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Wouldnt surprise me if she had suggested it in the first place "oh you want to say you're in games, just pick out like an indie studio and say you worked on it nobody will check it"
That's all the woke do, it's all Alyssa has ever done, throughout this entire ordeal she hasn't done anything actually productive just insulted people.
Yeah, a friend once told me once you start name calling or cuss another person out, you've lost that argument. So really people like Alyssa are the reason why games are bad because they'll use toxic positivity for devs thinking its what gamers want and when gamers say we don't want dei or any political agenda in our games, we're labeled as incel,homophonic, nazi, basically anything they'll use.
@@cikame Im not even sure these people have a solid ideology. These people do not create anything other than stress/drama, all they can do is destroy. These people are also the ones that hijacked the term woke, and are now preaching to the world about issues they have no clue about. They project their US centric warped viewpoint onto the rest of the world, and the world doesn’t appreciate it. I’m left wing according to European standards, and I hate these fake activists with a passion (not just in the game industry, but also movies). It’s all so insincere and fake, yet so preachy because everything needs to be about (US) politics now.
If I remember correctly, Kotaku is already on the blacklist of several companies, including Nintendo. now they live on controversies to capture clicks. after the prank that ign pulled, I expect they too will suffer the same fate.
The only companies that do send them stuff are Dei-infested shit piles so that the journos can suck their artificial trans-dicks with a 9/10 review for their triggerism simulator that they call a "game"
She called him that because she knew he was telling the truth. She was scolding him for not letting her lie, because the lie helped "the message", and genuinely believes he was obligated to either say nothing or back up her lie, because now the "wrong people" have a "win". This is how these people operate.
She has to inject herself into a situation because she assumes that poser will be attacked for being a poser, making the situation 100x worse for the girl. She’s brings nothing but chaos and misery to everything she touches.
My assessment is that 2 individuals were having a respectful 1-1 conversation and then a psychorager interrupts uninvited. According to the internet, a Senior Editor is not supposed to produce content, but rather, oversee the composition of articles and layouts as a supervisor. So why is this Senior Editor composing articles personally when the job position entails being unseen? If Senior Editor has rights involving firing/hiring, then I suspect any rational Editors/Journalists below that level were either not hired or fired for going against the narrative of the company. Regarding the lawsuit, what resulted is essentially a communication restraining order, that any direct communication has to be directed to Ron Coleman instead of SmashJT. I am expecting that condition to be broken at some point. The general legal opinion is that any lawyer facing Mr Coleman is going to lose the case, he's that good at his job.
Ever heard the term "any publicity is good publicity"? I'll bet kotaku is encouraging her to go after people. They are going down the tubes and need all the traffic they can get. They'd fire her ass if they weren't already done.
Kotaku has been like this for years. I used to be a big fan of their site but they became so self-righteous & out of touch, I quit looking. That was about 2012!
Alyssa is a joke. Game devs need to confront these posers to set the straight. Do not be a doormat allowing them to ruin your dream job. I never heard of Tim Soret. But happy to see some positivity out of this situation. More game devs need to follow Thomas example.
Seriously any DEV that wants to tell the purchasing public what to do is a fool. The industry is estimated at $214 billion annually. If they don't like your product they ain't buying it.
When is a public figure going to sue someone for liable/slander when they publicly accused of racism or any other unjustified thing? It will make them think twice. So much unprofessionalism.
I'm still laughing at the fact Vara called her bluff, only to have Merkuntee do what she does best, run and hide, playing the Mr. Bill defense ("They're gonna be mean to me!").
I'm surprised to find out Alyssa Mercante displayed such misandry by using a part of the male anatomy as an insult. I always thought Alyssa was morally superior to us and that she'd never use sexism as a weapon. But here we are. Plus, it's much funnier to call someone a glans.
Alyssa felt the need to defend that girl lying about being a gamer and a relevant professional in gaming (she was actually a telemarketer for microsoft that called people to ask questions) for one reason: that girl is a lying, self aggrandizing poser, and so is Alyssa Mercante. Alyssa has never been into playing games, or a professional part of the industry, so she empathized with the liar girl.
Alyssa hates the director of both Ori games so much she's willing to side with a liar, not caring how stupid that makes her look, I guess. Not that this is anything new for her, to be fair.
