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Games are already pretty diverse. I really don't see diversity as an issue especially when most of the major releases allowed you to create your own character. Not only that you're not even dealing with humans most of the time.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:06 |
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What our games need is more glorious communism. Why is it that I must always play as some decadent American bourgeoisie imperialist? Why is there no game where I can play as Dimitri the simple farmer or Zhodaniayev the steel mill worker?
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:07 |
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somebody cfould make a game all about the diversity or something, or just say you're going to and scam anybody dumb enough to buy into social justice
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:07 |
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game writers are poo poo, so when they try to make a point about ethics in their games it always comes off so insultingly heavy handed and preachy that it makes abc afterschool specials look subtle
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:08 |
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turnways posted:it...begins? I don't think its feminism ruining it. I think its pseudo bullshit and bad writers who aren't really journalists ruining everything. Torka posted:game writers are poo poo, so when they try to make a point about ethics in their games it always comes off so insultingly heavy handed that it makes abc afterschool specials look subtle Haha. It reminds me of those shock pictures from high school when they showed the dangers of driving or some bullshit and had some guy's face ripped open looking like a nasty ol cherry apple pie.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:08 |
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Seriously complaining about diversity in games is like wlaking into a BaskiN Robins and asking for the most far out hosed up flavor imaginable which nobody serves because it tastes disgusting and then leaving in a huff because their 31 flavors is too bigoted and doesn't represent the strawberry toothpaste flavors.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:09 |
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Mulefisk posted:What our games need is more glorious communism. *кивает с уважением к вам*
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:09 |
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simple man of the party finds jetpack in field, does he have big adventure? Big smash up, explosions, girls like decadent capitalist? No, Dimitri takes jetpack to party chairman and seeks no compensation before returning to work
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:10 |
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Danger Mahoney posted:
Your avatar and this make a good combo. Will you be going to Napolean's party? gently caress the ROW posted:simple man of the party finds jetpack in field, does he have big adventure? Big smash up, explosions, girls like decadent capitalist? No, Dimitri takes jetpack to party chairman and seeks no compensation before returning to work Secret game mode. Dimtry barters 5 saved up toilet paper rolls for new shoes instead of waiting in line in the frigid winter for days.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:10 |
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We're dealing with a form of media who's first big hits were two sticks hitting a ball, a guy trying to beat up the gorilla who kidnapped his girlfriend, and a loving circle that can't stop eating. Now who in their right mind would say "hmmm yess this is the perfect platform to lay the rock solid foundation for a political movement to change the world."
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:11 |
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Mulefisk posted:Why is there no game where I can play as Dimitri the simple farmer or Zhodaniayev the steel mill worker? Ultima Online is still running, you know.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:12 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:We're dealing with a form of media who's first big hits were two sticks hitting a ball, a guy trying to beat up the gorilla who kidnapped his girlfriend, and a loving circle that can't stop eating. Well there was a MS pacman. Equality was achieved long ago. If I remember Ms Pacman did better too cause it was better developed.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:13 |
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Al Borland posted:Well there was a MS pacman. Equality was achieved long ago. If I remember Ms Pacman did better too cause it was better developed. nah you got five dudes in hoods chasing a lady around dark alleys i think thats problematic
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:15 |
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Al Borland posted:Well there was a MS pacman. Equality was achieved long ago. If I remember Ms Pacman did better too cause it was better developed. Yeah Ms. Pacman actually had an ending after the 36th level on the Genesis version as opposed to a killscreen on the Original Pacman.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:15 |
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also video games are not art and never will be, interactivity requires too many concessions notice that all the games on the small list that the industry likes to tout as approaching art are ones where the player is railroaded through a story with no control over the outcome and very little control over the path they take to reach it. if that's a game then a CYOA book is a game (although CYOA books actually give you a lot more choices than most of those games lol) Torka fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Aug 31, 2014 |
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why do people think art can't be interactive?
