“Great show, no doubt. But you need to talk to more than one person about the Hogwords legacy game. First, I am sorry that your guest had a bad experience playing the game. I also played the game on PC and did not experience the issues they discussed.
The reviews for the game are objectively good across reviewers. I would recommend looking it up on Metacritic. They consolidate reviews from a number of places.
Now if people want to not play the game because of JKR views, that is fine. But it is clear that the game developers and writers made a great effort to ensure these views are not reflected in the game.
One. They do allow for voice, hair, and face customization to allow for your character to present however you like.
Two, an openly transgender character is a protagonist in the main plot of the game (Sirona)
Three. No matter what sex you pick at the beginning of the game, your character always is referred to in gender-neutral terms.
I wish the interview was more about the content of the game. Because boycotting the game, yes, might take some money out of JKRs (who is a billionaire and probably will not notice) pocket. Still, it also is boycotting the developers, writers, and everyone else who clery pored other hearts into this game and clearly did not share JKRs news.”
kgclean via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/05/23