{"id":13924,"date":"2011-09-09T01:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-05-28T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-28T15:11:34","slug":"techland-apologises-for-feminist-whore-code-found-in-dead-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/13924-techland-apologises-for-feminist-whore-code-found-in-dead-island","title":{"rendered":"Techland apologises for \u201cfeminist whore\u201d code found in Dead Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s been a rough week for Techland, developers of just-launched Dead Island.<\/p>\n

Launch reviews of the game have been mostly pretty underwhelming, and then there was a bit of a fiasco when the company accidentally released a console build version of Dead Island onto Steam.<\/p>\n

Now somebody over on the Steam forums<\/a> has turned up a line of code in the game naming a female character skill that does +15% damage to male enemies \u201cfeminist whore\u201d.<\/p>\n

The name was apparently changed at some point during the game\u2019s development, although references remain in the code.<\/p>\n

“It obviously violates professional and ethical standards at Techland and should never have happened,” Blazej Krakowiak, international brand manager, told Eurogamer<\/a>.”We’re investigating this right now and we’ll issue a statement later.”<\/p>\n

“For now, I can only express my sincerest apologies for this incident and assure you that whoever acted so irresponsibly did not represent the views and opinions of Techland,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“I’m equally sure that aside from the author of that unfortunate line of code, everyone at the office is as disturbed by this as you are.”<\/p>\n

Of course, most people are passing it off as a ‘LITTLE JOKE, HAHA’ – and predictably (if ironically) enough, the response demonstrates exactly why ‘LITTLE JOKES, HAHA’ like this are a problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don’t think anyone really gives a **** if it offends someone. It’s just a little joke hidden in the game’s files. It’s not a T-rated game by any means, and feminists are *****es anyway. Cry more,\u201d writes Metal_Izanagi, presumably on a short break from his PhD thesis: ‘Why The 1950s Were Better.’<\/p>\n

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