@boonsong said:
It's possible they won't cover this because of the lead developers pro Gamer-Gate stance, and that's understandable to me. Same with the A Hat in Time QL because of the JonTron affiliation. It's all speculating of course unless the staff says anything, but they are in a position where they can choose not to cover a game for such reasons.
If this is the reason, it's a shame (same goes for A Hat in Time).
Determining what pieces of entertainment are worth your attention based on the views and opinions of its creators is a road towards madness, exponentially more so when you're talking about something worked on by a large team of people. When you have games or films are that worked on by dozens or hundreds of people, there is an almost guarantee that there will be individuals involved that hold unpopular opinions, that is a reality that has to be accepted.
For an individual person, if they choose not support a game because there are people involved whose views they disagree with, that's their decision. For a website whose users expect coverage of relevant industry releases, it's not acceptable. It's their job to cover the industry, essentially blacklisting games because they don't agree with members of the development team (especially in cases where those views are not represented in the game), is not okay. If they feel strongly, someone should write an editorial to accompany the formal coverage, but pretending a game doesn't exist is the absolute wrong approach as far as I'm concerned.
EDIT: I'm not saying this is definitely the case with KC:D, if they're just late disregard this in relation to that game, but I still think it applies to A Hat in TIme, since its quick look was inexplicably removed from the coming soon and never addressed.
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