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May 30, 2013, 04:14 |
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Jerykk wrote on May 30, 2013, 02:44: Not really sure what Sarkeesian is trying to accomplish. The games industry is male-dominated and the vast majority of writers are not only male but also lousy writers. Male + lousy writer = sexist tropes. Nothing new there. Stating the obvious isn't going to change anyone's mind. Then she claims that these tropes desensitize men to violence against women. Even if that were true, getting rid of the tropes wouldn't stop people from committing violence. People commit violence because they had troubled upbringings (negligent and/or abusive parents, typically). If someone has no respect for the law or human life, changing the writing of videogames isn't going to fix that.
So, given that these videos are just stating the obvious and aren't going to change a thing, they basically boil down to glorified whining. And I love how sensationalists like that claim it desensitizes us to violence, yet somehow, almost correspondingly - Id have to see the numbers - but violent crime has been going down over the last 20 years as gaming has increased. Hrm, coincidence?
Those gals need to take a read through Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces and learn a thing or two. |
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| News Comments > Call of Juarez Gunslinger Demo |
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May 30, 2013, 03:50 |
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Impressive demo, it was a smart move. I'll be picking this up in short order soon as I clear up some of my backlog of other stuff I'm playing atm. Want to try and have a clean slate for Shadowrun which is now less then a month out!
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| News Comments > Evening Legal Briefs |
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May 30, 2013, 01:34 |
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They should abandon it. Why should the taxpayers be on the hook for something they had no say in in the first place? Those same conservatives who are always screaming about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps are always the first ones in line when it comes to getting their snouts into the public trough. They think that everything - for them at any rate - should all be zero risk and all reward.
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| News Comments > Into the Black |
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May 30, 2013, 01:29 |
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He should be going to Annapolis and doing a stint as a bubblehead afterward. |
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| News Comments > Evening Consolidation |
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May 30, 2013, 01:14 |
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The spying concern wasn't groundless. The new Kinect can see in the dark, pick out human voices in a noisy living room and read your heartrate just by looking at your face. It was unveiled by Microsoft last week as a fixture of the fall-releasing Xbox One. The thing has to be plugged in for the console to work, and is in some way already checking out what's going on in the room it's in. How fucking creepy is that? Shades of Hal, Joshua, a Cylon, and Proteus from Demon Seed.
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| News Comments > HARDWARE: Shipbreakers Trailer |
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May 30, 2013, 01:01 |
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Mad Max RW wrote on May 29, 2013, 21:31: Looks like a Ground Control/Homeworld hybrid. I like the concept but need to see more. It's F2P online - i.e. P2W - so pass. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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May 30, 2013, 00:45 |
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PropheT wrote on May 30, 2013, 00:42: As an aside, it's odd that Forbes has become one of the more readable gaming news sites out there in the past year. Even their articles I don't like are generally better than the average stuff on actual gaming sites right now. Not at all. In fact I find it odd that more mainstream sites don't take gaming seriously as it's been kicking the crap out of other mainstream entertainment for a long time now. |
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| News Comments > Op Ed |
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May 30, 2013, 00:42 |
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Very poorly written article in which you have another shrill, liberal feminist who doesn't understand basic concepts like target audiences. Male fantasy/sci-fi writers, game devs, filmakers, are all by and large targeting adult males. The vast majority of chicks aren't anymore into that stuff than the vast majority of guys are into shopping, yapping on the phone all day long, and being catty toward other men for no reason at all.
If I have to rescue someone, it'll be a princess because it sure as hell won't be a prince. And no, it's not tricky justifying our desire to shoot things. That's such a chick perspective right there. we enjoy shooting things for the sake of shooting things. There's no hidden agenda. It's like when a broad asks what you're thinking and you reply 'Nothing.' because you're not and it becomes some huge thing because she doesn't think you want to "communicate" with her. Most women vastly overestimate the complexity of men and our desires. Eat. Drink. Screw. Sleep = happy. |
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| News Comments > Ships Ahoy - Wargame AirLand Battle |
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May 30, 2013, 00:28 |
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It does look pretty cool. A bit too strategic for my tastes however. I thought it was much more ARMA style gameplay with huge battles by land/sea/air played by people controlling individual units. |
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| News Comments > Call of Juarez Gunslinger Demo |
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May 30, 2013, 00:26 |
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Cool beans! Right moves to make, cheap price, demo even at that. Take note other devs and publishers in particular. |
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| News Comments > Morning Metaverse |
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May 29, 2013, 18:11 |
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Whenever I hear the extreme-right froth on with their rabid dogma it always reminds me of the bit from Judgement at Nuremberg when they ask Albert Speer how its possible for such people to come to power....
