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Aisha Tyler - The Re-Return
couldn’t believe someone as
“mainstream” and “preppy”
as her could possibly be into
videogames. Of course, looking
back now I am disgusted at my
more judgemental self because
I have been on the receiving
end of that sort of thinking.
The backlash she got for hosting
that press conference was
immense. SO many people
slating her for being a “fake
gamer girl” (oh how much I
now hate that phrase), throwing
insults at her, questioning her
authenticity and acting like
they had some kind of insider
information, or look-in on her
private thoughts and interests.
Issue 58 • August 2014
Despite this onslaught of hatred,
she was back the following
year, dripping with enthusiasm
for the games on show. Why
would she come back and risk
that same public slandering
again? What’s the point? The
reaction from the majority of
the gaming community was
the same again, almost outrage
that she had been allowed to
come back. What is a famous,
beautiful actress doing hosting
a game show again? She has no
place here, she doesn’t fit in!
Particularly over here in the UK,
the cynicality that seems to be
hardwired into our brains came
into play. No one could be that
excited about something and
be being genuine. She MUST
be faking it. It probably didn’t
help that the new consoles she
was being so hyped up about
were failing to hit the mark
for a lot of us. But we bought
them didn’t we? And enjoyed
them too, so she was obviously
talking from experience.
After that second year I thought
that was it. With 2 years of
abuse on social media, I just
knew there was no way she
would open herself up to that
crap again... Well, I was wrong.
Cut to the present day and on
walks Aisha Tyler to present the
Ubisoft press conference. I am
completely taken aback, and
even laugh at the fact that she
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