This man.
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Hideki Kamiya shits all over Kotaku
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This man.
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Lol...He's like a pertulant but adorable child lol...
Right, and that's why you do some research rather than base an entire article on two tweets - not even providing context for one of them. I mean, we're talking about an article that was published and has gone through two revisions and yet still contains reference to a "convince store". It wasn't fact-checked, let alone spell-checked.
Where it gets more problematic is that the writer is ignoring evidence against his claims. That means he's guilty not merely of shoddy research and failing to write a "meaty" article, but also is guilty of a logical fallacy cherry picking the evidence.
But what gives the article its offensive tone is that the writer is an outsider giving the audience an explanation of an entire group's nature based upon one specimen's actions, quite like a zoologist on a nature documentary explaining to people the social behaviours of baboons in an exotic land. (Our viewers may be shocked to observe what we are showing here, but I assure you, gentle listeners, that butt-sniffing is completely in line with standard baboon mating rituals! Aren't baboons just the craziest things ever!)
Further, he's doing so in relation to our own group's attitudes and behaviours, establishing Western thinking, behaviour, and values as the "norm" and describing those of the Japanese in how they deviate from the norm. That's ethnocentrism, similar in concept to androcentrism. This tone has withstood the superficial word-choice revisions. And of course, he's depicting the Japanese as being very uniform in their beliefs and feelings, easily encapsulated by the behaviour of a single Japanese specimen. That's a prime example of the outgroup homogeneity effect. Japanese people aren't a monolithic entity. They're not The Borg. Depicting any group as a deficient and erroneous hivemind is offensive.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
That guy is a moron. Hope he's not a Gaffer.
Haunted
Member
Well now, he doesn't have to deal with these people. He chooses to.
Hitokiri03
Member
LOL This was probably JP who told to Inaba to make him stop.
Try glancing through one of the new EGMs one day. In between articles (wasting space that would much be better served by ... I dunno... actually covering some niche games or something?) asking whether or not the games industry is too mysogynistic, it's hogwash about how Japan has "lost the race". A far cry from their 90's heyday.
WickedLaharl
Member
The dude has noone but himself to blame for responding to all the bullshit on twitter.
I spit out my coffee at Bam Ham City.
I wish PC gamers would actually try to play some of the games they bought in the last Steam sale instead of spending the time trying evangelize PC gaming to the rest of the world.
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
I play my PC, console, and handheld games. >: I'd prefer to play them all on PC but that isn't how the world works unfortunately.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Its kind of sad that we are at a point where we stop blaming the people being harrassing assholes and start blaming the guy defending himself on his own page. He shouldnt have to deal with assholes misquoting him and asking stupid questions all day just because he has an outlet for his thoughts. These people need to learn etiquette and common sense.
Ha, I still like the angle of "stick dinosaurs in instead" even if it wasn't a crazy idea on how to improve RE.
Admittedly offense IS in the eye of the beholder. I'm not thinking much of it, but plenty of people seem offended enough, and either way it's clear he's angry and picking out words he feels has the impact he wants, so gaijin is bad.
I don't think the Family Computer and PC Engine are what you think they are.
(Or this is sarcastic, but sarcastic or realistic I think it only had a dedicated fanbase even then, which likely evaporated almost entirely thanks to the aforementioned switch to Windows 95).
To be fair, Kamiya said some gaijin are fucking idiots.
The FM-TOWNS, X68000 and MSX were all pretty popular in Japan and had a lot of great games for it (the X68000 in particular is legendary for its high-quality CPS2 ports).
To anyone who thinks the word "gaijin" isn't derogatory, you need to spend a few months in Japan and listen closely to what context its said under. It's ALWAYS derogatory, and the fact that he wrote it in Japanese just shows what a piece of shit coward he is. This guy is trash and if you still follow him after he blatantly showed that he thinks all non-Japanese people are 'idiots' then well, you deserve everything you get.
On another note, the way he talks is VERY reminiscent of 2ch, and anyone of you who has been there knows just how racist those posters are on a regular basis.
On another note, the way he talks is VERY reminiscent of 2ch, and anyone of you who has been there knows just how racist those posters are on a regular basis.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
He didnt call all foreign people idiots. Hence the word "Some".
InfiniteNine
Rolling Girl
You're kinda just blowing stuff outta your ass here bud.
You miss the point, see the quote FlashbladeGAF posted? That wouldn't have happened if Kamiya just ignored the troll, but instead he answers again and again and he does it with every trolls. I don't think he's stupid, he knows those are trolls, yet he decides to feed them instead of ignoring them.
And you make it sounds like it only happens to him, every person somewhat famous is constantly trolled or attacked on twitter by random people, it's a normal day on the internet (how many troll tweets do you think Bieber receive everyday?). If he wants to get rid of these stupid people he should just ignore them and the problem will be solved, by giving them attention he only attracts more of them.
No, that's not what he said at all. In his original Japanese it said 'fucking idiot gaijin', clearly the message was directed towards his Japanese followers as if to say 'look how stupid foreigners are'. That is what he said and there is no manner of re-interpretation that will change that.
...lol
You don't exactly have a firm grasp of the situation, do you?
Kacho
Gold Member
What is this? Seriously?
Get over yourself.You feel betrayed the people that make your body pillow think differently of you?
FlashbladeGAF
Member
how is he a coward when he tells peopel to fuck off. And he said SOME not ALL?
FlashbladeGAF
Member
Kacho
Gold Member
Man...so sad. :/
It's called trolling. Top guys at Platinum Games were at Valve Head Quarters sometime in September.
I think you should learn to read. The image above will help. Note the word "some".
You're doing a pretty good job of making yourself look stupid, I don't think you need my help.
Pretty sure that's not the story.
He gets away with it because of people like the ones in this thread who willfully ignore his bigotry. If a western developer went around shouting ch*nk or n*gger there would be all hell to pay, but this guy gets a free pass just because he's Japanese.
And somehow I'M the weaboo here? Give me a break.
And somehow I'M the weaboo here? Give me a break.
You are completely ignorant of history and racism if you think "gaijin" is anywhere near the level of those other words I'm not even comfortable typing out in a discussion about racism.
FlashbladeGAF
Member
so if you say fuck off to some idiot Latin Americans who have constantly bugged the shit out of you all day
Does saying that mean fuck off to those specific Latin americans or ALL Latin Americans
Air Zombie Meat
Member
You really are the duke :O You should chill out a bit by the way.
Dude, Jr's tend not to last long when they do this. Just simmer down a bit before ya get yourself in trouble.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
I think youre missing my point. I know that the people are only harassing him because he responds. My point was that its too often
anymore that people are expected to deal with harrassment instead of casting the blame on the people who started the confrontation in the first place.
We've become so comfortable with the fact that there ARE assholes out there that now instead of calling them out and shaming them people are just supposed to ignore it and act like it doesnt happen. And when someone actually has the balls to speak up
and say that someone is an asshole they're deemed the ones at fault. Its totally backwards thinking.
If it wasnt for people thinking they have the right to be rude and disrespectful to someone on his personal twitter page then Kamiya would have nothing to bitch at. Instead now people are saying Kamiya is at fault and are totally taking the the focus off the people that were being trolls. My whole point was that none of those celebrities should HAVE to ignore this bullshit, because if those people had any manners in the first place they wouldnt be acting that way. Its bullshit to say "Kamiya has no one to blame but himself" because in saying that you take the responsibility out of the trolls hands for being an asshole in the first place.
Leave him be, if he wants to implode on Gaf then let him. I'll just be sitting here with popcorn awaiting the inevitable vein burst.
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