I've never seen that site before but I love that all the comments list the title and studio of each commenter; it means I can look up what work people with cool opinions have done or are doing :~)
― Andrew Kornfan, Sunday, 6 October 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
http://tevisthompson.com/on-videogame-reviews/
― 乒乓, Thursday, 17 October 2013 23:36 (ten years ago) link
http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/simgad/16030248625351249843
― ciderpress, Monday, 21 October 2013 05:36 (ten years ago) link
have we learned nothing from Evony?
― Nhex, Monday, 21 October 2013 05:42 (ten years ago) link
must be so hard to keep female gamers out of games like that
― socki (s1ocki), Monday, 21 October 2013 14:09 (ten years ago) link
finally we have the pirate sideboob game the public has been crying out for
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Monday, 21 October 2013 15:46 (ten years ago) link
hoo boy I am having a discussion with a friend of mine of Facebook over that Bioshock/reviewers suck blog article
fortunately dude is mostly reasonable so it's more "I disagree with that post you linked" rather than "obviously the guy who wrote that is the real racist"
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Monday, 21 October 2013 15:57 (ten years ago) link
is the whole series this dumb? I've never played any of em
― original bgm, Monday, 21 October 2013 16:09 (ten years ago) link
Apparently yes? I've never played them, either.
― Bitch Fantastic (DJP), Monday, 21 October 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
is the new one not good? i've been waiting for it to go on discount on steam, and the first one i remember was pretty great (at least up until the twist - i got bored shortly thereafter). it looks pretty
― Mordy , Monday, 21 October 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
lol:
The game's concept was developed by Irrational's creative lead, Ken Levine, and was based on the ideas of Objectivism as highlighted by Ayn Rand, while incorporating influences from other authors such as George Orwell.
― original bgm, Monday, 21 October 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
the first one was more of a "critique" of objectivism than "based on"
― Mordy , Monday, 21 October 2013 16:22 (ten years ago) link
infinite is very good. those challops are pretty stale.
― brand nubian wafers (bnw), Monday, 21 October 2013 16:35 (ten years ago) link
first one was great. it did drag on a bit too long and the gameplay was so-so FPS junk, but those are minor complaints in what was an excellent package. I still have to get to the second one
― Nhex, Monday, 21 October 2013 16:56 (ten years ago) link
http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/12/2/5143856/no-girls-allowed
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 4 December 2013 07:36 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9mZJ8vmdA
― gyac, Wednesday, 4 December 2013 12:33 (ten years ago) link
i didn't know there was more than one of those girlfriend xbone ads. they're on a roll!
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 December 2013 03:34 (ten years ago) link
― brand nubian wafers (bnw), Monday, October 21, 2013 12:35 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark
its one of the worst games ive ever played. i pirated it and i still feel ripped off
― Hungry4Ass, Thursday, 5 December 2013 03:47 (ten years ago) link
fucking idiotshttp://storify.com/SeeBeeWhitman/depression-quest-harassment-campaign
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Friday, 13 December 2013 14:18 (ten years ago) link
this shit makes me so sad and angry and it just perpetuates over and over and i don't know how it's ever going to stop
― ciderpress, Friday, 13 December 2013 14:27 (ten years ago) link
― Hungry4Ass, Wednesday, December 4, 2013 9:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is what you need to do. cue up a video of ken levine discussing the depth of the storyline you are failing to grasp. have that playing a loop on your headset as you go through the game. then report back to me on if you still hate it.
― bnw, Friday, 13 December 2013 14:46 (ten years ago) link
xp ugh. good for her for standing up to these idiots, it's a shame she has to deal with this bullshit
― Nhex, Friday, 13 December 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
i don't think this belongs in this thread but i couldn't think of a better one to post it too. depressing:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/13/the-messy-saga-of-replays-paul-trowe-as-al-lowe-quits/
― Mordy , Friday, 13 December 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
wtf at that link in the comments citing this guy as a child molester 20 years ago
― Nhex, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2013/12/28331-watch-kickstarter-alum-mighty-9-takes-heat-community-manager-hire/
http://i.imgur.com/25VQ6Zn.jpg
― 乒乓, Saturday, 14 December 2013 17:23 (ten years ago) link
gamers barrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrf
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 14 December 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
"megaman has never been a western series. please keep western ideals/movements such as 'female empowerment and representation' very far away from megaman."
― i want to say one word to you, just one word:buzzfeed (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 14 December 2013 18:30 (ten years ago) link
i read that and immediately think megaman v john wayne totin copies of the second sex in his satchel
― rhyme heals all goons (m bison), Saturday, 14 December 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/sfl3r
― 龜, Saturday, 4 January 2014 02:26 (ten years ago) link
even the edited versions are still kinda over the top, why bother, honestly?ugh, don't make me side with creepos
― Nhex, Saturday, 4 January 2014 04:50 (ten years ago) link
p.s. new year, new acct d?
