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Is Kojima going woke?

Globalization in software development is the process of making code capable of being localized. So for instance instead of hard coding strings in UI you put placeholders like "[menu1]" and then the code replaces that with whatever menu1 is in any given language.

I don't know if that's what this is referring to but it doesn't necessarily mean what you all are reacting to.

edit: ok I just noticed there's more images and they mention "DEI"
 
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Funny thing is both side hate each other and yet they act exactly like each other.

One side calls every little thing "problematic" other side call every little thing "woke" different name but same shit.
Woke cant build, only destroy. Two aren't the same, don't forget that
 
Doesn't matter what side created what. That's a silly way of thinking. Both sides are acting like whiny 2 year olds right now and it's making gaming conversation exhausting.
Silly ? It matters, it is the only LOGICAL way to view things in a conflict and the only way things get fixed. This whole both sides shit does nothing and only serves to further destroy in perpetuity.

Some people act like whiney 2 year olds and disturb the status quo creating shit for everyone one else. That creates an equal reactionary opposition. You dislike this behaviour from both sides but for whatever reason you blame both sides for it equally when the people on the opposition are simply a reaction and were created by the original people. Like what did you expect the reaction to be here ? Make your logic make sense. The world simply does not work like that.
 
Ah telling the truth is as annoying as pushing 14 year olds to chop off dicks without parental consent(which is end-game woke) and telling you men can menstruate? Yeah I too am annoyed with people pushing back against pedophilia grooming propaganda.

Where did Kojima put 14 years old chop their dicks?
 
1. MGS5 was his best game. Keyword: game. Once more for the low IQ, game. Again for the low IQ, GAME. Hope that helps.

2. There is no such thing as 'anti-woke'. The correct phrase is 'disgusted with modern trends'. This goes away when the devs and publishers stop grossing out and insulting potential customers.
 
Silly ? It matters, it is the only LOGICAL way to view things in a conflict and the only way things get fixed. This whole both sides shit does nothing and only serves to further destroy in perpetuity.

Some people act like whiney 2 year olds and disturb the status quo creating shit for everyone one else. That creates an equal reactionary opposition. You dislike this behaviour from both sides but for whatever reason you blame both sides for it equally when the people on the opposition are simply a reaction and were created by the original people. Like what did you expect the reaction to be here ? Make your logic make sense. The world simply does not work like that.

So, its logical for the anti-wokes to act as ignorant as the wokes because that's how we're going to fix this whole thing? lol

Also, please don't put words in my mouth.......I never said I blame both sides equally. Your whole argument seems to sum up to "well, they started it!!!"
I don't give af who started it when you both are acting like asses. Just because your side didn't start it, doesn't mean you should act just as nonsensical. It serves nothing but to
continue pissing off the most hardcore from each side and continue causing dumb responses. Especially when there is a shift in political power.

I'll give you an example of the BS that happens now. Before the whole "woke" movement (and I'm saying woke for the lack of a better term since its completely lost its original meaning), I never heard
complaints of woke for every single thing that was NOT surrounding a certain race or sex. For example, you have people calling a game like South of Midnight woke, simply because it has
a black protag and an emphasis on deep south culture in the US.

They didn't "race-swap" characters or have any "forced diversity" or any of the usual stuff that we see from the 'anti-woke' crowd. They made a totally new IP with its own unique story and this still
rubbed people the wrong way..........they still felt the need to call it woke. You see how ignorant that is? That's why I'm sick of the stupidity from both sides.......you both go too far.
From the banning or Hogwarts on other forums to the stupid crap that is said here.......none of it is necessary. So yes.......in the end it is all silly.
 
People that go out seeking any signs of woke are like people who think everything is racist. Kojima has been woke since before people decided to virtue signal about how woke they are.
 
Globalization in software development is the process of making code capable of being localized. So for instance instead of hard coding strings in UI you put placeholders like "[menu1]" and then the code replaces that with whatever menu1 is in any given language.

I don't know if that's what this is referring to but it doesn't necessarily mean what you all are reacting to.

edit: ok I just noticed there's more images and they mention "DEI"
The code itself is DEI and Woke. I guess there is no escaping it now.

I bet the only reason gas prices are over $4.00 a gallon is because the new fangled gas pumps are woke and DEI. Think about it, there was a time when you paid cash for gas and it was cheap, like 99 cents. Then, they "upgraded" all the gas pumps to use credit cards. Credit cards have implanted microchips in them.

It's so simple and blatantly obvious what has happened. The microchips inside the credit cards are set to automatically change the price of gas on a specific date in the future. The only way to update all the gas pumps is to write woke code into them. The war in Iran is just a distraction from the woke gas prices.
 
Silly ? It matters, it is the only LOGICAL way to view things in a conflict and the only way things get fixed. This whole both sides shit does nothing and only serves to further destroy in perpetuity.

Some people act like whiney 2 year olds and disturb the status quo creating shit for everyone one else. That creates an equal reactionary opposition. You dislike this behaviour from both sides but for whatever reason you blame both sides for it equally when the people on the opposition are simply a reaction and were created by the original people. Like what did you expect the reaction to be here ? Make your logic make sense. The world simply does not work like that.
It doesn't need to be exactly the same to be rightfully compared. If you hate the wokes but they made you behave like an idiot, they have defeated you.

