They don't care about being coherent in their arguments or having any kind of intellectual or moral integrity AT ALL

They don't care about being hypocritical. They only care about being in control. There is no such concept as grace in defeat for them. Victory through any means necessary. Edit: I wrote this comment before I've watched the video. I'm very glad this point was pretty much the first thing Shad said.

The wheelchair bound god actually makes sense, it's Hephaestus who had a bum leg from being cast off Olympus. I don't know why they chose to make him fat though, he's still chiseled (pun intended) in all of his other depictions as far as I'm aware.

sick & disabled do not want to be reminded to their sickness & disabilities..

In the case of Bayonetta, Anita Sarkeesian listed the positive traits about the character was the fact that she's a single mother and nothing else.

"all men are enemies" is part of a quote from Orwell's Animal Farm, the second part of the quote is on her other leg and it reads 'all animals are comrades' but still, you can argue that tattooing a quote on your body from the fascist pigs in the story is pretty telling. Let alone the fact that she later tweeted that she doesn't even like the book all that much and she got it inked when she was a vegan. This person is impulsive and doesn't think ahead, tattooing a quote like this is nutty.

my man is upset the sex god is sexy, the god who is famously crippled is a cripple, and the goddess of vengeance has a revenge body. Please keep it up

Super Giant was already doing that in Hades, that they'd double down for it in Hades 2 isn't surprising.

*WOKE IS HYPOCRISY* : all the bad things they claimed others of doing they have no problems doing themselves but act/say they are the good ones while saying and doing some of the most horrible things to others for not agreeing with them.

It's not Hypocrisy, that is just the shield. It is Jealousy

"woke hipocrisy" is a redundancy of terms.

Regarding BG3 - the modding community, while poking around, literally found more attractive/feminine looking versions of the various characters from earlier builds. As the years passed and more of the old school developers were replaced by the 'ursine lovers' the femininity of the female characters was actively and deliberately degraded. 🙄

I forget which live stream this was on, but it was about why BG3 nudity and sexual content was ok while others was not, that basically boiled down because in some way it was queer. In the first game aphrodite was basically any holes a goal, and Super Giants is a progressive company they get a pass for that.

They try to dictate art and pixels. What images you're allowed to create. Unbelievable.

These woke activists hurt the games they say they like. I know I will not be buying this game just because of all the pandering and activism. Oh well, there are many other better games coming out. I know I am not alone in this thought.

About Hades II, Aphrodite's pose does not feel like her and no not talking about her naked. She should be more sexual or suggestive instead of one that looks to "dominate" her enemies. That pose would be more suitable for Athena or Artemis.

Pretty sure the wheelchair dude is Hephaestus, the god that after Hera had him she yeeted him off Olympus for being too ugly. Maybe Kotaku needs to read up on their mythology?

"We live in a mad world." Well... this has been foreseen. “A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.” ― St. Antony the Great

7:41 there's also the fact that Aphrodite *doesn't use weapons.* what is she doing with a spear and a shield? that's ATHENA's kit. she's a lover, not a fighter - literally! 8:21-8:27 Hephaestus. he's supposed to bear a limp, after Hera tossed him into the sea for his hideousness (she had high hopes for her heir, and was disappointed. long story)... but he's not an amputee, nor is he bound to a wheelchair! and he's not overweight, either!

Hypocrisy becomes less offensive when you realize that it is the maximum moral standing some people can achieve.

I thought kotaku writers were told to only do game guides now.

Shad never should have brought up that bit about the bear again...unleash the memes. LOL

Get woke Go broke Become a joke

The inmates are running the asylum!

We all know the statement "For evil to win good men must merely do nothing." I think that's the point of the hypocrisy, the word salad, and all of that. The goal is to attempt to get people to think they're so confused they don't want to fight. It's good to point all this out.

Blue Archive has a good crippled playable character. Himari is pretty and wheelchair bound, but she's a support character and not a pointman. she's one of if not the smartest character, but she also has an assistant to help her with things she can't do.

i think what i find weirdest is probably the depiction of Hephaestus. in the first game they prided themself in the accurate depiction of gods which is why i find it weird the way they went with Hephaestus. throughout history Hephaestus was always depicted as a well buildt bearded yet unattractive man. in fact he was seen as so unattractive that his mother Hera cast him out of olympus. so by making him fat and an amputee it kinda feels like their saying these things are ugly, which kinda goes against the whole normalization of these things which they stand for? ps. might have gotten some facts wrong i am going based of memory

The thing about personality, is that Eve is not a horny dog in season, that is what she's saying but in a word sallad way. She's sexy, but that does not define her, what defines her is her heroism, sense of duty and all of those other things that come from being basically a war hero. And she's trying to say that is a bad thing...