"Yeah fuck you, we aren't subsidizing/defending the people who have no money and hate everything that isn't gay-marxism anymore, we tried to be nice and it didn't work. We're with the people with spare income and who like cool/fun things that we build" -- Sensible people, businessmen and creators in 2024+.
@@ionrogue7080 Every gay person I've ever met hates this dumb shit. They never wanted to make their own world, they just wanted to be accepted/left-alone in ours.
'Sensible' and that's the problem. Conflict is inevitable, might as well get it out right away than swallowing it down and getting even worse results. Can't give them the benefit of a doubt anymore. Give em an inch, they take a mile.
@@ionrogue7080 and you know the funniest part is these women aren't even gay. They can slap as many pronouns in their bio as they want, but they are very clearly straight women with the way they obsess over gooning to male characters and male characters kissing 24/7. There's a reason you can't have big boobs in veilguard but there's a dong slider. Big dongs turn them on but how dare anyone be actually attracted to women
If everyone else at your job is unprofessional and insufferable, then you're the norm. She's a feature, not a bug. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets rewarded at Kotaku for her goober articles and obnoxious slap fights on twitter. Everyone probably claps when she comes into the office. Your average person would've been long gone at any normal job.
i found it funny that, in this internet-age, the lady will still falsely stated her own resume in a public forum for everyone to verify. are they so narrow minded that others will not call her out, even for the involved party?
These journalists have been getting above their station for too long. It’s about time someone put the likes of Alyssa in her place & spell it out for them 👏🏾
If someone makes a claim publicly they arent owed the exposing of the claim being false being done privately. A lot of people like this seem to treat this industry as a stepping stone to "real journalism" and will treat it as beneath them while not getting that the other journalism jobs they so want will likely look at that and reject them because they would want acting in good faith reporting on their industries
Never have I listened to Alyssa and then thought to myself that I should check out Kotaku. Every time I see her face a quiet voice whispers "run dude".
If i was a dev, I wouldn't give out any early access to 'journalism' sites. Why would you? A random YT gamer probably draws more eyes, and we don't trust site's ratings anyways...
I keep myself far less informed on game topics as i did a few years ago. This must be the 3rd or 4th time i'm actually surprised, that kotaku still exists...
Gonna have to give credit where credit is due in this game, Alyssa being like this and then the Game Director responding in the way he did has been better advertisement for the Ori games than any marketing campaign ever has been. Might have to pick those games up now and give them a bash just to support this dude.
Just brought ori today, I think it’s quite old so it was only £8.24 on the Xbox store. Not my usual type of game but it’s a lovely, well thought out puzzle platformer, with some really nice additions, has great visuals, a nice vibe, and some interesting mechanics. Took me a few hours to get into it but quite like it, especially now I have a few powers. Good old fashioned game entertainment without any wokness at all. Recommended and a bit different.
I've been following Tim Soret ever since I saw his teaser for the incredibly stylised "The last night" trailer which never came to fruition. Good on the man for standing up against the tide of shit.
You know, it seems to me that the best way to deal with BS "cease and desist" letters is to (1) report whatever lawyer who writes it to the office(s) of attorney regulation in whichever state(s) said attorney is licensed, and (2) publish copies of the cease-and-desist letters (make sure that the letterhead of the law firm from which the letter came is visible and apparent), complaint(s) to the OAR(s), and supporting documentation in the form of saved e-mail and or X/Reddit/etc. threads to social media. If there is actual actionable defamation, fine - write the letter, then sue to back it up; if not, an ethical and competent attorney should have no desire to take part in threatening litigation as a bluff, and should counsel his client about the non-legal, but very real, PR backfire taking such an action could cause. A competent and borderline ethical attorney should certainly have second thoughts about participating in such a scheme once it is clear that doing so is not without professional consequence - both as a regulatory and a marketing matter - and putting the first attorney who tries to bluff litigation on blast should be adequate to deter others.
I didn't know this person worked for Kotaku, but now it's all starting to make sense... Who the heck reads Kotaku anyway? How on earth are they still even going?!
She's still a child. Just when you think she's done and everything has blown over, she does something else to get attention. Doesn't matter if it's positive or negative. But that "I don't know who you are" had to be a huge hit to her ego. 😂
Now Kotaku is branching out and criticizing people outside of video games. I read an article about "Back to the Future" and they were criticizing people for wanting to own a replica from the movie. Kotaku is just evil in general that will go after anyone for anything.
