It contains slur and racially-coded language in a public educational and exhibitory example purpose fashion and addresses them in this context
Consider it language-sensitive, not strictly NSFW.
Locker room language is indeed a part of Gamer culture. The scrubbing/santization of Gamer Spaces is part of a broader trend of Male Erasure and the defacto elimination of male-serving and Men's-Only spaces and groups. We're opposed to the trend!
While we don't condone some of the language exampled in the OP, it illustrates a point:
In Gamer culture, the assignment of high-status honorifics, titles, e.g. 'King,' and nicknames is seen as a sign of respect. Taking one's own original cultural, ethnic, racial, national or tribal background and assigning it to another player is seen as a sign of profound respect. These things aren't typically granted; they're earned.
Declarations of Honorary Blackness, Whiteness, or Asianess, (or more customary equivalents) are not unknown. And in spite of many popular conceptions as to these being vulgar and demeaning , among friends and close teammates, they're expressions of love. And that ought to be respected within Gamer culture, even if broader cultures may disapprove of the idea.
The same is true for slurs and ephitets much of the time. They serve a significant role in male-male peer bonding. It is not conicidental Gamer culture, with origins in heavily male-dominated groups, customarily expresses itself this way. That may not be for everyone, and expectations of appropriatness in more mixed environments, and with more sensitve parties present should be something to be adjusted to.
At core, though, an unwillingess to observe, possibly engage in, and tolerate these practices breaks with Gamer custom and experience. It's part of Gamer tradition. It is part of how many choose to play. And it distinguishes casual playtime behavioral expectations from those more formal, familial, or work-related in nature.
In Gamer culture (with slight differences genre to genre, format to format,) that's just par for the course!
Now go play games, all y'all
[Written with NO AI by Jdawg on his damn phone because he felt like it needed to be addressed. Article whenever]
When it comes to games shutting down, all I really think about is the memories that the game brought me over the months or years. I am one of the only people I think of who is willing to give games like King of Meat or Starseeker: Astroneer Expeditions a chance and stick with them for a while. When games with seemingly small communities shut down, nobody even seems to care or bat an eye. When I heard about what is going on with Mario Kart Tour shutting down, I hear a lot about what people say in terms of funds going to waste or people regretting their purchases immediately after the fact. I just wanted to share an impactful moment of my gaming past when it came to rare items, supply drops, or funds that are no longer supported. It is the Limited Time Cherry Fizz Camo from Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Black Market. This is a weapon camo I will never be able to lay eyes on ever again, even though I spent so much money on spins and spins to try to retrieve it. Although, I had fun experiencing the chance to retrieve it with friends. But I digress, While I will never be able to log into the server and see it again, when it comes to games, I enjoy playing games with friends far more than sitting alone in a room and playing a story driven game I can just watch a no commentary vid on for free and save my money. That is just me. So, when I hear about a community game being released, I enjoy researching and waiting for the release of another fun and potential adventure for my friends and I. That’s what gaming is to me. It’s not really about those story driven games that you play, watch the credits for, and say signora. I understand why most people like that, they like to pay for a game, experience it, get their moneys worth, and move on. Not a game that lasts forever and they sink dollar after dollar into. I understand that. Although, for me, while I don’t need every single new or rare thing that comes my way, I look for things in games that will create great memories with friends, as well as continue to create them in the future with other potential projects. I am probably the only person in the entire world who bought B.E.A.S.T. “Bio Exo Arena Suit Team” and “Bandit Trap”, but I was trying to find a new memory for friends of mine and I. (When I meet random people on the microphone, they always tell me that they love my positive energy and spirit and always even ask me if I am a streamer, which my friends and I find really humorous a lot of the time.)
When it comes to finding future games, I think about 3 things. Is everyone interested, what do they bring to the adventure, are they down to play it for a while or is it just “new game hype?” When it comes to things like this, I have friends who have memberships to other services that allow them free access. They pick the game up, we watch as they give their view and we see what we see, if we don’t like it, we move on. That’s how it’s been for a few years now and the system has not failed us yet. I know I am sorta rambling on around here, but after hearing what happened with Mario Kart Tour, as well as peoples thoughts on Wolverine, here are my sparknotes.
