lame gag1990
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You only have to look at his profile pic. Says it all.
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Ex-Insomniac dev throws his bosses under the bus over Rivet's design being too feminine.
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TLZ
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The dude when he was working on R&C:
NikuNashi
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It's good that this guy is no longer employed by Insomniac. Infact he should never be employed in the industry again. Private meetings regarding IP's should never be made public, it's totally unprofessional and unacceptable. This guy is not trustworthy and should be not be hired by others, let him make his perfect self funded game with sex neutral furry characters.
Whitecrow
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Top tier butt indeed. Can we have girls with tails? : U
From Best Butts In Gaming.
Imagine doing 'work' and having the tail whiping your face of excitement...
Oh god I'm sick
ZywyPL
Banned
Problem with this people who find problems everywhere is they never have any solution, and solution proposed by others are usually wrong. They create problems but they are unable to solve problems. They usually force people to solve problems they create.
I imagine 100 years of Disney's animators to find ways to create different characters using few traits, then this guy arrives and say "It's wrong, it's a fox!“. Ask him how to create a better feminine character and he would find an horrible solution or no solution at all. This people always overestimate themselves.
I imagine 100 years of Disney's animators to find ways to create different characters using few traits, then this guy arrives and say "It's wrong, it's a fox!“. Ask him how to create a better feminine character and he would find an horrible solution or no solution at all. This people always overestimate themselves.
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Tommi84
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These are called tail butt plugs and are already a thing
TLZ
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Lupingosei
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These are called tail butt plugs and are already a thing
ZywyPL
Banned
With that thick ginger beard, a.k.a a giant pussy anti-magnet attached to his face, I'd bet he's still a virgin. Maybe that's where his insecurities about attractive females comes from, who knows.
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GymWolf
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Between him and the white privilege guy who twitted some weeks ago, insomniac seems in good hands...
betrayal
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I don't understand why people talk about guys like him. You only have to look at his Twitter feed and you can see immediately that he is mentally disturbed and actually needs help.
Everyone can have their own opinion. But he generalises and spontaneously attacks everything and everyone who is not exactly of his opinion. Of course, it doesn't help much that he often has absurd and deeply disturbing views of the world.
Everyone can have their own opinion. But he generalises and spontaneously attacks everything and everyone who is not exactly of his opinion. Of course, it doesn't help much that he often has absurd and deeply disturbing views of the world.
jigglet
Banned
He has the right to free speech. I will argue to my very end that he should never be censored / cancelled.
I just want him to do the same for my right to express my views. I'm a huge advocate of freedom of speech. People can talk about him because this forum agrees with the need for a free exchange of ideas. You also have the freedom to ignore this thread or him. Neogaf is so fucking good cause we can talk shit out. You can't say the same for that other place...
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ShadowNate
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He did. Or his suggested version did. As far as we know anyway (he could have suggested a even less feminine version).
jigglet
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Imagine interviewing this guy. Imagine having to worry about every private design conversation / debate being aired publicly. Fuck that shit. I'd rather talk to a wall. I will repeat: his views have merit. I mean I actually agree with him in many, many ways. But jesus christ the way he deals with it is a fucking professional embarrassment. I've seen shit handled more maturely in the school yard.
ZywyPL
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Majima Everywhere System
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Still pretty thin tho.
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JumpMan1981
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Well, this is weird.
What are the game director and art director realistically supposed to do in a situation like this?
Ratchet is a 2002 character and so his initial designs were limited by the PS2 technology.
His PS3, PS4 and now PS5 designs are kind of bound by that initial design.
So he is kind of set in stone.
The decision is made that the new PS5 game should have, in addition to Ratchet, a brand new "female" lombax.
From a design perspective where can you really go with this?
She's a lombax like Ratchet but she's supposed to be "female" OK.
There's not a right or wrong way to do things but is it really all that shocking that a design team being told to design a female version of a male character that is essentially some weird anthropomorphic space Pokemon would come to the conclusion that she should be "female looking"?
Look at this furry anthropomorphic male character. Now design a female version. What the hell are you doing!? Hips!? Breasts!? Just what do you think "female" is!?
Can you imagine actually having to deal with this guy in a work environment?
What are the game director and art director realistically supposed to do in a situation like this?
Ratchet is a 2002 character and so his initial designs were limited by the PS2 technology.
His PS3, PS4 and now PS5 designs are kind of bound by that initial design.
So he is kind of set in stone.
The decision is made that the new PS5 game should have, in addition to Ratchet, a brand new "female" lombax.
From a design perspective where can you really go with this?
She's a lombax like Ratchet but she's supposed to be "female" OK.
There's not a right or wrong way to do things but is it really all that shocking that a design team being told to design a female version of a male character that is essentially some weird anthropomorphic space Pokemon would come to the conclusion that she should be "female looking"?
Look at this furry anthropomorphic male character. Now design a female version. What the hell are you doing!? Hips!? Breasts!? Just what do you think "female" is!?