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:19 |
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in the darkness 2 you can hurl steel pins into people and arrange them on the wall.. thats very artistic although earlier in the game a mafia guy makes a titty joke and i almost had to stop playing
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:20 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:We're dealing with a form of media who's first big hits were two sticks hitting a ball, a guy trying to beat up the gorilla who kidnapped his girlfriend, and a loving circle that can't stop eating. Haha assuming gaming journos care about any politics other than forcing their own holier-than-thou ideology
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:20 |
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i covered my ears and eyes until the joke stopped, or about 30 seconds later, as the case may be, and was able to keep playing
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:21 |
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Torka posted:
I disagree because Shadow of the Colossus had pretty intricate boss battles. They were all pretty interactive because you could climb all over them which only one other game has really replicated, and that's Monster Hunter 4.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:21 |
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The part that really gets me is how, for some reason, everyone who is calling out Zoe on her bullshit (you know, the whole cucking with devs and reviewers poo poo) is being lumped in with MRA assholes and poo poo like that. They built this woman up to be some kind of games hero (lol) and now that it turns out she's an rear end in a top hat, there's a huge circle jerk of denial going on about it and no one wants to admit they may have been wrong. They instead double down and attack their audience. But the funniest thing I've seen yet is people calling it "slut shaming" when she's called out for loving those guys. It's one thing if she just hosed those guys, who cares? Doing so while you're in a relationship makes you a loving rear end in a top hat.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:22 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:and a loving circle that can't stop eating. Who says nobody develops games with the Tumblr crew in mind?
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4outof5 posted:Why do games need more diversity? But it ain't rocket science either. There's obvious reasons to have different types of people in games. They exist in the real world. loving Star Trek can handle diversity though, it's not hard. All feminists would really need to do is launch a tasteful campaign but they've painted themselves as abusive people and nobody wants to say "Yes, I'll get right on that for you!" to people being cruel, smearing, lying, manipulating, and so on.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:24 |
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Press A for more artsing
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:25 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:Yeah Ms. Pacman actually had an ending after the 36th level on the Genesis version as opposed to a killscreen on the Original Pacman. Glass ceiling!!!!!!!
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:25 |
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Triple A posted:why do people think art can't be interactive? do you honestly think it's a coincidence that there's a huge correlation between games that are considered to be art and games that give the player gently caress all control over the outcome
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:26 |
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Mulefisk posted:Press A for more artsing WarioWare is art and I will cut people who disagree
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:26 |
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I think all feminists would really have to do is make good games that they can support and that others would enjoy playing. I don't think it would be that difficult. My guess is that even if they could make a game they support most of them wouldn't play it.
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There's a list a mile long with good female videogame characters already. Like if you're missing them you're probably not even looking. Like you should probably be playing Xenoblade, The Longest Journey/Dreamfall, Broken Sword, Elder Scrolls series, Saint's Row 2,3, and 4, Square Enix Tomb Raider, etc. I mean just those games alone you have a pretty diverse cast combined.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:28 |
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I came to this thread to see a gif of monkeys throwing poo poo at each other and have been sorely disappointed up to now. That's a gif that would summarise this whole saga in one absurd, brutal, repetitive 5-second loop of ordure and stupidity. Content: For anyone wanting a review by a British games journalist, check out this podcast: http://crateandcrowbar.com/2014/08/22/episode-056-hawks-must-die/ The actual review starts at 47:15 and lasts about 15min. The podcast is consistently informative and enjoyable. "Informative and enjoyable" are words that have seemed more inappropriate in an SA thread.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:29 |
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The Taint Reaper posted:Tomb Raider haha let's be fair now, lara croft and her ever-growing chest were embarrassingly blatant male fanservice until her most recent iteration
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:30 |
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I haven't played anything from the Xenogear/Xenoblade series. Where do I start?
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:30 |
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Torka posted:haha let's be fair now, lara croft and her ever-growing chest were embarrassingly blatant male fanservice until her most recent iteration That's why I said Square Enix Tomb Raider
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:32 |
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:I haven't played anything from the Xenogear/Xenoblade series. Where do I start? Buy a New 3DS in like 6 months. Or on eBay for a copy of the Wii version which was intentionally produced in a limited run and was only available as a pre-order.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:32 |
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:I haven't played anything from the Xenogear/Xenoblade series. Where do I start? Xenoblade
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The Taint Reaper posted:That's why I said Square Enix Tomb Raider point
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:32 |
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Brannock posted:I'd nod respectfully *nods respectfully towards you*
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:32 |
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Sephiroth_IRA posted:I haven't played anything from the Xenogear/Xenoblade series. Where do I start? Xenoblade is its own game. Pay $80 on eBay or just wait next year for the New 3DS version.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:33 |
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lol haha yeah OK. Can you use a gamecube controller with that game or do you have to use a wii mote?
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:33 |
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Fenrir posted:The part that really gets me is how, for some reason, everyone who is calling out Zoe on her bullshit (you know, the whole cucking with devs and reviewers poo poo) is being lumped in with MRA assholes and poo poo like that. If you want to know why its hard to separate the criticism of zoe / games journalists / etc from awful shitposting, you need only to read this thread.
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# ? Aug 31, 2014 17:34 |