Cliff Bleszinski, former design director for video game developer Epic Games and founder of Boss Key Productions, posted a vine in which he pinched the pop-out breasts of a mouse pad depicting an animé girl.

https://twitter.com/therealcliffyb/status/619287488251756544

After tweeting the video, Bleszinski was criticized by indie game designer Elizabeth Sampat:

WHERE DO GAMERS POSSIBLY GET THE IDEA THAT WOMEN AREN'T PEOPLE. Where. I guess we will never know — Elizabeth Sampat (@twoscooters) July 9, 2015

.@therealcliffyb please stop actively making the industry a worse place for women — Elizabeth Sampat (@twoscooters) July 9, 2015

Bleszinski responded to Sampat by stating he was “pretty sure Gears 3 [referring to Gears of War 3, a video game he designed] passed the Bechdel test move along please [sic].” The test referred to in this statement is one that tests “for female presence in fictional media.” In order to pass it, a work must have two or more women who must speak at least once on a topic not regarding men. The designer also told Sampat that he “was mocking pervy anime culture if you’re too dumb to see that go elsewhere please [sic].”

Some users criticized Bleszinksi over the fact that the rubber breasts he squeezed were those of Asuka Langley Soryu, an animé character who is 13 years old; Bleszinski said he did not know the character. Other replies on the designer’s thread were a mix of agreement, defense of free speech, and more criticism:

https://twitter.com/Alison_prime/status/619310973833318400

https://twitter.com/HereticOfEthics/status/619291635487125504

@therealcliffyb fyi this is kind of gross and alarming — ☕ eevee ☕ (@eevee) July 10, 2015

Bleszinski proceeded to retweet images of other sexualized animé mousepads, including one of a male animé character:

@therealcliffyb Don't worry, they make em for the ladies too pic.twitter.com/ifB5QqKlFu — Albino Cutler (@Lain_Coulbert) July 10, 2015

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