{"id":55157,"date":"2013-06-12T15:13:59","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T13:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=55157"},"modified":"2013-06-12T15:25:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-12T13:25:26","slug":"braid-dev-causes-microsoft-e3-rape-joke-ruckus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/55157-braid-dev-causes-microsoft-e3-rape-joke-ruckus","title":{"rendered":"Braid dev causes Microsoft E3 &#8220;rape joke&#8221; ruckus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like Microsoft is being targeted for anything and everything at the moment, but Braid developer Jonathan Blow&#8217;s\u00a0 accusations of the company regarding \u201crape jokes\u201d is up for debate.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Blow, who was the developer behind the award-winning Braid, took to Twitter and quoted Torin Rettig, the producer on Killer Instinct at Microsoft Studios, who during the live demonstration of Killer Instinct, said to his female opponent: &#8220;Relax, just let it happen, it&#8217;ll be over soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jonathan-Blow-Twitter-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55161\" alt=\"Jonathan Blow Twitter 2\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Jonathan-Blow-Twitter-2.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"286\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blow added: \u201cIt was a rape joke, or at least sure seemed like it. I am not sure why pointing that out is controversial?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some Twitter users then asked Blow to explain his response, to which he stated:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Johnathan-Blow-Twitter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55160\" alt=\"Johnathan Blow Twitter\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Johnathan-Blow-Twitter.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out the video and decide for yourself (about 35 seconds in). Let us know what you think in the comments below and on the MyGaming forum:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rVPXJiE1BpM\" height=\"338\" width=\"600\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jonathan_Blow\/status\/344143781542633472\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/h6>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news:<\/h3>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55152-football-manager-sim-boosts-namibian-coach-to-world-cup-glory.html\">Football Manager sparks Namibian World Cup hope<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55130-warhammer-40000-eternal-crusade-mmo-announced.html\">Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade MMO announced<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55065-need-for-speed-rivals-gameplay-released.html\">Need for Speed Rivals gameplay released<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/55058-star-wars-battlefront-announced-by-dice-ea.html\">Star Wars: Battlefront announced by DICE, EA<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s E3 press conference found \u201cuncomfortable\u201d for Braid developer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":55159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2622,1769,21,2624,10290,91],"class_list":["post-55157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-braid","tag-controversy","tag-headline","tag-jonathan-blow","tag-killer-instinct","tag-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55162,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55157\/revisions\/55162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}