Still waiting on the day for Kotaku to go under! Alyssa Mercunty is a joke! How is she even a senior director, more like an activist! These people DO NOT belong in the video gaming industry.
Another sad and pathetic thing about the Mercante situation. The CnD's you mentioned, and how its about defamation, or bullying towards her. Yet she has openly defamed others, as well as called for bullying to return, as a means to deal with people. Granted she means others who dont agree with their message, but that level of hypocriticsy is irrelevant to the broader picture here. 😂
A journalist is a person that discovers a story, and states said story as based on the facts they discovered. Opinions ONLY appear in editorials, and that in a separate piece. What too many people who call themselves "journalists" have forgotten is how to be neutral and let the audience decide how to feel.
The best thing one can do is buy based dev games … I never buy early access, but the first time Moon got attacked I bought it … and even not done, I can easily say the game is gonna be awesome
That's why I don't bother reading ANY video game "journalist" garbage and just buy and play games that I want to play. Their unimportant opinions mean absolutely NOTHING to me.
When kotaku gave Fraud of Bore Wokenarok a high score, that was it! Ragnacrock was a 30+hour walking simulator! With no real story. Just feelings and a dumb story that had nothing to do with Ragnarok! Ragnacrock battle 45min in a 30 hour game! Wtf! NOT GOW! My little purple pony ride to the fates was just bad writing. nOdin worst boss ever. Thor the bore and fake loki, bad acting all around. Kucktos was the worst! 3rd string in his own franchise! I haven't even roasted the story yet!
I see the targeted advertising is suggesting Jameson Irish Whiskey to you. Nice. Nice. Jameson is my favorite, so whatever you were searching prior, keep up the great work.
No Rest For The Wicked by Moon Studios is avail in Early Access on Steam. Good way to show support for creators that fight against SJW brigadiers like that horrible kotiku person.
Kotaku will go the way of the dodo bird. Any company that goes with woke agenda versus making a good game needs to go broke simple as that...as the economy is, I rather buy a game that is fun without putting your agenda down my throat. Ps, keep up the good work
If they got rid of Aly, which they won't let's be honest, Kotaku would get some goodwill back. Not much but some. Sadly those cowards won't, it still keeps them relevant.
Issue no advance access keys or media copies to Kotaku. Let them buy the games they want to review; it's not like they support the industry, so why enable them?
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Alyssa defended that lady despite knowing she lied about working on Ori. That should tell you everything you need to know about her.
Wouldnt surprise me if she had suggested it in the first place "oh you want to say you're in games, just pick out like an indie studio and say you worked on it nobody will check it"
Alyssa mercunte has a tattoo on the back of her leg that reads "All men are enemies " that's all you need to know
"My people, right or wrong."
And she's very wrong, to be clear.
Seriously, coming to the defense of someone who is openly lying about their work history... moronic.
Worst people You will meet in life tend to be oddly defensive of and well aligned with other worst people.
when your Ideology is so hollow that all you have is name calling
That's all the woke do, it's all Alyssa has ever done, throughout this entire ordeal she hasn't done anything actually productive just insulted people.
Yeah, a friend once told me once you start name calling or cuss another person out, you've lost that argument. So really people like Alyssa are the reason why games are bad because they'll use toxic positivity for devs thinking its what gamers want and when gamers say we don't want dei or any political agenda in our games, we're labeled as incel,homophonic, nazi, basically anything they'll use.
Preach
@@cikame Im not even sure these people have a solid ideology. These people do not create anything other than stress/drama, all they can do is destroy.
These people are also the ones that hijacked the term woke, and are now preaching to the world about issues they have no clue about.
They project their US centric warped viewpoint onto the rest of the world, and the world doesn’t appreciate it.
I’m left wing according to European standards, and I hate these fake activists with a passion (not just in the game industry, but also movies). It’s all so insincere and fake, yet so preachy because everything needs to be about (US) politics now.
That's step one
Devs should start putting these journos on their place, blacklist them and dont send review copies
Or atleast charge them for the review copies
If I remember correctly, Kotaku is already on the blacklist of several companies, including Nintendo. now they live on controversies to capture clicks. after the prank that ign pulled, I expect they too will suffer the same fate.
