Why is casual racism/sexism more accepted in video games than other forms of media (these days)?

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http://www.objectivegamereviews.com/bioshock-infinite-review/

"In 1857, George Fitzhugh argued that slavery should not be abolished..."

The graphics in BioShock Infinite are in a realistic style, with the exception of the woman Booker aims to retrieve, Elizabeth, who has eyes that are larger than actual eyes.

I'm dying

haha yes that one jumped off the page

yeah even the fig leaf of "ethics" has nothing to do with "how dare these pixel-stained wretches accept free hors d'oeuvres at the Activision party" and everything to do with "how dare these pixel-stained wretches review cultural artifacts as artifacts of culture"

I just realized that Objective Game Reviews tags all of its reviews with the eventual score so there is literally no reason to read any of their reviews aside from lols

not to just link these guys all the time, but this is still an ultimate classic and more relevant every day: http://www.oldmanmurray.com/features/39.html

Game developers have known the answer to the first question since the early 1980's: ammo and health can be hidden inside crates or sometimes barrels. As often happens, the answer to the second question was hidden in plain sight within the answer to the first. All games contain crates, therefore all games can be judged empirically on those crates.

Once we came up with that insight, the actual formula for the world's first completely unbiased review methodology was a trivial matter of applying our many hours spent watching actors portray scientists on television to our hatred of crates. Games can be rated and compared based on the shortest amount of time it takes a player to reach the first crate, which represents the point where the developers ran out of ideas.

The music in Titanfall is in an orchestral style.

B:I review does not state that it takes place in an alternate history, just objective, historically accurate "1912".

Sorry if this was already clear to everyone but based on the Subjective Reviewer of the Month feature and their choice of interviewees I'm very confident that the rest of the site is indeed satire.

Matt Binder ‏@MattBinder 18m18 minutes ago
.@realmattforney lmao. Matt Forney, the "publisher" of Matt Forney dot com is you, Matt Forney https://twitter.com/realmattforney/status/526719995376435202

Matt Binder ‏@MattBinder 16m16 minutes ago
what is it with these guys pretending their own personal website is some huge conglomerate https://twitter.com/mattbinder/status/524339232861859841

comically grandiose

like at least the one guy pretending his website is more than just him had the sense to not just name it his own name

learning about matt forney vs learning about wizardchan as the most vomitous fallout of all this

like obv there has been way worse stuff but I expect that terrible stuff. I somehow don't expect matt forney.

feel like matt forney is funnier because of his sorry ass self promoting media wannabe moves where wizardchan is just depressing and deeply strange

I do v much appreciate his avatar for sure

What is Matt Forney

If he's comparable to Wizardchan then I don't want to know. One Wizardchan was enough.

the other guy too whats his name with the skull i love him drinking and smoking and breaking stuff down, we got into his stuff on another thread a while back hes perfect

He is a PUA blogger who writes blogs about how to beat up women et al and has attached himself to gg presumably to gain Twitter followers and sell his books or ethics or whatever xxp

That dude with the skulls was too much like I wasn't even abt to duck into that sewer man

Oh and he wants to beat up gawker super bad

http://i.imgur.com/rxM2F5q.png

this is not a proper outfit for the woods m8

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he was basically an unapologetic white supremacist iirc? So many dark tunnels this shit has uncovered. Xxp

i'm usually p okay with being bald but this is shaking my faith :/

Yes, sorry, Objective Game Reviews is a long-running joke!

also the skulls I mean

He is a PUA blogger who writes blogs about how to beat up women et al and has attached himself to gg presumably to gain Twitter followers and sell his books or ethics or whatever xxp

― Clay, Monday, October 27, 2014 2:58 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Feel like there are a million Mystiques and Magiceyes and Steelrod's out there so not toos urprised another PUA is self promoting himself

he was basically an unapologetic white supremacist iirc? So many dark tunnels this shit has uncovered. Xxp

― Clay, Monday, October 27, 2014 3:01 PM (32 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

turtlenecks... tunnels... ... ...

http://i.imgur.com/hLFRZaE.jpg

...katanas

He's just too real, so norm for the PUA crowd, it freaks me out. Usually these guys are wearin capes and adding z's and v's to their names.

Like... they're out there, u kno? xp

best part of that video is when the dude is complaining about typical female behavior and hes all "going to gangbangs every weekend"

like ur getting all ur infos from pornography and youre mad at the pornography? just stop watching it maybe or switch to the ones where theyre on a sumptuous bed in a white room just 1 on 1 idk

this is just an incredible perfect storm for so many different groups that are loathsome. gamer misogynists, twitter bigots, breitbart-affiliated dbags, right wing hollywood cretins, PUA bloggers, caveman diet practitioners, etc.

So many beards and hats and sunglasses and fedoras

don't forget dawkins fans

Is there any credible estimate for how many of them there are?

prob like 130-150

xxp also wizardchan enthusiasts

like ur getting all ur infos from pornography and youre mad at the pornography? just stop watching it maybe or switch to the ones where theyre on a sumptuous bed in a white room just 1 on 1 idk

― lag∞n, Monday, October 27, 2014 3:08 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I've thought for a while that there is a strong connection between MRA/PUA ideas about women and taking porno a little too literally.

this is just an incredible perfect storm for so many different groups that are loathsome. gamer misogynists, twitter bigots, breitbart-affiliated dbags, right wing hollywood cretins, PUA bloggers, caveman diet practitioners, etc.

― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, October 27, 2014 3:15 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

What's the opposite of overlap? Because I kind of wonder how much overlap there ISN'T between these groups

#notallmisogynists

I've thought for a while that there is a strong connection between MRA/PUA ideas about women and taking porno a little too literally.

― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Monday, October 27, 2014 3:25 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

almost like they have a lack of experience interacting with irl women

hmmmmmm

I was havin a drink with a lady last night and outta nowhere the v odd guy on the stool next to me, who had been trying to engage us in conversation a little creepily for awhile, announced in my general direction that all the women in the joint were "hookers" and weren't with him because he "wasn't willing to pay for it." I immediately thought of all this shit. Like oh right, those dudes but irl, cool.

The guy was 86'd shortly thereafter, and I'm certain the bartender works for gawker.

you were having a drink with m'lady?

No with a'lady

Bar patrons were definitely part of Soros AstroTurf op