Uncharted Writer Amy Hennig Departs Naughty Dog -- Update
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The only fact is that a writer left a studio. I can't really give an opinion based on that. People tend to assume the worst whenever a writer leaves. Like it's a declaration of principle or something.
I don't think her assertion is that far off or radical. If this is true she didn't seem to be saying homosexuality is wrong just that sexual relationships are constantly being insisted to exist where only friendship exists by fans. I can assume she is saying friendship isn't a lesser version of sexual relationships but a another type of relationship but that is speculating.saltyanon said:Funny you should say that. The two guys that "forced her out" seem to be more "progressive" than she ever was. Consider the stories of their games.Abomination said:
Hardly what I'd call a reliable source but this was posted a week ago. Coincidence if it were true? Does anyone know of any seminars Amy has held or attended in the past week to verify this?
Anyway yeah I don't think she is too wrong either. My Little Pony fans are now drawing Rule34 art by the boatloads, The movie Frozen has people that believe that the two protagonists (who are blood related sisters) have feelings for each other, some people actually believe Burt and Earnie from Seaseme street are in love with each other, and then of course Harry Potter/Hermione are secretly in love with every single person that attends Hogwarts at this point by the sheer weight of fan fiction out there. Fans are demanding more and more that friendships become sexualized and that isn't at all healthy in my eyes for popular writing or the culture that consumes it.
Quite interesting to see a female writer speak out against the forcing of stories to address sexism and homosexuality in virtually all levels of media. If that quote is true, I'm interested in her overall thoughts on the matter since it seems that she was quite intellectually sound on the way it robs modern media of major themes that have always been around. I mean, friendship or comaraderie, this woman sounds great. She's right though, people can't just be friends or comarades in stories anymore. There has to be something more.
The games media is every bit as bad as Fox News, CNN, MSNBC.... all of them. One place runs an unsubstantiated story, every other site uses that as a source for their own re-write... and all the while not a single one of them asks whether what they are printing is factual. It goes like this, "She left, the only reason she would ever leave is if she was forced to leave by someone."
It's just ridiculous. We could at least wait for a statement from the actual so called victim. God forbid she left because she wanted to pursue something other than another goddamn Uncharted game.
It's just ridiculous. We could at least wait for a statement from the actual so called victim. God forbid she left because she wanted to pursue something other than another goddamn Uncharted game.
Um, what the fuck does "sources claim" mean? I seem to remember a Critical Miss article that implied that it's a journalistic byword for "I pulled it out of my ass."
All Quiet on the Western Front isn't exactly a story about the hero getting the girl...it's about how World War I ruins the lives of an entire generation of German youths.Abomination said:Even if it's true it sounds a lot like artistic wank one way or another.saltyanon said:Funny you should say that. The two guys that "forced her out" seem to be more "progressive" than she ever was. Consider the stories of their games.
Hardly what I'd call a reliable source but this was posted a week ago. Coincidence if it were true? Does anyone know of any seminars Amy has held or attended in the past week to verify this?
It's a cynical world and so we enjoy cynical stories... in fact we don't see nearly enough of them. Too often the hero gets the girl and saves the world. It's nice to have a few where everyone's an asshole and "winning" means surviving.
Or maybe she suggested making a game that doesn't borrow heavily from a Hollywood movie or popular book?Soviet Heavy said:
Who knows, but I wish her the best with her future.
Eh...Abomination said:
Different strokes for different folks. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good depressing "all hope is gone" story. But it's not all I want. Cynicism is way too prevalent in stories and in movies. I'm looking at you Man of Steel. The hero doesn't have to always save the world, and the world doesn't need to have everyone be an asshole where surviving = winning.
The Last of Us was a game that didn't interest me at all. More zombie survival apocalypse stuff with "deep characters" and conflicting motives. It's been called the gaming equivalent of Oscar bait. Kind of an odd perspective, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't fit. Now they're making a movie about it. My opinion, it should have been a movie in the first place.
A bit off topic, but this is exactly what drew me into MLP. The fact that it's 6 girls going around solving problems and going on adventures while just being friends. No deep meaning required. No tragic pasts. None of them hurrying to try and get a boyfriend or girlfriend. Just friendship and the exploration philial love, which doesn't happen often.Lightknight said:
And it used to happen all the time. I used to have a movie night at my house awhile back when I found a friend who liked movies hadn't seen virtually any of the top 100 greatest movies of all time.Ishal said:
I showed them White Squall. A touching and meaningful coming of age movie with a group of boys in a sailing school (based on a true story). They liked the movie but modern media made it hard for them not to consider that the guys were just comrades. Not that homosexuality doesn't happen, it certainly does. But it doesn't need to be a theme shoehorned into every single damn thing. It's not like homosexuals can't have comrades too just like heterosexuals have platonic relationsihps.
It's almost like it's a residual impact of homophobia. Where homosexual themes are implied in every situation. Thankfully it's no longer a negative response so much (it seems) but that it's still there is weird.
Yeah the new response is very PRish. Of course they aren't going to say they outright forced her to resign. It seems odd and sudden, I am really curious to see what the full story is. Maybe there isn't an interesting story behind this, but you never know.
Either way I wish her the best of luck, I liked her writing and ideas. I'm sure she won't have too much trouble finding another place to work at.
Either way I wish her the best of luck, I liked her writing and ideas. I'm sure she won't have too much trouble finding another place to work at.