Send GAMERS review copies. Get real feedback, recommendations, and beta testing... FOR FREE!
It's a win-win-win.
Didn't black myth wukong refuse to give review copies out to everyone that called them ists and phobes from a mistranslation
The only companies that do send them stuff are Dei-infested shit piles so that the journos can suck their artificial trans-dicks with a 9/10 review for their triggerism simulator that they call a "game"
Fingers crossed that Smash JT financially bankrupts Mercunte when he wins the lawsuit.
What lawsuit? There is no lawsuit, just a cease and desist letter. There's no lawsuit until a complaint is filed and served.
Its long overdue that cowards like her receive consequences for their actions.
@@uvicjames You do realize Smash JT is counter suing her right?
@@megaman37456I wonder if she will ask help from the companies she grifts from. If that fails try to do something like dox him.
She can always go back to selling herself on the street.
Dear developers. There has never been a better time than now to take back your industry
The devs are part of the problem though.
@@speckbretzelfan - Evidently, not all of them. Or we wouldn't be here.
Exactly.
She called him that because she knew he was telling the truth. She was scolding him for not letting her lie, because the lie helped "the message", and genuinely believes he was obligated to either say nothing or back up her lie, because now the "wrong people" have a "win". This is how these people operate.
she deserves all the negative attention she's getting
She has to inject herself into a situation because she assumes that poser will be attacked for being a poser, making the situation 100x worse for the girl. She’s brings nothing but chaos and misery to everything she touches.
"I don't know who you are." 😂😂😂
Agreed! Thomas is a boss and handled the situation professionally.
Reading that answer must have been devastating for Alyssa Mercante. After all she desperately craves attention and drama to feed her overblown ego.
My assessment is that 2 individuals were having a respectful 1-1 conversation and then a psychorager interrupts uninvited.
According to the internet, a Senior Editor is not supposed to produce content, but rather, oversee the composition of articles and layouts as a supervisor.
So why is this Senior Editor composing articles personally when the job position entails being unseen?
If Senior Editor has rights involving firing/hiring, then I suspect any rational Editors/Journalists below that level were either not hired or fired for going against the narrative of the company.
Regarding the lawsuit, what resulted is essentially a communication restraining order, that any direct communication has to be directed to Ron Coleman instead of SmashJT. I am expecting that condition to be broken at some point.
The general legal opinion is that any lawyer facing Mr Coleman is going to lose the case, he's that good at his job.
Agreed,Alyssa is nobody and her opinion mean nothing 😂
Alyssa will be Kotaku's doom.
Ever heard the term "any publicity is good publicity"? I'll bet kotaku is encouraging her to go after people. They are going down the tubes and need all the traffic they can get. They'd fire her ass if they weren't already done.
Kotaku has been like this for years. I used to be a big fan of their site but they became so self-righteous & out of touch, I quit looking. That was about 2012!
so kotaku mined nerd culture to greedily and too deep? on second thought that might imply problem glasses was angelic at some point
Doubtful, Kotaku survived Kate Gray and her "animated child porn is great!" article. Kotaku has too many idiotic followers to fail, sadly.
One can only hope.
Alyssa is a joke. Game devs need to confront these posers to set the straight. Do not be a doormat allowing them to ruin your dream job.
I never heard of Tim Soret. But happy to see some positivity out of this situation. More game devs need to follow Thomas example.
Seriously any DEV that wants to tell the purchasing public what to do is a fool. The industry is estimated at $214 billion annually. If they don't like your product they ain't buying it.
When is a public figure going to sue someone for liable/slander when they publicly accused of racism or any other unjustified thing? It will make them think twice. So much unprofessionalism.
That's what needs to happen. Once they realize negative actions have negative consequences they'll start cutting back on their BS.
Feels good when woke journalists get dunked on. 😂 your time is DONE
Absolutely, I love it when they accelerate like this.
Vara, I really wish you did get to have that fight with Alyssa.
You can’t beat the “stupid” out of anyone. Vara would accomplish nothing.
@@charliestevenson3500you can maim it.
@@charliestevenson3500 but, it would have entertainment that would be good for Alyssa, getting her [REDACTED] kicked
I'm still laughing at the fact Vara called her bluff, only to have Merkuntee do what she does best, run and hide, playing the Mr. Bill defense ("They're gonna be mean to me!").
