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Once again, you would be more successful in directing your criticism towards Blizzard and not me.
Once again, you would be more successful in directing your criticism towards Blizzard and not me.
It is clear that the cultural critics are much more successful than the so called "Gamers".
Perhaps it is because they are more constructive. Whereas the cultural critics tend to direct their criticisms towards the publishers, gamers direct most of their criticism towards the critics, often in the form of misogyny.
No, they're successful because they're literally (and figuratively) deep in bed with each other.
http://www.deepfreeze.it/
The above site has an exhaustive amount of evidence of nepotism, favoritism, and corruption around journalists and critics, and how they use their platforms to prop each other up and spin narratives.
No, they're successful because they're literally (and figuratively) deep in bed with each other.
http://www.deepfreeze.it/
The above site has an exhaustive amount of evidence of nepotism, favoritism, and corruption around journalists and critics, and how they use their platforms to prop each other up and spin narratives.
I find it interesting that people have such a desire to have a protagonist in a video game represent them, especially when it comes to sexuality. Perhaps it's a newer topic because if you've been gaming for 30 years you're used to not giving a shit when at the dawn it was shitty pixels at best.
Either way, if it's that important fine, just don't pressure a dev or artist to change their vision because it's a hollow victory. These games exist to make money so vote with your wallet and miss out on games if you need to. If an accurate depiction of who X gamer identifies with exists in a game, hey that's fantastic but how pointless if it's dropped in for a cash grab.
It is clear that the cultural critics are much more successful than the so called "Gamers".
Perhaps it is because they are more constructive. Whereas the cultural critics tend to direct their criticisms towards the publishers, gamers direct most of their criticism towards the critics, often in the form of misogyny.
Ya blew it when you used the M word.
Critics are exactly the reason publishers are doing this. They are scarred of getting negative press from former Kotaku (who knew Hulk hogans last greatest match would be outside the ring), Giant bomb, polygon, and forums with an agenda such as Neogaf. Hell, Anita Sarkeesian has been invited to press conferences when she has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt a scammer.
It has gotten so bad that these game developers are hiring these special snowflakes in their campaign to promote "cultural diversity" when it is fucking fiction. Would Peter Parker being black enhance the story of spider-man? The fact they even considered doing so is bad taste. How about making a female protagonist? Make her too pretty misogynist, too ugly misogynist, vanilla as fuck misogynist. Pulling the misogyny card is like pulling the race card when it comes to comedy, it is the last refuge of someone who doesn't have a fucking argument. Don't people realize that a lot of female characters are also created by females? They must be misogynist too.
This isn't just exclusive to games, their is a new movement to get females into programming and it has been hilarious thus far. With this in mind, I have no problems with the idea, but the execution as they try to present that there is a problem when there isn't, just like in video games. Females don't usually program for the same reason guys don't usually become nurses, childcare providers, etc (and more power to men who do that). What is even more hilarious is that some of the best programmers have been females, look at Grace Hopper who created the first compiler for a computer programming language.
I mean look at this shit
https://github.com/ErisBlastar/cplusequality
I can't even make this shit up its that good.
Ya blew it when you used the M word.
Critics are exactly the reason publishers are doing this. They are scarred of getting negative press from former Kotaku (who knew Hulk hogans last greatest match would be outside the ring), Giant bomb, polygon, and forums with an agenda such as Neogaf. Hell, Anita Sarkeesian has been invited to press conferences when she has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt a scammer.
It has gotten so bad that these game developers are hiring these special snowflakes in their campaign to promote "cultural diversity" when it is fucking fiction. Would Peter Parker being black enhance the story of spider-man? The fact they even considered doing so is bad taste. How about making a female protagonist? Make her too pretty misogynist, too ugly misogynist, vanilla as fuck misogynist. Pulling the misogyny card is like pulling the race card when it comes to comedy, it is the last refuge of someone who doesn't have a fucking argument. Don't people realize that a lot of female characters are also created by females? They must be misogynist too.
This isn't just exclusive to games, their is a new movement to get females into programming and it has been hilarious thus far. With this in mind, I have no problems with the idea, but the execution as they try to present that there is a problem when there isn't, just like in video games. Females don't usually program for the same reason guys don't usually become nurses, childcare providers, etc (and more power to men who do that). What is even more hilarious is that some of the best programmers have been females, look at Grace Hopper who created the first compiler for a computer programming language.
I mean look at this shit
https://github.com/ErisBlastar/cplusequality
I can't even make this shit up its that good.
Also if having more female protagonists spawn interesting characters like Estelle Bright, or Aya Brea, its fine with me. Character diversity is much needed since right now a LOT of AAA games seem to have the same tropes and look, its boring.
No one (not even the most hardcore Gamergate idiot) has a problem with female protagonists. It's all a strawman where these people say some insane shit (like Samus Aran being trans and if you don't think so, you're an asshole), normal people say "WTF are you talking about... are you high?" and their response is "well you're just a misogynist who is afraid of women encroaching on your boy's club"! Uhhh no. The vast majority of us are liberal free-thinkers who welcome diversity in the gaming community, in gaming development and among gaming characters with open arms. The more games and the more variety, the better.
What we don't appreciate is getting constantly shit on and called knuckle-dragging neanderthals because we also like games that feature violence, adult language, men as lead characters and/or women that are attractive. It's the psychotic far left taking pages from the psychotic far right's playbook.
No one (not even the most hardcore Gamergate idiot) has a problem with female protagonists. It's all a strawman where these people say some insane shit (like Samus Aran being trans and if you don't think so, you're an asshole), normal people say "WTF are you talking about... are you high?" and their response is "well you're just a misogynist who is afraid of women encroaching on your boy's club"! Uhhh no. The vast majority of us are liberal free-thinkers who welcome diversity in the gaming community, in gaming development and among gaming characters with open arms. The more games and the more variety, the better.
What we don't appreciate is getting constantly shit on and called knuckle-dragging neanderthals because we also like games that feature violence, adult language, men as lead characters and/or women that are attractive. It's the psychotic far left taking pages from the psychotic far right's playbook.
Part of the problem is that while both men and women are objectified, we are socially trained as to see male objectification as positive and complimentary and associate it with freedom and empowerment. Female objectification is seen as negative, insulting, and associated with entrapment and being turned into a doll.
You have to consider feminism by and large has lost. What we have is instead of women trying to change society so female objectification is about empowerment, and to celebrate female sexuality in the same way we celebrate male sexuality. We have women wanting to just become men, and at the same time shame male sexuality in the way female sexuality has been shamed.
Here are some greatest hits from Peggy Mcintosh to see how crazy sjw and feminist are, and this is being taught in college as a mandatory class.
I like number 9, even the author knows her book is bullshit.
But my favorite is 47 "I can choose blemish cover or banages in flesh color and have them more or less match my skin."
Man, bandaid color has it tough, his color makes him have an innate advantage over other non bandaid colors. His color is what determines his job efficiently, not what he does.
What he doesn't know is that by being bandaid color he has "bandaid privilege" and has an easier time in life due to it.
"I can go into a music shop and find music of my race represented"
LOL
Here are some greatest hits from Peggy Mcintosh to see how crazy sjw and feminist are, and this is being taught in college as a mandatory class.
I like number 9, even the author knows her book is bullshit.
But my favorite is 47 "I can choose blemish cover or banages in flesh color and have them more or less match my skin."
Man, bandaid color has it tough, his color makes him have an innate advantage over other non bandaid colors. His color is what determines his job efficiently, not what he does.
What he doesn't know is that by being bandaid color he has "bandaid privilege" and has an easier time in life due to it.