'Feminist Whore' - Dead Island in Yet Another Screw-Up Shock
Seriously, Deep Silver? Now this?
Kill that zombie horde for us would you, love?
Following revelations earlier in the week that the Steam release of Dead Island wasn't exactly the finished version, yet more crap has hit the fan as gamers dig a little deeper to see what they can discover in amongst the code.
Purna, one of the game's four playable characters, has a little in-game ability that gives her a boost when it comes to attacking male targets. Officially referred to as the 'Gender Wars' skill, some poking around the game by AlekseiVasiliev has revealed that it originally had a less salubrious name: "Feminist Whore".
We're going to dig into the code ourselves to make sure that his is not merely some Internet stunt.
Obviously, if true, this wasn't supposed to see the light of day, but if you screw up enough to put out a dev build instead of your finished product you should expect that stuff like this will be made public. With the team at Deep Silver already getting flak for their earlier mistake, this can only compound the issues surrounding the game's less than stellar release.
If any lessons are going to be learned from this, surely it's to not be an idiot and – if you happen to be one - always cover your backside. Developers, heed our words. We're only trying to look after you as you try and drag the games industry back into the dark ages.
Purna, one of the game's four playable characters, has a little in-game ability that gives her a boost when it comes to attacking male targets. Officially referred to as the 'Gender Wars' skill, some poking around the game by AlekseiVasiliev has revealed that it originally had a less salubrious name: "Feminist Whore".
We're going to dig into the code ourselves to make sure that his is not merely some Internet stunt.
Obviously, if true, this wasn't supposed to see the light of day, but if you screw up enough to put out a dev build instead of your finished product you should expect that stuff like this will be made public. With the team at Deep Silver already getting flak for their earlier mistake, this can only compound the issues surrounding the game's less than stellar release.
If any lessons are going to be learned from this, surely it's to not be an idiot and – if you happen to be one - always cover your backside. Developers, heed our words. We're only trying to look after you as you try and drag the games industry back into the dark ages.
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Anonymous 8 Sep 2011 15:06
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We're going to dig into the code ourselves to make sure that his is not merely some Internet stunt.
The line of code amused me somewhat, it has to be said.
Takashi 22 May 2012 03:37
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there are only 2 ways to do this, they are either fmuoas or have connections, for example with me my sister is a professional gamer and my aunt designed the game medal of honor so therefore i get a lot of video games free i can promise you that no company will just hand you a few new games for reviewing on a blog. in that case nothing would ever be new any joe could just ask for a game saying that he is a critic even though he is not. work your way up get people to notice you! start by reviewing games as they come out that's when people want to know about them not before hand! so Dr. house is right. No, for an ordinary person, i can guarantee you will find somebody with connections. in theory you know everyone in this world through six degrees of separation or less do some research on that.