Liberals Accuse New ‘Doom’ Video Game of Racism for Suggesting Hell Has Open Borders
The video game developer ID Software snuck in a couple of jokes at the expense of Social Justice Warriors into their showcase of an upcoming “DOOM” game…and people are now deeply upset. Because, you know, racism.
For the most part, the trailer for “Doom: Eternal” at the annual QuakeCon this weekend exhibited your average 3D third-person-shooter/alien-warfare gameplay.
But interspersed between genre-appropriate scenes of monster entrails getting splattered, there were also a couple of quippy voiceover lines poking fun at political correctness.
It appears part of the game involves humanity allowing demons to immigrate to earth, ;D and they destroy the world. An AI read this quote out during the reveal gameplay. 'Remember demon can be an offensive term. Refer to them as mortally challenged' https://t.co/kdlnVSHl4x
— Collin Brefka (@CloakedSoup) August 13, 2018
The crowd applauded, the jokes were received with mirth, and everyone in attendance was made bigger by the experience. . .
I watched the gameplay for the new 'Doom' game and i can't be the only who noticed the very obvious anti-immigration rhetoric right? Juxtaposing political announcements like 'Earth is the melting pot of the Universe!' with images of a Hell blasted Earth, overrun by demons.
— Windlass (@MusketAnna) August 11, 2018
Lampooning 'political correct terminology' by having a happy-go-lucky hologram announcer saying
'Demon may be considered offensive, the correct term is 'mortally challenged!'.
— Windlass (@MusketAnna) August 11, 2018
There is no way that you can lampoon pro-immigration stances by putting them within a context of a genocidal, demonic invasion from Hell and read it as anything other than reactionary and racist.
— Windlass (@MusketAnna) August 11, 2018
I was really looking forward to this but now I am not sure if I can support the game in good conscience.
Some people say that SJW's and political correctness Have ruined gaming but I start to get the feeling that Doom eternal might be the first where the opposite is true.— Stefan Beyron (@StefanBeyron) August 11, 2018
Stating the obvious, many users, including game designer Mark Kern, pointed out the irony.
Here's the thing. If you actually get offended about Doom calling Demons "Mortally Challenged," you are tacitly admitting that your whole "politically correct" ideology is just junk, and therefore easily mocked.
In short, you recognized your own BS and got mad someone showed you https://t.co/umlbZoRjXc
— Mark Kern (@Grummz) August 12, 2018
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