The scene emphasizes this racist dynamic throughout in one scene, Comstock’s shadow is draped against a civil rights poster as she’s forcibly undressed.Ī screengrab from ‘Anarchy’ from ‘Bioshag: Trinity,’ which features the Black revolutionary Vox Populi “running rampant.” The scene has explicitly racist overtones in it, Elizabeth Comstock is “cornered and assaulted by a gang of Vox looters hellbent on making an example of the Lamb,” as Studio FOW writes. One Studio FOW movie, Bioshag: Trinity, features a group of Black revolutionaries sexually assaulting Bioshock Infinite character Elizabeth Comstock, a white woman. However, Studio FOW has a complicated reputation that may return forefront with the Subverse fandom’s bigotry. It’s unclear how Subverse and Studio FOW’s handle on the controversy will affect the game’s sales in the long-term. “Porn games may be sexy, but racists sure aren’t.” “Why the hell are people lining up in droves to defend Arch?” the user wrote. Another redditor, who says they backed Subverse, said they too “want nothing to do with this company or their fans.” One redditor called Tibor’s post a “masterwork of a corporate apology” that avoided denouncing a racist. After one redditor posted Tuesday’s Kickstarter update on r/games, subreddit users were generally critical of Studio FOW’s stance. The Subverse controversy has reached the larger gaming community, in part due to coverage from PC Gamer,, Kotaku, and the Daily Dot’s analysis of the situation. Please let me know how the fuck i can get a refund.” “The fact that you don’t condemn those views is insane. Arch is a literal Nazi and I don’t give a shit if you worked with them for no money, you gave publicity to A FUCKING NAZI,” one backer, Thoru, wrote. “Don’t you dare cave or let us down,” he warned.īut the majority of backers requesting refunds were disturbed by Arch’s politics, arguing Studio FOW was enabling his beliefs by refusing to distance itself from the far-right YouTuber. Another, Mark, said he pledged funds to Subverse “because it sounded like a big FU to cancel culture and. One backer, Tyler, labeled Studio FOW’s critics “Marxist or SJW idealogues ” and suggested he may soon want his money back. One superbacker, Nick, called Arch “an awesome guy” and said Tibor should not “give into the whining minority who aren’t even going to play the game anyway.”īut in several posts, Kickstarter backers said they would be seeking refunds or hinted Studio FOW would lose support over the way the controversy was handled. Some supporters expressed appreciation for Studio FOW and Subverse and considered the controversy overblown: As one “superbacker” named Renusek argued, “there is too much drama.” Others were generally permissive of Arch’s political beliefs and Studio FOW’s involvement with the YouTuber. Responses were torn, and by 10am CT Wednesday morning, over 320 backer comments were posted. This is a game to be enjoyed by everyone, and the last thing I wanted to do was create division within the fanbase.” “I let the backers down, I let our amazing Discord moderating team down by putting them into an impossible situation, and I let our fans down. “Instead of leading the team with competency, I let conflicting messages, posts and statements appear on our communication channels,” Tibor writes. Instead of directly addressing this, Tibor argues “the devs did nothing wrong” and promises to “promote the game by letting the team do what they do best-animate awesome videos and trailers.” However, throughout the apology, Tibor does not address the core issue behind the Subverse controversy: The studio provided an exclusive gameplay preview to Arch, a far-right YouTuber known for racist and fascist political beliefs. In the post, Tibor explains his role as Studio FOW’s software and financial lead and how he is “just a regular old software guy who sailed into some very uncharted waters.” He also takes “full personal responsibility” for “the incompetency” from “multiple mistakes with communication,” he writes in the post. On Tuesday, Studio FOW CTO Tibor published a post on the Subverse Kickstarter entitled “Public Apology,” which was also emailed to the game’s 58,730 backers. But after the studio published another public statement on Kickstarter, backers across the political spectrum threatened to pull their support from Subverse. Initial backlash was confined to the Subverse fandom. Studio FOW’s upcoming adult game Subverse was embroiled in controversy last weekend after the studio partnered with a far-right YouTuber for an exclusive gameplay preview.
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