The Arkh Project
thanks to a mouse at wank_report for the write-up
So, the Arkh Project is a game in development, made by queer POC and focusing on queer characters of color. True, they've been targeted by bigots, but that's only served to bring more attention to the project. All good, right?

Well... maybe not so much. For starters, they're ultimately trying to fundraise $100K-250K to make this game, which seems a bit... ambitious for crowd-sourcing. It gets iffier when you find out that none of the people involved seem to have actually completed a game and that they explicitly chose IndieGoGo because it wouldn't require them to refund the money if the project goes bust. To make things even worse, all they have so far is some concept art; there's no concept or design document, and they plan to farm out all the art, design, and programming to other people (as detailed on their IndieGoGo campaign). They do plan to release a design document by the end of the month, but that's about it for now.

To make things worse, there's evidence that one of the main people behind the project, dumbthingswhitepplsay, is gisei_nashi_ni:
see this chain of links: Sf_drama

plus they were the only genderqueer person working for Kinou Games, last seen being hounded off various LJ communities for being a hypocritical, abrasive jerk (greatest hits at sf_d, trigger warning for racism and rape ).

Anyway, I hate linking to tumblr, but some notable posts (+notes) include:
anti/criticism posts:
http://ardeb.tumblr.com/post/16890249680/okay-ive-been-wanting-to-make-this-post-for-a
http://ardeb.tumblr.com/post/17144475360/alright-this-is-a-more-in-depth-post-about-the
http://privilegedenyingdude.tumblr.com/post/16599011960/image-courtesy-of-a-commenter-on-themarysue-com

pro posts:
http://dumbthingswhitepplsay.tumblr.com/post/16892324535/bay-sick-all-lee
http://clitt-tastic.tumblr.com/post/17116402049/reasons-why-i-say-fuck-all-of-you-that-are-boycotting
http://alexandraerin.tumblr.com/post/17183434038/anybody-who-thinks-that-when-people-are-offering-to

You can also look at the tag though not everything is tagged, of course.

There is also a new post at SF_D, with highlights in the comment including links to gnn talking in other communities on lj about working on a game that clearly is The Arkh Project, and possible tracing of some of the character art that The Arkh Project has posted.

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	seiberwing 2012-02-10 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	It does seem to follow this weird and very constant pattern of... well, stuff like this. As if the jockeying for who has the greatest amount of minority points is itself more important than what's being discussed, and that having fewer minority points means you should be lambasted for daring to speak. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	sepiamagpie 2012-02-11 12:18 am UTC (link)
	Good lord, that furry thread. It was like watching someone fling themself in a shark's mouth and then pull the jaws open and shut a few times. (Reply to this)(Parent)

ekaterinv
2012-02-11 12:20 am UTC (link)

It's interesting and sad how parts of the Social Justice movement have become so adept at silencing people. I end up thinking stuff like, "okay, I'm a white cis straight person, but I'm also a woman, disabled, and poor, so am I allowed to talk about this thing that affects women, disabled people, and poor people?" And then seeing another white cis straight woman being screamed at for having an opinion about something that affects white cis straight women, and deciding it's not worth it.

tl;dr: Who needs outside enemies when we do such a good job at shutting ourselves up?

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	Obligatory "Life of Brian" reference spawn_of_kong 2012-02-11 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"Brothers, we should be struggling together!" "We are!" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Obligatory "Life of Brian" reference ekaterinv 2012-02-11 06:37 am UTC (link)
	That is exactly it! And it really is something that has been happening for bloody ever. And now I want to watch that movie again. Always look on the bright side of life... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	aliaras 2012-02-11 04:03 am UTC (link)
	This -- and the thing that makes it so hard is, discomfort is a part of learning SJ stuff. So I have a hard time knowing when someone is being bullied or when they (and I) are being Privilege Denying Dude. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ekaterinv 2012-02-11 06:41 am UTC (link)
	I try to look for patterns. Does this person regularly say that all cis women are evil and vile and horrible and everything that is wrong with the world? Well, if you're a misogynist I'm blocking you, no matter how you identify. Stuff like that. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	silrana 2012-02-11 05:45 am UTC (link)
	To be perfectly frank, that's because for too many people, SJ is less about solving social problems and more about winning the Victim Olympics. Telling others to shut up and that their opinion doesn't count never helps anything. (Reply to this)(Parent)

sandglass
2012-02-11 07:16 am UTC (link)

It's really disappointing how something reasonable--like not wanting men to talk over women, or white people to talk over PoC--gets used to keep people out of conversations. Like that's going to prevent anyone from being a douchebag if they want to. If the idea is to avoid pointless arguments, the only way is to not engage in arguments on the Internet. But no, lets tell people that they don't get to have an opinion.

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