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Hey, fuck you

polygon’s owners are literally in the epstein files id be more careful calling other people controversial

The "controversy" is a nonbinary cast member. Oh no. Who tf cares?

Man Valnet really fucked y'all up, huh?

wow y'all turned trashy real quick huh

You suck polygon. What a gross clickbait headline.

Getting a Masters in Journalism to report on tweets...

Seriously what the fuck is wrong with you? I would swear it wasn't too long ago you were a reasonable outlet. Now it's just licking those boots.

Pathetic website, doing the work of the worst people.

Trying to stoke drama about an enby? You're going red on shinigami eyes now, Polygon.

Stop framing rampant and blatant bigotry on the part of pathetic little manchildren as "controversy" on the part of the studio. Actually function like proper journalists instead of giving lip-service to people who hate Erika Ishii because that's all they have going in their lives.

you can take this article down no one will mind

what a gross way to frame this story. stop unnecessarily hating on non binary people

This is truly vile. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

Bigoted Polygon adopting framing of bigots. Y’all should fuck off.

Ridiculous that is not a controversy, this headline only serves to bolster bigots

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Man this is just low, even for you. Desperate for clicks that bad, are we?

bigot-flavored weirdos getting all grumped up about something doesn’t make it controversial also Erika Ishii kicks ass

Oh, polygon is THIS kind of org now. Welp.

Is it time to unfollow Polygon? 😒 fix your headline.

Valnet

I have no idea who they are but if it makes the chud pissbabies mad I'm all for it

This is a terrible headline.

Go fuck yourselves

The headline and framing of this "nontroversy" is embarrassing, big dog. I'm embarrassed for you, my man.

What the hell? What's so controversial about hiring a nonbinary voice actor?

hey whatever mook posted this. this job ain't worth it. film yourself kicking your boss in the junk and post it with a gofundme and you'll probably double your salary in a week. just sayin

You guys are fucking cowards.

Ah, so Polygon is just full right wing grifter garbage now huh?

Literally no controversy

A lot of people are hating this, but I admit that I respect that, after more than a decade of pretending your industry isn't loaded with disgusting transphobes, you're finally coming out and admitting it. I mean, you can all go fuck yourselves, but I can at least appreciate the honesty!

legit, whoever still works here with any kind of backbone should quit because this is disgusting

oh yeah in my heart I’m being rhetorical l m a o

hey polygon if you'd like to make this fascist harassment into an ongoing series i can point you to other trans people who still have jobs to get fired from. hit me up and let's get to work.

Bad article even for you, Polygon

can we just shut polygon down at this point like nobody's benefitting from it existing now it's become part of the valnet clickbait swamp

To be fair, polygon is almost entirely a clickbait farm now with like two real writers left so you're not missing anything by moving on

What a bullshit Fox News style article framing Erika as a “controversial” person when they are just an actor in the space who has done nothing remotely controversial (unless you’re a maga cult member)

Given bigots a voice was soooo first half of 2026 Do better

Bigots doing bigoted shit isn’t controversy.

Somebody loan me a shovel, I gotta go see if I can dig up @polygon.com's journalistic integrity. Gonna need to go deep for this one.

JFC, Polygon, _seriously_???

"Controversial"

If I was being paid Valnet rates to write bottom barrel trash like this I would develop several substance abuse problems. They would have to talk me down off of a bridge

The "Controversy" in Question: Casting Erika Ishii (Fuck You, Polygon)

Vichy Polygon

Oh, the controversy is they hired a homosexual minority... Is Tipper Gore going to have them appear before congress to explain themselves?

Get off this platform

Fuck off, you useless chodes The only "controversy" here is that you still have jobs writing slop like this

The existence of bigots does not make the existence of the people they hate a "controversy."

bigotry is not “controversy”

You guys constantly publicizing the worst voices of a tiny minority as if they had some sort of credibility is part of why the industry is such a toxic stew.

Delete this. There's nothing controversial about someone's identity, you fucks.

You fucking losers just publishing spon con from gamergators now?

ok, I've seen this going around, let's sit down and take a look hmmmm let's see ok and... oh. oooooh.

Controversial only if you're a huge piece of shit

This is no controversy mentioned in this article

this is shockingly irresponsible. I don't even really go here, like I swear I didn't even have an opinion about Polygon when I woke up this morning, but I certainly do now. this is pathetic even by the grimiest clickbait standards imaginable. you should all be fucking ashamed.

what's controversial? what are you subtly hinting at? really poorly written article.

The chuds are at it again

Thanks for saving me the click! I don’t play video games much, but I am a Dropout subscriber so I know how stupid this is

oh the VA who spent years making ties in the industry before being cast in a few big projects!? ground breaking news !

