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Indie game studio Dolphin Barn has come under fire for putting anti-mask rhetoric into recent patch notes for one of its games.

Dolphin Barn is the developer of Domina, a pixel-art ā€œgladiator management simulator,ā€ according to the gameā€™s Steam page. The studio recently released an update titled v1.3.18 Beta, with one of its points reading ā€œTAKE OFF THE FCKN MASKSā€.

ā€œNext time you’re at the grocery store, try showing a woman your face. Be confident, unafraid of the LIES — you might get a girlfriend. Women like confidence. Women don’t like dudes who cover their faces in fear. What are you afraid of? Getting laid? Grow up,ā€ read the patch notes (via PC Gamer).

Since then, the game has received an ā€œoverwhelmingly negativeā€ rating from recent reviews (totalling 487 as of publication), contrasting the ā€œvery positiveā€ overall rating (from 7,411 reviews) for the game.

ā€œHard pass on this game, and anything the developer puts out in the foreseeable future,ā€ reads one recent Steam review.

ā€œPosts anti-mask rantings in the patch notes, then proceeds to have a meltdown over people calling them out about it on social media,ā€ it continues.

Dominaā€™s official Twitter account has been responding to the criticism over the last 24-hours, with a tweet saying: ā€œGood women expect and demand confident, unmasked men who can still pay for things. Fact. Seethe, or learn.ā€

A previous patch note from May 6, 2021 (v1.2.89 Beta) also said: ā€œDon’t let strangers on the internet tell you how to live your life. If you want to be told how to live your life, read the new testament. The internet will only give you lies.ā€







In other news, a new mobile app is helping Elden Ring players track their quest progress in the game as the game doesn’t let players do it themselves.

The post Indie studio Dolphin Barn review bombed after anti-mask patch notes appeared first on NME.

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