Of course, it's just everyone knows and is aware of this. And the ones who are not probably don't care. But the baseline is of course as you said: Bad Writing, which we're thankfully seeing big changes in newer games, thanks to better technology and years of knowledge in regards to what makes captivating gameplay. Some…
My problem with this stuff isn't the message. I'm all for that stuff, more equality, more strong female characters, all that stuff. But what irks me is that I'm starting to feel a bit judged. It just so happens to be that this stuff is my favorite genre to work in when making personal art. Almost exactly as Crazyfool said,…
Shit ton of text to read through (which I'm not going to read) but I'm really confused as to what this chicks plan is. Presumably she has no game development experience and she wants to make a game (as if making a shitty game isn't hard enough) that some how empowers women (what ever that means) all because she doesn't…
It doesn't -- it highlights the position he's coming from. I didn't think I even needed to address his argument, since it is such an obvious strawman, but just so there's no confusion, here's what I'd have to say about the stand he took: I think calling her locking youtube comments 'shutting down discussion' is an…
You're really reaching for things here Earthquake; I am not privy to all of poop's posts ever but in this thread and in PMs he seems like a perfectly reasonable and cool dude who's not going round denying straight guys the right to an opinion - which I am quite sure nobody in this thread has ever done. You're paraphrasing…
Virtually all modern games assume the player is illiterate. That's why the flavor text in ME2 is read for you. That is what gamers think is progress... Don't worry Polycount. The girl who faces unending rape and death threats for making Youtubez is not going to take away your precious bro games! It's absolutely legal for…
Hey Hazardous, I thought I might add something, you touched on a very interesting point here! I can see your point and that's a quite common way of looking at things, and there's no problem with this at all. Each person looks for something different while playing their games, watching movies... What we can't really ignore…
Oh my god Im in love with you. please marry me http://dylan-brady.com/sabriel/dylanbradysabriel1.jpg this seems like a really odd argument to make imo (its the same conclusion she comes to literally in every video is. "basically writers need to stop writing this and start writing this") as though its suggesting there's a…
Yes, that's exactly the point I (i dont precisely know about ben) have been trying to make. This is the kind of thing that can only be changed by discussion and youtube videos and debate. Awareness is the cure to this, not new laws or mandates. Even if the videos in OP are a bit reactionary and excessive, if they generate…
Anita Sarkeesian is a con artist, exploiting the cause of equality to make a quick buck. She's collected over $150,000 in donations from her kickstarter already, from people she's swindled into supporting her "cause". What does she plan to do with this money? Let's take a look at a quote by her: $160,000 for games? DLC?!…