CuckQuest+: A Tale of Five Guys and a Lady? {read the OP}

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coleman francis: Aug 8, 2007; Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl; Hair Elf

"More like Anita man, lol"

*dick gets bigger*

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:03

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# ? May 22, 2024 12:43

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

Tokamak posted:

They already do these in San Fran, they're called hacker schools. They pack bunk beds into a house and charge slum lord rates for the privilege.

Yep

http://valleywag.gawker.com/the-worst-airbnb-in-the-universe-22-beds-in-one-apartm-1630029953

coleman francis posted:

"Man, I wonder what games are coming out, if only there was a site that kinda boiled all that down for me, oh well"
*googles "what games are coming out" 0 results*

http://www.listwar.com/upcoming-retail-games/

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:05

Sephiroth_IRA: Mar 31, 2010

What radio show is Adam Baldwin and the Internet Aristocrat going to be on again?

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:06

Meg From Family Guy: Feb 4, 2012

Sephiroth_IRA posted:

What radio show is Adam Baldwin and the Internet Aristocrat going to be on again?

You have over 9 pages worth of posts in this topic

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:07

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

post

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:08

coleman francis: Aug 8, 2007; Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl; Hair Elf

Cardboard Box A posted:

http://www.listwar.com/upcoming-retail-games/

Pretty sure that counts as gaming journalism

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:08

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

7 pages

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:08

BottledBodhisvata: Jul 26, 2013; by Lowtax

Meg From Family Guy posted:

You have over 9 pages worth of posts in this topic

Shut up, Meg.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:08

AkumaHokoru: Jul 20, 2007

Meg From Family Guy posted:

You have over 9 pages worth of posts in this topic

you came here to post about that.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:09

Archer666: Dec 27, 2008

serious norman posted:

I'm gonna become a SJW so i get rich

I'm gonna get on patreon and make money out of drawing stick figures that say "poop" alot.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:09

Sephiroth_IRA: Mar 31, 2010

I put very little effort into my posting thank you very much. :colbert:

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:10

Slanderer: May 6, 2007

Spanish Manlove posted:

post

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:11

coleman francis: Aug 8, 2007; Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl; Hair Elf

"Congratulations on doing nothing to help fix a problem and then bragging about not making it worse. Sincerely. But now do something useful."

*tries to help and offer advice and opinion on a problem*
*gets swarmwed, yelled at and blacklisted on social media*

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:12

Meg From Family Guy: Feb 4, 2012

AkumaHokoru posted:

you came here to post about that.

Holy fuckk.. The Ownage...

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:13

coleman francis: Aug 8, 2007; Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl; Hair Elf

Would an sjw hostel be like a blogger hostel but on fire all the time?

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:13

jpmeyer: Jan 17, 2012; parody image of che

so let me get this straight:

the story now is that "gamers got jenn frank fired because corruption and by corruption i really mean misogyny also it is totally legit that a newspaper that is seen as the epitome of politically correct middle class values fired a writer that wrote an article about politically correct middle class values because that rankled reactionaries"

and not "the guardian commissioned her to write a one-off article, which she then did"

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:14

facialimpediment: Feb 11, 2005; as the world turns

Spanish Manlove posted:

post

the post with the most boast

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:15

Meg From Family Guy: Feb 4, 2012

jpmeyer posted:

so let me get this straight:

the story now is that "gamers got jenn frank fired because corruption and by corruption i really mean misogyny also it is totally legit that a newspaper that is seen as the epitome of politically correct middle class values fired a writer that wrote an article about politically correct middle class values because that rankled reactionaries"

and not "the guardian commissioned her to write a one-off article, which she then did"

Hot posting tip: If the thing you're trying to make fun of by using quotation marks can't be summed up in like one line of text, then no one is going to read it because its loving dumb stupid and bad.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:16

blainestereo: Jan 16, 2013

I have a fever and the only prescription is more Phil Fish tweets.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:17