@@charliestevenson3500 Actually you can. Especially when they stop breathing.
Never thought I'd see this shift in tide. Thank God common sense is prevailing.
They're still out there unfortunately though... sometimes you come across a YT vid where the comments give you a headspin.
Once common as air,
Sense now drifts like rare lost leaves,
Orangutan sighs.
It's a slow cycle, every 50 years or so culture goes from one side to other. 2020s was the most left we can stand
Alyssa seems to think she’s better at managing her legal future than her attorney.
I'm surprised to find out Alyssa Mercante displayed such misandry by using a part of the male anatomy as an insult. I always thought Alyssa was morally superior to us and that she'd never use sexism as a weapon. But here we are. Plus, it's much funnier to call someone a glans.
I find "gonad" to be a funnier insult.
Alyssa felt the need to defend that girl lying about being a gamer and a relevant professional in gaming (she was actually a telemarketer for microsoft that called people to ask questions) for one reason: that girl is a lying, self aggrandizing poser, and so is Alyssa Mercante. Alyssa has never been into playing games, or a professional part of the industry, so she empathized with the liar girl.
Remember folks, gatekeeping your hobby is not always a bad thing.
Was it the Polygon or Kotaku Journo that praised the Little Boy bomb because they didn't get access to Zelda last year?
Think it was kotaku tmk?
Alyssa hates the director of both Ori games so much she's willing to side with a liar, not caring how stupid that makes her look, I guess. Not that this is anything new for her, to be fair.
"Yeah fuck you, we aren't subsidizing/defending the people who have no money and hate everything that isn't gay-marxism anymore, we tried to be nice and it didn't work. We're with the people with spare income and who like cool/fun things that we build"
-- Sensible people, businessmen and creators in 2024+.
Very well said thank you. It's seriously getting so dumb even gay people hate it. Lol
@@ionrogue7080 Every gay person I've ever met hates this dumb shit. They never wanted to make their own world, they just wanted to be accepted/left-alone in ours.
'Sensible' and that's the problem. Conflict is inevitable, might as well get it out right away than swallowing it down and getting even worse results. Can't give them the benefit of a doubt anymore. Give em an inch, they take a mile.
@@ionrogue7080 and you know the funniest part is these women aren't even gay. They can slap as many pronouns in their bio as they want, but they are very clearly straight women with the way they obsess over gooning to male characters and male characters kissing 24/7. There's a reason you can't have big boobs in veilguard but there's a dong slider. Big dongs turn them on but how dare anyone be actually attracted to women
Loudmouth Mercante is dodging Vara but has enough time to try and fan flames. She's bound to get sued.
She's getting counter-sued by Smash JT and it's about damn time too.
ugh, why won't Alyssa go away?
Germs are everywhere
She's like herpes; quiet for a bit then horrible flare-ups.
If pulled like 5% of the stuff Alyssa does i would get fired. Like how is this individual allowed to be employed?
If everyone else at your job is unprofessional and insufferable, then you're the norm. She's a feature, not a bug. I wouldn't be surprised if she gets rewarded at Kotaku for her goober articles and obnoxious slap fights on twitter. Everyone probably claps when she comes into the office. Your average person would've been long gone at any normal job.
i found it funny that, in this internet-age, the lady will still falsely stated her own resume in a public forum for everyone to verify.
are they so narrow minded that others will not call her out, even for the involved party?
They're unable to think properly. Everything is surface level memorized bs.
They were given way too much power on twitter and youtube etc. and now people are like, who the F are you again?
It's about time I hope every devs start doing this🤔
These journalists have been getting above their station for too long.
It’s about time someone put the likes of Alyssa in her place & spell it out for them 👏🏾
Devs having afraid to deliver what gamers want but getting so eager to please SBI especially western devs.
If someone makes a claim publicly they arent owed the exposing of the claim being false being done privately.
A lot of people like this seem to treat this industry as a stepping stone to "real journalism" and will treat it as beneath them while not getting that the other journalism jobs they so want will likely look at that and reject them because they would want acting in good faith reporting on their industries
It's been a rough few days for Alyssa.
😂🤣
"Manners maketh man." - doesn't apply to they/thems or this Mercante-person.
