Maltese_Falcon91
They haven't taken away anything, all they've done is angrily complain about inequality on Tumblr.
Can you please name
one AAA game that's been cancelled so that a developer could focus it's efforts on designing games centred around empowered women? I'll admit that I don't really keep up with gaming news these days, so maybe there actually has been a case of this happening, but I seriously doubt it. All those precious worlds of yours still exist, if people saying mean things about them ruins them for you, then perhaps they weren't so perfect to begin with?
I'm pretty angry and for the most part my posts reflect that. I apologize that I can't. However, I also haven't played many AAA over the past few years because of my lack of interest. The AAA industry is full of Halos and Call of Duty and Bioware RPGs and Skyrim and I'm tired of that stuff.
But in the indie side, such work in SJW can hinder development and PR, and can doom a game before they make it out the gate. Don't take my word...just watch the video about it from a person who's done the research about it.
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And who's fault is that
really? How many threads about feminism and gaming have you seen devolve into petty name calling? I don't have much sympathy for the Social Justice Warriors, but I have a hard time caring about the people they oppose.
Especially when they act like this.
There are shitheads on both sides of the argument. Absolutely. But lemme tell you I had a falling out with a friend of 10 years. Apparently she did not think I was worthwhile to talk to because I'm an evil MAN and I'm not a feminist. Everything I said I was just "Mansplaining" her and basically I became persona non grata in a minute. All I did was to tell her that I see past superficial surface portrayals and I analyze story and contextual situations that characters of both genders take.
What am I to say? My first and only interaction with a feminist ended with me basically becoming a social pariah for no other reasons other than being a man, and not being part of the "fanclub," and that I dared to talk back to her. Because men can't be intelligent and we're just nothing but violent, womanizing apes apparently.
Yes, this s**t makes me angry. I'm a person who enjoys critical thinking. I'm a grass roots activist who talked about science education, the values of critical thinking, and skepticism. I value thinking through concepts and discussion, but my "friend" wouldn't have any of it.
I say this because it puts into context why I feel the way I do. I did nothing wrong and I merely wanted to have a discussion that went beyond just surface portrayals in gaming. I wanted to say that you just can't see games in ONLY one side, because that will often miss the point about the game's message, story, or context. Great example is God of War, which LOOKS like a sexist game, but in reality female characters are used to build a classic Greek Tragedy, in which women are used to PUNISH Kratos in the end, not to glorify him. In it, it is the women who are really in power, as it was a woman who was Kratos' downfall and damnation, and when Kratos is ultimately revived he is done so as a SERVANT of a goddess.
I have no sympathy for Anita because she brings it upon herself. She shuts down discussion, she shuts down criticism. You can never have a say, and if you dare to complain about her then you are nothing but a troll, no matter how legitimate your complaints are. Is it any wonder that people treat her like s**t? She brings it upon herself.