Journal of Other Forum Analysis (Volume II, Issue 2)

[Boredfrom]

I've told some of the clowns over there in the past that these companies don't care if workers unionize they'll just get rid of your entire team. And say they no longer have use for them.

And your fellow workers will not be striking for you so sadly a fat lot of good it all is.

They have no familiarity with any unionized industry so they think unions get to just run the companies or something and nobody can ever get fired. Like, the state of the American car industry is right there to look at lil bro. Or hell, even the faux-unions of Hollywood. 

Unions having actual power also doesn’t mean they are going to fight for the workers at the bottom of the hierarchy.

[Boredfrom]

his campaign should never have got off the ground when they found out he worked for Blackwater. Blackwater hires a certain kind of person, and only a certain kind of person would choose to work for them.

The fact that obama droned the shit out of people and a lot of ya'll still love him doesn't really make this a real line of attack.

 

Fucking Akainu cannot help it. He is so lucky that ERA decided to not dogpile on Platner defenders just because how many prominent member were doing it.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/july-8-2026-wapo-graham-platner-ends-u-s-senate-campaign-in-maine.1572646/page-5#post-157692898

[benji]

Unions having actual power also doesn’t mean they are going to fight for the workers at the bottom of the hierarchy.

Have you tried yelling at them about their duty to solidarity, especially with the marginalized?

[Orange Juice Box]

Any state with a significant population of Black people, this candidate wouldn't have made it off the ground.

We cannot ignore the fact that all of this drama is happening in one of the whitest states in the union.

Royalan must have weekly viewings of The Legend of Bagger Vance and The Green Mile with the way he gives black voters near magical abilities.

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

Yeah, pretty obvious you haven't done the work and read the theory. A "monopoly" is a company that does something I don't like.

This motherfucker out here complaining about other people not doing the work and he doesn't even know that "monopoly" is a board game. 

[HeavenIsAPlaceOnEarth]

How many of these whiny fuckers actually work?

Don't work and have never worked.

"Then you fucking remove it while the rest of us watch, go ahead you spineless fuck" - how to respond to HR in this situation

The dude wouldn't say boo to a goose.

[benji]

Yeah, pretty obvious you haven't done the work and read the theory. A "monopoly" is a company that does something I don't like.

This motherfucker out here complaining about other people not doing the work and he doesn't even know that "monopoly" is a board game. 

[jooseloose]

Given the time and budget, I could create a legendary game too. Doesn't mean it's going to be profitable or my operation sustainable in the long term. 

AAA was always going to kill the industry and it's doing a great job currently. 

AA gaming was always the engine room of the industry and where all the cool innovation and fun happened. Sony and MS fucked the whole industry by pushing this "cinematic" bullshit on us.

It fucking sucks how boring and unadventurous Sony's output is now compared to early/mid PS3 era. Uncharted 2 onwards really set them on a shitty, hyper-focus path of uber-AAA prestige-bait releases that take 5+years to develop and cost the GDP of a small country, and it's affected the rest of the industry that tried to copy it.

[NekoFever]

Given the time and budget, I could create a legendary game too. Doesn't mean it's going to be profitable or my operation sustainable in the long term. 

AAA was always going to kill the industry and it's doing a great job currently. 

AA gaming was always the engine room of the industry and where all the cool innovation and fun happened. Sony and MS fucked the whole industry by pushing this "cinematic" bullshit on us.

It fucking sucks how boring and unadventurous Sony's output is now compared to early/mid PS3 era. Uncharted 2 onwards really set them on a shitty, hyper-focus path of uber-AAA prestige-bait releases that take 5+years to develop and cost the GDP of a small country, and it's affected the rest of the industry that tried to copy it.

Completely warped the idea of what a game costs to make as well.

If film studios kept putting themselves out of business by making billion dollar mega-blockbusters that needed to smash the all-time box office record to turn a profit, people would say maybe you should stop doing that.

