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Gamergate failures by Mischief Shai-hulud 06/02/2018, 6:41am PDT
I'm thinking of writing an article about how the whole gamergate movement failed, at least the "ethics in gaming journalism" part of it. To me, the whole point of even getting involved was to end the practice of giving good games bad reviews based on the reviewer's personal politics, like the infamous slamming God Hand got.

Well now I've got two clear examples of games that were unfairly misreviewed for anti social justice reasons: Yooka Laylee (review-bombed for publicly firing youtuber jontron from its voice talent over his history of racist comments) and Battletech (review bombed for having "they" as a pronoun option in the character screen, and not having any of the main NPCs be caucasian). But the rule of three dictates I need at least one more example for the article.

Can anyone name another example of a good game that was the target of a review-bombing campaign because it had a whiff of progressive politics?
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Gamergate failures by Mischief Shai-hulud 06/02/2018, 6:41am PDT NEW
    No but I can name a review that will bomb because it whiffs of progressive NT by politics 06/02/2018, 8:24am PDT NEW
    Yeah Battletech got negative reviews because of xhi/xhir and not its poor NT by optimzation at launch. GB2Chapo fag 06/02/2018, 11:03am PDT NEW
        Yeah, how can you call a game 'review bombed' when it's at mostly positive? by Worm 06/02/2018, 12:35pm PDT NEW
            I think some people were mad initially that one of the pilots was named after by Michelle Perez? 06/02/2018, 7:26pm PDT NEW
    Not because of politics, but: by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/02/2018, 11:07am PDT NEW
        "Dozens" by Mysterio 06/03/2018, 11:08pm PDT NEW
        DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK C-- by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/08/2018, 2:45pm PDT NEW
    Politics is always going to be a part of reviewing. Hypocrisy doesn't have to be by blackwater 06/04/2018, 8:48pm PDT NEW
    Gamergate won when Sarkeesian dumped Mcintosh NT by Roop 06/05/2018, 9:18am PDT NEW
    You might be able to foist Kingdom Come Deliverance in there. by Worm 06/05/2018, 6:46pm PDT NEW
        You were the only person I trusted on that one. by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/08/2018, 10:20pm PDT NEW
    Gamergate is NOT a failire NT by , spicy 06/08/2018, 8:45pm PDT NEW
        It just... by changed 06/09/2018, 12:24am PDT NEW
 
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