Re: Jaffe, I don't think it's so much that he's out of touch with other parts of the game industry. It's that he's out of touch with people in general. Median household (ie not necessarily individual) income in the US is ~$50k, and fewer than 20% of households make over $100k. ~9% of non-family households make over $100k. (Numbers from the 2010 census.)
A statement like this...
Not that this baptism guy is a political player or anything, and not that I agree with attacking him over his choice, but I think much of the scorn comes from the same source of frustration.
A statement like this...
...could only come from someone with so much money that they are completely insulated from economic hardship and totally oblivious to the circumstances of ordinary people. (Google tells me he's worth $4.75m.)ps. I have zero idea if game reporters make well over 125K and if they do, they may scoff at this. I don't mean them any disrespect- 125k seems like a good salary to me is all .
It's certainly political on some level. In the US at least, Christians hold an inordinate amount of political power and public influence, while Muslims receive a disproportionate amount of scrutiny, xenophobia, hatred, and violence. I'd be willing to wager that liberal secularists in, say, Tunisia tend to view Islam's influence over politics much the same way as many of us view Christianity's here.LysanderNemoinis said:I don't think the religion-bashing is a product of "stupidity," because if the religion in question was Islam, with the exception of a very, very, VERY small minority, you would not hear anyone in the gaming community attack it. For me, I think it comes down to politics more than anything else. From numerous polls on The Escapist and elsewhere, gamers are very much on the left side of things, a very liberal community. And if you haven't noticed, liberals (generally speaking) aren't very accepting of Christianity/Catholicism where at the same time they'll fall all over themselves to stick up for and apologize for other religions (especially Islam) at the drop of a hat.
Not that this baptism guy is a political player or anything, and not that I agree with attacking him over his choice, but I think much of the scorn comes from the same source of frustration.