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GOG Fighting the Good Fight (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

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[–] deft@lemmy.wtf 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I really doubt that's even what happened here. I don't think the people who run the company, any member of the marketing team or even anyone important sat down in a meeting to decide this for a fuckin laugh.

It's probably some dumb AI, some intern or some individual fuck or just a genuine mistake. The character doesn't even render the same on every platform. Maybe if there was more than this one event I'd be more interested but I really think this is goofy.

Especially because I know most people crying about it have definitely owned something Microsoft or IBM related and don't even consider it.

Most people only care cause they read an article about it and are genuinely looking for any excuse to hop on their high horse and act high and mighty.

It's silly. I bet you can get most Wolfenstein games on GOG. We gonna be mad now because that game has Nazi symbolism in it? C'mon.

[–] Doug@piefed.social 2 points 5 days ago

I’ve given you my take, you’ve given me yours.

I’ve personally worked at some big tech companies, and if their execs are anything like the ones I’ve worked under, putting a little right wing laugh in their marketing would be a Tuesday for them.

I’m not doing anything with my take beyond giving a little asterisk anytime I see people championing gog. You’re gonna disregard the asterisk, that’s your prerogative.

Have a good one.