No, there are plenty of perfectly pleasant nonbinary people.
Let’s hope more and more devs call her out.
Kotaku and co went hard after Tim Soret in previous years, so I am not surprised he is happy to return the favor.
I remember about a year ago you had a fraction of the subscribers you have now. Well done Vara.
People say he roasted her, i call that not roasting, he sent her right through the flames of purgatory 😂
Never have I listened to Alyssa and then thought to myself that I should check out Kotaku. Every time I see her face a quiet voice whispers "run dude".
I hear two things, "Don't put your D in crazy." and "Not even with someone else's D."
Devs shouldn’t give any early access to Kotaku or any “journalism” site until they no longer employ these unhinged weirdos
If i was a dev, I wouldn't give out any early access to 'journalism' sites.
Why would you? A random YT gamer probably draws more eyes, and we don't trust site's ratings anyways...
Free advertising for no rest for the wicked, Tom should thank these clowns.
I keep myself far less informed on game topics as i did a few years ago. This must be the 3rd or 4th time i'm actually surprised, that kotaku still exists...
Probably blackrock backed or smth, they don't make any money.
Creating drama is so much easier then just doing actual work… insulting someone is easier then having an intellectual discussion… 🙄
IGN gave this video 7/10
I'm addicted to clicking Vara thumbnails BUT only accompanied by Kim Belair and/or Alyssa M.
Masterclass of a response
The most obnoxious woman in the history of women.
Gonna have to give credit where credit is due in this game, Alyssa being like this and then the Game Director responding in the way he did has been better advertisement for the Ori games than any marketing campaign ever has been. Might have to pick those games up now and give them a bash just to support this dude.
Just brought ori today, I think it’s quite old so it was only £8.24 on the Xbox store. Not my usual type of game but it’s a lovely, well thought out puzzle platformer, with some really nice additions, has great visuals, a nice vibe, and some interesting mechanics. Took me a few hours to get into it but quite like it, especially now I have a few powers. Good old fashioned game entertainment without any wokness at all. Recommended and a bit different.
I've been following Tim Soret ever since I saw his teaser for the incredibly stylised "The last night" trailer which never came to fruition.
Good on the man for standing up against the tide of shit.
The only thing you need to know was her final response 'I ain't reading that". Told on herself....
That is plain childish. Lose the argument and act like that. I expect more from 5 year olds.
Called detractors "toxic".
Also calls people "dickhead".
Hmm, something doesn't match up here.
I love a good Vara video
Time to stand up to the freaks in ALL PROFESSIONAL ENvIRONMENTS!!! Monitor them and GET RECEIPTS.
You know, it seems to me that the best way to deal with BS "cease and desist" letters is to (1) report whatever lawyer who writes it to the office(s) of attorney regulation in whichever state(s) said attorney is licensed, and (2) publish copies of the cease-and-desist letters (make sure that the letterhead of the law firm from which the letter came is visible and apparent), complaint(s) to the OAR(s), and supporting documentation in the form of saved e-mail and or X/Reddit/etc. threads to social media.
If there is actual actionable defamation, fine - write the letter, then sue to back it up; if not, an ethical and competent attorney should have no desire to take part in threatening litigation as a bluff, and should counsel his client about the non-legal, but very real, PR backfire taking such an action could cause. A competent and borderline ethical attorney should certainly have second thoughts about participating in such a scheme once it is clear that doing so is not without professional consequence - both as a regulatory and a marketing matter - and putting the first attorney who tries to bluff litigation on blast should be adequate to deter others.
People like Mercante are why gatekeeping is needed.
I didn't know this person worked for Kotaku, but now it's all starting to make sense...
Who the heck reads Kotaku anyway? How on earth are they still even going?!
Alyssa sees Kotaku coming to an end and is selling the last bit of her credibility to get access to Twitch streamers. I'm convinced at this point.
Stolen valor about lying about working on ori when an actual game dev that worked on the game calls you out is freaking crazy
To think that Kotaku used to mean something…
What a great look for your news site when your editor is going around calling people “dickhead”. Classy.
Has anybody thought to counter- sue her for harassment
Sheesh, at this rate, SmashJT's discovery phase of the lawsuit is going to be amazing. Thanks Alyssa, always looking out for your internet crush.
