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Also I think the 'romance' option in 4 clarifies pretty definitively that she's an insane power-top. I saw it as playing to the "It's always the quiet ones" stereotype.
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circ dick soleil posted:Kinzie always creeped me out because it's pretty clear that she's been idealized by the developers, so it's weird that she's portrayed as an emotionally vulnerable teen. Her crippling social anxiety also seems to conflict with her apparent inability to ever refuse sex. She had a proper job at the FBI -- I never thought of her as a teenager. She always seemed like an adult to me. 
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Nov 26, 2014 13:00
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Kinzie is written by men, for men, in a power fantasy game.
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Nov 26, 2014 13:05
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Uh yeah, what the gently caress man. Kinzie's a vulnerable teenager? 
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oddium posted:Kinzie is written by men, for men, in a power fantasy game. hmm yes kinzie exists only as a sexual conquest for the boss because of all these sex scenes in the game she debuted in, not to mention the throwaway gag "romance" option designed purely as a pisstake toward mass effect 2 in a game all about pisstakes toward mass effect 2
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Segmentation Fault posted:hmm yes kinzie exists only as a sexual conquest for the boss because of all these sex scenes in the game she debuted in, not to mention the throwaway gag "romance" option designed purely as a pisstake toward mass effect 2 in a game all about pisstakes toward mass effect 2 Agreed
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Bobby Deluxe posted:Also I think the 'romance' option in 4 clarifies pretty definitively that she's an insane power-top. Yeah, I didn't really see it as anything but this. She seemed to be playing to the edge of the weird, antisocial shut-in being into some freaky poo poo, which is... well, at least accurate. The internet's proved that much. And of course she got a huge focus on that as writing continued, because of course it did.
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prefect posted:She had a proper job at the FBI -- I never thought of her as a teenager. She always seemed like an adult to me. She seems like a girl version of the hacker manchild stereotype, if anything. Her high pitched voice probably contributes to making her seem more youthful than she actually is, and of course she's probably in too good shape for someone who sits in front of a computer all day, but that's about it.
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BOY I SURE AM GLAD WE CAN TALK ABOUT HOW PROBLEMATIC KINZIE IS
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Don't really agree with Circ, but I do think it's fair to launch some criticisms. Kinzie is a bit pandering to the sort of people who obsess over Tali and the like. Though perhaps that might also be the joke.
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Mr Tastee posted:Don't really agree with Circ, but I do think it's fair to launch some criticisms. Kinzie is a bit pandering to the sort of people who obsess over Tali and the like. Though perhaps that might also be the joke. Nah man video gaming is exempt from criticism Because it's not art
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Krowley posted:Nah man video gaming is exempt from criticism I agree with the second part, but not the first.
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Mr Tastee posted:Don't really agree with Circ, but I do think it's fair to launch some criticisms. Kinzie is a bit pandering to the sort of people who obsess over Tali and the like. Though perhaps that might also be the joke. The entire thing is a big joke at Mass Effect's expense. To call it pandering is taking SR way too seriously.
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Nov 26, 2014 15:20
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When Saints Row 5 introduces Sambo, the pitch black African with ruby red lips, who runs around with the boss calling him Massa and throwing watermelons, we're actually laughing at the kind of people who would find that funny
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What in the gently caress was that last post
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oddium posted:When Saints Row 5 introduces Sambo, the pitch black African with ruby red lips, who runs around with the boss calling him Massa and throwing watermelons, we're actually laughing at the kind of people who would find that funny
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circ dick soleil posted:Kinzie always creeped me out because it's pretty clear that she's been idealized by the developers, so it's weird that she's portrayed as an emotionally vulnerable teen. Her crippling social anxiety also seems to conflict with her apparent inability to ever refuse sex.  Mr Tastee posted:Don't really agree with Circ, but I do think it's fair to launch some criticisms. Kinzie is a bit pandering to the sort of people who obsess over Tali and the like.
