wombat123 on 31 March 2016
| pokoko said: Kotaku and a lot of other places really need to be called out on this. They ran with the narrative they wanted to push without even bothering to get the facts. I despise that kind of unethical journalism. This was just a chance for them to force their agenda on people. They helped create this storm of bullshit, which is probably what they wanted. One thing I do not understand are the "Nintendo should have backed her up" comments. What, "Nintendo" should start arguing with internet trolls on twitter? Hell, no. The best course of action is to ignore them. A corporate entity shouldn't get involved with that petty garbage, especially when a lot of the blowback seems to be about this person's personal opinions. People arguing on twitter shouldn't even be on Nintendo's radar. Finally, with these developers jumping on this without bothering to find out if she was fired for valid reasons, go ahead and cancel your Wii U games. Doesn't matter to me, as I don't own a Wii U, but I'm certainly going to skip buying your products on any other device I own. Your pettiness and ignorance make me not want to support you. |
It was funny when some of the 'listen-and-believe' indie developers jumped too early and canceled their games then quickly backtracked when they found out that Rapp was fired for a second job (that rumors say is non-PG stuff). It's especially sickening how Klepek of Kotaku isn't owning up to any of this despite the fact that he fanned the flames and helped create this entire mess with his earlier article that put a big magnifying glass on Rapp. But then again, why should Klepek accept responsibility when he and all the other ideologically motivated clickbait gaming journalists can just blame a hashtag whenever they royally screw up or make complete asses of themselves. Their MO is essentially, 'it's only okay when we do it'.
