What should you do if a woman asks you questions about a video game you played?

We've all been there. It was the best of us. You bought a video game you were looking forward to, spent dozens of hours playing it, only to discover the worst thing that could happen. That's exactly what one woman consulted about.

It's scarier than waking up with a thief in your house, because at least you don't feel betrayed if there's a thief! Who knows what poison is in that game? Who knows what thoughts have taken up space in your pure heart? But don't worry. We will overcome this together. Here's what to do if a woman consults you about a video game you played, even if you're a woman who became a semi-celebrity because you've been raving about a 15-year-long YouTube series.

This is just advice for those who have already played and enjoyed the game the woman consulted. If you haven't purchased the game yet, great. Even if it ultimately makes the Game of the Year list, it doesn't have to. Those things are unbelievable. Unless it was on a Game of the Year list, it was pretty clear to everyone at that point that they could be trusted and that this was going to happen.

If the game she consulted sells well, it's either because of a trick or because some brave person rescued it from within. If a game consulted by a woman does not sell well, it is because a woman consulted on it. It is an unbreakable law of nature. But this conversation is for those who happen to enjoy what the woman counsels.

You may have enjoyed it, but it's worse.

First of all, stay calm. You've gone through shocking experiences like getting into a speeding car accident or not receiving your Steam Controller even though you opened the page a minute after your order was live. It's reasonable for you to be shaken, and you shouldn't immediately react with horror that some Frau has enjoyed something with disgusting gloves. This is especially true if the refund period has long passed.

Think about it. What if you actually liked one of her contributions? Yes, I was enjoying the game beforehand without knowing what she had contributed, or even what she had contributed, but sometimes you have to burn down the whole house to stop the spiders.

Next, it's important to figure out what type of woman gets angry. Does his name sound foreign? Does the photo you hunted of her have dyed hair? And the biggest question: Did she make a series of pornographic videos 15 years ago? Would it have been completely and immediately forgotten if people who were upset about it didn't post these videos every three months, as they first discovered?

All of these are worth considering and are all normal and good reasons to get angry at a game without knowing your contribution before playing and having a good time. That said, there is always the possibility that the consultant is an attractive woman who is only used for breasts. So who's to say that everything she did was bad?

Don't be caught up in hypocrisy

The important steps are: Before airing your anger online, please delete any previous posts praising the game. You may have compared it positively to a game a woman you already know consulted about! This isn't hiding the fact that you're enjoying something without knowing there's a woman involved, it's simply self-correcting so that your opinion is now fact. How did you know your opinion was wrong until someone told you? And if you hear crap from people on social media about this, say, “You do this too!”

The answer is impeccable and has Mariana Trench-level insight. Ignore the fact that this will bother you when other people do it for a game you still love. Ignore the fact that there may be bigger problems facing the industry, including unfinished games, cynical season passes, chasing trends that die at launch, mass layoffs, and skyrocketing prices that make it impossible for consumers to play non-Roblox games. Just because these problems are bigger doesn't mean you'll be emotionally distressed.

I have some really good news. Now I have a scapegoat for everything I didn't like about the game. What if the characters in the sequel don't look the way you want them to? It could have been a woman! What if the game nerfs your favorite strategy? It could be a woman! If a game isn't as fun as other games, would you still like a completely different game? I mean, she made the rather obvious point that a lot of the game's story is about rescuing princesses! It was the first domino that fell on Western civilization, and it's something worth continuing to be angry about well into adulthood.

You can post this in your reviews and talk about it online. This is a God-given right. However, we strongly caution that this will probably only make the consultant more famous. Look at the crazy things the other person is doing. One of your favorites has probably been the target of angry online blue-haired left-liberal tourists. And those streamers have gotten more brand sponsorships from razor companies that can charge them more by saying they agree with you on the issues.

This is the biggest cultural problem of our time

But it's comforting to know that the complex process of developing a working game, pleasing multiple financiers, dealing with time constraints, and appealing to dozens of markets can often result in the theoretical failure of the people hired to make the company look good.

I'm a little confused because I didn't know she was hired later. This also means that the company hid it from you! They were trying to virtue signal without telling anyone about their virtue! And now you can't even see where the virtue is hidden in the signal! Are there other definitions of the banality of evil?

Lastly, remember that the woman you consult about the game can't hurt you. Even if you think you must hate games and gamers because you play games and have opinions about games while playing them. And if she's making the game as bad as you fear, as we said, the company will ultimately be punished by the market for it. That's what happened to Concord, a game that failed because of its diverse but fierce and bland characters. It's not because it seemed to come out of nowhere when everyone was tired of the genre and its neon-in-universe Guardians of the Galaxy knockoffs.

You may never get that $20-$80 back, and you may have lost hundreds of hours that you falsely thought you were enjoying, but at least you know now and can move past it. Sometimes we need to avoid the sunk cost fallacy, cut our losses, and focus elsewhere. After all, aren't there more important fights online, like whether Pragmata will make people pregnant?

Slay the Spire II

system

released

March 5, 2026

ESRB

E

developer

mega critical

publisher

mega critical

multiplayer

online co-op

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