Dead Island "Private Joke" Goes Public

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One of the consequences of accidentally releasing a developer's build of the game is the possibility of revealing removed content or inside jokes, as illustrated by a report on Kotaku about a discovery within the build of Dead Island inadvertently released on Steam (thanks nin). Word is a hunt through the game's code reveals the Gender Wars skill that allows Purna to deal extra damage to male opponents was originally called "Feminist Whore." This is confirmed with Techland, who indicate that while there weren't necessarily dire consequences for releasing a debug build instead of the final build of the game, there may be for this incident, as they say: "The person responsible for this unfortunate situation will face professional consequences for violating the professional standards and beliefs Techland stands for." Deep Silver also disavows this, saying: "These unfortunate actions were of one individual at developer company Techland and do not in any way represent the views of publishing company Deep Silver." Here's more of the response from Blazej Krakowiak, Techland International Brand Manager:

The line in question was something a programmer considered a private joke. The skill naturally has a completely different in-game name and the script reference was also changed. What is left is a part of an obscure debug function. This is merely an explanation but by no means an excuse. In the end that code was made a part of the product and signed with our company name. We deeply regret that fact and we apologize to all our customers or anyone who might have been offended by that inappropriate expression.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 16:01

Paketep

Beamer wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:35: So if setting a zombie on fire gave you the "Did What We Should Do To All Homos" achievement we should all just get over it, it's a joke? There's a HUGE difference between putting offensive text in an achievement where everybody will read it, and putting it in some debug code where no one outside Techland should have ever seen it if it weren't for the inept soul that uploaded a beta as the final game. See if you can spot it.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:58

Prez

SirKnight wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:53:
If I'm going to be a feminist whore, I demand boobs damn it!

http://www.plasticsurgery.org/cosmetic-procedures/breast-augmentation.html




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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:53

SirKnight

Prez wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:46: There is no line. I hereby dub each and every one of you Feminist Whores. What's the use of being a feminist whore if you don't have your own boobs to play with? If I'm going to be a feminist whore, I demand boobs damn it!

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Re: Dead Island "Private Joke" Goes Public

Sep 8, 2011, 15:52

CommunistHamster

Everyone makes un-PC jokes in their own time, privately. We've got a friend with a big nose, and occasionally we call him jewnose, and there's genuinely no offense given or taken. For all we know the dev who put this in was female and being ironic. Techland deserves all the stick they can get for the technical quality of the game, and none of it for this extraordinarily minor slip up.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:49

Creston

Draugr wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:17: but I think it is indicative of the 'gaming cultures' view of women (generally speaking of course, I understand that not all gamers would be guilty of this.) Yeah, no. It's ONE MAN'S view of women. No need to sweep "gaming culture" under the rug with one guy who's hung up because his mommy didn't hug him enough as a toddler. Creston

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:46

Prez

There is no line. I hereby dub each and every one of you Feminist Whores. Now, whatcha gonna do - sue me? Meh, cry me a river pansy asses.

If all the black characters couldn't read skill books we should all get over it, it's a joke?

If you didn't, I'd call you a "Non-Reading, Feminist Whore Pansy Ass".

So if setting a zombie on fire gave you the "Did What We Should Do To All Homos" achievement we should all just get over it, it's a joke?

If you didn't, I'd call you a "Homo-loving, Non-Reading, Feminist Whore Pansy Ass".

Not everyone lives in the same Plastic Bubble of +10 Hypersensitivity that you do.




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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:44

eunichron

Beamer wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:35: SM0k3 wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:28: What's the big deal, it's a joke. So if setting a zombie on fire gave you the "Did What We Should Do To All Homos" achievement we should all just get over it, it's a joke? If all the black characters couldn't read skill books we should all get over it, it's a joke? Are you trying to imply that black people can't read? That's pretty fucking racist.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:38

SirKnight

jsmith wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:28: Also, whoever programmed in keyboard support should be forced to learn how to program I agree the keyboard support is messed up. I can't for the life of me get the game not NOT activate USE when pressing F. I have F for move right and space for use, yet this damn game wants to use F for USE no matter what. This has caused me to close doors on myself, pickup crap I don't want, etc. The inventory is indeed odd. It makes no sense. The movement is very strange as well. And the over use of bloom/saturation is annoying. Finally, the LOD system is messed up badly. You won't see objects (including zombies) until you're 20 feet away and suddenly they just pop in. I find this to be very annoying. My PC can handle drawing these things at a much farther distance, so why we are forced with the console's crappy LOD settings is beyond me. They clearly have a lot more work to do on this game. Instead I guess they would rather divert attention to feminist whore. It sounds like the programmer for this joke is going to get fired. Which is a shame and not right at all for something as lame and unimportant as this. Speaking of feminist whore, I wish I could put a sock in her mouth. I'm playing as feminist whore now and my god she needs to really STFU. Annoying ass beeotch fo sho.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:35

Beamer

SM0k3 wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:28:
What's the big deal, it's a joke.