Slanderer: May 6, 2007

jpmeyer posted:

so let me get this straight:

the story now is that "gamers got jenn frank fired because corruption and by corruption i really mean misogyny also it is totally legit that a newspaper that is seen as the epitome of politically correct middle class values fired a writer that wrote an article about politically correct middle class values because that rankled reactionaries"

and not "the guardian commissioned her to write a one-off article, which she then did"

yes, and people were counting it as a victory against the SJWs lol

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:17

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

jpmeyer posted:

so let me get this straight:

the story now is that "gamers got jenn frank fired because corruption and by corruption i really mean misogyny also it is totally legit that a newspaper that is seen as the epitome of politically correct middle class values fired a writer that wrote an article about politically correct middle class values because that rankled reactionaries"

and not "the guardian commissioned her to write a one-off article, which she then did"

It's a victory for gaming that's what it is

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:17

Meg From Family Guy: Feb 4, 2012

If you seriously care about any of this especially to the point of having multiple pages of posts about it (Spanish Manlove) you should probably blow your brains out

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:21

coleman francis: Aug 8, 2007; Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl; Hair Elf

kill your mysel

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:22

Zak2k12: Dec 23, 2008; "I looked back once to the empty place where my dream had come true. Such is the stuff."

Germstore posted:

I'm gonna start a blogger hostel.

The House of the Rising Cuck

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:22

NutritiousSnack: Jul 12, 2011

jpmeyer posted:

so let me get this straight:

the story now is that "gamers got jenn frank fired because corruption and by corruption i really mean misogyny also it is totally legit that a newspaper that is seen as the epitome of politically correct middle class values fired a writer that wrote an article about politically correct middle class values because that rankled reactionaries"

and not "the guardian commissioned her to write a one-off article, which she then did"

she got fired from kotaku and she had a twitter meltdown relating to the guardian for some odd reason

Slanderer posted:

yes, and people were counting it as a victory against the SJWs lol

i wonder why people considered it a victory when a woman and the rest of the games journalists had a collective meltdown, she lost one of her jobs, and people where acting like she lost all of them

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:23

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

Meg From Family Guy posted:

If you seriously care about any of this especially to the point of having multiple pages of posts about it (Spanish Manlove) you should probably blow your brains out

Don't have a cow, man.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:25

Germstore: Oct 17, 2012; A Serious Candidate For a Serious Time

I care dearly about video games.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:26

Roy: Sep 24, 2007

coleman francis posted:

Would an sjw hostel be like a blogger hostel but on fire all the time?

it would quickly balkanize into various mutually exclusive safe spaces for each gender/identity/sexuality/race/etc

imagine prison, only with fewer men, more passive aggressiveness and instead of shanks you have tweets

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:26

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

The only really good thing about this whole ordeal is that the word 'vitriol' comes back in fashion. I absolutely love that word.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:27

Slanderer: May 6, 2007

NutritiousSnack posted:

she got fired from kotaku and she had a twitter meltdown relating to the guardian for some odd reason

i wonder why people considered it a victory when a woman and the rest of the games journalists had a collective meltdown, she lost one of her jobs, and people where acting like she lost all of them

she didn't work for kotaku you dummy.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:27

coleman francis: Aug 8, 2007; Tap tap
The ketchup bottle
None will come
Then axolotl; Hair Elf

Slanderer posted:

she didn't work for kotaku you dummy.

No one "works" at kotaku
haahhahahahah

ugh

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:29

EugeneJ: Feb 5, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

Hitler420 posted:

After watching Sarkeesian's latest video, I was struck that no one had done the same thing with respect to tropes about men in video games.

I started thinking about it just a little -- men are generally strong, silent, mass murdering psychopaths in games. Or they're strong, glib, mass murdering psychopaths in games. Or they're criminals. Or they're terrorists. Or they're Nazis. Or they're mobsters. Or they're evil pirates. Or they're racists. Or they're genetically modified psychopaths. Or they're evil brown people. Or they're corrupt cops. Or they're soldiers engaged in a campaign of aggression/other evildoing. Or they're cops (and you're an anti-hero). Or they're just cannon fodder.