TL:DR SPARKNOTES:
- Find a group of friends who you enjoy gaming and chatting with
- If you see a game with a lot of negative feedback, it is still a game and you are still allowed to form your own opinion
- You don’t need to sit there and wonder “why am I playing this?” If you don’t like it. You are allowed to play whatever you want, that’s why you got the system.
I am sure that the “sparknotes” I created could be expanded on, or don’t cover everything I wrote. I just know that everyone who likes games that don’t catch everyone’s attention is called a “cult follower” and everyone else seems to gang up on them. I just want you all to know I’ve been down this road more times than I can count, for me, gaming is all about community and meeting new faces. My current projects are Switch 2 DayZ, Valheim, and RuneScape Dragonwilds. These games will all shut down and lose support eventually I’m sure. Although, I will keep hanging out and enjoying these lasting games in the meantime. If anyone is trying to join a game chat or chill out on switch 2 I’ll be here! See you out there folks 👍
Our newest article 'Gaming Hardware Prices in 2026: The View from QuakeCon,' is contributor Van Shannon's debut piece with us. Offering a solid look into how trends in gaming hardware pricing aren't driven by consumer demand in the same way they once were - and availability reflects that!
See it here-
https://www.gbamfs.org/post/gaming-hardware-prices-in-2026-the-view-from-quakecon
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This Labor Day #LaborDay [US] we honor those who make it happen - Devs and Gamers, up from experimenters and modders who built all we love
Maybe we'll get something decent I would also like Invisible war to be remastered...
We've been working on something very special. It's taken awhile to put together, and the story is not all told- yet! You're invited to check out our Diversity in Gaming, A Brief History section of our site, out now!
Link below
Kaz Hirai, then president of PlayStation, bowed down to apologize for the 24-day PlayStation blackout in 2011, which was a cyberattack, not even their own fault.
And now, it took them 30 days to issue a vague statement that boils down to “we have carefully considered ‘strong reactions' but screw you anyway”
I’m sick and tired of all this, so sick and tired. Every single gacha that releases, this same dance of idiocy happens over and over. I’ve had enough, and since this is the content that keeps them away. We should act as such.
I am so tired of all this bullcrap that I frankly don’t care anymore. These people have ruined the gacha fandom space. The damage is irreparable and it really does disappoint me.
If it’s going to be constant agenda wars from now till the end of time in this space. So be it.
Yes. We like harem.
Yes. We are the target audience.
And yes. We support ML content.
This attitude seems to shoo off tourists so it is the attitude we should have. That’s my opinion anyway.
Stop trying to reason with them. I’m done. And I think quite a lot of others are done too.
Has anyone been feeling like there's a strange pattern of your favorite online only games being shut down this year (in 2026) all happening at once?
Rick and Morty: Pocket Morty's
Mario Kart Tour
Poppy Playtime Multi-player game: Project Playtime
Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem
And the shutdown of the Playstation 3 Store!
It's so convenient that this is happening at the same time that Playstation announcing that they are DONE with physical media!
This is what happens when we enter all digital games only in the future!
The fact that every one of you favorite online only games that are practical live services are ALWAYS going to shut down at some point in life!
This is how a lot of people are losing their jobs!
And let's not forget the other games that have been shut down over the years:
Club Penguin, Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp, Looney Tunes Dash, Palace Pets app, Traffic Panic BoomTown, Disney Mirrorverse, The Simpsons: Tapped Out, The Crew, WB Multiverses, Disney Infinity, Lego Dimensions, and many more!
Thanks to Disney, EA, Microsoft, Nintendo, and even Sony!
IT'S LIKE YOU DONT EVEN OWN YOUR OWN CHILDHOOD!
WHERE WAS THE #STOPKILLINGGAMES PETITION BACK AT 2017 WHEN DISNEY TREATHENS TO SHUTDOWN CLUB PENGUIN?!?
Even the gaming companies can shut down their own ditigal media storefronts:
The Nintendo eShop for our Wiis, DS, Wii U, and Xbox shutting down the Xbox Arcade and Marketplace for the Xbox 360!
Sometimes, it feels like everything is getting the Concord treatment, where it won't last long with the lack of player interest, server maintenance, and heavy monetization before it's dead afterward!
Even mobile games can get get worse with their dirty, greedy ways that will eventually lead to another app game shutting down forever! (LOST MEDIA!)
This is the real horror of an all digital only future, where you literally OWN NOTHING!!!
