Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Overwatch'd

Now, before any other gamers get mad at me, let me explain. First, I have not yet played Overwatch myself, so this isn't a critique.

Instead, I wanted to talk about the controversy surrounding one of the game's characters - Tracer. Blizzard was recently in the news (NSFW) in the worst way initially for removing her "over the shoulder" pose from the game. Critics (and there were plenty of them) decried the move as pathetic on Blizzard's part, much as Obama did when Sony pulled The Interview. This was because the move seemed to be a result of one person, whom many believe to have been a troll, complaining about said pose on a forum. The pitchforks were sharpened, and the torches lit.

But then, something hilarious happened. Instead of replacing the pose with something tamer, as many expected, Blizzard instead replaced it with an arguably more scandalous pose modeled after a pin-up poster. It was then revealed by the game's developers that the change was something they were considering anyway (the game was in beta at the time), and recent events helped them make the final decision. Well played, Blizzard.


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