(x-post r/Games) Game developer makes a big stink about boycotting Penny Arcade because PA offended Feminists. Details in comments.

AceyJuan · 2013-06-21T23:43:48+00:00

The "crimes" of Penny Arcade:

Dickwolves
If you use the word "cis" I probably will hate you too
Mike mocked "trigger warnings"
How does it feel to support rape culture?
Didn't you know honey? You married a rape apologist!
Guest comic strip appears on PA

You get the idea. Now these douchebags are capitalizing on the story to talk about how they're not showing up for the Penny Arcade Expo (a really big deal in the game world). Yeah. Thought you'd all be interested.

Here's PA's blog post from today. Quotes:

I was then called “cis male garbage”. Someone then tweeted at me that I should die.

It was pointed out to me that not all women have vaginas and I will admit right here in front of everyone that this came as a big shock to me.

Yet another dumbass comments on the story:

Murder in games is normally justified within the fiction. There’s no justification for rape.

Much of society doesn’t view murder as acceptable. We’re still trying to get there with rape.

Right, because nobody knows rape is wrong. And murder can be fine but rape can never be fine. Because murder isn't really a big deal unless it's a woman.

Here's a blog on Tentacle Bento which is part of the controversy. Apparently PA defended its right to exist.

2013-06-22T20:00:53+00:00

Mike Krahulik has taken the horrible political stance that there is some safe harbor where we can express things that allude to what are uncomfortable topics.

This makes him "literally a monster" and anything connected to him is fruit of a poisoned tree.

Fair warning: attending PAX you might be exposed to crass, sexual humor but there are 500 volunteers who are pretty much dedicated to the OTHER perspective in this argument by all means ignore the 100 because of the 1.

Title	(x-post r/Games) Game developer makes a big stink about boycotting Penny Arcade because PA offended Feminists. Details in comments.
Author	AceyJuan
Upvotes	1
Comments	3
Date	June 21, 2013 11:41 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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