In the world of gaming, supporting President Donald Trump can be costly. Just look at the uproar when Oculus founder Palmer Luckey was revealed to be a secret Trump supporter.
MidBoss, LLC is an indie game development company that recently released the game 2064: Read Only Memories on Steam and PS4. The game is a retro adventure game that came out two weeks ago, and now MidBoss is telling Trump supporters not to buy the game and also to “fuck off.”
If you voted for trump or support his facist regime please don’t play our game.. Just go fuck off! 🙂
— 2064: PS4/PC OUT NOW (@ROM2064) January 29, 2017
MidBoss prides itself on its diversity. In the game’s press kit, there is an entire section bragging about how inclusive they are.
Through their work on GaymerX and Gaming In Color, several members of MidBoss felt inspired to answer the challenge and make a game on their own. 2064: Read Only Memories is the result of our eagerness to highlight that it is possible and easy to celebrate diversity in a realistic way that is also a fun, deep game. There are many unheard voices in video games that are seeking diverse stories that are relatable, so instead of waiting for AAA companies to crusade for progressive themes in their games, we decided to form a team and make the kind of game that we want to see. We believe it is important for games to feature queer and diverse characters and themes in a positive way.
While they pride themselves on being progressive and inclusive, they refuse to take money from “bigots.” To them, Trump voters are not real people.
Its okay to not take money from bigots! There’s billions of genuine, empathetic, real people who will still buy your stuff!
— 2064: PS4/PC OUT NOW (@ROM2064) January 31, 2017
It’s ok though, because they are completely fine with going bankrupt as a result of their own form of bigotry.
we may be standing at the abyss — we’d much rather go bankrupt then be complicit and have ANYONE think we’re okay with current events
— 2064: PS4/PC OUT NOW (@ROM2064) January 31, 2017
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