuracy) and they're being crucified for it.

They just had a cool vision for a game and found themselves in a culture war.

the-squirrel-king.bsky.social•2 days ago

Honestly, it's a great point to show that the online right has shifted since the mid 2010s.

I was always more left-leaning but the online right back then at least seemed somewhat consistent in its commitment to free speech and artistic vision.

Now? Well, they're the monster they sought to slay.

the-squirrel-king.bsky.social•2 days ago

Again, I've always been more left-leaning, but in the mid 2010s it's easy to say that the online left was... wanting in terms of its goals and vision.

At the very least, nowadays, it's far easier for the left to paint itself as the side of consistency and reason. I just hope we stick to it.

the-squirrel-king.bsky.social•2 days ago

Tangent, but this is why I respect @chrisraygun.bsky.social . Yes, he made fun of the online left back then, but that came from a place of "Hey we need to make ACTUAL arguments and not bullshit arguments."

Nowadays, he's saying all the same things he did back then, but against the right because-

the-squirrel-king.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's the right who have become the side of moral panic and needless fights against completely inconsequential foes (pronouns and non-white people).

Chris never "went woke," he was ALWAYS "woke." But he's the kinda woke that we needed. And still need now.

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