She’s a perfect example of how much Gaming Journalism has gone down the hypocrisy drain…

It is not about being accurate, it is about being their definition of right. Being righteous is the goal and they 100% will make stuff up. It is why they praise Bayonetta, despite the same kind of people ragging on Bayonetta for YEARS, And then again when she was confirmed(obviously) as being straight.

What the writer is saying is they like hot characters that know they’re hot and use it to exploit people. They see Eve as someone naive, and something about a man or even the player having a drink of water without the woman realizing she can charge for it to get what she wants is repulsive to them. It’s why they hate AI chatbot companions.

Kotaku- the hypocrisy factory of gaming industry

Friendly reminder that even Feminist Frequency's hosts don't want their avatars in their logo to look like their real selves.

On one hand I feel bad for the Hades 2 devs to be embraced by Kotaku, on the other hand they have a guy in a wheelchair and probably want that.

"Look at how many of us are thirsting over the noseless Ghoul in the Fallout tv series" = "I-I´m not alone in this I swear, a lot of people think that, wait, what do you mean who? Are you trying to harass me? You are definitely trying to harass me!" and even if what people find sexy is subjective, it´s pretty much the same concept as what people find more appealing and/or compelling in a story, it might be subjective, but still there´s a reason why things like The Hero´s Journey work so well, or why flawed characters dealing with all sorts of struggles they need to overcome are so universally appealing when done well. Look at Frodo and Sam, Boromir, Theoden or Eowyn, you´ll have a hard time finding someone who doesn´t like them, you´ll have a hard time finding someone who doesn´t like Neo´s journey in the first Matrix movie, and you´ll have a hard time finding someone who doesn´t like OT Luke Skywalker. It is what it is, and trying to subjectivize the matter using cheap relativism might work with people as dumb as the person writing the article, but the argument it´s trying to make is easily refutable, just as trying to draw a false equivalence is, like so "not overly aware/confident in her sexiness = Bland personality, object of desire", my god, go back to high school and start over from there.

I would say a woman who doesn't know she is good looking or sexy is way more attractive then one who knows. Because then it's more of an act then her just being herself.

I can't wait for Alyssa Mercante to positively review all of the japanese visual novels. Especially the naughty ones.

Woke will not last, we will win

The hipocrisy is intentional from those who start their arguments in bad faith.

Was listening to this while playing a game. i litterally had to pause the game and tab over on the "thirsting for the noseless ghoul in fallout" part because i must have missheared. After a few seconds of utter disbelieve my mouth always comes in clutch with commenting before the brain is done processing: "So the author outed herself as a necrophile... good to know"

The guy in the wheelchair is Hephaestus, God of smiths, artisans and invention. Canonically, in mythology, he is crippled and ugly. (Although he is usually depicted as having a clubfoot, not as an amputee.) So I don't think his character is way off-base woke.

About hephaestus (fat god in a wheel chair) his greek lore was that he was seen as so ugly that he was tossed down a mountain a broke his leg.

The first Supergiant Game I will *not* buy. The writing has been on the while for a while now, and it is simply impossible to ignore now. Such a tragedy.

I love a good Shad rant, nearly spat my coffee everywhere when he called Alyssa a “lady of the night” 😂😂😂

The first game did some things that I didn't liked, that's the reason why I didn't bought it: having patroclus and akiles as a couple was definitely turn down for me, I hate they portray antient Greek warriors as lovers, more modernists propaganda 😒

“I’ve never played Hades 1 and I won’t play Hades 2 so here’s my review” Shad please shut up.

Not hypocrisy, hierarchy. They think they are nobles and the rest of us are commoners.

"I don't care about ethics, I care about winning!" Equine and """goblin""" afficionado Vaush.

They're trying to hold down those they don't like - as a power-play.

The only people I might be able to see thirsting after the one Fallout character are Hollywood actors that have gone crazy.

Honestly they made Hephaestus (the Greek god of the forge) look like Gragas from league of legends if he had black hair and wasn't balding

It is not so much as blatant hypocrisy as it is a hatred of judeo-christian values and their willingness to do what is necessary to corrupt or diminish those values.

This Kotaku writer used so many words to say absolutely nothing...I thought they had to stop this nonsense and just make game guides...it was a nice dream thinking that would be true.

On them being OK with sexualization when they're doing it: Dragon's Dogma 2 removed "female" from character creation and made it impossible to make a character of average female height (even though it's fully programmed in. They deliberately disabled it after the fact. It can be renabled with just a few kbs of menu mods at risk of losing MP access). Capcom also put a product placement "official pawn" of horribly obnoxious male streamer who puts on skirts and shows off the outline his package under it on stream. Also statues can't be viewed from multiple angles? What?

