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[–] faltryka@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (12 children)

Thanks for the write up, it sounds like it’s maximum value is as kindling…

But what’s wrong with the RimWorld dev, am I ootl here?

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

Rimworld was originally coded so that all women were at least slightly bisexual, if not fully gay, while all men were either gay or straight. According to the creator - who vociferously defended this stance claiming it was based on "research" - bisexual men like me don't exist.

That's honestly just the start of the rabbit hole. The game was hardcoded so that men always prefer younger partners and women always prefer older partners. Also women were eight times less likely to be willing to hit on someone. This is, to be clear, supposed to be a scifi game set in the future, but modelling sexual politics apparently taken from 1980's TV.

There's an amazing breakdown of the whole thing here; https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rimworld-code-analysis

You can find the creator of Rimworld in the comments defending all of his nonsense and making a total ass of himself in the process. Unfortunately the rest of the comments are a total shit show because the average gamer simply does not have the mental maturity needed to handle critical analysis deeper than "graphics bad".

I'm told they eventually changed some of this stuff after enough backlash, years later, for whatever that's worth. Maybe the creator actually did some learning and growing, and if so, good for them.

[–] kichae@wanderingadventure.party 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

voroxpete@sh.itjust.works said in Just don't: > According to the creator - who vociferously defended this stance claiming it was based on “research” - bisexual men like me don’t exist.

I, too, spent much time 15 year ago sitting at the back of the bus reading Savage Love on my way to work. Research scientists, unite!

[–] sirblastalot@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 days ago

Dan Savage at least has repeatedly apologized and cut that shit out a long time ago.

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