The other line of reasoning used to justify some of the more impassioned “You’re the Asshole” verdicts was the assertion that the player’s seatmate (and other passengers) likely didn’t speak up mid-flight because they feared for their safety, believing that confronting the player might result in a violent altercation. Watching that on a plane is fine, but if you mention watching any amount of gore, there are always people who equate that with nonstop hardcore porn.”
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“Our game is like a slow-burn romance movie where they have a cut-to-black sex scene or something. “You’re talking about something very different here,” Howard said with an exasperated sigh. The first was the notion that playing a game like Scarlet Hollow on an airplane was equivalent to (you guessed it) viewing pornography in a public space. There were two arguments, each expressed by several commenters, that we found particularly absurd. Scarlet Hollow is basically a Southern Gothic novel that you click through, and every now and then there’s a moment of horror… but when some people hear ‘video game,’ they picture something very specific.” This attitude, still somewhat pervasive in 2023, also explains why tabloids deemed the Scarlet Hollow-centered post to be newsworthy - there are plenty of people who consider video games to be an incendiary subject and an unbecoming hobby.ĭiscussing Some of the More Extreme Reactions to Scarlet Hollow on a Plane It’s a bunch of shooting, blood and gore, and horrible violence, because they think that’s what video games are. “People hear ‘video game,’ and they imagine it’s Doom Eternal. “Basically, because it’s a video game,” said Howard.
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When contemplating why the Scarlet Hollow player received an overwhelming amount of “You’re the Asshole” judgments in contrast to posters who had opted to watch R-rated movies and TV shows on their flights, the answer seemed fairly obvious. We’re all having a terrible time sitting there for eight hours in a crowded space, so let’s try to give each other a little privacy.” Why Were There So Many “You’re the Asshole” Verdicts? Somebody else on r/AmItheAsshole was like, ‘Was it bad for me to watch Game of Thrones on a plane?’ And everyone said, ‘No way, it’s your personal space.’ So yeah, let’s all just respect personal space on a plane. But meanwhile, you can watch R-rated things on planes. If she had been, sure, maybe that would have been a little messed up. “It’s not like she was sitting next to a child or anything. When asked to provide their own judgments - “Was the writer of the original post in the wrong for playing Scarlet Hollow on an airplane?” - both Howard and Howard-Arias responded with a resounding “no.” I don’t think eight steps ahead like that,” said Howard-Arias. “People were accusing me of making up fake controversies to drive press for our game, which was funny because I’m not, like, a comic book character. Some people were even convinced that Black Tabby Games had personally written and circulated the story as some sort of underhanded marketing strategy. “It was on April Fools’ Day, so everyone thought we were joking, or that we’d set this up ourselves as an elaborate prank,” Howard said.
The story originated from a Reddit post entitled “AITA (Am I the Asshole) for playing a graphic horror game on an airplane flight?” and quickly caught the attention of media outlets like The Mirror and The Sun, propagating a string of articles sporting sensational headlines such as “Man causes outrage after playing ‘horrifically violent’ video game on flight kids were on.” Initial Reactions to the Reddit Post and the First Tabloid Article Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias, co-founders of independent video game studio Black Tabby Games, were recently surprised (and amused) to find one of their creations, Scarlet Hollow, at the center of a tabloid-fueled controversy.
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