Guess what? Make a smaller game and you can finish it in a couple of years and not require 20 million sales to stay in business.

And hey, games were far more interesting when they used to do that.

[BIONIC]

Yeah, pretty obvious you haven't done the work and read the theory. A "monopoly" is a company that does something I don't like.

This motherfucker out here complaining about other people not doing the work and he doesn't even know that "monopoly" is a board game. 

Sounds about white

[BIONIC]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gog-send-out-a-newsletter-email-with-a-bunch-of-nazi-symbols-in-the-subject-for-some-reason-up-gog-release-a-new-statement.1540444/page-10#post-157697395

There has been an update from Michał Kiciński, the founder of GOG:

link to post

I want to say this very clearly: I'm sorry.

Those symbols should not have been used in a GOG email. Whatever the intention was, and whatever the internal explanation is, the final result was wrong. I completely understand why people were shocked, angry, or hurt by it, especially people who have very real, personal reasons to be afraid of fascism and Nazism.
And I also want to say something very honestly, as one of the people behind GOG.

The idea that GOG would support Nazism, fascism, antisemitism, transphobia, or any kind of hate is so far from who we are that I think this may actually be part of why the first response was so bad. Maybe people here thought it was so obvious that it did not need to be said out loud.

But it did need to be said.

So let me say it clearly: no, GOG does not support Nazism. No, we are not fine with fascism. We are not fine with antisemitism, racism, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, fanaticism, or any other destructive "ism" that turns people against each other and treats some human beings as less worthy than others. And we are also not fans of hate on the internet, no matter which side it comes from.

This is not the kind of environment we want to foster. Not in our company, not in our community, and not around games.

We are a Polish company. Nazi and Soviet crimes are not distant, abstract history for us. They are part of the history of our country, and in many cases part of our own family histories. Almost everyone in Poland has some family story connected to that trauma, if not from the Nazis, then from the Soviets, and often from both. So seeing people conclude that GOG is somehow okay with Nazism is honestly painful, because it is not true. But, and this is important, that does not excuse the mistake.

We messed up. We should have caught it. We should have apologized more clearly and faster. And our first explanation should have been more human, more direct, and more responsible. I'm sorry for that too.
At the same time, I want to ask for a little care in how we judge situations like this. Calling out a serious mistake is fair. Being angry about it is fair. But jumping from "GOG made a hurtful and stupid mistake" to "the people at GOG support fascism" is something else. That can hurt real people too, especially when the full context is missing.

Accusing us of supporting Nazism, after we have apologized for a mistake, is a very heavy label to put on real people. And if we take a step back, this kind of dynamic can start to resemble the mechanisms we see in many destructive forms of fanaticism and other "isms": creating divisions between people, turning a mistake into an identity, and building walls instead of trying, in good faith, to build bridges.

That does not mean people should not criticize us. They should. We deserve criticism when we mess up. But please, let's leave some room for good faith. A serious mistake is still a mistake. It does not automatically mean bad intentions, or that the people behind it support the worst possible interpretation.

We will review how this happened, improve our checks, and try to do better, both in what we publish and in how we respond when we get something wrong.

Big hugs to everyone, and a shamanic Aho!
Let's play games, enjoy life, and be a little slower in judging each other. Let's build bridges, not walls.

Michal
GOG Founder

PS. I may not be able to be here part of active discussion. I will do my best, but I am super busy in many projects I am involved in - sorry for that

I feel like this is a much better response, and it is the one that should have been put out right away. As it stands it feel somewhat unprincipled since this response came so late, but I hope that they are honest in reviewing, updating their processes and preventing anything like this to be able to happen in the future.

Ree response about as level-headed as you might think

[Besticus Maximus]

Trans with guns thread is great fun. Can the human mind imagine anything that a trans person shouldn't do?

[Nintex]

I think it's a great symbol very powerful very strong I would use it again in an instant. We broke records with this email 

[Nintex]

I'm sure there is somewhere out there who will make an offline version of MK Tour anyway.

