![]() You’re willing to drive Ford cars even though Henry Ford was antisemitic. Do you really want to hurt the people who were already paid for working on this game? Just because an extremely powerful multimillionaire wants a group of people to not exist? Come on, now. This is a statement that would only make sense if I bought every video game ever made, but I’m going to still say it with a straight face. Plus, if I don’t support Dog Kid University: The Game, I’m actively not supporting a hardworking group of game developers. Remember: I’m one of the only people who have ever had a childhood, while that group that’s being told it shouldn’t exist is an entire group! I’m outnumbered here! As far as I can tell, there’s already a lot of people who support the group I see them on my social media feed! And if a hundred people like a tweet saying that a group should exist, then that must mean the group is doing pretty, pretty well. So you have to see it from my point of view: me grasping at a fleeting, ephemeral moment in time is far more important than an entire group of people feeling supported. All I know is that Dog Kid University: The Game is going to fix something in me that God broke a long time ago. The fact I think this doesn’t seem weird to me at all, a grown adult. ![]() To rob me of this pleasure is to rob me of the only thing I have left in this universe. And thus the only way to return to the prelapsarian joy of pre-pubescent consumption is to buy the new game based on Dog Kid University. Why? You could theorize that it was because I didn’t have any bills, or I had summers off, or that I generally wasn’t responsible for choices that could affect the lives of other people.īut, no, it was because of Dog Kid University. While it wasn’t always good to be little, sometimes I look back to those older days and know things used to be happier. I’m also extremely unique in that I miss my youth. The moral training I received from an entertainment IP is part of the rich fabric that makes up my existence as the main character of reality. I think of Dog Kid University every time I don’t cut off someone in line at the supermarket or swear at my general practitioner. These are lessons I could have only learned from one specific set of books in one specific book series. Without Dog Kid University, I wouldn’t have learned that lying is bad and you should always stick by your friends. You see, I’m entirely unique in that Dog Kid University was important to me in my youth. But you know what also hurts just as much if not more? Me not getting to enjoy Dog Kid University: The Game. None of the bullying I received was actually that or even remotely like that, but I pretty much use my life as the default by which to judge any experience. It hurts to be excluded, let alone actively told your very presence is a societal evil. As someone who was bullied as a kid, I understand the pain someone feels when they’re told they shouldn’t exist. Some people tell me that I shouldn’t like Dog Kid University anymore because its creator has said they don’t like an entire group of people. Related: A Lot Of You Are Introducing People To Games Wrong When I was finally old enough, I got a Dog Kid University tattoo to hopefully impress other people who liked Dog Kid University. ![]() As a child going through the human experience, the story of a character also going through the human (dog!) experience really touched a deep part of me. It was really fun to read when I was eleven years old, and that fun has stuck with me ever since. In Dog Kid University, a kid who didn’t know he’s a dog finds out he’s a dog and gets to go to a school for dogs that are kids. There’s a lot of variety in pushing buttons to make something move.Īnd just like pushing buttons to make a thing move, a large part of my childhood was reading my favorite book series, Dog Kid University. ![]() Sometimes the moving thing is a superhero or a guy with a gun or a superhero with a gun. It’s given me a lot of joy, pushing those buttons and making something move. ![]() Ever since I could pick up a controller, I’ve pushed buttons on a controller and made a digital person and/or object move on screen. ![]()
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