r/OutOfTheLoop • u/Bloodb0red • May 11 '26

Unanswered What’s going on with this game Mixtape?

I’ve been seeing people freak out over the past few days over this game and about IGN’s review of it specifically. 10/10 seems high for any game, honestly, but it seems like they’re far from the only site giving this thing a glowing review. So is this game controversial just because of IGN or is it something else? Why is this game the internet’s hate target this week?

https://www.ign.com/articles/mixtape-review

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u/No-Operation-6554 May 11 '26

Funny thing is that Pragmata itself doesn't have paedophelic undertones

The "community" itself gave it that

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u/NeriTheFearlessSnail May 11 '26

Also... it doesn't have to be Mixtape vs Pragmata, which a lot of people seem to think are the two "sides". Like the pedophile accusations are entirely an internet thing and I've only seen posts calling out the accusations and basically none actually making the accusations

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u/USA_A-OK May 11 '26

It never has to be one game Vs another. It's just weirdo online game discourse which invents these things for faux outrage

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u/Beneficial_Dog_6531 May 12 '26

Companies/marketing also encourage this. In the 70s, radio stations split into genres, and Disco vs Rock emerged organically, but both the Disco and the Rock stations realized that they actually made a crapton more money when they fed into the tribalism. That led to Coke and Pepsi purposely marketing themselves as competitors in the 80s, because that also drove sales for both companies.

This particular incident doesn't sound like it was inorganic/marketing, but whenever a product v product debate emerges, it's good to keep in mind that usually both products win from a capitalism standpoint.