Nintendo will sell it back to us for $10 per track in 2030 as part of the Nintendo Online Mario Kart challenge 

[Snoopy]

People used to complain about the mafia, but one thing they were very good at was running unions. Maybe it's time to reassess.

[Ethan]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/gog-send-out-a-newsletter-email-with-a-bunch-of-nazi-symbols-in-the-subject-for-some-reason-up-gog-release-a-new-statement.1540444/page-10#post-157697395

[QUOTE="ridicium, post: 157697395, member: 161616"]
There has been an update from Michał Kiciński, the founder of GOG:

link to post

Ree response about as level-headed as you might think

I knew the "Soviet crimes" would sting

Hmm.

Hmm.

That's all I've got to say on that one.

Hmm.

Okay, I do have a bit more to say. It's the subtext that's making me go "hmm."

"Sorry if you were hurt," "don't overreact," both sidesing, bringing up soviets in addition to Nazis completely unprompted and basically claiming GOG is a victim too (oh?) It's all diplomatically worded but that's the vibe I'm getting and it's… not really helping my impression of anyone. Maybe I'm just cynical.

"were not Nazis and were not facist ok? Good. Now that we got that out of the way, the hate from BOTH SIDES needs to stop, especially the side criticising us. Everyone who said we are Nazis just for sending out mass emails with Nazi symbols is in fact a fascist. YOU are the real bad guys. You and the Soviets. Not us.

It was a mistake alright. An oopsie whoopsie. Now can't we all just move on?"

I'm also thrown a bit by the mention of the Soviets. Not to say that Poland doesn't have reasons not to be fond of the Soviets, but nobody was asking about that.

It feels like they're bothsidesing a conversation except the other side is one that they just came up with right now.

This reads like Kicinski doesn't really give a shit and is covering for some edgy relative or friend he gave a marketing job. After his other questionable statements and Gog's other actions like with Hatred and genAI, I have no benefit of the doubt left for him. Immature manchild.

Also, bringing the Soviets into an unrelated conversation unprompted sure is curious. I wonder if he is a PiS supporter or worse.

Mentioning the Soviets when they aren't part of the conversation is a way to signal to their Nazi fans that they're not taking a serious stance here.

[clockwork5]

Any state with a significant population of Black people, this candidate wouldn't have made it off the ground.

We cannot ignore the fact that all of this drama is happening in one of the whitest states in the union.

Royalan must have weekly viewings of The Legend of Bagger Vance and The Green Mile with the way he gives black voters near magical abilities.

I present Exhibit A, John Fetterman. 

Maybe no Nazi tattoo, but the black population of the garbage state of Pennsylvania (I live here) did vote for a man who had chased down a black man at gunpoint for shooting off fireworks. Had a stroke during his campaign, couldn’t form a coherent thought from that point forward and went full Trumper as a Dem in the Senate. 

Your racism is getting in the way again Roylan. 

And I just remembered, Roylan also lives in this state and probably voted for this goon. Pathetic.

[killamajig]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/legodrama-the-reckless-ben-vs-bricks-and-minifigs-situation-is-crazy.1532551/page-17#post-157692298

See, I saw this video a while ago and he did file the charges before, the problem is if you have a Mormon backed Police department they're going to look the other way.

I bring up the story once of filing a police report on my own mother after she stabbed the family dog 36 times. Do you want to know where that case went? Lol much like his case? I got blamed for filing a false report but curiously never got a case against me.. very odd right?

Anyways: I do think he does have legal representative but I guess you'd have to go through a federal case in order to bypass a lot of the Utah nonsense. That said? The video is showing a rather narrow side, where he mentions at the end his lawyer said he could talk.

The whole story isn't being said on the channel for sure. Parts of it make me scream. (Still can't believe he had faith in ANY police force after the first interaction)

As other lawyers say. Don't say shit to them!