What a gross way to speak about a decorated voice actor repeatedly victimized by hate speech and has done nothing wrong. I guess being a victim of hate speach makes you controversial to Polygon. I am glad to never support y'all again. Get it together.

it's really telling that Francesco Cacciatore can't write an article without drumming up fake controversy. Like at that point give up dude.

Stop labeling chuds getting mad as a controversy you fucking inbred cowards. You have zero journalistic integrity.

remember when you were a website?

Remember when you used to be a respectable publication?

Could you please explain why you think hiring a nonbinary person is controversial?

Controversial, if you're a piece of shit loser.

Erika Ishii’s involvement in a project is, to my mind, an unalloyed bonus, not a “controversy”. Fix your hearts

I just read the article. There isn't a controversy. There are a bunch of dudes acting like assh*les because they're threatened by a talented voice actor who falls outside their yardsticks.

Genuinely regret clicking on this article

You lot can fuck *right* off with that bigotry.

Ugh. Really hate to see this. @polygon.com really is just a zombie; something reanimating a rotting corpse of something once loved.

Nothing. Racist man babies get mad an asian woman is in a game. Shitty news outline sees opportunity to make click bait headline. The usual.

really embarrassing for polygon to publish this. like... this used to be a real company.

Incels being mad isn’t news. Be better than this and stop acting like the fucking losers you’re trying to pander to.

Yeah, like even double Fine's social manager pointed out the only had to shut off replies on Twitter, nowhere else

Valnet garbage

this headline is low even by valnet clickbait standards

Controversial to who?

Wow, what an incredibly gross way to frame this story.

You aren't very good at this

Sounds like another reason to support them.

Boo, hiss, etc

I guess I shouldn't be following Polygon that often from now on, writing such a controversial article about a non-controversial announcement.

It's the latter, again... it's people being butthurt about Erika

Tired of alienating chuds, polygon pivots to alienating everyone else as well. How is this garbage profitable?

Even acting as though there’s any credibility to this “controversy” is fucking laughable Remember when actual journalists worked at Polygon?? Cause I do

Polygon? More like FUCKINGDOGSHITRAGOFANEWSORGHAHAHAHAHAAFUCKYOUygon

Double Fine is making a new game? Cool Weirdos on X yelling? Boring

This is a messed up way to cover this. Just because some fringe shitty people are voicing their bigotry yet again, doesn't mean you have to frame their views as worth of note. The error that you had to correct is fucked up as well. It's sad what has become of Polygon...

Controversial, fuck off. You at least used to pretend to be cool, polygon.

The bullshit way you framed this:

I've been on the edge with you guys ever since the Valnet takeover and you started in on the bullshit vague clickbait article headlines... but this garbage? This both-sides-ism for what is clearly a sexist, gamer gate gooner campaign is just too far. I'm done.

Trash article

Remember when y’all were actually a great place for games journalism & then you fired everyone who made the outlet what it was?

the day we stop taking posts from X as anything newsworthy i'm popping the champagne

hey so what the fuck is wrong with you, like, personally

Just adding to the ratio. This article needs to be dragged into the mud.

remember when you were a good website with readers?

Fuck the white supremacist pieces of shit. And fuck you in particular for catering to them by pretending this nothingburger is a story.

Literally not controversial at all 😂 the only people who get upset by her involvement are fuckin dweebs.

This piece is despicable. It tacitly legitimises the framing used by misogynistic, transphobic, racist gamergaters who harass industry folk based on gender, ethnicity, & sexuality. A voice artist targeted by these people does not become "controversial". This piece needs to be torn up & started over.

Polygon burned through previously acquired goodwill before a controversial shitty take

The only 'controversial' thing about Erika is that I think they might be funnier than Brennan Lee Muligal, and that's it.

Disgusting framing of this. Erika is a pro and an awesome person. Bigots throwing a fit on Twitter isn't a "controversial announcement."

You're like the Democrats in that you have a preferred audience that is obvious to everyone but yourselves and you keep courting people who would have you, without hyperbole, executed.

Its not a controversy. Its a bunch of bigots having a hissy fit.

It doesn’t mean anything, the amount pledged on the Kickstarter keeps rising like it did before the announcement, nothing changed in fact they even had a boost because of the announcement

Hey everybody, don’t forget to report this post for harassment and spreading misinformation before you go 👍🏽

You should be ashamed to be the way that you are. I know you’re not, and more’s the pity. But you should be.

Yeah, write an article when they're unexpectedly constipated instead. Or just ignore them because we don't all need to know the exact events that occur with a strange group of rancid assholes.

Don't forget folks, you can report misleading/spam posts, including the one above.

You're such a a fucking joke. Fuck you and this bullshit.