It only ensures that their games will end up getting destroyed in the long run. Lol

They tried to rename it JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) but I think the mouse's lawyers stopped it.

The game itself looks great, it does a great job of keeping everything that made Hades fun to play and original along with keeping the art style while also improving things in a way only a true sequel can do… The issue is replacing the main character is no longer original nor is it enlightening… it’s become the norm. You can expect modern AAA games to have a bland narrative story with a Mary Sue that saves the world. Example: the first game was all about Zag escaping and attempting to join his extended family while also discovering his mothers existence. What begins as a selfish story quickly becomes intriguing and then humbling. This sequel… the whole world is in jeopardy, the original main character is sidelined, the *NEW* protagonist is a strong independent woman that has no ties to the original story, the plot is designed so she has to save everything all by herself…

a Wheelchair bound God XD I never laughed at a guy in a wheelchair but I lost my crap seeing this!

Thinking on the God you are talking about who Hades team made Fat, Ugly, an Amputee, and Wheelchair Bound. It sounds like Hephaestus, God of the Blacksmiths, Fire, Craftsman, etc. And honestly he is depicted as the "black sheep" of the Gods and is a bit more deformed and ugly, but still even with Hades representation it seems over the top. Keep some of the less traditionally attractive traits out to keep that "black sheep part," give maybe some burns on the arm and the Amputee part could actually be cool if they actually reason it as him actually creating it himself and being proud of his creation. But they definitely went too far on the "representation." I almost think if they did those parts I mentioned it would've tied him in rather well to his practice and trade. (Basically in short, he doesn't have to be a "man's man" but have him still have traits like stronger arms. And if his amputation was actually explained as his own creation and Hephaestus expressing being proud of his own work if Zagreus or whoever the new protag asks about it. It's suit his role as a God and still feel like an empowering bit of representation and character instead of just token additions)

A vidya gaem that's only liked by women where all the gods are some shade of brown and all of them are either gay or bisexual. Greeks should copyright their deities at this point.

Not hypocrisy. It’s actually the promotion of their own cultural (Marxist) values combined with repressive tolerance towards everything else. Arch laid it out nicely on sidescrollers. We all need to be able to call this for what it is, when we see it. Naming it drags it in to the sunlight.

fire!!! lol calling it like it is! im joining the watch

I guess Ghoul/Undead relations are included in the LG... plus. Good to know.

Rules for thee but not for me is their motto

Nathan is back!!!!!!! Hope he reviews the acolyte and unhinged Nathan comes out again

Last few minutes was quality. Get ‘em told, Lads 😤

*Hipocrisy* is their first and utmost priority *Power* is all they want

Wow, the amount of mental gymnastic in this article is astonishing! 😂 In Stellar Blade character is 3D and you can pose her and look at her at every angle and that's bad, but character in Hades are like those statues of Olympian gods - here are there to be admired and to inspire not to tough at look from every angle... Lady, statues are 3D - what's cool about them is that you can tough them at look at them from every side! 😄

Just played Hades 2 early access and it’s a wonderful game already. Sad you don’t wanna try it. Those reasons are nothing compared to how many good this game can, and probably will offer

Hrm. Our enemies have outed themselves as necrophiliacs.

boycotting Hades 2, thank her for it

okay i agree with you guys alot but i gotta make a correction here, Hapehstus the god they depict in the wheel chair in his lore was stated to be so ugly his mother Hera threw him out of heaven and crippled him, so while i think there depiction isnt great as he also described as one of great strenght and a master smith its not exactly a bad interpretation of the god

So it has devolved into praising who paid her and attacking those who didn't

Zero tolerance. Well done!

I have to call this out as an overreaction. Sure, Aphrodite got a bit of a strong jawline, but so does plenty of women. Hell, i'm scandinavian, it's particularly common here. She still has the classical feminine features. High cheekbones, full lips, good curves, etc. As for Hephaestus, according to mythology he was a cripple, and did ride a wheeled chair. There is an Ambrose of it in a berlin museum from 525 BC. Second off, look at the mans proportions. He's not obese, he's a strongman who's sitting down. The guy probably doesn't do a lot of cardio, but look at the size of his arms. This is the same mistake people made with Thor from Ragnarok. Sure, he's on the heavier side, but not nearly as bad as people make it out to be. As for the third character, that's Nemesis. RETRIBUTION INCARNATE, you'd expect her to look like she could fold you in half, and once again, she still has plenty of feminine features, looking at her face. Now, i don't know what supposed consulting firms worked with the Hades devs (i haven't been able to find anything on that) but until there's actual evidence of wokeness, i'm going to write this off as hysteria. I'm not saying i don't understand why the hysteria is happening, but it still looks like hysteria.

Dammit. And I was really looking forward to Hades 2.