[Besticus Maximus]

Mormon posters are always the most deranged and ideological, a fascinating breed of humans

[cRumB]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/increase-in-racism-during-world-cup-reflects-%E2%80%98growing-pattern-of-abuse%E2%80%99.1573108/#post-157709374

They are just adapting to the American culture, that is all.

Yes, because America invented racism.

[Snoopy]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/legodrama-the-reckless-ben-vs-bricks-and-minifigs-situation-is-crazy.1532551/page-17#post-157692298

See, I saw this video a while ago and he did file the charges before, the problem is if you have a Mormon backed Police department they're going to look the other way.

I bring up the story once of filing a police report on my own mother after she stabbed the family dog 36 times. Do you want to know where that case went? Lol much like his case? I got blamed for filing a false report but curiously never got a case against me.. very odd right?

Anyways: I do think he does have legal representative but I guess you'd have to go through a federal case in order to bypass a lot of the Utah nonsense. That said? The video is showing a rather narrow side, where he mentions at the end his lawyer said he could talk.

The whole story isn't being said on the channel for sure. Parts of it make me scream. (Still can't believe he had faith in ANY police force after the first interaction)

As other lawyers say. Don't say shit to them!

The only way he’d get accused of filing a false report is if the cops turned up and Fido was sitting on the porch with no sign of injury.

[Propagandhim]

As usual, Resetera watches soccer once every 4 years, sees a single incident, then paints an entire nation under the brush of whatever that incident expresses to them.

[malfoyking]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thegamesbusiness-the-number-of-video-game-journalists-has-fallen-by-nearly-300-in-2026.1573189/

Oh no! How awful. Moment of silence.

[HaughtyFrank]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thegamesbusiness-the-number-of-video-game-journalists-has-fallen-by-nearly-300-in-2026.1573189/

Oh no! How awful. Moment of silence.

People used to buy magazines and newspapers, which were funded buy ads. Then Craigslist came. Bye bye money. So people made websites. Then adblock came. Goodbye money again.

Today, you copied and pasted an entire article here, so most people wont even bother going to the website to give them a click. (not that people read articles anyway)

And the cycle continues....

[Uncle]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/thegamesbusiness-the-number-of-video-game-journalists-has-fallen-by-nearly-300-in-2026.1573189/

Oh no! How awful. Moment of silence.

has anyone coined the term moment of loudness

[Uncle]

I don't see any data at all about the total number of game journalists so this is entirely meaningless

what percentage of jobs were lost in the "industry" overall? 50%? 2%?

[killamajig]

I haven't been a journalist now for longer than I ever was one, but it just sucks so much to see how dire of a state the whole world of games journalism is in these days. When you have scum like Valnet and Jim Spanfeller buying up publications left and right and tanking them, companies replacing their writers and editors with AI dorks, and people going out of their way to not read what content is produced, it just really paints a depressing picture.

To my fellow games writers, I'm sorry you're living through this moment in time. You folks deserve better.

Psmasher checking in

[Besticus Maximus]

Unfortunately all the true journalists are busy covering the stellar blade scandal and discgate

Israel got rid of millions when pragmata happened too

[Propagandhim]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/increase-in-racism-during-world-cup-reflects-%E2%80%98growing-pattern-of-abuse%E2%80%99.1573108/page-2

There was something years ago about how France's focus on being 'race blind' in an attempt it to wish racism away (while being as racist as everywhere else) makes it effectively hard to track racist incidents because stats etc are hard to find since trying to keep those stats might run into those race blind laws.

oh, what a tangled web we weave

[benji]

I haven't been a journalist now for longer than I ever was one, but it just sucks so much to see how dire of a state the whole world of games journalism is in these days. When you have scum like Valnet and Jim Spanfeller buying up publications left and right and tanking them, companies replacing their writers and editors with AI dorks, and people going out of their way to not read what content is produced, it just really paints a depressing picture.

To my fellow games writers, I'm sorry you're living through this moment in time. You folks deserve better.

Psmasher checking in