Okay I’ve been wanting to make this post for a while but I was afraid of the backlash - but at this point, fuck that. I need to say something.
The Arkh Project is not going to go anywhere and I feel really fucking bad for anyone who has donated money because they’re not going to see any results. It’s a really noble cause - games today lack queer characters and persons of color and the project was striving to create a game that would fill that void.
From a very cursory glance it’s pretty clear the people heading it don’t know what they’re doing. They do not even have a design document yet, and they are already asking for money. This is incredibly suspect to me. There is no design document, no art document, no technical document. These are basic parts of making a game that are pretty much mandatory to have before you even think about funding. If you don’t have these basic detailed documents saying exactly what you’re doing, you should not be asking for donations. The only thing The Arkh Project has to show is concept art. That is it. Everything else is talk and blog posts from the people working on the project. This is not nearly enough to justify even considering asking for money, even for donations.
It is pretty clear from going over their blog, even in their gameplay tag, that they have put little to no thought into gameplay. The only things I could find were about the experience points system, combining herbs, and a lot about the characters and the plot. But nothing else. What is the combat in Arkh going to be like? I couldn’t tell you, because even though fighting monsters seems to be a large part of the game, the only thing I saw was:
The goal is an action RPG, meaning that you have to be good at hitting buttons at the right times to kill monsters.
Ah. Yes. Very descriptive.
Look - the intentions of this project are wonderful. Queer persons and people of color are lacking in the game industry. But I can’t support or give money or even advise other people to give money to something like this. They are taking advantage of people, if they realize it or not, plain and simple.
The other major grievance I have with this project is the individual, Riley, who seems to be heading it. This is the person who runs “dumbthingswhitepplsay” and I can’t possibly support this if they’re involved, and you shouldn’t either. This is someone who makes posts to the tune of “shut the fuck up, white women”, who calls persons of color who disagree with them “white-identifying”, has literally told LGBTQ youth to kill themselves because they were white, and ridiculed a girl with a physical deformity and told her to kill herself. Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, they also posted this to their LiveJournal.
Do you want to support someone who makes comments like that? Who is completely fucking two-faced and trying to make a game that’s positive for people of color while simultaneously posting incredibly racist things to their blog?
If I seem angry it’s because I am. Arkh has raised over $5,000 so far. This project is going to crash and burn because nobody they are working with has the skill to pull this off - their scope is too big and they don’t know anything about the game development process. And I’m willing to bet the people who donated are not going to see a single penny back when this project inevitably goes under.
Support indie game designers, by all means, but support them when they know what they’re doing, and when they’re actually good people who practice what they preach.
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Hey guys! This is my brother, you probably know him as “that guy who voices Dirk Strider” but what you might not know is that he is also in a band, and they are making a music video. They need volunteers to help out with it, and if you are interested, you can participate! All the info can be found at their tumblr here
Any help would be really appreciated! My brother is a cool guy, and we would really like it if you gave him a hand :D
help alex’s brother out! i’ll probably send in some shots.
In spite of the fact that it’s clear Komen for the Cure has prioritized fetuses over women, they’re in damage control mode now, insisting in the face of evidence to the contrary that their actions are the result of high-minded concern for women and not mythology-based concern for ideology.
They have updated their Facebook page - but commenters still are not buying the B.S.
As of this post’s writing, there have been over 1,000 comments on that Komen post alone, most of them negative, many of them promising to withdraw financial support, which, according to whoever wrote Komen’s defense, is “hurting women.”
With this maneuver, though, Komen for the Cure’s anti-choice political agenda appears to have backfired. Planned Parenthood’s been flooded with support and promises for contributions from supporters. The organization doesn’t yet have figures on how much money flowed in from donors over the last 24 hours, but we’ll keep you up to speed.
In the meantime, the family planning organization has launched a Breast Health Emergency Fund to assure that services for low income women aren’t interrupted, because unlike Susan G Komen For the Cure, cancer doesn’t care if you’re poor or pro-choice.
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SIGNAL BOOST. Please sign this, folks.
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ATTENTION, NORTH CAROLINA READERS! (NORTH CAROLINIANS???)
heavyheartedlove submitted: “The Republican party managed to sneak in a real policy-changer for the Primary election (when few registered Democrats will think to vote, since we have our candidate already).
“It will make marriage officially between a man and a woman in our state constitution, making all civil unions and domestic partnerships void, regardless of sexual orientation. It will also make a marriage equality change very difficult.
“VOTE NO, NC.”
ugh whyyyy
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Dear Tumblr,
Please help!!!
The man in the picture above was my friend Danny. He was 19 years old and had a beautiful baby girl.
He was shot in the head last Thursday and passed away on Saturday.
He worked with me, minimum wage. He didn’t have health insurance, or life insurance, or any money at all what-so-ever.
We’re throwing him a fundraiser at work to pay for his funeral, but I don’t think it will be even close to enough. If you live around Chicago and would like to come, message me for the details.
We all saw how the fandom responded to Sashi. Please help. I’m gonna miss Danny so much. He’d always watch Supernatural with me on my iPod before work, and he thought Dean was the coolest. Danny did not deserve to die, and his family doesn’t deserve to live in debt the rest of their lives. They cannot afford to pay for his funeral.
We’ve set up a paypal account for DonationsforDanny2012@gmail.com
The name on the account is Lisa H. She is the general manager at our restaurant and is organizing all the funding.If you could spare even $5, we would be so grateful. If you can’t, could you please reblog this?
Please help me Tumblr, help me help Danny’s family.
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the episode in which tuxedo mask realizes introducing himself to his new exchange family in france with the “catchy french stuff” in lady marmalade may not have made for the great impression he hoped for
minene and keigo had a fifteen comment long conversation about the state of his penis
this will forever be one of my few accomplishments in life
kuchizuke - buck-tick
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