So if setting a zombie on fire gave you the "Did What We Should Do To All Homos" achievement we should all just get over it, it's a joke?
If all the black characters couldn't read skill books we should all get over it, it's a joke?




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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:35

wtf_man

I bet a "Feminist Whore" in the the publisher's company is the one who is pushing for some disciplinary action at the development company.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:32

McSterls

EddieTheHack wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:27: That a programmer had the stones to include that raises the games standing in my mind. This political correctness garbage really has begun to cross the line into absurdity. Besides, its not like any feminist whores will ever even see this to be by offended by it - what with all the not making sandwiches and time spent horizontally lobbying politicos. Yeah, really. It's funny. +1 for Techland.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:28

jsmith

I think there are more pressing matters for this game than worrying about a joke name for an ability. If anyone should be reprimanded at Techland, it should be the individual or individuals that signed off on not including the ability to alter the FOV, mouse smoothness, and motion blur. Or how about the god awful inventory layout which is blatant console design. Also, whoever programmed in keyboard support should be forced to learn how to program when people are having to disable repeating key strokes in Windows just to circumvent microstuttering in Dead Island. And how about the popping of sound when cycling through menu options in the game? Techland has a quite a few more pressing matters than dealing with this 'private joke'. I hope they get their priorities in order and fix some of these things. Maybe if we are lucky, this day 1 bonus will be some of these missing features.

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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:28

SM0k3

What's the big deal, it's a joke.

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Re: Dead Island "Private Joke" Goes Public

Sep 8, 2011, 15:27

EddieTheHack

That a programmer had the stones to include that raises the games standing in my mind. This political correctness garbage really has begun to cross the line into absurdity. Besides, its not like any feminist whores will ever even see this to be by offended by it - what with all the not making sandwiches and time spent horizontally lobbying politicos.

Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:24

Beamer

Mashiki Amiketo wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:10:
Ah PCness run amok. Can't offend anyone.

There's always a line. I'd say this does a good job crossing it for a game that isn't about being offensive.




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Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:23

SimplyMonk

Graham wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:03: Agh, here comes Fox News. Nope, we can't. I'm pretty sure FOX won't get word of this for 3-4 years at which point they will misrepresent the issue as dealing with public union pensions. Oh, Fox News. Will You Ever Not Suck At Talking About Video Games?

Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:23

Draugr

Mead wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:18: Graham wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:03: I think we can all avoid getting our knickers in a twist over this. Agh, here comes Fox News. Nope, we can't. Link to their article? Or we could just pick any of the dozen other sites that have articles about this and blame the hysteria on Fox anyway. That works. SARCASM? WHAT'S THAT? SARCASM IN RESPONSE TO CONFUSION CAUSED BY SARCASM, 2x SCORE MULTIPLIER -

Re: Dead Island "Private Joke" Goes Public

Sep 8, 2011, 15:21

Pankin

yawn.

Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:18

Mead

Graham wrote on Sep 8, 2011, 15:03: I think we can all avoid getting our knickers in a twist over this. Agh, here comes Fox News. Nope, we can't. Link to their article? Or we could just pick any of the dozen other sites that have articles about this and blame the hysteria on Fox anyway. That works.

Re: Dead Island

Sep 8, 2011, 15:17

Draugr

Things like this make me embarrassed to be a gamer sometimes. The sexism in the gaming culture is the one thing I'd love to see take a hike, more than anything. That will take time, of course. Also, why would fox news care about Women's equality? When did that happen? Pretty sure it's never unless you happen to be a Republican woman running for office. I understand this thing were talking about in the game wasn't meant for primetime, but I think it is indicative of the 'gaming cultures' view of women (generally speaking of course, I understand that not all gamers would be guilty of this.)

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