{"id":10693,"date":"2020-12-08T17:51:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T17:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/journalist-harassed-with-seizure-triggering-videos-over-writing-about-cyberpunk-2077-triggering-seizures"},"modified":"2024-07-19T14:21:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T14:21:19","slug":"journalist-harassed-with-seizure-triggering-videos-over-writing-about-cyberpunk-2077-triggering-seizures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/journalist-harassed-with-seizure-triggering-videos-over-writing-about-cyberpunk-2077-triggering-seizures","title":{"rendered":"Journalist sent seizure-triggering videos after writing about suffering Cyberpunk 2077 seizures"},"content":{"rendered":"

GameInformer’s Associate Editor, Liana Ruppert, has recently reported on the risk of epileptic seizures when playing Cyberpunk 2077.<\/p>\n

She wrote an article about Cyberpunk 2077 focused on people who suffer from this condition, including herself, and it was written in a form of a guide to help people to protect themselves from any potential triggers while playing the game.<\/p>\n

“During my time with Cyberpunk 2077, I suffered one major seizure and felt several moments where I was close to another one,” she explains. “I kept going because I made that decision to, and I feel like that decision helped me sort of slap together a small little guide for players wanting to take part in this game for fear of missing out.”<\/p>\n

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Shiny blinking lights are everywhere in the world of Cyberpunk 2077(Picture: CD Projekt RED) <\/span><\/p>\n

And while her intentions were completely noble and simply a warning to people who are vulnerable to epileptic seizures, some irresponsible trolls saw this as an attack on the game, and so they started attacking her on Twitter, saying that she is overreacting, that she doesn’t need to play the game if she has problems, or that she is simply lying because she has something against the game.<\/p>\n

You can see some of the comment she’s been receiving below, and these are just some of the publicly visible tweets written in response to her article.<\/p>\n

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So now there’s an agenda to shit about everything on Cyberpunk because it’s no “political correct” for some people and they are fucking mad because the game is getting amazing reviews<\/p>\n

— TATO aka El Gamer (@tatotiburon) December 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Just don’t have epilepsy, not hard<\/p>\n

— Channs (@Stymm_) December 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Because they cannot think of every viable thing for 0.0714% of the worlds population. Video games have flashy lights, there are tons of ways to avoid it, and anyone who actually has THAT form of trigger, should know better.<\/p>\n

— Punknaught2020 (@Punknaught) December 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While these messages are surely not an appropriate response, unfortunately, those are far from the most malicious communications she has had in the wake of her article.<\/p>\n

Ruppert has also been receiving deliberately seizure-inducing videos from people who are upset about the article.<\/p>\n

This goes without saying, but we will say it anyway, this is WRONG and anyone who does such a thing should be ashamed. Seizures can gravely endanger someone’s wellbeing and can be life-threatening.<\/p>\n