Tim Schafer Makes Racist Joke At GDC

[Wonktonodi]

Scisca said:

Wonktonodi said:

Thanks for clarifying the term. Though with that definition the joke makes even less sense. If the puppets were second accounts the math should never been off the other direction. With it adding up to more people than their are because the puppets are being counted when they shouldn't.

Even still people can say he's dismissive by saying that, but dismissing people because he thinsk they are fake is different than dismissing people because they are minorities. 

I think people are reading way too deep into it. I think he just made a silly joke about the whole notion, which wasn't supposed to be a statement on the topic that these people fight for. Just commenting on how active this group is and maybe showing what he thinks about Internet fighters and how much they really change. Also, I think he tried to pull a play with words with "making armour" and saying "it's not your shield". The use of the puppet was also quite smart considering the double meaning.

Still, I think people attacking him are ridiculous and fail at noticing that he is pretty much doing a little stand-up comedy there. He was clearly in a role and this shouldn't be mistaken for the real opinion of Tim Shafer or considered as an attack on anyone. This may not be the joke of the year, but on the other hand there was a lot to it, which makes it quite good for a gaming dev. Calling this racist is beyond stupid.

Agreed