The wheelchair god, how much are we betting they're also a member of the alphabet crowd?

Some women are muscular and masculine and pretty. Have you both never seen the broad shoulder muscular woman from your own country? Rhea Ripley?

The way shad said her name at the beginning... was that an accent thing or a Freudian slip... I suppose that could be the real way to say her name and if so how but idk 😂

Hypocrisy and Victimhood Olympics - Kotaku FTW!!

VINDICATION! Thank you Shad for saying "masculine jaw" So many have been trying to make the case that this IS a traditionally attractive female, and there is absolutely nothing androgynous about her. Like all they do is look at her chest and say, "looks feminine to me!" How do you miss that jawline? HOW? It sticks out like the Rock of Gibraltar! It's like they heard SBI lady use the words "a little androgynous" to describe her and went out of their way to ignore certain aspects of what those words actually imply just to disagree with the wokes. No, in this case they are correct. That character design contains androgynous elements. TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE WHO ENJOYS A BIT OF ANDROGYNY.

On a roll!

The "male gaze," means that men just looking at women hurts them, therefore all men must be blinded for women's safety.

"She likes being hated for it"..translation daddy issues

"The right kind of hot." So they do not beauty standards when they are the ones deciding what the standards are.

...does ANYONE know the myths regarding Haphestus??? The CRIPPLED God? A guy who is a master inventor and blacksmith I think can make a kickass wheelchair and a kickass metal leg in an INTEPRITATION on already interprited stories for literally thousands of years but sure. Its 'woke' whatever the fuck that means.

"Oh Whats that Fictional Character on my Screen? you can't Actually give Consent cause your not Programmed to do so? Oh no well i guess i'm screwed" Lol

Hephaestus is *suppose* to be ugly and crippled. His story is that he was so ugly (or because he was crippled, or because he c--kblocked Zeus... there are multiple versions of basically every god's story) that he was literally flung off Olympus at birth. His legs were destroyed when he landed. He goes on to live in a volcano (his Roman counterpart is Vulcanus/Vulcan, so volcanos are named for him, as are the Vulcans from Star Trek) and is the god of fire and the forge. The blows of his hammer as he smiths are said to cause earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Him having the body of a power-lifter and being crippled actually makes a lot of sense.

Sucks cuz I really love the first hades, probably one of the greatest indies ever, too bad

Is it just me, or does anyone else find it WILD anyone can "thirst" over these imaginary characters, that are just cartoons/models? I honestly, have no clue why people care sooo much.

Pretty sure,in Greek Mythology, that Hephaestus is considered an ugly cripple and he tried to forcible trick or steal wifes...

Riiight, mmkay, right, okay

These people don't know what women looks like

Keep pissing off Journals they need to keep crying 😭 so buy anything they don't like. Stift Up are based for making Staller Blade and Goddess of victory Nikke in the modern world.

Hey guys, I wonder how effective a hidden blade would be great if it was reversed and configured better for a muay thai or buram fighter

i listen to the knights every morning before work

so sad to hear this about Hades 2, Transistor and Hades 1 are 2 of my favourite games of all time, Bastion was great too, Pyre... looked too woke and didn't like the gameplay and ideea behind it so never played that one though heard some good things about it.

Ooo... I think this video just put you on the ASIO watch list. Good luck, Shad!

I don't know why Supergiant would go with consulting companies. They always had a sort of progressive writing team, but it was actually good. Before Hades, their games were more narrative-heavy: - Bastion was dealing with prejudice, xenophobia, and the inability to forgive. And they managed to do it without really taking sides in the ideological conflict by the antagonized Ura being a lot more xenophobic and warmongering than the Caelondians, even though the latter was so scarred by their war, they turned into genocidal monsters. - Transistor dealt with the ideas of misguided utopianism, ruining the world while trying to better it, and had an overarching theme of people trying (and failing) to deal with loss. - Pyre is a game entirely built around the concept of penance and redemption. Being the most narrative-heavy among Supergiant games, it can be a letdown for the fans of the usual action, but it's a grand story (and actually diverse in every sense of the word). As someone who enjoyed their games plenty, I really did not like the direction the studio took after Hades. They were known for always doing something different. And now they don't. They go for the safe bet of Hades 2, even though Hades is literally their least interesting game. I mean, it does have the most refined gameplay, but their true genius was in writing (and musical composition). I always looked at Supergiant as a studio that can integrate progressive ideas into games sensibly and organically. They gave the reality of it without lecturing or sugarcoating, never letting it slip into activism. And I would not go into picking apart their artworks that way. They have a distinct visual style. So you should at least contrast whatever you want to show with previous works (e.g from Transistor).

I cant wait for the Skyrim update where the Dragonborn is mute and cant use his shouts, but makes woke people feel good.