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Far Cry New Dawn Revealed Early, and It Looks GLORIOUS Dawn, Indeed

Straight off of the success of Far Cry 5, cover-art leaked ahead of The Game Awards 2018 reveals a new entry in the series, subtitled New Dawn.

“New Dawn” is such a brilliant title, with the dream of a world where white men are shoved aside and fierce women of color finally rule

Breathe this in. The pure diversity of it! Two strong, powerful, FIERCE black women on the cover. Even though…

Entitled Gamers Demand Their Personal Information Be Secured

Today in a shockingly brilliant move, Bethesda unveiled their latest innovation in modding by allowing anybody who logged into their website the ability to view and edit the personal details of people who bought Fallout 76! but unsurprisingly the entitled incels of gaming are upset about it.

This stroke of brilliance by the geniuses at Bethesda Softworks gives the creatives of the Fallout…

Outcast Second Contact is Free – BUT DON’T GET IT BECAUSE WHITE WASHING!

The offending 2017 remake, prominently featuring a white man exuding toxic masculinity, in the place of a person of color.

The remake of the 1999 classic game Outcast, Outcast – Second Contact, is free for a limited time on Humble Bundle.

But before you rush and get your free copy, you must consider that the remake’s cover is white-washed!

You see, the original game that came out in 1999 was…

Red Dead Redemption 2 shows why we need to restrict hate-play in games

Gamers already have a very dark track record of hate crimes, with misogyny being on the top of that list. But recently, it’s come to our attention at PolyTaku that in the hot new game Red Dead Redemption 2, not only can you inflict violence upon women, but you can also assault and kill Suffragettes.

Yes, the game takes place in 1889, at time of rampant racism, white supremacy, colonialism, and…

After a short Hiatus, PolyTaku is coming back

Hello, fellow Gamers!

We met up with a few of our friends over the summer

Yes, we’ve missed you, too. But in the age of Drumpf and the rise of literal Neo-Nazis, we felt our efforts would be best served protesting on the streets, discussing revolutionary Communism in our local – and organic – coffee shops, organizing to help refugees come in and be welcome, and on top of that, helping our wives…

“We Didn’t Mean To Make Fun Of Games Journalism, It Can Be Very Loving When It Wants To” Says GOG

Online Games Distributor and Sales Platform GOG (good old games) has done the right thing today and apologized to us in the games media after posting a disgusting and disparaging tweet this week mocking our entire profession.

The original tweet in question which has now been thankfully deleted (after we had a stern talking to GOG) had the gall to include a GIF from the game POSTAL 2 of a…

It’s yet another July 4th holiday. And as we celebrate our independence with our beer, barbecue, and fireworks, too many of us revel in the comfort of forgetting the sad faces of brown children, the implicit racism of our police, and our Orange Dictator.

There will be no BBQ or beer for these children taken from their parents by ICE

You white folk sit comfortably behind your white picket fences…

Civility in the Face of Nazism is Nazism with a Smile

The far-right has become butthurt and is now calling for “civility” after having their fee-fees hurt by normal people standing up to Nazis. We aren’t taking it anymore, whether in politics, small business, journalism, or geek-culture, we will stand and fight.

Sarah Huckabee-Sanders was kicked out of a restaurant for being bigoted piece of human garbage, and went whining to daddy Drumpf. The Red…

Gamers are Mentally Ill

The World Health Organization (WHO) has made ‘Gaming Disorder‘ a classification in their new revision of disease classification.

This makes a lot of sense due to what we already know about the toxic culture that gamers live in, with research already conducted by many different scientists and scholars, such as Anita Sarkeesian and Jonathan McIntosh.

I don’t want to know what is going on in this…

It’s Time to Force Developers to Be Overtly Political

In the era of Trump and the resurgence of white-supremacy, game developers are trying to have their cake and eat it, too, when it comes to politics in video games.

The release of Far Cry 5 earlier this year and the announcement of The Division 2 (taking place in Washington DC) at E3 have left us wanting with their lack of strong political messages against Trump and for Nazi-punching.

The…

We Need to Talk About Gamer Extinction Anxiety

Today, Mister Metokur (AKA Internet Aristocrat, AKA Jim) posted a video to YouTube attacking trans people in gaming. Metokur is known in the gaming community as one of the worst offenders of GamerGate and a Neo-Nazi, who is sympathetic to Alt-Right mass murderer, Sam Hyde.

He can’t keep getting away with it

In this recent video, Metokur was not sympathetic to the plight of these trans people in…

Trump is GamerGate Incarnate

Horrific photos of immigrant children stolen from their families have been surfacing on the web

The hatred of the GamerGate movement has spread to the national level, infecting politics right to the top of government. And the light shed on the crisis at the southern United States border this week has shown how dire the situation in America is.

GamerGate prides itself on harassment campaigns aimed…

Valve Opens Toxicity and Nazism Onto Consumers

Valve has made the decision to not police their content on Steam for content assurance unless it is already illegal or is “trolling,” leaving what is appropriate to the discretion of the consumer and giving the growing Neo-Nazi far-right a hand up in the already toxic gaming industry.

In a statement, the digital retailer said“Valve shouldn’t be the ones deciding this. If you’re a player, we…

Warning: Incels Play Videogames

Former Reddit CEO Ellen Pao urged tech companies to crack down against Incels who might work for them. While Silicon Valley roots out this scum from their ranks, it’s important to remind developers that it’s very likely that Incels play their games.

Having experience with Reddit, Ellen Pao knows an Incel when she sees one

For those that don’t know, Incels are “involuntary celibates”. These are…

We Need to Have a Social Credit System Like China

The Chinese are a smart people. They make great food, took to Communism, and now have a very cool system that rewards their best citizens using social credit. This could be made into an incredibly fun gamified system of life for us that rewards people just for being good.

All of your virtue saved and stored in one convenient place.

Think of social credit like monetary credit, as with a credit…

The Problematic Blank-State of Rainbow Six Siege Enemies

Rainbow Six Siege is a progressive move in the problematic First-Person Shooter genre with a diverse cast of characters that have deep personalities straight out of Tumblr. So, it’s a real misstep that the enemies of Siege are blank canvases that could represent any kind of group instead of explicitly being far-right white Nazis.

Dead Nazi or fallen Antifa comrade?

Siege really dropped the ball…

We Need to Stop “Enthusiast” PC Building Culture

There has been an upswing recently with the PC games market thanks to platforms like Steam. Indie games have definitely been a major factor in Steam’s success with titles like Gone Home, Depression Quest, and Sunset. And even though consoles are still going strong, like the Nintendo Switch, the PC market is getting ever bigger, which is a major problem because of the PC building enthusiast…