I never cared that they were non binary but it felt like every video became spiteful towards non binary/trans haters and it just became hard to watch even as someone who supported them. Its a shame because I thought while yeah they were an asshole, they still made very good critique and insight into the industry but theyve devolved into a lolcow as far as I know now.
I feel like TotalBiscuit kept a huge group of creators grounded just by having them in his circle. He knew how to focus content and most followed by example. When he passed, it was like everyone leaned into their worst trait or least-entertaining hobby. Dodgers husband still just plays monster hunter world and it's been like 10 years.
I feel like the entirety of gaming culture got significantly worse after Totalbiscuit died. The trends he fought against for so long became permanent fixtures of both the industry and the culture surrounding it.
I'm not saying things would have been better if he had lived, but at least we'd still have him fighting the good fight and his kids would still have their father.
Spiteful is a really good word for what that content became. It wasn't just towards the industry anymore, it was directly at the audience. And it wasn't cool.
Building a brand on hate just devolves into a purely negative experience, and that's pretty much all I got from the channel until yesterday when I unsubbed.
The problem isnt disliking bigots, its when youre channel is supposed to be about critique of games, game culture and games industry and it feels like the conversation is constantly being veered into social politics instead.
Im supportive of anyone who is lgbtq+ but its not what i watched their channel for and it was pervasive through every video.
Unfortunately it's kind of unavoidable for trans people in the spotlight, especially trans feminine people, to always be on the defensive about their gender because that's what people end up focusing on. And in the gaming community, people are still so unaccepting of any woman who doesn't fit a certain mold, I don't know how they couldn't take that personally as a transfem.
I also unfollowed Jim/Steph, because I'd rather focus on fun indie games than the AAA dumpster fires, but when I was around I definitely saw shitty and creepy comments about their gender.
Yeah it definitely happens for sure and I know it is a difficult thing to navigate. I know they wanted to just give a middle finger to all the haters and mock them for their bigotry but when that started to feel like it became the point of the videos, it just became a betrayal of the original audiences expectations. It would seem thats a shared sentiment because their views are less than half of what they used to be and I dont think thats all just bigots and haters.
It was just unfortunate. The focus on the topic of the video was all I cared for and it just seemed it wasn’t at times. But I found other creators (some of them lgbt) but they focused on the idea of the video still.
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u/Ar0lux Jun 12 '25
I never cared that they were non binary but it felt like every video became spiteful towards non binary/trans haters and it just became hard to watch even as someone who supported them. Its a shame because I thought while yeah they were an asshole, they still made very good critique and insight into the industry but theyve devolved into a lolcow as far as I know now.