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Kinda warms my heart to see so many people care about epilepsy triggers in a game.
BUT, let's turn down the heat, everyone. I've been working with devs on this for 9 years, and trust me, they probably believed that people with epilepsy don't play games. SUPER common misnomer.
BUT, let's turn down the heat, everyone. I've been working with devs on this for 9 years, and trust me, they probably believed that people with epilepsy don't play games. SUPER common misnomer.
Nobody is going to include flashing lights through maliciousness. Nobody wants to hurt anyone or put anyone at undue risk. Yes, they should have done their research, but they're hardly alone.
I'd love to talk with the devs of it with @ianhamilton_ to discuss what they can do.
I'd love to talk with the devs of it with @ianhamilton_ to discuss what they can do.
And frankly, where was this outrage over Star Wars Episode 9: Rise of the Skywalker.
Because guess what? It will NEVER get a patch that makes it safe for people like me to watch, and all the time I invested in Star Wars movies ended with a finale I can NEVER watch, ever.
Because guess what? It will NEVER get a patch that makes it safe for people like me to watch, and all the time I invested in Star Wars movies ended with a finale I can NEVER watch, ever.
Creators of entertainment just historically do not give a shit about epilepsy because they think flashing lights are cool and they lack the creativity to create ambience without them. It's not worthy of burning their home down. Just don't buy their fucking game. I'm not.
I can't tell you how many times I've been asked what I thought of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
And I can't tell them what I think, because I haven't seen it, because it would give me a seizure.
This outrage today is kinda cool, but where the fuck have you people been?
And I can't tell them what I think, because I haven't seen it, because it would give me a seizure.
This outrage today is kinda cool, but where the fuck have you people been?
Incredibles 2? Can't watch it. Rise of the Skywalker? Can't watch the climax. Into the Spider-Verse? Can't watch it, and the sequel I hear will be problematic too.
All this anger today over Cyberpunk when this shit has been going on for years all over media. This is commonplace.
All this anger today over Cyberpunk when this shit has been going on for years all over media. This is commonplace.
And while it's great that so many people are taking up verbal arms on behalf of people like me, I've never once advocated that these effects be fully removed from games. Nobody should advocate that.
I say "make it optional." That's not asking for the world, and it's good PR.
I say "make it optional." That's not asking for the world, and it's good PR.
I'm not entitled to play ANY game, and I'm not entitled to watch any movie.
I am absolutely entitled to be frustrated with ALL the information out there on this stuff and people still cut off access to people like me then claim "whoopsie, I didn't realize it!" It's frankly lazy.
I am absolutely entitled to be frustrated with ALL the information out there on this stuff and people still cut off access to people like me then claim "whoopsie, I didn't realize it!" It's frankly lazy.
And by the way, only 4 in 1,000 people in developed nations have epilepsy and only 1 in 100 of those who have epilepsy have photosensitive epilepsy.
BUT, a whopping 1 in 5 people suffer serious medical effects from the same triggers that give me a seizure. Headaches, nausea, etc
BUT, a whopping 1 in 5 people suffer serious medical effects from the same triggers that give me a seizure. Headaches, nausea, etc
When surveyed, OVER HALF of people do not like experiencing strobe lights and would avoid forms of entertainment that had them if they were made aware ahead of time that the entertainment, be it a video game, movie, or amusement park ride, had such lights.
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEM
PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEM
No, Cyberpunk's developers were not malicious nor uncaring.
They were simply uncreative and lazy. Strobe lights are how lazy and unimaginative people create ambience. It's not a sign of malice. It's a sign of being creatively bankrupt.
And the time to phase it out is now.
They were simply uncreative and lazy. Strobe lights are how lazy and unimaginative people create ambience. It's not a sign of malice. It's a sign of being creatively bankrupt.
And the time to phase it out is now.
I guess *I* got heated, but it's more over how everyone is basically treating this like the big cancel event of the day when really this shit has been going on for years and everyone is just going off on this game because it's a popular target because you had to wait long for it.
Yea, I'm going to go ahead and call all this anger at Cyberpunk what it is:
The Big Bullshit Fake Outrage of the Day.
If you weren't pissed at Rise of the Skywalker, Into the Spider-Verse, etc.. thanks for finally noticing epilepsy I guess but tone down your fake outrage today.
The Big Bullshit Fake Outrage of the Day.
If you weren't pissed at Rise of the Skywalker, Into the Spider-Verse, etc.. thanks for finally noticing epilepsy I guess but tone down your fake outrage today.
I'm calling it like it is: you're butthurt the game got delayed multiple times and will take any option you have to slam it.
If you truly gave a shit about epilepsy, this wouldn't be the first time IN TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN IGC that Twitter is upset over epilepsy triggers.
If you truly gave a shit about epilepsy, this wouldn't be the first time IN TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN IGC that Twitter is upset over epilepsy triggers.
What makes me angry is that an important topic is being hijacked by people as an excuse for revenge because they had to wait an extra few months to play a video game.
Meanwhile, I can't even ride most rides at Disneyland anymore because they have flashing lights.
Fake outrage.
Meanwhile, I can't even ride most rides at Disneyland anymore because they have flashing lights.
Fake outrage.
When I found out Cyberpunk is a game I can't play, here was my response:
"That sucks. Maybe I can arrange to talk to the devs and explain why they should make the flashes optional."
How others responded.
"WOO! FUCK YEAH! GOING TO CANCEL THESE ASSHOLES FOR DELAYING MY GAME!"
"That sucks. Maybe I can arrange to talk to the devs and explain why they should make the flashes optional."
How others responded.
"WOO! FUCK YEAH! GOING TO CANCEL THESE ASSHOLES FOR DELAYING MY GAME!"
Almost 10 years of educating people on photosensitivity and not once in 10 years has any form of entertainment's glaring omission of epilepsy consideration ever trended on Twitter. Not once.
Oh but when it's a game people are angry was delayed, well, grounds for outrage.
Oh but when it's a game people are angry was delayed, well, grounds for outrage.
