Transphobia 2077: CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk Twitter Apology

RND/ conceptual images emerging from media incident in which CD Projekt Red – developers of FPS RPG “Cyberpunk 2077” – release a particularly 80s megacorporate style boilerplate apology after allegedly™ tweeting / referencing an alt right transphobic dogwhistle

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Example Reference Links:

• Cyberpunk Is Dead
• The rise of Brazilian transgender cyberpunk
• Why isn’t cyberpunk better at trans representation?
• Colorblind: On The Witcher 3, Rust, and gaming’s race problem
• 2018 Is Shaping Up to Be Another Terrible Year for Trans Murders
• Cyberpunk Interview (check out the comments)
• All Hail Contrapoints
• Cyberpunk 2077 is Dead (Pre-Order Hyped Up Whiteboy Edition)

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Update Patch:

• CD Projekt Red explains [/away] controversial Cyberpunk in-game ad featuring trans model (don’t read the comments, they’re poison): Kotaku

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