I withdraw my support for RPS and eat a large slice of humble pie

[Swatter]

I am not sure what to think of all of this. It just seems like so much pointless drama. I think games (especially by large developers) are often extremely derivative, sexist, and boring. I think many in gaming journalism (regardless of gender) have serious conflicts of interest. All of this was predictable when game development studios began creating products rather than games.

I am all for people who object to the sexual objectification of women in games. Yet, you can't make a stand on the internet today on anything without subjecting yourself to the crazies. Period. I am still shocked when I hear people complain about Twitter (especially people who claim this as a justification for leaving the industry). Twitter is a cesspool of hate. For some reason, some people completely lose any sense of decency or manners when they take to Twitter. Its a fact of life, not a reason to leave your job. If you can't handle hate on Twitter, don't use it.

Its a shame when death threats are made over any topic. Its a fact of life on the internet these days, which is why I try and keep a low profile. This whole GamersGate thing is way too much drama to me. To me this is an extension of the harassment game developers used to complain about when people say their games are derivative and suck. How dare someone take to Twitter to tell them they suck. How dare mere gamers interrupt their "private" conversations on Twitter. Game developers, male and female alike, have claimed persecution for a long time.

There is so much hate on the internet, it is hard for me to get emotional about a particular flavor of it.

[Nefaro]

Anyways, am I the only asshat playing these "games", and wondering what the hell is all the hoopla about?

Better you than me.  :P


Those really did just look like simple stories, at a digital store glance.  I suppose pseudo-gamers would be the ones putting them on their 'Best Of' lists. 

[Huw the Poo]

Longblade, part of the problem is that while professional victims like Sarkeesian are being threatened with whatever, people on the other side are too, but you don't hear about it because the "media" is hostile to those people.  Did you know, for example, that shortly after this exploded, allies of Sarkeesian managed to dox a 10-year-old boy (who was making much more cogent arguments than they were, I should add) and threaten violence to him?  I bet you didn't see that reported on Rock Paper Shotgun, huh?

None of these games have left me with the memories or stimulated my mind as say the story in Red Dead Redemption, Dishonored, or Sleeping Dogs.

Great post, bboyer66, and that's a really good point.  I've played games like Proteus and Dear Esther and got almost nothing out of them.  Conversely, I remember playing one of the Call of Duty games for the first time; one of the first things to happen in that game was, as a Russian soldier defending my home village, I repelled the invading force with blood pounding in my ears, I crawled through a trench watching my comrades being killed around me, and then, looking up at the sky, I saw a crapload of tanks flying over my head as they crossed the trench!  I can remember to this day how I trembled with excitement.  That, right there, is gaming.  That's why I play games.  None of this SJW-friendly shit has ever made me feel like that.

[LongBlade]

This is a different individual, but the issue has now made national headlines. I wonder how many members of the press she has slept with?

She's married, and while that's not a bar to philandering, my guess is none.

The real headline is that there are miscreants out there making threats about this.

I cannot believe this. I hope the cops find whoever is behind it fast and lock them up for a good long time. Hopefully in a women's prison.

dude...while I agree with your sentiment, lighten the fuck up.

Hey, I can't buy the sex tape yet. I'm just a little tense.

[jomni]

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/15/anita-sarkeesian-feminist-games-critic-cancels-talk

Apparently,  some people want to commit mass murder?

[bayonetbrant]

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/15/anita-sarkeesian-feminist-games-critic-cancels-talk

Apparently,  some people want to commit mass murder?

Dude - I posted that exact same link about 6 posts up ;)

[Nefaro]

Maddox speaks out about "Sexism In Games".. back in June. 



http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=sexism_videogames


*Read the article, don't just watch the short intro vid*

[jomni]

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/15/anita-sarkeesian-feminist-games-critic-cancels-talk

Apparently,  some people want to commit mass murder?

Dude - I posted that exact same link about 6 posts up ;)

Sorry.  I don't really follow this thread but thought of it when I read the article.

[bayonetbrant]

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/oct/15/anita-sarkeesian-feminist-games-critic-cancels-talk

Apparently,  some people want to commit mass murder?

Dude - I posted that exact same link about 6 posts up ;)

Sorry.  I don't really follow this thread but thought of it when I read the article.

no harm, no foul :)

I'm married; I'm used to people ignoring me

[undercovergeek]

gamers:-

please god dont ever let people think im one of these

[Huw the Poo]

please god dont ever let people think im one of these

I've heard you say worse playing Endless Space. :P

The point of the video, though, was that these people had a lot riding on the game they were playing, and it pointed out that most other sports are the same in this regard.  I did have to check the date on the video though, seeing as it was Eurogamer...yep, early 2013.  Something tells me they wouldn't have had such a sympathetic editorial line had they done it today.

I'd rather be "bloke who swears at a game" than one of those "emancipated white knighting take-offense-on-behalf-of-all-oppressed-women self-appointed moral police why must there be so many big boobies in our games?!!!!" dickheads though.  Personally. :)

[bayonetbrant]

there's some funny stuff here

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/columnists/a-guide-to-the-ideas-and-words-of-gamergate/article21146512/

no, I don't agree with it all, but I can still appreciate the tongue-in-cheek humor with which it is written

[Swatter]

gamers:-

please god dont ever let people think im one of these

Holy Crap! Those kids should be ashamed of themselves. They give every gamer a bad name.

[MetalDog]

Felicia Day puts in her two cents...and gets doxxed!


http://time.com/3535619/felicia-day-writes-about-gamergate-gets-information-hacked/

[Staggerwing]

There should be some serious law enforcement attention on this digital hooliganism. Releasing private information and threats of rape and mass murder might seem like mean but harmless fun to the perpetrators but there need to be some lines that bring consequences when crossed.  >:(