Episode 397: Why the Conversation Around Palestine Has Changed
Waypoint Radio
VICE
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 May 2021
⏱️ 110 minutes
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Summary
On Friday, May 14th, 2021, IGN posted an article listing organizations that are providing aid to Palestinian citizens currently being harmed by Israeli attacks on Gaza and the West Bank. What followed over the weekend was an egregious breach of editorial independence, and an outpouring of support for Palestine in the Games space that makes it clear that the industry has changed for the better in some ways. Join Austin, Patrick, Rob, Cado, Gita, and special guest Emanuel Maiberg as they discuss what happened at IGN, what's being done to the Palestinian people, and ways the conversation around Palestine has changed. After the break we go on a quick MMO minute as Gita is getting into Final Fantasy XIV and Austin checked out the Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis beta, Patrick is getting into Remnant: From the Ashes to check out it's next gen update, and Rob has finally given up on The Evil Within to start The Evil Within 2.
Discussed: Palestine 1:30, Final Fantasy XIV 1:08:48, PSO 2 New Genesis 1:22:23, Remnant From the Ashes 1:26:23, The Evil Between 2 1:34:51, Destiny 2 1:45:56
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| 0:00.0 | What's good internet it is Monday or Tuesday I actually don't know when this will go out either May 17th or May 18th |
| 0:25.4 | You're listening to Waypoint Radio episode 397. I'm your host Austin Walker. I'm joined by producer sure and they're Carter Contreras |
| 0:32.4 | Uh, I and also by Patrick Kleppich. Hello |
| 0:37.0 | Rob Zackney good morning. Geeta Jackson. Hello and motherboards and manual Mibers joining us today. We let him on |
| 0:45.5 | Yeah, I'm here. Hi |
| 0:47.7 | Let this guy |
| 0:49.7 | It's a big cast today. I believe it or not. I did not corral everyone here so that they could hear me complain about the bad lighting and mass effect legendary addition. I know |
| 0:58.3 | But if you want to spend 10 minutes starting things off feel free to |
| 1:01.3 | I have some screenshots I could pass around about how Eden Prime looks worse now, but I think we should talk about |
| 1:09.2 | Huh? Oh no |
| 1:11.8 | Oh, no, not even |
| 1:14.4 | Actually heard that the character creator is worse than legacy that it is in the original mass effect. Well, that's a bummer |
| 1:20.3 | That's I've only watched a bunch of footage of gameplay. I've not actually dug in so listen |
| 1:23.7 | Maybe it would run so well on my machine that I'd be like I don't care the lighting as well |
| 1:27.8 | In any case, we are instead here to talk about |
| 1:31.0 | What looks like a case of corporate overreach a breach of editorial independence |
| 1:35.7 | And examples of that done in very troubling and |
| 1:39.9 | Inhumane circumstances silencing a group of people who were using their platform in what I think is a pretty unimpeachable way |
| 1:49.2 | To advocate for care and justice |
| 1:53.5 | And I think that's something that basically everyone who touches the work here at Waypoint wants to weigh in on |
| 1:59.1 | So it has a perspective on and so I felt like that seemed right to kind of have |
| 2:04.2 | As many people here as possible |
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