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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.