Discussion 4chan Thread: Incel Culture in the video-game industry

[Shinichi]

Just saw this while browsing and wanted to post it here. Thanks to the anon OP

>Incel culture still dominates the gaming industry, so how do we fix it?

>At Sony’s State of Play on 24 September, Sucker Punch Productions unveiled Ghost of Yōtei, a sequel set more than 300 years after Ghost of Tsushima and Jin Sakai’s rebellion against the Mongol invasion of Feudal Japan. As a result, the series clearly needed a new protagonist. Enter Atsu. Not much is currently known about our new hero, but that’s rather the point. Soon after the livestream ended, the worst of the gaming audience came out of the woodwork, such as this charmer: “They can’t help themselves until every franchise that was built on masculinity is replaced by women […] So sick of the forced girlboss narrative”. Beloved ex-Sony Executive, Shawn Layden, weighed in on the manufactured drama: “If you don’t like it, don’t buy it”. Perhaps that is the path forward, but I think it’s valuable to interrogate these damaging ideas and attempt to locate their source. Maybe then, we can limit their influence over male audiences.

https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2024/11/05/incel-culture-in-the-video-game-industry/

 

[Therapywasawaste]

That's not even "incel culture," it's just natural for men to want manly games.

 

[HeinzKell]

All of these fucking articles are written by people who don't play video games

 

[lazy_gamer_423]

That's not even "incel culture," it's just natural for men to want manly games.

All of these fucking articles are written by people who don't play video games

 

[Todd Thundercock]

Boys want the protagonist to be someone they can relate to and wish they were. That's why every RPG protagonist in the 90s was a 16 year old Chad.

 

[lecni_spark32]

Most people in that site don't know what is an incel and even think femcels exist.

 

[Limitcel]

bro games are already woke asf

 

[Done and over]

Anything that resembles normalcy -->> incel content