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mysterious loyall Y posted:Christmas time is nearly upon us and the Spirit of GBS Past is rattling its chains (of oppression) I want Jane Austen to narrate A Something Awful Carol
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circ dick soleil posted:Kinzie always creeped me out because it's pretty clear that she's been idealized by the developers, so it's weird that she's portrayed as an emotionally vulnerable teen. Her crippling social anxiety also seems to conflict with her apparent inability to ever refuse sex. Did you really bump this thread just because I favorably compared SRIV to GTAV in the other games' thread, specifically citing the overt misogyny? Why do you hate fun circ? Why do you hate fuuuun 
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Nov 26, 2014 17:14
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Actually this is about ethics in video game sex portmanteaus
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GTA V is loving garbage for idiots.
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Zaa Boogie posted:What in the gently caress was that last post Whenever an extremely retarded debate about social issues in video games starts up, there's a point in the script that they all follow to the letter where somebody posts something like "Wow, this is stupid" and then somebody else smugly shows up and starts posting some comically racist stuff, because they assume everybody else is also just wanting to post like that.
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Kinzie was a character who pretty obviously was into sex from the beginning. She has giant dildos in her house in 3, and tells you her safeword without you even asking. She likes to gently caress, it ain't a difficult concept.
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Nov 26, 2014 20:40
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Kinzie is hilarious and you all are way overthinking it. Her quips about the kinect in SR3 destroyed me.
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Uhm dudes chill the gently caress out ok?
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Wolfsheim posted:Did you really bump this thread just because I favorably compared SRIV to GTAV in the other games' thread, specifically citing the overt misogyny? Oooooh this is getting good
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Nov 27, 2014 02:21
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Turn back, thread, turn back!
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Nov 27, 2014 02:37
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I really like Zimos.
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Just remember people. WWJGD? It's simple. He'd start shooting motherfuckers until everyone shut the hell up. We should all aspire to be more like Johnny Gat.
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New character for Gat out of Hell mentioned on Volition's tumblr: http://volition.tumblr.com/post/103724181152/happy-thanksgiving-saints-the-holidays-are-a
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http://volition.tumblr.com/post/103556652752/meet-the-characters-of-saints-row-gat-out-of oh my god
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Ofaloaf posted:http://volition.tumblr.com/post/103556652752/meet-the-characters-of-saints-row-gat-out-of :whoa: Why can't I buy this thing yet?
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Getting a bit Van Helsing The Movie The Game isn't it.
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Ofaloaf posted:http://volition.tumblr.com/post/103556652752/meet-the-characters-of-saints-row-gat-out-of Good to see Al Leong still getting work.
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I know this might sound really weird, but would it be fair to consider The Boss to be nonbinary, i.e. they don't specifically identify as male or female? Normally I don't give those sorts of ideas much thought, but seeing as how they can just go into any plastic surgery place and change her physical gender, or he can go into just about any store and choose to wear whatever clothing they have for sale regardless of whether it's for men and women, it might actually be fairly plausible?
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Mr Tastee posted:I know this might sound really weird, but would it be fair to consider The Boss to be nonbinary, i.e. they don't specifically identify as male or female? Normally I don't give those sorts of ideas much thought, but seeing as how they can just go into any plastic surgery place and change her physical gender, or he can go into just about any store and choose to wear whatever clothing they have for sale regardless of whether it's for men and women, it might actually be fairly plausible? 
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Mr Tastee posted:I know this might sound really weird, but would it be fair to consider The Boss to be nonbinary, i.e. they don't specifically identify as male or female? Normally I don't give those sorts of ideas much thought, but seeing as how they can just go into any plastic surgery place and change her physical gender, or he can go into just about any store and choose to wear whatever clothing they have for sale regardless of whether it's for men and women, it might actually be fairly plausible? You really need to stop looking for some sort of deep meaning from a game that lets you beat an army of luchadors to death with a giant purple dildo.
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I wasn't. It was more of a musing.
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Mr Tastee posted:I know this might sound really weird, but would it be fair to consider The Boss to be nonbinary, i.e. they don't specifically identify as male or female? Normally I don't give those sorts of ideas much thought, but seeing as how they can just go into any plastic surgery place and change her physical gender, or he can go into just about any store and choose to wear whatever clothing they have for sale regardless of whether it's for men and women, it might actually be fairly plausible? The boss is You.
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