It is a true equivalence, some you just seem confused about what people are equating.
 
Your whole argument seems to sum up to "well, they started it!!!"
No, my argument is that it is illogical to say that you dislike conflict, but then ignore the means by which that conflict was created in the first place and then start blaming sides for partaking in it (equally, unequally, it doesn't matter). If you truly dislike conflict and are fully unbiased in the matter, wouldn't then the only logical position be to say I dislike whoever created the conflict and they are responsible for all the shit that proceeds it ?

If I hate war, then I must and will hate the person that starts and creates war before any and all details such as how the war is fought or how the two opposing sides behave. And thus I should assign blame there above all.
 
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Oh.

So you are OK with DEI prioritizing how you look and who you fuck over your talent and skill.

Good to know.
See, the woke use the exact same logic.

if you don't agree with us, you must like racism and slavery. If you don't agree with us, you are a fascist.

Literally that meme of "same same but different"
 
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I feel like the majority of people who don't like woke stuff are like this. Because of how many games and franchises it's already killed off. Of course there are going to be people on the look out for it and give a heads up to others.
There's always lots of other games to play anyway.
 
Woke cant build, only destroy. Two aren't the same, don't forget that
Same fucking shit, both side are extremely obnoxious and enjoy manufactured anger and drama more than actual act of playing games.

I would say fuck'm both.
 
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No, my argument is that it is illogical to say that you dislike conflict, but then ignore the means by which that conflict was created in the first place and then start blaming sides for partaking in it (equally, unequally, it doesn't matter). If you truly dislike conflict and are fully unbiased in the matter, wouldn't then the only logical position be to say I dislike whoever created the conflict and they are responsible for all the shit that proceeds it ?

If I hate war, then I must and will hate the person that starts and creates war before any and all details such as how the war is fought or how the two opposing sides behave. And thus I should assign blame there above all.

You're doing it again......please point to where I said, I DO NOT LIKE CONFLICT.

Honestly man...it's not that complicated for me. It's as simple as this for this case:
I observe something stupid coming from side A. I'm annoyed.
I observe something stupid coming from side B. I'm annoyed.
Both start to get on my nerves......thats fair.
 
This woke, that's woke, everything is woke….blah blah blah blah.
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Anti-woke is now just as annoying as woke
I'm glad that more and more people are saying this. Both have become absolutely abysmal, especially when it feels like folks are just looking for "problems" or "issues", it's happens way too often. You can make something out of nothing, and there's plenty of examples of just that happening.

There's so many good games, and better things to talk about, somehow we just keep going back to this. It's only gotten worse and it's hardly constructive in majority of the cases.

I couldn't careless about the Kojima Productions hiring process, and we shouldn't either. We should care about their games and their quality. I just hope that he and his studio continues to deliver.
 
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It would be helpful to have a universally valid definition of "woke."
In pop culture,

When masculinity in men is depicted as problematic.

When femininity in women is depicted as problematic.

When men being attracted to women and attempt to court them is depicted as creepy.

When men saving women is depicted as demeaning.

When men lead and take charge is depicted as a fascist dictatorship.

When traditional family values are being viewed as oppression.


Then you most likely are consuming a woke piece of art.
 
Let's just say Kojima has been woke for a loooong time, I didn't think MGS4 was the best but it made structural sense for the story, a good majority of MGS5 is just open worldness, surviving, tackling side quests, death stranding is worth a play through and a game we'll look back at years from now with good memories.
 
The fact that we have 3 pages about a nothingburger job posting for a literal translator is fucking hilarious. Are people so blinded by anti-wokeness that they can't even read English anymore? Being familiar with DEI initiatives in work cultures they don't fully understand so that they can do a better job working with teams across the pond, is not the same as implementing DEI internally. Whoever is triggered by this needs to see a shrink. And get a septum ring and electric purple hair color while at it. Voila! You have become the monster that you hate.
 
See, the woke use the exact same logic.

if you don't agree with us, you must like racism and slavery. If you don't agree with us, you are a fascist.

Literally that meme of "same same but different"
Except it's not the same. When i say DEI is diversity over talent and skill, it's the truth.

When a woke person says i'm racist for saying that, they are lying.
 
You're doing it again......please point to where I said, I DO NOT LIKE CONFLICT.
What ?

So ... you ... like conflict ? Why are you complaining about it then in this case if you like it ? Shouldn't people flinging shit at each other be exactly what you want if that is the case ? What are we even talking about then ?

Yes you did not outright say those words. I am however capable of reading comprehension and can infer meaning from text. You say here:
Both sides are acting like whiny 2 year olds right now and it's making gaming conversation exhausting.
What someone can gather from this then is that you dislike the two sides because it makes gaming worse (unless exhausting is a good thing for you). The two sides are engaged and behaving in a negative manner (as per your words) due to an ideological conflict. By extension then, you must dislike their conflict as its consequence is creating a negative outcome for you. The opposite cannot be logically consistent, because if you liked this conflict your statement does not make a whole lot of sense. How can someone not enjoy when two people are fighting and present negative outcomes for it, call both of them stupid/whiney/whatever adjective for engaging in it, but then say that they enjoyed their conflict after ?

In any case, I'll drop it, since what I'm saying is flying over your head in a major way it seems, so the whole back and forth is pointless.
 
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