Zero Punctuation "Papers, Please and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons" (found original version of online review series episode; 2013): Difference between revisions

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This article has been tagged as NSFW due to its potentially transphobic content and sexual subject matter.

Still from the review featuring a visual representation of the remark.

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On August 21st, 2013, a Zero Punctuation episode reviewing indie games Papers, Please and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons was uploaded to The Escapist website. Upon its release, this review was met with a minor controversy over a remark Yahtzee made about Brothers control scheme, in which one of the two main characters are controlled using one of the two control sticks on a controller. Many people were offended by this remark, deeming it transphobic due to its possible promotion and perpetuation of negative transsexual stereotypes. Yahtzee himself later stated that he regretted the original joke, citing poor wording as the reason why the point of the joke didn't come across.^[1] By the time the video had been uploaded to YouTube one week later, the line had been retroactively edited out, with it being changed to "I'm not gay, I only suck off pantomime dames". This version of the review on The Escapist website was later replaced with this version as well, with the original version of the review not resurfacing online since then.

External Link

Zero Punctuation Wiki article on the episode. Retrieved 24 Apr '19

Reference

↑ Extra Punctuation column post responding to the controversy. Retrieved 24 Apr '19

[1] Extra Punctuation column post responding to the controversy. Retrieved 24 Apr '19

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-On August 21st, 2013, a ''Zero Punctuation'' episode reviewing indie games '''''Papers, Please''''' and '''''Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons''''' was uploaded to ''The Escapist'' website. Upon its release, this review was met with a minor controversy over a remark Yahtzee made about ''Brothers'' control scheme, in which one of the two main characters are controlled using one of the two control sticks on a controller. Many people were offended by this remark, deeming it transphobic due to its possible promotion and perpetuation of negative transsexual stereotypes. Yahtzee himself later stated that he regretted the original joke, citing poor wording as the reason why the point of the joke didn't come across.<ref>[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/columns/extra-punctuation/10550-Bureaucracy-Em-Up Extra Punctuation column post responding to the controversy.] Retrieved 24 Apr '19</ref> By the time the video has been uploaded to YouTube one week later, the line had been retroactively edited out, with it being changed to "I'm not gay, I only suck off pantomime dames". This version of the review on The Escapist website was later replaced with this version as well, with the original version of the review not resurfacing online since then.
+On August 21st, 2013, a ''Zero Punctuation'' episode reviewing indie games '''''Papers, Please''''' and '''''Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons''''' was uploaded to ''The Escapist'' website. Upon its release, this review was met with a minor controversy over a remark Yahtzee made about ''Brothers'' control scheme, in which one of the two main characters are controlled using one of the two control sticks on a controller. Many people were offended by this remark, deeming it transphobic due to its possible promotion and perpetuation of negative transsexual stereotypes. Yahtzee himself later stated that he regretted the original joke, citing poor wording as the reason why the point of the joke didn't come across.<ref>[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/columns/extra-punctuation/10550-Bureaucracy-Em-Up Extra Punctuation column post responding to the controversy.] Retrieved 24 Apr '19</ref> By the time the video had been uploaded to YouTube one week later, the line had been retroactively edited out, with it being changed to "I'm not gay, I only suck off pantomime dames". This version of the review on The Escapist website was later replaced with this version as well, with the original version of the review not resurfacing online since then.
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