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I have no clue what this is referring to but I assume Sweet Baby Ray's did not in fact send baseball bat-wielding thugs to shake down this game's developers

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[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sweet Baby is some mythic boogeyman that i refuse to learn about.

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

From what I've gathered through osmosis it's just a consulting firm that advises game companies on how to appeal to a wide audience.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 13 points 1 year ago

Step 1: Add black person

Step 2: Trigger G*mers

Step 3: ???

Step 4: PROFIT!

[–] GVAGUY3@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They worked on some games that I guess didn't do well and / or didn't give gamers a boner so gamers think they are destroying the video game industry. I think?

[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

gamer-gulag are just the groundskepper Willie meme about how everyone, including other gamers have ruined gaming.

[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

They worked with plenty of games that were hugely successful, like Alan wake 2 and BG3. Gamers just cherry-pick the worst examples.