And worst of all, you won't be able to let your grandchildren be able to play these overly expensive games that are practically digital only! And these Gen alpha kids won't be able to experience the same feeling of ownership of a physical game, IF THERE ARE NO MORE PHYSICAL GAMES TO PLAY!
I also hate it when lawsuits and copyright infringements are also a threat towards gameing! Like Nintendo's Pokémon sueing PokcetPair's Palworld! And Hasbro shutting down a fan made My Little Pony games like Fighting is Magic!
And how burnouts and controversy can also kill of fan projects like the Five Nights at Freddy's Plus game!
PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT - GBAMFS Shares Intellectual Property Feedback and Guidance to US Congress
Preface: Let it not be said the Gamers never gave back, or were uncreative. Au contraire. (Also, we know fancy French and Latin phrases- some of us, anyway. And what they mean, too!) ... When conventional channels of feedback and creative expression (Complaint sections, Review channels, Forums, Modding platforms) are foreclosed upon or closed to us - quoth Mrs.Obama "When they go low, we go high" - we will reach who, when, and where, as may be needed to make our voices heard. Today, not for the first time, but for the first time formally to the US Congress, we have done so.
(We'd prefer to be gaming, bantering among ourselves, giving colloquial feedback, and modding [improvising] on the principal content- but we find ourselves here. So be it! Gamers' voices will be heard!)
We outline that modern major IP stewardship just isn't handling the demand- indeed, mishandling the demand- and neglecting deeply loved, widely-acclaimed cultural tuoche
The Press Release and documents are linked below
Press Release:
https://www.prlog.org/13159512-gbamfs-shares-intellectual-property-feedback-and-guidance-to-us-congress.pdf
Position Paper: Intellectual Blight: Dormant Ownership, Cultural Withholding, and the Public Function of Intellectual Property
Public Policy Brief: THE CULTURAL EMINENCE DOCTRINE Cultural Stewardship, Public Trust, and the Governance of Franchise-Scale Intellectual Property
Primarily intended for use on the indie web. Standard 88x31 size, made in Krita. No need to credit me.
ORG UPDATE: We've revised our terms. They now better reflect conditions of operating in the modern gaming culture environment.
Our stance on AI and Crypto is now clarified. Can't humbug progress, and both of these technologies unavoidably show both merit and promise. Their implications and the implementations of them around gaming have yet to be established, but we're cautiously optimistic that some good will come of their use in and around the gaming space!
We stake out the fact the Physical Media matters to us. It's part of our cultural heritage. Physical artifacts are indeed the traditional markers by which cultures are distinguished *especially in retrospect.* Where will our discs, trophies, tokens, and toys and sealed (papyrus-scroll-like posters and stuff) take themselves into the future? Who knows?! But we know digital may not make the trip just yet (?!) - We support Physical and IP Reform. This is now made clear in our FAQ.
Although the door was technically always open to affiliates, we're opening it wide for others to join! We have further news on this coming up
-> Apply on our site!
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https://gbamfs.org/aboutus/faqs
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Polish and American culture are siblings. In history, in character. Agrarian, popular (if imperfect) government, equestrian. Careful to guard their flanks, as history has shown prudent. And both love EDM, as civilized nations are wont to.
(We're not so sure about Disco)
Most important of all, to Gamers, in the US, and worldwide, is that Poland is the homeland and birthplace of Good Old Games – GOG – a name every real Gamer knows, and many truly love!
GOG's efforts have done more to advance meaningful digital ownership, ready-start gameplay, and Games Preservation than possibly any other company, or even museum or collectors have, worldwide!
Because of GOG, many games that might have been lost to history are most certainly saved, and enjoyable for generations to come!
Thank you so much Poland, and your greatest gift to the Digital Age, for which many, many American Gamers are grateful! Thanks to everyone @ GOG – Rock and Game on!! #VivaGOG - Niech żyje Polska!
u/GOG
u/GOGcom
The next in our series on Polish-US history in the course of our fabulous and extremely hard-fought Revolutionary War against the cruel empire (Prison Ships, Impressment, autocratic foreign rule) – Britain, of the time – we present the Father of American Cavalry - Casimir Pulaski
For a country whose legacy is inextricably intertwined with organized horsemanship, his contributions were substantial.
A great hero, and one of Poland's most significant contributors to American culture.
