4chan
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This Was Never About Anything Other Than Hate
2On July 23, in response to the ongoing backlash against a Black lead character in the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Shadows, developer Ubisoft released a lengthy statement. The responses on X (formerly Twitter) were exactly what you’d expect: racist images, slurs, and calls for historical accuracy in a video game series that has always been steeped…
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Nintendo Demands Discord Reveal The Zelda: Tears Of The Kingdom Leaker
A massive The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom artbook leaked in February, and Nintendo hasn’t forgotten. The Switch maker is currently trying to subpoena Discord, where images from the artbook first started making the rounds, to force the social media platform to disclose the identity of one of the users alleged to be…
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The Anti-Fan Game: PlayStation Developer Defies 4chan Harassment Troll Project
Don’t be fooled: the image above is not from Goodbye Volcano High, the yet-to-be-released queer-representing visual novel from indie studio KO_OP. It is in fact a screenshot from a fan project, Snoot Game, created by an anonymous developer, and released last November. Although “fan” might not be the right term to use.
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Mass Shooting Apparently Planned On Discord, Streamed On Twitch, Investigated As Hate Crime
Tragedy struck New York on May 14 as an 18-year-old white male shot and killed at least 10 people in Buffalo, New York, police said. The shooter, whose online username is reportedly “jimboboiii”, has been taken into custody after live streaming the whole thing on gaming platform Twitch, the company confirmed on Saturday evening. He…