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It's like if someone distilled the entire reactionary anti-woke gamer mindset into one picture, it's amazing

The developers are all "cool" white guys with shades while the only women in the picture are anonymous blonde bikini babes only there for eye candy

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[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 26 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Everyone wanted to be Smash Mouth.

[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

Frosting my tips because it improves my videogame reaction speeds

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago

It is worthy to note that by 1999, Interplay's finances were absolutely in the pits, their critically beloved games and reliable licensed stuff were just not paying the bills for their atrocious management, and the whole company would move A) toward consoles and B) toward desperate cringe like this, in a failed attempt to "broaden their audience". (to 18-34 white dudebros) This type of shit led to Fallout Brotherhood of Steel which has commercials, cutscenes and dialogue which is exactly as cringy :)

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Feargus Urquhart

The simulation is fucking with us.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nah, Feargus has been around forever. He worked on all of the good fallouts.

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 7 points 7 months ago

And Planescape: torment

[–] taiphlosion@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 7 months ago

There is not a single Black person in this picture‼️🗣️

[–] Feinsteins_Ghost@hexbear.net 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

computer g*mes and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race

[–] Hurvitz@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago

based and mattjak pilled

[–] LocalMaxima@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

what if the guys were wearing trousers but also barefoot and the babes were in bikinis but also wearing heels?

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago

deeply unserious poolside behavior on all counts

[–] LocalMaxima@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

and all of the guys have 1 Crystal Geyser water bottle

[–] Hurvitz@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

they're resting

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 9 points 7 months ago

i'm sorry i just can't trust "gamers" that don't have socks

[–] star_wraith@hexbear.net 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Maybe I’m thinking about this too hard, but is this actually a bit self-deprecating? Like, the gamers and the women both have their backs to each other. The women seem to be completely oblivious to the presence of the men, and vice versa.

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 14 points 7 months ago

With the caption "SHOT ON LOCATION AT INTERPLAY WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS" the implication is that Interplay HQ is such a wild place and the guys working for them so cool that there are just bikini babes spontaneously congregating at the company pool

They're as much a part of the furniture as the pool itself

[–] Ossay@hexbear.net 6 points 7 months ago

Go check out Tim Cain channel if you haven't btw (he had left interplay a year before at that point)

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

You know at this point I feel like whenever I see women being objectified like this i kinda just imagine that they're all twinks and it makes it far more amusing for me

[–] doublepepperoni@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)