Category: Politically Incorrect
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Politically Incorrect – The Military-Industrial Complex is Coming for the FGC
On January 17, 1961, three days before then President-Elect Jack Kennedy was set to take office, acting Commander-in-chief Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his televised farewell address to the nation. In it, he speaks of the post-World War II “permanent armaments industry of vast proportions” that has had a “total influence–economic, political, even spiritual…in every city, every…
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Politically Incorrect – Infiltration and Nightmare’s Cases Can (Maybe) Help the FGC Grow Up
zCW: Lots of talk about domestic violence and sexual interference See if this scenario sounds familiar: you’re surfing social media, and it’s late, probably past 11 PM. At this hour, the only thing you expected to see are big anime boobs, shitposting, and maybe the occasional retweet of some hilarious viral video. But instead, you…
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Politically Incorrect – Don’t Let the FGC Become a Victim of Security Theater
Anyone reading this blog has no doubt heard the story of the mass shooting that took place in downtown Jacksonville, Florida just a few weeks ago. The gunman (he will not be named, he does not deserve to have his name publicized any more than it has) was a participant in a Madden NFL 19 tournament at…
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Politically Incorrect – The Links Between E-Sports Culture and the Alt-Right Are Hard to Ignore
CW: Lots of racial slurs and language that is offensive to LGBT folks. As gaming has progressed further and further into E-Sports presentation, there are still a few aspects of it that, for better or worse, have stuck with it in the big leagues. Some of the better ones are a more relaxed presentation–you certainly…
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Politically Incorrect – Trickle-Down Economics in the FGC and E-Sports
When I started this blog, one of my goals was to talk about why “E-Sports” (Which here means globalized, professional competition using video games) was often incongruous with the style and principles of the greater fighting game community. The money was nice, sure, but it always came with strings attached and a sense of homogeneity…