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I'm probably going to be showing my ignorance in this post here and I'm probably going to be repeating points that have already been made, but...
I'm pretty sure the game industry, like every other industry, is only kowtowing to the almighty dolla.
Video games are texts, just like books, buildings, and bowling are texts. They're subject to the same critical lenses, including feminist theory, as any other texts. I don't understand why Anita Sarkeesian gets under people's skin. I've never read anything she's written or watched any of her videos. That she reads video game tropes as sexist has as much impact on my life as much as someone considering the design of my house Stalinist.
I guess I don't get it. What are we mad or worried about? That game developers might be listening?
Ah shit. Wish I'd read this before throwing the word "text" around like that.
I'm pretty sure the game industry, like every other industry, is only kowtowing to the almighty dolla.
Video games are texts, just like books, buildings, and bowling are texts. They're subject to the same critical lenses, including feminist theory, as any other texts. I don't understand why Anita Sarkeesian gets under people's skin. I've never read anything she's written or watched any of her videos. That she reads video game tropes as sexist has as much impact on my life as much as someone considering the design of my house Stalinist.
I guess I don't get it. What are we mad or worried about? That game developers might be listening?
Taiso said:Critical theory is garbage and poison.
Ah shit. Wish I'd read this before throwing the word "text" around like that.
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