Can you imagine actually having to deal with this guy in a work environment?
jigglet
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I would listen to him and give him the respect I give every colleague.
But the moment he decided to shame me publicly, I would not talk to him ever again. I wouldn't even ask him what the fucking time is. If I were stabbed in the back like this, I wouldn't even acknowledge his existence. He would be less than dead to me.
JumpMan1981
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I suspect if he is comfortable behaving like this in public then he would be a lot worse in private.
jigglet
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My god just imagine. It would be school yard-level politics.
FingerBang
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Women don't have to be feminine, everyone can be a woman. Basically, another "a woman can have narrow hips, no boobs, beard and a dick".
I don't like GC feminists most of the times, but man, do they have a point that this is basically misogyny in glitter and a pink dress.
That said, I like Rivet the way she is.
I don't like GC feminists most of the times, but man, do they have a point that this is basically misogyny in glitter and a pink dress.
That said, I like Rivet the way she is.
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zephiross
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Thanks I was too lazy to do it myself
JerryinSoCal
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Every response from a woman I've seen to him on twitter has been positive, I haven't seen one negative one yet so 90% is probably not high enough lol. If I ran a gaming company I'd tell people90%? that is way too generous, furries are still oddball in the eyes of the public, maybe he thinks doing this helps to compensate some
nkarafo
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I appreciate the passion in standing your ground on creative matters, but this guy sounds like he overstepped majorly. I'm not surprised he "left"; generally having a huge row with the creative leads on a project is futile and non-constructive. They will either be persuaded, or they won't. Because its their show, so your input is more of a courtesy than a right.
Making this public after the fact is all about ego, the big problem it reveals is not that this character is willing to throw former colleagues under the bus, but that you cannot trust him to be a good collaborator. Who'd hire someone like that ?
Making this public after the fact is all about ego, the big problem it reveals is not that this character is willing to throw former colleagues under the bus, but that you cannot trust him to be a good collaborator. Who'd hire someone like that ?
JumpMan1981
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I mean, his thesis is that designing a female character to have a stereotypically female body contributes to a hostile and harmful working environment. Which I could understand maybe if the character designs were lewd or suggestive.
The problem with designing an anthropomorphic character that is supposed to be a "female" is that you kind of are stuck basing the designs on humans anyway. I'm not sure how the issue of hips and breasts can really be avoided.
What if the design instruction had been that instead of female Rivet was to be Irish or Old or something else. Wouldn't it just be the same case that the designer would look for quick ways to get that across to the audience.
I can kind of imagine some designer in the future getting their instructions that the character should be female but also not have any trace of femininity. Don't give them a female voice. No hips. No breasts.
Hilariously, I think you could take it so far that the "female" character design just ends up being a stereotypical male.
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hemo memo
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It must be hard for the creative industry in particular to come up with something in the current world. Thankfully I am not from a rage-everything is offensive culture like the US but I remember a conversation I have with a close relative I didn’t see for a long time and man was part of that conversation very awkward because you had to explain just to be sure or not be misunderstood.
It only shows the world has a long way to go to create a equal society where girls/womans/people aren't judged based on their gender. That you are not willing to take responsibility, even having a civilised discussion about it is proof enough. Sad to see all name calling and bullying going on in this thread aimed at a person I guess you haven't even met. Just your reaction makes his point so more important. You need to be able to talk about these things regardless of how you feel about it or think what the world looks like.
Try to answer why his point that an alien fur ball needs to have more of a feminine look instead. You do nothing of that sort. Instead you stick your head in the sand and turn to name calling. If people could take these issues seriously and listen we wouldn't need this fired up debate.
If you were right, China would be the woke capitol of the world.
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Coolwhhip
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Ratchet is afraid of lombax with tits...
A woman has never come this close to the tweeter guy yet.
Dick Jones
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If female characters don't have tits, where will Kotaku get their future excellent opinion pieces from?
betrayal
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I never said he don't have the right to free speech. He can say whatever he wants.
I just said people should ignore him because this only reinforces his psychological problems and extremist opinions.
Whitecrow
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Well you are not wrong.
But a lot of times, having the right to do something doesnt mean you should do it... and celarly this guy hasnt learned that.
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Codeblew
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Wow! NICE TITS!I have not played the game so I can not speak for all of them but one of the suits have slight differences between the Lombaxes.
Rivet's suit has a wider (to take her hips into account) and thinner "belt" and a smaller codpiece.
jigglet
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Yeah I don’t think I was arguing your point just extending it. You’re right though.
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jigglet
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lol yeah then we just end up with arguments that lead us back to where we were.
Everything exists on a spectrum, these guys want us all to think we need to exist only at the extremes.
JumpMan1981
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His point is stupid though.
The games designers want to include a "female" lombax.
He insists that she shouldn't look feminine.
That's a pretty big contradiction.
Hilariously, the character ends up having an obvious feminine voice.
So design a female character without using any stereotypically feminine traits because that's "harmful".
Oh and if she is a lilac color and has a stereotypically feminine voice and mannerisms then that's totally 100% fine.
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