CrackPebbles
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First thought that came into my mind, really not cool, 60fps or bust.
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Ultimate Gay Fighter - New Fighting Game for IOS
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Unless the dev team consists of every minority they're stereotyping, I don't think how this can be defended. At best it's lazy; at worst it's flagrantly offensive.
Dark Octave
Banned
Yeah, I really don't understand a good portion of these referrences.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Well, I haven't seen that before.
Thank goodness. I didn't want to be the first person to make this observation.
Oh gaf, never change.
Red Liquorice
Member
Looks like it's going to play like shit, would've been better just as a parody trailer.
meltingparappa
Member
For the few people who are still scratching their heads, from their facebook page (amid a reminder to boycott Abercrombie and Fitch):
HuffPo said:
Phire Phox
Banned
Not gonna lie. Found this funny as hell.
People like that didn't care about minorities to begin with. Their beef is with people they consider as their own by virtue of their physical appearance.
GoofsterStud
Member
It looks horrible. I want to play it... >.>
It reminds me of Time Killers...only more...fabulous?
It reminds me of Time Killers...only more...fabulous?
Linkin Park
Banned
What's this game's target audience? Straight people aren't going to play this, gay people aren't going to play this. The gameplay looks like absolute garbage, it looks worse than Dive Kick. It might be funny to some, but at the same time it's highly insensitive and offensive. Stereotypes everywhere. A garbage game that's only chance of getting sales is from the controversy it'll bring up.
The only thing that could make this gayer, and by gay, I mean cooler, is the addition of the Killer Instinct announcer gay...er... guy.
Who can post new threads?? I wanted to post a new thread asking fellow gaffers which game they thought would benefit most from the inclusion of that amazingly throated voiceover god from KI.
Who can post new threads?? I wanted to post a new thread asking fellow gaffers which game they thought would benefit most from the inclusion of that amazingly throated voiceover god from KI.
jim-jam bongs
Member
It's a pretty poor satire, but that's not a crime. I have a hard time seeing it get past the App Store gatekeepers, though.
meltingparappa
Member
I think you might not be grasping the satire.
And this DOESN'T read like satire.
Isdat Afamas
Banned
It's like he never played those obscure japanese gaymes
Wolfgang Jr
Banned
Don't be sorry, just let it happen...
Red Liquorice
Member
I don't see what's offensive about it - it uses gay stereotypes like the fat drag queen, the voguer, the gym bunny, the twink in the same way as Street Fighter uses nationality and combat style stereotypes. It's a parody. The biggest crime is it looks like it plays like complete shit and the artstyle is cheap and flash-game level, if it was a solid fighting game with decent production values, I'd play it.
dragonlife
Member
This is pretty much how I felt. Which sucks because I kind of like the idea of it, haha.
EdibleKnife
Member
Ultimate Gay Fighter? What was Gay Basher already taken?
Word. Bible Fighters looks far better than this, and that was also a flash game made by people trying to make a point.
It's supposed to be ironic. Something you would play for shits and giggles
I was being sincere. That Killer Instinct guy could make anything sound EXTREME 90s CHROMIUM COVER FRESH TO DEF and I am okay with that.
Fushichou187
Member
HuffPo said:
Are you fucking kidding me? A 5 second google search says otherwise.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
That's one way to get the public to talk about your game.
meltingparappa
Member
I wouldn't assume Huffington Post do a modicum of research before making any statement. They are the kotaku of the world outside of videogames.
Say you have your stereotypical black guy. And then your stereotypical down low black guy. Then you work in violence towards both groups as ugly unmentionable part of the stereotype, treating it as cordially as Dhalsim breathing fire because indians love spicy food. And then on top of it all, of course it's a golden noose.
Voila.
DICKS AHOY
Banned
but i've been playing kirby games for years now
Stabby McSter
Member
i just googled "first ever gay video game" and got a news page about the ultimate gay fighter
I lol'ed
jim-jam bongs
Member
Not that I disagree, but the developers made that claim first on the official site: http://www.ultimategayfighter.com/
The LGBTQIA and pink puffball communities are not amused.
meltingparappa
Member
Wugh, I should post a list on their facebook page and be THAT person.
God Dayumm
Banned
It's missing the bara furry. Boo this shit!!
I understand the satire - it seems to me that the satire is to take a bunch of stereotypes and place them in an ironic context (so as to say "We know that these are stereotypes" *wink* *wink*), in the hope that that defuses any offence they may cause.
My argument is that the act alone of doing something ironic doesn't then invalidate any claims that that act is offensive, in much the same way that Ricky Gervais (who I readily find funny) cannot claim that some of his material isn't actually offensive because it's "meant" to be. In this game, there is nothing critical of the stereotypes used - there is nothing in the gameplay itself which challenges them (apart from, perhaps, a vague notion that gay people are physically weak) - and thus my assertion that the design of the game is at best lazy and at worst grossly offensive.
I think a good analogy is that of the song "Keep it Gay" from the musical (and then film) of The Producers. It is evident that the stereotypes pictured there are broadly meant to be ironic and satirical; nevertheless, the sole lesbian stereotype used is still very offensive.
I Wanna Be The Guy
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
If I didn't know this was an ios game I'd be genuinely interested after watching that trailer. Shame.
lazybones18
Banned
I would scissor Sonya Blade all the time
Some Nobody
Junior Member
Where'd the two new letters come from, and what do they mean. Shot in the dark: Intersexed and Androgynous?
Intersexed and Asexual, acc. to Urban Dictionary.
Star Falcon
Member
Hahaha, so non-politically correct and looks like they don't give a ****. Game looks garbage but it got a smile outta me.