Critic Kitten

Big fan of all esports, lover of video games, anime, etc. Possibly a little opinionated. DMs are open.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

The part that I love the most about this movement is that Blizzard's own lore for Mei suggests that this is absolutely what she would do.

#BoycottBlizzard #MeiSupportsHongKong

[Kotaku @Kotaku]

Overwatch's Mei is becoming a symbol of the Hong Kong resistance:
https://t.co/AEZCjxCH1J

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Font adjustments for accessibility are relatively trivial as features go.

If Square Enix's fans would pressure them to do better, instead of defending SE for not even trying, this would already have been fixed.

Stop excusing minimal effort. Expect and demand better.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Extremely disappointing to see people dismissing the font problem in FFVI Pixel Remaster as "a minor thing" to them.

Sorry, but it's not about you. It's about making the game more accessible to fans who have problems with their eyesight.

Show empathy for the needs of others.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

You and your war criminal friends lied about Iraqi WMDs, resulting in the unjustified murders of over a hundred thousand Iraqi civilians.

You should be spending 1-6 lifetimes rotting in prison, not quipping on Twitter.

[David Frum @davidfrum]

1-6 inches of snow predicted tomorrow? Can you imagine if any other profession allowed itself a similar range?

"Your plane will depart tomorrow between 1 and 6."

"We've bought you a dress between size 1 and 6."

"Best to limit your daily wine intake to between 1 glass and 6."

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Many GoT fans found the ending to be very poorly written and in generally terrible taste.

Trying to reduce their complaints down to "you just wanted the whites to win" is NOT a debate you're going to win when the show took a rather disgusting glee in killing and hurting its POC.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Peter Dinklage might have the worst take on Game of Thrones I've ever read.

The Dothraki and the people of Naath went overseas to fight a war on behalf of a white person and were then basically told to "go back to where they came from".

All the Dornish characters were killed.

[Film Updates @FilmUpdates]

Peter Dinklage addresses the backlash to the #GameOfThrones finale: “They wanted the pretty white people to ride off into the sunset together. By the way, it’s fiction. Move on. No, but the show subverts what you think, and that’s what I love about it.“

(https://t.co/fGbloKCKpY)

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

I don't think a single POC in GoT had a happy ending.

Meanwhile, Tirion (that's you, Peter) and most of the surviving white leads got away without consequences, despite the blood on their hands.

Hell, Sansa Stark even got to form her own nation of white isolationists.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

This has some big "let them eat cake" energy.

I appreciate how, every single time she comes out, she just can't stop talking down to us like we're uneducated peasants under her party's glorious rule, showcasing the same arrogance that cost her the presidency in 2016.

[Daily Mail US @Daily_MailUS]

Hillary Clinton says ordinary Americans just don't understand President Biden's 'extraordinary accomplishments' https://t.co/CsMQ1GCjpz

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

@RickKackis Thank you for doing this.

I am sorry if you felt slighted by what I've said. That was not my intention. While we may not agree on whether or not this is "worth it", I respect your willingness to compromise and make sure that people are informed before they buy.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

It's absurdly dishonest to shill for Destiny 2 Steam sales without warning people NOT to buy Forsaken, as the campaign will be free to play 11 days from now.

And then its storyline and half of its content will be removed from the game about 3 months after that.

Buyer beware!

[KackisHD @RickKackis]

There is a MASSIVE sale on Destiny 2 DLCs going on right now on Steam!

If you are missing a DLC, definitely pick it up!
At these prices, they're basically worth it just for the Exotics you get!

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

@RickKackis And I've said multiple times that it's cool if you feel that way. But other people might not agree. It's certainly been a contentious topic among players.

How is it "manufacturing negativity" to expect you to tell prospective new players in advance what they're buying?

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

@RickKackis I....didn't suggest that it was a "conspiracy" or anything of the sort.

I merely said that it's absurdly dishonest to encourage people to buy Forsaken NOW when we know half of it will be gone in 3 months, and we don't yet know what'll happen to the price of the other half.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

@RickKackis I know. That's awesome that you did.

So....why not include that same warning here?

I guess I'm not understanding what part of what I suggested was unreasonable, so would you mind explaining?

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

@RickKackis As I said, if the loss of content doesn't bug you, that's fine.

But as a content creator, it would probably have been a good idea to use your platform to warn people that some of the content they'll be buying won't be there in 3 months.

I think that's pretty fair to ask.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

If Bungie's "DCV" doesn't deter you from buying Destiny 2 content, that's fine.

But not everyone would be thrilled to find out that they are buying temporary access to content that will be removed eventually.

Content creators should inform people about this sort of thing.

[ABetterABK 💙 ABK Workers Alliance @ABetterABK]

https://t.co/cX9TC4Q1s5
We have had several people reaching out and asking what they can do to be an active supporter of ABK Worker's Alliance. As employees move to sign a petition calling for the removal of Bobby Kotick, we call for our supporters to sign a petition of their own

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Activision Blizzard's workplace culture is rife with sexual harassment. Its CEO engages in death threats and throws his female staff under the bus to protect his own image.

And this is but a microcosm of the game industry as a whole.

Said it before and I'll say it again:

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Given what we have now confirmed what we knew all along about Activision Blizzard, its leads, and Bobby Kotick, I must say that these are the worst aged Twitter takes I've ever seen in the history of this hellsite.

Even better: they came from a former WoW QA dev.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Once again, @JimSterling telling it like it truly is.

If you don't want to boycott Activision Blizzard, then don't. Keep giving Bobby your money. We can't expect anything to change either way, unless the workers at ABK unionize their workforce and demand true change.

[Commander Stephanie Sterling @JimSterling]

No. Layoffs happen regardless of sales. In fact, while boasting of record revenue, Kotick laid off hundreds of staff.

Plus, nobody should feel pressured to give money to a tax dodging company run by literal abusers.

You wanna support developers, push for unionization.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Bobby Kotick is a disgusting sociopath who is perfectly fine bullying his underlings when they're alone and isolated, but when they stand united, he hides behind his support staff like the worm he truly is.

Activision Blizzard needs a union, and Bobby Kotick needs to resign.

[Critic Kitten @CriticKitten]

Kotick wrote the email and asked Townsend to send it out under her own name.

Then, when the email backfired and his employees walked out, he criticized her as "tone deaf".

He threw Townsend under the bus because he was too much of a coward to put his own name on his handiwork.

[Kotaku @Kotaku]

Activision CEO Bobby Kotick actually wrote Fran Townsend's deranged, company-wide email: https://t.co/lARcmFIyzF