Episode 70 - Sapphics Stay Winning

[CW: mentions of queerphobia, racism, and nazi imagery. We keep it as light as possible under the circumstances but please proceed with caution.]Now that we’ve lured people in with Dragon’s Dogma 2 and sex stuff, we’re going back to what this podcast is really about — yelling about bigots! First, we talk about Rebekah Valentine’s recent reporting on Life is Strange developer Deck Nine, and how one shitty dude can make life miserable for a lot of people. Then we move on to Helldivers 2 and Signalis, two games that had a lot of fascists up in arms for very stupid reasons over the past week. I swear it’s not as much of a bummer as it sounds!Timestamps(00:15) Traditional episode 70 check-in(08:00) Deck Nine’s very bad iceberg or, why we can’t have nice things(28:20) Oh god, we have to talk about Mark Kern(33:40) We get to talk about Signalis again, but at what cost?(40:00) It’s hard to satirize fascism with fascists enjoying it because they’re too stupid to get that it’s satire(58:00) What else have Willa and Robin been up to (aside from tearing their hair out)?Mentioned this weekHow Many Clicks Does It Take To Get to the Center of Diablo?How Hidden Nazi Symbols Were the Tip of a Toxic Iceberg at Life Is Strange Developer Deck NineNick Calandra’s good thread about Mark KernFor some Helldivers 2 players, the fascist role-play has gone too farcallie’s good thread about SignalisSee Zoe’s play!!!Music Street Food by FASSoundsSend us questions!We stand for a free Palestine, and against the occupation, oppression, and genocide perpetrated against its people.Please consider donating or otherwise standing up to support Palestinians in the wake of Israel's attacks.Palestine Relief Bundle on itch (coming April 12)Medical Aid for PalestianiansPalestine Red Crescent SocietyPalestine Children's Relief FundDemand a ceasefire from your representativesGame Assist's "Gamers for Palestine" resource packetCartoonist Cooperative’s e-SIM fundraiser Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.