Sorry if it came out the wrong way, but my post was also meant to be pointing out that this is an issue built of grey areas including what is a 'positive example.' It just seems like a lot of the proponents are interested in boiling it down to such, where instead of artists simply choosing what is best, they are choosing…
Sorry maybe I've misunderstood: Do you believe that (as Anita Sarkeesian posits) stereotypes of women used in entertainment harm them throughout society? "Harm" here used broadly as Anita Sarkeesian would describe it, basically anything from physical abuse, mental/emotional anguish, reduced career opportunities, etc.
You're right, it's too easy to get overly emotional about this and take personal offense/inadvertently attack each other. Sorry about contributing to the derail. I just felt like I should speak up from a female perspective since there aren't a lot of women in here. Let's segue back to video games.
Understood, thanks for the clarification and again, sorry for getting ahead of myself. I suspect the locked comments serves that trolling well. It forces everyone to spread it to other blogs/forums to post their opinions where they can fight it out with a bigger audience instead of letting it live on in isolation under her…
i'm sorry if this thread is specifically about videogame gender studies, but here's a recent speech about the issue of congruity in the game industry that I found interesting. [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMpAoLsl1QY"]GDC12 - The Dysfunctional Three-Way Rant - YouTube[/ame] I also recommend those interested to…
Sorry shotgun but you missed the bus. Men's objectification is a fantasy power play in games, women's objectification on the other hand is an oppressive dominating fantasy. (BROAD SWEEPING GENERALIZATIONS!) It seems this issue just causes people to come in with their preconceptions and not attempt to expand them. This…
Oops sorry. Why doesn't she try to come up with a idea for a feminist game and try to raise funds for it on kickstarter. She got a ton of money just for a youtube video. So it would go to show she should be able to raise enough for a simple indie game. Than we will see if there is a market for that type of game. Where did…
Yup I understand that and see how it can scale up in some situations ... but I don't know, when it comes to creative projects I think we all know that more money does not (if ever) equals more content or more "cool" stuff. It's a bit like playing catch up with free money ... at the risk of blowing up the scope of a…
I'm sorry blaizer if you fail to see how your post is insulting to everyone in this thread, than i do not feel i can convince you of what you are doing. But nevertheless i will try. That's right buddy, you just insulted the opinions of everyone in this thread, you said that everyone who has an opinion in opposition to…
pardon the intrusion? ( been a reader here but have nothing to pst until this thread , sorry ) did anyone really watch the vid that was posted by poopinmymouth? the ted talk? did you watch it poopinmymouth ? because, what i got from watching was, how she was hoping that women, would take her own stands ( like anita did,…