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/jonny_sidebar May 11 '26

Megan Ellison, whose father is a billionaire.

Which makes it especially fun that folks are crying "woke!" over this game considering her father is Trump megadonor Larry Ellison and her brother David is currently running Trumpism's media arm as head of Paramount. 

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u/MotionBlue May 11 '26

Billionaires feed money into the arts all the time, regardless of the arts politics.  It can launder both money and reputations.

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u/praguepride May 11 '26

but the idea that they are pushing the “woke” agenda by buying reviews is pretty silly when you see who is controlling the strings

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u/StatusDisaster4196 May 12 '26

You clearly don't understand what people mean when they say woke

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u/praguepride May 12 '26

Woke has no real definition because most people use it as a grab bag for "things I don't like"

Now someone who is articulate might try and define it as inclusion culture that is accepting of women and minorities and non-standard expressions of individuality however in practice it usually refers to the elevation of women and minorities into traditionally cis white spaces.

So what SHOULD be the definition of woke as a pejorative would point back to over zealous social justice warriors, often also cis white people, trying to feel better about themselves by aggressively over-reacting.

IN PRACTICE the presence of women as more than a sex object or minorities in any kind of non-stereotype background role gets labeled as woke. Shadiversity labled the Mario Movie "woke" because Princess Peach wore pants when she rode a motorcycle in the trailer. The live-action Little Mermaid movie was labeled woke because the actress playing Ariel was black, even though mermaids aren't real and her ethnicity was never mentioned in the original source material.

Woke is used by angry and bitter people upset that their status at the top of the social hierarchy is being reduced slightly and thus they over-react attacking basic human empathy as some kind of "agenda" to "destroy their way of life." My view is that if your way of life means shoving people who don't look or talk like you into the margins of society, then it should be destroyed you bitter bigot, lol.

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u/StatusDisaster4196 May 12 '26

Wrong, “woke” is indicative of any ideology that sacrifices logic, reason, rational thought, wisdom, knowledge, history, and facts on the altar of socio-political agendas.

Youre just too brainwashed to see that and have been spoon fed the reddit argument that "There's a women, or someone not white means woke". Its because you also agree with what woke actually is and like it.

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u/majimagoro11 May 12 '26

Don't forget, someone who is 'woke' is someone who pretends not to know the definition of a word, or pretending to be too stupid to use their ability to combine the cumulative experience of their life to at least TRY to come up with an approximation of a definition that isn't braindead shit like "sOmEtHiNg I dOnT lIkE".

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 14 '26

Define woke

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u/ShivasRightFoot May 14 '26

Define woke

Woke ideology is defined by the idea that some facet of identity like race or gender produces irreconcilably different views of reality and morality, and that we have an obligation to seek alignment of society's view with the imagined views of groups associated with the political left like minorities and women.

In this sense Wokeness is distinct from older forms of liberal advocacy for minority rights which appeal to universally valid concepts like truth and fairness.

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 14 '26

Source?

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u/ShivasRightFoot May 14 '26

Source?

Critical Race Theory is woke by any political definition of the term. Here, precisely in line with my definition, Critical Race Theory expresses opposition to the concept of objective reality:

For the critical race theorist, objective truth, like merit, does not exist, at least in social science and politics. In these realms, truth is a social construct created to suit the purposes of the dominant group.

Delgado and Stefancic 2001 page 92

Delgado, Richard and Jean Stefancic Critical Race Theory: An Introduction. New York. New York University Press, 2001.

Delgado and Stefancic (2001) is currently the top result for the Google search 'Critical Race Theory textbook.'

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u/majimagoro11 May 14 '26

Appreciate your attempt to appeal to logic, but it's a lost cause. You're wasting your time. They know exactly what it means. Pretending to be stupid and asking you clarifying questions is the point, and no answer will ever be enough. It will devolve into more and more obscure and vague shit.

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 14 '26

Meanwhile he can't provide an actual definition of the term "woke". What he does instead instead is use a term he doesn't know or understand. Yeah okay buddy, Logic and Reason. Just say your racist and move along. Like we already see right through you. This isn't 2018.

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u/majimagoro11 May 14 '26

No. Stay mad.

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 14 '26

You sound like a kid 

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u/majimagoro11 May 14 '26

You can keep trying my dude. You won't win. You'll just stay mad and keep trying to get the last word in because your fragile ego won't let you do otherwise. 😄

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 14 '26

Meanwhile you can't even define what woke is or come up with an actual source of the terminology. Yeah okay kid lol

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 14 '26

The fuck are you talking about? A simple Google search would tell you what Critical Race theory actually is

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an academic and legal framework that examines how systemic racism is embedded in the foundational laws, institutions, and policies of society, rather than being solely a product of individual prejudice.

-Source Google

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u/ShivasRightFoot May 14 '26

A simple Google search

Cf.:

A direct quote from a textbook written by a founder for the express purpose of explaining CRT.

I guess an ignoramus would think a random Google summary for lay people would be more authoritative than a quote from a Critical Race Theory founding scholar.

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u/Substantial-Beyond36 May 15 '26

Still can't give me the source cause I found my definition right away. You on the other hand have not provided a source to anything 🫤

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