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In response to "You've read msm pieces with an absolute bias. I've seen the supposed pro-women/minorities tell women and minorities to kill themselves for supporting " by Scots-IrishStephen

I've read way more than the MSM stuff, let's just leave it at that.

Posted by Reagen Mar 17 '15, 20:00

to say nothing of the continual and fundamental - and this point one can only assume deliberately so - misunderstanding of what people like Sarkeesian are talking about, not to mention the extremely casual sexism, homophobia, transphobia and intolerance of and hostility towards anything not representing the mainstream male-dominated viewpoint.

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Step 1. Deliberately take footage/gameplay out of context. Step 3. Profit. - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:12 36
- Why should a female developer get a free pass for creating a regressive character just because she's female? - Reagen Mar 17, 20:24 24
  - So you've never heard of McIntosh, Sarkessian's producer? Because those are his exact words (too much gameplay...) -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:33 4
    - Also, because obviously some women too want to see a kick-ass female warrior who is "sexy" - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:35 3
      - You've obviously been reading some one-sided bullshit yourself. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:39
      - No, it's asking why that is the *only* (or close to) representation of women in video games - Reagen Mar 17, 20:37 1
        
        Funny then that Wu's characters in her crappy game all have the same body type that she criticizes... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:39
  - The vast majority of GG is perfectly fine with a bigger sandbox, and gender equality. - Dignan Mar 17, 20:28 18
    - I have yet to see a GamerGate supporter speak out against what's happening to Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu or anyone else that's been threatened or - Tim Mar 17, 20:33 2
      - Wow. I think it's universally acknowledged that the threats and harrassment are unnacceptable. - Dignan Mar 17, 20:40
      - Are you kidding me? It was GG who found the Brazilian "journalist" who was threatening Sarkessian. - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:37
    - I've never seen any suggestion that people against GG are negative towards gamers - Reagen Mar 17, 20:32 13
      - It was the anti-GG press that wrote that spate of "Gamers are Dead" articles a few months ago. - Dignan Mar 17, 20:46 4
        
        The message of that article was "you don't have to be a certain type of person to consider yourself a Gamer anymore". - Reagen Mar 17, 20:50 3
        
        No, the message was "misogyny killed gaming." - Dignan Mar 17, 21:08 2
        
        There are no leaders on either side, just louder voices. - Dignan Mar 17, 21:16
        
        largely because the leaders of GG (such as they are) are part and parcel and complicit in that attitude, from what I see. - Reagen Mar 17, 21:11
      - Then you're willfully ignoring it. - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:41 7
        
        It's clearly referring to the people who are attacking based on misogynistic attitudes, and clearly not towards all people who play games. - Reagen Mar 17, 20:44 6
        
        No, it's used in reference to anyone who has a differing opinion of games. Like Code? You're a goony neck beard loser, etc. - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:53 5
        
        I would say that you are 100% misreading that tone. -- nm - Reagen Mar 17, 20:55 4
        
        When it's being said by the same people who use white cis male as a pejorative, I'm pretty confident that I'm not. -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 21:05 3
        
        Here's the difference. The mostly white male gamers with their panties in a bunch over being inclusive to women are punching down. - TWuG Mar 17, 21:14 2
        
        Except no one is freaking out about including women!!!! - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 21:26 1
        
        Clarification: that's NOT what the vast majority of the pro side is criticizing... - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 21:28
    - The problem is that those dicks start to become the voice of gamers if that's all you can hear from the gaing community. -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:32
- If Bayonetta conforms to the same misogynistic attitudes about women already prevalent in games, that's hardly a good thing even if the creator is a - TWuG Mar 17, 20:22 10
  - The problem with that is you have devs who are now saying that they're actually afraid to create any female characters because there's ALWAYS - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:30 8
    - I would say that based on developments it's a) not a minority b) having a positive effect - Reagen Mar 17, 20:35 7
      - Sorry, but I call bullshit on your "GG freaking out when minority characters are included" -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:44 3
        
        Dragon Age: Inquitions, for a start. - Reagen Mar 17, 20:46 2
        
        Which isn't representative of the whole.... -- nm - Scots-IrishStephen Mar 17, 20:57 1
        
        Or any time you see developers make a move towards more progressive decisions - Reagen Mar 17, 21:00
      - Exactly. And the "make your own" suggestion is a bit hard to put in to practice since these games take millions to develop. That requires - TWuG Mar 17, 20:41 2
        
        Didn't GG partly start over a small "make your own" game? - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:44 1
        
        Depression Quest? -- nm - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:45
  - About 46-48% of the gsming community is female, and the area that's had the largest growth the last few years. - tobor.2 Mar 17, 20:29
Thank you. -- nm - Tim Mar 17, 20:06

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