Thinking more specifically about the depictions of women in Red Dead Redemption, for example, I agree with Sarkeesian's observation that the murdered prostitutes in the street are essentially robbed of all agency and rendered powerless, dependent upon the player. What does that say about the depiction of men, then -- as a player, either I need to murder the pimp guy, or I need to stand by and watch the pimp guy murder the prostitute. Either way, men are depicted as horrific, brutal, murderous creatures, incapable of resolving problems through anything other than excessive violence. I'm not willing to go this far, but you could take this one small step further and argue the pimp guy was a victim of the society in which he is depicted, where a failure to enforce brutal rules leads to anarchy and chaos, so, even if he doesn't want to, he's forced into this role for the greater good. Hell, you could say the same of the player -- in fact, Red Dead pretty clearly does say that about the player. Marsden is , for the most part, a flawed man, trying to be good(ish), in a whole series of bad situations.

What it did make me think of is how limited games are at this point as a storytelling medium. There are relatively few shades of grey even in complex, emotionally driven games -- let alone your bog standard shooters. That's not necessarily an indictment of games, any more than Sarkeesian's analysis is, but it does (at least to me) indicate that we may be dramatically over simplifying the complex issues around violence, gender, and storytelling in video games. I'm not sure if Sarkeesian can make that point without undermining her other observations, but it would be an interesting study.

In other words

Or how about "games put male protagonists into exciting situations because otherwise no one would buy the game".

I know the optimal Sarkeesian-approved game would be "LGBT Meeting Simulator", but who really gives a gently caress about that?

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:29

blainestereo: Jan 16, 2013

Slanderer posted:

she didn't work for kotaku you dummy.

She should.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:29

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

Slanderer posted:

she didn't work for kotaku you dummy.

I still don't get why she's upset. Who fired her or whatever? I know Guardian had probably nothing to do with this, so what the hell is happening?

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:30

Roy: Sep 24, 2007

EugeneJ posted:

Or how about "games put male protagonists into exciting situations because otherwise no one would buy the game".

I know the optimal Sarkeesian-approved game would be "LGBT Meeting Simulator", but who really gives a gently caress about that?

This is my kinda game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Fi2bUkzgZ8

Completely free of any objectionable content.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:30

Joust: Dec 7, 2007; No Ledges.

I just ate half a cheesecake by myself. What would mario and link THINK of me if they were alive today!?!?

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:31

blainestereo: Jan 16, 2013

Paladinus posted:

I still don't get why she's upset. Who fired her or whatever? I know Guardian had probably nothing to do with this, so what the hell is happening?

I think it was a random meltdown because she cares so deeply about her friend being literally raped.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:31

Paladinus: Jan 11, 2014; heyHEYYYY!!!

EugeneJ posted:

Or how about "games put male protagonists into exciting situations because otherwise no one would buy the game".

I know the optimal Sarkeesian-approved game would be "LGBT Meeting Simulator", but who really gives a gently caress about that?

Anita actually cited some games she liked. To the Moon, Dear Esther, Gone Home, Papo & Yo... Oh, and Mirror's Edge,

Paladinus fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Sep 4, 2014

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:32

Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

Mattjpwns posted:

welp, there goes my next half hour, holy poo poo

The Sergei dude is the best because he flat-out says rape and death threats are justified.

Full Disclosure: i posted in there because I have to look like I'm actually working sometimes instead of using the Awful App on my phone all day. Also I enjoyed seeing how far down the rabbit hole they would go. I hope there is no conflict of posting interest.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:33

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# ? May 22, 2024 12:43

Slanderer: May 6, 2007

Paladinus posted:

I still don't get why she's upset. Who fired her or whatever? I know Guardian had probably nothing to do with this, so what the hell is happening?

that's what makes this hilarious. she's a freelance journalist, and no one fired her. p. sure that some gamer theorycrafter assumed she was TOTALLY FIRED FROM THE GUARDIAN!!! (lol) and so spergs starting up a gamer victory celebration on twitter.

so it's kinda funny.

# ? Sep 4, 2014 15:33

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