Interactive streamer game \u2018Gamer Girl\u2019 sparks backlash on social media FMV Future \/ Wales Interactive[jwplayer Y7PB7YwV]After being revealed on July 16, upcoming FMV title \u2018Gamer Girl\u2019 has sparked backlash on social media. Critics claim the interactive release is \u201cdangerous\u201d and making a \u201cgame\u201d out of female streamers facing threats and harassment in real life. On July 16, \u2018Gamer Girl\u2019 was announced for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. The thriller game aims to simulate the life of a female streamer who is faced with constant harassment from internet trolls. However, the interactive release was quickly met with backlash, with many disturbed by its subject matter. Responding to the controversy, developer FMV Future claims their project was meant to educate people on the serious issue. \u2018Gamer Girl\u2019 sparks backlash In Gamer Girl, players will take on the role of a moderator for fictional streamer \u2018Abicake99\u2019. The interactive game will allow people to make multiple choices, and the story has a multi-branch narrative. A day after it was announced, users took to social media to criticize the release. Twitter user \u2018whatmelodywrote\u2019 explained, \u201cIf you support the Gamer Girl game, you are turning a blind eye to actual female streamers experiencing actual harassment from actual people. THIS IS NOT A GAME, THESE ARE OUR LIVES AND REAL EXPERIENCES.\u201d The user also linked to Twitch streamer \u2018Sweet Anita\u2019 who revealed that she\u2019s been to the police to report a stalker that is threatening her in July. Other tweets criticized the developer\u2019s alleged lack of diversity on their team, such as \u2018Ani-Mia\u2019 who said, \u201cThis is their team photo. Now it makes more sense how this messed up game made it into production.\u201d Developer FMV Future responded to the backlash, when popular streamer Hannah Rutherford explained why she wouldn\u2019t be playing the game in a tweet on July 16. \u201cBest of luck with it, but as a streamer that was stalked for two years, I won\u2019t be playing. Can\u2019t put myself through that,\u201d she said. Replying to her tweet, the developer stated, \u201cSorry to hear that. The reason why we created the game was to raise the issue of the toxic environment which can appear online, and how the support of a moderator can help. It\u2019s real, and it\u2019s still happening every day.\u201d Twitter user \u2018hidanielle\u2019 responded to the team and raised concerns about the player controlling a moderator that saves the streamer. \u201cCreepy obsessive men do not need more reasons and examples of how they can \u201crescue\u201d women. The mod aspect of the game is one of the most egregious parts,\u201d they said. Former Twitch staff member and streamer \u2018ShannonZKiller\u2019 agreed with the tweet. Twitch\u2019s biggest female streamer Imane \u2018Pokimane\u2019 Anys also gave her thoughts on Gamer Girl, and took shots at its trailer. \u201c\u201dGamer Girl\u201d > pretends to play scuffed mario kart for .2 seconds,\u201d she joked. While the game has received intense backlash on social media so far, the producer \u2018Wales Interactive\u2019 claimed that Gamer Girl is a \u201cempowering story of a female streamer who, with the help of a moderator friend, battles the trolls.\u201d The studio also stated that the its story was co-written by actress Alexandra Burton who plays the streamer, and that she \u201cimprovised the entire script.\u201d Regardless of how the game will be received in the long run, it\u2019s certainly kicked off a debate about the dangers female streamers face in real life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Interactive streamer game \u2018Gamer Girl\u2019 sparks backlash on social media FMV Future \/ Wales Interactive[jwplayer Y7PB7YwV]After being revealed on July 16, upcoming FMV title \u2018Gamer Girl\u2019 has sparked backlash on social media. Critics claim the interactive release is \u201cdangerous\u201d and making a \u201cgame\u201d out of female streamers facing threats and harassment in real life. On […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82381\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}