― Nhex, Saturday, 4 January 2014 06:21 (ten years ago) link
tbf its not like there aren't skimpy costumes for the male characters too
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Saturday, 4 January 2014 11:38 (ten years ago) link
http://www.psmag.com/navigation/health-and-behavior/women-arent-welcome-internet-72170/
long read, not video games but same frequency
― bnw, Tuesday, 7 January 2014 15:05 (ten years ago) link
very sad
― Nhex, Wednesday, 8 January 2014 14:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2014/02/an-alternate-history-of-flappy-bird-we.html
― 龜, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:19 (ten years ago) link
the internet was harassing Dong Nguyen for making a game, which is unacceptable. -- links to tweets where ppl are yelling at him for taking it off the website; probably over-the-top but his one link to how the internet harassed Nguyen disproves his argument.
― Mordy , Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:25 (ten years ago) link
it seems to me like flappy bird has been really embraced. it's super popular and everyone i know loves it.
― Mordy , Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:26 (ten years ago) link
I definitely saw some twitter weirdness about the guy before he announced he was taking it down. But I have no idea if the race thing has anything to do with it.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:29 (ten years ago) link
And the abuse directed toward him for taking it down doesn't disprove that there was abuse directed toward him beforehand. That's a pretty odd thing to claim.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
it's just that he cites that particular link as evidence that ppl disliked the game. he continues in the next paragraph:
This harassment was also completely baseless, because (a) the game is rather well-made, if you like these sorts of insta-death reflex games, (b) Flappy Bird lets you restart quickly, which is usually a huge monetization point -- why would a supposedly-greedy mobile game developer monetize their game so inefficiently?, (c) if you look at the actual pixels, Nguyen clearly did not rip any art, and who cares if he wanted to put green pipes in his game?
if he can't correctly parse a bunch of ppl being upset bc a game they like is being taken away from them, maybe he lacks the skills to do a more complex sociopolitical analysis of the racial context of the game.
― Mordy , Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:34 (ten years ago) link
Hm, okay, I get what you're saying - he didn't provide the right evidence, it kind of scuppers his argument. But personally I've seen stuff that backs up his claim... But yeah, I can't be arsed to look for it myself now, and he should have done the work anyway, not me.
― emil.y, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:37 (ten years ago) link
Robert Yang Fartmaster • a day ago −Hey "fartmaster" -- almost every mainstream outlet has made a point of announcing Nguyen as Vietnamese. I don't think that, itself, is bad, because I'd agree that's newsworthy given the state of the mobile market... yet it certainly plays a role... like whether you think he's just expressing his love of Mario (what, so your fandom of Mario is more genuine than his?) vs. he's somehow now a conniving thief who's claiming he invented the idea of pixel art pipes that he drew himself?
like what is even the argument here? that ppl are being racist against the vietnamese designer homaging a japanese video game icon by relying on the old shopworn vietnamese are thieves (?????is this a thing????) stereotype?
― Mordy , Tuesday, 11 February 2014 01:38 (ten years ago) link
i noticed more than a few articles that announced his "theft" of assets as a settled, done deal, with tons of angry comments about it, which was just BS
― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
it's a good time to hate on the Asian man
― Nhex, Tuesday, 11 February 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
i wonder if this is more due to the fact that there's a sort of concept of the non-Japanese-east that is all pirate-y and stuff -- if this game was made by someone from north america, or europe, or even japan, it wouldn't be stealing -- it'd be "reference" or "homage" or something. but since he's from some place where they steal software and there's no "tacit knowledge" of the "relevance" of "video game" """history""" there it must be theft?
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:01 (ten years ago) link
idk i have a terrible head cold and that might not make any sense but :( @ ppl picking THAT particular nit, wtf, seriously.
i'd be interested to see if there was some precedent for this in western writing about eastern music, ie. "(person from asia) ripped off this part of this song" in the same breath as "(person from USA) sampled this song"
― I've Seen rRootage (Will M.), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 17:04 (ten years ago) link
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/04/21/female-journalist-gets-rape-threats-over-comic-book-criticism.html
This is from the world of comic books, but this seems to be the most relevant thread to this topic. Dunno if it needs a parallel one on ilc.
― glasses jacket jerfman (how's life), Friday, 25 April 2014 22:31 (ten years ago) link
Because it was created by a straight white male, this checklist will likely be taken more seriously than if it had been written by virtually any female gamer.
http://www.polygon.com/2014/4/23/5640678/playing-with-privilege-the-invisible-benefits-of-gaming-while-male
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 26 April 2014 20:07 (ten years ago) link
I like this relevant Cracked podcast ep, as Jason Pargin begins to peck away at defining the problem:
http://www.earwolf.com/episode/shockingly-sexist-messages-in-the-modern-world/
― Stephen King's Threaderstarter (kingfish), Sunday, 27 April 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
porting the invisible knapsack to consoles
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Monday, 28 April 2014 16:31 (ten years ago) link