Gilbert: What were the thoughts, the ideas, behind what Hitler told the Germans. Speer: "What thoughts? What ideas? They were only empty platitudes. Nazi Germany was built on empty platitudes."
Gilbert: "How could you an educated and intelligent man, be seduced by empty platitudes?
Speer: "Because in hearing them, one could give them any meaning you want."
So, if an educated and intelligent man can be seduced thusly, you can understand how easy it is for the rest of the ilk to get in line. |
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| News Comments > Morning Metaverse |
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May 29, 2013, 17:18 |
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RollinThundr wrote on May 29, 2013, 16:27:
Cutter wrote on May 29, 2013, 15:50:
Draugr wrote on May 29, 2013, 14:19: Best part about RollinThunr posts is he is more than willing to play the victim while accusing everyone of the same behavior. Lulz! Perfectly said. It just makes you want to break out the world's tiniest violin for him, doesn't it? Says the guy who runs from threads after one post 9 out of 10 times. Why don't you people just admit you're beta and move on. We know already. Heh, yeah, whatever sport. Hearing that violin music yet? I'm playing it just for you. |
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| News Comments > Out of the Blue |
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May 29, 2013, 15:52 |
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Yeah, not only does Barbara Eden have fantastic genes but by all accounts she's always been a real sweetheart too. Exactly the sort of woman you want to be with for life. |
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| News Comments > Morning Metaverse |
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May 29, 2013, 15:50 |
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Draugr wrote on May 29, 2013, 14:19: Best part about RollinThunr posts is he is more than willing to play the victim while accusing everyone of the same behavior. Lulz! Perfectly said. It just makes you want to break out the world's tiniest violin for him, doesn't it? |
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| News Comments > Morning Legal Briefs |
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May 29, 2013, 15:41 |
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NegaDeath wrote on May 29, 2013, 12:23: I'm sure our government will never allow that proposal by the chamber of Commerce to pass.
Oh wait I forgot, the voters in this country gave the re-branded nutjob Reform party a majority government, and they've never seen an idea from the business community they didn't like. Yeah, Führer Harper and his brown shirts are in total lockstep with this sort of shit. Amazing that only 29% of voters could be responsible for destroying this country. Christ, if there were a minimum IQ requirement to vote we'd never see another conservative government again. |
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| News Comments > Blizzard Confirms Titan Setback |
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May 29, 2013, 15:35 |
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Stockholders aren't happy when companies blow several hundred million with nothing to show for it regardless of potential return. It makes them nervous. I know after seven years of this nonsense only to hear this I'd be dumping my stock. |
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| News Comments > Morning Consolidation |
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May 29, 2013, 15:32 |
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NegaDeath wrote on May 29, 2013, 14:02:
Creston wrote on May 29, 2013, 13:35: The Board of Directors would have to, but he obviously has dirt on them...
Creston He probably got that dirt from all the Kinect prototypes they placed around their offices. Gotta field test somehow. Said in jest but likely 100% true. You couldn't pay me to own a Shitbox. Actually that's not true. Pay me, and I'll stick it - still inside it's original package unopened - in the garage to sit for a few years before selling it to some foo on Ebay. |
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| News Comments > Scrolls Beta Content Clarified |
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May 29, 2013, 15:16 |
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jacobvandy wrote on May 29, 2013, 14:33: Minecraft would be well worth it at $100... Just sayin'.
Granted, that probably isn't the case with this new one, though I don't know much about it, specifically. Value is relative. I tired Minecrap for a few hours and I wouldn't pay $1 for it. It was only a success because it became something of a meme like Angry Birds. 'What, you're not on board the XYZ train with everyone else? What's wrong with you?!'
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