I came in to this thread expecting to see people celebrating someone who was fun and endearing on stage last night and instead I was shamed for thinking someone was fun and endearing on stage last night.
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Ghostwire director Ikumi Nakamura has developed quite the fan art following [see staff posts]
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Tell that to literally any gamer re: Miyazaki, Kojima, Kamiya, Druckmann, etc
Lol lots of people like him because his "loveable old guy" look and one of the reasons why Reggie was memed because of his appareance which for lots of white people was "funny", Reggie is not even a dev and was just a genious of bullshitting answers
I am always suspicious of people who project in these situations and police this stuff.
If there is nothing immediately malicious about the situation and the woman in question is kind of embracing the fact that there are people who liked her presentation, energy, vibe, or even thought she was cute. Then what is the issue? Are they messaging her directly with very very inappropriate shit? Are they posting inappropriate art of her (some will obviously do this)? Like, aside from what you are deciding to think or assume yourself, who is actually causing trouble here?
can't being treated like memes also be considered demeaning though.
Also yeah, because they have put out games, it's a really bad false equivalence to compare someone directing a game for the first time, we can only wait and see what she puts outs for any status like that, no?
If you want people to take you seriously maybe don't keep doing poses like you part of the Ginyu Force.
If you don't think Miyamoto and Iwata were regularly praised for their fun on-stage presence and have loads of tribute/fan art pieces then I have a bridge to sell you. And no, calling them "memes" isn't some out. Nakamura's poses are already fucking memes by that definition.
don't cry ubisoft manAt least Davide Soliani has been called cute
I'm very pleased to see a woman in a lead role in Japanese development.
I know this isn't some unprecedented thing (Animal Crossing, a number of games by that lady in SEGA who's name I can't recall), but this time it's front and center.
I know this isn't some unprecedented thing (Animal Crossing, a number of games by that lady in SEGA who's name I can't recall), but this time it's front and center.
DON'T CRY UBISOFT MANAt least Davide Soliani has been called cute
uhhhhhhh no? People just saw her performance as really cute and genuine is all and wanted to draw some fan art, I don't know why this is hard for some people to grasp.
A different form of demeaning yea but not in the same way.
Somehow I doubt she'll ever get that status even if she creates a GOAT game. I mean, just look at how the community has treated and referred to Jade Raymond after all the large IPs she's worked on. A lot of discussion always goes back to her appearance.
I wished things would change with the new site, but here we are again.
I've never seen anyone treating ass creed as a goat game except you though
She seemed to be nervous on stage, she said she would try her best to speak in English etc. and ended up being perfectly clear, she added a lot of enthusiasm and personality in to it. She seems to be happy to have some recognition for being up there. I can't say my first instinct to watching a PR press conference is ever to draw the presenters, but people show their appreciation in different ways I suppose. I smiled at the suggestion in this thread of people drawing jeans and t-shirt wearing white-male presenter fan-art... I'm not gonna lie, I'd peruse that shit hard. It does feel easy to draw the conclusion that this a symptom of a male-dominated audience, but actually I don't know anything about the people who drew these. I'm sure a lot of non-male fans were endeared to her too.
The 'cute' obsessing would maybe be more troubling if she hadn't overshadowed an industry vet like Mikami as a result -- hopefully the game is cool, hopefully people are now excited about it, and hopefully she goes on to have an elevated profile for her work as much as anything else. The concept looks amazing... like a neo-tokyo Rapture..
The 'cute' obsessing would maybe be more troubling if she hadn't overshadowed an industry vet like Mikami as a result -- hopefully the game is cool, hopefully people are now excited about it, and hopefully she goes on to have an elevated profile for her work as much as anything else. The concept looks amazing... like a neo-tokyo Rapture..
Things have been declining for bit now. Think you left the old site and realize people are jsut going to migrate here the more popular it becomes. A story as old as time.
Yeah, she is a genius for directing a game we have yet to see gameplay off!
If Miyamoto's first appearence was something like this:
You can be SURE it would be talked about in the same way this is. No one would call him a genius, it would just be the strange likeable man swinging a sword and shield on stage.
I think the whole "omg she's so adorable!" thing is very weird when it's a grown-ass adult woman.
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Yikes, is there a gaming forum where anime avatar creeps don't post that I could join.
Looks like she is part of the problem. What a hack!
I spent the better part of my day defending her honor!
At least Davide Soliani has been called cute
don't cry ubisoft man :'(
I'm done responding to this. I just pray that you never call a female director cute in the real world. Keep it on the internet.
I'll admit to commenting on her cuteness, but she didn't become Shinji Mikami's under study just by being cute. I do hate how women get stereotyped like this.
I'm glad she's enjoying it at least lol. Good for her.
I guess I just don't have faith in the internet to keep it tasteful
It's people being scared of being lumped with creeps who will take it too far