I don't see what's so confusing. There's nothing necessarily wrong about enjoying or creating low-brow material, in the context that you put it. But that doesn't mean that the design decisions that were made can't be discussed or scrutinized as to how they fit in the broader picture of gaming development and culture; this…
In video games we want to look cool and be kick ass. Male or female. No one wants to stare at an ugly characters back side for hours. I love this take on female versions of TF2 because they still have the same look as the male versions but with slight changes to make them no all dudes.…
Lego makes bricks for kids. They look at the numbers and see that the bricks are mostly being bought for and played with by boys. So they say, "Oh my lordy-lord, we're missing out on nearly half of all the little children demographic! How do we try to appeal more to all the people who don't give a shit about…
Thanks! I really want to complete the set, but the scary thing is, with each one I do, there's ten dozen new hats and crazy new miscellaneous items like the zombie items that all need to be refitted to work with them, plus keeping them all up to date would require going back and updating all the old ones as new items come…
More to the point, if she couldn't afford to live in that area before, and (a year?) after the kickstarter, then why the hell was she asking for only $10k? As for the quote on Poop's post, most of the quality kickstarters I've seen generally have something of note if/when the money exceeds the goal. Star Citizen - more…
Side-effect rather, toy stores don't try to force things on genders, they just sell what sells, and even in the most gender-equal family you might often have the girl play with the dolls. Again: gender-roles have gone so long back it's impossible to see who started it, society just does what it does best to grow and earn…
How about a 'treat everyone with appreciation and respect' contest, where the goal is to not belittle anyone (be they women, outspoken gay dudes, or straight white men) for trying to talk about equality? What is with this "less talk, more rock" approach to social issues? "What have you DONE about it lately!?" is a great…
I wish I wasn't so bad at internet smileys. I don't want to be an idiot. Some may have had a completely different experience but this i my theory why Majora's Mask tends to be at the top (the fact that Zelda is completely removed from it goal-wise is irrelevant.) MM is also my favourite Zelda, but I'm pretty sure that most…
I totally agree and I can relate to it - for instance, my own personal problem with a lot of games today is that many follow the exact same gameplay formula and very few games feel fresh. I guess the real question is about finding the proper outlet for such complains (or, even better : suggestions). For instance I don't…
Because you're not promoting equality. You're promoting sameness. And to me that's what's wrong with this whole thing. If there was some sort of "No Girls Allowed" mentality in the video-game industry, I'd be right there with you. Equal-rights, etc. The fights to allow women in the military, or to get women equal pay,…