Controversial Andromeda Developer

Okay, I see you are coming from a place of frustration. No hard feelings. 

The few tweets of his I've seen does make him seem like the kind of guy I wouldn't want to share a round of beer with.

I don't particularly care as long as his opinions aren't reflected in the game, and since he's not a writer, that's that.

Three things.

First, he has no real authority in BioWare since he is a gameplay designer, meaning he is basically designing functions and levels, not writing anything.

Second, I investigated him back in January because I was going to do a piece on him and some others for the website I write up. Heir has been on the forefront for fighting against racism and stereotypes for a while, including GDC talks, written articles, and the like, discussing how many developers tend to focus on cultural biases when creating characters, often inadvertently, instead of being actual racists like most would charge.

To add to that, Heir also tends to follow a cultural construct theory and sociological discussion. His whole bit about "white tears" was baiting to sarcasm (which I don't like) but what is troubling is how he uses social theory to try and classify degrees of racist behavior.  That is a common thing taught nowadays but from a purely academic standpoint it is a point of discussion, not a high ground of fact. I think Heir, in this case is basically arguing aspects of social theory as a "correct" method, which we all do in some form, but he may be misjudging the response because of the platform and how it's said. His talks at GDC are a bit more clear, I would look them up for research purposes if you get the chance.

Now, does this make him a racist? Not really no. Racism implies hatred and prejudice against an ethnic group, Heir is arguing that racism against some ethnic groups is more prevalent than others. I disagree with that notion, but it's what hes basically going by. 

Again, it is only theory and his view on things, but that doesn't mean he can control how BioWare operates regardless. 

Third, kind of has a point with the Deus Ex bit that happened, it was a bit tone deaf and that is more to his point in the end.  Eidos clearly did it on purpose (or marketing did because it would spur a reaction) and the relevancy to current events is used to tap into that, which comes off as cheap even if it was not meant to be so.

So yeah...not sure why are you are worried. He is no more racist than you and I are.

God I wish I can like your post more than once.

Also OP the moment you start linking to r/KIA you automatically lose the argument.

Greetings folks!

I present to you a guy who watched the video "Why I'm Not Buying Mass Effect Andromeda" on YouTube, and a regular GamerGater unless he hasn't discovered what KotakuInAction is yet.

I watched the video too and all I got from it was that some guy was looking for something to be salty about and he chose Manveer because he was prominent and may come across as a bit of a bigot. So what? I bet you're the kind of person who also boycotted Fez for being made by Phil Fish as if it makes any sense to reject a good product because its author is unlikeable.

Let's move on before this becomes a cesspool for all controversy-seeking gamergaters and people in general. And for the record I'm not a part of any GamerGate crap or Non-GamerGate. That shit is some of the most pretentious and stupidest crap I have seen in my entire life.

He just said it though, and hes indian.

plus honestly, he just comes across as kind of silly in that tweet anyway.  Maybe it's a twitter thing, it just makes you seem like a bigger asshole than you really are. 

but there is no class required when murdering black people

Here's him getting really butthurt at Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Concept Art:




I don't think he's trolling, I think he's that big of a hypocritical idiot/bigot.

But ultimately doesn't matter too much as I'll be sure to buy Andromeda used.

Except that he has a valid point.

The Lives Matter slogan belongs to ethnic minorities who have grievances over injustices committed against them by the authorities, it doesn't belong to one group of people and it sure as shit does not belong to fictional characters!
 
Augs are not people.

They do not exist.
 
They are not real.