She defended a person who was lying about there employment she is so ridiculous 😅
She's still a child. Just when you think she's done and everything has blown over, she does something else to get attention. Doesn't matter if it's positive or negative. But that "I don't know who you are" had to be a huge hit to her ego. 😂
Insulting people is all these clowns know how to do.
I never visit sites like kotaku, I get all my news from channels like this. Keep doing gd work 💪
Now Kotaku is branching out and criticizing people outside of video games. I read an article about "Back to the Future" and they were criticizing people for wanting to own a replica from the movie. Kotaku is just evil in general that will go after anyone for anything.
Vara for the win as usual.
Still waiting on the day for Kotaku to go under! Alyssa Mercunty is a joke! How is she even a senior director, more like an activist! These people DO NOT belong in the video gaming industry.
Alyssa: You want some?! Come get some!
Based Game Devs: Come get these hands!
Another sad and pathetic thing about the Mercante situation. The CnD's you mentioned, and how its about defamation, or bullying towards her. Yet she has openly defamed others, as well as called for bullying to return, as a means to deal with people. Granted she means others who dont agree with their message, but that level of hypocriticsy is irrelevant to the broader picture here. 😂
She's really just digging herself into a hole.
I love listening to you talk 🎶 ♥️ 💕 😌
Forget getting dunked on, I don’t know how in the hell she still has a job
She's a textbook definition of a Drama Queen
In the end of the day is gamers that you need to buy your products in order to stay in business
A journalist is a person that discovers a story, and states said story as based on the facts they discovered. Opinions ONLY appear in editorials, and that in a separate piece.
What too many people who call themselves "journalists" have forgotten is how to be neutral and let the audience decide how to feel.
The best thing one can do is buy based dev games … I never buy early access, but the first time Moon got attacked I bought it … and even not done, I can easily say the game is gonna be awesome
Alyssa Mercante is the true Keyboard warrior, she loves to talk crap, not really having any clue about the work she talking about.
Alyssa has to be in news every week or else she has nightmares
That's why I don't bother reading ANY video game "journalist" garbage and just buy and play games that I want to play. Their unimportant opinions mean absolutely NOTHING to me.
These devs should speak against this stuff more often. The actual players of their games will support them when they're right.
Alyssa who?
You have to admit, she is a grandmaster at being inflammatory; it's like a sport, at this point.
When kotaku gave Fraud of Bore Wokenarok a high score, that was it!
Ragnacrock was a 30+hour walking simulator! With no real story.
Just feelings and a dumb story that had nothing to do with Ragnarok!
Ragnacrock battle 45min in a 30 hour game! Wtf! NOT GOW!
My little purple pony ride to the fates was just bad writing. nOdin worst boss ever.
Thor the bore and fake loki, bad acting all around.
Kucktos was the worst! 3rd string in his own franchise!
I haven't even roasted the story yet!
The worst thing you can do is to talk bad about gamers let alone future customers
I see the targeted advertising is suggesting Jameson Irish Whiskey to you.
Nice. Nice.
Jameson is my favorite, so whatever you were searching prior, keep up the great work.
No Rest For The Wicked by Moon Studios is avail in Early Access on Steam. Good way to show support for creators that fight against SJW brigadiers like that horrible kotiku person.
Kotaku will go the way of the dodo bird. Any company that goes with woke agenda versus making a good game needs to go broke simple as that...as the economy is, I rather buy a game that is fun without putting your agenda down my throat. Ps, keep up the good work
gods just listening to that intro is so satisfying to hear
RDJ looking down bad in that thumbnail.
She's a drama bomb just looking to drop herself on society every chance she gets🙄
Who in the right mind look at that Alyssa and say "yep that's a good one I should hire her.
Let me find out I gotta support no rest for the wicked cause I WILL
Keep fighting the good fight.
If they got rid of Aly, which they won't let's be honest, Kotaku would get some goodwill back. Not much but some. Sadly those cowards won't, it still keeps them relevant.
Its a shame they have tainted what appears to have been quite a cool Japanese word. 😢
Issue no advance access keys or media copies to Kotaku. Let them buy the games they want to review; it's not like they support the industry, so why enable them?
From the way her glasses almost match your hair, I think she's wearing them to try and filter you out of her existence. 🤣