We continue to see our society fall by the wayside. The next step down the rabbit hole of societal decay was commenced by none other than the Yacht Club. They announced that Shovel Knight has added a third gender pronoun option… “they/them”.
The news comes courtesy of a tweet that was published on August 28th, 2019.
In Shovel of Hope, we’ve finally added a 3rd option for character pronouns. Alongside being able to choose between two body types for every main character, you can now switch the pronouns to they/them. pic.twitter.com/YFnnRfCGty
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) August 28, 2019
The responses, thankfully, called out how trying to appease people who suffer from mental delusions is a complete turnoff.
Various people noted that they did not accept appeasing the people who are trying to push “non-binary” as a standard, even though it biologically doesn’t exist.
I’m sorry, but pandering to Special Interest groups will not be a good decision for the studio in the long run. Start off with They/Them pronouns, then more SJW demands come in. Enough isn’t enough to these groups. I enjoyed the previous campaigns, but this draws the line.
— PsychoLavos (@PsychoLavos) August 28, 2019
I was gonna redownload this since I haven’t played in a year but I guess not anymore
— Plumular Brigadier (@BrigadierPlums) August 28, 2019
I was gonna redownload this since I haven’t played in a year but I guess not anymore
— Plumular Brigadier (@BrigadierPlums) August 28, 2019
Unfortunately the people with common sense were in short supply within the Twitter thread. Majority of the comments were people praising Yacht Club Games for caving into the disconcerting demands of a minuscule minority.
I’m so glad this is a thing.
— Charcoal (@Domilego4) August 28, 2019
Love this so much, glad you’re letting people choose their own canon for the characters, its a very nice touch
now when are we getting these for the other campaigns? 👀— Seth J.M. 💜 (@ItsSethJM) August 28, 2019
thank you so much!!! this is one of my top-wanted features and i’m so happy it made it in <3
— autumn 🌈 (@thehelpfulbees) August 28, 2019
I actually haven’t played this game yet, but I saw this on my TL and this is all amazing.
The community is proving itself to be amazing as well as a lot of comments are, “I won’t use this, but it’s awesome for people who will.”
Because of this, I will 100% buy this game now.👌🏻
— Seth (@Hesitant00) August 28, 2019
It’s basically more virtue signaling, adding in features that don’t actually improve the game in any way, they just placate the sensibilities of people constantly trying to subvert the biological norms of today’s society.
Anyway, Yacht Club also announced updates for their other Shovel Knight entries, including an alchemy quick select in Plague of Shadows, and Chinese and Korean language support for all the Shovel Knight games.
For all the Shovel Knight games, including the upcoming King of Cards and Showdown, we have added three new language options: Korean and Traditional and Simplified Chinese. Bringing the total count to twelve! pic.twitter.com/2UPLQs2Sqk
— Yacht Club Games (@YachtClubGames) August 28, 2019
It seems like even the indie studios are moving further and further Left with each passing day… further away from the gamer’s light.
(Thanks for the news tip Electron Libre 2.0)
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