Jill 26,669 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 As Kotaku recently revealed: Hogwarts Legacy Lead Designer Used To Run Anti-Social Justice YouTube Channel Troy Leavitt is a lead designer at Warner Bros. development studio Avalanche Software currently working on controversial Harry Potter game Hogwarts Legacy. He also ran a reactionary YouTube channel focused on attacking feminism and social justice for over a year. This information was first provided by Did You Know Gaming? contributor Liam Robertson, who highlighted the channel Friday evening on Twitter. An accompanying screenshot shows a small portion of Leavitt’s YouTube channel, with video titles such as “The Injustice of Social Justice,” “In Praise of Cultural Appropriation,” and “Are Thoughtcrimes Becoming Real,” the latter a reference to George Orwell’s dystopic sci-fi novel 1984. Right-wing commentators often use the book’s authoritarian “Big Brother” government as a comparison point in their criticism, likening the fictional surveillance state to real-world equality movements. Among Leavitt’s other videos are lengthy defenses of both John Lasseter, the Pixar co-founder who left his position at Disney in 2017 after allegations of sexual misconduct, and Nolan Bushnell, the Atari co-founder who Kotaku’s reporting found to have fostered a toxic work environment for women. In some of his videos, Leavitt expressed support for Gamergate, a movement that fostered harassment against women and other minorities in the gaming industry, and criticized Anita Sarkeesian’s Tropes vs. Women series as an “uninformed fringe position.” Leavitt discussed his opinions on Gamergate in-depth during a 2017 interview, saying, “Gamergate, while painful at times, on the whole proved to be a good thing,” Leavitt didn’t respond to Kotaku’s multiple requests for comment in time for publication. Source: https://kotaku.com/hogwarts-legacy-lead-designer-used-to-run-anti-social-j-1846316222 ---------------------- Well, not surprised. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree now does it. This was an official message from the Office of the First Lady. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auther 22,061 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I'm still gonna play it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill 26,669 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Just now, Agunimon said: I'm still gonna play it. And do you want us to give you an award for your bravery or...? This was an official message from the Office of the First Lady. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsemanche 91,772 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Sounds fitting lmao 2 minutes ago, Agunimon said: I'm still gonna play it. Thank you for sharing this brave statement with the world Soft, soothing, and succulent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auther 22,061 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 8 minutes ago, Jill said: And do you want us to give you an award for your bravery or...? 5 minutes ago, alsemanche said: Sounds fitting lmao Thank you for sharing this brave statement with the world Just sort me into Gryffindor, ladies. I mean what do you want us to say to this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricksies 527 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Okay so he's a Slytherin confirmed. As long as his political and personal views don't leak into the game content I'll still play. It's none of my business what a developers views are. Giving him attention only strengthens his opnions and gives him a larger platform to spread negativity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltoe Chariot 14,214 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Are we going to look into how many internet edge lords are behind the development of other upcoming video games? The obsession with "exposing" anyone involved with the Harry Potter franchise is so odd. There are hundreds of thousands of people that are employed by the Potter brand in some capacity, and each of those people have their own views... problematic or otherwise. If the same amount of effort was put into exposing the creative leads for other franchises you'd probably find similar tea. Just sayin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlepotter 74,291 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Not ****ing this chaeri pls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Married the Night 3,955 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Still gonna play it, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameltoe Chariot 14,214 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Breaking news: the man who runs the dairy farm that produces the milk you add to your cereal in the morning voted for Trump and is racist how problematic that you support his views by buying his products Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 70,889 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Gross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 58,905 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Not to belittle his messiness, but this has got to be one of the least important "exposes" in a long time. Who the hell cares who this guy is? Just leave him nameless. I can't be free if my hands are tied... 🧟♀️👰🏻 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 104,718 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 ok and? Do you think that Warner Bros will do anything about this revelation? I'm 100% sure that they knew about that, everyone does a social network search before they hire. But guess what, everyone, even the most sjw ever, will still watch the Warner Bros movies on HBO Max and still support them, even though they still gonna keep this guy and still gonna keep Amber Heard in Aquaman and many other problematic people, cash is talking here and at the end we all want to be entertain and in some sense, it's kinda.. ok. There is a huge team with families that works on this game, are we really gonna axe this game because of one dumb man that tbh, has no impact on anything besides a few dumb teenagers and basement gamers? I could play the moderator, I can ban you, die sis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidsunshine 735 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 Play the game if you want to because the world is always more complex but you can also keep exposing people with bigot views at the same time. You can do both! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukiiGleek 173 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 lets cancel everyone, everyone has done something bad in their life. There are no mother theresas here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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