TRUTH About DEI & YouTube Grifters!

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Published on November 18, 2024 12:00:00 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQyBw38fPzw

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This video was shared around talking about diversity and those "grift-tubers." I don't really know about those "grift-tubers." I'm sure they have their opinions, and I have mine.

"Unless your game has only white dudes."

I see no problem with that. Life is Strange 1 cast are mostly white, and yet they are infinitely more colorful in personality and character than the diverse cast of Double Exposure. They're bland and forgettable. It's the writing that matters, not their identity.

"If you have a woman, she'd better be [***] hot."

Not necessarily. Max doesn't have to look hot. Clementine doesn't have to look hot. Plenty of women don't have to look hot, but it is a nice bonus that they are, especially if they are a potential love interest. They have to be hot.

"Back in the day, game development studios were primarily white dudes, and they didn't really think about diversity."

Because games in the past never cared about diversity, right? Games in the past never had diverse characters, right? I also love the implication that white dudes can't think of diversity, as if it's only a concept that non-white people understand.

"More and more people from different walks of life want to get into game development."

Nothing wrong with that if those people have actual talents in developing video games.

"They're making the characters the people that they know."

I love how this implies that the majority cannot write minorities when they absolutely can, because people have this thing called empathy. It's a universal human trait.

"It's nothing that's supposed to offend anybody."

I'm less offended by minorities and more offended by trash writing. Obviously, having minorities in game development will lead to more minorities in video games, but that doesn't always translate to good video games.