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

as i mentioned a bit upthread, that amazing video of his was at least partially funded by the canadian government - a stirring testament to his skills as an entrepreneur

I keep seeing that video and it looking like a still from some really bad backstreet boys fan video or something and being curious but just not wanting to give them the views. Anyone want to summarize it? I'm guessing the guy in the middle spouts a bunch of MRA stuff and the guys behind him chip in from time to time.

omg just watch man its beyond description

Youtube viewcounts be damned!

imagine an mra-themed martial arts demonstration directed by tommy wiseau

im looknig at the kate upton picture and all i keep thinknig is "wait wtf thats max scherzer"

whts wrong w me

#notyourfedora

he also looks like a 13-year-old cosplaying as grant morrison.

Are we talking about "Lust in the Time of Heartache"? How did I miss this?!

im looknig at the kate upton picture and all i keep thinknig is "wait wtf thats max scherzer"

― we will run the Milkyway. Think about that (Will M.), Monday, November 17, 2014 11:50 AM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lol wut

oh the guy in the foreground lol get it now

uh

davis aurini has written a novel and it's free from Amazon for kindle. I think it might be fallout fan-fiction cuz he thanks the no mutants allowed board. also tucker max :(

http://www.amazon.co.uk/As-Walk-These-Broken-Roads/dp/1480121827

Out of the irradiated wastes comes a soldier. On the far edge of the trade routes, in a small farming community, there lives a mechanic. Two men from a previous era, surviving through steel and cunning in a world of degenerated philosophy; a world where the old tech is treated with savage, animistic worship. A storm is coming. When civilization is scattered and broken, what is a man supposed to do? How is a man supposed to live?

oh wait, it's only free for kindle unlimited customers :(

on this boulevard of... lonely...dreams. yeah, that's the ticket!

When it's only free for kindle unlimited customers, what is a man supposed to do? How is a man supposed to live?

lol nhex

an Amazon reviewer picks out a choice passage:

Aurini employs his share of poetic phrasing, as well. Very tasteful. Take this, near the end of the book: "The great civilisation, laid out like a blueprint, with distribution lines of different colours for each product and service. Little numbers listed the frequencies and speed of each branch of the main trunk, a great logistical machine keeping millions clothed, fed, and happy. Then an atomic spark had burst in the heart, and quickening into poison along the veins."

so... civilisation was a blueprint tree-machine with a human circulatory system taken out by a poisonous spark? hmm

Very tasteful.

http://hellogiggles.hellogiggles.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/03/tumblr_lwws62A5yG1qzhcer.jpg

aurini btw is the only redpill youtuber i've been allowing myself to watch during this whole thing cuz he's the only one i can't resist, his skulls (ornamental and no), his jumpy don draper poses, but had not yet seen his website. this line is some o.g. fascism:

Twist: the actions of these SJWs are so insanely destructive and self-defeating that it’s hard to believe that they exist... that’s because they are insane. When you’re motivated by envy, destructiveness is all you know.

This whole thing is the most extreme example of conformation bias I am aware of but I guess unfortunately it means it's probably completely prevalent all over the place 😞

When you’re motivated by envy, destructiveness is all you know.

this m/l describes gamergaters

ignorance is strength

twist:

so... civilisation was a blueprint tree-machine with a human circulatory system taken out by a poisonous spark? hmm

― bizarro gazzara, Monday, November 17, 2014 2:54 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

actually, the poisonous spark was a lack of ethics in games journalism

This is what happens when you let your kids play Command & Conquer at way too formative an age

I believe this is something worth doing. I believe that this is a film that can change the landscape of politics, and just not gaming.

placement of 'just' really pisses me off, skull boy

tbf i don't think he did that on purpose

"can change the landscape of politics... just, not gaming"

Kane does seem that have had some subconscious fashion influence above. (xxpost)

Skullz r cül

lmao

https://twitter.com/PlayDangerously/status/534573217076084736

could have sworn I visited gawker earlier today, must have been a brief respite from the destruction

paradigm shift

a url to savor

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/space/11234620/Dr-Matt-Taylors-shirt-made-me-cry-too-with-rage-at-his-abusers.html

so I guess the shirt guy did cry

there are so many instances of nerds actually being made fun of for their horrible fashion choices and this is what they've chosen to rally around

wait, the MAYOR OF LONDON weighed in on this and came up pro-"sexy" shirt?????/

for those of you not in the know, the author of that piece has aspirations to be next leader of the Conservative party and then Prime Minister thru a carefully developed "loveable eccentric of the people" shtick

where are the fedoras coming out to share their devastating crying fits? fedoras usually don't come with cartoon babes on them! they're worn with total moral innocence! i feel weird saying that

o lol i guess the thing no one's mentioning is that he was crying guilt tears not "i've been abused" tears

I watched that clip of Dr Taylor’s apology – at the moment of his supreme professional triumph – and I felt the red mist come down. It was like something from the show trials of Stalin, or from the sobbing testimony of the enemies of Kim Il-sung, before they were taken away and shot. It was like a scene from Mao’s cultural revolution when weeping intellectuals were forced to confess their crimes against the people.

I mean, on the one hand this is sort of true in the broadest, most-credibility-stretching way but on the other hand, did you not actually see the shirt in question?

As for the design of the garment, I have studied it as closely as the photos will allow, and I can’t see what all the fuss is about. I suppose there are women with long flowing hair and a certain amount of décolletage. But let’s not mince our words: there are no nipples; there are no buttocks; there is not even an exposed midriff, as far as I can see.

question answered DJP

I think his critics should go to the National Gallery and look at the Rokeby Venus by Velázquez. Or look at the stuff by Rubens. Are we saying that these glorious images should be torn from the walls?

he's playing to his core constituency in its core paper, the message is probably about rowing back a ways from David Cameron's perceived political correctness, just letting the faithful know there'll be none of this SJW shit once Boris is in charge

This is clearly political correctness gone mad -- it used to be perfectly acceptable, normal and commonplace to wear sexy lady print shirts on national television.

no clam?

no clam.

there are no nipples; there are no buttocks

^new slogan

There must be room in our world for eccentricity, even if it offends the prudes, and room for the vague other-worldliness that often goes with genius. Dr Taylor deserves the applause of our country, and those who bash him should hang their own heads and apologise.

pro tip: he's not really talking about Taylor at the end here

It’s the hypocrisy of it all that irritates me. Here is Kim Kardashian – a heroine and idol to some members of my family – deciding to bust out all over the place, and good for her. No one seeks to engulf her in a tweetstorm of rage. But why is she held to be noble and pure, while Dr Taylor is attacked for being vulgar and tasteless?

lol come on now, at least try with your trolling

I'm all in favor of a casual workplace and wearing clothing that you feel comfortable in, but jesus christ have some decorum if you're going to be on tv

Kim Kardashian didn't show up naked and oiled to give a press conference about space exploration, but that would be an interesting world

kim all about exploring dat moon