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via Niche Gamer

Individuals who work with Sweet Baby Inc. have begun striking back against the creator of the Sweet Baby Inc. Detected Steam curator.

The curation page is intended to inform users whether a game has relied on Sweet Baby’s “narrative consultation” service.

Critics of Sweet Baby believe that their mission of promoting inclusivity is done at the expense of a game’s narrative quality. Meanwhile the Sweet Baby employees criticize the curator for being ideologically motivated against “woke ppl” and have mocked the curator’s attempts to legitimize their work by avoiding “loaded language” and instead focusing on informing consumers.

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Kindred also claims that the curator runs afoul of Steam’s Code of Conduct which says “interactions should not be abusive, disparaging, or inflammatory, nor create an environment that is unwelcoming”. However as stated previously, the curator has been tidying up their page in order to focus on informing consumers.


Kramer on the other hand, accuses the curator of being able to arbitrarily list any game they want as being involved with Sweet Baby and questions its accuracy and legitimacy. However the tweet has since received a community note which explains the curator uses Sweet Baby’s own website as a resource.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

 

[NickFire]

Don't tell people I was involved with this says a lot more about the speaker than the listener in my opinion.

 

[Jaybe]

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

This is how they fight though

 

[Magic Carpet]

I wonder what's available on GoG tonight?

 

[Bridges]

Imagine if someone posted a list of games Nintendo made and then Nintendo reported it and had it taken down

 

[Slimboy Fat]

Uh oh! Baby angry now!

 

[acidagfc]

And they immediately resort to doxxing, fantastic.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Just makes me happy they’re getting so much negative publicity.

Yesterday morning that Steam group was at 6000 something members, now it’s almost 30,000. Looks like it’s really starting to snowball.

Edit: here’s the group if you want to check it out, it’s closing in on 34,000 now

Steam Curator: Sweet Baby Inc detected

A tracker for games involved with Sweet Baby Inc.

store.steampowered.com

 

[Valt7786]

Good, let them cry and shout and bring attention to themselves. The more people see the bullshit they peddle in this industry the more they can be mocked and avoided.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Diabetic fetus

 

[Jaybe]

The ’added context’ is the best part of X now
He’s getting ratio’d beyond recognition

 

[rofif]

Fragile reee fools. As always.
Can’t handle other people opinions but must force their opinions on others

 

[Kacho]

The ’added context’ is the best part of X now
He’s getting ratio’d beyond recognition

Lmao

That employee got the wrong kind of heat. You love to see it.

 

[gothmog]

This whole thing is toxic all around, but I don't see what the issue is with calling them out as being involved. No different than marking things as offensive or violent.

 

[GymWolf]

Calling out an harassment group while organizing what is clearly an harassment group.

The lack of self-awareness of the woketards never fail to make me laugh histerically.

 

[Krieger]

I hope this turns into a category 5 shit storm and makes everyone reconsider their contracts with Diabeetes Fetus.

 

[Bojji]

Uh oh! Baby angry now!

Not so sweet anymore!

 

[TheInfamousKira]

2024, the year of the pendulum swing.

 

[Roxkis_ii]

I don't understand why the sweet baby people are upset. If your work is worth the price, it shouldn't be a problem right?

 

[j0hnnix]

Baby about to blow their top off.

 

[Deft Beck]

If you want to fight back against a Steam curation group, why not the ones who lie to game developers to farm review codes and flip them on key reseller sites?

That would be a lot more productive than this culture war shit. Like Sweet Baby or not, it doesn't make for constructive discussion.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Baby about to blow their top off.

How'd you get a gif of Mary Jane's face model?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

 

[Beer Baelly]

2024, the year of the pendulum swing.

 

[Mister Wolf]

Baby Go Boom Boom.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

Mike Shinoda is a great man.

 

[Last Hearth]

Lmao

That employee got the wrong kind of heat. You love to see it.

I was told that Legobutts is the former PR person for one Zoey Quinn, not surprising this person ended up working at Sweet Baby.

 

[Jaybe]

I don't understand why the sweet baby people are upset. If your work is worth the price, it shouldn't be a problem right?

It’s only okay for them to boycott artists’ work that they disagree with, but the moment people look to boycott their work that’s when it’s a problem

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[WoJ]

I don't understand what this means since I don't game on PC, but I do know Sweet Baby sucks. So if they're mad it must be awesome.

 

[Kacho]

I was told that Legobutts is the former PR person for one Zoey Quinn, not surprising this person ended up working at Sweet Baby.

He’s one of those that unironically ask, “gosh what does woke even mean?!”

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Good thing the games I play I dont think are Sweet Baby focused. And if they are, I havent noticed. It seems a lot of their work influences SP narratives, characters or cut scenes. I focus on dirt cheap card/board games on PC and COD TDM lately.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Thanks! Now I know what I'd look like with long hair.

 

[Nickolaidas]

Get fucked, woketards.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

They are getting marketed for free. If their work is such an added value to the games, the community will be thrilled to know. Why so mad?

 

[March Climber]

Again, this goes back to my point in the other thread. Everyone is treating this company like some larger than life boogeyman in the same vein as Blackrock Vanguard and Tencent. None of those other companies would go and cry on twitter. It's an ocean of difference.

He’s one of those that unironically ask, “gosh what does woke even mean?!”

He's making things worse, but he does have a point about the word woke. The definition of it needs to be more solid than it is because it continues to change depending upon who uses it.

 

[Yoboman]

This is good

I personally don't care if a game wants to have a woke message, but at least let it come from the writers own beliefs and not some corporate consultants embedding themselves into games nefariously

This will make it easier hopefully for Devs to say no to these shit heels

 

[Cert.in.Death]

For a company that performs a PR-esque service, this is not the way to handle opposition.

But I don’t give a shit, let the pigs play in the mud

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

He's making things worse, but he does have a point about the word woke. The definition of it needs to be more solid than it is because it continues to change depending upon who uses it.

Why I never use woke and just use the more accurate term

Retarded

 

[nosoynadie22]

sweet baby tears

 

[Banjo64]

Really nasty people. Rather than just laugh and ignore it, dox and set the purple mob on him. Hope all of the jokers at Sony, Microsoft and the other ESG chasing idiots keep an eye on this.

 

[Hudo]

People who lash out like this usually are themselves uncomfortable with what they're doing.

It's just a fucking curator on Steam. If that is already enough to trigger you and to try to "ban" discussion, then that tells me a lot about the work you're doing. Ergo: Fuck Sweet Baby Inc.

 

[Saber]

Didn't expect anything less from them, what they do explains alot about them. What worries me is the "I don't mind" and "I don't care" crowd. It won't be long until they make this justificable, name calling, etc. It's aways the same.

 

[DeaDPo0L84]

They are getting marketed for free. If their work is such an added value to the games, the community will be thrilled to know. Why so mad?

It's a classic case of "This thing isn't happening but also please don't point out that it's happening".

 

[Dazraell]

Angry Baby detected lmao

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Wet wipes.

 

[Mr Hyde]

Soundtrack to their lives

 

[K' Dash]